BAD CUPID

Created By: Snow Marisvega•

Chapter 48

•picture is Dominic•

Dylan

I walked into H.O.E quickly and with a heavy sigh, looked around for Dominic.

"Hey!" A familiar voice called. I looked towards the way the voice came from and saw him sitting on one of the tables.

I smiled and walked towards him

"Hi," I took a sit opposite him, a cup of coffee placed in front of him.

"Hey," he smiled. "You did say five minutes and you showed up ten minutes later."

"I'm sorry, I had to save a puppy from dying on the street after it got hit by a car and lost so much blood." I said sadly and ran a hand through my hair.

"Oh My God, Really?"

"No," I shook my head and smiled, I heard the concern in his voice and I was glad I got him there for a while. "I just couldn't make it in five." I shrugged.

He relaxed and chuckled. "You're indeed something else."

"I've been told that."

"Astrid misses you, you know. And so does Meghan, especially Meghan." He said with a snicker.

I sighed. "I know I did promise to come again and I almost did until...well you know what happened."

He nodded slowly. "Yeah, I heard. How is she?"

"She's okay," I smiled. "I was already on my way with Jax which you know about already since he was on the phone with you."

His cheeks flared up. "Y-Yeah."

I smirked.

"So, why did you wanna see me?" He finally asked.

"I need a strawberry beet smoothie first, to cool my system and you're paying."

"Uh, you invited me here and that means you should be the one to even pay for my coffee." He snickered.

I let out a short laugh. "Good joke, almost got me there."

"You're so weird." He laughed. He ordered the smoothie and I thanked the waiter after he brought it. "So, how's Jaxton?" He asked as I took a sip from my smoothie.

"He's good."

"Did you figure out, why he was...mad at me?"

I nodded.

"Yeah, I did," I sat upright. "And that's why I wanna talk to you."

His brows shot up, indicating he was interested and really wanted to know.

"Tell me then, I really wanna know what I did wrong." He sounded like he was panicking already.

I smiled at him. "First, I have series of questions for you."

Those brows turned into a frown. "What questions?"

"A series of them, pay attention." I sighed. "First, since when did you see Jaxton as more than a friend and more as a lover?"

He froze.

I just smiled at him and took another sip. "We don't have all day, romeo."

He blinked. "I-I don't know what you're talking about." He let out a nervous chuckle.

"Let me rephrase," I cleared my throat. "Since when have you liked Jaxton?"

"Uh, since the first day but not our first meeting. Even my mom likes him and he's a good k-"

"Don't play dumb with me!" I sneered. "You know what I mean and even Jaxton knows that you like like him."

His eyes widen and dear Dominic went pale and I knew I was right all along.

"Oh God! He knows? Who told him? How did he find out? This is ruined."

I just laughed. "He doesn't know, I just wanted you to start spilling out the obvious so I'd know I was right." I said and let out a sigh, smiling afterwards.

He just stared at me in disbelief. "Shit." He finally realized he fucked up and I don't blame him. "How...How did you know?"

"Anyone with eyes can tell and plus you're not really good at hiding it," I shook my head. "I'm very observant Dominic. I saw it that very first day, the way your eyes lit up at the sound of Jaxton's voice. The way you couldn't help but smile wholeheartedly when you saw him, those Disney love signs were all there." I wiggled my brows.

He looked like I had thrown a lightening bolt at him and I was supposed to be his trusted right hand. He quickly took a sip of his coffee, looking away, he tried to avoid looking at me. "I...those are a-actually nothing. I like Jaxton as a broth-"

I held up a finger to shut him up. "I'm gonna stop you right there, Romeo. Don't ever say that or tell Jaxton that you see him as a brother, that's just super creepy." I stated. "You like Jaxton. Own it. Stop beating around the bush and waiting for him to find out that you're gay and fall for you, that's not how it works." I shook my head. "Hell, I wouldn't have known you were gay if not for those signs I saw at the hospital, plus your sweet little sister did say you talk about him like one billionth of the time." I shrugged.

He growled. "That girl is a talkative." He mumbled.

"You have no idea what goes on in that little girl's mind." I rolled my eyes.

"S-So, are you gonna tell him?" He asked nervously.

I snorted. "No."

His eyes sparked, as if filled with relief. "No?"

"Of course not, you will."

Fear were replaced in his eyes.

"What? I-I can't." He shook his head.

"Yes, you can and you will."

"No," he shook his head. "Jaxton probably sees me as a very good friend or even a brother and I can't even tell him I like him."

"That brother part will be your fault." I chimed in.

"He doesn't look at me that way and I don't think he will."

"You don't know till you try."

"It won't even work!" He snapped. "I'm scared of...of a lot of things. I'm scared of hurting him cause he's been hurt already. I'm scared that he won't love me back. I'd rather die in silence than have him not talk to me ever." He said and I didn't respond, he just looked at me as if waiting for me to say something.

I shrugged. "What? You want me to clap for your little speech? No." I shook my head. "I admire what you just said, you don't wanna lose him and that's good and if you don't want to hurt him then you wouldn't. Jaxton is innocent and you have to make him know that you like him."

"How? He's mad at me and he doesn't look at me like I look at him. I tried giving him some signs but they're not working, it's like he's brushing them off. Jaxton doesn't like me and I know it."

I scoffed. "That's what you think," I arched my brow at him while he knitted his.

"W-What do you mean?"

"You wanna know why Jaxton is mad at you? Because he cares about you, he was scared for you when you went to fight that jackass for him. Every punch you took affected him and made him want to cry, he hated that you had to come to his rescue and had get hurt because of him." I explained.

His eyes widen at that, he was staggered and looked like he didn't know how to react to that.

I continued. "Jaxton adores you, he likes you, I figured it out already. He just doesn't know that he does and that's the problem," he frowned, confused. "And we both know why, its because he's being caught up in his past relationship."

"He did tell me about the guy who was older."

"Jaxton talks about you a lot and I when I say a lot I actually mean a lot. I swear one day my ears are gonna bleed cause all it hears are your name. Dominic this, Dominic that. Ugh." I groaned in frustration while he blushed while smiling and looked at his coffee, shyly.

"Point is, he likes you. He just hasn't admitted it yet cause he doesn't know he does. He just needs you to show him that you like him and you will stand by him and I have a good vibe about you Dominic Monaghan." He frowned at his new name. "We need to make Jaxton realize what he feels for you quick and make him see that you care and want him and not just his body. We need to open his eyes and if you keep sitting on the bench like a pussy, someone else is gonna take your position and become his boyfriend and you'll forever watch. Friend zoned for all eternity."

His eyes darkened at that.

"I mean, look at Jaxton. He's cute, he's innocent, he's super handsome and I mean who wouldn't want him?" I snorted.

He looked down at his coffee and back at me. "You're right."

"Hell, yeah I am." I nodded. "If you don't act fast then he'll direct your feelings to the next person that shows him that affection. So instead of acting like an older brother, act like what you're supposed to act as. This isn't some Hannah Montana secret crush episode, this is real life and you better start your work."

He nodded. "But how do I...convince him? He didn't even see my previous signs so how will he be able to? How do I make him see that I care about him and want him so bad?That I wanna make him happy and be the reason he smiles? How do I make him trust me and give me a chance to make him forget every bad thing that happened to him? And mostly, how do I make him realize that he does feel something for me? Isn't that like be the main problem?"

I smirked. "That's why I'm here, I'm gonna help you."

He frowned. "Really?"

I nodded. "Jaxton has been hurt since forever, he deserves someone to love him that way. Judging by the way he talks about you, you're a good person and I know you are." I smiled. "So, I'm gonna help you in this whole thing. We're gonna make him notice it, we'll make him realize his feelings for you and he can't do that until you make him."

"How do you mean?"

"You'll have to start taking him on dates but do not call them dates, we'll call them uh...pre-dates. Yes, since you guys aren't dating yet and he hasn't agreed to it."

He nodded.

"You'll have to start showing him affection, but we're gonna be careful so he doesn't suspect a thing. We'll take it step by step and be alert."

He nodded, listening to every word that came out of my mouth. "Got it."

"Tell me, what exactly do you like about Jaxton?"

He smiled widely and began to list out the things, looking at nothing as if he could see them again. "His eyes, they're the prettiest eyes in the world and yet they hide a little pain in them. His smile, those dimples that show up and I swear they're perfect. When he laughs its like a thousand angels singing and when he sings?" He looked back at me with a wide grin. "There's just this peace in his voice, its beautiful. I love the way he walks, I love the way he talks. I love when he argues with me and even tough he knows he'll never win, he still goes on." He chuckled.

I smiled.

"He's so sweet, he's innocent and perfect in every way. Damn, I love him." He blurted out with a snicker and then he stopped and it went silent. His eyes widen as he looked at me and they were the same as mine. His confession did shock me for a second and he just admitted that he actually loved little Jax without even knowing it. Holy shit.

"I-I didn't...I'm uh...listen I didn't m-"

"Its fine." I rose my hand to stop him from saying anything, even I was taken aback.

His face turned red in few seconds and I mean really, really red.

"You...You love Jax?"

"I-I.." He couldn't find any words and just gulped. "I didn't mean to say that, it just came out, I swear." He panicked.

"How long?"

"I-" he sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "I don't know."

"Oh,"

"Please don't tell him!"

"That's not my job."

"Shit, I keep spilling and messing up." He said while blushing.

"Look at you, blushing like a teenage girl." I laughed.

He looked away from me and to the ground, as if that could still fully hide his red face.

"That is so cute."

"Shut up." He sneered. "Wait," he looked up. "You're not mad at me?"

"No, why would I be?" I chuckled. "Judging by this, you didn't even know that you were in love with Jaxton."

He blushed the more. How is that possible?

"Dylan, I didn't-"

"No need to say anything," I cut him off. "Listen, you love my best friend and that's even more reason for you to make this work. J-Just don't tell him you love him until you guys are together and been together for a while okay? It'd freak him out."

He nodded. "Kay."

"Good,"

"Why are you...why are you helping me?" He asked, curiosity in his tone.

I shrugged. "I don't know, maybe cause I trust you will make him happy. I'm only doing this for Jaxton's sake, he deserves all the happiness in the world and one of the major ones turned out to be you."

He blushed.

"But don't for a second think that I won't burn you alive or torture you if you dare break his heart or make him cry. I'll make sure I cut your eye out and make you a cyclops and then I'll dive a shovel up your ass."

He cringed. "I won't hurt him."

I smirked. "Good," he let out a sigh. "We need a code."

"A code?"

"Yes, a word only two of us will know and no one else. Jaxton mustn't know about this at all."

"I agree."

"Something we'll say and only us will understand."

"Pillow talk?"

I scowled. "Don't make me unlike you."

"Sorry," he apologized quickly.

"We'll go with unicorn."

"Wow, you're gayer than I thought."

I flashed him a smile. "And yet I'm smarter than you."

"Fuck you."

"Jaxton would be mad at us." I tsked.

He gave me a disgusted look. "You're a pervert."

I just shrugged. "Are we going with unicorn or the word bottom?"

"Unicorn it is." He said sharply while nodding and I smirked in victory.

"Now, what we need to do is make Jax talk to you."

"He's not picking my calls."

"Like i said, I know." I grinned wickedly and by that, he knew I had a plan.

"What do you have in mind?" His left brows furrowed.

"Just do as I say, okay?"

"Oohkay?"

"One question, how old are you?"

"Huh?"

"You're not like twenty or more are you?"

Hey, I'm being careful. Last thing we want is a man the same age as Vaughn. They look younger this days and I don't want Jaxton dating a twenty something year old at all.

"I'm nineteen. Twenty next year." He frowned.

I gave it a thought for a second and waved it off. "It will work." He's seventeen.

He cocked his brow at me.

"I'm gonna be your Cupid," I grinned.

Time for Operation Daxton

I was gonna play cupid, yet I hated valentine's day.

Dominic and I talked for a while, I learned he was done with high school about a year ago but there financially unstable and he can't go to college and plus his mom has cancer and so he's a dropout. I told him a little about myself, about Seattle and my parents and Isaac. (Only brought that up when he asked if I had any other sibling.)
He was fun, not only was Jaxton's boyfriend to be really hot and looked as dominant as his name but he was also a nice person to talk to. He was an awkward person and that I knew, he wasn't okay with being the center of attraction and I understood him.

I never wanted that for myself, I always wanted to be me and be myself. I wanted to always be alone, I didn't want friends. Hell, I didn't need them, I mean I had Isabelle. But moving here? I've been forced to have them all. I found myself getting every one of them, Best friends, attention from all angle and not just cause of my looks (maybe 70% had to be that) I'm eve attending school parties! Something I wouldn't have ever thought of doing months ago. My life was slowly changing and I didn't know if I liked it or not.

***

"Are you sure you're okay? Dominic, do I have to come see you? You need to pay attention to the road. If you die then who am I gonna watch that stupid zombie series with?" Jax whined over the phone.

I had a smirk on my face as we made our way into the school door. I had cooked up a little story for dear Jax, I told him I saw Dominic last night and he looked lost in thoughts and was almost hit by a car when crossing and if I had not pulled him out then he'd be in a hospital and probably fighting for his life just because he was trying to figure out why Jaxton hated him. And Jaxton being Jaxton, he freaked out, his emotions were all over the place. He was sad about it and almost went crazy, so he picked up his phone and called Dominic. They've been talking for fifteen minutes straight, with Jaxton asking him if he was okay severally and kept apologizing and repeating the fact that he didn't hate him, something we all knew. It's obvious he likes the boy. Gosh!

"I'm sorry I wasn't answering and I know I should have picked your call." He sighed. "You know what, let's see later today okay? I'll be tutoring some students later, we could meet up before I go meet them, how's that?...okay then? Uh, we'll meet at our usual spot by four."

They have a usual spot? Uh..okay.

"Alright, please be more careful. I'm serious, will you stop laughing. N-No, I'm not whining like a child."

"Yes you are." I sang almost in a whisper as we walked in, making Jax scowl at me.

"Alright, I'll talk to you later Dom. Bye." He smiled and hanged up, letting out a sigh. "That guy needs to be careful, Meghan and his mom needs him."

And you don't?

I nodded. "Exactly what I said to him last night."

My phone beeped as I got to Jaxton's locker, making a stop.

A text from Dominic.

Your plan worked, he called me!!!
What's next? He's gonna meet me by 4.

I quickly replied while Jaxton spoke.

Apologize to him for whatever wrong you did that you don't know of, make him spill why he was mad at you for 'no reason'. Then just talk about normal stuffs you guys talk about, like porn and rainbows.

"Are you even listening?"

"Hmm?" I looked up from my phone.

"Who are you texting?" He tried to take a peek and I instantly locked my phone. "No one."

He gave me a suspicious look. "Okay," he dragged. "Like I don't know whom." He rolled his eyes.

My brows furrowed, "you do?" I asked casually. If there's something I've learned in life, its how to act super calm even when tensed or panicking in some moments and just locking them in and right now, I was freaking out.

"Yeah, let me guess. Henry?" He cocked his brow.

Really?

"No, its not Henry." I scowled at him. "It's Isabelle. She's just telling me about her new boy toy and you know how interested I am in her stories." I flashed him a smile.

"Well that sucks." His face fell.

Did he really root Henry and I that much?

"How is she anyways?"

"She's okay, there's always a man who keeps her inside warm." I smiled.

"Ew," he gave me an irritated look.

"Hey." Jon waved and walked over to us.

"What's up?" I smiled at him. He wasn't looking bad today, he was putting on a white fitted shirt and blue jeans. Casual but sexy.

"Why are you staring?" He arched his brow at me.

If you were gay, I'd totally let you do me.

"You don't look bad." I shrugged.

"Thanks." He grinned. "Okay, so I forgot to ask, what happened. I mean, your faces."

Jax and I sighed. "Eric." We chorused like twins, the weird ones.

His brows shot up. "No way!"

"Yes way," Jax nodded and shut his locker.

"What does he want?

"He's mad," I said as we walked. "He's mad that he got punished and you didn't."

"Knowing Eric he'll come back for revenge." He sighed, looking uneasy.

I just gave him a smile. "We'll be ready for him, let's not allow our fear get to us." I said as we walked, then I spotted Johnathan talking to a girl and I spoke up so he'd hear since we were passing him. "Some people are worse, we've got rapists in our school who try to take advantage of girls. Trust me, I know."

Johnathan eyes picked that up like an antenna getting the perfect signal. He looked at me, tensed and I just sent a wicked smirk his way as we walked past him.

"What do you mean?" Jax asked, curiously.

I huffed. "Just trying to make y'all know we can do anything. Don't mind the gibberish that comes outta my mouth."

Jon grimaced. "Is he always this weird?" He asked Jaxton, who just snorted.

"This is just nothing compared to what I see at home."

I smiled. "What's the world without a couple of weirdos if not boring?" I rolled my eyes.

"Yeah, that's how they give themselves hope." Jon retorted.

"Listen, I-" I was interrupted by the sound of my phone beeping.

Ugh Dominic.

I looked at the screen, it wasn't Dominic. This was a text from dickwad, who turned out to be Henry.

Cute pants, looking like a total housewife. Good look. Keep it up.

I scowled at the text. Really? I looked around. Where was he?

Why don't you come say it to my face?

I texted back.

And then I found myself rereading.

Housewife? He called my pants cute and then called me a housewife? I've worn this pants three fucking times to school!

As much as I didn't want to admit it, when he called me that yesterday I wanted to punch him, cause it hurt my precious little manly ego, but me being me I just acted like it didn't and gave my own comeback.

"Are you okay?"

I looked up from my phone and to my friends who seemed to have been walking without knowing I stopped.

"Yeah,"

"You're red." Jon stated.

I touched my cheek, as if I could somewhat feel it. Stupid. I heard a familiar chuckle and looked to my left to see Henry talking with Zach but was looking my way with his sinister smile.

"I just wanna kill someone!" I glared at Henry. "Let's just go." I said and walked past them.

***

Housewife?

Housewife!

He called me a housewife and I'm a man!

My ego's hurt.

Oh, he's so dead.

I'm gonna stab his throat with a fork and pull out his Adam apple!!

Ugh.

Why was I still thinking about this? It's been hours but still...

Housewife?

He won't let this go, hmm?

Cute pants?

Was that a compliment or an insult?

Why do I even care?

He still called me a housewi-

"Dylan!"

I flinched in my seat and looked at my friends who were all staring at me. Did I zone out for long?

"Hmm?"

Raven's eyes as well as Jaxton and Jon were piercing into mine.

"We asked you a question," she replied.

"Sorry, I didn't hear."

"Three times!" She deadpanned

"Oh," it came out so soft and low, it felt like it wasn't mine.

"You're red again and you kept gritting your teeth." Jax stated with an arched brow. "Why are you mad?"

I chuckled. "Guys, I'm not mad. I'm just thinking of happy things like the end of the world."

"You broke the fork." Jon deadpanned and glanced at my hands.

I followed his gaze and realized I had broken the plastic fork. How did I not know? Shit. Why was I letting that stupid thing get to me?

I let out a not-so-convincing laugh and put the broken fork down on the table. "My hormones."

"Dylan!" Raven called, furrowing her brows.

I sighed. "It's that stupid Henry. I'll kill him, but not so easily. I'll make him beg for death as I carve my name on his body and separate his body, only to stitch them back again! I'll bath him with acid and bury him alive but not for long, so I can finally drown him and watch him beg for mercy." I said while glaring at him at his table with his friends, he didn't notice me look at him. When I was done, i took a deep breath and smiled. "I feel so much better." I said and looked at the rest of them who had different expressions but were all linked. Jon looked flabbergasted by what he just heard, Jaxton looked horrified while Raven looked like she was trying to understand what he had done to make him be at the top of my torture slash murder list.

"Let's eat." I smiled.

"After that?" Jax brow rose. "Yeah no, my stomach can't take any food anymore." He shook his head.

"What did he do to deserve that?" Jon asked curiously.

"Yeah, I wanna know." Raven looked intrigued as well.

Was I gonna tell them?

Well it's nothing right?

"H-He...He said I looked like a housewife." I swallowed. "It's k-" I didn't finish and they interrupted me by laughing at my face. All three of them.

"Guys, it's nor funny."

"It is." Raven said as she threw her head back, while laughing.

"I'm so sorry, I shouldn't be laughing." Jax said in between laughs.

"Guys! Stop!" I whined.

"Housewife." Jon repeated as he laughed, he covered his mouth trying to stop himself from laughing out. His shoulders danced with the rhythm of his laugh and right now I hated all three of them.

"Fuck you guys, I hope you all get kidnapped and sent to Iraq to work as sex slaves." I snarled. I was mad at all of them and especially at Henry. Why did I even tell them?

"We're sorry, we're sorry." Raven said and wiped off the tears she must have felt that threatened to fall.

"You have our full support," Jax said as he curled his lip so he wouldn't laugh again.

Jon nodded and let out a breath. "Yeah you have our support like Jaxton said, we're sorry we laughed." He apologized.

I rolled my eyes. "Whatever, you guys just laughed at me."

"We apologized." Jax said like a child begging to be taken to Disney world.

"But it was funny, seriously." Raven said, pushing her lips in afterwards to lock in the laugh.

"Fine, just don't you guys dare laugh at me. It's an insult."

They nodded and put on serious faces that guaranteed they wouldn't laugh, well that was until Jon couldn't keep it in his throat and it first sounded like a car crash and in his throat and then came out loud and the others joined, laughing more than they did before.

"Fuck you all!" I angrily said, glaring at them all. I stood up and picked up my bag walking away.

"Dylan, wait." Raven said in between laughs.

I gave them all the middle finger as I exited the cafeteria. Fuck you all.

My mind was also teasing me as it repeated that word, making me want to rip it out but how do you rip out your mind?

Housewife.

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