INSTA-Daddy

49

[GAB]

"Liz?" I breathed out in a mumble. I was standing in front of their table inside the Chinese restaurant that Tom and I were also in.

She looked up at me and I caught her eyes widened. She smiled and gave a light giggle, trading her glances at me and at the person sitting opposite to her side of the table. I felt a hand on top of my shoulder and realized Tom was behind me.

"Busted," Tom muttered behind me.

I shifted my gaze from Liz and towards... My brother.

"Gustin." I uttered plainly as I crossed my arms against my chest. My brother only gave a wry grin and offered Tom and me to sit. I quickly sat beside Liz without hesitation while gluing a glare at my brother.

Tom called out for the waitress who started placing our orders on our original table. He gestured to tell her to transfer the food here on Liz and Gustin's table.

"So," I initiated. I accidentally added a bit of authoritative tone with it but I went on. "What brings you two here together?" I asked sheepishly.

Gustin gulped. Liz giggled nervously. I leered at both of them, waiting for their answers.

"Duh. They're obviously dating," Tom answered instead as he used one chopstick to stir his bowl of wonton noodles.

I rolled my eyes. Of course I know that. I only wanted to hear it directly from them. I've had my suspicions the last couple of months about these two but I let it slide each time. Now, I've caught them red handed.

There was an eight second silence amongst us four. It was broken when Liz wailed in defeat.

"Fine. Your brother and I are dating," she confessed. Gustin choked on his saliva probably, which stole a glimpse from me for a quick millisecond.

I unintentionally gasped. I didn't know why it still surprised me. Like I said, I've had my suspicions.

Liz turned to my side to face me. She squeezed my hand and looked straight into my eyes with genuine apologetic blue eyes, "I'm sorry Gabby. I wanted to tell you sooner. I really wanted to. I just didn't want to make things weirder than it already is."

I stopped her by chuckling. "Cute Liz," this time I was squeezing her hand. "It's okay. There's really no need to cry," I said when I noticed her eyes were forming tears.

"You're not mad?" She asked.

I shook my head with a smile. "Well, I am a little bit mad. I mean c'mon Liz. You can do better than that," I put emphasis by pointing towards Gustin.

"Oh har-har princess. Real funny," the latter talked back sarcastically. Tom, on the other hand, continued on to enjoying his wonton.

"As if you found someone better," Gustin added, referring to Tom who was slurping the noodle strings up to his mouth like a little child. Tom paused, with noodle strings hanging out from his mouth, while glancing at us.  He slurped them in and swallowed hard.

"Hey. Leave me out of that conversation," Tom blunted while rolling another strands of noodle string around the tip of his chopsticks.

*****

That was an epic first date. Who knew I'd finally bust my best friend dating my older brother on this very night. Tom obviously didn't care but he pretended to.

When we got back home, I immediately lied straight to bed. I didn't bother to change my clothes nor take a half bath because my body was feeling lazy.

The door started to crack open and Tom's head peered in between the space. "Can I come in?" He said and I nodded.

Tom sat beside my on the bed. I snuggled closer to him and he circled his arm around my shoulders. He kissed the top of my head before stroking my hair gently with his hand. I wrapped my arm around his waist and rested my head on his chest.

"Thanks for the treat snookiepoo," I muttered teasingly. He snorted annoyingly, dropping his hand from my hair down to my upper arm. He squeezed it a bit hard that I squeaked a little.

I laughed at his reaction. He, on the other hand, looked annoyed. It was the same face he pulled the first time I called him that. When all of this started to happen. The first time I forced him in my life.

Back then, I could've swore to myself how stupid and idiotic that move was... But now, it's the best thing I've ever made my entire life.

"You call me snookiepoo again and you're dead," he threatened. I giggled and pretended to get frightened.

"I love you," I whispered near his ears. 

"I fucking love you too," he answered with a kiss on my lips. He broke our kiss and began caressing my clothed stomach.

"I can't wait to see this little rascal comes out," he spoke. I smiled as I stared at him with full admiration.

"I'm gonna teach him all he needs to know,"

"--like what?" I interrupted him.

"Fight. Get girls. An-- Ow!!" I stopped him from finishing his sentence by slapping his chest not-so-lightly.

"I'm kidding. I'm kidding," he chuckled. I leered at him dubiously with an unconvinced smirk. He flicked his finger on my forehead again and I wailed an ouch.

He huffed deeply before speaking again. He was staring at the ceiling. His facial expression dropped blank.

"Are you okay?" My eyebrows raised questioningly.

Tom shook his head as he smirked. "Now that I'm out of school... Again... I won't be able to watch over you. If Jen or Maggie does something to you... You rush towards me and tell me everything okay? I'll take care of the rest."

I gave a smug. "As if I'd let them do anything to me. I'm not as weak as you think I am," I replied confidently.

He flicked his finger on my forehead again. "Idiot. I know you're not. But you're pregnant. You know what I'm saying?"

I chose not to respond. If I say something back, there's that possibility that we'd end up arguing again and he'd go back to his old self again. I liked him like this and I don't want it to disappear.

I snugged him instead, nuzzling my face against his chest, enjoying his sweet scent entering my nose.

"You can sleep here you know," I mumbled with my eyes closed. I wasn't asleep yet though. I hugged him tighter just so he won't be able to move and stand.

He snickered. "Alright," he kissed the top of my head while caressing my stomach. He continued to do so until I lost consciousness and fell asleep.

*****
A/N

I am so sorry for not updating for a looooooong time. I was super busy because of election here in our country and I haven't gotten the time to update. But now Imma be updating again. Expect a binge update.

If you're still here, thank you so much for your patience and I'm sorry again. If you're new, please have patience hahahah

No cliffhanger for now because I wanted it to be a happy ending (for this chapter)

#unedited