Chapter 25

The ride finally ended, and Theodore hurried out of the car as if he was escaping from prison.

After several minutes of suffering from having a cold body and racing heart, he was finally able to breathe properly.

"Haaa..." he ran his fingers through his hair as he took heavy breaths.

He then remembered Yuri, who sat with him in the backseat. He turned around to open the door for him, but when he did, he saw that Yuri had already gone out and was even smiling as he was talking to Paris.

"..."

The alpha just stared at them for a while as a weird feeling crept into his chest. He decided to just look away and shrug that feeling off as he thought, 'Whatever.'

Theodore walked towards them as his eyes tried to avoid Yuri as much as possible. "I'm going ahead. Gotta catch up with the guys," he said as he patted Paris' shoulder.

"Yeah, sure. Go ahead, we'll follow you in a while," Paris said as he nodded with a smile. Theodore walked away in a casual manner, acting as if his heart wasn't racing just a few seconds ago.

When he was finally far from them, he found himself sighing as he lowered his head. Yuri's smiling face popped into his head as he walked, making him feel even weirder.

'Seriously... I hate this. I hate this so much... Why is he making me feel this way?' he thought as he clenched his jaw and furrowed his eyebrows.

"Fuck..." he mumbled.

"Did I just hear you cuss?" Theodore jumped as he heard someone speak behind him. The person couldn't help but laugh when he saw Theodore's reaction.

"Jesus, Chester! Why are you creeping behind me?!" Theodore said as he put his hand on his chest, still feeling shocked. "I wasn't. I even called you a bunch of times earlier. Anyway, that's a first. I didn't think you knew how to cuss," Chester chuckled.

"And as for you, this isn't a first. Why do you look like you got beaten up, and during your birthday at that?" Theodore said as he raised his brow while looking at Chester.

Chester Lee is an incredibly handsome alpha from an affluent family. He's Chesca Lee's twin brother, but even though they're twins, they don't look alike at all. He's studying at a different school where he pretends to be your average teenage boy. Living a life so different from his high-maintenance sister, his life has been peaceful for a few years already without a lot of people sucking up to him for money.

"Can't help it. Chase scratched me," Chester chuckled as he pointed his face. 'Ah... Their cat,' Theodore thought.

With curtain bangs and an undercut, Chester and his black hair made him look like a delinquent, especially with the bandaids on his left lower cheek and on the right part of his forehead.

He had thick eyebrows with a scar on his right brow, downturned green eyes, a tall nose, plump reddish lips with a bigger lower lip, and an angular and sharp jawline. His skin was fair and he was a few centimeters taller than Theodore.

"You know, I'd probably run away if I didn't know you. You look like someone who'd randomly punch someone in the streets," Theodore chuckled as he started walking. "Theo, did anyone ever tell you your words are so kind?" Chester said with a sweet smile on his face as he walked beside Theodore.

"No?" Theodore looked at him as he raised a brow. "Yeah, just as I expected. Then why do you still keep talking?" Chester gave him a sarcastic smile.

Theodore burst into laughter because of what his cousin said. "Hey, this is why Chesca always tells you to shut your mouth," he said as he patted Chester's shoulder.

"Says the guy who keeps running his mouth that he pisses off everyone around him," Chester scoffed. "Hey, Chester Lee! I didn't raise you like this," Theodore said jokingly in a tone as if he's scolding Chester.

"Come on, cut it. I've already heard that from my mom a bunch of times already. Besides, I became like this because your personality is rubbing off on me," Chester chuckled. "I'm quite a good role model, huh?" Theodore said with a smug smile on his face. "You know that wasn't a compliment, right?" his cousin said as he gave him a have-you-finally-gone-mad-look.

"Anyway, I heard you got a new friend. Chesca said you keep fighting with him," Chester said as he put his hands inside the pockets of his joggers.

"..." Theodore stayed quiet as Yuri's face popped into his head. 'Haaa... Just when I finally got him off of my mind, this guy mentions him,' he thought as he clenched his jaw.

"We're not friends," he said as he frowned at Chester. "I don't like talking about him, so zip it," he continued.

"Wow, somebody's being all pissy again," Chester looked at him in disbelief. Theodore rolled his eyes at him and said, "And somebody's being nosy again. Anyway, is that what you're gonna wear?"

Theodore stopped walking and so did Chester. He looked at his cousin from head to toe and couldn't help but frown even more as he scanned Chester's outfit with his eyes.

A gray shirt, black joggers, and a pair of black C*nverse sneakers—that's what Chester was wearing.

Theodore made sure to display his displeasure on his face as he looked at Chester. "You know your sister is gonna throw hands at you if you're gonna celebrate your birthday dressed like that, right?" Theodore raised a brow.

'Hmm... Just like what Chesca said. He really did avoid talking about that guy, haha. How cute,' Chester thought as he tried not to smile.

"Of course, I'm gonna change my clothes! What do you take me for?" Chester pouted and looked away as he felt like he could laugh anytime if he looks at Theodore's face longer.

As the two of them bickered, Yuri and Paris have already almost caught up to them. Standing a few meters away from them, Yuri watched Theodore laugh brightly as he talked to Chester.

Yuri unknowingly smiled as he saw Theodore's eyes smiling as he laughed. He was looking at him as if he was a spectacular view that he couldn't take his eyes off him.

'Look at that... Who knew he could also laugh like that?'