Idiots In Love

chapter 2

Fourth, never dated again until freshman year of university. Although his relationship lasted 2-3 weeks maximum but it never affected their friendship ever again. Gemini never really met Fourth's partners except in passing, and Fourth hardly ever spoke about them with him.

Their other friends probably knew more about Fourth's escapades than he did. It never bothered him, though. He believed if Fourth found someone he was willing to be serious with, he would let him know. Besides, to him, it never really felt like Fourth was dating anyone. Nothing really changed between them. Fourth would always come over to his condo every day and sometimes sleep over.

When they got to uni, Fourth focused more on the soccer and basketball club, whereas Gemini focused more on the soccer and music club. They were also in different faculties, Fourth was studying accounting and business admissions whereas Gemini was studying medicine. Despite the workload between studying and extracurricular activities, they somehow always managed to find time for each other.

They also managed to get a bunch of friends who they were all close to. The first one is Mark Pakin. He was Fourth's senior and would sometimes play badminton with them. Followed by Phuwin, who was Gemini's senior, then Pond, who was dating Phuwin, the two came as a package deal. Then it was Joong and Dunk who were Pond's best friends, so they somehow joined the group.

Satang and Ford came to the same uni as them, so they were also part of their squad. That's how Winny came into the picture because he was dating Satang.

So, in general, life was going great for Gemini. They still saw their families once a month and had a lot more freedom living away from home.

"Hey Gemgem!" Ford greets. He was in the same faculty as Gemini and coincidentally in the same music club as him.

"Don't call me that." Gemini responds but shifts to make space for his friend on the bench. Other than Fourth, Ford is the closest friend Gemini has among all their friends. They get each other with their shared passion for music and other things.

"Aww! But Fourth calls you that all the time, but you don't scold him." Ford says with a pout.

"That’s because he is Fourth. You know Gem's favourite person." Satang who recently joined them on the bench chimes in.

"Ah, of course. How can I compare to Gem's favourite person." Ford says, aiming to tease him.

That was Ford's and Satang's forte, teasing him, that is. They have been at it since the 12th grade. Shortly after that whole Angela situation, Gemini had introduced the two to his best friend, and they hit it off. So naturally, they would spend a lot of time together, especially after Fourth quit the science club because he would tag along whenever Gemini had band practice.

Fourth was never shy about his praise and admiration of Gemini, so at every practice, he would always recite poetic praise about Gemini's musical abilities. It went something like this;

"That was awesome, Gemgem. But of course, it was awesome because it's you, after all. The reincarnation of Apollo."

Or something along the lines of ;

"That was so beautiful. Gemgem, Orpheus could hardly compare to you."

And sometimes the praises would have nothing to do with his singing or musical abilities. Something like ;

"So pretty! Honestly, Gemgem, you are the prettiest person I have ever seen. Your beauty puts Aphridite to shame."

Now Gemini was used to Fourth's exaggerated praise of him considering the boy had been doing it since the 2nd grade, that's how they actually became friends now that he thinks about it. Anyways, the point is that Gemini was used to all of his best friend's exaggerated praise of him, but the other two weren't at the time, so they thought him and Fourth were dating.