SHUN COULDN’T wait for the day to end.His back hurts like hell, his shoulders slumped, and his feet are close to numb as he wiped the dirty table with a round rug. It’s almost 11 PM, and the last customer had just gotten out a few minutes ago. Now, he just had to wipe all the tables clean and lock up the resto before he can go home.Usually, the resto owner wouldn’t allow him to be the one who will take care of the shop, at least not alone, for he was only a temporary waitress until the original came back from her vacation. Yes, waitress. It is because he is appeared to be Sheen right now. Long story short, Sachi recommended him to the resto owner to be a substitute, but the owner doesn’t want a male waiter. She seemed to hate every living man in the world—as of the moment—as Sachi told him she had just her heart broken by a man. But rest assured that that ‘hate’ wouldn’t last long, because she can’t just reject her male employees in her small resto, especially her male customers.He
HE ISN’T sober, that’s a fact. But that wasn’t an excuse to just kiss someone!As if burnt, Shun pulled away as quickly as a heartbeat. “Shit, sorry—I’m really sorry, Lincoln—I wasn’t—shit.” Wasn’t what? Wasn’t going to kiss you? You just did idiot! He looked away from Lincoln because of embarrassment and frustration with himself. Will the floor just swallow him right now?“Sheen.” Lincoln’s voice was soft but he managed to hear it. However, he refused to look at him. No, he can’t. Not right now. What was he thinking kissing him while he was asleep? Or so Shun thought.“Sheen.”What if Lincoln thought of him as someone who would take advantage of anyone? Why did he even do that? What if Lincoln—A hand grasped his shoulder and turned him to face the man seated beside him. A pair of dark brown eyes met his brown ones. Lincoln’s serious gaze made him gulp. What now?Before he could say something, Lincoln pulled him.It was so sudden he didn’t even realize it until he felt Lincoln’s lips
LINCOLN WOKE up with a start.The first thing he noticed when he opened his eyes was the white ceiling. Strange. As far as he can remember, his ceiling is painted sky blue.As if realizing what was happening, Lincoln scrambled to get up from the bed. He pushed the thick blanket off his body and a surge of panic came to him when he found that he was only wearing his boxer. Nothing more. An excruciating pain hit his head and he winced. Hangover. He roamed his eyes around the unknown room. “What the hell happened?” He can’t remember shit.All white, some furniture is black. It looks normal nonetheless. From the looks of it, the person who owns this room is well-off. But who is itA door from the side softly creaked open, revealing the person Lincoln had been just wondering about a while ago.A man in his twenties, probably around his age, walked inside with a tray of water and a bottle of pills. Harue met Lincoln’s eyes, and his brows slightly raised. “Oh, you’re awake?”Lincoln answere
“YOU’RE LATE.”Shun wiped off the sweat on his forehead. “I’m sorry.” He’s slightly panting as if he just had been into a long run. He then stood straight in front of his manager at the pizza parlor. “I encountered some minor accident on the way.”Shun wanted to grimace. Minor. He was almost kidnapped. Kidnapped!Shun barely even believed himself when thought of that. Earlier, he was just casually doing his job—his other job as a delivery guy—when he was tasked to deliver pancakes at a squatter area, then he found out that the customers were gangsters!
SHUN FOUND himself in a playground inside a park.It was 7 PM when he left the hospital, so the cold winds brushed gently through his skin. Shun was only wearing a shirt and jeans; he couldn't help but shiver slightly.He walked towards the center of the playground where the swing and a big slide are located. He can see from far away the silhouette of two people. One is seated on the swing and swinging it back and forth, making a soft creaking sound. While one is seated at the end of the slide.Several lampposts illuminated the area, which made him see the faces of the people when he reached their place.“Sachi! Harue!” he called out.The two yo
“NO, OF course.”Maybe because of how loud and blunt Shun had said it, Lincoln froze for a moment before realizing what he had just asked.He waved his hands in a panic manner as if clearing some invisible clouds of tension in the middle of them. “N-No, I mean–I, I, that’s–” Words stumbled, and face flushed because of embarrassment, Lincoln didn’t how he should say it.“Calm down first,” Shun calmly said. He sipped in his cocktail and looked away from Lincoln.He wasn’t that surprised by the other’s question. In fact, he already anticipated this. He very knew what a man like him himself was fond of doing in a place like this. Of course, what cou
Chapter 4“I’M REALLY sorry, I’m late.”Shun looked up at the man who emerged from a Mercedes. Although Lincoln wore extremely casual clothes: a red dress shirt and black denim jeans partnered with leather shoes, the man looks beyond handsome.Shun cleared his throat. He remembered he was currently disguised as a woman now. “Don’t mention it.”Lincoln stared at his face and Shun had to look away because of the awkwardness and slight nervousness. He knew his disguise is flawless, but he can’t stop feeling a bit guilty.A few days ago, when he told Lincoln he finally agreed to his offer, the other bombarded him with different kinds of thanks—with a bit of flirt, of course—and told him they had to make their relationship ‘realistic’. Shun doesn’t refute when Lincoln asked him to go to the mall together, to polished his cover.They both entered the mall and Lincoln was already talking a lot. “To b
Chapter 5****SHUN WAS humming happily while walking down the street. His lips were stretched into a big smile, both hands were inside his pockets. He was very happy he was able to pay his sister’s bills today. His sister will be operated on soon.Yesterday, Lincoln transferred the money he promised Shun. Because of that money, he was able to pay Shaine’s bills and his apartment rent. What a good day. Although today is also the day he will meet Lincoln’s parents, he wasn’t nervous. It’s a really good day for him to be nervous.Not until he passed on a alleyway, and heard voices of some men.“Is that him? He doesn’t look like that one.”“That’s him I sure! Haven’t I told you he’s always changing his appearance?”Shun turned to look at where the voice is coming from, and his eyes immediately widened in horror.There was a clusters of men on the alleyway, looking so ‘gangster-ish’ as some of t