Chapter 9 Fantasy book

~Jasmine's POV

He left. I haven't seen my best friend for the almost a week after we argued. I tried calling him, I don't know if he blocked my number or switched his phone off because it is sent straight to voicemail.

And if you're wondering what happened between I and Aiden.. I'm elated to announce that we're officially a thing and he has been trying his best in being all charming and romantic despite us being far from each other. Because of the early death of his father, the only source of income to the family, things are a bit difficult for them but he's working on gaining admission into my college, only that when he successfully enters, he'll be my junior.

The house suddenly feels empty, I always come back with the hope that I'll meet him probably shirtless on the couch being the lazy ass that he is but I get I'll be disappointed because everywhere is still how I left it.

"I'm sorry alright! Isn't it an apology you wanted, there it is.. will you come back home Lexi, I miss you.. I miss you presence" I miss your touch. I'm sure all the voice notes I've dropped would've accumulated into a record because this will be the 7th I'm dropping today.

I tried going to his favorite spots where he receives inspiration to paint and draw but there are no traces of him. And maybe because Alicia is buried in some project works, she hasn't been really helpful in finding him. I'm just so lonely right now, I guess the effect of not having more than one close friend is kicking in now.

My thoughts were crowded by him alone so I decided to take a tour into his land which was his room. As I walked in, the memories of ourselves indulged in fun began to set back. From when he asked me to take a few pictures for him after he went shopping and when we played pillow fight on his bed. He regretted it that day because I refused to help in cleaning up his room. Haha!

I saw a comb on the floor and picked it with the intention of keeping it where it should be - on his dressing table. As I successfully placed the comb on his table, I saw his drawer slightly open and out of curiosity, I opened it more and found most of our childhood memories stored in there. My hand picked the first handmade friendship wristband I made when were in highschool. I remember vividly that he lost it the day after but now.. it's here, a bit old but still in perfect shape. He never lost it. He kept it and I can see why he did, it has a childish sense in it because of the pink color it was made of.

He kept everything like treasures, the shinny pebbles I collected when we traveled to the seashore for vacations, the necklace we shared. A pen of mine he broke mistakenly and even my.. tooth.

Aha! I knew there was a mystery behind the money that gets swapped for teeth, so he is the tooth fairy. How caring of me, he is like the big brother I never had. Protecting me and leading me when I have no one.

I almost failed to notice a book with green covers. It has a lock code and I saw no reason why I shouldn't know it's content. It's probably one of his sketch books but it baffles me why he kept it separate from the other ones in his art room.

I tried his birthday but it didn't free. I used my birthday and it didn't even budge, 0-0-0-0.. I ran out of numbers that were relevant to him until I decided to try. 07/07, the day he became friends.. it's just our unique number.

The first page contained his handwriting talking about some warning, wow is this a secret diary? do men also write diaries.

"𝔍𝔞𝔷𝔷, ℑ'𝔪 99% 𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔱'𝔰 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔦'𝔡 𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔪𝔲𝔠𝔥 𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔦𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔦𝔣 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔰𝔭𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔪𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔰𝔢𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔶.. .." and he kept on blabbing but hell, like as of that's gonna erase my curiosity.

He skipped a few pages before writing, his handwriting looks like it's printed, so neat as it moves in the same direction and angle.

"Her 𝔰𝔪𝔦𝔩𝔢 𝔰𝔬𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔰 𝔦𝔱 𝔞𝔩𝔩, 𝔬𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔰𝔢 𝔴𝔥𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔱𝔢𝔢𝔱𝔥 𝔣𝔩𝔞𝔰𝔥𝔢𝔰 𝔬𝔲𝔱 .. 𝔦𝔱 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔰 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 ℑ'𝔪 𝔞 𝔪𝔢𝔩𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔠𝔢. ℑ 𝔴𝔦𝔰𝔥 ℑ 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔰𝔢𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔪𝔦𝔩𝔢 𝔞𝔰 𝔰𝔥𝔢.." the next word got stuck in my throat. Lexi wrote a book of fantasy about me!

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[Somewhere..]

Lexi's POV

I stayed back not because I'm still mad at Jasmine, I just needed time to reflect on myself and for the days I've spent alone. I realized that I'm at fault and now I don't know how to look at her. Will she want me back?

I've been living in my art room, it's only secret because I don't reveal the paintings I make here because of how obscure they are and the feelings it carries. No one knows about this place, not even Jasmine. I bought this bungalow house secretly.

All ended up painting all look trash as I stop halfway, there's no inspiration neither is there a muse. This will be the third paper I'm tearing off today, and this will be the very first time I'm having an artist's block without knowing what to do.

I picked up my brush and chose a pinkish white paint and started laying strokes on the board thinking I would come up with something new. A surreal light flashes at the side of my face and I turned to see the source. I saw her seating on my table at the center of the room, very close to me in her last layer of clothing which was I skin.

"Jasmine" I reached my hands to her and whispered, am I hallucinating or did I miss her so much?

"I'll be your muse" she smiled knowingly. "just think, where is the most beautiful part of my body" She came down the table and came closer, and closer until her lips landed on mine. When I opened my eyes, she's gone!

That's right! I know just what to paint and it'll be the most beautiful canvas I've ever drawn. It definitely is!

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[BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD]

Jonathan classes just ended so he decided to study in the library before going to his dorm since he isn't on good terms with his roommates ever since the movie night.

They were all caught and asked to tidy a portion of the school for a week so Jonathan met with them coincidentally.

"Isn't it the angry bird" one of the girls scoffed at the back.

"Guys I'm really sorry, I don't know what came over me" Jonathan sighed.

"Whatever, let's get going before he infects us with his weirdness" Another girl said and they all walked away. He noticed his potential crush isn't with them so he asked about him.

"hm Lily? isn't Kai with you guys?" he said.

"At the library, he needed to borrow a book, what's up are you into guys now?" she giggled and everyone met his eyes with curiosity.

"Whaaat? no! never!!"

"You were looking for me" Kai appeared from Jonathan's back and that startled him, did he also hear when he denied being into guys? then that'll ruin his chance with him.

"y-yeah" he stuttered.

"Let's go!" Kai held his hands and Jonathan blushed uncontrollably, his hands were so small in Kai's hands. They walked away hand-in-hand.

"What was that! Is my cousin bi now?" the girl that fed him popcorn was actually Kai's distant cousin.

Kai took Jonathan to an arcade not far from school. They bought some milkshake before entering into the game house. Seems Kai is popularly known there because the people cheered for him as soon as he entered.

"Do you play computer games?"

"Sure but I'm not good at it" he smiled.

"let's go!"

Kai introduced Jonathan to his game friends and they welcomed him warmly. He created an account for him and rubbed Jonathan's hair from time to time before they started playing.

"Is there something on my hair or is it just beautiful?" Jonathan avoided when Kai wanted to touch his head again.

"you're just cute and I can't resist you" he smiled.

Jonathan lost on the first round so he was left behind. The girls around him started ogling at Kai since he has a high chance of winning.

"hm, Kai? I want to use the restroom alright?"

"sure" Kai shrugged him off shortly with his attention fully on the game. Jonathan stood up and managed to trace the toilet and when he got there, there was another guy there smoking in there.

He didn't know whether to greet or not but he kept mute after reasoning it's better not to start a conversation. He unzipped his fly and started urinating.

"bro, are you trans cuz wtf is that?" he laughed as he pointed to his genital. That's another reason why Jonathan doesn't like his body, how did he manage to get such a small dick?

He rolled his eyes and turned to leave but the guy pulled him back.

"I'm still talking to you hey!" he said hoarsely.

"but I don't want to talk to you" Jonathan said, it was meant to be cold but it came out cute.

"Aren't you too cute, I just wanna.." Jonathan felt the guys hand at his butt and he gave it a squeeze.

"Leave me be!!" Jonathan screamed and as if Kai heard his cry, he went to the toilet at saw the heart aching scenery.

"he said let go!" Kai stood in the middle of them and said coldly

"b-brother Kai? I didn't know he was yours, please pardon me" the guy said and ran out.

"what the hell happened!!" Kai raised his voice.

"he suddenly came upon me I don't really know" Jonathan said coyly and bit his lips.

"come here" with so much frustration in him, he pulled Jonathan closer to him and crashed his lips on his. Jonathan eyes widened as he didn't know how to respond to Kai's erotic kisses.

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