p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Morning came, and it was Sunday./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Lovino opened his eyes, smiling at me. "Last night was good."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Really…?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"He nodded. "You didn't say 'em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Chungus'./em Good job."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"I snorted. "You'll never forget that, hm?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""It will haunt you em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"forever,/em Antonio."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"We both laughed, and he looked down at his dress – which had been folded neatly on his desk./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""I can't believe you stopped me from giving you hickeys just so that you could fold your dress," I said./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Lovi rolled his eyes. "That dress was em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"6000 yen./em That's at around 60 fucking American dollars, dammit."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"I raised my eyebrows. "Wow. Pricey."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"He grinned. "What about you? What did you think of last night?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""You were less tight than last time." I raised an eyebrow. "I expected you to be tighter. Please tell me you didn't find someone during the time after our breakup."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"He glared at me. "Why the fuck would I do such a thing?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Lovi's cheeks turned pink. "Also, I, uhm…kinda play with myself down there…sometimes with things other than just my fingers, so…"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"I nodded. "Understandable~"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""You always sound so fucking calm," he laughed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""It's better than Feli, who's optimistic as hell," I snorted. "Can you imagine – me cheering you on right after the breakup?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"My boyfriend giggled. "Gross."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Veee!"/span/emspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;" I squeaked, imitating his little brother. em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;""You can do it, Lovi! You can get through this! Woo, woo!"/em/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""KYWAHAHAHAHAHA!"/span/em/strongspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;" Lovino giggled, falling back down onto the bed. "STOP MAKING ME LAUGH LIKE THAT, DAMMIT!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Your laugh is so fucking cute," I said, kissing his soft pink lips again./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Lovi's lips curled into a smirk. "It's still weird hearing you curse more often. Have I influenced you?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""It's spreading!" I squealed. "It's contagious – it's the em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Lovinopocalypse!"/em/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"He broke down in laughter. "Seriously, if my vocal cords suddenly smash to pieces one day, I'm going to blame it on you. You make me laugh way too much, dammit!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"I grinned. "Off topic, but your moans are really cute."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Lovi raised his eyebrows. "The fuck?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""They're cuteeeeeeeeee!" I said, hugging him. "Just like everything else about you!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""CHIGIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"/span/emspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;" he screamed. "BE CAREFUL WITH THE CURL, DAMMIT!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Oops, sorry~"br /-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"After we had gotten dressed for the day, we decided that we wouldn't be doing much today./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"I mean…it's Sunday./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Nobody does anything on Sunday./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Lovi looked back at me. "You do know what was the real reason that I wore that hell of a dress, right?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Hell of a dress?" I repeated, grinning. "I thought it was cute, actually."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""W-Whatever. I bought it myself, from that shop where Liz and I bought clothes."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"He bought it himself?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Sweet./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Lovi blushed. "I didn't realise that things would come to this, but I knew that you had a weird dress kink or something, but…"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Dress kink?" I laughed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Don't lie to me – I know you have one, dammit!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Aww. So cute./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"My boyfriend grinned. "Your birthday is coming up soon, right?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"I nodded. "Sorry I didn't take you anywhere out of the house on yours."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"He shook his head. "I loved my birthday last year, dammit. It was amazing."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""What, are you planning something for me?" I joked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Maybe." Lovi glanced over at the dress, which was still folded neatly on his desk. "Maybe I'll put on a strip show for you after we hang out. I don't know, dammit."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"I tried to hold back a laugh. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""I'm not joking." He grinned. "I think I've become a thot for you, Antonio."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Oh my God," I laughed. "Who're you, Belle Delphine?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Lovi snorted. "I can't do the fucking 'ahegao' face. I don't know how she does it."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"I grinned. "You say that, yet you make the most priceless facial expressions whenever we have sex."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Please. We've only had sex twice, Antonio. And oh my god—do I really look that weird when we're doing it?!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""No, I actually find it cute. You never really make any crazy faces like that 'Belle Delphine' girl from TikTok, but you still make adorable ones~"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"He grimaced. "Eww. Let's change the topic."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"I took a quick glance at his neck. There were hickeys – some healed, from last year, some dark from a few weeks ago, when we would exchange passionate kisses after school in the dorms, and two new ones from last night./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""How hard is it for you to hide those?" I laughed. "Doesn't anyone see them at school?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Lovi chuckled. "Clarisse saw them at one point, and she wouldn't stop blushing. But I don't think anyone else has seen them. I try to hide them with my shirt collar."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Nobody knows about them, then? Good." I wrapped my arms around him, feeling him tense a little. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""I love you," I whispered./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"He grinned. "I love you, too."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Kiku invited us over for karaoke," I said. "You wanna go?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Lovi nodded. "Yeah…but I can't really sing, so…"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""What do you mean, 'you can't sing'? Rubbish. I've heard you sing before, and it's beautiful."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"His cheeks turned pink. "Um…"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"I grinned. "Ah, well…I was hoping to sing a duet with you, you know…"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Lovi held onto my hands. "Hell, yeah!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Ahhh, so cute!/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Kiku smiled. "Welcome, everyone—"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""There's no need to be so formal!" Feliciano said, frowning at his friend. "I already told you, we're all FRIENDS!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"The Japanese man winced. "But it is proper Japanese etiquette to—"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Just let the poor man speak!" Ludwig sighed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Kiku cleared his throat again, while Feli pouted in the corner./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""I'm glad everyone could come today for the karaoke party. As you may know, it is the first term of the school year. Some of us are still freshmen in high school."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Feli and Clarisse high-fived each other, laughing./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""And some of us will be graduating once the year ends."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Lovino hugged me./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""And so, to start the year off in a positive way, I've decided to hold a karaoke party here, at my place. Please enjoy. Thank you." Kiku bowed, smiling./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Gilbert screeched, fighting with Francis over who should go for the first song. I chuckled, facing my boyfriend./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""So, you gonna sing?" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"He shrugged. "I'll just check the song list for a bit…"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Tyler grinned. "I've never heard you sing before. It'd be interesting."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Lovi smiled. "Is that so? Tch."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Also, I'm happy for you," Tyler said. "You guys are together again~"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Still a bit rocky, but we're getting there," I laughed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Clarisse smiled, and walked over to me./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Oh, dear./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Lovi raised his brows, trying not to laugh. "Good luck," he mouthed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""You bastard," she said, slapping my cheek./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"My boyfriend winced./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""I can't believe you. Breaking up with someone like him – you don't find many guys like him who aren't straight, you know!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"I sighed. "Ah, well, the thing is…"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""No need to explain," Clarisse said. "I've heard enough. Except…"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Except?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""I love you for getting back together with him. Don't make the same stupid mistake again, or I'll never forgive you."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Lovi and I exchanged smiles (of relief). Classic Clarisse./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Anyway, I'm gonna sing," she said, pushing through Francis and Gilbert, who were both hogging the song list and microphones. "Get outta my way, it's FILIPINA BITCH TIME."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""She makes me laugh," Lovi said, grinning. "Crazy bitch. I like girls like her."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"I chuckled. "She is interesting, isn't she?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""OH PAG-IBIG, FOOORTUUUUUNE COOKIIIIIEEEEEEEE"/span/em/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Grimacing, I turn my eyes towards Clarisse. My earrrrrrrssssssss./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Not that she's a bad singer, though./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""She's good at singing, though, isn't she?" Lovi said./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Well, she is from the Philippines," I laughed. "They're crazy about karaoke back there."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Tyler grinned. "Lovino, let's sing together!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Ehh…why me, dammit?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Because I've never heard you sing, and if we don't go up, then Alex will go up to sing some trashy K-Pop again!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Hmm…" Alex mumbled through a mouthful of ice cream./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Lovi shrugged. "Oh, well. One song can't hurt."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""High Hopes/span/emspan lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;" by em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Panic! At The Disco?"/em Tyler suggested./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Deal," Lovi said, smirking./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"I laughed. This was going to be interesting./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Once the song had ended, Lovi stuck up his middle fingers, grinning. I had never seen him so happy in front of anyone other than me./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Lovino."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Lovi looked back./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Can we sing something together?" Alex asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"My boyfriend nodded. "Sure. You want em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"BLACKPINK? BTS? TWICE? GFRIEND? IU?"/em/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Tyler let out an exhausted sigh./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""I was thinking of some em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"IU,"/em Alex said. "You still in a mood?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""…No. We're together again."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Oh, man!" Alex exclaimed. "It's been a month, hasn't it?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Lovi nodded. "What about some em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"BLACKPINK?"/em/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""You a em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"BLINK?"/em Alfred asked. "Man, there are so many of those fangirls back in my country. Christ."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"The song ended, and Lovi was trying (but failing) not to laugh. He had copied the original choreography perfectly, with a little bit of his own style. In other words, he danced like a spaz./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Alex, on the other hand, was getting into it a little too much. It still however, made Lovi laugh. It made me happy seeing him getting along with the others, while still keeping his sarcastic and somewhat sassy personality./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"I grinned. "You wore another dress?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Psh./em I'm allowed to. Everyone looks like a freak show, anyway."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"He wasn't wrong./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"While Lovi was wearing an elaborate and seductive short black dress, covered with sparkles, I had dressed up as a pirate./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"I feel like it must've turned him on, because he kept on staring at me./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Alfred and Arthur had dressed up as Shrek and Fiona./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"(And yes, Arthur was Fiona.)/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Tyler was dressed as a teddy bear, to cheer Lovi up. Instead, it sent him into laughter. Which was good enough./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Alex, much to Tyler's dismay, was dressed up as a K-Pop idol, with fake piercings and all./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Clarisse was dressed as a 'Waifu Personification of Jollibee' or whatever that's supposed to be, so I think I'll just stop there./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"I don't know why we all decided to come in costumes – maybe to celebrate the beginning of the school year in a fun way, but it certainly amused Kiku, and so he went back home to change into a frilly maid dress./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"-/span/em/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"POV (Lovino)/span/em/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"-/span/em/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Alfred stared at me. "Hey, can I ask you a question?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Antonio and I are together again. Yes?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Uhm, I was gonna ask if you were gonna eat that last slice of pizza…"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"I grinned. "What is it?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Those marks on your neck…"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Oh, shit./span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Please/span/emspan lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;" be oblivious. Please be dumb and not ask, Alfred. Please think that it's something else./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"He looked around, making sure that everyone was busy, and leaned in to whisper. "Dude, this is gonna sound weird, and I don't wanna offend you, but…are you even still a virgin?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Ah, shit!/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"But it's okay./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"He's Alfred, after all./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"I shook my head, smiling a little./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"He raised his eyebrows, and set his glasses on the table, pulling on his Shrek hoodie. "Woah, seriously? When?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""About a month ago," I said, blushing./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""D-Do you mind me asking something else?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Nope. Ask away, bastard."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Alfred's eyes shifted around. "How was it? Your first time with him?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""It kinda hurt at first."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Kinda?" He looked a bit worried./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""No – it hurt a lot at first. I was practically tugging at the sheets. But he waited for me to settle down, and then when he started moving, it felt good."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Alfred nodded. "Oh, that's good. So you've already had sex with Toni?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Y-Yeah. Once he hit that spot, I was fucking em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"screaming."/em/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""That spot…" He pursed his lips together in thought, then looked at me again. "Your prostate?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""God, I can't even say it," I laughed. "It's so fucking embarrassing. I don't know why."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"He nodded. "Understandable, really. Wait – you're only sixteen, aren't you?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""I'll be seventeen next month."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Alfred shrugged. "Don't worry, bro – I'm not judging you. I mean, you're a freaking incubus, right? It's fine."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"I smiled. "You're a good friend. Thanks."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Clarisse sat beside me, grinning. "You're wearing a dress."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Okay, you gonna make fun of me?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""No," she said. "It's pretty. Sparkly."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"I looked her up and down. "You look pretty cute yourself. What're you supposed to be?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""The Waifu Personification of Jollibee!"/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Sure enough, there were fake bee wings stuck to the back of her costume – which was a red dress, and red and white stockings. To top it off, she was wearing yellow shoes, a little chef hat and bee antlers./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"I cringed. "Nice."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""And…Kuya Toni is a pirate?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"I sighed dreamily. "Yeah. Doesn't he look fucking hot, dammit?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"She snorted. "Are you serious?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Hmmm~"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""By the way…" She lowered her voice to a whisper. "Are you still a virgin?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"…/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"…Are you fucking kidding me./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""No," I muttered without hesitation./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"She raised her eyebrows. "Did your first time go well? How many times have you done it?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Uhm…" I thought for a bit. "Our first time was amazing. And awkward."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Clarisse grimaced. "Did he say anything stupid?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Chungus."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""…What?!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"I laughed. "I know, right? Oh, and we've only done it twice. Our first time was a month ago, and the other time was just last night."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Her face turned bright red. "What happened last night?"br /I grinned. "It had something to do with a date. And an unfortunate incident. Maybe a few near-deaths for a few drug dealers, caused by Antonio…"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"She looked at me, horrified. "The fuck did he do this time?!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Oh, it wasn't him. He just saved me. I almost got raped in a corner in the street."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Oh my God, are you okay?!"/span/em/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"I nodded. "I'm fine. Oh, and I was wearing a dress at the time, so it kind of provoked them to do it. And then we got home, cried, hugged, kissed, and had sex."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"A smirk crossed her face. "Were you the one who asked him to have sex with you?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Yeah…"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Clarisse grinned. "Well! I broke up with my boyfriend the other day, actually. He was being a dick."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Oh?" I stared at her. This always happens whenever she has a boyfriend. They never treat her right, dammit. It's starting to piss me off. She's an annoying bitch, but she's also cute and can be sweet, too. She has rights, dammit./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""Oh, and I also went to a classmate's funeral." Her voice went low, and she looked at the ground. "I didn't really know her that well, but I cried a lot. She was only my age – fourteen – and she had committed suicide by hanging."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"A memory resurfaced, and I felt tears in my eyes./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Clarisse gave me a weak smile. "I'm glad my cousin and that annoying fatty American saved you, you know. I'd have cried even more if you had died."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"I bitterly nodded, biting my lip – thinking of something else to talk about./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""SMILE! SWEET! SISTER! SADISTIC! SURPRISE! SERVICE! WE ARE em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"STILEEEEEEEEE!"/em/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;""DEAD MEME!"/span/emspan lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;" Alfred screeched./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"Kiku was singing the opening theme to some anime about a café with cute girls. Not that I cared, but he was obviously getting a little tipsy./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"It was funny, though./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"I don't think I'll ever forget this night./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"To be honest, my entire three years of senior high school are probably going to haunt me for the rest of my life./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-PH;"In a good way, dammit./span/p