Chapter 5

-MYCA-

"Make brother Vince fall for you, by hook or by crook. I'll help you."

How many times did Sir Vann say that to me over and over again in my brain before I answered him.

"Sir Vann, it's rude... but are you a blast?"

I approached him and kissed him. He doesn't smell like alcohol.

"You're not drunk either, are you?"

He doesn't look like he's missing the moon either, but why is he hitting the head so hard? They are really weird siblings.

Fortunately, they are both handsome. But the older brother is my crush. Hey!

Sir Vann pushed my forehead with his index finger so that my face was away from him.

"I'm serious, Myca."

"I'm serious too, Sir Vann," I imitated him. "I mean why is your condition like that? You can hire me as your assistant for life but why did you choose that?"

He sighed and then seat back on the sofa and took his cellphone.

"Come here," he said and patted the space next to him.

I seat and just looked at him while he was busy fiddling with his phone.

Do I look like the source of the signal and I have to sit next to him while talking on the cell phone?

"Look at this," he said later as he handed me his cell phone.

I reached for it and then looked at it.

A woman's Facebook profile.

She is so beautiful! But she looks grumpy and bitchy, not even smiling. It seems that his expression is like Vince when he gets angry.

Wait. I looked at the woman's name.

Sugar Villanueva.

"I love you, Shoo. So much."

Is this the girl Vince still loves? The reason for being drunk?

"That's brother Vince's first love, first girlfriend and first heartbreak," said Sir Vann, confirming my thoughts.

My chest ached a little. It's just slight.

"Sir Vince's ex is beautiful," I said absentmindedly.

"Uh-huh. But that's not only beautiful, it's also kind even if it doesn't look like it. That's why brother won't forget."

Ahhh.

"Why doesn't Sir Vince just bring him back?"

"Trust me, brother has done that several times but it's not possible anymore. sHe already has a boyfriend," Vann said with sadness in his eyes.

And because my curiosity was too much, I couldn't stop asking.

"Sir Vann, what... why did they break up? I'm sorry for my question. You can also not answer."

Sir Vann looked at me for a moment.

"Hmmm, just don't tell Big Brother that I told you, huh? And maybe this will convince you to accept my condition."

I just nodded.

"Sugar and brother Vince... they were high school sweethearts. They were friends turned bestfriends turned lovers - you know, the cliché. I think their love for each other was too much so their love paid off..."

Huh? What does it mean to get pregnant? That saying Curiosity killed the cat is true.

I felt my chest get heavy from what I found out.

"T-then? Why did they break up if they already have a b-baby?"

And why do you want to use me to make Vince fall in love with me if he already has a child?!

Sir Vann took his cellphone from me and then smiled sadly.

"Our daddy found out that brother was pregnant and he got really mad. My dad is a business tycoon and he didn't want any bad publicity for his company. And being the jerk that he was, he threatened brother that he will make Sugar's life miserable until it's time to break up and give up."

What the hell? My parents are strict but they are not heartless! Just how much of a jerk is their father? Didn't it think it was going to be a descendant?!

My heart ached again when I found out.

"Then? What happened next?"

"My brother was just 16 years old at that time, what can a fucking 16-year-old do? He was basically still a kid. So he did what he thought was the best thing to do - he left Sugar and went to the States and stayed with me and my mom. I will never forget brother's look when I saw him for the first time after so many years... he was crying like a little boy, Myca. He looked so broken. I have always looked up to him before because he was easygoing and he was still happy despite the fact that we belong in a broken family. And I can't accept that it was the same family that broke my brother to despair," said Vann with small tears forming in the eye.

I covered my mouth. I couldn't stop my tears from falling.

Just the thought of Vince going through that kind of pain is unimaginable. My heart hurts.

"That's why I promised brother that I would help him get Sugar back from him. We both studied hard in the US. There was no other woman that brother loved during the four years he stayed there. He was all about his studies, he wanted to be at the top of the class. He wanted to be the best. So that when he and Sugar meet again, he will have something to give, he can bring her and their child back to life. But I guess, they weren't really meant-to- be because Sugar found another man to love. We were four years too late."

damn Vince...

But there seems to be something missing in Vann's story...

"Y-the baby? Where is the baby?" I will ask.

Vann bowed and he clenched his fists.

"The baby is gone, Myca. Sugar fell into major depression after brother left her and she... aborted the baby. brother lost his first child. I lost my nephew. And it was all my father's fault, the fucking devil."

My heart broke into tiny pieces upon hearing that.

I couldn't stop crying. My tears did not stop falling to the point that it was difficult for me to breathe.

I cried for Sugar who even though I don't know her, I know she went through a lot. she lost the person she loved and he also lost their son. I thought my problem was too big because of my parents' restrictions, but what I went through was nothing like his suffering. But she is still fighting for her life and her right to live. I wish I were as brave as her.

I cried for Vann who feels so hopeless looking after the man he used to look up to. He could have enjoyed his youth but he chose to care for his older brother.

And I cried the most for Vince... because I know he blames himself for what happened to Sugar, what happened to their baby, what happened to their relationship.

That's why... that's why he cried that night. That's why sometimes he looks very far away and seems to be thinking deeply.

That's why there are children's toys hidden in his cabinet...

Shit. Very painful. I'm not the one who suffered but I can feel the pain.

"That's why I am begging you, Myca. Please save my brother from this misery. Take his pain away and make him fall for you instead," Sir Vann begged me again.

I looked at him in the eye.

Can the crush level up, right?

After all I've learned, I know I felt more than just pity and sympathy. Because I know that my happy crush on Vince has leveled up.

"I will, Sir Vann. I will make him fall for me and be crazy about me and it's not just because you know my secret. It is because you were right - I like your brother and I will make sure he will like me back ," I strongly declared.

Vince, I'm not Wonder Woman but I will save you. I won't let you suffer any further. I just hope you get carried away with my flirting.

Wait. How to flirt?

"Thank you, Myca! And please drop the Sir. I'm not your boss but I'm the one you call Sir. Just call me Vann, okay?"

"Okay. But Vann, I need your help. How to flirt with a man?"

-MYCA-

None of my own, I separate the whites from Vince and Vann's emergency clothing here in the laundry area of ​​their unit.

Until now, I don't know if I will follow what Vann told me.

Yes, I'm determined to make Vince fall in love with me because I already like him and it's not just a simple crush anymore. But the problem is, I am NBSB as in No Boylet Since Birth.

I sighed and remembered our conversation with Vann again.

*FLASHBACK*

"Vann, I need your help. How to flirt with a man?"

Vann just looked at me when I asked that question and after a while he burst out laughing.

"What the heck, Myca?" he said still laughing.

"Why? Because I don't know!"

He shook his head.

"And you think I know how to flirt with men? I'm straight, Myca. And why did you think it was flirting? Don't tell me that's how you plan to make brother fall in love with you?" And he laughed again.

But in what way? Because her ex was so beautiful, then I'm just like her. Just cute.

And Vince even knows I'm a poor homeless man. My position is so lopsided!

"It's like that... Because if I let him go through my service to him, I didn't really play the part of being his assistant. How can he notice me as a potential girlfriend, right?"

So there must be a kire! There's an ritch! I really don't know how to flirt. My first kiss, I was mistaken for someone else.

"Hmm, well, point taken. But I don't know how to flirt with men either. I only flirt with women, Myca. Don't you know anyone? Or a friend to ask?"

Gosh. This Vann is said to be a worm and a half too! Due to his appearance, it was impossible for any woman to approach him.

I don't have any friends. In the world I live in, I only interacted with rich kids. Almost all of them are brats and plasticity. They talk nice in front of you but stab you with knives the moment you turn your back.

The only person I can consider a friend is my personal maid Len. Maybe she can help me but I can't contact him.

"Nothing. Don't you know anyone? Your girls? Is there no one you can talk to?"

sHe thought for a moment and then suddenly his face lit up.

"Ohh! Actually, I know one person who could be of help," she said with a grin.

"Who?" I will ask.

"Sugar," she said and his grin widened. "That's her expertise."

I was stunned. Vann is really a mental fugitive!

How can I ask someone to help me seduce her ex?!

*END OF FLASHBACK*

"Ughhh!" I covered my face with the clothes I was holding and screamed loudly.

Vann thought that was crazy!

"What are you doing?"

I immediately looked at the person who spoke. It's Vince.

He looked down at the clothes on my face and then he suddenly blushed.

I immediately looked at my hand.

Oh my God! One of those boxer shorts!

Vince quickly approached me and grabbed what I was holding from me.

Shit shit shit! Shame!

"D-don't include these in your laundry," he said, looking at me like I was the weirdest person he had ever met.

"V-vince, it's not what you think," I explained. He might even think that I am too much to smell his boxers.

"Uh-huh," he only said and took all the undergarments that were mixed with my laundry.

"Promise, I didn't wear your boxers, even if your toenails die."

What the heck. I haven't even started with my plan, it's sloppy! What same man would hit a woman who smells like boxer shorts?!

"Yes, I get it, Myca. Just don't include these in your laundry, okay?"

"Yes, Sir. I mean, Vince."

He just nodded at me and then he went back to his room.

I just seat down and followed him.

It's hard to have a crush!

***

-VINCE-

I left the room to drink water. I am done looking at the stocks' movements for today. My head hurts.

After drinking, I also got a beer and opened it.

Later, I almost coughed from the sudden intensity of the smell I smelled.

I saw Myca enter the kitchen and also approach the refrigerator.

I don't know if she was too shy earlier or what but there is something seriously wrong with her today.

"Oh hi, Vince! I'm going to prepare dinner. Can you just bring him a beer with dinner?"

I just stared intently at her. I didn't pay attention to what she said.

"Myca, do you have a walk?"

I'm not going to ask if she looks like this - her eyebrows are drawn and uneven, and she's wearing crimson lipstick. And the strong smell I smelled came from him. Did you bathe in perfume?

sHe looked at me in surprise.

"Huh? Nothing. I'm going to cook dinner, right?"

"Then, why the get up?" I asked pointing to his face.

"A-ah, nothing. I just thought of using the ones I bought that you gave me for free. Is it good?"

I don't want to hurt her with what I say, but what Myca needs is the right one for her to get.

I noticed that she has an innocence about things which I find weird because she is almost my age.

"It's not that it's not good... it's just that it's not your thing," I just said.

His eyes widened.

"Sorry. You look better when there's nothing on your face. Also, why did you put on too much perfume. If you cook, it might stick to what you're cooking," I explained.

sHe held his face while smelling herself.

I can't help but laugh at the way she looks.

"Come on, Vince. I'm sorry, I'm really sorry! It's so embarrassing," she said with a panicked look.

"It's fine. I'm just saying that you don't have to change anything about yourself because you are fine just the way you are. Just eat what you cook, okay?" I said to him and lightly patted the top of his head.

I took the beer with me and went back to my room, suddenly feeling refreshed.

Myca was a breath of fresh air.

-VANN-

I changed in the silence that greeted me when I came home.

I used to hear Myca's rattles after coming home.

I took off my shoes and took my slippers when I jumped in shock at the person sitting near the shoe rack.

"Vann. My first attempt at flirting was an epic fail," she said looking sad.

But even though she looked sad, I couldn't stop laughing at his appearance.

What is this girl doing?!

"I agree," she said again making me stop laughing.

"Let's ask for Sugar's help in flirting with Vince," she added seriously.

My lips parted and then I grinned.

Brother, it looks like you are about to be freed from sadness.

It's Showtime!