Maybe One Day

CHAPTER TWO

"Isn't this the guy earlier?" Edward said with such confusion. He jolts up from his seat and unlocked his phone. He looked at his Instagram and saw the notification.

"Is this guy a creep? He probably went ballistic trying to find my account." Edward said while he laughed.

He turned off his phone and put it in his pocket. He got off of his bed and went to his kitchen.

"Aish, you burned the kitchen again." Edward said with a cold tone as he was greeted with a burned bacon cooked by his roommate, Nate.

"Well, you know me!" Nate said "I was trying to surprise you with a lunch!" Nate added.

"Yeah, you surprised me... WITH A BURNING KITCHEN!" Edward sarcastically exclaimed.

"Woah, calm down, GRUMP-pa, the only thing burning here is your head." Nate jokingly said. It went silent for a few seconds. Nate looks at Edward's face and saw his bothered, confused face.

"Yo', is something bothering you up?" Nate said. "Do I need to call my boys from prison?" He added.

"Nah, no need to do that, it's just someone liked my photo from Instagram" Edward said.

"What? You're bothered because of that? Maybe it's one of your friends." Nate said.

"No, he's basically a stranger, I met him earlier at the job interview. He's looking at me like CRAZY." Edward replied to Nate."

"Who's this stranger anyway? Besides if I were gay, I'll totally flirt with you, I mean, look at that face." Nate sarcastically said.

"Shut up, flirt my ass" Edward said while giggling. "His name is David... something? Ah! David Chua." he exclaimed.

"Hmmm, David Chua... Nope, never heard of him." Nate said.

"Why am I telling you this?" Edward said loudly. "Go clean that bacon ash you made!" He added.

"Fine, fine. I'll clean it up as you wish sir!" He said jokingly. "You know? We should hang sometimes, how about the bar few blocks away? Sounds good?" Nate said.

"Yeah, sure. After that, burn yourself along with that bacon" Edward jokingly replied.

"Okay, okay, whatever. That's a deal, meet me around 8:00 PM" Nate said.

Both men went on their lives. Nate cleaning up the mess he made, while Edward plops back to bed to get more sleep.

Time went on and it was 8:00 PM, both met up at the bar they said they're going to. They went inside the bar.

"Yo', is it just me or it's hot in here" Edward said. "Nah, it's a you problem, c'mon, let's order a drink" Nate replied.

Nate pulled Edward's hand but he was stiff as a statue, he took that as a cue to go alone, so Nate went to the bartender alone. Edward felt heavy, as if the air changed inside. He went outside to breathe fresh air.

"You alone here?" A stranger asked Edward.

"Uhh, no actually, I'm with a friend here." Edward replied.

"Let's hook up, you're hot." The stranger replied.

"Excuse me? No!?" Edward replied while shivers went on his spine.

"Come on, please!" The stranger insisted while grabbing Edward's hands.

"NO!" Edward exclaimed.

It went quiet for a few seconds. Then, Edward was suddenly grabbed by the stranger into an empty ally. He started pinning Edward against the wall while Edward was trying to shove him out. The stranger is desperately taking Edward's shirt off. His shirt was ripped by the stranger leaving him completely topless. He closed his eyes, accepting his fate that he can't escape the creep stranger pounding on him now. Then, Edward heard a loud thud, the stranger suddenly stopped.

"This bitch really gave his hopes up. Instead of bar, next time, let's just go to a gym." Edward opened his eyes to see Nate standing across him while the stranger plops unconscious on the ground.

"H-How did you know?" Edward said.

"I was searching for your existence inside and outside the bar 'cause you just left me alone, then I just found you here being gobbled by a complete stranger, so yeah, he received hands from me."

"Woah, I didn't know you're so lean and skinny." He said while Nate's eyes went travelling to Edward's topless body.

"Yo! I just got molested by someone, then you standing there being one too!" Edward replied.

"Kidding bro! Kidding! Here take my shirt, use it." Nate said.

"How about you?" Edward replied while he took the shirt offered by his friend.

"Nah, this bulky body protects me from the cold, and also, to attract girls. Like who knows!" Nate said.

"Nuh uh! I know you're not thinking of getting girls right now when I'm literally seconds away from being swallowed whole." Edward exclaimed.

Nate laughed it off. He escorted himself and Edward back to their room. Both went on their own rooms. Nate immediately slept after plopping on his bed. Edward on the other hand, was still traumatized by what happened earlier. Still, a few moments here and there, Edward was sleeping like a dead person.

After a while, the sun said hello to them signaling that it's time to wake up. Nate was still sleeping in his bedroom. Edward woke up feeling fresh, still remembering what happened last night. But he shrugged it off. He got up and picked his phone. He saw a message request notification. He opened it and he saw...

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