PitBabe English

Chapter 18

A loud voice came from another place, not very far but not near, sounding as if it were talking to itself. So the tall young man did not respond.

"Damn it! Charlie!"

Oh, it seems he was not the only one speaking.

"Wait a minute, Jeff..." Charlie hastily told the person on the other end of the line and turned to follow another person's voice in the bedroom. But he shouted, so he had to shout back the same way: 

"Yes!".

"The speaker's not working!" The voice from the bedroom shouted again, probably a little annoyed.

"Is the Bluetooth on?"

"It's on! It's not working!"

"Try turning it off and reconnecting it!"

Jeff, holding the phone to his ear, had to take it off before his eardrum broke. 

Since receiving Charlie's call, they still had not spoken. 

Phi Babe sometimes called and asked for something, and now they kept shouting as if they were children. It seemed that this relationship between the two gave them much more confidence than before. 

Jeff thought he was probably not suitable to have a real boyfriend and spend his life with someone all the time. Doing everything like the other half of himself, like Charlie and Babe. It definitely gave him a headache. Even thinking about it made him tired.

"What's going on?"

 After helping Babe solve the speaker problem. Now it was time for Charlie to pay attention and listen to Jeff's story. 

"Sorry, Jeff. Normally, Phi Babe does not get so angry".

[No need to apologize all the time.] Jeff laughed softly, not thinking about it. He knew how Babe was. 

Although he seemed tough and uncaring on the outside, Jeff could tell he had changed and could say that Babe was actually a kind-hearted person.

 [Are you busy? Should I call you back later?]

"Actually, it doesn't matter what time you call".

In the end, Charlie reluctantly agreed with a smile: "If I'm with him, it's like this".

[You guys are like a newlywed couple.]

"Too much."

[Ugh, it's nothing to be embarrassed about.]

"From what you see, do you think Phi Babe will marry me?"

Jeff laughed at Charlie's words and his genuine tone. Despite having been officially dating for a while, the intermittent relationship between Babe and his brother had continued uninterrupted. It did not seem very different from when they started dating.

[I hope he agrees to marry soon.] The younger one joked. Then, he brought the conversation back to the important matter that prompted him to call Charlie in the first place, before something else interrupted the flow again 

[So, are you ready for today's practice?]

"Maybe I'll go tonight". Charlie replied: "Why? Are you coming to see me?"

[No, I'm going home to study,]

"Okay. Alan said that if you came, he would buy some cakes for you."

[Then I won't go.]

"Oh why?"

[That uncle likes to act like someone who has a child who just started kindergarten.] 

Charlie frowned in surprise, thinking that Jeff and Alan would get along well. Every time Jeff went to see them, Alan was always there, sitting with Jeff and keeping him company. But from his tone, it seemed that Jeff did not really get along with the older one. Maybe, Alan was being too kind, right? Probably.