Geek God and Xander Zee [ZaintSee]

Chapter 14

We moved in completely, the game Strike 101 was going to launch, I was so proud of myself and so was Zee. We have been together for more than a year now. I kept working at Nile tech and Hwahwa and Day got married. Zee landed many lead roles in dramas and he was recognized furthermore, he got many projects and kept working most of the time. It was the same with me as well, I put my everything into creating this game and now I have achieved it. I'm so happy. Although no matter however busy we are, no matter we go days without sex, I'm happy, we are happy because at the end of the day we find our Oasis in each other's arms.

The launch party was today, I haven't changed much in the aspect of socializing, so I wasn't going to go to the party, but my team insisted on joining them for a drink, only the Geeks, I couldn't say no to those kids, they were the reason for my dreams coming true, so I agreed but made sure only to stay just for a while.

I headed home and there he was, my star, my boyfriend, handsome as ever, he had made dinner and was lighting the candles when I entered. He gave me a bright smile, the candles made his eyes look blown and his features were perfect, I smiled back. I noticed that I do that often lately. I walk over to the table and take a seat.

"What is this for?" I ask

"To celebrate, of course, you've done such a good job, I'm so proud of you" he side-hugged me as he stood next to me and kissed my forehead. He took the seat opposite me and said, "have I ever told you that you are beautiful?"

"Yeah, if I remember right that's what you told the first time you saw me, and you have said the same thing a hundred times more"

"I mean that... And I mean what I am about to say right now. You look so beautiful"

I smiled and I know I'm blushing, he was teasingly smiling. We spoke about random things while having dinner and then headed to sleep. We slept peacefully without knowing what was going to happen with our lives after this.

The next day, it was around noon when we were watching TV together, when Zee's manager called him, he went away to talk, and right then Day called me too. I wondered why he called and I picked up and he started speaking.

"Saint... I'm sorry"

"What happened?"

"I know that we decided not to reveal that Xander Zee's avatar is based on Zee... But the press, they found out... She asked me today in the press conference that if I knew Pruk Panich and what I was to him, I casually replied I am his friend, I just thought since Zee is famous now they might ask me questions about how I know him and it will end there.

But... I'm so sorry, she saw the resemblance between Zee and Xander Zee and asked me if there was a connection, since it is what it is, I revealed the truth about the inspiration behind the creation of Xander Zee. I told them that the designer was Pruk Panich's fan and they created Xander Zee based on their idol.

She proceeded to ask if the designer was male or female. I did not know how it was relevant so I decided to not answer that. But she insisted I answer and the rest of the reports insisted too as they knew that, this particular reporter was onto something.

I still did not answer but she let that go and asked if the rumor about the famous gamer and programmer Geek God was working in Nile tech. I denied that and said I would be privileged to work with Geek God but he doesn't work for me.

She caught me there, she asked me how I knew if Geek God was he or she, I said I knew because Geek God was given demos from the company to test run and he has designed a banner or two for the previous games.

I am so sorry but I didn't mean to say that, but I was deep into this already. I may have mocked her for asking questions based on rumors and that's when all hell broke loose.

She somehow had pictures of you and Zee walking together near your apartment complex, you are wearing the hoodie, cap and mask just like the Geek God Avatar. She even had a picture of us in the restaurant all four of us visited, you were dressed a similar way.

She pointed it out that Zee was dating someone and that someone was a guy, that I knew about it and that the person in the picture very closely resembles Geek God, she gave me one last chance to answer if the gamer Geek God is the one who has created Strike 101 and if he added his own Avatar in the game beside Xander Zee, and she finally revealed a picture of you entering Nile tech. She asked me if after all this evidence I could still deny it.

She literally connected all the dots and said that she wasn't asking questions based on rumors and she was asking based on her ongoing investigation of who is Geek God. She found out that Geek God works in Nile tech, and that I am close to Geek God and Zee, and Zee being Xander Zee and Geek God creating Xander Zee because he loves him and are together. Literally everything.

I'm so sorry, I really did not mean to expose you in this way. She had it all ready, she was only there to prove it to the world that Pruk Panich and Geek God were dating and was working for Nile tech"

The phone just dropped from my grip, I was shocked, my heart was drumming, I knew that my team saw the resemblance between me and the Geek God in strike 101. They found out almost immediately that it was me, but no one suspected that I could be the real one. But now everything is gone, the whole world knows who I am and this is not good, not for much social anxiety, not for my career in Nile tech, and most importantly not for Zee and his career.

He was a celebrity for fuck's sake, it cannot be revealed that he is dating somebody, moreover, it is a man and that man happens to be the infamous Geek God whom the whole world was trying to find out. There is a lot of stigma in society, it didn't matter because we didn't reveal it to anyone but since they already know Zee's career is at stake now.

I checked the internet, my hooded and masked photos with Zee were all over. Not one picture revealed my whole face, but it is me. They will now know immediately if I walk out, but I'm not scared for me at the moment, I'm scared for Zee, he was so happy to get another lead role, he worked so hard for that, I'm not really sure if I can handle the guilt if they pull him out of the project because of me. I am his fan after everything, I still support him and want his wishes to come true.

More than anything I want him to be happy and I know his job makes him happy the most, I stand up and walk towards our room. That's where Zee was talking on the phone, I'm pretty sure he and his manager are talking about us and the whole fiasco. I stood behind him, but he did not know that I was standing behind him, I heard him say.

"You really want me to come and clear up to the media? And what exactly do you want me to say?" He sounded angry

"..."

"I am not doing that, it doesn't matter what happens, but I'm not gonna go and lie to the world, I am dating and it is with the Geek God they claim to say, I just won't hurt myself or him by saying that what we have is not real, if they assume that we are dating, let them. I'm not going to clear up anything, whatever is out there is the truth. And I wish to let it that way"

I could feel my heart well up with love but it pained me as well, he is not gonna clear his name because he is afraid that he will hurt me, but this won't be good for him. He has to clear up the accusations, or else his reputation will be hampered, and right then I heard him say

"If you wanna pull me off the project, it's fine, if you wanna kick me out of the agency it's still fine, I don't really care anymore, I know what I have and what I feel is real, I'm not gonna let you people say what I should do with my personal life, I am dating him and I will continue to date him. If it is out in the open... It's fine, I will love him openly, but I'm not going to let him go because of what you think is going to ruin me. He made me and the person I am right now and that won't change no matter what."

I just stand there listening to everything, this isn't right, I shouldn't be the one to ruin him. Zee being with me will eventually lead to that, the stigma, the rumors, the spotlight will never stop until we are not together. They are just going to keep pointing out at us and judging us.