R&B Music vibrated in every corner while neon lights spreaded through the room. People were dancing and drinking their night away.
Two girls at the counter were chatting lively, when they spotted on the far left corner. Five handsome men sitting on the large rounded fancy couch.
"Girl!...look at them!.." said in an excited hushed tone, "who freakn wouldn't...!", while the other girl gigled."especially the guy with creamy white hair.. mnngghh~~" the girl oggled her eyes on the guy, ".oh...girl... I understand..but you need to calm down, you drank to mu-".
The girl noticed, the guy that the girl was talking about, turned to look at them.
shit...did he notice? She thought in a little panic, then the girl forcefully turned his friend's face away from the guy "hey!....". after a while she slightly turned her head around, ever so slightly that he could take a little peek of the guy, to see if he was still looking.
Then "...." the girl unintentionally locked eyes with the man. unable to look away, like she was under a spell, then the man slightly curved his lips upward and gave the look.
Her breathing stopped, sending shivers to her body. "Kya!~~". She punched her friend's shoulder "Hey!...ouw...ouch!...hey stop!?", the friend slightly shouted thinking if her friend was the one who's drunk.
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"Ash...you really need to stop flirting with girls like that, they might get the wrong idea" he man scolded.
"wha~t...it's fun, I really like it when they squeal for me, an~d, I'm not giving them the wrong Idea~" he said mischievously with a teasing tone.
Ashton noticed, one of their friends had a bad crumpled look on his face, and he committed some bad aura too.
Ashton wasn't intimidated but he laughed, he looked at the man that was scolding him earlier and pointed at the grumpy guy.
sigh.
the grumpy guy with brown hair sighed deeply, they saw him aggressively tapping on his phone.
"Clyde..." the man called out "did something happen?".
"Probably ate shit..." the guy besides Clyde snickered.
*Bombastic side eye* Clyde looked at the dude beside him, "well... I'm looking at one right now.." Clyde retorted.
The guy raised a brow "what was that?" he said like he heard wrong, but Clyde turned to look away, tsk "Dumbass.." he said under his breath but loud enough for the guy to hear. "you-". "guys...stop it, don't start another fight please..." the man lazily pleaded like the situation frequently happen.
"Matthew started it" Clyde said in an annoyed tone while playing block bust on his phone. Matthew click his tounge is resignation.
Ashton laugh at the situation then said "hehehe....you two can't pass a day without fighting huh....".
"Shut up Ashton" Matthew taunted but Ashton still laughed. "ohh~~ I'm scared" Ashton provoked Matthew.
The man intervened again "Ashton!..", Ashton questioned, then the man frown and gave him the look. "okay.. okay.." he raised his hands, then added again as provocation "its just fun provoking this Mutt~", "the fuck did you just call me!?" the man sighed and gave up.
As Matthew was about to get up, a person in the right at the far end of the couch, we will call him man 2 , spoke in a deep and strong voice, as he called Matthew's name as a warning "Matthew...Ashton".
Matthew flinched and widrew, clicking his tounge, while Ashton stopped laughing, bringing silence in their area.
The man looked at the latter and silently thanked the other.
"anyways, Clyde.." the man called out, Clyde hummed "what happed to you? How come your not in the mood?" Clyde, who was busy tapping on his phone with a crumpled look on his handsome and sweet face. When he heard the man ask, that made him frown even more, then sighed.
"just remembering it annoys me" hearing a tint if hate in his voice "a guy in our class pissed me off".
"whoa Clyde, what did you do" Ashton said while snickering. Clyde looked at Ashton, then raised his brow "i did nothing wrong..." said with confidence then continued, "he was giving me a cold shoulder for no reason!". The man who was listening asked "....have you tried asking what's his problem?".
"ask him?... tsk everytime I talk to him he just ignores me" Clyde sighed deeply "i don't know what's his problem with me, but it's fucking pissing me off".
"then....wha-" when the man was about to talk. Two women came by their circle.
Girl 1, "hey guys~~" she had shirt blond curly hair with green eyes, she wore a red dress with an off back, along with a pair of red heels, with bold make up, that went along with her fit.
Girl 2, "what's up.." with an soft and melancholic voice, everyone on the scene looked at her. She wore a long black dress that had a off should, along with a pair of pink heels with soft make up that got along with the color of her heels.
She tucked long white hair under her ear, "How have you all been?".
"Big sister Vanessa..." The white haired called Vanessa waved at Clyde what had a wide sparkling eyes, Then she went behind the couch where Man 2 was sitting. Vanessa wrapped her arms around Man 2 "Well.. Aamon ...how have you been?~~" Aamon was drinking his liquor when he felt a pair of soft arms slightly wrapping his collar. "You still smell the same" Vanessa snuffed on Aamon's neck, smelling the expensive perfume mixed with a very aromatic cigarette with a tint of hust, but despite Vanessa's charms, Aamon remained unmoved. "...." But Vanessa wasn't disappointed, she smirked "still the same~".
Vanessa retracted her arms and went to sit beside Man 1, Vanessa got a cup of wine, she lifted her right leg on top of her left leg and sipped on her cup, leaving a pink smudge on her glass.
Girl 1 went beside Matthew "hey Mat~ how are you?~" she creased Matthew's left thigh. Matthew intently look at her with a mischievous smirk. He grab the girl's waist, pulling her closer "fine..." He said almost a whisper, almost locking their lips.
Clyde who happens to sit next to them saw the scene cough!cough! "Ewwagh~~ could you please not do it in front of me!? Have some decency.." Clyde wiped his mouth with a tissue that he took from the wide round table, he wiped his mouth with a disgusted look.
Ashton, who was also watching them..or watching a certain person said "yeah Matthew.. go get a room" Ashton said teasing but with a hidden snarl in his words.
While that was happening, Vanessa initiated a conversation with the Man beside her.
Vanessa looked at the Man beside her who had a troubled look, "pfft... Well you look very stressed out, Adam", Adams gaze went to Vanessa, then he smiled politely you think? He held back saying, "well as for you question earlier, I'm doing fine, thank you..." He politely greeted back but with a tint of awkwardness lingered, Vanessa who also became awkward of the situation.
Then Adam initiated the conversation again "how was korea? You left france without a word?", "well.. I went to see my mother and brother". "You have a brother?!" Adam was surprised but Clyde was even more surprised since he was eavesdropping on Adam and Vanessa.
Taking the attention of others in their group, Aamon who didn't pay attention to anything turned his head gazed at Adam first for two seconds, moved to Vanessa.
"Welp... That was unheard of..." Ashton said in a surprise. "Did he die on cancer or something?" Matthew and Ashton snickered. "Very funny...so you are still an asshole, huh...", "a handsome asshole for your correction" he said slyly.
Clyde rolled his eyes when he heard that.
"So you're brother is in korea.." Adam asked immediately, feeling another argument will appear. Taking Vanessa's attention "no, he came with me here in France, he actually just transferred school".
"Transfered?" Clyde questioned.
"Yeah, he's in our school, well, your school actually" Vanessa smiled.
"My school?" Clyde had a puzzled expression."Yes..".
"It's surprising that you have a brother, considering how long we've all been together." Adam shocked by the bomb Vanessa dropped.
"Was there a reason you hadn't brought him up until now?" Clyde asked politely.
"Yeah why didn't you mention him?" Ashton added.
"Clara did you know?" Matthew asked Clara who was sitting close next to him.
"Yeah!...I only know what he looks like from photos Vanessa sends of the two of them"
"Pictures? You have pictures?" Adam asked Clara.
"Yes!....I saved a few since he was so~ cute"
"How come you never send us pictures when we have a group chat?" Ashton asked Vanessa with a sly disappointed tone.
"It's a girls thing, Ashton" Vanessa replied smiling.
"Girls thing?....what you send nude pics to each other too?" Ashton joked, "yeah", "yeah!" Vanessa and Clara answered at the same time.
Matthew's brow lifted, Ashton's mouth gaped, and Aamon's face was still the same.
Adam didn't know what expression to make, while Clyde trying his best to not look judgemental, what the fuck he thought but shut his mouth since the topic is about Vanessa.
Clyde shook his head slightly "anyways...sister Van, I was wondering why you hadn't mentioned him to us before?"
"Well.. it's complicated" she flashed a slightly complicated face. "Uh...sorry, you don't have to answer-" Clyde felt guilty asking. "No... actually, we were separated because of our family situation" she continued "my father and mother separated since they had their own work, my father has his business here in France and took me, while my mother in korea had her own, and was left with my brother" Seeing the confused looks on her friends' faces, Vanessa clarified "Don't take it the wrong way. My parents are happily married, not divorced. They just have an arrangement because of their jobs.'" she explained smoothly.
Except for Aamon, everyone sighed in relief, especially Clyde.
"Oh~~" Clyde sighed in relief.
"Well that's a relief~" Adam smiled.
"Haha, relax. If I didn't want to share, I wouldn't be telling you now." Vanessa lightly laughed.
"What's you brother's name?" Aamon, who surprisingly joined the conversation, asked "oh!~" the surprised Vanessa answered, "it's Han!"
"Han?" sounds familiar? Clyde thought silently.
"Hahaha, you mean, Hans from the southern isles.." Ashton chortled.
"Haha...I get that a lot" Vanessa laughed lightly, "no, just normal Han with no S".
"Where's your brother now?", "he's at home now. Oh! Right...he's going to pick me up later" she said excitedly.
"Then, you should introduce him to us" Adam said while Vanessa agreed lively.