Chapter 6.5
The day before the dinner
"Miracle, I need your help."
Miracle glanced up from her food and raised her eyebrow. She swallowed the rest that was in her mouth. "What is it?" She asked.
Skylar stared at the floor. "Does it hurt?" He whispered.
She frowned. "Does what hurt?"
"Like, you know. Having sex with a guy," he mumbled, his face getting pink out of embarrassment.
Miracle closed her eyes and put her food down. "Oya oya oya?" She opened her eyes and smirked. "You've asked the best person. Why don't you come over? I'll explain everything and, I don't think that this is the best place to explain things. Your dad or my dad could come here any second." Skylar nodded in agreement. "Great! Meet me at my house in an hour. I'll text you the address."
One hour later
Skylar ringed the doorbell. He heard someone yelling and cursing as the door opened. Miracle stood at the front door with a creepy smile. "Hi, come in, come in," she said, gesturing him inside.
Skylar took his shoes off and began sweating. "I never had to ask her for advice," he thought, getting pale.
"Follow me." They went upstairs and Miracle stopped in front of a door. She opened the door and Skylar had an unfazed expression on his face. There were a few poster's hanging around with a few manga's laying around.
"Cool, huh?" She grinned.
Skylar gave her a flat look. "Parker also has a room like this."
Her lips turned into a sly smirk as she walked to her closet. "But I bet that he doesn't have this." She opened the doors of the closet and motioned Skylar to come.
Skylar hesitated but slowly walked to the closet. "I only see clothes."
Miracle put her clothes on the side and Skylar's eyes widened. Behind her clothes, was a door. She showed the key that was hanging around her neck on a chain. "I always walk with this under my shirt. Because if my dad finds out what's behind that door..." She winched. "Then I'll have to use blackmail to keep him quiet." She unlocked the door with the key and the door opened slowly. "Welcome to my Narnia, my heaven, my paradise."
Inside, there were a few bookcases full of mangas. In the middle of the room stood a sofa with a coffee table with a closed laptop. There also was a desk with many boxes on it.
Skylar was speechless. "I have no words to explain how I feel right now," Skylar spoke. "Amazing."
Miracle put her clothes back in place and closed the door. She skipped to one of the bookcases and searched for something. "Aha!" She grabbed one on the second shelf and one on the fifth shelf. "Here are two." She pointed at the first one. "This one is Love Stage. The main character looks as feminine as you! It's about Izumi who wants to become a mangaka but sucks at painting. Almost everyone in his family is an actor and the manager tries his best so that Izumi also becomes one. It has nothing really graphic in it. This is one that really speaks the truth. And this one." She pointed at the second one. "That one is Dakaretai Otoko 1-i Ni Odosarete Imasu. It's also about acting, but this time the main character, Takato, who was for five years the 'Most Huggable No. 1'. But now Azumaya got the title and of course is Takato pissed, because Azumaya is only in the acting business for 3 years. This one is one of my favorites, but I recommend you to read Love Stage first."
"Why? What's wrong with that one then?" He asked.
Miracle seemed calm on the outside but was internally screaming on the inside. "Because?" It came out more of a question.
Skylar randomly went to a page and when he caught a glimpse of the page, he rapidly closed it and put it on the coffee table. He pursed his lips and nodded. "I exactly know why now."
Miracle sighed. "That's why you have to trust me with this. Just start with something simple."
"Why did you give me that one as a recommendation?" Skylar asked, still horrified.
"I just wanted to know if you could jump that easily to something, and as I quote, 'graphic'," she replied. "Just read the other one. If you don't understand something, just say. I can tell you almost everything."
Skylar noticed her glasses. "Do you also wear glasses?"
She fixed them and grinned. "Yeah, since I was four years old. But when I go out, I always wear contacts. Who also wears glasses?"
"Oh. Um, Ace," Skylar mumbled.
Miracle's lips formed into a little smirk. Her phone chimed and she checked it. She let out a high pitched squeal. "THERE'S A NEW BLACK BUTLER CHAPTER!" She squealed. Skylar looked amused and watched her bounce around. "Oh my God, I have to tell Parker!" She immediately typed away on her phone as Skylar read the first chapter.
"I have a question." Miracle hummed. "Why do you have all this when you can read it on your phone?"
"To support the author and company, duh! And so I can flex and send pictures to Parker," she grinned.
They read in comfortable silence until Miracle groaned loudly. Skylar glanced at her from the manga. "What the actual fuck? The chapters are getting shorter and shorter every time there's a new one. Even fucking One Piece has longer chapters than that. They even get a whole month to work on it!" She took deep breaths. "But I get it. if they can't make it longer, they can't. And One Piece is also a shounen. But still." She sighed. Her phone chimed four times and this time. She was freaking out as no sound came out of her mouth.
Skylar ignored her bouncing around. "Miracle? What's a seme?" Skylar asked, frowning at the word.
"A top. The uke is the bottom," she answered, not taking her eyes off her phone.
"Can I be a seme?"
Miracle turned her phone off and looked him dead in the eye. "I won't say that you can't, but there's a very slim chance that you could be one. I read a manga where the suppose to be top was a bottom," she explained. "He is a third-year and got fucked by 2 first years. It was hot."
Skylar narrowed his eyes and nodded slowly. "In this one, it's shown that it hurts and that it doesn't feel good," Skylar said, unconsciously wincing at the pain and displeasure that he will feel someday.
"That is true, but the first time they did it, they didn't use lube, he wasn't even stretched out a bit and that bitch just rammed into him. Of course, it'll hurt that way. He could've even use saliva. I hope that bitch Ashton knows how it's done. If not, I shall give him a few lessons," she said, crossing her arms. "So how was the story?" She stood up and searched for the next volume. After she found it, she gave it to Skylar and he traded it with the one he read.
"It was really good. The art is nice. And it's true what you said about the main character. He really looked like a girl when they dressed him up as one."
"Would that really be how I'd look like in public?" He wondered, shivers creeping down his spine by the memory of his mom dressing him up. He turned to Miracle. "Does your dad know about this room?"
"He kinda does. The only thing that he knows about this room, is that it's my personal library. We shall not speak of the things that are kept in here."
"But if you go on a trip and you want to bring a yaoi manga along, do you use something to cover it up then?" He asked.
Miracle walked to the bin next to the desk and took a black book cover out of it. "This-" She pointed at it. "Is my best friend in public. And when someone wants to peek, they're in for a fun surprise." She looked at the clock. "Is it 8 PM already? Damn, time does fly by when you're reading."
Skylar's phone started ringing. He answered the call. "Hello?"
"Hey, Skylar. I'm waiting outside. Your mother's making pasta today, so hurry up!" Roy yelled, tapping on the steering wheel.
"Okay okay! I'll be down in a minute." He hung up and put the manga down. "My dad called. He's waiting outside for me."
"Awwwww, but I wanted you to read more!" She pouted. She opened the door and they got outside the secret room. She locked the door and they both went down the stairs. At the door, Skylar looked back to her.
"Thank you for today. I had fun," he smiled.
Miracle patted his head. "Anytime. You can swing by whenever you want. You have to warn me though. Because if one if my dad's girlfriend is here, I have to sneak you in. See you at school tomorrow! Bye!"
"Bye." She waved enthusiastically to Roy and he waved back with a smile. Skylar stepped in the car and closed the door. Miracle already closed her front door.
"She's a weird case, isn't she?" Roy asked.
"That she is," Skylar chuckled. "But I'm glad that she's my friend."