Blinding Lights: Despite Everything GeminiFourth

*43* More mysteries

“I don't want to have to explain to everyone why I fell in love with a boy and not a girl.  Oh, that's pathetic”.  Gemini crumpled up the paper with Erin's notes.

“Everything's all right?” First asked worriedly.

“No, nothing is fine”. Norawit admitted openly.  He was tired of pretending, tired of playing the role he was assigned.  He wanted to be fully himself, for the first time in a long time he just wanted to be an ordinary boy, not a screen star who had to be careful about what he said and what he did.

“Tell me about it”.

“It's... It's a long story,” Gemini hesitated.  First may have been Fourth's older brother, but he was much different from him, he was calmer, more prudent, he didn't make hasty decisions that he might later regret, but above all, he got along with Gemini from the very beginning.

“We have time”. First glanced at his wristwatch.  “There are still five hours left until the press conference, which is a long time”.

Gemini removed the moisturizing mask from his face and looked at himself in the mirror.  Today's press conference was very important, they were to announce the date of the concert that young Tangsakyuen had been waiting for so impatiently.  Performing in front of 12,000 people seemed crazy, but at the same time it was his biggest dream for a long time.  An opportunity like this doesn't come around often.  Gem knew perfectly well that he should be grateful to fate for putting Fourth on his path, without him it wouldn't have been possible.  Many people already believed that Gem didn't even like Fourth in private.  There were comments that Gemini's popularity had dropped so dramatically that Gem's manager, P'Erin, even went so far as to create a fictional romance between him and Fourth just to sell well.  What irritated Norawit was that it was shown this way, twisting his own words.  Plus, his feelings for Fourth... Weren't they real?  After all, they hadn't been pretending anything for some time, they were just letting themselves be carried away by the magic of the moment.  And that it looked quite awkward at times?  Well... Fourth wasn't the most experienced in his love life, and Gemini wasn't much better either, except they were great actors.  In addition, recent events required more detailed explanations and the help of someone with connections to the police.  In short, Gemini had to take the risk and tell everything.  Also for Fourth's own good.

“Okay, I'll make us some strong coffee and tell you everything”. Gemini decided.  He went to the kitchen to prepare a drink. Today First came to visit Gemini to talk with him about the „plane action”, because he felt that there's still some mystery which he didn't quite understand. He just wanted to know more and asked Gemini if he didn't notice anything more. Gem was sure that nothing was different than on other flights he used to fly but First thought that maybe Gem's own memory tried to stop him from remembering something very important.

Half an hour later, First knew almost all the details.

“To sum up: you see ghosts and one of them is a boy who looks like you and his nickname is Heart?  And this Heart needs help?”

“Exactly.  I still haven't been able to figure out who created Heart's fake death certificate and why, since Heart didn't die until many months later”.

“B-but you're not going to tell me that H-heart…” First looked around him in horror, waiting for the pale, ghostly figure of a nineteen-year-old to jump out from behind the couch or for the door to open with a terrifying, blood-curdling creak.  However, nothing of the sort happened.

“Yes, Heart is here with us”. Gem looked suggestively at the chair next to First, which was pushed away from the table as if someone was sitting on it.  Terrified beyond belief, Kanaphan stood up abruptly, knocking over his chair.  “Don't worry, you won't see him until you complete a certain ritual.  Other than that, Heart is harmless”.