𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟏𝟒

When I came home, I put all the paper bags on the counter, I went straight to my room to rest because I still had school the next day.

While I was taking a bath, I couldn't help but think about what happened earlier, I was trying to get rid of what happened to me with my husband and act cold. After I had a shower, I went out and sat on the edge of the bed and stroke my hair with a towel to dry.

I was scrolling through social media when suddenly a message appeared at the top of my phone screen, I was wondering because of an unknown number. Out of curiousity, I check the person who sent a message and I didn't expect what I recieve. Someone sent a stolen picture, which makes me alarmed and goosebumps because I didn't know who and where those pictures were from.

My whole body froze while staring at the random stolen photos of me with Mark, I felt uncomfy and restless because of the person who sent the picture. I feel uneasy, if the person who sent this is one of Gemini and Mint's fans, or Mark's fans.

I was even more surprised when he sent another photo, the picture was a bit blurry when it captured. But when I zoomed in, it was a moment when Mark kissed me in sea shore.

         When I arrived at school, I couldn't explain my feeling. I felt like someone was following me or someone was watching my every move. I was walking quietly on the school campus going to my department when I saw Prom walking the opposite way. I stopped walking to wait for him to pass in front of me, but when I approached him, he avoided me and walked past me as if he didn't notice me.

"Prom." I shouted as I followed him with my eyes.

He stopped walking after I called his name, he didn't even look at me or answer so I tried to grab the few seconds he stopped.

"Do you really want to cut off our friendship?" I yelled at him distance.

Prom looked at me and stepped closer to me, he stood in front of me with furrowed eyes and said,

"Did the question really come from you?" He smirked.

"Prom, let's talk properly-

"For what? to insult me? to make me look like I'm not worth being friends with? or to pity me because I don't have many friends?" he reversed.

"Prom, it's not like that." I swallow my pride.

"Fourth, you know it's okay for me to be insulted by other people and say something hurtful words... but, you. You, who are my own friend, underestimate me?

Yes, we are at the point where my life might be sad... that's why you think I sympathize with you. But I didn't scold you because my life was sad... I scolded you for your own sake." His voice trembled as if he was reframing anger.

"I didn't mean to hurt you, I was just carried away by my emotions. Forgive me, please. I'm really sorry Prom. I need someone to lean on right now... I need you and Ford." I beg.

"I'm sorry, I forgot how to forgive." his fierce looks.

Prom turned his back on me and walked away as if nothing had happened, while I was left distressed and frustrated. I couldn't do anything but follow him with my eyes, and let him disappeared from my sight.

I turned around to leave and I saw Ford standing in the distance, I saw a disappointing and regretting in his eyes. I just held my breath because I was so frustrated while looking at him.

I sat on the bench of the field next to Ford as I breathed in the fresh air,

"what did he tell you?" Ford approach me with a question,

"Nothing, it's still the same. It looks vague." he answered sparingly.

"Prom has a family problem right now. I tried to talk to him earlier, but he wants to be alone first." replied Ford.

"Why did you come with me here? Why didn't you follow Prom?" I wondered, when I looked at Ford.

"I don't want you to feel like I'm lacking you as your friend, you and Prom are both my friends... do you think I'll let you think I have favoritism?" Ford asked in reverse.

"Thanks." I grin.

I leaned my head on Ford's shoulder and closed my eyes while breathing in the refreshing air, he caressed my shoulder as he was comforting me.

"Let's understand Prom now, you know tomorrow or the day after tomorrow you'll be fine. I want to help you deal with Prom, but it's better if you fix the mess yourself." Ford's preaching.

"Khab, P' Ford." Fourth teased.

"Ai' Fourth, stop calling me P' Ford... I cringe." he answered, when he removed my head from his shoulder and pulled back.

"P' ford... P' Ford... P' Ford." continuous teasing.

"Ai' Fourth!" Ford complained as he covered his ears and ran away.

"Wait, P' Ford... wait for me!!" I chased him while laughing as I was having fun with teasing.

"Stay away from me!!" Ford yelled in irritation while running.

While I was running, I suddenly stopped when I noticed something in my peripheral view as if someone was spying on me under the tree in campus. When I turned to the big tree, the person standing suddenly disappeared and makes me even more uncomfortable.

I crossed the path and stepped towards the big tree to check it, but Ford called me so I just ignored it because I might just be hallucinating.

I parked the car in front of my house, I immediately got out and locked the car, while I was unlocking my house key, I felt something strange behind me.

When I got inside the house, I quickly closed the door and locked it, the nervousness and fear I felt at that time was too much. My hairs stood up in fears because someone was watching me, I don't know what he intended to do with me but my knees were really quivering.

When I got to the room I called Ford but it just kept ringing and no one answered, "Ai' Ford... answer my calls!!"

My body startled when the doorknob of door suddenly twisting as if someone was trying to drag my door. I accidentally dropped my phone in so much shock and confusion without realizing that I had already pressed Gemini's number in my phone contact.

When the door opened, I was rushed by a person in black, I couldn't see his face because it was covered in a mask, he drag me to the bed which made me to lay down. That fucking man put himself on the top of me and force me to strangled. He tempted to pressed his hands around my neck and the reason of my suffering from breathing.

Gemini's POV:

"Hello. Fourth?" I answered the call.

"G-gem..." Fourth's scanty voice.

"I'll kill you!!" the armed man shouted.

"Ai' Fourth, where are you?!" Gemini's voice panicked after he heard the unfamiliar voice.

Because of my distress, I hurried to leave and drove the car quickly away from the house as fast as I can.

Fourth's POV:

I was trying to reach for the phone when I heard Gemini's voice, I was short of breath at that time so I couldn't speak properly. I tried to push him off on the top of me but my body couldn't do it anymore, my vision gradually blurred and my eyes closed.

That man who was sitting on top of me really taking my breath away, It's really hard for me to breathe because he tightens the stranglehold on my neck like he's just wringing clothes.

"Let go of me." I beg.

"I'm going to kill you!! It's all your fault!!" he yelled at me.

The armed man's voice became familiar to me because I had heard his voice before, but I could not remember where I heard his voice. I tried to fight the shortness of my breath, and struggling to remove his hand from my neck but my strength gradually lost it.

I was afraid when he reached for my trophy that was on the shelf of my headboard, which he used to hit me on the head and lost of my consciousness.

            I just regained consciousness when I heard Gemini's voice calling my name, I felt my body lift up a little because my head was leaning on his arm, "Fourth! Fourth! wake up!"

I slowly opened my eyes even though my vision was still a bit blurry, I couldn't see Gemini's face but I could hear his worry and concern for me as he shook my body to wake me up.

"P' Gem." I whispered as I burst into tears.

"N'Fourth." Frustrated voice of Gemini.

He suddenly lifted me a little and hugged me tightly, I just closed my eyes and sight deeply when I feel safe as soon as I saw Gemini.

Author's POV:

While Fourth was resting on the bed, he was just looking at Gemini who was standing by the door while talking to someone on the phone.

"How's Fourth doing?" Nhai's concern over the phone.

Gemini glimpsed at Fourth worriedly and said, "he's okay mom."

"I'm not going home right now, Fourth needs a companion." Gemini's voice was apprehensive.

"Oh alright. You two be careful there." Nhai answered.

After Gemini hanging up, he approached Fourth and sat on the edge of the bed.

"Do you still have any pain? Do you still have a headache?" Gemini asked worriedly when he checked the bandage he placed on Fourth's forehead.

"I'm alright." Fourth's drowsy voice.

"Let's report it to the police, they might come back to you." Gemini's voice was apprehensive.

"Don't." Fourth held back as he held Gemini's arm.

"Fourth, this is for your safety-

"I don't want you to implicate. I know Mark's fans are the ones who did it, I don't want the three of us to be an issue." Fourth disagreed.

"How did you find out that he's fans are the ones who did this?" he wondered.

Fourth's POV:

I suddenly stopped talking when I thought of the picture of me and Mark that was sent to me, I didn't want Gemini to know or see that picture because I didn't want the mess to get worse so I kept quiet.

"Ok, if you don't want to answer I won't force you... but you're going back to our house." He said quickly.

"Gem-

"Fourth. I know you're still mad at me, but can you just go home to our house for your safety and for my peace of mind? I don't want what happened again, Fourth." His stubbornness.

"Gemini, please! You started the rules, didn't you? I followed the ones you wanted. But you haven't followed my one rule! I can't step foot in that fucking house anymore." I disagree.

"Is that all? Then I'll buy our new house. No matter how expensive the house is, I'll buy it. I'll just be able to share the same roof with you again."

"Gemini, don't act like you have feelings for me. Don't fool me around that you love me too, because I'm confused." My trembling voice.

I added in annoyance, "why do you sometimes care about me! Why am I so kind to me! Why do you act like that! You make me think that you love Mint more than me? Then why do you keep bothering me!!"

I was filled with anger and annoyance again, I hit him on the chest many times to force him to speak. I'm feeling so heavy that I'm having a hard time letting out my cries.

"Ai' Fourth. Fourth, enough." He grabbed my wrists to stop me.

"Don't make me feel that you love me too because I don't want to hope!!" I yell at him angrily.

Gemini suddenly grabbed me by the nape and kissed me on the lips, I tried to struggle with his kiss and hit him on the chest many times, but Gemini didn't let go of me.

He kept kissing me and sucking my lips with a great emphasis, even though I was crying and hiccuping. Until I gave in and closed my eyes full of tears filled with resentment, Gemini didn't stop my lips as if there was no tomorrow.

He slowly let go of kissing me and we stared into his eyes, his sparkling eyes full of sincerity.

"I will do everything just come back to me. I will not allow you to lose me anymore,

You're only mine." His deep voice.

He slowly took my hand and put it on his lips to kiss it, he placed my hand on his shoulder and held me by the waist.

Even though Gemini and I were looking at each other eye to eye, I could feel his hand slowly inserting inside my clothes and lifting up along his hand with my clothes.

"Trust me." his voice was raspy.

Gemini completely removed my clothes and threw them on the floor, he looked me in the eyes down to the lips and held me by the chest.

He slowly laid me down on the bed, buried his face in my neck and kissed me down on my chest.

"Gemini. Don't~" I gasp.

He continued to give me butterflies in my stomach by his pleasures and warm body, I tried not to be turned on by the temptation but I can't.

Gemini took off his clothes on top of me, Gemini kissed different parts of my body. On my forehead, my eyes, my nose, my cheeks, my lips, my jawline, my neck, my collar bone, my shoulders, my hands, and my fingers.

He sucked my lips so passionately but I didn't bite, while my eyes were closed I suddenly crossed my mind how Mark had kissed me.

"Gem, stop." I whisper, but Gemini kept kissing me.

When I opened my eyes I saw Mark's face in Gemini's, I suddenly pushed Gemini off of me and I gasped.

"Fourth, what's wrong?" He asked me.

"I can't do this, Gemini. I'm sorry." I apologize.

I took the blanket and covered it over my body, I turned my back on Gemini because of the awkward spread in the four corners of the bedroom.