Whispers In Shadows

19

"Happy Birthday, D!" We all greeted her in chorus.

Tonight is Dionne's eighteenth birthday celebration and she has a very grand party.

Her parents gave her the debut party that she wanted, a Coachella themed party. It was held in one of their hotels in the metro. Everything is elegantly arranged: from the decorations down to the food.

This was really Dionne's dream.

"So, cozy." Keith commented.

I shrugged. "You know her. She loves everything that is cozy and elegant," I replied.

Amongst us, it was Dionne who's girlish. She loves everything that is pink, glittery, and shining. Her taste was the total opposite of Keith's and I's preferences in things.

"Your debut's coming as well. Got a plan, already?" I asked.

"Let's just go to a bar," she answered and I laughed.

I arched my brow. "Bar? Will Dan allow you?" I asked and she immediately snorted.

"I don't need his approval. I will do whatever I want with my life," she answered.

I smirked. "I doubt that," I said, which earned a roll of eyes from her.

The party went on as it was planned and I can see how happy Dionne is while she was sitting in front, watching her guests enjoy the party.

She was glowing as she smiled at everyone.

"Oh, my god!" I squealed when a hand suddenly pulled me to the isolated side of the hotel.

"Hey, baby." Dashiel whispered to me.

"What the hell, Dashiel! You startled me!" I said, scolding him.

"Shh, baby. They might hear you," he said, pulling me closer to where we will be invisible to everyone's eyes, wrapping his arms around my waist.

"What are we doi—" He cut my sentence by crushing his lips to mine.

"I miss you," he said between our kisses.

I held on to his chest and grasped his white dress shirt—he was Dionne's 17th dance on her eighteen roses—and licked my lips. "We just saw each other yesterday," I said.

"Exactly, baby. I haven't seen you today," he said. "You know that I miss you every day," he added.

I rolled my eyes then, gave him a peck on his lips. "You're so clingy," I whispered against his lips.

"I am, baby. I want you in my side, always," he said before claiming my lips again, kissing me like we didn't just meet and did more than kissing yesterday.

Clinging my arms around his shoulder and him, pulling me closer to him, I could feel how he's already turned on.

"You got boner," I said shamelessly.

His face immediately turned red from embarrassment. "Baby," he said, telling me to stop teasing him.

I shrugged and smirked at him. "Where's the way to the parking lot?" I asked.

His brow arched. "What will you do there?" he asked.

Sometimes, I wonder if my boyfriend is really smart. He could be dense or clueless at some things at times.

I grabbed him by his collar and pulled him down so our height would meet. "We will take care of this," I said, massaging his erection.

"Ugh!" he groaned and without saying anything, he pulled me to the direction that I don't have any idea where we are heading.

"This isn't the way to the parking," I said when we stopped in front of the elevator.

"We won't do it there, baby." He said, pushing the button of the elevator when it opened and we got in.

I snorted. "But I want to do it there. That's one of my bucket lists; to have s*x with you in my or your car," I said.

Him, seeming scandalized, creased his brows to me. "You're weird, baby." He spoke.

I rolled my eyes. "Baby, I'm not weird, alright. You're just primitive. People do that," I said.

He shook his head and pulled me to his side, sliding his hand to the small of my back.

"Your fantasies are weird, but for now, let's do it in a place where no one can see it. I don't know what I can do if someone sees you naked," he whispered to my ears.

And the butterflies in my stomach betrayed me again; they are having their own party inside of me again.

"Won't they look for us?" I asked when the elevator opened and we stepped out on the 54th floor of their hotel. "We were both missing all of a sudden," I added.

He shrugged. "They will be too busy to even notice. Even your Papa. My mom introduced him to a guy's business partner. He's busy," he answered.

I arched my brows. "Are you telling me that my papa is flirting with a guy business partner your mom introduced to him?" I asked.

"Baby, I didn't say he's flirting. What I said was, he's busy discussing something with the guy," he explained.

I arched my brow more. "Is the guy handsome?" I asked.

He shrugged. "He's good looking," he answered.

"Papa's probably flirting with that guy right now," I said.

He was so thoughtful to even sugarcoat his words, but I know my father!

He won't let a chance like this slip, surely, before this night ends—and if the guy isn't homophobic and interested in a same s*x partner—he will have a guy he will bring home tonight.

"I don't think your papa is like that. They were discussing a certain business project before I left their table," he said, defending papa.

I shook my head. "Baby, I knew my papa more than anyone. And I know by now that I will have a new uncle tomorrow," I told him.

Dashiel looked at me weirdly but didn't say anything. Instead, he stopped in front of a big door and opened it. He slid his hand over my waist and pulled me for a kiss.

"Never mind the other people. This is our moment," he said before pulling me to the bed and kissing me more.

"I love you so much," he said as his kisses went down to my cheek, jaw, back of my ear, neck, and until my chest. "These are mine," he murmured while kneading and sucking my breasts.

"Where were you?" I heard Dan asked his brother.

Dashiel glanced at him. "Had a smoke," he answered.

That rolled my eyes because he was really bad at lying.

"You don't smoke, Kuya." Dan commented, creasing his brows.

"I do now," Dashiel still insisted.

Embarrassed, I walked away from where they were standing, heading straight to where Keith was sitting.

"D's looking for you," she said as I sat beside her.

"Why?"

She shrugged. "You suddenly went missing and so was her Kuya Dashiel," she answered, not looking at me. She was just somewhere else; she was watching Dan and Dasheil talk at our right side.

"I hate how crowded this place is, so I went to my car to breathe," I said.

Keith turned to me with her passive expression. "Tell him he has a lipstick stain on his collar," she suddenly said.

My forehead creased but upon realizing what she said, I immediately turned to where Dashiel and Dan were standing and indeed, there's a stain on his collar. It was not visible that much that if I didn't know he had a stain, I wouldn't notice it.

"What?" I asked, trying to act clueless.

"Dan might be dumb to not notice it immediately, but soon, one turn, and he will see it. Move now before you get exposed," she said.

"What are you saying?" I asked again, still trying to hide my panic.

But instead of answering, Keith took out his phone and dialed something. She put her phone in her ear and said, "Come over here." After that, I just saw Dandrev walking towards our direction.

To my horror that more people noticed his stained collar, I stood and stepped away from them and took my phone to call him. I can see how his forehead creased as his gaze shifted from his phone to me.

"Why, baby?" He asked.

"Change your shirt. You got a lipstick stain on your collar," I told him.

Dashiel pulled down his collar to see what I was saying and upon seeing it, he immediately turned his back and walked away from the crowd.

I, on the other hand, looked back at Keith who's with Dan now. They were sitting together and Dan said something that made Keith's brows creased.

"Don't be a p***y, Dandrev. Your brother has his own life. Let him live it the way he wanted," I heard Keith said to Dan.

Dan snorted to what he heard. "I just want to know who the girl is. I don't understand why he has to keep it to everyone," Dan said.

"Not because you don't understand, you can disrespect his decision. Let him and stop bothering him," Keith said again.

Dan's brows creased this time. "Why are you taking his side? Do you like my brother or... are you his girlfriend?" he asked, pausing at the first question.

Immediately, Keith smacked his face. "Are you nuts? Why the f**k do you think I will do your brother?" she said.

Dan rolled his eyes. "Why are you taking his side then, if you are not his girl," he asked.

Keith rolled her eyes and said, "Because you are so noisy and it annoys me," she answered before standing up and walking towards me. She grabbed me by my wrist and dragged me to I don't know where.