The heart's battle

Secret Game

Twirling his pen around, eyes focused on his moving hand, Max was half paying attention to his professor lecturing them about financial mathematics applied in the banking environment. With a suppressing growl, he let his head hit his desk when he noted in terror that there was 20 minutes left of the class. Checking on his friend sitting to his right, he laughed quietly as he witnessed his friend, June, faking her death by rolling her eyeballs and tying an invisible rope around her neck. Resting his head on his crossed arms, he closed his eyes, deciding that he should use the last few minutes of his class as an opportunity to rest a bit. Thanks to the persistent, annoying, but cute boy who decided to pay him a visit yesterday night he barely had any sleep. Instead of the quite relaxing night he had dreamed of, he found himself lying in bed wide awake, mulling over his and Tul actions, almost regretting rejecting Tul's attempted seduction. He was beginning to think that he should talk about this situation to his friend as he clearly needed some advices.

« Hey drinks after this ? » he mouthed quietly to June, after he nudged her discreetly.

« If you are the one paying, of course » his friend replied on the same tone.

He rolled his eyes at his friend reply, « stingy bitch »

The only answer he got was a cheeky wink, and a kiss on the cheek.

He was already regretting his proposition but he really needed his friend help with this. June, despite her carefree nature, bordering on a 'i don't give a damn about anything' attitude and her penchant for free stuff, was the best friend he could ever had. They had known each other forever, went through every teenage step together. From their first crush to their first break up and heart break. They even shared their first time together. In their young teenage mind, they had thought that it would be easier to share this moment with each other, considering how close and comfortable they were with each other. It turned out to be a complete disaster, as both did not know what they were supposed to do. Their inexperience showing in the lack of preparation,  scream and cry coming from a young Max's bedroom. The next day, if anyone noticed a red mark on Max's cheeks, no one said anything about it. From this experience, however, their relationship surprisingly came out stronger, and she was now happily dating another student from their university.
They were now closer than ever, Max considering her like his sister, in the same way as Maylee. He was dreading her reaction to what he had to say, after all, he was an asshole for what he did behind his sister's back, right ? He hoped she could understand where he was coming from, and would not yell his ear off too much. Though, he had a feeling her reaction was going to go into a total different direction, with her being totally unpredictable. A trait she shared with his recent object of headache.

Checking his watch, he went back to his previous laying position on his desk, he had 10 minutes before he could be finally free, and it was more than enough to prepare himself psychologically for the discussion that was to come.

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« YOU DID WHAT ? »

Max winced at June's yell. That reaction was exactly what he was afraid of when he decided to talk to her about his predicament. He smiled apologetically at the bar's patrons who were looking irritatingly at them.
They currently were at their favorite bar near their university. They came here just after their last class of the day, as Max requested and as soon as they were seated, with a glass of beer for him and coke for June, she made him spilled everything out. As he already knew, he could never hide something from her, nevertheless something as big as meeting (and probably having a crush on) someone.

« I know I fucked up » he sighed, « but he is so .. urgh ! You should see him. His handsome face, his playful smile, his cute little baby teeth, and his body ... »

« You are drooling Max » June cut him before he could finish his answer, with a wondering look she continued, « so he is handsome, hot, and obviously gay and attracted to you. Now my question is, what are you going to do about it ? »

« Err, I was actually hoping you could help me with this. I mean, it's not like I could just seduce and go out with him. » Max was playing uncomfortably with his phone on the table. At this point, he already had a hunch of what she was going to tell him, June being an ardent advocate of 'you live only once'.

« Huh ? Why not ? Because of May-May ? » she asked, a perfectly trimed eyebrow raised. He clearly noted the affectionate tone with which she mentioned his sister name. It pleased him that even if they were not meeting as often as before, June was still attached to Maylee.
« Oh please, you said it yourself, they are just pretending to be together. So why are you even torturing yourself over this ? » She banged her fist on their table, small droplets of his glass of beer splattering on it, « go seduce him. Make him regret all his past teasing ! Make him taste his own medecine ! »

Frowning, he opened his mouth, ready to reproach her lack of understanding, and tactless words. However, his acidic retort died on his tongue, when his phone chose that moment to went off.

« Oh, and here is your chance. » she smirked devilishly.

On his screen, one could read a text message from his mother.

'Hi sweetie,
Come home tomorrow to eat dinner with us !
Oh, and Maylee is bringing Tul, so you can bring someone too if you want to.
And be on time for once !
Love you'

Gulping his beer in one sip, he asked himself what wrongdoing he could have done in his past life to deserve this.

To be continued