Love's Wild Card (Completed)

Lurking in the Shadow

After the fiasco at trip, Mew started ignoring Gulf  once again. Gulf tried to initiate conversation few times but was met with cold silence. Mark true to his words cleared the misunderstanding but still Wayo heard about it and was giving cold shoulder to Gulf.

Pha had serious talk with him because he had upset his boyfriend, yes Wayo and Pha were dating now. Gulf was utterly miserable. He wanted everything to go back to how it had been. All the students of his department and medical department knew about his prank and were treating him poorly because of it. Students from other department have also started talking about him.

Gulf had been quite popular before so most of them knew who he was. It made it all much worse. No one talked to him anymore except Tine. They would point at him or talk behind his back. It wasn't that bad that he could think about telling a teacher but still it was hard to ignore.

He talked to his former friends about their behavior and they scoffed at him. They didn't physically harm him so no one thought it was wrong. People only care about scars that they can see, they completely disregard the wounds they inflict on someone's mind.

Just because he wasn't bruised or bleeding, everyone thought it was okay to hurt him mentally and emotionally. He knew he had done wrong and he was ready to make it right but the way people were verbally abusing him, talking trash about him, spreading false rumors, it made him upset. He tries to confront them but nothing came out of it.

He was thankful that he had Tine else he would have crumbled long ago. What he regretted the most was how he had hurt Mew. He texted him many times but received no reply. He tried to talk to him in college but Mew would just look past him like he wasn't even there.

"Mew, listen to me please. I need to talk to you." Gulf had tried to talk to him this afternoon.

"I have nothing to say to you."

"I know you are angry but please let me explain."

"Gulf, stop stop being a nuisance. You are getting on my nerves." Mew looked at him so coldly it made Gulf take a step back.

Mew turned around to leave but Gulf stopped him by catching his wrist.

"Please."

"Leave." And Mew left without another word. That's how most of their encounter ended.

It hurt him so much though he wasn't sure why. It wasn't like they had been close before. They hardly talked before all this still at least Mew didn't hate him. He would at least smirk at Gulf or tease him. He missed all that.

"Hey, Gulf are you free right now? " Mark approached Gulf after classes.

"Hi Mark. Yeah I'm free."

"Okay so I was wondering if you could help me with Aria."

"Of course Mark. You don't need to ask. Just let me know what I need to do."

"Okay, let's meet at my house."

"Sure, let's go."

Mark lived alone in a condo. They arrived a little after 4 pm and Mark showed Gulf to living room. Mark brought out soft drinks and they started brainstorming over his love life.

Soon Gulf felt sleepy, he had trouble keeping his eyes open.

"M-Mark I d-don't feel g-good."

"That's okay." Mark had a sinister smile on his face.

"W-what is h-happening? " Gulf tried to stand up but ended up falling.

"The drug us working perfectly. "

"Drug? "

"Yes, so why don't we have some fun?" Mark picked him up and took him to bed.

Gulf tried to fight back but his body felt so heavy. It was hard to muster any strength. He could feel dread settle in.

"Why? "

"Because you are such a tease, Gulf. It was hard keeping my hands to myself."

"B-but Aria? "

"She's is my girlfriend. We didn't break up but whats wrong with having something on side."

"You lied. "

"Yeah, to get you here. I had my eyes on you for quite some time. You fell in trap yourself." Mark got on bed and pinned Gulf's hand. He trailed kisses down his neck while Gulf kept crying and cursing him.

"Please stop."

"I have just started."

"You won't get away with it. "

"I will Gulf an-"

Mark's phone rang and he picked it up to see Aria calling him. He gagged Gulf  before picking up the call.

Aria wanted him to come and get her. She seemed hell bent on making him come to get her. He had no choice but to go. By then Gulf was barely awake. Mark clicked various indecent pictures and made few videos of Gulf. He was sure it would come handy later. He carried Gulf to his car and dumped him outside Gulf's apartment.

Gulf somehow made it inside and collapsed. He woke around noon and had killer headache while he was feeling nauseated. He felt too weak to do anything so he just slept the entire day. He had inkling next day would wreck havoc in his life.