Branded to be Loved

I think today is the longest day of my life. I was so exhausted that I didn't close the door of my room while entering. A heavy sigh escaped my lips when I fall into my comfortable bed without making any sound. Something didn't settle well. My eyes struggles to open when I felt something metallic underneath my back, I reached towards it and found a pendrive which is I think belongs to my one and only cousin brother Jaydon. 'Like really' my conscious mind screamed. He came to my room without my permission, again. Oh! he really wants to get scolded again. He's not even a child anymore when will he understand, that. I was about to throw it outside when I heard beeping of my phone, definitely a notification. Oh! No it's not. "Look, Haydon baby." My bestfriend's girlfriend Thea wiggles at the video call intentionally. Yeah, Haydon's my name, please don't look at me like that. I was told that my cousin brother was raised by my parents when he was born, because back then aunt Lilian was so sick to take care of a newly born baby. My mother was so charmed by baby Jaydon, she named me Haydon hoping of us getting together well in future. Technically Lilian wasn't actually my real aunt, she is the bestfriend of my mother and yeah Jaydon wasn't actually my cousin brother but we echoes each other like one. Turning over... Thea flipped the camera for a nano second and then flipped it back. 'What is that?' My mind triggered questions automatically when I caught her wandering inside the campus lawn, which was totally secluded, but there was a crowd that I'm certain of. But something, no someone caught my eyes. "Who is he?" I corrected myself. "I don't know, but he's too hot to handle. Oh! My god." She screamed and laughed out loud. Pitying me she flipped the camera. There was a guy, actually a hot guy surrounded by dozens of drooling Koala. Well I nicknamed all the girls "Koala" who always ran after every single hot guy in our campus. His features wasn't clear enough... She suddenly flip the video camera again showing her pearly teeth, "tell me you died just now." "Yeah, I did. Can you just flipped it again, please." I agreed to that while curiously plead, wanted to see him again. She blessed me again, "hope this guy is one of the good guy, cause you always fall for the bad one." She highlights the 'the' word singing in the background. Well she had always witnessed me dating a bad guys around. She was fairly irritated, technically I was the only reason behind everything we wanted do together, goes to trash, like literally. Last summer, dad had grounded me for a week, because he caught me hanging out with some unknown random guy. I was like, just talking to him for a moment, that's when my dad has to appear, nice. Dad pretty much loved me, like so much, loads of it. But I know he is certainly never approve of a street guy to be my boyfriend. Here again, Thea wasn't nearly my bestie but she is my bestfriend's girlfriend and she has an unusual dream of going on a double date. And my bestfriend Roman too, never approved of any of my previous boyfriends, he always said, "it's unhealthy to be in unhealthy relationship." Naturally this became his signature cluster of words to scold me with. He knows me well because I'm the one, again, who dumped them, all my previous boyfriends, without thinking twice, ha ha, funny much. Back to the present. That unknown guy was really a lady killer, like Thea said, 'too hot to handle'. A small smile crept into my lips without my notice. "What is that?" Thea questioned me, "oh! My, you are blushing." She screamed through the video call flipping the camera. "Hey, what is this? You.." before I curse her further she flipped it again. He really so hawty, I watched him in awe. Thea laughed like a monster in the background. I blushed further and cut the video call before I embarrassed myself further, not much but this was different, how? Ahh.. My phone rang as Thea face popped up in my screen, flashing her cute sleeping face. That's the picture I stole from Roman to take revenge on Thea, which turned out to be my contact wallpaper for her calls. And actually she didn't mind at all. Yeah my revenge goes waste like that. "Don't you dare." I picked the call with warning, before her mind goes berserk. "Wow, I was about to tell you the information I got, about him, but if you insist, then I better.." Insist. My brows pulled upward in complete disbelief. "Oh! C'mon you drama queen." I cut her off. "So.." she continued like nothing happened. "He is the lone heir of our department head, no, he isn't a student here, he already had graduated from X University two year ago. He is working in some X Company now, he is single, virgo, blue, love chinese cuisine, 5' 3" tall, extrovert. Oh! My god he so cool." She trailed in one breath. I held my head in defeat. "You really didn't get the important info." I stopped for a moment, "heck, what's his God damn name Thea?" I questioned her angrily. God damn it, why am I angry? What's happening? "And what is this X University, X Company? You are leaving out every bit of a reasonable info, about him." I finished with an irritated sigh. She sighed through the phone and started laughing again. Really, not again. She has been pulling my leg from the very beginning, like this. Well, she got herself lucky here because she was my bestfriend's girlfriend or else I would have showered her with immeasurable God damn words. My sigh wasn't actually enough for her to stop as she continued laughing. I put the call on speaker and went to freshen up and change my dirty clothes. I took some cucumber flavour body wash in loofah for bath and soaked myself in the bathtub with cold water. She was now babbling something I couldn't understand. After like 15-20 minutes later I felt completely good, actually. It was good enough to escape from her torment of sweet laughter and chattering. Then I wrapped myself with my snow-white towel. And at last she stopped, "what's there to have fun with, when you get his name so easily, Haydon baby? It's so relieving to tease you like this." She is definitely smirking right know. I got myself dried by a fluffy towel, changing into my PJs and went to answer her back. "I like seeing you in complete defeat,.. you know." Her way of talking changed like the speed of light. I huffed, "you know better." "Ask him yourself, in front of everyone tomorrow, I dare you.. this time." She said with the challenge in her voice. "Who are you daring to?" A familiar voice came through the call. Roman. "Haydon." She simply stated. He chuckled lightly. I don't know what's the environment there and I definitely don't want to know. "Hay?" Roman voice came through. "Listening." I said without losing a second. "It's late, Hay. Don't get disturbed by this gal's madness. Take care, sleep tight and good night, sweetheart." He said casually. "Yeah, sleep tight, Haydon baby." Thea mimics him adding her nickname of me. "Yeah, good night too, to both of you." I wished back. "What's you gonna do?" Thea asked Roman seductively before I cut the call. Oh! No no. I hurriedly cut off the call before their kissing started to rang my eardrum out. So cheese they are. I heard my phone beeps again while I was changing. I read the message without reading the sender, "Hey." Just hey. I scrolled up, looking for any known sender to scold, but, there wasn't any name on it. What a douche bag? I huffed jokingly. I don't think this is some prank by my friends. I pout my lips thinking about.. "What's the matter? You look so freshen up Hayhay." Jaydon interrupted, leaning into the half opened door. "Care to play." I showed him an anonymous message, playfully. "Hell, yeah." He entered showing his interest, we both knew this isn't going to end well, if we are planning together something. He copied the number and saved it in his contact list in the name of victim 52, I did the same. We were ready to start the stalking process and then, when we heard aunt singing her lungs out from the kitchen, "dinner is ready." We looked at each other realising poorly tied up. We would be called an evil twins, if we were blood related. I was about to leave for dinner when I noticed his pendrive, on the shelf, in my way toward the door, "this.. belongs to you." I turned to tossed it towards him. I found him standing with my phone in his hand, typing. But lucky brat, he professionally catched his pendrive, showoff. "What are you doing Jay?" I curiously asked him. I trusted him with my things. Any of my personal matters or even replying to anyone too. "Just playing, nothing else." He throws my smartphone on the bed and put both of his hand behind his head, definitely an evil thought is lurking in his mind. He grabbed me by hand and tried to pulled me out of my own room, I tried to peek through but was unsuccessful. Damn him, his strength, his a*s cheeks, damn. "What did you replied Jay?" My question goes answered as he dragging me down. If he can't come up with more cursing words I guess I will f**k*g beat this a*s cheek red. "You have a nice a*s you know." Jay teased and lightly slapped my a*s cheeks. Spinning me round he ran leaving me behind. "You." I furiously ran after him. --------