Sour Cookies
I'm in.
Ever knew the feel of burying your head into your own world in a steady pace, no world to care?
I was in that moment. In my deserted world. Just myself and my boyfriend in a frame. Life was great.
Until all of a sudden some random weirdo just started to shake me... vigorously???
Carter
Wait, why the heck the humans in this classroom are chanting my name?
I looked at my right and learned that the one who shook me wasn't a weirdo but my best friend Liam.
Liam
You would have no idea dude.
Carter
I am asking, ain't I?
Liam
Well, the time when you are riding your boyfriend in your IMAGINARY LAND—
Carter
*slaps the back of Liam's head*
Carter
Lower your voice idiot!
Liam
You could have said so.
Carter
*rolls eyes* Serves you right though.
Carter
Back to the point, will ya?
Liam
So I was saying, at that time, the kids here made a bet on behalf of you.
Carter
*looks at the surrounding frantically*
Carter
Look, I don't want any drama.
Liam
Save all these talks to them. I'm not the one who made the bet, remember?
Carter
The only human I can rant out is you. Stop with the justice.
Liam
*sighs* Continue. I'm all ears.
Carter
*ranting out in an ever most dramatic way possible* All I need is a window seat and a mood to dream on.
Carter
What do I even gain from this stupid bet of theirs?
Liam
Well, well, well, now. You are at the right track.
Liam
Here comes the best part.
Liam
What if it involves your only rival?
Carter
*jolts up straight*
Liam
Should I give a drumroll before I announce this?
Carter
Oh god. Please speed up.
Liam
Ok, ok. Not gonna get on your nerves anymore. But... do I really need to tell you?
Carter
Can I kill you right at this second?
Liam
*rushes out* Beckettisyouragainst. It's Beckett Vs Carter.
I would blindly dive into anything if that had something to do with him.
Liam
*smirks* Cunning aren't we?
Carter
Tell me more about it.
Liam
The school is receiving a transfer student it seems.
Given by the looks of his, he sure was eager to witness and love every bit of the drama I was soon gonna get my head rolled on.
Liam
*Gets an inch closer to him and whispers* It's not a guy.
Carter
*throws up hands* Boring.
Liam
You both will be fighting for her. The question is, who will win her over?
Carter
Not me. Have that girl all for yourself.
Liam
Ok then. 'Beckett snatched the girl effortlessly' would definitely be the talk of the show around.
Liam
*looks for his reaction*
Liam
*makes his eyes soccer ball to give life to his words* Downfall of Carter's pride is what I would be witnessing at the end.
Carter
*still neutral, self control mode on*
Liam
*pretending he is talking to himself, not dare to look at Carter* Cool right?
Carter
*self control mode off. At the verge of throwing hands*
Liam
Right? *smirks towards Carter*
Liam
'Beckett's the crowned winner.', 'None can beat his handsomeness.', 'Charmer wit—
Liam
You? *purely has no idea*
Carter
The one that will be winning her.
Liam
Good that you gained your spirit at last to go all in.
Liam
Wish you luck sweetheart.
Liam
Time to take care of the audience. *claps the back of Carter's shoulder and starts retrieving his steps to leave for cafeteria to fetch food for both himself and Carter*
Carter
Wait! *grabs his hand in flash*
Liam
*faces Carter* What is it?
Carter
Does that straight kid have any clue about it?
Carter
Do I need to spell out his name every damn time? Come on, it's getting old.
He simply stared for my answer. Never in the hell I could change this guy's choice for once. If that was what he want.
And a dead silence followed. Wow.
I'm surprised by the superiority is an understatement.
Since when did I started to hold such a power over these people?
Carter
We both can't court a random unknown girl out of interest nor for the bet guys. Let's all get real here.
Retiring from my current position which was standing on the bench, I jumped out of my place and stood in front of the class to be more audible and clear. That was how you prove your point, right?
Carter
On being practical, it won't work. These kinds of scenarios might found true in movies but got zero chances in reality. Belief is the trick they got on their sleeves. They brought us with lies. I'm not the one to talk though. You guys are well aware of these stuffs than me.
I should have just applied for president position. I was too good for real.
They all looked at each other faces. It was funny to see them getting confused over some simple words.
Do I need to rephrase it?
After having some unwanted discussive whispers among themselves, they all looked at me expectantly.
Carter
What's with the look guys?
My subconscious mind couldn't help but laugh. A little. Got an image to maintain. But it was freaking funny I tell you.
Carter
You guys left so many stages and steps that exist in between.
Carter
We both sure will learn about her, know her in person and befriend her. And if mine and Beckett's feeling towards her becomes mutual, if we both reached to that point simultaneously, the bet is on, and we fight. Fair and square. The end. No more discussions to be placed anymore.
Half nodded and half whispered.
Nothing was new to me anyway.
Familiar voice
For once, I agree with you Carter.
Some searched for the owner elsewhere and most of the population looked at the front door, which was where the voice came from.
Carter
Why am I not surprised?
Beckett
Hello to you too Carter.
Act like it.
Beckett
*leans at the door frame* Hello to you too Carter.
The last I saw him was two years back. He disappeared after the winter carnival. Rumors said he got kicked out.
In real, I was the one who saw him last.
Carter
Is that first-ever-clown-named-Liam's-long-lost-twin-brother?
He left the clown part just like that? But that was the main part of the welcome ceremony speech I threw just now for him though.
Carter
You both look alike. A lot. I mean it's getting more evident when your puberty hits hard like anything I have never seen before, Becky.
The name 'Becky' do made him feel things.
Nothing good. Just awkwardness and embarrassment was what filled him in, in current, if I knew well.
Carter
–I forgot you just got your own entry ticket to school the very latest, Mr. Suspended and now's new labeled transfer student.
Was he completing my sentence? Liam was hot. I could never ever call him or even consider him as my brother in this lifetime. Scratch that! It was not even an option! EW.
Carter
EW. No, he is not my bro–
Beckett
He is MY brother. No twin. Just brother.
Carter
How can I be aware you are saying the truth? And you are straight away expecting me to believe in your lies?
Carter
Who do you think you are?
Beckett
You said it for yourself. We look alike. For more info, check our last names. Or you better call my brother and ask him in person.
Beckett
He joined here after I got 'kicked out,' as students gossip. It's been two years.
Carter
Feels like decade without your annoying presence though. Your last name is Henderson? If I remember correct?
Beckett
Got right, but that's in the past. Now it's Damien.
It was indeed Liam's last name.
Beckett
My second dad. Liam's my step-brother.
Carter
You got most of Liam's features.
Indeed. I sometimes tend to look at Liam up as if he got tower for a height, breaking my neck at the process. 6'1’’ feet is what they were. When you looked from far, they would seriously look like a two plastic surgery undergone mannequins.
But the closer you looked, the more you would realise they both got 'polar opposite' for the detailed features in them.
Carter
No way! HE got most of Liam's dominant features, right guys?
Carter
*starts speaking with more and more of defensive hand gestures* It takes just a hello?
Carter
Just a hello from you and the humans who were present here for an eternity, the so-called buddies of yours all started automatically moving on to their respective pre-planned destination, a.k.a. the cafeteria? The heck?
Beckett
What can I say? Magic Carter.
Carter
Now you all know how to move? Then why staring at my mouth for so freaking long?
My words were reflected, but only were listened by the walls. Seemed like it.
Screaming at the walls wouldn't do any good to me anyways.
Beckett
Sensing the tension, they all ran as far as they could before their whole life flashes in front of their own eyes by your mere presence, Carter.
Beckett
But coming to think of it, it's like as if the whole damn population witnessed a glory couple and be hurry burry scattering to give us some god-damn privacy.
Beckett
*walks towards teacher's log, but alternatively stops at the place where Carter stood*
Carter
It's for good or else I would have created a huge scene, like how a school's queen bee in a typical teenage drama used to create a cyclone of chaos for a no matter.
Carter
Wait, ain't people will be awestruck standing in front of the couple and worship?
Beckett
You watch too many series and stuffs, Carter. But yeah.
His tone was normal, yet satisfying. I don't know if the satisfaction I felt is from the rare mate tone of his or his voice itself.
Carter
Er… Nothing. Got little distracted.
His voice was deep to the point my submissive side may unleash at any point of time. I don't do BDSM or own any stuff related to it, but I would like to play at least once in my life if I got any chance, calling my name.
Carter
Coming to think of it, they do left us two alone in this room, setting out such an intense atmosphere? Who are you kidding?
Beckett
'Cause we aren't one dummy. A couple.
Beckett
And also, we both are boys.
Beckett
Oh? Cat caught your tongue?
Beckett
Over with the thought of us being a couple?
Carter
Are you crazy? No way.
It was easy for him to joke about these things, but not for me.
It hurts that I couldn't be myself around humans and constantly had to hid my identity of who I actually was.
Beckett
I hate you more. You have no idea.
Something stung. My heart?
Carter
Stop with the chit-chat and let's get back to being enemies.
Beckett
*mimics Carter* "Ain't people will be awestruck standing in front of the couple and worship?" who started the bull?
That escalated quick. Zero to 180 degree? Just like that?
Carter
Bull? *grabs Beckett's neck*
Carter
One word, and you are dead.
Beckett
Can you c-cut with t-that c-crap? *manages to speak*
Beckett
*his turn to grab Carter's neck, but in a weak stance, so he won't get hurt* The one who played the 'curious and friendly kid' card is you.
Carter
*shoves back Beckett with lot more force by grabbing his throat with full of fist for the second time*
Beckett
And a-again, the one w-who p-plays the villain card i-i-s also-o you a-alone.
Beckett
*hoarse voice, manages to pull off his question in crystal to affect Carter by his words* Got multiple personalities, Carter?
Beckett
*Threatens in addition to the hard grip on Carter* And stop messing with my brother.
Beckett
Calling him with names. Clown? I don't like it, both you and the fact he cares about you. I know you too reciprocate the same.
Beckett
But, *gets dangerously close*
Beckett
*throws the lifeless body and leaves the room and Carter cold*
God, kill me.
Whatever the relationship we had at past had nothing to do with present was what he thought.
Though you fooled yourself with lies of throwing the past behind us, everything still remained the same was what I thought.
Beckett
Act like it, Carter.
I recalled the vivid images of him leaving me exposed not only to the cold, but to the lies I built convincing myself for years. The lies hidden in the phrase, 'I am normal.' Those were the final memories that was left within me.
Carter
No, no, no, no, no!
I dug my head under the covers as a result of feeling dizzy from the overwhelming setup penetrated around.
But a figure turned the tables by holding me softly, hugging. Caressed my back in rhythm to my heartbeat.
Georgia
You are safe in my arms mister.
She placed her chin on my shoulder, over the blanket to be precise.
Carter
Is this a good sign? I'm covered in... red?
That too I was placed in a hospital bed? What the hell happened?
Georgia
*let goes the hold she had on him* Yes and No.
Georgia
Good that the visible patches helped me with studying the red marks, making my own moves more understandable since I'm not a veteran. In conclusion, I took a clear step to work on the healing process. No internal damages.
Georgia
Assured by the nurse here.
Georgia
Bad that I couldn't find what's gotten worse. Physical or the mental health. I am teared between the two.
Ignore her, Carter. She was testing you. Probably it was her play.
Carter
*nervous* Em...I never once saw you at the nursery? Who are you?
Georgia
You better be joking.
Carter
Well... I'm serious.
Georgia
Sorry for being rude mister! I'm Georgia! New transfer student. I decided to give a hand to the nurse who works here...
Georgia
Is what you expect me to tell? This brief childish introduction?
Georgia
*mutters* No wonder Beckett loses his temper to you.
Carter
What did you say? Beckett?
Georgia
I am the girl who you and Beckett gonna compete for, is what I said.
Georgia
Carter, please! Don't be this dumb. I beg you.
Carter
Can I leave? If you excuse.
Georgia
There is no stopping from you leaving, but you will be defeated by Beckett if you don't ask for my mercy, Carter.
Carter
Nothing is pitiful about me inorder for you to offer me this deal Georgia. So yeah, there is no stopping.
Georgia
Woah, you spit my name as if it's venomous.
Georgia
Let me remind you.
Georgia
How can a gay win a girl's heart?
This comeback of hers broke my streak.
I couldn't possibly come up with any.
Carter
Gay? What are you blabbering about?
Georgia
Little Carter is still in the closet?
Carter
Who started this rumor?
Carter
I ASKED YOU WHO? *raises voice*
Georgia
*used to the high tone of his so she added a playful tone in return* You said yourself silly!
Georgia
That you like men, obvious silly!
Georgia
Want me to spark your memory?
The only people who possibly knew were Liam, a childhood best friend of mine and her family. Hell we lost contact ever since her parents made sure we both lose each other, thinking that I might be a bad influence for her or worse, turn her into a pure homo.
Georgia
You literally dragged me from watching SpongeBob and tied me under a tree. You signalled me to look to a carving over there which says, 'I like men,' scratched along with rainbows. I couldn't make out the words since the curves of the rainbows appealed more than the letters, so I asked you to tell in words. Got enough of my story time, Carty?
Georgia
Too late to let my name out sweet, Carty.
Gia, my childhood best friend.
Carter
I missed you like anything!
Georgia
Not so good, but know what? Now I do good since I'm back with you. Feels like home.
Carter
Aww. I couldn't recognise you. You have grown into a pretty one, cutie.
Georgia
I missed you terribly! Damn, I must say you look too good to be real. If only you are not gay. I would have–
Carter
–already made you my boyfriend? We both know we would have been a couple if our sexuality gone well with each other.
Georgia
I know right? We wouldn't been apart for so long if my parents were more accepting to the fact. My fault. You got hurt by their adamant thoughts.
Carter
We both were. Trust me, it's not your fault.
Georgia
I had a hard time. Like a real one. But we can't talk about it now. Take rest and we will talk the rest later.
Carter
Who brought me here?
She dodged the question? Great.
I couldn't rest, I tried. I counted sheep, one to ten, nothing works. So I let my ears listen to people's conversations and guess what? I recognised Becket's among them, outside the nursing room.
Wait, outside the nursing room?
Beckett
The tension was still lingering between us. Even after all these years, we still couldn't stand each other's presence.
Liam
Maybe you are imagining things?
Beckett
No! Even our base pep talk! It still turns out into a heated conversation. We still throw words to the extent we both end up getting physical.
Beckett
Just like old times.
Liam
This user was too stunned to speak when learned the truth about someone Carter's been plotting to murder for so long, the man who barely escapes those attempts turns out to be my brother!
Liam
*wondering to himself* I brushed it off whenever he mentioned Beckett. I never expected this.
Beckett
Liam, I can tell something is off about him.
Liam
What now? Don't start it, Beckett.
Beckett
I'm not going to talk ill about him, alright? I need to clarify this.
Beckett
For us, it's always punches and bruises but this time...
Beckett
We choked each other to death.
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