I love you, hang ups and all.

TWELVE

>> GUN POV >>

After dinner, Por, Mae, Papi's Por suddenly had to meet with a college friend, who had an accident.  I was still uneasy going to hospitals so I had to excuse myself. Mae doesn't want me alone at home but I told Mae that I would be fine. They had the driver send me back to Papi's house as he should be coming anytime soon.

Upon arriving, I was hoping to see Papi waiting for me but the house was empty. I took a shower and borrowed Papi's clothes as I already brought my stuff at home. I would've watched tv but Papi's room doesn't have one. Who would've thought that such a bright and big place turned scary when no one is at home?

I sat on the bed and watched on my phone. I got bored flipping through videos when I heard dogs howl. They were just mutts but being alone is quite scary. I tried to encourage myself mentally but failed miserably.

I started calling Papi but all of my calls are just being sent to voicemail. I quickly grabbed Papi's hoodie, which he left lying on the table. I was shaking in fear. I wore Papi's hoodie,  covered my head, then hid myself under the sheets. I started grabbing the pillows and made sure I had at least one on each side.

I hugged Papi's self portrait and finally managed to fall asleep.

>> OFF POV >>

It had been a long day. It had been tiring not because of the mural but because I kept avoiding Air. I should be calling her P'Air as I learned on the plane trip that she and P'Mild are batchmates.

I got a ride home and pondered how sad it would be going home to an empty room. It was past midnight when I arrived home. It was quite weird as Mae would normally leave some lights on if I wasn't home yet. I would've pondered over it if I wasn't so fucking tired.

I managed to drag myself all the way up to the room and noticed the mess. Sheesh! Gun should've at least cleaned up before he left. I'd normally pick those but I was drained. I dropped my bag, removed my shirt, and tossed myself onto the bed.

I was expecting to crash on something soft but I managed to hit my head to something hard. I knew I heard a grunt. I jumped up and quickly pulled the sheets. In the middle of the pillows and the chaos, Gun was sleeping peacfully. As I stood there looking at him, I no longer feel that tired.

He must've been scared and tried to cover himself with whatever was within reach. I moved some pillows so that can lie down beside him.

I moved closer to wrap him in my embrace and soon fell into slumber.

The following days, I'd be picking him from his house. From school, we'd hang out at Mild's or at home before I send him to sleep.

It had been an uneventful week until Friday came.

Gun and I have just passeed through the school gate when we noticed eyes following me. It's nothing new for people to talk behind my back but somehow I felt uneasy.

We were almost at Gun's room when New stormed out cursing at me as he kept on waving his phone at me. "What's this? You've been fooling around just for likes?"

"Ai Sat!" I pushed his hand away from my face. "What's your problem, New?"

He handed his phone to me, "What are you doing with the Queen B? Off, she's nothing but trouble!"

I was very confused. What the hell is he rambling about?  I slowly looked on his phone. It showed his IG open. I was quite alarmed with post screaming on his phone. It had pictures of my bare back, paint stained hands, and my half done work. There was quite a number of shots showing different angles. While the shots doesn't show my face everyone who knows me can easily recognize its me. I kept on swiping left only to see a very suggestive picture of us kissing.