That evening, Sophia was standing in front of women's restroom near the gym...waiting for Mary to come out.
"Well, well, well..." just then, she heard a voice of someone she didn't want to encounter again this soon.
She turned to look at the couple, judging from the satisfied look in his eyes...the so-called new girl probably let Max have that one thing Sophia didn't give.
"So how are you doing without me? Hmm?"
"It's none of your business, Max"
"Heh, that's true...I prefer spending my time with someone who's more better than a weak coward like you anyway" he had emphasized that word with venom.
Normally, Sophia would've remained silent....but for the first time, she did the opposite.
"Well, good for you then. Because I also have found someone who's far better than you, because he knows how to treat me better than you" she spoke up.
"And who would that be? That stupid vent-crawler friend of yours?" He chuckled, and conveniently enough...Mary just got out of the restroom. She noticed the tension between Max and Sophia, she tried to drag her weak body to Sophia, even though she's very much pale from Menstrual fever.
"Come on, Sophia...let's go" Mary told her weakly, but unexpectedly, Sophia suddenly turned to face Max.
"Yeah! I'm talking about Mike. He might be the most reckless person I've known...but he is also the most stubborn person I've known too, even after I had crushed his heart, even after I had made him look like a failure, he still comes around to check on me, asking me if I want anything, asking me if I want any company. He also apparently never asking anything from me in return at all, never once!"
"Sophia..." Mary was speechless, Sophia Nevertown, usually the shy girl with nerdy glasses, finally stands up for herself. And for a moment, Mary could have sworn she heard vent noises above them.
"He loves me, Max. He loves me for who I am, and compared to you? I rather entrust the rest of my life to him, because I know he won't let anything hurts me"
Upon hearing that, Max laughs, before facepalming mockingly.
"Wow, you really had to stooped that low to make me feel bad, didn't you?" He spoke up.
"But let me tell you this, it's not going to—" he couldn't finish the sentence, because of the scene in front of him.
Flashback to one minute ago, right when Max wasn't looking, Mike suddenly jumped down from the vent.
"Mike? Where did you—?" Mary started, but never gets the chance to finish her sentence, Mike suddenly turned Sophia around to face him, then without any warnings or letting anyone prepare themselves, he pulled her into the French kiss, his one hand was holding the nape of her neck as he can't help but to wordlessly make Sophia realizes that her speech from earlier...had made him smiling like crazy the entire time, and he would need the compensation from her.
And it seems, Sophia understood very well of what he wants, she started digging her fingers into his hoodie as the kiss became deepened even more.
"Michael Liam, you absolute idiot, Manggon is so gonna murder you for snogging his sister in public" was what went through Mike's head. He knows just how overprotective Manggon can be sometimes. But then again, that's the problem for Future Mike.
Two hours later, in Minesville neighborhood...there is a two-story house, which was bought by the Original Five(Manggon, Bill, Mary, Michael and Sophia), then later joined by GokuZ and Yean. They all still reside in this house, even after Michael's Thanksgiving incident of 2021 that nearly killed everyone.He was pretty much banned from the kitchen ever since then.
And right now, Mike is being glared at.
"Michael Markov Liam, I'm giving you exactly three seconds to explain yourself before I turn your face to pancake" Manggon was holding his frying pan with one hand while pointing at Mike like his pan was a blade.
"Oh, for the love of—Manggon! Stop acting like he stole your Buzz Lightyear again" Sophia sighed as she put herself in between her brother and her now new boyfriend.
"You kissed my sister, on the lips"
"A tongue-kiss too, from what I've seen" Mary giggled.
"Mary!" Sophia cried, getting flustered even more.
"But hey! On the bright side, you actually proved your point to Max that Michael is in fact, a better boyfriend material despite his chaotic nature" Mary added.
"As much as I hate to admit this, but she got a point. Mike...I'm warning you right here, right now....that if you even hurt my sister for even a little bit—"
"You will slam your super-deadly Korea King onto my face, yeah I hear you bro" Mike responded with his classic mischievous tone, however everyone can tell how sincere he is.
Later that night, Mary was studying for upcoming midterm exam. She at some point had fallen asleep while trying to memorize the paragraphs.
In the dream, Mary was studying in the library, and Bill was right beside her.
"Hey, Mary"
"Yeah?" she turned to face him.
Bill went absolutely quiet, and he unexpectedly lean closer to her.
Mary, in the dream did not back away from him at all.
"Gah!" Mary exclaimed loudly when one of the books fell off her desk, pulling her back from the dream world against her will.
However, she can still feel him very well, and if she can't get the feeling of being kissed by William Jame out of her head, she could possibly fail this exam. The only thing she can do is bury herself back into the books.
Meanwhile, the neighbor was watching TV, and for some reason they maxed their TV speakers.
"Ladies and Gentleman, please give our applauses to the science researcher and the owner of 'Trumans Lab', Dr. Markus Clyde!" The host's voice boomed, as a middle-aged man is walking towards the couch.
"Thank you Jonah for having me tonight, and I am very excited to tell you guys that my lab will be open for the tourism in the upcoming Tuesday!" Clyde promoted the tourism to his lab and answering various questions about his opinions on the future of humanity's evolution with the confident smile. But he probably didn't notice that his shadow on the stage floor, there is another shadow, like there was someone standing next to him....but he was alone on that couch. And it can't be the host either, because the host is a woman, but the shadow close to Clyde looks masculine. What's more? The host's shadow is clearly at the other side. And there was no one else on the stage.
So the question is....Who was it?
To be continued
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