Kevin heard the part of his face where he had been slapped as he stared at his presumed girlfriend. He would never have believed that their always sort of unhealthy relationship would deteriorate further as he had always hoped that since she agreed to date him, she probably loved him and would come to terms with how to treat him right. But clearly, that was something not short of a dream too good to come true.
"No leave before I do something stupid." she yelled at him.
"But I'm your boyfriend Vane, you shouldn't do this to me." Kevin said but shamefully he could feel tears rolling out of his eyes. He did not want to cry. He was not planning on crying but the pain of the dawning fact that he was just seemingly useless and not man enough to fight was painful. But her voice snapped him off his thoughts as she laughed.
"Boyfriend you say? Sad to think that a geek like you would think that." she said and looked at the other guy still seated on her bed before turning again to him.
"Is this because of him? Because of the rolex? I could get you one if you wish." Kevin said to her sadly and in tears.
"Wait a second, you still think this is about a watch?" she asked.
"What else would it be?" Kevin asked her.
"Alright dummy, I'll spell it out for you since you do not see the handwriting on the wall. But first, even if you save you paycheck for a year from that silly lab of yours, you'd never afford anything near what he has. Why do you think I agreed to date you even?" she asked.
"Because... because you love me. You said so yourself Vanessa. At the games. You said you love me." Kevin said feeling frustrated and ashamed now. He looked behind him when he felt the feeling of being watched and realized that some others from the party had covered the entrance and someone was making a video of the situation.
"I say a lot of things when I'm playing, Kevin." Vanessa said to him in the most hurtful way possible.
"What? A game?" Kevin asked her startled.
"Yes Kevin. Else what would I be doing with a sissy. You're just a jock with a big dick that cannot even last on bed Kevin. Remember the night at the games? Yes, when I told you whatever it is you think I did?" she asked him.
"Yes..." he managed to say.
"I recall seeing how aroused you were watching us cheerleaders do our thing. I saw how big it was but not how useless it is. Like tell me ladies and gentlemen, what man would let his girlfriend put him on chastity belt every week if not a sissy?" she asked loudly and everyone laughed.
Kevin could no longer bear it and made for the entrance when she called him.
"Aren't you forgetting something, sissy?"
"What is it?" he asked turning to face her.
She walked towards the side drawer and brought out a key which she wriggled up in front of him. He recognized that key quite alright and was hoping it was not what he was thinking.
"My chastity belt. I'd be needing it. Here's the key." she said to him.
"Right here and now?" he asked softly.
"I don't care where, give me the chastity belt." she said to him and gave him the key.
Kevin was so ashamed but he had the feeling that if he tried to walk away, they would gang up on him.
"May...may I use your bathroom?" he asked in half a whisper.
She sighed and walked over to the guy on the bed and sat on his lap.
"Suite yourself." she said.
Kevin shamefully dragged himself along as he made for the bathroom. He heard the whispering behind him but he was clouded and blinded by tears. Getting into the bathroom, he took off his pants and unlocked the damn thing. He could not believe he had agreed and gone all this far just to please her. They had initially agreed never to reveal this to anyone but clearly, she should never have been trusted. What had he been thinking that she would change and love him forever. There was no happily ever after. At least not for people like him. He took it off and then cleaned his eyes after dressing up. One glance at how silly he looked in the mirror, Kevin stepped out holding the objects in his hand. There were gasps.
"So he was wearing a chastity..." someone was whispering.
"Damn, Vanessa is the boss truly." Another said.
"Here." Kevin said and dropped it on the table quickly. He did not wait further as he pushed through the group of persons and ran away.
He needed to get back to the laboratory and perhaps meet up with her best friend, Jean. The lady was really busy at the lab and had not come yet to the party. She had always been the one on the top of the support for their relationship. He tripped once as he ran, earning himself an extra bruise to his broken nose. A crack appeared on his glasses as he continued running away until he found a cab. The man looked at him awkwardly but eventually he arrived his destination and zoomed out.
"Hey kid, trying to run with my money?" the man yelled after him.
"Sorry. I totally forgot." Kevin said as he returned with the money.
"Jeez, you look awful kid." the man said.
"I know." Kevin said as he ran inside.
He got to the floor where Jean normally worked and luckily he met her but she was with two other colleagues of his. He called her.
"Jean, may I talk to you please?" he asked.
"Oh, I was about to call you Kevin. Tell me, does it hurt wearing a chastity?" she said, turning her phone and he saw what they were watching.
It was the video from the birthday party a few moments ago and someone had uploaded it or perhaps shared it around. The two colleagues started laughing as Jean started walking towards him.
"So what did you want to talk to me about?" she asked him.
The humiliation was unbearable and he was shaking all over now and sweaty. They were all laughing now and saying things at random. Ashamed of himself, Kevin turned and ran away until he got into the store room.
He had just entered without realizing there was a fluid that had poured in the dark space when he slipped and tripped,. landing on his head.
He blacked out.
It was a couple of moments later, probably way over thirty minutes before he woke up. His head hurt and he managed to sit up as he rubbed his throbbing head.
"Host detected!!! Beauties picking system activated in 1%..." a computerized voice said out of the blues.
"Who's there?" Kevin asked.
"10%...89%...100%... system uploaded." It continued.
It took a moment and he realized it was coming from his head. Kevin was scared if he was going mad.
"Who are you? What are you?" he demanded, holding his head in his hands but then suddenly it spoke again.
"Now find a beauty and make her fall in love with you in 72 hours." it said.
Kevin tripped but he managed to dash out of the storage but when he came outside, he realized something.
Each time he stares at a woman, he could see a series of computerized numbers weighing her beauty standards in percentage.
This was definitely doom.
Find a beauty, the voice had said but right now, Kevin was in a whirlpool world of his own. He could not believe his eyes at what he was seeing but decided that he probably had hit his head really hard to an extent he was beginning to see things. He decided that he would get him first and get some sleep and so by the morning when he wakes up, it would all have cleared out. The time already was a quarter past eleven pm and he had managed to sneak out of the storage and made for the elevator immediately. Luckily he was the only one in there but more awkward for him was the fact that the moment he stepped out of the laboratory building, Kevin was pretty much shocked to see Jean and the other ladies. They were staring at each other's phones and gigging. He needed no soothsayer to tell him that it still was his video they were watching. He needed to get a cab but apparently with them standing out there, it would be really impossible for him. Kevin decided on walking away from them. He was
Kevin stood there not really understanding what the system was implying. He looked behind him and all he could see was the painting boards and various artistic crafts. It the struck him, what to do and almost automatically, Kevin turned back. He could still feel curious eyes boring into his very being as he walked past them all. There were whisperings here and whisperings there but he cared less now. All his life has been filled of whisperings as people taunted him through that. He knew no one cared about his feelings whatsoever and just continued inside. Kevin looked around and then he saw one of which that was having a clear view of what he wanted to see. Kevin walked over, sat on the bench and then he picked up the paint brush. He sat down suddenly like a pro and it came to him, that painting he wanted to make. He had never been a painter all his life which made it surprising when his hands started working. He kept switching brushes and paints but still he could not see how what
Kevin was in a dilemma. He sure as hell wanted to be as handsome and as dashing as a model which would attract girls but then he recalled Mickey, the guy from his ex-girlfriend's party. He was not that good looking but clearly he had ample amount of cash to throw around which was why he had Vanessa all over him. He did not want to be the broke yet handsome jock but even more, he was scared that he would change totally to a complete stranger."Money." he muttered under his breath.The moment he said that, he was waiting patiently for the money to probably fall from above but nothing happened. He started counting the seconds and by the time he was reaching sixty seconds, he was already nearly giving hope as it felt like a really long time when at exactly one minute, his phone chimed his message tone. Kevin wondered who it was as he reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone. He was met with a total shocker as well as surprise which he found hard to believe.There was an alert mess
Kevin had never felt more satisfied in his entire life by an event reoccurring as he felt about this one. He could not believe that simply accomplishing a task could get him this great deal of fortune. He had gone back home that day and did not return to the lab as he had school the next day.Waking up that morning, Kevin was actually feeling skeptical as to whether or not he should continue on his way to school or not. This fear was arising from the fact that he recalled that a video had been made the night of Vanessa's birthday and by now, it should have circulated all round the school. He wished now more than ever that the system could assist him with an option to get the videos deleted. He would readily do anything for that to happen but that morning when he had woken up, he saw nothing from the system. Kevin decided to just get ready for school with great hopes that perhaps when he gets out to the public, a task would present itself.Kevin took his bath quickly and stared at his
"Well, well, well... what have we here? If it's not sissy Kevin." the irritating guy began.Kevin had not expected that the object of his humiliation would still haunt him after the video upload. He was not in the mood to entertain his troubles at the moment. All he had wanted was so he could complete yet another task given to him by the system and see if he would get another opportunity at picking a gift again. This was merely the second level and he would very much rather that he does not accustom blockages. Not even ones that looked like his ex girlfriend's hooker. He faced him now and the young man started laughing."Listen, I don't want any trouble." Kevin said."Oh, the sissy has grown balls and now talks back." he yelled and everyone started laughing."Yeah, whatever you say but leave me alone." Kevin said to him."And you think I would do that because he simply asked? You should have known better." Mickey said to him.Kevin stood there seeking for the right words to tell him w
"Seriously Alice? I initially thought you were joking about going on a date with Kevin. Yet, here you are getting all ready and set for him. Have you no shame?" Vanessa was asking her cousin.She had actually been meaning to talk to her about it but eventually decided to watch instead as she strongly believed that her sister would stand him up. They had gone about their normal activities after school but what seemed shockingly baffling to her right now was the fact that Alice was indeed getting ready for her so-called date with Kevin. She felt really angry and if she was being honest with herself, she was jealous.Of Kevin, no. But the fact that Alice had moved over to their county and resumed in her school was really upsetting. She had seen how Alice had managed to get everyone to stare at her including Mickey. She could tell from the way he was staring at her that he too was overcome by lust and she might start living in the shadows of her own sister. Then it got worse when even her
He made up his mind eventually as he had stuff to do. Kevin had managed to put himself in order and looked at the mirror, although he was not impressed seeing himself, he was okay with his looks. At least, he could pass for a person's date. He stood in front of the mirror as he now tried rehearsing how he would talk to her when he saw her that evening. He practiced smiles and gestures but then, his soul was dampened and his eyes lowered. He was not at all confident and was wondering how he would pull this off when his eyes fell on his wrist watch. The time was already going fast and he needed to get her to go on this date with him. He quickly buttoned his shirt sleeves and grabbed his jacket as he stepped out onto the street.Kevin knew that he would be spending a lot at the hotel but he just needed to get the right cab that would fit into his budget. He glanced around until he found one that seemed to suit his purpose. The cab driver was sleeping from the obvious boredom of having no
"We're here." The cab man said as they arrived in front of the really big five star hotel."Thank you, good sir." Kevin said as he paid the man up and watched as Alice got off from her side of the car. Initially, he had been expecting that she would wait so he could go round and open the door for her as that was something he usually did with Vanessa back in the days.She would sit back in the car and wait on him to come get her side of the door but clearly, Alice was different. He smiled at her and watched as the driver zoomed off with the car before going to stand shyly beside her."We're here." He muttered barely audible."Yes. I sort of doubted you when you said we would be coming here actually." She said with a smile."Really? I do hope you are happy with what you see." He said to her."Oh, trust me, I am pleased with everything. I should apologize to you for doubting your capabilities." She said to him. She knew her mode of attack would be to play him smooth."Well, you did give