NOT A RIVALRY

Extra: Drunken Night

FIRST KISS

"CHEERS!!" Everyone exclaimed except Noah who's just looking at his gang indifferently. In his eyes, they're all just look like a bunch of crazy people.

Why is he here in the first place?

"Happy birthday, Elijah!"

Oh right, it's one of his friends birthday. Kung tutuusin ay ayaw niya sanang sumama kaso mapilit talaga ang mga ito kaya wala siyang nagawa kundi pumayag para tigilan na siya ng mga ito.

Buti nalang nasa isang VIP room sila ng bar na pinuntahan nila kaya ang ingay na naririnig niya ngayon ay ang nagmumula sa mga kasama niya. Wala siyang balak makihalubilo sa mga tao sa labas, o mas tamang sabihing wala talaga siya sa mood ngayon.

Kung hindi lang birthday ni Elijah at sa pamimilit ng mga ito, mas gugustuhin pa niyang manatili sa bahay.

Why is he in a bad mood though?

Well, it's because of that man, the man whom he doesn't get along with. Wala naman ginawa sa kanya ang binata, hindi lang talaga niya alam kung bakit siya nagkakaganito kaya pati ang mood niya ay naaapektuhan.

That man always in the spotlight wherever he goes, he's silent and doesn't like attention yet everyone notice him. He's the epitome of a perfect man and Noah couldn't help but clench his fist tightly, because he knew for sure he couldn't be like that man. Noah is intelligent yet he couldn't be compared to that man, they might be similar in some aspect but it doesn't change the fact that they're not in the same level. Callen is strong while Noah on the other hand was born weak.

Kyng Callen Vitale, despite of being young, he still manage to reached the top. Callen might be older than him but as much as Noah remembers, when Callen was at the same age as him, he handled everything maturely.

Inisang lagok ni Noah ang isang baso ng alak na hawak niya at nang hindi pa makuntento, naging sunod-sunod na ang pag-inom niya.

He doesn't know why he's feeling like this but one thing is for sure, he's really frustrated right now. And it's even more frustrating him because he refused to acknowledge the reason why he's frustrated. It's just doesn't make sense. Of all reasons, why must it be like that?

Noah much more aware how insecure he is to Callen, but he couldn't help but ask himself. Does seeing Callen flirting with a woman and be frustrated still part of being insecure to him?

Earlier it was him among the group who last arrived at the bar, and before he could make it to the VIP room, he passed by several tables and his eyes couldn't stop wondering. As he look around, his eyes caught a glimpsed of a familiar figure at the bar counter sitting comfortably at the stool.

Even if it was a glimpsed, Noah immediately recognized the man at the bar counter. It's no other than Kyng Callen— the man he'd been avoiding, the man who made him feel insecure.

Hindi na niya sana papansinin ang binata pero nakuha ang atensyon niya ng babaeng katabi nito at halatang nakikipag flirt ito kay Callen. At ang gago, hinahayaan lang nito ang babae.

Namalayan nalang ni Noah na mahigpit na nakakuyum ang kamay niya at may bigla siyang naramdaman na hindi niya maipaliwanag sa dibdib niya.

Hindi maipaliwanag ni Noah kung ano ang nangyayari sa kanya pero isa lang ang alam niya, hindi niya gusto ang nakikita niya ngayon.

Was it because Callen is getting more attention from the women more than him? No, it's not that. He really couldn't explain.

"Hey bro, you okay? Don't drink too much." Puna sa kanya ng katabing si Gabriel na siyang pumukaw sa malalim niyang pag-iisip at nagpabalik sa kanya sa kasalukuyan.