1 [Part 2] | Back When We First Met
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He then knocked on the door again, but still, his renting partner was unable to pick it up. Mas nilakasan niya pa ang pagkatok sa pinto pero hindi pa rin nito binubuksan. Hinawakan niya ang doorknob at ni-testing kung bukas ang room. It was open.
He immediately opened the door. "What the hell are you doing-"
He was stopped to see a guy without top and just wearing a boxer shorts, nakaupo at mukhang nagtatanggal ng malapot na bagay na nahulog sa tiles, I believe it was honey. Mayroon ding nakapasak na headphone sa tainga nito na dahilan siguro para hindi siya nito marinig. Nakatalikod siya kay Chaunce pero kitang-kita ang ganda ng pagkakagawa sa katawan niya.
He immediately looked at Chaunce and stood up just to show a greek warrior body. He unwore the headphones and looked directly at his renting partner. He was sweating very hard and the droplets of sweats are running though his whole body. He was just an incoming freshman but his built is like a senior, might be bigger than other senior.
"Blake?" tanong ni Chaunce nang parang hindi makapaniwala. "Ikaw... ang renting partner ko?"
"What renting partner? I thought I will live here alone."
Chaunce's brows furrowed. "Tita Marlyn must have not told you yet."
"That I will have a renting partner and that is you?"
"Yeah."
"s**t. I really thought... argh, don't mind. Just come in, take off your shoes first. Beware, I accidentally threw the honey on the floor so it was slippery."
Agad tinanggal ni Chaunce ang sapatos niya at pumasok. Ipinasok niya muna ang mga maleta niya at ang bag niya sa loob at nilagay ito sa loob malapit sa pinto bago isinara ang pinto.
Inilibot niya ang tingin. "So what bed are you using? The left or the right?" he initiated the talk.
"It's not the issue here, the issue is that I thought I'll live here alone. I'm begging Chaunce, I want to have privacy."
"Living here with you isn't really invading your privacy right?"
"It's not but—"
"But what? If it's not then I can live here." Chaunce grinned. "After all, we can just manage our own business without you interrupting me or me invading your privacy."
"Will your mind not change?" Blake asked and scratched his head. "Don't you really want to go to other's room. I might make you uncomfortable. I sleep naked sometimes, I do anything that you might not like. I'm—"
"This is what I asked for, Blake," he said, emphasizing the latter's name. "At saka, I was the one who asked for this room first."
"I was."
"Nope, I was."
"I said I was the one who asked it first."
"Just ask Tita Marlyn because I asked for this room first. Pasalamat ka nga at pumayag ako na magkaroon ng renting partner e, dahil kung hindi, wala kang matutuluyan ngayon."
Blake rolled his eyes. He smirked and looked behind him, like hiding all the emotions from Chaunce.
Chaunce accidentally moved a step and got slipped. "s**t," he said as he was falling on the ground. Blake turned his gaze on him and tried to catch him but he was also slipped resulting them to fall together on the ground.
Chaunce was on the top of Blake and their faces were just centimeters away from each other while Blake's right hand holding Chaunce's right stomach. In Chaunce's stomach, he can feel the latter's stomach panting really hard. Below than that, he doesn't really know how to explain their scenario right now.
"Blake, nandiyan ka pa ba sa loob?" tanong ng isang pamilyar na babae at bago pa man makaalis sa ibabaw ni Blake si Chaunce ay agad namang bumukas ang pinto. "Susmaryusep, anong ginagawa ninyo sa tanghaling tapat?"
Blake pushed Chaunce, the reason why his butt fell in the floor. Dang, it hurts. He held his injured butt. "s**t, ang sakit no'n."
"Anong masakit Chaunce?" the woman who just came in asked in curiosity. She was holding a bowl of hot sinigang, the aroma is getting in all over the dorm.
"'Yung pwet ko po." Napailing lalo si Chaunce dahil sa sakit na nadarama.
"Bakit anong ginawa ni Blake sa pwet mo?" gulat na tanong ni Tita Marlyn.
His eyes widen. "Nope Tita Marlyn, it's not what you're thinking. It's just that this damn asshole pushed me so my butt fell directly on the ground."
Blake got a thin sando and wore it while talking. "I'm sorry that you should see that tita. It's just that I warned this stupid lad that the honey is all over the place but still got slipped." Chaunce threw him a glare for calling him stupid lad.
"Ayos lang naman but be careful next time," Tita Marlyn said. "I came here to give you sinigang, baka kasi hindi pa nagtatanghalian si Blake but I didn't expect iba pala ang gusto niyang kainin."
"Tita," Chaunce called her like he was telling Tita Marlyn to stop.
"Joke lang. I'm sorry I forgot to tell you pala Blake no'ng last tayong magkausap pero kahit na gusto ninyo man ng tig-isang kwarto, we must abide to the rule so just stick to this setup and I'll tell you kung mayroong bakanteng room para ang isa sa inyo ay makalipat."
"It surely is okay Tita Marlyn, we understand the situation." Chaunce looked at his renting partner, he seemed to be pissed. "At saka ito pong si Chaunce..." He went near Chaunce bago umakbay. "He's my friend so that's really okay."
"So that's good." Tita Marlyn smiled. "I just leave the sinigang here, eat it up and don't eat your renting partner." Chaunce glared at Tita Martha whose just smiling like there's no end. "Clean the mess." She said before leaving their room.
Chaunce called this asshole beside him. "Hoy Blake, what did you just say? We're friend? What the f**k?"
"Aren't we?"
"We will never be."
"Panindigan mo 'yang mga sinasabi mo kasi in time that you need me, I'll never help you."
"Ikaw, sagutin mo nga ako, sa China ka ba ginawa ha?"
"Why did you ask? Do I have to knoe where the f**k was I made?"
"Hindi pero kasi napaka-peke mo. Ewan ko sa 'yo."
He seemed to not get the sarcasm but Chaunce just looked behind him. Kumuha siya ng pamunas ng honey at agad na tumulong sa paglinis nito. The asshole went to the comfort room.
When the night came, Chaunce is still doing his things. Still rearranging his things like it has to be perfect. He really is a perfectionist.
Minutes later, he was satisfied of how his things were arranged. He immediately went inside the comfort room and bathe. When he was done bathing, he went outside only to see Blake typing at his own laptop.
Like what they said and promised, they said for Blake to not interrupt Chaunce with his things and Chaunce to not invade Blake's privacy, they will not talk unless necessary.
Chaunce was still choosing what clothes will he use. Chaunce was born from a rich family, so it's a no doubt that he will be choosy when it comes to choosing because like any other people born with a silver spoon, he has many options.
He finished changing clothes and looked back to his renting partner. Blake is now reading a manga book. "Hey, you like manga?"
Blake looked at him and then looked at the book he is holding. "Probably."
"That's one piece and that's awesome." Chaunce said. "So you watch anime too?"
"Kind of."
Chaunce then went near Blake bago ito kinaladkad patungo sa laptop nito. "Let's watch anime together."
"W-What kind of anime?"
"Ever heard of Junjou Romantica?"
"It's the first time I heard that anime."
"Great then I think you will want to watch it."
Chaunce pressed the space button of his laptop to make the video play. Every minute, Blake seems to ask more, he seemed to not know even a single thing about the genre of the anime. "Why are they doing that?"
"Manood ka nalang kasi," pagsaway ni Chaunce sa katabi.
"E anong ginagawa nila this time?"
"I thought you're fond of watching anime, why aren't you still familiar to every scenes?"
"f**k then, I do not watch or read anime or manga, I choose. Ang mga binabasa ko lang ay one piece, fairy tale and other else."
"Then what? Pare-pareho lang namang anime," ani Chaunce at umirap ng mata bago nagpatuloy sa panonood.
Nanahimik sandali si Blake at nanood na lamang kasama ang katabing si Chaunce. He then asked after seeing a scene which he think is not appropriate.
"What the f**k are they doing?" Blake exclaimed.
"Kissing, I guess. Haven't you seen anyone kissing another one?"
"Yes but, why is that main lead kissing another man?" Blake asked, like he was confused of how things are happening. "What kind of genre is that?"
"It's called yaoi or boy's love, bakit? Ano bang problema do'n?" inosente pa ring wika ni Chaunce at bumalik sa panonood.
"So you like this kind of genre that much?"
"Hmm," Chaunce answered while still looking at the series he's watching.
"f*****g be honest with me Chaunce..." Blake said seriously. "Are you gay?"
Chaunce stiffened when he heard this man beside him asked him if he was a gay. "What the f**k Blake? Be open-minded, not all those who watch yaoi are gay."
"Yes, they are."
"No, they aren't."
"Yes, they are. Kissing a man if you are a man is a kind of exposing your orientation."
"But that does not make you a gay," Chaunce argued. "Watching boys kissing each other isn't really an indication that you're a gay. It depends on your interests dude."
"So if you kiss another man, that will not make you gay?"
"No it can't—"
Chaunce's words was cut when Blake pressed his lips to his renting partner's. Chaunce was stiffened when he realized that his renting partner's lips was kissing his. It was unexpected while Chaunce eyes were widened when he realized that what they are doing isn't right.
Chaunce pushed blake away from him, causing their lips to part ways. Agad na hinawakan ni Chaunce ang kaniyang labi. "What the f**k have you just done Blake?"
"Now tell me..." Blake calmly said while looking directly at his renting partner's eyes. "Did my kiss not make you gay?"
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