Life's not easy when your mum's nuts, your uncle is becoming your aunt, and one of your crushes could -- and probably would -- break your face if he found out how you felt about him. That's Tab's life, though, malevolent gods and all. His text-flirting with Demi, the brother of his best friend, is going nowhere: Demi already has a boyfriend and anyway, who dates their best friend's twin? But then, the pining after Nick is going nowhere either, because Nick probably likes gay-bashing on Friday nights for fun. He's gorgeous, but he's dangerous, and Tab knows better than that. So what's a bit of harmless flirting, when one is taken and the other is straight? It's just a bit of fun. That is until Demi is suddenly single, and Nick is not looking as straight and scary as he was before.

The Suicidal Peanut

But it wasn’t Nick. Not quite. There was always something missing—and that something hurt. It wasn’t just missing from the portrait, it was missing from those two weeks, too. Demi was quieter—or maybe it was Tab—but the texts weren’t enough, and the flirty edge wasn’t there anymore. He tried to think about Demi, but found that curly hair falling away and the perfect smile twisting and reshaping itself.


I think, was Demi’s horrible advice when Tab turned to him, that if ur this wound up bcos ur avoiding ur boxer then u need 2 talk 2 him.


I can’t, Tab had replied that time. He’s straight. There’s no point. I need to forget about him.


No! Tab admitted. But i didn’t have 2 ok? he made it obvious.


Chapter 43