Water and Fire (BL)

Chapter 51: Different Sides of a Girl

Note: Hello guys! So this morning I found out about this Filipino gay miniseries called Mga Batang Poz (Positive Kids). It's about four teenagers who are HIV-positives, and who found friends in each other. To be honest, it's not really a BL series, or a romantic one, but it sure had A LOT OF KISSING SCENES AND THOSE STEAMY SCENES, which got my interest, if you know what I mean ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) .

But seriously tho, the series is good. It's not just about the visuals and those tantalizers, but more importantly, it's about friendship and also about the advocacy of loving oneself amidst the hardships, i.e., being HIV positive. Tho honestly, those fiery scenes are bomb lmao.

The first episode is uploaded on YouTube, just search Mga Batang Poz, and it also had English subtitles, so if you're interested in that, you can go check it out and show the miniseries some lovin'.

Anyway, I'm talking too much. Enjoy this chapter!

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Chapter 51: Different Sides of a Girl

Lunch break had arrived. Ten minutes later, Olivia was eating her vegetable sandwich while observing Eric several tables away. He was eating by himself, and Olivia couldn't help feeling sad for him.

She then threw her gaze at David at the farthest corner of the canteen. He was eating with his spoon and fork and bit too violently on his friend chicken like it was his arch enemy.

The fact that they're eating separately, when previously they always ate together everyday, there's really something going on between them!

Lovers' quarrel, maybe? Olivia felt fuzzy for a few seconds thinking about the word lover but caught herself and continued thinking of ways to make David and Eric be together again.

This task is for humanity, she thought. This is something noble, something greater than life itself!

Taking the last bite out of her vegetable sandwich, Olivia finally closed her laptop that she's been typing furiously a few minutes earlier, stood up, then walked over Eric without a second thought.

Eric looked up from his bowl of soup. Olivia smiled warmly at him.

"What?"

"Nothing," Olivia sat down beside him. "I was just somehow wondering whether there's something going on... you know."

"About what?"

Olivia chuckled. "Nothing in particular, to be honest, I couldn't pinpoint exactly what it is, but I'm pretty sure there's something very different today." Her sly smile never faltered one bit.

"Like the weather, or something?"

Olivia smiled awkwardly. "That too, and that other thing, you know... Something..."

"Oh, probably because it's already in September, so the storms aren't that frequent anymore?" Eric then thought for a moment. "If I'm not mistaken, I've heard in the news that there's an El Niño, so there would be drought for the following months... I also heard on the news that there would be water shortages in different parts of the metropolis? Have you seen that? No? Cause I, myself, am not sure if I really saw it on the news or if it was kinda like those moments where I was dreaming, you know? You know that feeling when sometimes you're sure you've heard or seen something, only to realize that you're dreaming...?"

Olivia stared at Eric as if he had a fever.

"No? Never experienced that? ...Okay." Eric dove into his soup again and continued eating.

Olivia wanted to smack her head. Seriously, this Eric...

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Meanwhile, Charlie was secretly staring at his girlfriend and Eric. Her actions of sitting beside Eric confused Charlie.