Collins’ POV
“ Take this, all of you, and drink of it, for this is my body which will be given up for you”, Nuel said during the mass, and as he raised the circular wafer; or host as we usually called it, the bell was rang: a way of announcing to the people that Christ was descending upon the gifts in spirit. He placed it back in the altar, covering it with a purificator before genuflecting before it. “ And on the night he was betrayed”, he continued as I stared at him, wondering if the man I was staring at was really the Nuel I had sex with just yesterday, “ he took the chalice, and giving thanks, he gave it to his disciples saying, take this, all of you, and drink of it, for this is the chalice of my blood, the blood of the new and eternal covenant, which will be poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this in remembrance of me”, he said, and as he raised the chalice, the storm outside increased, causing a faint lightning that was followed up by a roaring thunder. The bell was allowed to stop, not unless the celebrating priest brought down the sacred specie, and so the bell went on ringing for like a minute since Nuel seemed to have been struck with paralysis while raising the chalice. I could've bet that everyone was questioning why the chalice was still elevated, and even the stares from people made that obvious. He seemed to snap out of whatever it was that was wrong with him; his temporary paralysis or whatever, finally bringing down the chalice and genuflecting. “ The mystery of faith”, he said and we all responded to it as the mass went on as usual. “ Praise be to Jesus”, father Cyprian said to the congregation after the distribution of the Holy Communion. “ Both now and forever”, everyone responded, smiling. “ I wouldn't like to waste much of our time so I'll go straight to hitting the hammer right on the nail”, he said as little murmurs arose from the congregation. Nuel was sitting at the sedelia in all his glory, watching everything that was unfolding. But then, who even said that he was Nuel? I mean, people do have doppelgangers. This new priest must probably be Nuel's doppelganger, not Nuel. Yes, that made more sense. Actually, it didn't. I was trying to find a way to tell myself that what was happening wasn't actually true. “ We all know that the diocese”, father Cyprian continued, “ reposted every one of their priests just last week, and to that effect, together with the fact that I need to retire and take things slowly”, everyone started laughing at how he had mimicked s possible old woman, “ father Emmanuel here, was sent to become the . new parish priest. Hence, he is now your full time parish priest. A round of applause for him please”, father Cyprian said, and the congregation cheered in happiness for him. He stood up to address them, smiling from one ear to the other, “ praise be to our Lord Jesus Christ”, he said. “ Both now and forever”, the congregation responded, still smiling like teenage girls that were being fingered in the pussy. “ My name is father Emmanuel Mcman. I have been posted to this parish community as part of my apostolate, making it that this parish community has now become my family”, the people cheered are how heartwarming and eloquent he was. “ I know that with God on our side, that we will definitely bring the good news we possess to the whole world. I look forward to working with you”, he said and the people cheered again. After we dismissed the mass, he and father Cyprian stood at the door way, greeting people as they went home. I was still very confused. Nuel was a priest? He never mentioned it to me all along, and he allowed me to get intimate with him when he knew too well that he was a priest. What the fuck? I quickly went home after the mass, not wanting to cross paths with him or anything. Mom had made pasta, and by the time I got to the house, all that remained were scrape offs from the bottom of the pot. That was what you get for having four siblings who didn't care so much about going to church. Before you get back from church, they've already eaten to their full, leaving the rejected part of the food for you. Not that my siblings were atheists or anything. They believe in God, just that they weren't the type who found it super important to always attend mass. I had no choice but to settle for what I had, and after taking my siesta and doing some things, I got a text from Nuel as I was about to go for evening prayer. “ We need to talk”, his text read. Damn right about needing to talk.“ Why the hell did you not tell me that you were an altar boy?!” Nuel asked as I came up to him at the street side park where he had instructed me to meet him. “ Hold it there bro”, I said, raising my hands to hold him back if he should want to hit me or anything because he was as mad as a cow that had seen a red cow. I didn't even know when I called him ‘ bro'. “ You never asked me if I was, and you didn't even tell me that you were a priest. A priest for crying out loud”, I said, sounding so much like my mom when she had caught my dad cheating on her. “ You didn't ask me too, gosh!”, he exclaimed, putting both of his hands on his head like an African woman who has just received the news of her husband's death. He put his hand over his mouth, breathing hastily, trying to calm himself as I stood there too, doing the same. I could've bet that we were both thinking the same thing - how the hell was this possible? Saying that we were in deep shit was totally an understatemen
“ A reading from a letter to the Hebrews”, the lector said as we moved to the pulpit, while I held a microphone to his mouth, absentmindedly watching him move his lips as he looked at the congregation and back to the lectionary, paying no attention to what he was saying. “ The word of the Lord”, he said in a final tone, signifying that he had finished his reading. “ Thanks be to God”, the congregation replied and my mouth was benevolent enough to also speak along with the congregation. “ Your days shall be filled with gladness, all you who trusts in the Lord”, the lector started the responsorial psalm, maintaining his reading fluency and eye communication, just like that of a news anchor. “ Your days shall be filled with gladness, all you who trusts in the Lord”, the congregation replied. “ He who walks in the path of righteousness, who detests the ways of the wicked, who closes his eyes lest they see evil, who shuts his eyes lest they hear of bloodshed”, the lector continue
“ Hello gay”, Franklin said as a surge of pain flew from my hand to my whole body. How can one get injured in one part of the body but feels it on every part of the body? Someone really had to explain that to me. “ What are you up to in there? Looking for a dick to suck?” He said and laughed at his own statement, together with his two worthless minions; Christian and Zack. I looked at him with pure rage in my eyes as they continued laughing without ceasing, even pointing fingers at me as I caressed my hurt hand, laughing their guts out while calling me weak. I couldn't take it anymore, no longer. I clenched my fists and stepped forward to Franklin, face to face with him. “ What are you gonna do? Huh? Punch me? I bet your punch will be more soft than a pillow, fag”, he said and his crew ‘ oooohed’ what he said, laughing at the top of their voices as more students gathered around. Without thinking twice, I threw my fist in the air, making it land on his left cheek, and his
Education is really a scam. A real scam. Back when I was in highschool I didn't think about it that much, but now I've come to the realization that it is. I mean, how can a science student be learning about laws? What are the art students doing? Some of them would go to law schools, so why aren't they studying all the types of laws? Why should I who wants nothing to do with law be forced to learn about some laws that are sugarcoated as gas laws? You might want to say that gas laws were a science student's thing, but hey, they are laws, laws, and they should be studied by lawyers or aspiring lawyers, not high scholars who want nothing to do with the law. Like mehn, the educational system is fucked real up. “ Charles law states that all things being, the volume of a gas increases as the temperature increases, and decreases as the temperature does. It has a mathematical formula of V1/T1 = V2/T2”, Clementina answered the question that Mr Mayor had thrown at us. She was always
Nuel's POV I had liked a boy way back then when I was still in college, before going into the seminary. I was a third year student doing a program in Engineering Geology and I fell for Basil, a final year student doing a program in mechanical engineering. We lived in the same dormitory and were both altar boys at the school's local church. I had known him ever since my first year but nothing of him seemed appealing to me; not his looks, his aura, his dressing, his grades, nothing. To be precise, he was even a jerk, a jerk that has a few notable leadership qualities, nothing else but that, but I started falling for him at the beginning of my third year. I couldn't tell what had sparked the feeling, it was probably because of the fact that he just started acting all nice and caring literally our of nowhere. There were times when I would catch him stealing glances at me, glances that seemed so much like he was checking me out, and for some reason it seemed as if he always wanted
I felt very naked. Not actually for the fact that I had felt like a hypocrite while saying the homily, but because Collins was there, listening to me preach what I never practiced. But all the same, I couldn't help it. Just because I was involved in perpetual sin didn't mean that I shouldn't condemn it, it didn't mean that I should come up to the congregation and tell them that having premarital sex was good, that a priest fucking an altar boy was good. No, it never meant any of that, but I still felt naked because I knew that I would probably be sounding so stupid to Collins. Hearing me preach those words after hearing me moan in sexual pleasure multiple times would definitely be something to laugh about. I didn't want to think about it. I had ended things with him, I had made it clear to him that we never knew each other, and even as my heart ached, I knew that it was for the best. He left immediately after the morning mass dismissed, seeming like he was avoiding me. I
Nuel's POV “ Good morning sisters, how are you all doing?” I said to the sisters, forcing myself to smile. I was pretty sure that my thirty-two teeth was all out in display. “ We are doing fine father”, the eldest one among them replied, smiling even harder than I did, showcasing her open-teeth which made it seem as if the two parts of the teeth were running away from each other. “ How about you father?” “ We thank the Lord sisters. Forgive me for being ill-mannered, please have a seat”, I said, pointing at the cushion seats around. “ Thank you father”, they all said, one after the other, as if they had practiced it that way. “ So please”, I said, taking my own seat, “ to what do I owe this wonderful August visit? Mh? Hope I'm safe?” I said, raising my eyebrows and sounding cutely inquisitive. They chuckled at my expression, shaking their heads - mission accomplished; I wanted to make them smile. “ No, not at all father”, the eldest amongst them said. The very thought
Nuel's POV “ Good morning sisters, how are you all doing?” I said to the sisters, forcing myself to smile. I was pretty sure that my thirty-two teeth was all out in display. “ We are doing fine father”, the eldest one among them replied, smiling even harder than I did, showcasing her open-teeth which made it seem as if the two parts of the teeth were running away from each other. “ How about you father?” “ We thank the Lord sisters. Forgive me for being ill-mannered, please have a seat”, I said, pointing at the cushion seats around. “ Thank you father”, they all said, one after the other, as if they had practiced it that way. “ So please”, I said, taking my own seat, “ to what do I owe this wonderful August visit? Mh? Hope I'm safe?” I said, raising my eyebrows and sounding cutely inquisitive. They chuckled at my expression, shaking their heads - mission accomplished; I wanted to make them smile. “ No, not at all father”, the eldest amongst them said. The very thoug
“ Check the angle, the angle of the videographer, it's not the same”, I said, noticing the difference in the two videos. “ What angle?” Matilda asked, as Esther was still typing her message. “ The angle from where the person is taking the video”. “ It's not the same as mine!”, Esther said with a realization emoji. “ Oh my God, that's true”, Matilda said, also using the realization emoji. “ How could I have missed that?” Esther said, “ I was hiding on the right side of the board locker, but the person who took this video is on the left!” “ That means you weren't the only one who took the video”, I said, feeling relieved and happy. “ But could you have not noticed that there was someone on the other side of the locker board?” Matilda asked with a snarling emoji. “ I guess I was too focused on what was going on to pay attention to what was happening around me”, Esther replied. “ But why would someone do this to Ella?” I asked, going into the boys room for some privacy.
“ It isn't me, okay? I wasn't the one who uploaded the video”, Esther said again over the phone, and even though I didn't want to believe her, my gut was telling me that she was telling the truth. “ Then how is the same video everywhere?” I asked, bringing my voice down so as not to attract my siblings. “ It's very possible that someone hacked into one of our phones and took the videos, or that someone kind of had access to our phones somehow”. “ Oh my God, that's likely the case”. “ Come online, let's all verify”, she said and cut the call. “ This cannot be happening”, I said to myself as I scratched my hair, wondering if lice had flown from the video and into hair. “ It's very probable that someone hacked one of our phones”, Esther declared as I came into the group chat. “ That can be very possible, but even if that was the case, we are still in big shit”, Matilda sent her reply, “ especially you, Esther. You took the video, and we indulged in it with you, and now it
I remember watching the Sex Education movie with my siblings. Michael had first seen the movie and while we were all having a conversation one day, he mentioned that I reminded him so much of a character in the movie, a “ stupid gay boy” as he said, with utter disgust in his voice. Hearing him say that made me pretty anxious. I mean, he might've found something that said I was gay apart from my impromptu feminine gestures that always suffixed whenever I spoke. When we all started watching the movie, I was curious about this character, this gay boy that he said he hated so much, and on encountering Eric Effiong, a British-Nigerian gay character in the movie, I knew for sure that he was the one Michael was referring to. I fell in love with Eric as a character, but it was clear to me that I was nothing like him. He was flamboyant and outgoing, he was brave, fearless, loud, unable to be trampled upon, and he never hid who he was. He always wore flashy clothes and sometimes, also w
Collins’ POV I slept with Nuel, on his bed, both of us naked and drunk with sex. He was a beast that night, and his testosterone levels were at it's highest peak. We went for four rounds in one night, and after the fourth one he still wanted to go again. I knew that if I had allowed him, he would've torn my manhole into shreds. I said no, giving the excuse that I was already feeling sleepy. Not that I didn't love it, but too much of everything was bad. It was like having way too much sugar and knowing that you could risk reducing your insulin levels. He then asked if he could put his dick in my ass and fall asleep and that, I allowed. He inserted his dick in me, cuddling me in a spoon as we both fell asleep, skin to skin, connected, totally vulnerable before each other, and eventually woke up to attend morning mass. I was washing my hands after taking a leak when Franklin walked into the restroom, bolting the door after him. I couldn't tell why, but the fact that he was alon
“ Come in”, I said when I heard a knock on the door. Collins opened the door and walks in, clutching his doctrine book and Bible as he came closer. “ Good evening father”, he said, standing before me as I sat on the bed and putting his two hands around my neck. I would've preferred he didn't call me father whenever we were alone, I liked when he used to call me Nuel, but he insisted on doing so as a sign of respect for my priestly office. “ Don't worry, you will always be my sexy father”, he had said with an enchanting smile. “ Good evening, how are you?” I asked, putting my hands around his waist and drawing him closer to myself. “ I'm fine, how about you? You sound very tired”, he said, sitting on my lap as still held him, inhaling his sweet scent. He always smelled nice, not like perfume nice or anything, it was just his natural smell and still it was so so nice. “ Well, I am tired”, I said, pouting my mouth and making baby eyes. “ Why? Did you do anything tedious today
I walked around the parish premises, watching as different religious societies set up their altars and started their prayers. The Legion Of Mary and The Blue Army were the only societies that still had members with zeal. Even before they began saying the rosary, more than half of their members had already come, sitting comfortably and waiting. The other societies; the society of sacred heart, society of St Jude, and the rest were all scanty, with about three or four members in attendance, but nevertheless they inspired me. For the fact they were still holding on even on the verge of societal death was a true proof of their faith. I walked to the gathering center where catechism was held, and as I walked there, children shouted “ good evening father” so loudly that one might think that they were trying to wage war against me instead of greeting me. I answered them with a warm smile, asking how they were and all that. They were little kids, about four and five and six years, and i
Nuel's POV There is this saying that says that behind every dark cloud is a silver lining. Well, permit me to add that behind every storm is a steamy reconciliation sex. Not just any kind of sex, but the type that ultimately bonded us together and made me realize that I wanted to have Collins by my side forever. The storm lasted for two days, of which everyone stayed put, afraid of coming out and getting washed away. I knew that the people inside the church would have no problem finding what to eat. There were supplies of biscuits and juice and milk and water, usually donated for the children, and I was pretty sure that the items would be of very good use in the storm. The only thing that was in the chapel was water, nothing else, and Collins and I survived those two days drinking only that water and sleeping in each other's arms. I wasn't so afraid about what The Lord thought about our relationship anymore because I got to realize that God is love, and he loved us beyond bo
In the beginning, Judaism which begot the Christian faith was a faith that was built on sacred sex. Or at least that was what one author like that was trying to say through his book. I think it was Dan Brown? Yeah, and the book was The Da Vinci Code. In the book, speaking through a fictional Harvard university scholar, he buttressed the fact that sex was a divine act through which men encountered God through the sacred feminine. That the Holy of Holies in the temple built by king Solomon not only housed God, but also his female equal known as Shekinah. He told millions of his readers that men would visit the temple and the priestesses would help them to encounter God through physical contact and bla bla bla. That all sounded stupid when I read it, so so stupid and absurd, but I had cause to doubt myself after what happened between Nuel and I right there in the chapel, in the presence of God. Everything was slow, delicate, sophisticated. He broke the kiss and slowly shut t
Collins' POV It always felt stupid. To die for someone you loved, it always felt stupid to me. Even when Sam Smith released a song called “ somebody to die for”, I felt he was stupid enough to want to die for someone. Why would you want to die for anybody in the name of love? I remember watching this Asian movie: League Of Avengers; I couldn't tell if it was Korean or Chinese, but it seemed somewhere in the middle, just like I couldn't tell if Jumong or Alchemy Of Souls was Korean or Chinese. In the movie, Bi Yao, the female lead, sacrificed herself for Xiao Fan, the male lead, to save him from being killed by the leader of the righteous sect. Yes, Jesus Christ died for us; we were told, but that was different, he is God, and he was doing it to save all mankind, not some cute guy that he loved, and as I there stood on the sanctuary, in the dim darkness caused by the power shortage, and the heavy rainy noise that was accompanied with lightning and thunder, I came to understand J