JEFF
We wake up to chaos.
Well, at least I do as Bible is barely up when Apo storms into our room, flagged by Mile who looks like he was dragged out of bed.
"Jeff! good, you're up."
I can barely make sense of what he is saying as I try to sit up but Bible's heavy arm drags me back down. I remember just in time to cover him as he is naked beneath the sheets. We both are.
"You better have a good reason for storming into our room, Apo," I hiss, tapping the screen on my phone to see that it's only seven.
"I know but I have a good reason, uhm, can we..." his eyes shift to Bible who is still asleep. "Can we talk outside?"
My eyes narrow on Apo before turning to Mile who simply shrugs at me as if he to was dragged here against his will.
"Fine," I hiss, drawing Bibles arm away from my lower stomach before sitting up. I reach for my shorts which came off sometime during the night when Bible and I were making love.
Mile looks away while I change but Apo shamelessly stares and I don't bother to hide anything. I have a great body, or so I have been told, and I am not ashamed to show it.
I reach for a t-shirt I think is Bible's before shrugging it on.
"Let's go somewhere private," Apo says, grabbing my hand and dragging me out. I follow them out of the room and to the balcony.
"Okay, what?" I snap. I don't mean to be rude but he just fucking woke me up at seven in the morning. Bible and I possibly went to bed a few minutes to four so I haven't had enough sleep.
"So you and Bible are a thing now huh?"
I close my eyes and ask for patience. If Apo just woke me up to ask me that then so help me...
"Jeff, there is something important you need to see," Miles cuts off before I can think of all available means to murder Apo.
"What is it?" I shift my attention to Mile who in turn nudges Apo.
"Oh, yeah. So, you are not going to like this but Bible is trending."
"What's wrong with that? After the photos he and Build took the other day, it's obvious that they would..."
"No Jeff, you don't understand," Apo says, looking uncomfortable. For someone who just watched me get dressed without shifting his eyes even for a second, the discomfort in his voice is unnerving. Something is up.
"Then explain it to me," I demand, my hackles going up. The instincts to protect Bible from the rest of the world overwhelming.
"Hey, calm down," Mile says, his voice skipping to the door as though afraid to wake Bible with our noise.
"I don't know who or how but... Bible is trending under the hashtag bisexual."
It takes me a second to process his words. My blood runs cold and I see red.
"What the fuck do you mean?" my voice is dangerously low.
"I mean, someone sold it to the media that Bible was seen with an un identified man at some gym kissing and but that wasn't even the nail in the coffin. A close friend of Bible came out and confirmed that Bible admitted to them about him being gay."
"The guys..."
"No one in our friendship group sold you out and you should know this, Jeff!"
"How do you know this?" I ask, apprehensive.
"Because I personally woke all their asses up and asked them myself. Maybe Bible told someone about this and they decided to expose him adding fuel to the fire."
I close my eyes, pinching the bridge of my nose and cursing out loud.
BL fans like the idea of their actors being gay but once one of them comes out then it's hell. I can't let that happen to either Bible or myself.
"I need to..."
I have no idea what I need to do. I want to protect Bible and myself but where the hell do I start. How do I convince people that Bible is straight just so I'll protect his career?
"You were not mentioned," Mile says silently, as if reading my mind. My eyes shoot up to him in shock.
"What?"
"That's how we know that it's not one of the guys. Apo and I went through hundreds of tweets and not one of them mentions your name. They mention a mysterious guy and everyone is guessing that the guy is Build."
A strong wave of resentment builds up in the pits of my stomach. I mean, it makes sense that everyone would assume that Bible's on-screen partner translates to real life partner but that does not stop the blinding jealousy that consumes me.
Bible is mine!
Fuck! This is not the most pressing issue but goddamnit, he is mine.
"What do we do now?" Apo asks, his eyes unsure and I feel guilty for being angry at him before. He is a great friend and always looking out for us. We really don't deserve him.
"It's..." I take a step towards him and pat his shoulder. "You don't need to do anything Apo. Thanks for the heads up. Bible and I will deal with this ourselves," I assure him.
"But..." he tries to fight me on the issue but Mile steps in, cutting him off. I throw Mile a grateful smile before turning away to head back to my room. My head filled with what the hell I can do to save my boyfriend from this issue.
I walk in just in time to catch my phone ringing. I grab it before it can wake Bible and answer it without looking at the screen.
"Jeff, we have a problem."
My manager's voice is hard as he speaks ad this is the first time, I have heard him speak this way. I don't have to guess what it is he is going to tell me.
He knows.
I can hear it in his voice.
He knows about Bible and I.
