Babysitting the Campus Jerk (On Semi-Hiatus)

BCJ 25 • goodbye kiss

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Pete had been rolling his eyes multiple times that he could already feel his eyeballs hitting the back of his head.

"Don't they just look good together?" Celeste giggled beside him.

He controlled the urge to hit Celeste with his elbow.

"Shut up," he growled through gritted teeth.

He rolled his eyes again as the crowd lauded Kavine and Kao who were up onstage as they were given their plaque of recognition

"Why are they even awarded together? Can't they go onstage on their own?" he hissed.

Celeste chuckled before lightly hitting his arm. "Just because you were awarded alone doesn't mean everyone else should be. Jesus. You're reeking of jealousy."

"Tsk. Don't you dare mock me. Remember, you're partly the reason Kao left me."

Celeste was obviously taken aback as her mouth was left wide open. "Excuse me?? All I ever did was help you get that ring. Had I known it wo—"

But Celeste's words were cut off as Pete carelessly placed a finger against her lips, smudging her lipstick. She immediately hit Pete's hand away.

"Geez, Pete!"

But Pete could no longer hear her rants as his eyes were fixed on Kavine who was holding the mic to give a speech.

"Hi, everyone. Thank you so much for this recognition. I totally didn't expect this one."

Pete rolled his eyes yet again.

"I just wanna thank everyone who made this event possible. To the orphanage for letting us be a part of this celebration. It's been years since I attended an event here in proxy of my dad and I believed it was the fate's way of bringing me here. To the volunteers and the children for welcoming us warmly and of course to my special someone, Kao, for letting me be a part of something that I'll surely treasure for the rest of my life."

"Roll your eyes again and I'll grab them out of their sockets," Celeste warned, her hand already in position, ready to do what she just said.

"Tss. I'm gonna do whatever I want with my eyes, Lest," he replied as he lightly tapped Celeste's hand out of his sight.

Kao was about to give his speech so he wanted to pay attention but the lesbian beside him was continuously annoying him, acting like she was about to grab his eyes.

"What the hell, Lest!" he couldn't help but laugh as Celeste started pinching his side instead, his tickle spot.

He tried to get away from Celeste but she was just too persistent.

"Okay, fine, fine. I won't roll my eyes again. Just stop tickling me!" he surrendered.

Celeste eventually stopped. She didn't say anything and rolled her eyes at him instead.

"You're the one doing it," he grumbled before facing the stage again but Kao was no longer onstage.

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