LOVE ME UNCLE, PLEASE

JIANCI "Uncle Lux, are you coming home for my birthday tomorrow?" I sat on the edge of the bed while talking to my uncle on my cell phone. Actually, we weren't blood-related. His family and my mom's family were just friends. But I'd been living in their house ever since Uncle Lux took me from Dad's house. Dad's new family saw me as an eyesore, so they convinced my father to let me go with Uncle Lux. When my Mom died, Dad married his mistress and brought her home, along with my half-sister, Cally. Ever since Dad's new family moved in, his treatment of me has changed. He always scolded me for things I didn't do, especially when Cally and I argued. He always took the side of his illegitimate child over me. Cally was skilled at playing the victim, and her mother was adept at instigating. In Dad's eyes, everything I did was wrong. Cally always made me look bad in the eyes of my Dad and other people while she acted like a prim and proper lady who couldn't even break a glass. I was glad I decided to live with Uncle Lux's family. In their house, I felt like I had a family. That there were people who loved me. Grandpa and Auntie Yna doted on me so much, especially Uncle Lux. I became a precious family member of the White family. Uncle Lux treated me like his precious niece. He always protected me from people who wanted to bully me. He gave me everything from clothes to accessories and more. In short, I was pampered by my uncle. But his treatment of me suddenly changed when I confessed to him that I liked him. That my feelings for him were more than just as an uncle. I was just sixteen at that time and he was twenty-two years old. We had a seven-year age gap. Uncle Lux became cold and distant to me. He often didn't come home until he eventually left and bought his own house. He became even more distant when he became the head of the White family and CEO of the White Group. I was deeply hurt. I knew that the reason he suddenly distanced himself from me was because I confessed my feelings to him. And he didn't like that. At first, I thought that maybe my feelings for Uncle Lux were just infatuation. But as time went on, I loved him even more. Even now that I'm turning eighteen tomorrow, I still like him. So, I'm sure that my feelings for him aren't just infatuation. I really like him. I love him as a man and not as an uncle. "I'm not sure if I can come home tomorrow," Uncle Lux replied in a cold voice. "And if your reason for calling me isn't important, don't call me because you're just bothering me." It felt like my heart was torn apart by what Uncle Lux said. I really meant nothing to him anymore. I wanted to regret why I even confessed my feelings to him. I gently wiped away the two tears that flowed down my cheek. Uncle Lux ended the call without even saying goodbye to me. He didn't even wish me a happy birthday. Before, he was the very first person to greet me every birthday. I took a deep breath to ease the tightness in my chest. It's my birthday tomorrow but I feel like someone died instead of being happy. I looked at the screen of my cell phone when it suddenly vibrated. Hoping that it was Uncle Lux who chatted with me, I hurriedly opened my cell phone only to be disappointed. It wasn't him who sent the chat but my best friend, Carmi. She was inviting me to go to Casa Bar. She said she was there with our other classmates. Instead of sulking in my room and drowning in sadness, I decided to go to Casa Bar. Uncle Lux doesn't care about me anyway, so he won't be angry if I go to the bar. Before, he didn't want me to go to the bar because aside from it being dangerous and I was still young, he said that those kinds of places didn't suit me. I was wearing a short miniskirt and a tube blouse topped with a red leather jacket when I went to the bar. A few moments later, I was sitting next to Carmi and drinking alcohol with our classmates. "Happy eighteenth birthday, Jianci!" my classmates greeted me all at once, led by my friend. "Thank you," I answered with a smile. We raised our glasses in the air and shouted together, "Cheers!" It's my first time drinking alcohol today. The red wine we're drinking is delicious. Sweetish, like grape juice only. "Tomorrow, you'll officially be an adult, Jianci. You can now court your uncle," Carmi joked to me with a smile. She's the only one who knows my feelings for Uncle Lux. Instead of commenting on what she said, I just smiled at her slightly and took a series of sips of wine. "Hey, Jianci. You're not drinking juice. It just seems like juice but it's very intoxicating, especially for someone like you who isn't used to drinking alcohol," Carmi suddenly stopped me. "It's okay. If I get drunk, just take me home," I answered with a smile. Maybe it's because of the alcohol's effect that I'm smiling even though there's nothing funny. Even though she prevented me from drinking too much alcohol, I just ignored her. After a while, it felt like my face was thickening and my vision was spinning. I'm not the only one who got drunk because some of my classmates, especially the girls, were already slumped in their seats. While the men, only two were drinking and soon they would also slump in their seats. Even Carmi is drunk too. She was leaning on the soft chair with her eyes closed. Even though I was dizzy, I stood up and decided to leave the private room to go to the bathroom. I'll wash my face to reduce my drunkenness. I took off my jacket and left it next to Carmi. I feel hot even though our room is air-conditioned. This must be the effect of alcohol on my body. When I left our private room, I walked slowly and crookedly to find the bathroom. I can only slightly open my eyes because they are heavy. I was just feeling the wall using my hands to find the bathroom door. As far as I know, it's not far from our private room. When I touched a doorknob, I thought it was the bathroom door. I immediately opened it and went inside. I bumped into the hard body of a person when I entered what I thought was the bathroom. If the arms of the person I bumped into hadn't quickly wrapped around my waist, I would have surely ended up on the floor. "Since when did you learn to drink alcohol?" I heard an angry question from the person who was almost hugging me. I forced my eyes open to see who the man was who spoke. But because of drunkenness, my vision is already blurred. I can't see his face very well. But his voice and even his scent seem familiar to me. My two hands rose and cupped the man's face. "Do I know you?" I asked him in a drunken tone. "You smell good." I brought my face closer to the man's neck and sniffed his masculine scent. I felt his heavy breathing as if he was having difficulty breathing. Without warning, I stuck my mouth to his neck and sucked his Adam's apple. I felt like a vampire sucking the blood of my victim. I heard a faint moan from his throat as if he was in pain so I stopped what I was doing. And from the stranger's face, my hands went down to his chest. I smiled when I felt his hard chest and the rapid beating of his heart. "What are you doing? Stop it," the man said to me, seemingly out of breath. But instead of following what he said, I just pressed my chest against his chest so it seemed like our heartbeats became one. Weird, but my heartbeat is also fast. And it feels good while our bodies are touching. I heard the man speak but I don't know why I suddenly became deaf. I can't hear anything but the rushing loud beating of our hearts that seem to be rejoicing. I think I'm going crazy because I wrapped my arms around his neck and silenced him with a tight kiss on the lips. I felt that he suddenly froze before trying to push me away from him. But he did not succeed because my arms were tightly wrapped around his neck like an octopus' arms. After a few moments, he stopped resisting me until he voluntarily responded to my kiss. His kisses were intense and seemed eager. As if his kisses were accompanied by intense emotions that he had been holding back for a long time. He lifted me while our lips were still locked. I completely let myself be carried away by the strange feeling I was feeling right now and ignored the warning signal inside my mind.