Bread Knife
Jay-jay's POV
When I met Freya, I hated her so much. Why? It's simple.... She's always been mean to me. If we could have talked properly, we probably still have a chance to be riends. I'll accept her even though she looks like a coloring book and has a record of being a Total Bitch. But because we both don't give up. We will never get along. I thought Freya was the worst of all but I was wrong. I was wrong. It was even worse when I met this girl! I feel like Yuri's parents were planning it----no way! Let's remove the word 'feeling' because they really meant it. Share at the table? Shutang'names! They have their own celebration, then share with us. Is that a joke?! This is more like a joke when Keifer's partner looks at me. He's really holding on to her arm. Their arrangement is very formal. This is Freya's troop, I guess! It's like a coloring book too. What's weird is because he's familiar to me too. I don't remember where the hell he pulled her from. IMP ACT! I looked at Yuri's mom. She was staring at me, she smiled when she noticed I saw her. She had seen Keifer and me before. That's probably why she invited them here too. What did she want to happen? "Daughter..." Yuri's father called to the LENT woman who was holding Keifer. "...Where did you and Keifer meet?" The woman smiled. "That's a great question." He shook Keifer slightly. "...Would like to tell them how?" Oh my! It's funny! The PEST King of Snakes coughed slightly. "I met her in a Halloween party last year..." Halloween? Holy cow! The Malanding Bunny Girl who danced with him! I remember! That's why my blood was so hot for her. She continued to tell me, when did she ï¬nd out that the woman was Mr. Ryder's niece. And her name was really annoying ... Honey Bee Ryder. Nice! But why is she here?! There was so much food in front of us but it didn't affect me. I really lost my appetite because of this woman's expression. Another thing that annoyed me was that Keifer didn't even look at me. Add to that Yuri and his Mama who obviously have feelings for me. What do they want? "Maki... Open your mouth." The woman said while trying to try the Kumag. What again? Maki?! Maki! MAKI!!! Where did that Maki look come from ? "Maki?!" I asked loudly, causing them to look at me. Honey raised her eyebrows at me---that's right, Bee. "Keifer's nickname. I gave it to him! Is there a problem with that?" She asked me sternly. I looked at Keifer but he didn't react while looking at me. What? Why aren't you doing anything? You're not even saying anything? "W-nothing..." I replied and picked up the bread knife next to the other cutlery. Could this hurt your neck? Or if I threw it, would it pierce your skin? Maybe you could... Try it with Honey who looks like Bee! I looked at my plate when someone suddenly put potatoes. I turned around, it was Yuri. "Why are you----" "It's your favorite, right?" She cut me off. She remembered that. Once, when we had dinner at home with Grandma, I asked her for the Potatoes. "Thank you..." I said and forced a smile. The weight of our conversation earlier still hadn't gone away but my irritation with the two of us was getting the better of me. She smiled at me too. "What are you two doing?" Honey suddenly asked us. I was surprised by her question. I didn't know what to answer. What was worse , Kuya and Yuri's parents also looked at me. They were both waiting for me to answer. Wait! Why me?! Even Keigan and his girlfriend looked at us. "W-what... W-we----" Yuri suddenly grabbed my hand. I looked at her and smiled meaningfully. "We're more than friends but less than lovers." Yuri replied while smiling at Keifer and the woman. Her parents and Keigan laughed a little but Kuya and Keifer had serious faces. "What's that? No official relationship?" Honey asked again. Yuri laughed. What's that? What 'More than friends but less than lovers'? I've only just heard of such a relationship. "...I understand. Some people really don't want an official relationship. It's like Maki, she doesn't want to be official with me yet." She said while rubbing the shoulder of this PUTIK Hari. My ears perked up at what she said. Don't want an official relationship with her? Just kidding! You don't look very serious and yet you're official . The fabric you're wearing is just torn to shreds! You're still expecting an official one. Oh my! Can I shave you? A male waiter came up to us with a cake. Keigan stood up to take the cake and put it in front of Elixera. We started singing 'Happy Birthday' while clapping. While the others were busy singing, I took the opportunity to look at Keifer. Luckily, he was also looking at me. I glared at him. I wanted to yell at him and beat him up . He thanked me and we had a lot of people with us. It seemed like he got what I wanted to say because he forced a smile with his hand on his forehead and made a face. "... Happy Birthday to you!" We ï¬nished the song and waited for Elixera to blow out the candle. We gave him a big round of applause. They went back to talking. But I went back to staring at the two of them. I was really annoyed by their looks. I couldn't stand it anymore and picked up my phone. My cellphone screen almost shattered just typing the message. But I deleted it and ended up sending an angry emoticon. I waited for him to pick up his cellphone and read the message. I didn't wait long because he picked it up too. He even looked at me before replying. From: King Ulupong Message: 'I love you... 😚 ' He thought I would be thrilled by his message. I replied immediately. To: King Ulupong Message: 'Crazy!' I saw his forehead crease when he saw my reply. It wasn't even a second before I received his answer. From: King Ulupong Message: 'Profanity!' One of my eyebrows raised. He really did demand it! Animal! To: King Ulupong Message: 'You look profanity!' He looked back and forth between me and his phone. While typing his reply, Honey suddenly grabbed her phone and turned it off. She put it down on the table and this idiot didn't even complain! Honey turned to him and grabbed his chin with one ï¬nger. "I want your full attention to me. Only me." She said and brought her face closer to Keifer. Pvta! The Bread Knife is ready! Keifer also grabbed her chin. This Ulupong is really flirtatious ! He crawled the back of his ï¬nger on Honey's cheek and shoulder. They felt so good and it seemed like it was still tickling. That's it! What are you doing Keifer?! I felt heavy inside and felt like I was going to cry from being so annoyed. Suddenly someone grabbed my hand. I was a little shocked but calmed down when I saw that it was Yuri. That was all there was to it . He came closer to me a little and whispered. "Jealous?" I immediately shook my head. "I'm just irritated by their faces." "That's part of jealousy." He looked at Keifer. "...They'd love to retaliate, right?" I don't know, but what he said was tempting. It's true... They'd love to retaliate and then they'd both crawl away covered in blood. I nodded slowly. He came closer to me and leaned in close to my ear. "Giggle." He whispered. Huh?! "What? Goggles?" I asked and he suddenly laughed. That caught the attention of Keifer and Keigan who were close to us. "Is that Mr. Billiones?" Yuri's dad suddenly said while looking at the group of business-like men because of their attire. "...Come on Angelo. We'll introduce you." Kuya and Yuri's parents stood up. They approached the group of business men. The six of us were left at the table and I was almost shocked when Keifer looked at me. Yuri and I almost melted. Now you're going to look at me like that? "You're Jay-jay, right?" Honey asked me. I just nodded. "...You look very amiliar to me." Come on! Maybe she remembers that I was the one with that one at the Halloween Party. She can't remember! I know she saw that.... There was no answer to the question of why you're important.... "Impossible! That's why I'm so beautiful. It's hard to ï¬nd." I said and laughed slightly. Her eyebrows rose. "Really? Where can you ï¬nd people like you? At the market?" My eyes narrowed at what she said. The market?! And what did she want to say. "Excuse me?!" "You're excuse." She answered while smiling brightly at me. She was challenging me. Wait! I'll just use the Bread knife. Bitch Mode: ON! "You? Where do you ï¬nd people like you?" I asked. I saw Yuri drinking water from my peripheral view. Keifer loosened his necktie and Elixera and Keigan looked at each other. Gaga flipped her hair before answering. "It's hard to ï¬nd people like me. I'm one of a kind." I nodded slowly. "Ahh... Isn't it at the Gay Bar?" Her forehead creased. "What do you mean?" "You look just like a gay man." Suddenly, they all laughed except for Honey and me. Just by the looks of it, Gaga was obviously not going to give up. She fake laughed to join in their laughter. "Ha.Ha.Ha. You're so funny." I imitated her tone. "Ha.Ha.Ha. You're so Fanget." Her eyebrows furrowed. She was about to explode at any moment. She might just suddenly tease me. I should sharpen the Bread knife. "...it's so Funny." I corrected. "You know what?" She crossed her arms, causing her breasts to stick out . "...I don't like your tone. In fact, I don't like you at all." I crossed my arms too, but there was no breasts sticking out--- my cleavage was hidden! "It's okay... I don't like you too and the feeling is mutual." I replied to her and smiled angrily. She just shook her head. "This makes no sense." "You make no sense." She was starting to blush with anger. She couldn't help but glare at me. "Relax... Please... Don't make a scene here." Keigan said. This Honey seemed to have come to her senses. She took a deep breath and stood up. "I'm just in the restroom." She said and looked at Keifer. "...Wanna join me?" Join?! Join, it turned out! I glared at Keifer. I almost threw my eyeballs at him. "Try standing up from where you're sitting! Believe me! That will be the last time you'll stand up!" I threatened . I saw the rise and fall of her Adam's apple. It seemed like she got what I meant and just left it. Honey'ng Bobita walked angrily towards the Restroom. I don't know... But I wasn't really satisï¬ed. I felt like our answer wasn't enough. I stood up and said goodbye to go to the restroom. No one stopped me even though Yuri wanted to. She also looked scared when I looked at her in a bad way. I kept walking towards the restroom. As I expected, she was facing the mirror and retouching and looked like she was waiting for me. I looked at her reflection in the mirror. She did the same. She stopped and it seemed like the women inside the restroom sensed it. They left voluntarily, but some didn't continue entering the cubicle. We waited for the people to leave before she spoke. "I remember you now." She said and turned to face me. "...You were the girl Keifer was with at the Halloween party. You were the one he kissed that night." I crossed my arms. "So what now?" He smirked. "You had something with him earlier, right? Then there was Keifer. You were flirting." "Yes! It seems like you." He looked at me from head to toe. His eyebrows raised when he saw my shoes. I knew, the dress and shoes were ugly. "Your not that pretty but if you flirt... It seems like you'll run out of men." He said, causing my eyebrows to meet again. I didn't like the words he let out. It was like what people say to Mama flashed to me . "Why can't you answer?" He asked me as if he had already won. "...Because it's true. Right---Argh!" My vision went dark. I was so angry because of what he said, I moved my hand to punch him. "What the fvck!" He shouted while holding his nose , which was already bleeding. I didn't want to hurt him or ï¬ght him. That's why I immediately hit this woman. For the ï¬rst time.... I lost the battle of anger. Just because of the words I once heard people throw at my Mom. A man will run out. Honey's hand was shaking as she tried to wash the blood from her nose in the sink. I walked out of the restroom feeling very angry. I was already in the hallway when I saw Keifer. He looked at me and immediately walked towards me. He grabbed my arm and leaned me against the wall. He smiled as he slowly leaned his palms to lock me in. "How's your conversation with Honey?" He asked, annoying me. It was as if Honey wasn't a name when it came out of his mouth. "Please!" I pleaded. He laughed a little. "Are you jealous?" ME?! JEALOUS?! AND WHY?! "No." I answered calmly. "You're jealous." "No." "You're jealous." He repeated. I immediately pushed him hard. He was still shocked at ï¬rst but we quickly made up. "Stop it! I didn't say that! Don't you understand?!" I replied angrily. Not really! He raised his two ï¬ngers. I thought he was making a peace sign but I noticed his silly smile. "Two profanity words----actually, it's three from yesterday." He corrected me. I slapped his hand. "Your face is profanity! You kissed me yesterday! You smoked a lot, I could taste it." I went closer to him to smell it. "...And you smell like cigarettes today!" He also smelled himself. "I didn't smoke! That's Honey, the smell just stuck to me." My eyes narrowed at him. "You're lying! Go kiss YOUR HONEY!" I shouted and walked away from him completely. "Then he said he wasn't jealous." I heard him say. Not really! He sounds like an idiot! I have no reason to be jealous. Why would I be jealous? Because I love him and he says he loves me too? Pffft... Not at all! When I returned to our table, Kuya and Yuri's parents were there again. They looked at me for a moment and then went back to talking. They seemed to agree on what they had introduced Kuya Angelo to. "Did you get a good CR?" Yuri asked me. If only you knew! I just nodded in response. While listening to Kuya and Kuya's conversation, I saw Keifer leading Honey back to our table. "Oh my... What happened?" Yuri's mom asked Honey worriedly . I slapped her! Honey couldn't answer because of her difficulty speaking. It was like I had really hurt her. "Sorry Auntie and Uncle, but we have to go now. I need to bring Honey to the hospital." Keifer said and kissed their cheeks. "It's good, maybe something will happen to her." They replied. He asked Keigan and they looked like they were about to leave. They said goodbye to me and walked out of the restaurant. Before disappearing from my sight. I saw Honey smiling and holding onto Keifer's arm again. This Keifer is ready for me! ++