Sean is daydreaming about Skyler, holding his hand, laughing with him, and kissing him, but before he could think more, Lemon woke him up, asking him if he was drooling. Sean snapped. He looked at Lemon, confused. "You were daydreaming… the prof called you…" Lemon explained, Sean immediately looked at the prof, "Mr. Traes, I'll ask you again, why is planning the area of the rooms in a house important in architecture?" Sean answered immediately, and the Prof continued the discussion. Sean sighed with relief, Lemon signaled him with a thumbs-up, while Gim just smiled. Sean hides between his arms, "I can't be with that person…" Sean muttered that he didn't realize it was loud enough to be heard by Lemon, who was playing loudly beside Sean. "Can't be with who?" Lemon asked curiously. Sean blushed, "Nobody…" Lemon was worried about Sean. "If you need help on anything, I'll help you no matter what it is"
MEANWHILE
Skyler went to his office building, holding a bouquet of flowers. He went straight to Cindy's cubicle. "Good morning, Cindy… flowers for you…" Skyler said as he handed the bouquet, "Thank you… Sir…" Cindy replied and accepted the bouquet, which had pink and red roses. Skyler went to his office. He wondered, would Cindy accept him? At lunch, Cindy went to the canteen with her colleagues. Skyler approached them. "I assume you had a good time, ladies?" Skyler asked, and almost all of Cindy's colleagues blushed except her; they all answered in sync, "Yes, sir…" Skyler smiled. He glanced at Cindy, and Cindy just nodded.
Skyler walked away. He remembered how Cindy used to blush around him before, just like Sean, but now it seems like Cindy controls herself. Skyler suddenly realized something: what if Sean was pretending to be Cindy during those times? Skyler stood frozen; he couldn't shake off his thoughts. 1pm Skyler was in meeting a new game is currently introduced to him by the planning department Cindy explained the game, "This game, is called Chess and Key, players are going to play chess but in dungeon style, players can choose whichever castle they will go into, white that will be the attackers, they will attack the players in ways that they are played in a chess, same as the black but the black will wait for attack, mostly for aggressive gamers…" Skyler stopped her, "If they won't attack first, then players could just pass by them and find keys, I assume…" Cindy answered, "Players will need to attack them to get through…" Cindy and Skyler led to a heated debate. In the end, Skyler gave up, and he let the developers do their work.
After the meeting, Cindy was at Skyler's office. "Don't you think you're at the lion's den?" Skyler spoke; he didn't invite Cindy to be at the office, and it was her own accord to come in. "I'm here to submit reports, not to flirt with you," Cindy explained. Skyler stood up from his table. "Do you think I didn't notice? This change in your attitude tells me… who are you, Cindy? Is he shy and flirtatious? Or this strong independent woman?" Skyler asked as he pinned Cindy against the wall, "Sorry, boss, I just don't want any rumors…" Cindy said, pretending to be shy, Skyler smiles, "I see… You are going to be a great actress…" Skyler let him go, and Cindy sighed in relief. She was too mad at Sean for causing this.
MEANWHILE
Sean went to check his phone, and he received a message from Audrey.
Audrey: I'll see you at the Cocoa Beany Café. I've got friends with me… Saturday, 4pmSean: Sure, see you there! It's two days from now, and Sean is happy to know that Audrey already has friends. Evening came, Cindy arrived home, and glared at Sean. Sean was a bit confused. "What did I do?" He asked, "What did you do? Are you asking me that? I should be the one asking you that. Skyler is going nuts, always expecting me to be shy and seductive. I was never that kind of person, and so what really did you do, Sean? Tell me why my egocentric, narcissistic, and crazy boss is after me? You tell me, Sean, why?" Cindy didn't even blink when she asked. Sean gulped, "I don't know, he was just being observant and clingy when I was you…" Sean explained, while he can't look his sister in the eyes, "Observant? Clingy? He was never that; you clearly didn't fix it when I told you so.
Now my boss is getting obsessive with the idea that I like him!" Cindy rushed to her room and shut the door with a loud bang. Their mother, Lora, approached Sean to comfort him, "Let your sister go for a while. I know you'll get along pretty soon, so tell me who this Skyler you were both talking about is?" Lora was curious, "Skyler is Ate's boss, Ma… he is the owner and developer of the games I always play… he was really good when it comes to games but not in understanding someone's feelings…" Sean explained, "Oh, it seems he is really kind… do you like him?" Lora said out of the blue, Sean blushed, "Ma! I don't," Sean immediately denies. "Oh, your nose is getting longer…" Lora teased him, Sean immediately covers his nose, "Works every time…" Lora added, she has a trick when Sean was young, when he is lying she would make a reference with Pinocchio who's nose gets longer when lying and ever since then when Sean lies, he would cover his nose in front of his mother, it was a habit he couldn't get rid of, "Ma… stop teasing me… yeah its true I do like him but don't tell Ate… you know how she gets to be the dragon of Rapunzel's castle" Sean pleads, "Was there a dragon in Rapunzel?" Lora was confused. "Yeah, in another version," Sean said proudly.
Lora just smiled, she knows her son likes men, ever since he was 5, when he couldn't let go of his best friend Thomas, "Oh, I remembered Thomas… he was really a nice kid…" Lora said, "Yeah, I wonder where he is now." Sean said. Thomas was famous in their neighborhood for being the son of a lawyer and a doctor who were both famous in the community. Thomas and Sean were classmates in kindergarten up to elementary school, but Thomas went to an international school when he was in high school. Sean received a notification that there's an event on the new game and they are giving special tokens and game equipment for top point earners. Sean was surprised and excited, "Ma, I'll go full lock-in in my room, I have an event game that I want to participate and win" Sean explained to his mother, "Sure… go ahead, I'll send food on meal time and snack time, okay?" Lora suggested, "Okay, Mom, thank you so much." Sean said and hugged his mom, and went upstairs to his bedroom, and closed the door. He turns on his PC and stretch, he logs in and presses the start button, then crack his fingers, "Game on," He muttered to himself.
TO BE CONTINUED...