Chapter 8
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“Mom, I've decided. I will accept your offer to study.” Vince said after a moment of silence.
“Great! Study hard, okay?”
“But, can I ask a question?”
“Okay, go ahead.”
“Why are you so nice to me? It's not even a week since we met.”
“I don't understand Vince. When I met you, I felt at ease and you have a very light-hearted personality. Maybe because you're always happy that's why I felt like this?”
“Ah eh, I just like being happy. I don't want to be sad. Though sometimes I feel bored I'm not sad. I want people around me to be happy too.”
“That's why I like you. You take everything with a happy heart.”
“So when can I start to study?”
“After my holiday with my husband, we will discuss it with Jake. We have to manage the schedules so you can continue your study even if you're still working. Okay?”
“Yes, mom! But how about Jake, is it okay for him to send me to study?”
“He doesn't care about it. Though he is quite grumpy he is kind and nice to others.”
A few days later, Crystal went on holiday with her husband. Vince started to work as a personal assistant to Jake. Crystal is so confident to leave him as she noticed three days before she left that Vince can manage to work alone though he will commit mistakes Jake helped and guide him as per Crystal's instruction.
“Vince hurry up. We're getting late.” Jake shouted as he was waiting for Vince at his photoshoot location.
“Okay, I'm coming.” Vince is running with some stuff in his hand. Few meters from the car he tripped off and fell to the ground.
“What?!!!” Jake quickly got down from his car and attended to him. Vince's knee is bleeding.
“It's fine, Jake. Let's go, we're getting late.” Vince said and looked at Jake but he gasped as the latter's face was just an inch distant from him. Jake is staring at him intently. For the first time, Vince felt something strange in him. His heart beats faster than usual, choking him and hardly breathing.
“What is happening to me?” He thought.
“Ahm, Jake!” He waved his hand in front of Jake's face before he would drown himself from indescribable feelings. . Jake shakes his head to get back to his senses.
“We have to treat your wound.” He said looking at the bruised knee of Vince.
“No need, it's just bruised. I will wash it with alcohol inside your car. We are already late. Sorry about that.”
“No! We need to treat it.” Jake then lifted him and carried him in a bridal style. His eyes widened but his arms voluntarily wrapped around Jake's neck. He snuggled his face as he felt embarrassed that his boss was carrying him.
“Vince?”
“Hmmm?”
“You can get down now.” Vince only realized they're already inside the house next to the couch. He then unwrapped his arms from Jake's neck and got down from him.
“You sit here and wait. I'll take the medicine.” He nodded.
Jake came back with alcohol, cotton, and plaster on his hands.
“Straighten your legs and put them on top of mine.”
Vince did what Jake instructed.
“Aaahh...” Vince screamed and held Jake's hand.
“Why?”
“It sting!” Vince said, talking about the cotton that Jake used to wipe his bruised knee. It contains alcohol that's why it creates a stinging pain.
Jake held Vince's hand and rubbed his thumb against it.
“Relax, okay. It won't take long. We need to do this to wipe out the germs that may infect the wound.”
Vince nodded, biting his lips to not to able to scream again.
“s**t! He is so cute biting his lips and his bunny teeth, aaaahhh...” He cursed in his thought and heaved a sigh. He doesn't understand why that small gesture from Vince sends him an indescribable feeling. He knows his body. It quickly reacts with the simple gesture that Vince made.
“Jake?”
“Hmmm..”
“I'm sorry!”
“For what?”
“You might be late for work because of my clumsiness.”
“Don't worry about it. I already sent a message to them that we are a bit late.”
They were then engulfed with silence. Vince looks outside the window of the car as they are on their way to the location of the photoshoot.
“Why did he carry me just now? And why does my heart beat faster when our bodies touch each other? And the way he looked at me like he wanted to eat me. Eeehhh?” Vince screamed in his thoughts, subconsciously he covered his mouth with eyes widened.
“Vince, are you okay?” Jake asked as he silently observed Vince.
“Ha? Ye....yes, I'm fine.” Vince sat straight as he stuttered in his response.
“Ahm, later after the photoshoot I will let the driver send you home. I'm going to meet my friends.”
“Okay.”
Again, silence engulfed them until they arrived at the location.
The photo shoot went well, as they agreed Vince will be sent home by Jake's driver. Leandro will pick up Jake because they agreed to spend time later in Leandro's house.
“Hi, Vince! I'm Jake's best friend.” Leandro introduced himself when he met Vince.
“Hi, Leandro.” He replied.
“Just call me Leandro, I'm the same age as Jake and I think your age is not that far from us.”
“Ah eh, okay.”
“Vince, we have to leave now. The driver will send you home. Don't wait for me for dinner. I'm not sure what time I'll be home.” Jake told him before they're going to leave.
“Yes, Jake.”
Jake was about to leave when he remembered something.
“Tomorrow, my schedule is free so you will stay at home.”
He nodded. Then Jake and Leandro left for the latter's house.
In Leandro's car, as they travel to his residence. He started teasing Jake because of Vince.
“Whoa! Bro, I'm not wondering if you got attracted to your assistant. He is cute and you're right he is handsome but pretty as well.” Leandro said laughing, teasing Jake while driving his car.
“He is really cute and innocent.”
“Li Wenhan and Wang Haoxuan are interested to meet him too. So what's the plan this weekend?”
“I don't know.” Deep inside him, he doesn't seem to let his friends come to his house anymore. He doesn't want the rest to meet Vince.
Jake spends his time in Leandro's house. They didn't drink much this time. They just spent time talking, playing board games and mobile games.
In Jake's house, Vince tidied up some stuff inside the house. When it's dinner time he cooks his food. After dinner, he felt bored and remembered his parents in their province.
“Haist, so lonely here. But I choose to come here so I'll stay. I just miss Papa and Mama.” He mumbled while eating alone. He remembered his parents.
“Wait, they have a phone so I can call them.”
After dinner, he called Jules to ask for his parent's number and he dialed it.
“Vince ah, we miss you.” His mom said the moment he said it's him calling them.
“Mama, I miss you too. You and Papa.” He answered by swallowing a lump in his throat. He is about to cry but stops himself because he doesn't want his parents to worry about him.
“Is your boss good? Is your work okay?”
His parents ask with so many worries in their voices. It's his first time to be away from them and knowing that he doesn't know anything aside from eating and doing a few household chores.
“Yes Mama, Papa he is very nice and his mom asked me to call her mom too. She said I'm cute. Hihihi!” Vince happily told his parents.
“Really? But he didn't get jealous?”
“No! As I said he is nice to me.”
His parents heave a sigh of relief. They are thankful that their son found nice people to work with and not like what they heard on the radio about helpers being abused by their employers.
After his call, he decided to tidy up the kitchen and went to the sofa to watch the television. He tried to find Spongebob Squarepants. He is engrossed watching the show until he notices the time that is quite late.
“Oh my, it's ten in the evening already.” He then quickly turned off the television and washed and got ready to bed. Not even half an hour later he fell asleep as he is also tired from doing his job and his short travel with Jake.
Around four o'clock when he woke up thirsty. He lazily got up from his bed and went to the kitchen with his eyes slightly closed as he was sleepy. He took a glass of water and drank it then he went back to his room.
“Huh?!” He was startled to see the brightness that came from Jake's slightly opened door when he was approaching his room. “Did he come home?” He asked himself, slowly walking towards the door. He peeks on it but since it's just slightly open he can't see the entire bed to make sure if Jake is there or he is the one who forgot to switch off the light in his boss's bedroom.
“Huffftttt!” Vince gasps, covering his mouth as he gently pushes the door to open it a bit wider. He saw Jake lying on his bed naked and legs wide open.
“Oh my god.” He said as his other hand covered his eyes but then he spread up his fingers to continue peeping on Jake.
Jake squirmed and made Vince turn his back but stayed on his spot. He then slowly turned again to check if his boss woke up but his eyes widened as something caught his eyes.
“What is that? Is there something growing there?” Out of curiosity, he tiptoed to get closer to Jake's bed.
“Omg! Mushrooms? Whoa!” He bit his fingers to suppress himself from screaming. “Hi...hi....his pet is waking up like a mushroom.” He said to himself softly pointing to Jake's growing length.
“Mmnnnn...” Jake moans in his sleep.
Vince then without a second thought runs towards the door and quickly gets inside his room holding his chest as he is chasing his breath. “His pet is so big and looks like a mushroom. Hihihi!” He laughed as he realized how funny it was for him.
He didn't know that Jake woke up and saw him running out of his room. Jake then smiles playfully as he remembers his dream.
“My dream is a half-truth.” He subconsciously holds his grown length looking at the opened door where Vince went out. He is dreaming about Vince coming into his room and playing with his pet again, but his dreams stop because he woke up when he felt someone come into his room. He pretends that he is sleeping when he sees Vince gently come closer to him. He even heard him gasping when his pet started to stand harder.
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