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“Softball, Are you done?” Brad asked as he came in. He looked around and smiled. Samantha chuckled hearing the nickname from Brad.
“Its looks good… It even seems like this is a new apartment, Huh?” Brad asked Newton who just walked to the couch without saying anything.
“Rude jerk!” Brad murmured in mockery.
“I heard that” Newton said as he looked at him. Brad widened his eyes and opened his mouth wide.
“You did well, Samuel” Blaze smiled as he looked around.
“As if? I would have done better” Newton smirked
“Is anything wrong with what I cleaned?” Samantha quickly asked concerned as she looked around
“No worries, You did good… He’s just trying to make jest of you” Brad retorted
“Sam… You’ve done a lot…Aren’t you tired?” Blaze asked. Samantha smiled, nodded her head and slowly faced the floor.
“Then, Rest a bit… Till the food is ready” Blaze smiled
“Food?” Samantha asked widening her eyes.
“Yeah… Have lunch with us, huh?” Blaze asked
Brad quickly ran to Samantha and grabbed her both hands. “Soft ball, Please… Eat with us, Pretty please”brad pleaded as he shaked her hands virgously while he showed her his cute puppy eyes.
“What’s this? Don’t try acting cute… Anyways,, Blaze read my mind–
“Woo-hoo! Really?” Brad smiled interrupting her
“Yeah… I was actually tired and very hungry” Samantha added
“Blaze–Newton laughed as he turned his gaze to Blaze who watched
“What?” Blaze replied
“Seems you have good telepathy with our housekeeper–
“Housekeeper? You’ve got to be kidding me, He has a name “Sam”…Get that?” Blaze scoffed
“I don’t care, He’s still gonna reply with wh@ťěver I call him. By the way,, Why do you keep protecting him? Is he your family?…No?,, Or Is he your good friend?…. Or Maybe, He’s your lover–
“What?” Blaze asked almost yelling. He was already angry and felt like punching Newton badly.
“You know what I mean,…… Are you guys gay?” Newton asked, His voice seemed jerkily.
“Hey! You had better shut up your crap! Don’t let me get upset!” Blaze warned. Newton smirked and looked at Samantha who seemed down already.
“Why are you guys being serious huh? It’s just a joke… Huh?? Don’t tell me you took it seriously?” Newton laughed breaking the ice.
“What? Joke? Does everything seem like a joke to you, Hey… Mind the way you joke, cause if you joke without thinking twice–You’ve got to blame yourself on what might happen” Blaze yelled
“Hey! Take it easy, He said he was just joking… Hey, Newton… You should apologize to Blaze, and Samuel too… He is already feeling bad”Brad sighed as he held onto Samantha’s hand tightly pushing his hand into her sweaty soft palms.
“Why would I? I never said anything wrong in the first place! Hey!! Blaze, Why are you taking it on me, I’ve been joking with you ever since we met, So… What’s going on with you just because of this slight joke!” Newton yelled back.
“Slight joke?!– Blaze scoffed and shifted his angry gaze to Newton. I’m just warning you, You will have yourself to blame later!”
“How?… Explain!” Newton yelled walking close to Blaze.
“I’m gonna have to joke about “your parents”, Since you joke about everything, Or am I wrong?”
“Hey, Dude… That was rude”Brad commented staring at Blaze.
“My what? Did you just say my parents? Take your words back!” Newton yelled as he grabbed onto Blaze’s collar.
“No, I don’t want to take my words back…. You can never force me!” Blaze yelled. Newton squeezed his collar of his shirt more and more causing him not to breathe properly, His neck and face became red.
Samantha looked at them and ran towards them. “Stop it, Please! You are causing him pain!” Samantha screamed trying to remove Newton’s hand which wouldn’t even bulge.
“Stay away from me! Don’t touch me, You’ve got 8 points now… Rule Number Five, Don’t ever touch me…Touch me, and you lose all your points!” Newton yelled.
“Touch him! You are going nowhere!” Blaze yelled
“Guys,, Please… Stop this”Brad begged as he walked closer to them.
“Come here and you are dead” Newton warned. Brad shivered and moved backwards. He took his phone to call their manager.
“Call him and you are so dead!” Blaze warned.
“Please….Let him go! I’m not going to touch you so please Let’s him go… Huh? Please!” Samantha shouted as she stomped her feet.
“Take… Your… f-__-king words back first” Newton warned
“I won’t, Forget about it, Let’s just stay like this, huh? Maybe, When I die… You will realize everything” Blaze smiled.
Suddenly, Samantha began to cry. She cried so loud it touched Blaze. Her eyes were red.
“Stop it, Don’t cry” Blaze said, His rage was now at climax, He could ki|| anyone now. His eyes became red and his muscles had jumped out.
Samantha ignored but cried the more, She couldn’t bear to see Blaze getting hurt because of her. She closed her eyes as the tears flowed freely. She wailed emotionally.
“Hey!! He’s crying because of you!!” Blaze shouted and pushed Newton with all the strength he gathered.
Newton fell, but stood up quickly. They both charged themselves trying to fight when Samantha suddenly came into their middle.
“STOP IT ALREADY!” She yelled while the tears continued flowing
“Brad… Answer me quick! I wanna know why Blaze seems obsessed with this guy that cries like a girl?” Newton said still charged
“What’s the question?” Brad asked from behind
“Who’s Samuel to you?” Newton asked swiftly
“Wh–What?” Brad stammered
“There’s no time… Samuel is nothing but a house keeper to me, So… Who’s Samuel to you?” Newton asked again.
“Huh? He’s… Huh, Softball? I guess… He’s still new to me so–
“It’s fine… So, Blaze,Answer…. Who’s Sam to you?”
“What? You expect me to answer that?”
“Everyone is watching? We are curious as well! I’m quite surprised why you behave this way because of Sam, So.. Who’s he to you?”
Blaze body became numb and he kept still and silent. He blinked his eyes and swallowed hard.
“I don’t really why I’m being this way” Blaze finally whispered.
“You are going to figure out soon if you know who he really is to you– Newton smiled and looked at Samantha who looking motionless where she stood inbetween.
“See, I’m sure Samuel is curious too,Now answer me” He added looking back at Blaze sharply who returned the gaze. Newton looked on with a smart smile and finally asked;
“Who’s Samuel to You?”
TBC