True Colors

VI: Extra Scene II

"Did you know that Arthit's crush is apparently the hottest guy in the CommArts Faculty?" Tutta whispered conspiratorially to Bright who's looking very fucking interested at the juicy gossip Tutta is regaling him in. "You see, he's so hot that students and teachers alike kept throwing themselves at him and practically rewriting their history with him being their Moon candidate instead of the other student that goes by the name AJ."

"Wow. He's that much of a hottie, huh?" Bright whispered loudly back at Tutta, looking very impressed. "Ohooooo, looks like our Sun would have his hands full."

"Shut it, Bright!" I yelled, throwing him a crumpled paper which he dodged and landed on someone else's hands.

"Shit." I blurted out. "Sorry, Apple, I--"

But Apple just smirked at me, "Is this the guy you're trying to get?" She asked, pointing at Bright as I smiled sheepishly at her. Damn, do I suck.

"You know for a three-point shooting champion and a talent for basketball with several numbers of assists that could make their mama proud..." She paused, smirk widening and I swear our whole table just fell silent, waiting for her words to come with bated breath. "You really suck."

Ouch.

Didn't have time to soothe my bruised ego though 'coz she suddenly made a tennis ball appear in her hand out of nowhere and hit Bright right in the head, hard.

Damn, and she's not even angry yet.

"The fuck!?" Bright exclaimed as he tried to soothe his bruised ego and head, standing up real fast to confront Apple and Apple, bless her soul she's now my spirit animal, crossed her arms on her chest and raised a brow in a clear attempt of challenging Bright. Damn, she's a lady but the alpha posturing she's sporting right now could make a wrestler walk off with their tail between their legs.

Despite the significant difference in their heights, Apple managed to stare down at Bright enough for him to sit slowly back down on his chair while he hung his head low.

Wow. She's like, the second person I know that could do that. Hell, even Tutta couldn't control his best friend and they've been together since they were children.

Tutta could only rub Bright's back in an attempt to console him, all the while trying and failing to silence his laughter while Prem couldn't even be bothered to hide how huge his smile is.

Apple, then, took the seat beside Bright and started munching on some fries.

Okay, this is awkward.

"No, it's not." She said and I could barely keep my hand from facepalming myself.

"So, uhh.." Shit. Like, why am I suddenly intimidated, she's, like, fucking nice to me?

Fuck, note to self, never anger this woman.

"P'Sing is busy with a project and Yo is gushing over Phana with Rome and I can't handle that shit plus I'm bored so here I am."

At the mention of Rome's name, Bright looked up from where he was sulking and stared at Apple. Without even looking at him, Apple spoke, "Don't look at me like that. You're the one who's supposed to know where your boyfriend is."

"He's not my boyfriend!!" And, wow, could Bright get any more defensive.

"Okay, lady, you're fucking annoying." Bright spoke with an evident pissed off tone and damn, I think Bright finally found someone that could rain down on his parade like he does to everyone else.

Apple turned to him and I almost got a whiplash at how fast she went from being intimidating to a fucking damsel in distress. "Am I?" She asked, placing her hand on his forearm, giving it a gentle squeeze before batting her eyelashes and Jesus Christ, look at how Bright is eating that up.

Bright shook his head absent-mindedly and I swear P'Sing, Wayo and Apple have some sort of supernatural ability to captivate and manipulate everyone. Look at Apple pulling that off with little to no effort.

"P'Apple!"

Oh, god, it's Rome. Oh my god, here comes the drama.

"Don't P'Apple me, Rome. I already know your ass is his."

Both Rome and Bright blushed at that as the both of them tried to salvage the situation by trying to spout some nonsense that they're just friends and that they aren't dating.

I'll have you know the whole campus know that they're dating the moment Rome entered the Medical Faculty.

I don't even get why they're hiding it.

"Where's Yo?" Apple asked, craning her neck as she look around.

"Oh, he went back to class. Their professor called for a meeting."

She just nodded thoughtfully at that. "Hey, Rome."

"Hmm?"

"Stop eyefucking your boyfriend. It's too obvious."

Prem and Tutta snorted so hard at that while Rome just stomp off. Damn, this lady loves annoying people.

"Hey." She called and I looked up to see her looking at me meaningfully.

"Why're you always hanging out with that rat?"

I blinked. "Oh, you mean Phana? He's my best friend. Why're you calling him a rat, by-the-way?" I asked back and points for me for being able to aim at nonchalance and hit it.

She smiled brightly at me before winking.

The fuck does that even mean?

So, I guess she knows the history between Phana and P'Sing.

"Hey." She called for me again

I look up and saw how serious her face is, automatically scrunching my face up in confusion.

"If you hurt P'Sing, I'd fucking kill you." She whispered but the promise is definitely there.

"Don't worry. I'll personally come to you so you wouldn't have a hard time hunting me down if that happens."

She looked down at her fries, trying and failing to hide her pleased smile.