BARCODE
"Where are you off to?"
I wince and slowly turn around to face my best friend, Song. He and I have been best friends for very many years and we share about everything that goes on in our lives which makes the next words, hard for me.
"Home," I lie.
I was going to sneak away from the place my friends and I were hanging out without being caught but I guess that's not happening now.
"Why don't we leave together," Song says, his eyes narrowed on me.
"I... aah... I want to go home alone."
"Why?" he asks, folding his arms over his chest and glaring at me, almost as if he knows something that I don't.
"Song... I just want to go home alone tonight. We'll hang out tomorrow," I say, turning around to leave but he grabs my arm and stops me.
"Are you sure you are not hiding anything from me, Code? You think I haven't noticed the car that's been picking you up every day for the last three days?"
Shit!
I stand frozen on the spot as a cold shiver runs down my back. Not from my best friends learning that I am having some secret relation with someone but from the thought of breaking one of Mile's rules.
The first rule is that we do it for only a week and not a day after. It's been three days already and time is running out fast.
The second rule he mentioned is that no one finds out about us. He has insisted on reminding me of that rule every second he gets. Telling me he'll end everything if I told a soul about us.
The third rule is to not fall in love with him.
I intend to see this through as Mile and I are slowly getting closer to third base and I refuse to end it before he and I can get there so... I lie to my best friend.
"Look, the company has been sending me a private car to pick me up. There are... uhm... a few stalker fans and it's just precaution."
Guilt floods in waves when Song's expression changes to that of concern. "What? You didn't tell me about these crazy fans. Did you report them?"
I send a little sorry to my fans before nodding to my friend. "They're handling it, don't worry."
"Okay," he says, patting my shoulder and I suddenly get an idea. I grab both of his shoulders and turn him to face me. Song is my height with long moppy hair and a baby face that gets him girls more often than not. He just needs to flash them a smile and they're fawning over him. He is also my age and considering he is my best friend, it means we have a deeper connection with most so...
Why am I not attracted to him?
"What's wrong?" he asks in concern so I let him go.
Realistically speaking, Song should be the best candidate to be attracted to because we are best friends. Or if we're talking someone my own age in the KinnPorsche friend group, then that would be Ta. He is only a few years older than me but we're closer in age than most of the cast.
Hell, if we're talking someone I am closest to, then that would be Apo.
Why am I not drawn to any of these people?
Why is it that the scariest of them all, the one with the widest age gap and the one I had zero interaction with... is the one I actually want?
"Barcode, what's wrong?" Song asks again, his words snapping me back to the present.
