My best friend

I just arrived home after an entire day at the university. I was tired but happy because I learn so much when I speak with the professors. And I want to enjoy every minute of my time here while I can, because, soon, I will have to go back to my home in China, and there, my life will not be the same as it is here.

There are so many conspiracies in my family that it looks like a Mexican soap opera, minus the women that like to sacrifice themselves for love.

I am sure that when I am back in China, my life will be difficult, but I can't leave my parents and older brother alone with those beasts.

My first uncle is a shark that when he sees any sign of blood, rushes at it and tries to take a bite. My aunt, the first uncle's wife, is a hyena in human form. She is a carnivorous animal that is always laughing for any reason. Their son is a lustful man that can't see a pair of breasts in front of him that he get ready to slaughter. And their daughter is a venomous bitch that can't see others happy.

My second uncle's family is a little better, but they are no good too. They are always trying to trap other members of the family, making them look bad in front of my grandfather. My father is their main target because, different from their brothers, he doesn't like to use underhanded tricks on his family.

I sighed, thinking about my family, and throw my bag on the sofa, and I also throw myself after it, with my arms and legs open, making a five-pointed star with my body.

I stay in that position for a few minutes while looking at the ceiling, thinking about what waited for me at home, and sighed again, preparing to get up and take a shower.

When I just got up, the bell rang, and I went to open the door. It is my best friend, Beth, the only person that comes to my home by surprise.

"Why that face? Looks like you're not happy to see me!" Beth said, already making herself at home.

"C'mon, c'mon. Stop making this face and get ready because we are going out tonight. You will soon leave for China and you should enjoy yourself while you can. Maybe you will meet a super handsome guy that will sweep you off your feet and make you want to lose your V-card." She said, looking at me meaningfully.

I roll my eyes at her and answer after a few seconds of thinking. "I don't know. I don't like crowded places, and the bars you always take me are full of people. And those friends of yours..."

"Kate is already waiting for us there. C'mon, do it for me!" She said with pleading eyes.

Beth is my total opposite. She is easygoing, doesn't mind showing her attributes, is stylish, and dates a lot. She treats men like clothes and is always changing them. Some woman in the university calls her seductress, man-eater, vamp, and other offensive names.

However, she treats it as praise. After all, she knows that these women just say this kind of thing because they are envious of her.

Sometimes, I want to be more like Beth, not minding about anything else but myself. But I can't, not just because I'm shy, but I love my family too much for letting them by themselves. I don't have a vocation for a novel hero, but there are things only I can do to help them.

Since young, I learn to protect myself from those people in my family that are always using underhanded means to deal with us. If I was passive all the time, my parents and brother would be already ruined by now.

Because of this, I had to learn to be bad. And I find it very fun to do certain things while no one has the remotest idea that it is me doing it. Of course, I only hurt bad guys and, mainly, those who want to hurt my family and me.

"Even if you choose not to speak with the guys there, you can at least enjoy the view. There are so many hot guys there that just thinking about it, my body starts to feel hot." She said while fanning herself.

"You really..." I say smiling while shaking my head.

"Now, you need to change for us to go. Let's go! Go! Go!" She said, already pushing me in the direction of my bedroom.

"Ok! I will go! I will just take a shower first because I have sweat all over my body." I can't say no to her, and look at handsome guys won't hurt anyone. Maybe, I can feel attracted to one of them. It is difficult, but not impossible.

I know nothing about love and the like, but I understand lust, at least a little because it is what I feel every time I dream. Sadly, no flash and bone man had shaken me until now.

I took a quick shower and when I left my bathroom, Beth was in my bedroom, already choosing something for me to wear.

"You definitely need new clothes! You know, every time that you go out, you look like Wednesday from the Addams Family." Beth looks exasperated while looking at my clothes.

I know that I have no fashion sense and like to use comfortable clothes, and they are definitely not the kind you use to go out at night, but I will not pretend to be someone else to attract men.

"What I do with you? You have a hot body and a beautiful face, but the only person who knows that is also a woman." Beth said, shaking her head.

"You have a beautiful pair of melons and butt. You need to use it! You need to wear something that doesn't hide them. You see, sometimes I feel envious of your boobs because I only have this pair of tiny apples while you have melons but don't use them." She says with an envious face, but I know she is just kidding because she knows how to fully use her twin peaks.

"Go and try to use something sexy for a change!" Beth says and slaps my ass.

I really don't know how to react to that. Instead of getting something to wear, I just freeze in place while feeling my face burn.

"Hahahaha. You get red so easily that it makes me want to bully you again." Beth said, giving me a wicked smile that made me cover myself.

"If you cover yourself so much like usual, no man will approach you. And they will not fall in love at the first sign with your personality, you know." She said holding one of my sweatshirts that someone twice my size can wear with ease.

I roll my eyes at her. "Yes, I know! It is not like men are psychic and can know me at a glance. But, I am not interested in them either."

"You need to live more. It's not like you can meet and touch your dream guy. However, I am curious. If one day you met a guy exactly like the one in your dream, what will you do? Would you try to get together with him?"

"Hell, no! If my dreams are memories of another life as you said, the guy probably is my descendant. It will be like have wrong thoughts about my father and brother. Just imagining it, I fell goosebumps all over my body."

Beth is the only person, except for the psychologist I consulted before, that knows about my dreams. And like myself, she thought it could be the memories of another life. After all, because of those memories I learned how to fight with ease and discovered that I can play the guqin without taking any lessons. No normal dream can do that.

In the end, I wore a purple sweatshirt and sweatpants that almost made my friend freak out. But she is used anyway and just took me to the bar with her.

Getting there, people started to look at us, and not just because of my friend's clothes, but the contrast between us attracted more eyes than anything else.

Beth is using a short yellow dress strapped in the back that shows her toned legs, yellow high heels, and her long and curled blond hair tied in a fashion style.

The bar we went to is owned by one of Beth's friends, and many of the customers are people from our university.

There, she pulled me to her usual table, which already has some people sitting.

Kate, one of our friends, waved, calling us to join them as if we were not already going there. Of all of Beth's friends, Kate is the one I like most, and maybe, the only one I like among them.

Her other friends are all a bunch of snobs that like to look down on me because of the way I am, and even more because I always hide my background.

And for the way they behave, it looks like they are allergic to poor people.

"Beth, Yue, why you two took so long? We have been here for over an hour already. Sit, sit." Kate is behaving like a child who took an overdose of sugar.

I sat in a chair next to her while smiling at her overexcited self. And Beth sat in the chair on my left.

This isn't the place I want to be and nor the company is the best, but I don't mind because Beth and Kate are my friends and they like my company. Thus, I just turn the "Not giving a fuck" on and stay here with them.

"Beth, look at you! You did a great job today in dressing up. So... Are you in hunter mode today?" One of the Barbies asked Beth while ignoring my presence, as almost everyone else is doing.

Beth only gave a predatory smile back to her as an answer.

When she is not in hunter mode? She is always looking for her new Mr. Perfect. And as she always says to me, she is enjoying the hunt a lot.