𝙳𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝙸𝚝 𝙳𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝙲𝚛𝚊𝚣𝚢?

" 𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑴𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕 𝑷𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝟐,𝟗𝟐𝟖 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒂 𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍? 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝟏𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑺𝑬𝑬𝑵 𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍 .. 𝑪𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝑩𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 ."

- UNKNOWN QOUTES -

ZARIA

Suddenly I got goosebump while talking with Zeph, I slowly turned my head towards Payne giving me a blank and cold look. I immediately look away and ask Zeph.

" What is wrong with Payne? errrrr " shrugging my shoulders.

Zeph look at Payne and turned to say,

" the look that says you've been busted" he said chuckling " 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘢𝘺𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 I 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦" grabbing her shoulder pushing towards the entrance

" it's time , go get ready. "

" wait . wait . what do you mean busted? " trying to stop my feet from walking but Parker pulls me

" i'll take it from here, come along darling " Parker side eyeing me nervously.

" mmmm, remember to have fun and enjoy the race, i'll see you at the booth. Goodluck " Zeph nods and walk away.

" 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓, 𝑺𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝟔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑮𝒐-𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 .. " Zoticus speech were about to end.

" hey! snap it out, we got a tiny problem " Parker voice were somehow shaky.

" what do you mean ? " i asked fixing my mask and putting my racing suit.

" My ex is here and he is competing with us " Parker started to walk back and fourth.

" Your making me dizzy, calm down will you ? sit and talk." I said pulling him to down.

" Now talk" I said calmnly

" He is here Kai, this is bad " Parker getting tense more

My eyes roam around the racing track

" DIM WIIIT I mean Damn it ! I snapped back to my bestfriend " What is he doing here, how did he manage to enter that team. "

" Yes! his chinkie eyes went flat, " Ughhhh, groaning , he is their Team Captain, I found out when I went to toilet, He's on Team Lacrose and I don't feel good about it. He knows my Profession, Kai it's been two years, with that spun of time he can learn how to race, you know he's quite good. " Parker gets more agitated.

" hey breath , you can skip the race beside the team can take turns, I can do more laps" concern lace on my voice as i hugged him "𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦, 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘡𝘦𝘱𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱. 𝘏𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦' 𝘣𝘢𝘨 𝘊, 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺, 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘫𝘦𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳, 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘥. "

" I'm going to find out what's happening, you know I can't ask my brother to banned him if he went to legal process obtaining his License as a professional racer." comforting him.

" Kai, I'm scared. " Parker softly said.

" He can't touch you, everyone is here to protect you . I think it's time for you to tell Payne, he just know what happened but he doesn't know who. " my voice become softer.

" Kai I can't, it's not that I don't want it but you know my Brother, Beating Carvie wouldn't do good for him, he is a surgeon, his hands were precious , you have to promise me during the race, he probably knows you.

"Remember, when I punched him I am Zaria, will you stop worrying others and worry about yourself more, alright? let's go .."

I pulled him up and decided to go direcrtly at the booth area, when i settled him at the chair. . .

" Zeph can I have a minute with " I nodded towards the door.

Meanwhile . . . .

Zeph has been has been starring intently at those two and senses that something is wrong specially Parker, I can't deny the fact that I'm having a mix emotion when it comes to him.

I am 18 when I found out that I like boys more than a girl during University, the first time I saw Parker when he's with my twin inside the library.

My heart is rapidly pounding when he slowly turned his gaze and locked his soft green chinkie eyes with me, widely smiling that I abruptly walk away but before I could totally reach the door , I saw him pouting that makes me chuckled.

I talked to my family about my gender preference , I came out clean having sure who am I and thankfully they are okay with it as long I am happy.

" 𝑀𝑜𝑚, 𝐷𝑎𝑑 , 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝐼 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 ? 𝑍𝑒𝑝ℎ 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚,𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘, 𝐷𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡 𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟.

" 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑡 ? " 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑚 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔

" 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑎𝑑, 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 --- 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑦 𝑚𝑦 𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙 𝑡𝑤𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟.

" 𝐻𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝐵𝑜𝑦𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑎 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙 " 𝑍𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡.

" 𝐼 𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑢𝑔𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑒 𝑍𝑎"

" 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑍𝑒 " 𝑔𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘.

" 𝐴ℎ𝑟𝑚! 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝐷𝑎𝑑.

" 𝑆𝑜𝑛, 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 .. 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑚 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑏𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒, 𝐷𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝐻𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦, 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 " 𝑚𝑦 𝐷𝑎𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠.

" 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝐻𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑡ℎ " 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑝.

I am good at everything but I don't have the confidence to confess, during our university life I am contented that I see Parker everyday specially he is my twins bestfriend . I am afraid that I will scare him away.

I had so many what if's, what if Parker will be disgusted, what if he thinks I am dirty . He is very popular with girls and I don't want to ruin the friendship we had nortured for may years.

" Zephyrus ! Zaria's voice snapped , where did your soul travel ? gawking at me.

" Geez! whats up ? I asked.

" do me a favor please, don't let Parker race today and let him be beside you until the preliminary is over, i'll be taking 4 laps. Don't let that douche' bag number 1 from team lacrose near Parker " Zaria said seriously " 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘐𝘤𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘡𝘦𝘱𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘶𝘺𝘴 , 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘡𝘦𝘱𝘩 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘮𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘧 𝘡𝘦𝘱𝘩 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺"

My brows started to knit in confusion

" what is going on? " with a serious voice.

" mmm i'LL explain it to you when the time comes or if He is ready to tell ,pointing at Parker,

" I need to fix my mic now, just do what I say and ohhhh don't let Payne knows. " as she run off signaling Parker towards my direction.

He reluctlantly moves but in the end he and I were outside out the booth, His hand were trembling as he try to calm it down. I grabbed his hand and walk towards the garage, as I closed the door I hugged him tightly.

I gently patted his back as he hugged me back when he started to breath normally.

" Do you need water ? i asked him.

" no, he said softly, can we stay like this for 2 more minutes please. "

I don't mind at all even if my heart is beating so fast, He smell really good, we just stay like that without talking that only our subtle breathing can be heard.

" Hey! Thank you " as he looked at me with a small smile.

" Do you feel better? and he nods , then we should head back at the race track, they were probably looking for us. Stay by myside till the race is over okay ?

"kei"

We head back at the track and I nod at Zaria whose been set near her baby car named LittleOinkie,

" I still don't understand my twin with his/her liking to pigs " i blurted out

" HAHAHAHAHAHA " Parker's laugh have attract many racers that they turned their heads at us.

" Opppsiiee " while covering his mouth.

" Damn Parker why so cute " i mumbled softyly shaking my head smiling.

" You don't have any Idea about that Pig " Parker started grinning.

" hmmmm "

I notice a pair of eyes observing Parker and I intentionally hold his hands. Parker doesn't have idea what is going on as he interwind his fingers with mine.

" hey Zeph I notice that your hand is like a lady's hand" starting to laugh again,

" How can your hands were so clean when you works with machine ? he innocently asked

" Yah? smiling,

" just because I am mechanic it doesn't mean i don't care about my physical aspect " I grinned.

Parker and I have this mutual connection in terms of intimacy, it's normal for us but for other people, they might think that we were Lovers. I need to control myself a hundred times whenever we hold hands or a simple touch because concealing my own feelings is much easier to handle.

It's driving me crazy everytime and I don't want to scare him unless we have mutual feelings, I'm protecting myself too from heartache, Zaria could suffer too as a twins, we can feel whatever pain we felt just like 5 years ago.

" Kai will be leading the 4 laps ? " Parker tugged my shirt.

" yeah" I scanned the area and I can't see the dude from a while ago.

" Icarus, you're not joining ? " Payne asked his brother as he settled down his medical kit.

" are you okay? you seems Pale as he touch his forehead.

" Hyung! gwenchana .. maybe the heat is getting on my nerves .. Zeph order me not race to avoid accident, Ocean will be leading the race. " i said while looking at Zeph for help.

" He is okay don't worry. " I said as I patted Payne's shoulder, I need to check the team , 5 mins on the time clock and the race will start. "

" Parker? " i gently patted his head.

" huh?"

" Stay put , wait for me here."

" kei "

I walked towards the racing track and I felt again those piercing gaze, I just ignore for the meantime. " Hey guys, the race will be starting in 5 minutes .. Teo will be leading the 3 first Laps, then Jace will be the second for 1 lap, followed by Cassidy 2 laps, then Hayes 1 lap and the rest will be you " pointing at Ocean.

" ohhh geeee! while mockingly covering my covered mouth with my left hand,

" Im no so surprised to be the last one , I'm so eggzoited " reaching my high pitch voice to annoy Zeph.

"....." Zeph

" Please refrain from doing that ria, your giving me goosebump" pleaded by Cassidy while the other started to laugh out loud .

" alright but heads up, be wary of Team Lacrose, I heard from Zoticus that most of their winnings were a bit off, just Be careful, specially you ZARIA .. mic is all okay then ill be going back at the booth. "

" okay we got it " teo chipped in.

" hey, I need to tell you something, forming a circle,

" team Lacrose number 1, team Captian,it's Carvie" Zaria seriously said.

" Whaaaat ??" Teo abruptly perks his head which i immediately pull down .

" Jesus Teo ! calm down"

" Now I know why the reason Parker suddenly become tense when got back from the Toilet " Jace said

" the person we saw hitting Parker at Teo's bar ? " Cassidy face become gloomy.

" his violent Ex " Hayes balling his fist.

" Geez, this is not the right time for this, we focus first on the race, nobody will mention this until his brother will leave the garage, he doesn't know the dude, he only knows what happened . just like Zeph said be vigilant and focus . " with determination, Zaria said it.

" alright lesss gooo team trouble " Teo shouted

"Let's do this " Hayes said

" Leeegooooo, I know your trouble when you walk in . Trouble Trouble Trouble yoooooooo " the four of us sang our avorite chant from Taylor's swift Song.

SIDE NOTES:

- LAMBERT FAMILY is a race of Korean and American.

* HYUNG is term for elder brother

* Gwenchanna means It's okay