Freaky Stories -- [One Shots]

13. the bet

' lia how many times do i have to tell you me and arch are over ' you screamed at your best friend while walking at a much faster pace than her. You had just broken up with your boyfriend, Archibald, Arch for short, who pretty much cheated on you with the whole campus.

' Oh, come on, we both know you want him, and leaving him means you are losing the bet !! there's only one week left, and i am sure that losing five thousand dollars is NOT gonna do you any good, ' she chimed, following after you like a lost puppy.
/ she sure could get annoying at times, but for once, she was right. /

' Look, i know, i really need the money, but i am NOT staying with him. He has made me a laughing stock. ' You fummed, sitting on a bench, munching on that sandwich you bought like ten minutes ago from the cafeteria.

' The only thing that's missing is the red nose and the clown music. That and I'll be officially one of the clowns. I CAN NOT stay with that idiot. No amount of money will ever EVER make me date him again. '

Arch was ... a player, everyone knew that, and also, everyone knew that you couldn't stand him.
He had liked you, or at least acted like he did, so know that you hated him and were in need of money he made a deal with you. He bet that you couldn't stand dating him for a month, and he promised to give you five thousand dollars if you managed to get past a month.
If you lost the bet, you would not only lose the five thousand but also have to give your virginity to him.
As you understand, that last part was ... something you had to prevent from happening no matter what.
To come out as a sweet and generous man, he gave you another option. You could date someone else, a very specific someone that, for some reason, everyone knew, not because he was charismatic or hot, but because he was ... odd.

His name was Altan, and he was Turkish, a man different from all the others.
He was really tall and big, that was really the only thing that could be noticed about him. He had brown fluffy hair and a pair of pitch black eyes, ones that could captivate your soul.

Sadly no one ever saw his face or what his actual body looked like, he was always wearing sweats and hoodies, something that convinced people he was ugly, that he was trying to hide his ugliness under those clothes.

                  /if only they knew/
----------------------------------------------------------

Days passed, and after being left with no choice, and just two weeks till the bet ended, you decided to approach him, Altan, and maybe, try your luck.

Walking passed arch, who tried to kiss you, you went and sat right next to Altan, scaring both him and the people in the room. He slowly turned to you, wearing a face mask, making you unable to look at anything beyond his eyes.

' i think you sat in the wrong place,' he spoke softly, his deep husky voice echoing in your eyes. He had a deep voice. You could give him that.

' i think not. Im in the right place,' you chimed, giving him a charming smile, gaining a strange reaction from him.

/ he pulled his hand out and held it in front of you. /

It looks like he wants to shake hands, you thought and gave him your hand, not expecting him to actually pull down his mask and place a kiss on it.

' Nice to meet you y/n ' he smiled, and ...

          / now that got you blushing. /

----------------------------------------------------------

A week passed by, and you and Altan actually became ... friends. You would hang out every day, you'd meet outside college, and you'd even get dinner with him. You hadn't seen his face tho, he was always wearing something to cover it, and that bothered you.
Not that you ever asked him why. It was 'too much of a hustle' like you told lia, who mocked you for going after him.