Gun and Off used to be best friends in high school but when Off's girlfriend start𝘀 to get jealous of their relationship, things start to get messy.
The whole school goes uproar because of their leaked kissing picture and Off starts to avoid gun be...
Oab asked me to eat lunch with him so here I am, contrary to my choice. We are in a fancy cafe near our College, the view is beautiful and we are eating in silence for a while until I finally open my mouth.
"I don't understand." I say because I really don't understand why are we casually sitting here pretending like our past never happened.
"What?" He still looks calm as ever.
"Okay I'm going to be honest, correct me if I'm wrong but we are not friends to begin with and I don't know why you you always pretend to be this chic guy in front of me and now- you even ask me to be in your project like tell me??—is it because you feel guilty towards me? that you always liked Caramel behind my back? I'm dying of curiosity."
He smiled again and this is not helping my anger.
"What do you want me to say?" He said this time in a much softer voice.
"I don't know..maybe THE TRUTH???-now that she's not here there's no need to put on your fake mask."
"What if I said I was being sincere with you all these times?—————"
He's playing with his food like he's searching for his answers and again continues,
"I never liked her. Sure we were childhood friends because our families were close but it was never like that and we never dated after you guys broke up- I have no idea where you heard the rumour from."
I am a little shocked, I admit.
He continues,"When I first met you, I thought you were just some random guy that she dated and didn't care less but when she forced us to be friends, I really enjoyed being with you. For me it was like an escape. Most of my friends only sticked with me because of my money but you, you just hated me from the start" he laughed gently "You saw through my disguise. All those stupid pretensions and act I faked in front of my friends just so they wouldn't leave me—I knew I was stupid and being used but I was more scared of being isolated. I was a coward, a weakling I thought they would like me more if I gave them what they wanted ......and then..... I met you........Gun, who saw me, the real me beneath this hideous face-you hated me for it and you liked me for it"
Right now he looks so distinct from the usual Oab I know, his face has a hint of sadness and his voice goes dim with every word he utters
"I would see you with her and I wondered if it was jealousy but I often asked myself why would I be jealous at all? That was the normal question right? But I had never felt that way before — it was weird, confusing, frustrating and made me angry. Then you guys broke up. We stopped seeing each other but guess what—I couldn't stop thinking about you. I wanted to see you even for a second; even when you didn't see me back, just a hi, just a peek.
My brain was giving me complicated questions but I realised the answer was quite simple"
"What??" I was so engrossed in his words that I didn't realise I had stopped eating and my face was unconsciously super close to his.
"I liked you." His voice almost came out as a whisper.
You what?? Like?? Me????Where did this come from??????????
"I still do." He continued "I thought I was over you but then I saw you again and my heart started beating like crazy, I knew then, I could never unlike you, Gun. You are just so irresistibly charming and attractive, you don't even have to do anything....I just....like you."
I start to cough, a very dry cough and my mouth feels really dry. I don't know where to look so I just tilt my head sidewards cause I have no confidence to look at his face. My break is malfunctioning. My mouth tries to say something but my voice breaks like I just swallowed it.
"I—"
"You don't have to give me an answer, You must be shocked but I wanted you to know. You don't know how many times I tried to muster up my courage and confess to you but I was scared that you would dislike me but when I saw you again....I was so happy and I just wanted to tell you more than anything."
Just then another voice jumps in my ear, "Hey Oab, you are here??? At least you could have called us—We were searching for you the whole time."
His voice is familiar and distinct. I know this voice.
Oab looks at him and then me and I find his nervousness quite unpleasant so I turn around and see there's Off and another guy who looks like his friend. He is also confused to see my flustered face so he quickly turns to Oab and asks
"What is going on?"
Oab hesitates for a second and says "This is Gun and he will help us in our project."
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