TCLM#1: MEETING PERCI

Marriage, sometimes we call it matrimony or wedlock. It is a formal union and social and legal contract between two individuals that unites their lives legally, economically, and emotionally. It is a union between people, called spouses, that establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws. But do all marriages involve love and attachment with your significant other? A marriage of convenience is a marriage contracted for reasons other than that of love and commitment. Instead, such a marriage is entered into for personal gain, hiding one's homosexuality or some sort of strategic purpose. Have you ever heard of Lavender marriage? A lavender marriage is a male–female mixed marriage, undertaken as a marriage of convenience to conceal the socially stigmatized sexual orientation of one or both partners.

If you happen to be a closeted CEO, what will you do?

Homosexual identities are described as closeted, homosexually self-aware, gay/ lesbian, and non-gay identified. This classification privileges the role of self-definition. In starting, gay people integrate, as best as they'll, dissociated aspects of the self. As gay people must settle on a daily whether to reveal and to whom they're going to reveal, initiating could be a process that never ends. In the jargon of up-to-date homosexual culture, people who hide their sexual identities are remarked as either closeted or said to be within the closet. Revealing one's homosexuality is mentioned as commencing. Clinical experience with gay patients reveals hiding and revealing behaviors to be psychologically complex. Closeted individuals frequently cannot acknowledge to themselves, let alone to others, their homoerotic feelings, attractions, and fantasies. Their homosexuality is so unacceptable that it must be kept out of conscious awareness and cannot be integrated into their public persona. Consequently, these feelings must be dissociated from the self and hidden from others

If you were to ask to marry a gay CEO, would you say yes?  Meet Perci Melbourne. A son of a religious and well-known Melbourne descendant. He is the only child of Ceci and Perry. In spite of being a closeted gay, his good-looking features are dominant enough to suspect him of being gay. For the eyes of a woman, he is the reincarnation of prince charming that could ever be asked for. His features devilishly defined the word handsome. He is a man that could represent Timeless Handsome Man Across All Handsomeness of All-Time Handsomeness. His face had sculpted in perfection that could be chiseled on a statue. His eyes have spaced apart correctly, and he has a prominent chin.

Will you still refuse to accept the challenge of changing such temptation? What will you do if you are wearing the same shoe as Caliloree Xy Arevalo?

Caliloree Xy Arevalo, an ambitious actress, was asked by Perci's parents to marry the gay CEO in exchange for popularity in the entertainment industry. She must live with Perci for the next three years of her life. While living together, she must turn Perci into a real man. What will happen if she fell in love with a gay who is never interested in women?

Is it possible for a gay to be a man in the future?  Found out more about Perci and Cali's journey as a lavender couple.

**** Meeting Perci. ****

The grand spaces of the hotel invited the lungs to expand, to absorb the elegant atmosphere. It is unmistakably wonderful the moment you set your foot from the lobby, which is illuminated with soft and welcoming light as if it were a ray of sunshine in a gentle blue pastel hue. The hotel's spectacular lights stand out in the hush of deepening azure that comes in the evening to the city, ever lit, ever awake, ever with a pulsing heart, and the city comes alive with music and light.

Everyone was busy socializing and finding networks. However, everyone stopped what they were doing as a lady entered the function room of the hotel. 

Caliloree caught everyone's attention when she flaunted her slender legs as she walked like a queen of snow on the red carpet of Melbourne hotel. She walked at the path like a pageant queen wearing a crimson lace Jagged Plunging Neckline Split Long Prom Dress. The dress perfectly emphasized her voluptuous hourglass body. A body that everyone would die to have. She can feel a luscious look from the men at the party. Without doing anything, she can arouse a man by simply smiling.

Everyone is amazed and captivated by her beauty except for a guy in a suit from afar. He did not even throw a glance at her, and it irritates the hell out of her. She is a narcissistic woman who enjoys everyone's admiration for her. She loves it when everyone praises her, and it feels like she is a living goddess in modern times.

Few attendees had drawn an aggravate look when a displeasing sound of a defective Microphone interferes; hence, it ruffles someone's feather.

"I'm sorry for that displeasing moment," the emcee immediately apologized and bowed his head to please the attendees.

"And now let's welcome our new CEO of Melbourne Production. He had been an outstanding director and retired actor at the age of

33. This gifted and outstanding man is no other than Mr. Perci S.

Melbourne," says the emcee for tonight's welcoming event. 

He awakens her curiosity, making her unconsciously watch his every step as he slowly ascends to the mini-stage of the hotel room. If she has to define the word drop-dead-gorgeous man, it would be Perci. He is indeed devilishly handsome. He was the kind of handsome sculpture that got into anyone's bones, that spoke to them of olden times before he had said a word. He is wearing the face of no ordinary Adonis of Olympus. His manly features will definitely stop you in your tracks.

"His looks are not just a brag," says a woman holding a cocktail. 

"Indeed, look at that perfect set of thin almond

eyes and seductive brows."

"I wonder what does it feel to lean on his broad

shoulder and chiseled chest," says the woman from the other table. 

She can hear how those plain-looking girls dreamed about this man. "You boring girls will never get his

attention," she murmured. She found the new apple of her eye — this must be her lucky day. Cali is about to stand up when suddenly a girl wearing the same evening gown appeared. 

"Hello. I see you are also here? My dear copycat." Alona looked at Cali with smug on her face.

Alona has always been Caliloree's rival. It all started when they were both trainees on Melbourne Production. Caliloree debuted first, even though she came later than Alona. Cali was Ceci's favorite talent. She's been an inspiration for everyone until the last one and half decades. Due to the refreshing and youth demand of the filming industry, her fame slowly declined. Good thing she can slay the runway cuz' if not, she will no longer exist in this noisy and dirty industry.

She loves acting, but there is no more offer for her. Other directors prefer young talents. She had been thinking of a way to have her name be a hot topic again. She will do everything to get back her golden days, and she knows exactly what to do. 

"Pardon? If there's a copycat here it's not me," Cali paused for a second to get her pocket mirror.  "It's you,” she added as she posed the mirror to Alona's face.

Her rival's face had turned red, her eyes threw a sharp stare, saying that she had activated her emotional indifference that she could kill and not care one bit. So back off.

Cali wanted to laugh. It was entertaining seeing how tantrum-prone her rival is.

Alona took the wine glass from the table next to her. Then she poured it into Cali.

"How dare yo---" Cali was not able to finish her words when she noticed that a few of the visitors around her gasped in disbelief at Alona's behavior. She didn't want to cause a ruckus because it would affect her image as a notable public figure. Ever since her debut, she's been hiding her negative traits. She knows how to play people's sympathy. 

"I don't know why you are still bullying me," says Cali while shedding a tear. She went straight to the lady’s restroom. She gained all the sympathy by wearing a simple solemn face and a little shed of fake tears.

'That girl ruined my night. How am I supposed to flirt

that Perci guy?' her mind whispered. She touched her hair, and it feels so sticky. Her evening gown is also dripping with a red wine scent.

"Disgusting!" she murmured in front of the whole-body-size mirror at the lady’s restroom. She was busy wiping her nightgown when a guy wearing a red tuxedo stumbled over her. She almost lost her balance, thanks to his fast response. He held her sexy back to keep her posture.

It was her first time seeing him an inch away. He is eye candy! His nose was firm with an arcing profile, the kind that would make any philosopher proud of their profile. His fragrance was as soothing as his touches. With him, Cali felt like floating on cloud nine. 

"Stop drooling at me. I have no interest in women," says Perci.

It is when she knew that the cloud had vanished. It is so embarrassing for her. It is her first time hearing such words from a man. She felt a hot melted pot behind her ears.

"Now let go of my tuxedo," he added while pointing his lips to where Cali's hands landed.

A bright idea ignites in her mind. 'Perci, you are my sacrificial lamb.'

Perci was surprised when Cali closed the gap between them. He is about to scream, but they already caught the attention of the paparazzi.

"Why the hell you kissed me?" he whispered in her ear.

"Bye, lover boy. Thank you for saving me." She also whispered in his ear. Then, she left him dumbfounded and enraged over a peck of a kiss on his left cheek.