「 Tony’s POV 」

I actually have no idea when or how Mike went back to his house – I mean, why the hell should I care anyway? I was having the best time of my life, listening to songs and reading books when all of a sudden, Val barged into my room with a loud dreamy sigh and then threw herself to my bed, lying beside me.

I’ve decided to ignore her and continued to flip the pages of the book. I felt uncomfortable and irritated.

She was supposed to be my sister and she was supposed to be there for me and stuff – after I told her everything, she just backstabbed me and went to Mike instead. Really, who wouldn’t get hurt by that?

“You didn’t tell me that Mike was super hot!” she started.

I wasn’t in the mood to compliment the guy who made my life worst with her so I sat up and closed my book. She continued to ramble about Mike how he was being thoughtful and amazing and everything. Mike was being someone that he never was to me. That was just shitty because he knew me first before he knew Val.

Then, I remembered. Oh yeah, Mike likes girls!!!

Rolling my eyes, I got up from my bed and lower the volume of my iPod just to hear my lovely sister talk about the guy who got me into trouble.

“He actually asked me if I wanted to hang out tomorrow. Of course I said yes! But I didn’t say yes because guys don’t actually like easy girls, don’t you think?” You know what I think Val? Girls like you make it hard for guys. “So I said, ‘Why? I don’t have any plans though’ because I just wanted to know how much he wanted to hand out with me so he just did this attractive thing like he gave me a nervous and sad-like smile and then he was like, ‘that’s too bad’ and played with the wheels of his skateboard.”

Wow, Val. Way to go.

“Then I said, ‘maybe I could cancel it for you’. So he looked at me and his eyes were shining. I swear to god he is the hottest person ever!! Then he gave me that attractive smile again and then he said that he will come over tomorrow and I said, ‘sure’ and then he waved me a goodbye!! Oh my god, Tony!!” Val squealed.

The reason why Val was acting like she never had a boyfriend before it was because she wasn’t always with guys. Sure, she had dated before but most of them were by online or blind dates. Val went to an all-girls school and I tried my best to understand that she wanted a boyfriend but this was annoying me.

“Okay, Val, stop,” I wanted to say but I remained quiet for a while and instead, I said, “Cool, is he coming tomorrow?”

“I don’t know, maybe,” Val smiled while looking down.

Just yesterday she told me that I probably had a crush on Mike and now she was in love with him. How could this happen? It was just so sudden that I was so surprised by all of this.

I just smiled.
I wasn’t mad or anything.
I was just happy for her.
At least I tried to convince myself that I was happy for her.

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Mike really did come over. I just couldn’t fucking believe my eyes when I got home from the school library, he was already there – in the kitchen with Val and mom! Shit just got real.

“Um…” all of them were staring at me when I entered the kitchen and I never felt so awkward in my entire life.

Val was doing something with a bowl and a spoon while Mike was standing beside her, talking to my mom who was pouring an orange juice into a mug and she seemed like she was in a happy mood.

“Tony, you’re home!” Val greeted and she was brighter than usual.

I really didn’t expect any of this to happen. Val was totally head over heels for the devil. I gave Val a smile and then shifted my gaze to Mike, who was holding her waist and he was smirking at me. I wasn’t sure about that, maybe my eyes were defying me.
Mom looked at me, her smile dropped for a second and then she turned to them and talked like I was never there.

I pursed my lips and was about to go upstairs when I heard Val asked, “Do you want to join us, Tony?”

I was at the stairs, on my way to my room and then I replied, “Nah. I’ve got assignments to do.”

Which was a lie because I’ve already done all of my homework in the library.

I couldn’t actually stand being in my room for too long knowing that my little sister was with that son of a bitch so I decided to go downstairs just to check things up. But checking them seemed lame so I glanced at the living room and both of them seemed so happy.

Mike had his arm on Val’s shoulder and they were watching the movie, not realizing my presence.

Seeing the two of them together made me feel irritated. Why was he doing that to Val? Val deserved better than him.

I proceeded to the kitchen and just sat on the chair. I began to think that maybe developing a crush on Mike Fuentes was a bad idea. But then again, when the hell did I have a crush on him? I was never in like with him so why should I care.

Then it snapped me. Oh right, I was peeved because he was being with my sister. I was just worried about my sister having his babies. I wasn’t jealous of Val or anything, I was just being an overprotective brother.

That’s right, Tony, I told myself. You’re being overprotective.
But I swear to god, this little demon instead me was laughing maniacally and then whispered, “Tony, you like him. Admit it.”

And then all of a sudden, another voice inside my head spoke, “No, you don’t.”

The demon replied, “Remember all the things he had done to catch your attention. Don’t you remember how much he put an effort in cleaning the toilet just so you wouldn’t do it? Who do you think he was doing that for? He was doing that for you!”

Soon enough, I found that I was debating myself. But all of the thoughts drifted away from my head when Val suddenly entered the kitchen and then said, “Oh! I didn’t know you were in here.”

I was so surprised that all of my thoughts ran away and so I turned to Val and fake a grin, “I was just about to get an orange juice but uh… well….”

Val gave me a smile but I realized her eyes were a little bit teary.
“What happened?” I asked as I stood up, wiping the tears from her eyes.

She then replied, “We were watching a sad movie and I couldn’t stand it anymore. I cried a little bit. I don’t want to ruin my mascara so I ran here before Mike could see me in my horrible state.”

“You ran to the kitchen but not to the toilet?” I scoffed.

Val gave me a sheepish smile while playfully punching my chest, “I wouldn’t want to make it obvious that I wanted to look good for him.”

I heaved a sigh and ran my fingers through her hair and whispered, “You’re better off without him, Val. You deserved better. You look amazing just the way you are and honestly, he was the one who should look good, I mean, why would you wear a shitty old band shirt on your first date?”

Val let out a giggle and then said, “That shitty old band shirt he was wearing was one of your favourite bands, Tone.”

“I know that,” I stuck my tongue out. I just felt like insulting Mike for once.

“Thanks.”
“For what?”
“Making me better and giving me Mike.”
I paused for a while and then said, “Sure.”

Giving her Mike? When the hell did I ever own a Mike? Because, honey, Val, if I did own him, I wouldn’t give him to others in the first place.

Notes

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