Crushes And Friends

"Hey, hey! Look Who got lucky, sitting next to Miss E."

“Piss off!” He sneered at his teammates.

But instead of stopping they all burst into laughter. One even slammed his hand on the table.

“Captain, we didn't know you got a lil crush with Miss E too. Ghost would be devastated to find out that you're his rival now.”

Another round of laughter ensued at the table.

Grand was being quiet and just observing DT's facial expression. DT was pretending to be annoyed with all the teasing but a shadow of a smile is playing on the corner of his lips.

Grand knitted his forehead. He remembered a memory from the past where DT went crazy and demanded to be driven over to Miss E's apartment in the middle of the night.

And now more than two years later, he is still running after Miss E. It's clear to see that he has feelings for her. Then why is he with Asya, he wondered.

'What kind of game DT is playing?' from a view of an outsider like him, DT is being an ass and playing with Miss E's feelings. But then DT’s desperation from that night was real... 'What is going with these two?'

“Hey, quiet down Miss E is coming." Seven told off the other boys who won't stop teasing DT.

“Miss E, over here!” Spirit raised his hand up in the air to get her attention.

“What did you buy? The milk tea from Gongwa was crazy good." Dumpling said.

“Any kind of food is crazy good for you, you crazy eater.” Seven smacked Dumpling in the head for slurping his milk tea noisily.

“I just got an iced americano.” She said with a small smile.

She looked at Grand who was unexpectedly quiet and not in the middle of the bickering of the boys. Most of the time, he is the leader of this kind of ruckus together with One.

“Grand, can I talk to you for a minute?”

“Huh?” He asked surprised. His eyes darted between DT and Miss E. And both of them have an unreadable expression.

He stood up quietly and followed her to sit down three tables away from the rest of the team.

The boys started cheering when she demanded to talk with Grand. The members who were left on the table started to give DT another round of roasting.

“It looks like Ghost is not really your rival," Mantis told DT as they watched Grand pulled a chair for Miss E to sit down.

Three tables away and they could still hear the other members jeering.

“What is going between you and DT?” He asked as soon as they sat down.

She was taken aback because she was supposed to ask Grand why DT was the one sitting with her on the shuttle bus.

However, with Grand curiosity, it doesn't seem like he knows anything about what DT was doing.

“I don't know,” she said suddenly feeling embarrassed. She couldn't tell him the reason why she called for him.

“You don't know. But DT was acting like you know, and that there is something between you two. All of the other members think so too.”

She kept her head down and didn't answer Grand.

Grand suddenly felt annoyance over the situation and told her, "I feel like I am being used for something that I have no idea about. And I don’t like it.”

She snapped up and denied Grand's assumption, “There is nothing between me and DT.”

“But why is DT acting like a dog ready to attack every time you talk to me like right now? Man to another man, DT is still my team captain, and I respect that bastard, and you are a friend. I want to know where should I stand between the two of you."

She sighed and twirled the straw of her cold americano, "There is nothing between us " she said, meeting his doubting eyes.

“So they would be any problem if the other members of the team have the misunderstanding of our relationship?” he grabbed her chin to look at her eyes, for she kept on avoiding his gaze.

Miss E is a very bad liar to people she knew on a personal level. She could not keep a straight face when she is hiding something.

“To be honest, I don’t know what kind of relationship we have.” she sighed. When she heard Grand clicking his tongue in disapproval, she narrowed her eyes at him, “You know about Asya!” she said, gritting her teeth.

“Yes, I know about Asya,” he said in a gentle voice. He patted her hands on the table.

She rolled her eyes at him. She pulled her hands from his grip but he didn’t let them go.

“I know about Asya, so I’m telling you this. I am on your side. If you need anything let me know, hmm?” he grabbed her hands on his and put them near his mouth.

Her eyebrows knitted as she opened her mouth to give Grand a nagging when he said, “They are watching us, you know.”

She kicked his legs under the table, but Grand just laugh.

The other members of the team went quiet watching Grand and Miss E from a distance. The two looked like they are having a good time. And with Grand kissing Miss E’s hands, they all have the understanding that Grand tamed Miss E to submission.

The one thing Grand still does best is making women melt in his hands.

DT’s face turned to stone watching the scene between Miss E and Grand. Seeing the way Grand is toward Miss E makes his blood boil. He wondered if Grand didn’t understand his intention when he asked for his help this morning.

As the mood at the table turned awkward, the team members gave DT a pitiful glance.

“No one can win over with Grand when it comes to girls!” Mantis laughed maliciously.

DT stood up and grabbed Mantis collar from across the table and before everyone can understand what was happening, DT’s fist flew and landed on Mantis’s jaw.

The boys all stood up trying to pull Mantis and DT away from each other. Other customers on the pitstop gaped at the commotion happening between the small group of boys.

“What are they doing?” she asked Grand as they ran to check on what was happening.

She gaped and covered her hands on her mouth when she saw blood oozing from DT’s nose.

DT walked towards her and pulled her away from Grand, dragging her back to the shuttle bus in full view of everyone.