"What are you up to?"
I can tell that I am getting closer to Alec reading another text from him.
"Laundry today, bball tomorrow"
"Can I join?"
I perked up reading his text. Basketball with Alec makes me wonder what he looks like wearing a sports outfit. He might take off his shirt if he gets hot and sweat a lot like I do.
'Ahhh....here I go again' I thought as I tilt my head up and closed my eyes in exasperation.
I consciously switched my thoughts to Jazi. 'It'll be good if she comes along.'
"Bring your A-game!" I texted him back.
Frustrated with myself, I grabbed my pillow and smashed it on my face. Why do I suddenly have thoughts like this towards another guy?
I decided to call Riel since I hadn't received any text from her nor did she come over which is very unusual.
Her phone rang like forever but I was used to it. The song "Just a Little Bit" by the Korean group Enhypen is the special ringtone she chose for me. She will let it ring for a while to listen to the song as I wait for her to pick up which drives me insane.
The song is in Korean with bits and pieces of English lines, and I couldn't be bothered to look it up. I assumed she chose that song to tease me after accidentally seeing me masturbate before. My manhood is not small but I doubt Riel saw all of it to know.
I have straight up asked her if that's the reason she chose that song as her ringtone for me but all I got was a hefty laugh from her.
The call went to voice mail which is again unusual.
I jumped out of bed and rushed to her house. I entered their grocery store and came across Uncle Ron moving boxes. I automatically reached for a box to help.
"Riel is in her room. Go ahead and don't take my minimal exercise away from me.", he huffed.
Auntie Vena is always nagging Uncle Ron about his health. She is right anyway. Uncle Ron loves to eat and working at the cash register is the most activity he will be seen doing.
"Alright. Thanks, Uncle Ron but call me if there are any heavy boxes." I yelled as I ran towards their house in the back.
Auntie Vena is in the kitchen marinating some meat. Riel's family grills meat every Sunday. It is part of the reason why I love having Sunday dinner at their house. Usually, Riel will have Sunday lunch with us, and we transfer to her house for dinner.
"Hi, Auntie. Is that pork or beef?" I asked as I hugged her and then kissed her forehead.
"It is pork. I should be marinating chicken because of your Uncle Ron but Riel prefers pork. I know you like pork too." She smiled as she looked up at me.
"I like whatever you cook, Auntie."
"Sweet talker you are"
I gave her a sweet smile and turned towards the stairs.
"I will go see Riel, Auntie. I told Uncle Ron to holler for me if he needs help."
Auntie Vena is my favorite person. She's good friends with Mom and they share secrets and gossip. I have heard her say nice things about me to Mom many times which Mom brushes off as Auntie Vena being jealous of her having two sons.
Auntie Vena had Riel and suffered complications that resulted in her not being able to conceive again. My Mom pities Auntie Vena for this and has gone the extra length of volunteering me to join their family vacation trips, even paying for my expenses.
I opened Riel's door. We both have this habit of not knocking first but neither of us is bothered by it.
Grace has complained about this before whenever I snap at her for not knocking before entering my room. She questions why Riel can come without knocking but everyone else has to knock first. My explanation is always "My room, my rules!"
Riel was in her bed wearing her headphones and facing the wall on her side when I came in. I squeezed myself down beside her which startled her.
"That's weird. Anyone else comes to lay down beside you aside from me that you jerked like that?"
Riel sat up and took off her headphones.
"What are you doing here?", she asked as she stroked her furrowed eyebrows.
I sat up and looked at her with my squinted eyes.
"Who are you and where is my buddy?"
Riel sighed and lay back down on the bed.
"You have been doing a lot of unusual things lately. I had to come over to check on you."
She didn't look at me and continued playing with her headphones.
"What is bugging you?" I laid back beside her and placed my hand on her tummy.
No response.
"I have a surprise for you tomorrow so better snap out of it because you have to be extra pretty tomorrow."
Her face suddenly relaxed and she smiled.
"What is my surprise? Annnnddd... I am always pretty!"
We both laughed at the same time.
"Josh came home and told me to ask you to play ball tomorrow."
Riel chuckled as she said "That's not even a surprise"
"That's not it. Alec is coming too to play." I excitedly told Riel.
Riel got up and gave me this disappointed look.
"What does it have to do with me for it to be a surprise?"
Since Riel is in this not-so-good mood, I have to choose my words on how I will explain to her that I am hooking her up with Alec minus the info that it will help me achieve my mission to win Jazi.
"I have a feeling Alec likes you soooooooooo...."
The next thing I felt was the headphones hitting my chest while Riel got out of bed.
"Have you fucking lost your mind?!?!"