The Secret

Chapter 2

"I can't find my diary. "

Team turning his bag upside down. He was at the student center with Manaow and Pharm, who went when he found out he was meeting Manaow. He brought food as usual. Team thought their friendship was a match made in heaven because Pharm likes to cook and Team likes to eat so as Manaow.

They haven't been friends for long, in fact, they met on the first day of university yet they were inseparable, for now maybe. Apparently, Pharm has a boyfriend — a senior from the same university but of different faculty. One of the reasons, he entered this school to be near his beloved. He was head over heels with him. Team and Manaow hadn't met him yet for he was out for a swimming training and competitions. However, Pharm expected to see him today. Finally, they will be meeting this boyfriend of his whom he hadn't stopped talking about these past couple of weeks.

Team saw the spark in his friend's eyes whenever he mentioned his boyfriend's name like he was the source of all the happiness in the world. Team never understood that, he never had any relationship yet. And, he never had someone he deeply care other than his friends and of course, family.

He was happy for Pharm. He wished that spark would continue forever. If he could do anything to help him protect it, he would.

"Diary?! " a mocking tone was heard on Manaow's question. "You're keeping a diary? "

"Unlike you, you're keeping an acne or acnes. " irked by her tone, Team smiled sarcastically, Pharm chuckled. He was so used to see Team and Manaow bantering all the time. He often joked that they were like an old married couple which usually earned him a glare from both of them.

"Say, if I'm the last person on earth, you wouldn't go and multiply with me? " Manaow playfully asked.

"If you're the last person, then I won't be existing too. "

"Do I look that bad? " Manaow asked, she was making a face yet her tone was teasing.

"Let's just say, you would be my first choice, if there were no other options."

"Mean!

"Just be thankful, I'm still considering you as an option. It's better than not at all. " Team teased.

Team smiled at the memory of one of their conversations. They ended up laughing their asses out while Manaow whined about Team not being her type. On the other hand, he still wasn't able to find his diary. It wasn't actually like a hardcore diary but it was more like a planner slash diary. He didn't write entries regularly but he definitely wrote those days where something unexpected or big happened. Like that night, he wrote an entry of it on his diary so it will remind him not to party again.

"Where did you last put it? " it was Manaow again, Pharm was just too busy on his phone to ask.

"If I know, I would have gone there already. I can't lose it. " he was beginning to worry, if someone found and decided to skim through it. It would be very embarrassing. All his secrets, well not all, he didn't have a lot anyway, would be known to that person. Worst, that person might thought of putting it online for a twisted kind of fun sake.

Team closed his eyes and convinced himself not to worry of something that didn't happen yet. It was useless and it's better to deal with when it happens. He wasn't a celebrity. No one is interested in his secrets so he's safe. It somewhat cooled Team down.

"I'm just having a bad day, not a bad life. " Team repeatedly chanted on his mind.

"Deep, " Pharm, commented tauntingly.

Manaow stopped typing, and look up to him. "What's wrong with you today? You look like you're ready to murder someone."

"If I am, are you willing to help me bury the body? "

"As long as it's not between 11 to 4 am. " Manaow took his mirror from her bag, and checked her make up.

"Why? "

"Because during that time, the skin is developing and rejuvenating so I need to be sleeping. "

Pharm and Team looked at each other skeptically, "Where did you hear that? " Pharm beat Team to asking it. He just finished talking on the phone.

"From me, so it's called a beauty sleep. "

"Again, you don't have a beauty, so you can only sleep. "
"I don't have a beauty, so I can only sleep. "

Team and Manaow spoke in chorus which made Pharm chuckle.

"Now, tell me you aren't a couple. " Pharm teased again, he was playfully shipping them.

"No way! " they both said in chorus again, then laughed. Their fun was cut when Pharm's phone rang.

"So, what happened? " Manaow asked Team, letting Pharm attend to his business.

"I just had a bad start, "

"Because I was a little late?"

Team widened his eyes, "Two hours and a half? You call it a little late?"

Manaow rolled her eyes, "Be thankful, I came."

"Wow, thank you for making me wait for more than two hours to help you with your project, Madame."

"You're welcome, it's my deepest pleasure to do so." she bowed her head to complete her act.

Team rolled his eyes, "But it's not really, I'm so used to it."

Manaow returned the smile, "Then what? "

"Just this guy from the cafeteria, he ruined my breakfast. You know, breakfast. For us, it's the most important meal of the day."

"I don't agree, " Manaow contradicted.

"What? "

"Cause every meal is the most important meal of the day."

Team laughed out hard, so as Manaow. She just knew how to lighten things up all the time.

"The next time you see him,  tell me. " Manaow said decicively.

"Why? "

"I'll make sure to be his karma and get even for you. "

"You're indeed the bestest friend in the world, Manaow. "

"I know right, but of course it's not for free. "

Team's grin disappeared in an instant, "I'm helping you now, so we're even. "

Manaow thought about it for a micro mini second before she agreed. "Okay, deal. "

Team grinned from ear to ear, "I can't wait for karma to do its job. "

"Just wait and see! "

Team hugged Manaow merrily to tease her, the latter hated to be hugged because she thought she's too fragile for it. It was one of her illogical belief in life that Team and Pharm just raised their brows at it.

"Guys, he's here! "

Manaow and Team halted and looked up to check on Pharm's boyfriend. They felt like he knew him too well cause their friend never stopped talking about him.

Team was taken aback when he saw the person standing next to Pharm. When his eyes landed on the man, it was like all his blood was sucked out of his body in an instant. His hands trembled and sweaty. He felt like he would have a heart attack. Why wouldn't he? When the guy next to Pharm was the same guy who helped him sober up not too long ago. He was the guy who patiently waited for him to finish puking. The same person whom he had made out with. And, that person is Pharm's boyfriend.

"Dean! "