10

"...Fridge..." Jules smiled stiffly and then removed his hand from Matheo's arm.

"What are you doing?" Matheo asked with a colder face and a sharper look.

"I didn't do anything. Jules replied and stroked Matheo's arm. Jules' gaze turned to Evan. How about you accompany me to the canteen for a while to buy a drink." Jules said while glaring at Evan.

Evan who understood the meaning of the code from Jules' eyes nodded. "Come on. I happen to be thirsty too." He replied without looking.

Matheo's face is now very scary.

Jules immediately grabbed Evan's hand and took him out of their classroom.

"Huh, huh." Jules's breath was heard up and down after arriving at the cafeteria running.

"You want to die Julesl how can you admit Matheo as your lover!" Evan groaned after catching his breath.

"I Jules just reflexively when I do it. Besides, if I don't do it you know what will happen next, don't you?" Jules asked.

Evan snorted. "This is the third time you've been bumped into by a man who was dumped by the man who was approaching you." Says Evan.

Jules nodded approvingly. "This is ridiculous. I just had good intentions of accepting Lorenzo's offer to go out alone with him and now I've got the hang of it!" Jules curse.

Evan's tongue clicked. "I'm sorry to have you close to him if this is the case." Sorry, Evan.

"Never mind. From now on I don't want to deal with men who try to get close to me. I'm sick and tired of it!"

Evan stroked Jules' arm. "I didn't expect Kak Lorenzo to approach you when he still had a boyfriend.

"Didn't I tell you from the beginning when we were at the mall I looked like I saw him with a man? And now I just remembered that his ex-boyfriend's posture was very similar to the posture of the man I saw at that time."

"I think Lorenzo is a good man and it's impossible to approach you if he still has a boyfriend. Evan said cursing his stupidity.

"Never mind. You don't have to think about it anymore. We'd better have a drink and get back to class." said Jules who was nodded by Evan.

"Are you sure you want to come to class?" Evan looked doubtful as their steps drew near in front of their class.

"I'm not sure. But it can't be helped, our class is almost starting and soon the lecturer will come." Jules replied.

"Aren't you afraid that your lie will cause a stir in the class?" Evan asked while holding Jules' arm.

"Never mind, I'll think about it later," Jules replied then pulled Evan's hand into their classroom.

The arrival of Jules and Evan back into the classroom made their friends now look at Jules with questioning faces.

*Is it true that Jules has a relationship with Matheo?" One of their friends whispered in Jules' ear. But Jules pretended to be deafening while looking at the empty chair for them to sit on.

Oh shit! Why is the empty seat only behind Matheo? Jules cursed in his heart.

"How is this Jules?" asked Evan who also noticed the empty seat behind Matheo.

"Never mind. Come on." Jules replied trying to put on a calm face even though at this time his heart was beating fast as Matheo's eagle eyes were now drawn to him.

'You're dead Jules...' Jules thought in fear because now Matheo couldn't take his sharp eyes off his.

*****

During class hours, Jules didn't seem to focus on listening to what his lecturer said because at this time his eyes were still focused on Matheo's thick black hair while saying to himself.

Twelve-door refrigerator... I hope you won't turn into a fire demon after you leave class.

An hour passed, and the lecturer finally closed their material for the day. After the lecturer said goodbye to leave, Jules' heart began to beat fast because he was going through a terrible phase soon.

From the back seat of Jules, a man who had been waiting for their lecturer to come out immediately stepped into Jules' chair.

"Jules, is it true that you and Matheo have a relationship?" The man asked without caring if Matheo was still in their class at this time.

Hearing his male friend's question, Matheo turned his head back for a moment and then looked back at his cellphone screen. Without intending to wait for Jules' answer about their relationship, Matheo immediately walked out of the classroom.

Jules looked at Matheo's departure with a sigh of relief while stroking his chest because he was surprised by the sudden arrival of his male friend.

"Lucien, you just startled me!" Jules grumbled still stroking his chest.

"Jules is right. You just startled us!" Evan who was also surprised looked at Lucien in disgust

Lucien's tongue clicked. "Never mind. Now answer my question! Is it true that you and Matheo are in a relationship?" he asked again feeling impatient.

Jules's brow furrowed. Staring at the man in front of him who seemed to be staring at him with an angry face. Jules can guess if Lucien is one of the Men who idolize Matheo in their generation.

"I think your ears are still working fine and you can hear what I said this morning that Matheo is my boyfriend," Jules said with a calm face and was sure of his words.

"Tsk. You don't lie. There's no way Matheo likes a guy like you. His sneer looked at Jules' appearance from top to bottom.

"What's wrong with Jules?!" Evan, who didn't like Lucien's words, got up from his seat and pounded his desk chair. Suddenly Evan's actions managed to attract the attention of their other friends who were still in the class.

"Evan!" Jules grabbed Evan's wrist so that his best friend held back his emotions

"He's so rude Jules!" Evan cursed staring blankly at Lucien.

"That's enough." Jules shook his head at Evan then looked at Lucien. "I and Matheo are lovers. We did hide

our relationship because we don't want to be disturbed by ghosts who stare hungrily at my lover." Jules said casually but full of sarcasm.

"You call me a ghost?!" Amuk Lucien is feeling offended.

"I'm not saying you're a Ghost. But what if you think I can do it?" Jules was still speaking so casually that it made Lucien growl.

'I just found out that there is someone like him in this class. Quietly deadly.' Jules thought while looking at Lucien.

"If you and Matheo do have a relationship then prove it at our class gathering tomorrow night." Lucien challenged and then left Jules with a disdainful smile.

"What's going on tomorrow night?" Jules, who didn't hear Lucien's words, asked Evan.

"You haven't opened a group this morning?" Asked Evan to which Jules replied with a shake of his head.

"Tomorrow night our class will hold a friendly event at Lucien's house. Evan replied.

"Then what does this have to do with proving the relationship between me and Matheo?" Jules asked feeling confused.

"I don't know either. Never mind you don't need to think about it. If he has bad intentions for you, you just beat him, right?" Evan asked.

Jules nodded. "Let's get out. I think my head hurts enough to be in this class greeting. Take Jules.

"Come on. Besides, we'll be entering the second lesson soon anyway. Evan replied.

Jules nodded then immediately put his book into his sling bag.

"Jules... you see that? Lucien is talking to Matheo." Evan said pointing at Matheo and Lucien who seemed to be talking in front of their second class.

Jules stopped his steps and then looked at their class

"Looks like he doesn't believe what I'm saying."

"Of course, he doesn't believe it. Besides, you were so determined to use Matheo as a shield."

Jules snorted. "I told you I was just a reflex didn't I?"

"Yes, yes. So shall we just go to class or wait for them to come in?" Evan asked.

"Let's just wait for them to come in," Jules replied to which Evan nodded.

"So how's Jules? Are you sure you're coming to the show tonight?" Evan asked as they had a telephone conversation that morning.

"Yes. I will come." Jules replied casually.

"Are you sure you'll come? What if Lucien embarrasses you later? For the past few days, he's been trying to expose your lies." Evan said doubtfully with Jules' conviction.

"Never mind, you don't need to think about it. If he has bad intentions, that's fine. I have a thousand ways to repay him." Jules said calming Evan's worries.

But how will our friends be suspicious because you didn't come with Matheo?" Evan asked.

"You're thinking too much, Evan. You'd better think about what to wear tonight."

"Huh, fine if that's your decision. I just hope Lucien doesn't mean anything bad to you."

"Are you going to pick me up tonight?" Jules asked changing their conversation.

On the other side, Evan seemed to nod even though Jules couldn't see his movement. "I'll pick you up and come home from Lucien's house you'll sleep with me at my house." Reply to Evan.

"Okay. Then I'll hang up the phone first because I still have a lot of homework that I haven't done." Jules said.

"See you tonight, Jules." Evan, said ending their conversation.

"Evan... Evan... what you should be afraid of is Matheo. Because these few days he's always been trying to strangle me with that cold stare. What's more, lately many of our friends have believed that Matheo and I have a relationship special." Jules grumbled staring at his dead phone screen.

The night arrived. Tonight Jules looks beautiful in a blue shirt tucked into navy jeans that looks perfectly attached to his body. The white pin attached to the right side of his hair also added to Jules' beauty that night, he was indeed a man but had such a beautiful face.

"With a simple appearance like this you already look beautiful, Jules." Evan's tongue clicked as he stared in awe at his best friend's natural beauty.

"You can. You're also beautiful even though I'm prettier." Jules said.

Evan snorted. "Never mind. We'd better get in soon." Invite Evan who Jules nodded.

Jules and Evan entered Lucien's house. A waiter began to direct Jules and Evan towards the side yard where their batch event was being held.

Seeing the arrival of Jules and Evan, suddenly their friends who had arrived also turned their eyes towards them, including a man who had been the center of attention of the people there.

"Jules, did you see that? Matheo is wearing the same color as your pants." Evan whispered in Jules' ear.