Now it's been clear Charles was getting on Vincent nerves. He has been doing that the moment he step foot in Charles's house and was still doing it.
He was ignored when he wanted to help with dinner which he tried to come up with conversation but all was ignored.
During dinner, he tried to start a conversation by complimenting the food which was no where near good but he had to and was still ignored which he managed to go through dinner.
After dinner, they tried playing a game of basket ball back at the house which Vincent was not invited. He forcibly invited himself but he was excluded since they never gave him the chance to throw the ball into the net. He then excuse himself from the game and went straight to the living room to watch movies.
After a while, they joined him and change the channel which he was watching the movie from. This time he complained as he was fed up since he has been swallowing it in.
"But I was watching that…" he said as he turned to look at Jae Won and Vincent. Jae Won felt bad while Charles acted oblivious to the question as he laughed to the comment from the television which wasn't funny.
Vincent stood up from the couch, approached him, "Charles, why are being like this to me?" He asked as he tap on his shoulder clearly making his presence known unable for Charles to not feign ignorance again.
Charles answered him after a whole minute, "no one wanted you here and you forced yourself so…".
Vincent, "....."
"But I'm your friend who doesn't know your house. What if something had happened to you and the police or colleague of yours ask me where you are, wouldn't that be….*Sighed. Even if I forced myself here, at least welcome me with open arms. You've been ignoring me the moment I came" he said.
Now Jae Won felt really bad for Vincent and indeed they really has been ignoring him. Jae Won moved a little closer to Charles "that's true, shouldn't we at least give him some slack".
Charles turned to look at the softie who has been enchanted by Vincent only for Charles's lips to brushed against Jae Won's cheek. Charles froze as the tingling sensation from his lips went through his body like an electricity.
He managed to speak after a whole lot of calmness "shhhhh, it's for you own good" he said. "But…" Jae Won's words stucked in his throat when Charles gave him a glare that send shivers down his spine "so scary" Jae Won mumbled.
Vincent kept quiet and suffered in silence while he watched the movie even worse though he didn't like it.
And now, Jae Won was sharing room with Charles who just declared his feelings to him.
"No you can't share a room with Jae Won" Vincent blurted out without realizing but since he had already said it, he maintained his demeanor as if he planned on saying that.
Charles, "....."
"Why is that?" Charles asked while staring at Vincent as if he would disappear checking for every reactions and emotions. He found jealousy and anger which made him smile "I…it's just that…I …." Vincent stammered unable to defend his sentence.
"Vince, I thought you've given me your blessing to pursu…." he stopped talking as he was cut off by Vincent "but I never said yes. And if you truly wants my blessing then…." He paused as he thought carefully about what he could benefit from this opportunity.
"Then?" Charles asked as he has waited for a while. "I will think of something but first let him share a room with me today" Vincent said.
Charles chuckled upon hearing what Vincent had said. "Then I would consider this as a deal" he said but Vincent was confused "a deal for what?" Vincent asked.
"A deal you have given me your blessing to pursue Jae Won" Charles said as which Vincent quickly denied it. "No, then never mind. You can go now."
Charles gave a big smile which Vincent found it annoying. He paced here and there after Charles left but he could not fall asleep.
Charles lay on the bed thinking of all sort of things Charles might be doing with Jae Won which really was a trigger to his insomnia that evening.
On the hand, Jae Won was reading something on his phone when Charles entered his room. "What are you reading?" Charles asked.
Jae Won smiled as he showed him what he was reading. It was a written notes which he took pictures of it so he could read whenever he got the chance.
"You are learning our language. That's nice" Charles said as he messed Jae Won's hair. "Who wrote it for you?" Charles asked but soon regretted it as he felt jealous over written notes. "Vincent wrote it for me. We usually learn each other's language before we sleep. It felt great" Jae Won replied.
"Oh I see" Charles said in a low tone as if it was strangled. He decided to teach Jae Won but he wasn't cut out to be a teacher because he wasn't doing a good job confusing Jae Won anytime which Jae Won put a stop to it before it got worse.
"Don't laugh, it's embarrassing" Charles said and Jae Won immediately placed his right index finger on his lips indicating he had stopped but he was still smiling within which showed on his beautiful face.
Charles saw this side of Jae Won and he fell in love all over with Jae Won again. His heart was beating faster which could be heard within a mile and all he thought of was kissing that lips which his slender finger was on.
"It's okay, let's get some sleep it's getting late. He lay on the right side of the bed while he put on his AirPods to play some music. Before he could start, Charles asked "I thought you wanted to sleep?".
"Yeah I do. It's just that I listen to music to sleep" he replied which was not a surprise to Charles. Many people do that often including me, the author.
This will be a surprise to Vincent rather since the day he met Jae Won l, he had never slept with any music on but what he didn't know was, it started after Jae Won came back from Vincent's school about a month ago.
He couldn't sleep no matter how sleepy he was since Vincent wasn't by his side and he changed rooms which made it worse. The only solution he got was listening to music with the volume high as he sings along in his mind which did the trick and he had been using it ever since.
Charles slept within a few minutes he lay on the bed but Jae Won couldn't sleep. He kept tossing and tossing around which he almost succeeded in waking up Charles. The bed was a king size one which could contain three people or four but Jae Won still felt crowded.
He rose from the bed and walked around the world but nothing. He switched on the television reducing the volume low as to not wake up the sleepy head.
He was entertained as they kept showing comedies as he kept on laughing his lungs out. On the other hand, Vincent too was up watching a movie on the television in his room.
It was Ghanaian movie which was really sad as tears kept running down his cheek. The movie was a love story about two people which both parents couldn't accept their children's love because they were enemies and in the end, they killed themselves s they believed they could be together when they were dead with no parents restricting them.
While Jae Won was laughing his lungs out, Vincent was crying his tears out including the feelings that kept bottling up for Jae Won which he couldn't accept it. For a long time he felt such way for someone and that person turns out to be a man.
After midnight, Vincent felt thirsty after crying his heart out. He climbed down the stairs to the kitchen to quench his thirst.
After sorting out his thirst, he saw Jae Won coming down too. He approached him "why aren't you alseep?" Vincent asked but Jae Won stood there for a while "Uurm, I was and felt thirsty so I came down to have a glass of water" he replied while he lied.
"Oh I see" Vincent said as he followed Jae Won while he entered the kitchen, took out a glass and poured himself water to drink and Vincent followed his every action with his eyes.
"Why aren't you sleeping too? Won't you go to work?" Jae Won asked a little worried as he place the glass cup back at where he took it from. "I will go to work it's just that I couldn't sleep" Vincent replied.
Jae Won nodded as he was going through the same thing as him which he lied about it. "I'm gonna go back to sleep" Jae Won said as he began to walk past Vincent but his wrist was held while he said "Jae Won wait".
Jae Won looked back at him with 'what do you want?' expression clearly written on his face.
"What?" Jae Won asked.
Vincent stammered, "I I…."
"Well if you have nothing to say, I'm going back" Jae Won said and all this while he kept staring at Jae Won's lips which was complaining and all he thought of was the love movie he watched and the kiss they last shared before they took their lives.
Vincent suddenly moved closer to Jae Won, his face an inch away from Jae Won, his hot breath brushing against Jae Won's face making him sweat as if Jae Won was standing under the sun while Vincent kept staring at his lips.
Jae Won's whose heart was beating faster than the word itself managed to asked "what are you doi…" but his sentence was stuck in his mouth as Vincent sealed his lips onto his.
Jae Won, "..."
Holy fuck