That's A Payback

15 : Xeno [Pt. 2]

"So it really is true..."

Standing in front of Tine and hearing his accusations was bad. He felt a little pang inside his chest from the guilt but quickly shoved it aside. Tine looked like he was on the verge of crying and Day couldn't help but just stare at the boy.

Even when crying, Tine was beautiful. Very beautiful. Tine had always been a pretty boy. He was famous around the campus for his innocent bunny like visuals. Tine's delicate features could make  even some of the prettiest girls around the campus seem normal. Tine didn't get too much attention from girls, maybe because of jealousy or poor luck, but it was unknown to the bunny boy how many secret male admirers he had gathered in just a couple of weeks after entering the university.

Day got distracted by Tine's beauty. He couldn't make out a single word that the boy uttered, busy staring at his red quivering lips, parted just a little so that his pearly white teeth were visible. He bought his gaze up to Tine's eyes, unshed tears making them glassy, long lashes moist, chocolate orbs shining. A tear gracefully rolled down his flushed cheek, slowly sliding down to his chin. Day was hypnotised by how delicate the boy looked while crying. Tine looked angelic.

"No! Tine, it's not like that!" Day tried again. "It was just a mistake, I swear."

Tine closed his eyes shut, the tears in his eyes making their way down his cheeks. He bit his lower lip to stop a sob and Day couldn't help but stare at his mouth. He lifted a hand up when Day opened his lips to speak again.

"Listen, Day. I really don't want to hear any excuses. Please. Just go away. Whatever we had is over, if we even had anything to begin with. I guess it wouldn't take much time for you to replace me. I cannot tolerate someone who can't be honest with me. I hope you find someone suitable for you."

Tine turned to walk into the Music room but Day held his wrist. Tine whipped his head to look at him with wide eyes, visible fear in those dark pools of nothingness. Day pulled Tine back, caging him against the wall, a sly smile on his face. He pinned Tine's wrists above his head. Tine struggled to get his wrists free from Day's tight hold.

"I'll go, darling. But aren't you going to give me one last kiss?"

Tine's eyes hardened.

"You bastard! Let go of me!"

"Why so hesitant? It's not like you have someone else." Day taunted and Tine stopped struggling.

"Am I right? Did I hit bullseye? You probably don't know but I also have something to show you, Tine." Day pulled away from Tine to show him something on his phone, a picture on the screen.

Tine's eyes widened when he saw that it was his picture with Sarawat on the day of the concert held in campus.

"Man posted 'My friend is now a loyal husband'. Interesting caption, don't you think?" Day laughed, soulless. He grabbed Tine's collar and jerked him once. His eyes fell on the now exposed skin of Tine's neck, dark red and pink marks littered all over his collar bones. He eyed the bite marks with distaste before lifting his eyes to focus on Tine's face again. "Tsk. Tsk. You show yourself so pristin, so pure. And yet you're whoring with your boyfriend's own brother. You've been such a bad boy, Tine."

Tine stared at him with a look of pure hatred, gaze trying burn a whole in his head and Day just made a fake crying face before he kept a hand on his chest.

"Do you even know how sad your boyfriend was when he saw that you're trying to get in the pants of his own brother? Very, very sad."

"My boyfriend? You mean the same boyfriend who was busy nailing a slut behind me back?" Tine spat.