PROMISES AND LIES

Chapter 4

"Web? What brings you this early. Wanna eat breakfast here?"

Today is Tuesday so their schedule is both in the afternoon only and that made Sean curious.

"Mn. We don't have time in the car..."

"Why?..."

Web grabs Sean's wrist and brings him back upstairs straight to his bedroom. Mrs. Evans just shakes her head. She knows his son will be very sad. Web already explained everything to her. Web is the only person who sticks to Sean and never brings any friend into this house. Sean is a shy type of person, and because he is a nerdy type, no one likes him.

Web protected him, the reason why despite Sean being nerdy, no one dares to bully him. No one tried to touch or tease Sean. Everyone in the university knows that Sean owns by Web. Those were the gossip she heard.

Mrs. Evans visited the university once and surveyed as she was curious about his adopted son being alone. But who would think that Sean has a handsome protector? Until one day, Sean brings Web into the house and introduces it to them.

As parents, they were happy that Sean finally has someone to talk with. When Sean was still a kid, he struggled a lot and suffered from bullies. But when he reached High School everything changed and Sean became more confident.

That's because he has Web by his side. Now that Web is leaving, Mrs. Evans is a bit worried about his son.

"Sean...listen to me very well. Look at me in my eyes and understand what I am going to say to you..." Web cupped Sean's face and stared at him intently without blinking.

Sean is just standing like a log and waiting for him to speak again.

"Web, what are you going to say? You are making me nervous.." Sean is feeling anxious and can't wait for Web's words.

Web takes a deep breath before he speaks.

"Sean...I am...I am leaving today..." Web said in a low voice.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"I will go to Korea. I'm sorry..."

"I...I thought you would not leave me. You said you will stay here and work in your company.." Sean starts to sulk and his eyes become gloomy.

"Sean, I received the call and they accepted me as a model and that is my dream. I want to try Sean. I want to take this opportunity...Mom and Dad allowed me already...I will come back...I promise.." Web pulled Sean to his chest and hugged him tight.

Sean didn't respond to the hug and silently cried and bit his lower lips. Web's heart clenched in pain. He wants Sean to hug him back, he knows that if Sean didn't respond means he is really sad.

"Sean..." Web rubbed his back and took Sean's hands and encircled it to his waist and tried to ask Sean's blessing.

"Web...you are bad...really bad.." Sean finally hugs back and almost squeezes Web's body.

"Sean...I promise I will come back. Promise me you will wait for me ok.."

"Pinky promise.." Sean made a fake smile.

Sean pulls away from his body and looks at Web's t-shirt now wet from his tears. Sean stops crying when he remembers he is wearing contact lenses.

"Web, change your clothes, it's wet.."

"Mn." Web smile finally.

Sean allowed him to go to Korea. But there is something he wanted to do before he leaves this afternoon.

"Here, wear this." Sean takes out a plain white T-shirt and prepares it to wear to his best friend who is starting to lift the hem of his cloth. Sean inserts Web's head to the T-shirt and when his head pops out, Sean looks at the disheveled hair to Web's brows. He then lifts his right hand to fix it again and forgets to continue to insert Web's hand to the arm sleeve of the clothes.

Sean and Web are just staring at each other. Their faces are inches apart and Web keeps gulping his saliva.

"Sean...." Web's face is getting closer to Sean's face and Sean is like being hypnotized and like a magnet, his face is getting closer to Web.

Before they realized it, their lips were brushing against each other. The kiss was so light yet they could feel their warm soft lips. Web deepens the kiss and pulls Sean's body closer and holds the back of Sean's head. Sean at first was shocked but it's Web's lips. The lips that he is dying to taste are brushing and touching him.

Sean reciprocates the kiss and the two become hungry for the kiss. Web sucks and licks Sean's lips and satisfies himself. He was dreaming of touching and kissing the soft, thin lips of his best friend. He never thought it would come true and it is so addicting that he doesn't want to let go until he hears Sean moan his name in between their kisses.

"W-Web...hmm..." Web bit Sean's lower lips that made him moan.

Web breaks the kiss and they look at each other, panting and breathing heavily.

"Sean, you're mine only.." Web inserted his hands on the sleeve and hugged Sean tight again and ravish his lips once more until they were satisfied and gasped for air.

"Sean, I don't have enough time...I need to go. Keep your promise.."

Web left Sean in his room dumbfounded, holding Web's T-shirt. Sean unconsciously lay on the bed and hugged Web's t-shirt tightly and curled his legs like a fetus.

Sean wanted to cry but he controlled himself, he wanted to feel better and he must be happy for Web. That was his dream that he thought he forgot already. He doesn't know that he will receive a response from the Korean Agency.

In three months, they will graduate soon and his plan to confess to his friend Web disappeared just like that.

Sean becomes more confused when he remembers the shared kiss. That was his first kiss. Did his friend Web kiss him? What does it mean? Sean suddenly sits properly and screams from happiness.

He kissed me. He said...he said...what does he mean you are mine only.

Sean screams again and smiles like an i***t. He smells Web's T-shirt and talks to it.

You smell so good, I love your smell, I'm gonna wait for you...

Sean giggles as he dances with the T-shirt while hugging it.

Web...you like me, don't you...Web likes me...

Sean mumbled and smiled. He bit his lower lips and touched it as if he still felt the warm kiss and the touch of those plump lips.

Sean lay back again on his bed and felt sad. Suddenly he feels empty. He then realized, no matter how much he thought that our best friend likes him, the man he loves left already.

Why is love so beautiful yet so painful in the end?

Sean's tears fell but he wiped them. He doesn't know when his best friend will come back. What are they now after he kissed him? Who is Sean to Web Phillips now? Is it true that he is just a toy to friend?

Huh?

Sean remembers the rumors he heard about him and Web in the university.

"Sean is just a toy to Web Phillips, someday they will be separated and Web will forget him. University life is just like that, haha.."

The woman blurted out. She was one of the girls who was rejected by his friend.

Sean went down to see his Mom but his mom had gone to the market already. He sat on the sofa but he found a note and a card from Webs on the center table.

Sean,

You can claim the glasses at the clinic. If your eyes are tired and want a rest from wearing contact lenses, use them. If there are days that you miss me, wear glasses and you can cry for a while. Just now, I miss my baby already. And I know you wanted to cry but you can't. Just promise to wait for me ok.

Web.

Sean brings the note to his chest and closes his eyes.

Web...I will miss you.