The weekend has come, so Hale is spending his free time on traveling. And guess where is heading today? He is at home partying with Xander. They are singing on a karaoke while drinking red wine.
When their throat hurt a little, they decided to dance a waltz. Since his family members are on vacation in the province, he can dance with Xander with no hesitation.
He can feel the warm air exhaled with his partner as their face are one inch distant. They are feeling the hotness of the song, they are too relaxed and feel the passionate romance.
"I love you, Hale. This day is our day, let me be the one to create a special moment with you."
"I love you more, Xander. You are my prince and my future boss. Promise me that you will not change your personality. Our hearts are the key to connecting our relationship. I hope you remain caring to me. I love you very much."
"I promise. I will never forget you no matter what happens to me. My heart will always remember you. Our love will not be compared by a price, nobody can separate us. Just remember that I am yours, and you are just mine."
"I promise that I will never give up on you. There will be times that you will face challenges, but I will go with you even if my life will vanish. I will always protect and salvage our relationship, I believe we are for each other."
While the music is getting romantic and sexier, they get carried away with it. Their eyes meet until Xander's head is getting nearer to Hale's. They kissed torridly until their tongues played each other. They are gasping due to the intense kiss. The warmth of their passionate romance is getting hotter, so they eventually take each other's clothes until they become naked and ended on the bed.
Hale's phone vibrated as someone texted him. He put his phone on vibrate mode because he already knew that Armando would send him an apology message.
Armando is still waiting for the reply of Hale. He badly wanted to ask for forgiveness from his girlfriend. He got carried away by his massive emotion and reaction to a surprising revelation.
He promised himself that he would never let go of Hale. He will try to reconnect their relationship as he believes that they were just temporarily broken up.
Since he could not reach Hale by just texting, he went to a high school to visit him. He is quite sure that he will meet him.
"Good morning, Miss. Is Hale here?"
"I'm sorry to tell you but Hale has just transferred to another school. Why are you looking to him?"
"I am his friend. I cannot reach him on the phone, so I assumed that I could meet him here."
"How sad. Don't worry, we will give you his home address."
One of Hale's classmates wrote the complete home address of him. Armando thanked them and left the school smiling.
~~~
Xander and Hale have just done sharing their body raw. They both gasped and caught their breath. Hale's partner walked to the bathroom to refresh his body. Hale went to the door and opened it to get some fresh air.
He was enjoying the view of the city until he noticed a familiar look coming to him. After a few seconds, he realized that Armando had just arrived in front of his house.
Armando is grinning and his eyes are watery and a little bit reddy. He surprised Hale, he kneeled in front of him and then held his hands.
"Hale, forgive me, please. I made a mistake, I hurt you brutally and gave you a trauma. I swear that I am the one to blame for why we broke up temporarily. I am so very sorry. I love you so much, Hale."
Hale is pretending to be hard-hearted but he cannot do this anymore when he sees Armando crying. His tears fell and he felt heartbroken. He still loves Armando, but he doesn't know what to say. He cannot decide if he will forgive Armando and now he is happy with Xander.
"A-Armando, I knew that you love me... B-But... I am happy now with Xander. He is with my side when I am weary, terrified, and anxious."
Xander has just done showering, he came out from the bathroom while he is just wearing a towel on his lower body. He saw a silhouette on the window, he realized that Hale was talking to someone.
He went to the door to see who is Hale talking with.
"Do you think Xander loves you? I foresee that he will hurt you too and it's worse than what I did."
"If you don't have good words to say, it's better to leave now."
"No, don't leave. Armando, shall we talk?"
Hale was not expecting Armando and Xander will meet today. He felt nervous about what would happen next. He knew that there would be a big fight, so he prepared himself for what he gonna do if that incident happened.
After Xander put some clothes on his body, he entertained Armando in the living room. Hale let Armando inside and offered a seat.
"So you are dating with Hale, right?"
"Yes, Sir."
"Don't call me courteously, we are not in the office."
"The truth is we were dating, and we broke up recently."
"Hhhmmm... Do you already know that Hale and I are dating too?"
"Nope, not until I discovered your secrets with him on his phone."
Xander and Hale looked at each other. They felt awkward in this situation.
"W-What? What did you discover?"
"I discovered that you were having a romantic and sexual relationship. I even watched your videos. For me, it hurts me so much. I love Hale so much, but he freaking cheated on me. Do you know that I have much respect for you, Sir? But fuck you, you betrayed me!"
"Don't talk to Xander like that!"
Slap!
Armando massaged his face, he felt how strong the slap of Hale had given to him. In this situation, he kept on controlling his emotions. He needed to act too humble so that Hale would accept his apology.
He already had a plan to keep off Xander to Hale. In just one call, there will be a person who will die. He can't wait to make it happen, only an hour or minutes are left, and he can have Hale in solo.
He is still speechless, what Hale did to him surprised him. Is this the new version of Hale, the fierce one? He dared to hurt his ex-boyfriend just to protect his new love partner.
They stared at each other and the heat was still on. Hale's jaw is trembling, he is so very mad. He wanted to beat Armando's face to show how mad he is to him.
"If you think I will not protect Xander, you are wrong. I promised him that no matter what happened, I would always stay with him. You are his boss, right? Is that how you treat him now?"
"I am so sorry. S-Sorry... I came here not to look for a war, I am here because I want to ask for forgiveness."
"So you are expecting that I will forgive you, aren't you? It's not easy to forgive especially if you hurt me so much. The trauma is still there, it makes me crazy every time I see it in my dreams."
"If you are saying right, then how dare you cussed me? You are lucky I am in a good mood today. If you are just at my office and you acted a behavior like that, I will not hesitate to report you to the college dean."
"Alright, I am so very sorry. I stand corrected for my actions. I am just emotional, but I keep on controlling my emotions."
"Okay. This will be your first warning, I don't want to let this happen again. Learn your lesson, whatever we do to turn the world upside-down, I am still your mentor. Let's practice professionalism."
"Professionalism? What a big word! Coming from you? You are just fucking dating a young adult student, and your age gap is so freaking big."
Armando nodded. "Again, I am so very sorry. And since you are having fun, I will just leave. I don't want to destroy your bonding, so enjoy."
He departed the place innocently. He is successful in his disguise. Sometimes, it's good to play safe. You just need to show your small cards. As the quote said save your best to the last. The alas card is in his hands, so he needed to be calm while facing the man he hated much.
He picked up his phone and contacted someone. He stayed in a silent and safe place where no one could see him or hear their conversation.
"Hello, boss. Do you have a decision?"
"Is your gang ready? Your victim is a big cake, he is a billionaire CEO. I want you to beat him. I suggest putting him on an electric chair."
"Areglado, boss! Where can we attack him?"
"I will send you the address later. I will stalk him first. I still don't know his next destination."
"Noted, boss."
Armando smirked and smiled like a killer. He laughed evilly as he was too excited to roast Xander until death.
"If you are a boss in your company, well, I am a boss of my strong gang! You are testing me, huh? Let's see if Hale can still protect you. I acted so humbly, there's no possibility that he will suspect me of your death. Hahahahaha!"
~~~
Today is the day that Xander needs to attend an international conference in New York City. Before he left, he invited Hale to meet him at the airport.
Hale woke up late, however he is lucky he just received the message from Xander five minutes ago. He immediately opened the message and went to the bathroom.
After he put on some clothes, he called a taxi and told the driver that he was in an emergency. The travel was just fast, it only took ten minutes as the airport is not that far.
The scene seems familiar, it's a deja vu actually. In the past, Hale always remembered this scenario, but now that it is happening in reality, he doesn't even remember anything.
It looks like Armando will succeed. His alipores and strong gang members are all set. He already tracked where Hale is located, he tracked him because he knew that every day Hale and Xander would always meet especially since he is single.
Xander checked the time with his wristwatch. It's past nine in the morning and he was here at the airport thirty minutes ago.
It looks like Hale arrived at the wrong airport, so he called again a taxi to go to another airport. He texted Xander where the airport he is today. He must asked earlier so that he would be delayed.
The time is ticking, it's only ten minutes left before the flight. Xander contacted Hale to make sure they would meet.
"Where are you now?"
"I'm on the way."
"Make it faster, my babe. The flight will start in eight minutes."
Hale panicked and forced the driver to rush the travel. He doesn't want to fail this day, this is the day he will bid goodbye to Xander.
After five minutes, he successfully arrived at the right airport. Xander was supposed to enter the gate for flight passengers when he heard Hale's shout.
"You came, my babe." He hugged him and then kissed him torridly.
Hale gasped then deeply sighed. "I am so very sorry for my late arrival."
"It's okay. The important is you are here on my side now. My absence won't be long. The international conference takes three days. We can still communicate but only on breaks."
"I think three days is too short, but I will miss you very much."
They hugged again for the last time and shared their lips romantically. After their last meeting, Xander entered the gate and bid goodbye.
"Are the bombs are ready? Click the remote now."
Tit... Tit... Tit... Tit-tit-tit...
BBAAANNNGGG!
"Xaaaanndeeeer!"