It started with a fake relationship [Tighnari x Cyno]

Chapter 36

It was lunch time.

Childe, Scaramouche and Cyno went to a McDonalds that was near college.

As they had ordered their food and as they had sat down, they finally decided to talk.

„ Cyno...you're best friends with Al Haitham, right?", Scaramouche asked as he took a bite out of a French fry.
„ Yeah, since we were kids!", Cyno said, „ Why?"

Childe took a deep breath.

„ Well you see...Scaramouche and I...we think that Al Haitham is the bad one!", Childe said.

Cyno stared at both boys.
„ Huh? Why? What do you mean by that?", Cyno asked, „ Tighnari doesn't deserve the hate, but he did forcefully kiss Al Haitham, so-!"

„ That's the thing!", Scaramouche interrupted,
„ Childe and I, we have been spying on Al Haitham during lessons and lunch break and the way he acts is as if he is pretending that he was forcefully kissed!"

„ Yeah! Last week, Al Haitham literally bullied Tighnari physically and verbally!", Childe added.

Cyno's eyes were opened widely. He was quite surprised, hearing that Al Haitham had bullied Tighnari.

He took a deep breath.
„ Well, I will admit that Al Haitham definitely went over the top bullying Tighnari!", Cyno said, „ But I do believe him about being forcefully kissed. I know you guys are trying to be sweet but I do believe Al Haitham. After all, he is my best friend!"

Scaramouche rolled his eyes.

„ Cyno, you're even dumber than my boyfriend!", he said.
„ Shut up!", Childe said as he laughed while jokingly hitting Scaramouche.

Cyno sighed.
„ You know, even though I can't forgive Tighnari for what he did...my feelings haven't gone for him!", Cyno said after a minute, „ I do still love him, but I can't date him because of what he did!"

Childe smiled.
„ I understand!", Childe said, „ we just were trying to help out!"
„ Thanks!", Cyno said smiling.

A few hours had passed. Tighnari was at Candace's home, sitting at a round table with Lia and Candace.
They were about to start their plan.
The three of them were certain that this plan would work out the way they wanted it to.

Candace had taken out her phone.
She was ready to start the plan.

„ This is it, guys!", Candace said, „ Step one, text Al Haitham and try to get into his house!"

Tighnari smiled.
„ I just hope I finally will get Cyno back!", Tighnari said smiling.

Candace took out her phone and started typing to Al Haitham.
She was wondering how he would react, since it had been a while since they had texted.
He wanted nothing to do with her after all.

Finally, Candace sent the message.

Candace: Hey Al Haitham. I know it's been a while but can I please work for you again?

She showed the message to Lia and Tighnari.
„ Good, now we just have to hope that Al Haitham responds!", Lia said.

Meanwhile, Al Haitham was in his bedroom, playing Fortnite. His phone was faced down on his bed, and his notifications were on do not disturb. He had headphones on and was concentrated. He had been concentrated, staring at the screen for around an hour.

Finally, 15 minutes after Candace had sent the message, Al Haitham decided to take a break from the game.
He took out his phone and saw a lot of notifications. Some were messages from his mother, some from his friend at college, some notifications from discord servers he was on, some were TikTok notofucstions- and one was a message....from Candace?!

His eyes opened widely. He was shocked that Candace was texting him after all those months.

Al Haitham aggressively started typing back as he was not happy at all to be hearing from her.

Al Haitham: Girl wtf do you want? I literally fired you and now you're wanting to work for me again?!

A smile appeared on Candace's face as she received the message.

„ He has answered my message!", she said as she showed the others the phone.
The others happily grinned.

„ Great. Now the next step is for you to convince him to get into his house!", Tighnari said.
„ Al Haitham has at least 2 brain cells. He will be dumb enough to let me into his house!", Candace said with a grin on her face.

She continued to text him.

Candace: I've seen the post that you've uploaded about Tighnari. And apparently, he is getting bullied really badly. And I have a plan to make him get even worse bullied. And my plan will make him get bullied so badly, that he will more likely end up moving colleges, meaning he will NEVER see Cyno again.

Al Haitham: Wtf.

Candace: Come on. Let me come over to your house, and I can discuss the plan with you in person.

Al Haitham did like the sound of her plan. And he would be happier if Cyno had no contact at all with Tighnari.

Al Haitham: Ugh. Your plan does sound fine. And it's for the best if Cyno never sees Tighnari again. So yes, you can come over but if the plan doesn't work, I'm blocking you on every app.

Candace showed Lia and Tighnari the message.
They both smiled.

„ Wow, Al Haitham is not a stubborn person!", Tighnari said.
„ I knew he would let me in!", Candace said, „ Now, I need to get at his house before the others, like Kris and Crystal, Will arrive!"

„ Let's take the train. It'll be the fastest to get to his house!", Lia suggested.

Tighnari smiled.
„ Today, I will get Cyno back!", Tighnari said in a confident tone.
„ I like that confidence!", Candace said smiling.

The three of them rushed to the train station.
As soon as they were on the train, a smile appeared on their faces.

„ Al Haitham, whenever you're exposed....nobody will like you anymore!", Candace thought to herself.

[Author's Note: I will try to upload chapter 37 this weekend. I might have time to write a bit more than I thought I could. But if I can't upload anything more, stay tuned for Wednesday]