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Chapter 25 - Act 5

[Act 5 - Soren Chandler, Age 16]

When Soren entered the kitchen, he paused when he saw Mikhail opening the fridge and grabbing a bottle of water. When the latter noticed Soren, he smiled.

"Want something?"

"I'll get water too, hyung."

"Okay, here you go." Mikhail grabbed another bottle and handed it to Soren who walked towards him. Once given, the young master sat on one of the seats around the table and whipped his phone out.

His attention was then focused on his gadget while Soren observed him quietly after sitting beside Mikhail. He didn't bother checking what he was doing because he knows it was about that Greg again.

"Hyung," he called but Mikhail was too engrossed in his phone that he missed Soren's call. 

'Greg? He slept with someone like that?' Soren thought as he grabbed an apple on the fruit bowl and bit on it while his eyes never left Mikhail.

Was he too complacent lately? Should he make a move on his hyung? Mikhail wouldn't dislike it, right? Right. After all, he always said he loved him. That's what he should do.

What does Greg have that he doesn't? Mikhail has been with him since six years ago and while they barely knew each other as people in the same year. It couldn't be that this Greg guy is much more handsome than him, right?

Soren looked at his reflection on the glass table and he analyzed his face.

"Hyung?" He called and this time, Mikhail wasn't so occupied with his phone anymore that he heard Soren's call. The young master turned his head to Soren and responded with a subtle 'hmm?'.

"Do you like handsome guys?" Caught off guard by the question, Mikhail placed his phone down and looked at Soren with a questioning look.

"Of course, I do."

"Then do you like me?"

Mikhail started getting weirded out by the question because of how intense Soren's gaze was. Why was this pubescent teenager asking him questions like that?

"Of course, I like you." Satisfied by the answer, Soren grinned as he continued eating the apple. His hyung always told him that he was handsome so that just meant he liked him. It was common sense.

But not three seconds later, the temporary satisfaction he held was broken into a million pieces.

"I like Ali too since he's handsome like you." Soren's smile faded so fast it was like winning a reward he thought he won but was actually the second placer.

"... How about that Greg? Is he handsome?"

"Why are you asking me these things?" Kael brought it up directly and Soren had to look away to avoid his hyung's suspicious looks. He knows Kael likes him a lot so there's nothing for him to worry about, right?

But why?

Why does he have these sorts of feelings that make him nervous whenever his hyung is looking at him with his questioning eyes?

"I don't know. I was just asking because if you slept with him then that must've meant he was very handsome," Soren argued wherein the young master sighed before shaking his head at the ridiculous conclusion Soren was having inside his mind.

"Stop talking about that, Soren. It's not important."

"But you slept with him."

"I said stop bringing that up again. Why does it matter who I sleep with?"