Gaydar Malfunction: A Duology - Book I

"And... everybody thought they were completely harmless."

Lancy Del Rey was the straight-A student, the ideal class president, and the only person allowed to stay late at Vance Nishimura's house. Safe. Reliable. Harmless. After all, Vance was openly gay, so her strict parents never suspected a thing.

Pero hindi nila alam ang totoong laro.

Vance, being the spoiled brat that he is, used Lancy for years. Hindi lang para pumasa sa eskwela, kundi para mas mapapit sa ampon nitong kapatid na si Liam. It was a clever, selfish dynamic, and everything was going smoothly... until that one storm hit.

One summer. One kiss in the rain between Liam and Lancy. And suddenly, Vance's world shattered wide open.

The sight poisoned him with an ugly, suffocating bitterness. He couldn't figure out what was burning him alive from the inside. Was he jealous because Liam kissed Lancy... or because he didn't get to kiss Lancy himself?

Now, the sweet best-friend facade has rotted into something sharp, dark, and utterly toxic. The endless banter turned into open cruelty. Vance bullies her without mercy, labeling her a snake behind her back. A dangerous creature ruining his life.

Pero kahit gaano katarim ang galit ni Vance, hindi parin kayang lumayo ni Lancy. To her, Vance is a moth, recklessly drawn to a hypnotic, destructive flame. And Lancy? She's the snake wrapped around him, toxic and suffocating, yet desperately trying to protect him from the very fire that will consume him whole.

She is the snake.

He is her moth.

And their twisted game is just getting started. And it all started that one rainy night... when his gaydar completely malfunctioned.