I’ll Sing To You, Mr. CEO

CHAPTER 15: OFFICIALLY IN A RELATIONSHIP

At around 3:15 when Lhan spotted Dunce' car near the school gate. Although they were in a relationship already, Lhan could still feel a little bit uncomfortable with him. Her heart beat irrationally since that night.

Gideon patted her back when he noticed the familiar man leaning on a Maybach. “I can’t still believe that you are now dating Ardunce Arbiz of Frost Company. Only few know how he looks like but damn, he is so gorgeous. No wonder he comes with different cars. At first, I thought he was just a handsome fuckboy. Geez, you are dating one of the wealthiest men in the country, Cinderella.”

"Fuckboy? Gideon! Your vocabulary is getting vulgar.” Lhan was astonished at Gideon’s first impression of Dunce. “How did you come up with that impression of yours?”

Gideon looked at her like she was a helpless imbecile or something, “That's why I told you to read and watch other topics aside from your techy whatever. Your vocabularies are now obsolete. Don’t you know that nowadays men like him, hot, sexy and looking rich are mostly regarded as fuckboys. In case you don’t know, fuckboys are term use for men similar to that of a whore.”

Lhan wasn’t happy as to how Gideon describe the word. She scowled at him, staring at him angrily.

Seeing the anger in Lhan’s eyes, Gideon raised his arms subconsciously like preparing for a combat. “Hey! Don’t give me that look. Just because you have a boyfriend now you think you can dispose your first male best friend. You are throwing our almost-a-decade friendship for a one-day-old boyfriend?”

“Male best friend? You’re a unicorn not a male.” She was about to give Gideon a kick when his phone rang. Gideon relaxed as Lhan pulled her mobile phone to answer the call.

"I'm parked at the Mango tree near your school gate." Lhan walked towards Dunce direction as the latter spoke at the other end of the call. Gideon followed and stop when he heard Lhan answered, “I’ll be there in a bit.”

Knowing that Lhan was still mad, Gideon patted her head to pacify her. “Fine! My mistake. He isn’t a fuckboy. Look at yourself being in love. This is your first relationship. I sincerely hope it will work well.” He gave her a gentle smile, hugged her a bit before he bid his good byes.

"Gideon, you are still my male best friend. But I still owe you a kick for what you say earlier.” Lhan shouted in jesters as he walked away.

Gideon sniggered and waved his hands but not looking back, “Yeah, you know how to joke now. Go have fun with him.”

Lhan stayed a bit until Gideon’s back faded.

Lhan felt lifted for some reason but not Dunce who watched the scene. While getting closer to him, the death stare appeared more vivid. ‘Shoot! Why did I forget about him?’ She instinctively smacked her forehead.

Dunce opened the passenger seat for Lhan to comfortably enter. But as soon as he sat on the driver’s seat, he greeted her with a short but incensed query, "Who's that guy?"

"A friend and his gay." She said readily explaining what he saw.

Dunce started the engine and composedly drive to the track before he spoke again. "He looks manly to me."

"He is a closet queen. His father is very strict.” Lhan spontaneously defending herself without thinking too much before speaking. It was too late before she realized her last sentence. “I even pretended to be his girlfriend once when his father doubted his s****l orientation." She looked at Dunce impulsively. ‘I can’t take back that last sentence, isn’t it?’

"What!?” Dunce glanced at her unimpassioned. He shook his head and gazed back at the road.

Lhan bit her tongue. She forgot that the man sitting beside him was quite the jealous type. ‘Did I just dig my own grave deeper than what I am supposed to be.’

Lhan sighed before explaining her side. She calmed herself before speaking. “That was just once. Even Fleur and Elise pretended. It will not happen again since I already have a real boyfriend. “

Her last word calmed Dunce a bit, “Are sure he's gay? Or maybe he is just taking advantage of your friendship.”

“I am 100% sure. He is even more feminine than me.” Lhan even raised her hands like pledging that her words were all nothing but truth.

“He is still a guy. He can still go back being a straight man. He can still fall for you.” Dunce logically explained.

“Why do you think that all men would fall in love with me?”

“Can you guarantee that he will not fall for you?”

“We have been together for almost 10 years. If he will fall for me it would be a long time ago. Also, he is one of the few who know that I have a boyfriend?”

Dunce did not like what he heard. He felt like Lhan was keeping their relationship. “Only few? Are you hiding our relationship?”

Lhan suddenly had the urged to answer a calculus problem than talked with her boyfriend. She wanted to escape. Unfortunately, she did not have teleportation power to escape him. She could only respond. “I am not. I just have few friends and it is not my nature to announce to the world about my relationship. We just became an official couple last night. Did you come here to interrogate me?”

Somehow, the word official couple cleared the anger in his heart. Immediately he forgot what had happened. “I'm starving. Let's eat and watch a cinema later.”

Lhan could not cope up with his mood and thoughts. “Why?”

“It is our first day being an official couple.” Now, he was back to normal.

“Oh! So, this is what they call as official date. But aren’t dates like this for young couples?” Lhan had also forgotten their petty arguments.

“Do I really look old to you?” Dunce now totally calm.

“What I mean is dates like this are for teens. I feel like it does not suit us anymore.” Lhan.

“Aren’t you a teen?” He questioned.

“Don’t you feel awkward going on a date like this? I’m just conscious that they will call you childish. You seemed to be the type who doesn’t like public places. My friends told me that you remained mysterious and prefer to lie low. Going on a date might give you inconveniences?” Lhan was sincere of her words. She was worried that Dunce was only suggesting the date thing because of her.

Dunce did not care. The main reason why he didn’t want to be in a public before was because he felt there was no reason to appear in the public. “How about you, do you feel bothered.”

Lhan thought for a while before she answered. “Not really.”

“Then I see no problems.” Dunce.

It took them almost half an hour when they arrived at a high class restaurant, Stars' Diner. Dunce ordered food as they sat. The room was cozy and one of the side wall was made of glass giving an overlook view of the city.

Mainly, dishes were chosen by Dunce as Lhan wasnt familiar with the menu, but surprisingly the food really suited Lhan's palette, especially the fruit frappe with minty taste on it.

"This is amazing!" Lhan cried out after a sip. "I always put peppermint on my coffee and not really fond of fruit frappes or juices. But this one is amazing."

Dunce propped up his chin, enjoying the scene before him. The amusing and surprised look of Lhan as if finding some gold treasures made his heart flutter.

"We can order take out and bring inside the movie theater if you want. There are also snacks." Dunce suggested smilingly.

"Snacks? We just ate. I will turn into pig in no time." She seriously said.

"You are too thin. A strong wind might blow you away, you know" Dunce jokingly commented. "Gaining a pound or two doesn't make any difference. Every time I hugged you I feel like I'll crush your bones."

Lhan erected her body and hold her ribs and backbone, pressing it a little hard. "Really? I drink milk everyday. My bones are strong."

The milk she was talking about was the non fat milk she used as a creamer for her coffee. Drinking pure milk was not to her taste.

"Hahaha! I'm just kidding. You always take every words seriously." Dunce giggled again. "But I am not joking about you being thin."

Dunce ordered two different frappes, one with coffee and another fruit flavored. Then they headed towards the cinema, which was three floors below the restaurant where they ate.

They settled to watch a romantic comedy action as both were not really fond of watching pure drama or pure romantic films.

From time to time the viewers laughed except for Lhan. Dunce observe how Lhan reacted, thinking that she might not be enjoying the film so he pinched both of her cheeks.

"Awww!" Lhan wept. "Why did you do that?"

"You're too serious. You don't even laugh or smile. Don't you find the movie interesting?" But Lhan didnt speak. She just looked at him intensely then held Dunce head and kissed him fast.

Flabbergasted, Dunce couldn't move for a moment.

Seeing how surprised he was she bowed her head as if she made a grave mistake, "The female lead just did that and her boyfriend was happy." She said her voice was almost inaudible.

"Yeah! That's how a male and female act when officially in a relationship." Dunce rested his arm around her shoulders and pulled her closer. "I'm glad that you are mine."

Lhan put a smile on her face and relaxed.

Dunce kissed her on her forehead before focusing on the screen. "Maybe I should bring her often to romantic films." He thought happily.