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Chapter 6: Wait

            "You're just in time for dumplings, Joe," Timo said as he threw him an eye signal. "Sit down, baby."

Going along with Timo, Joe did as he was asked. His eyes lingered on Timo's good looks as everyone else took a seat.

"So," Jake wondered, "where did the two of you meet?"

"We..." Timo looked upward as he searched his mind for an answer.

"We met through a pizza delivery." Joe jumped in to the rescue.

"Yes! That's exactly it. He delivered my pizza one day and somehow became my boyfriend."

Isn't that the truth? Joe smirked and threw Timo a wink.

Okay. Did he just...? No, it's probably my imagination. He's smiling at me. Is he interested in me for real? No, wait. I mean, is he interested in Timo? Did he take it for real? Oh, no. Timo is not going to be happy about this when he finds out what I'm using his body to do. Bayne swallowed nervously in thought.

"How long have you two been together?" Samson asked.

"Every day with," Joe realized that he didn't know Timo's name, "my baby is like meeting him for the very first time."

"Wow," Samson praised, "Jake ge never says such things to me."

"I show my love for you in a different way, babe," Jake claimed.

"Please skip all the details, thank you," Yaran interrupted.

"I want to hear all the details." Timo's words were followed by a warning glare from Yaran. "Kidding. I'm only kidding."

"For your information, I show my love for Samson through my cooking," Jake enlightened. "What are you two perverts thinking? Seriously."

"Jake ge is an excellent cook," Samson added with admiration in his eyes.

"It sure feels strange when a pervert calls you a pervert," Timo voiced and shrugged. "Oh, well. Whatever. One must be truthful to oneself. Haha..."

"Is it me, or is Timo acting a bit like Bayne today?" Jake pointed out.

"Come to think of it, yes," Samson agreed. "It's like there are two souls in one body."

Truth. Yaran pressed his lips into a thin line.

"Hey, anything is possible." Timo laughed.

"H-How could that be possible?" Yaran blurted awkwardly and handed Joe a plate. "Don't be shy. Help yourself to the food."

"Thank you." Joe nodded.

Jake's eyes stayed on Timo for a while before glancing back at Samson. "Their similarities are uncanny."

"Yes," Samson agreed.

"W-What?" Timo panicked. "What similarities? I'm nothing like my brother. He's a kid."

"He's older than you, Timo," Jake reminded.

So, his name is Timo. Joe noted.

"You're right. I forgot. I am old. I mean, he...he is old. Haha~"

"You do know that I'm older than your brother, right?" Jake lifted a curious brow. "Calling him old hints that I'm super old."

"I...um..."