Chresanto was annoyed. Justine was pressed up against him as they walked down the outlet mall strip. He was annoyed at her holding his hand and he was annoyed that he was even off the tour bus.
"I think I'm ready to go back. We don't get much free time and I'd rather not waste it walking around aimlessly." Chresanto groaned stopping. "You know we have to be seen out at least once a week." She frowned.
Chresanto threw his head back. "Can we just kiss and go back?" Chresanto groaned again. "Hush. I can't deal with your whining. Let's shop around for awhile kiss a few times and then head back. We want to make it convincing, right?" Chresanto groaned and Justine pulled him into some store. "We should get matching outfits so we can be that couple."
"No. I'm not doing that." Chresanto shook his head. "Would you if I were Jacob?" Justine asked. "What do you mean?" Chresanto stopped her and made her turn to him. She shrugged. "What do you mean, Justine?"
"I saw you and Jacob last night and I know you had something together. You let him listen to your song and he yelled at you saying it was about him and then I took your phone while you were sleeping and listened to it. You guys had something together." Justine said. Chresanto just sighed. "What do you want?"
"Huh?"
"What do you want to keep this a secret?" Chresanto asked. Justine chuckled. "Marry me."
Chresanto gasped. "Marry you? What? Are you crazy?"
"It's clear that Jacob's over you and it'll boost both of our publicities. It's a great idea. We both want this. And you need this. We wouldn't want something like this coming out when your album's about to drop. It could be bad for album sales." Justine said. "Marriage is a huge thing. You can't settle for something smaller? I don't take marriage lightly."
"I think we're a perfect couple." Justine shrugged turning towards the clothing rack. "What's more important to you? Your reputation and career or a boy, who's taken, that could possibly not even reciprocate your feelings anymore."
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"Justine Skye and Chresanto August spotted ring shopping. We certainly hear bells!"
Jacob doesn't know why he does this to himself. He should know by now that nothing good comes out of watching these celebrity news shows. And he doesn't understand why he gets a little upset hearing that they'd been shopping for rings. He also feels a bit guilty. He went off on Chresanto the other night not even giving him the chance to speak and explain himself to probably say that that was his way of moving on and getting over Jacob.
Then he's sad. Chresanto's getting over him. Of course he didn't expect him to be hung up on him forever, but he had an inkling of hope that maybe Chresanto would stop hiding from who he was and they'd be able to be together, but apparently there shouldn't have ever been any hope that that would happen. He wants to marry Justine. Or do something with her. Why else do you buy rings?
"Babe, you alright?" Frank asked. Jacob hummed. "You know when you said you'd pull the song and we could go home?"
"Do you want me to?" Jacob thought about it for a moment. This was the only way he knew how to even start getting over Chresanto. "Yes. I want to go home and I want you there with me."
"I'll do it, baby. Whatever you want." Frank grabbed his hand and kissed it then kissed his cheek. "I love you."
"I love you, too."
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"Chresanto." Jacob said quietly. "Jacob? Jacob what are you doing here?" Chresanto asks. "Frank had to go to some meetings and is wanted to talk to you."
"Yeah? Sit down anywhere you'd like. I'm listening." Chresanto smiled. "I asked Frank to pull his song and we're gonna go home." Jacob mumbled. "What? Why'd you do that?"
"I can't be here to see you and Justine do whatever it is you two are doing. I thought I could handle it because it's been so long, but I can't. I can't put myself through this. I'm not over you."
"You're what?" Chresanto asked. "Are you and Justine gonna get married?"
"Jacob you're not over me?" Chresanto asked. "Are you going to marry Justine?"
"Jacob, I love you. You know that?" Chresanto said getting up and going to kneel in front of Jacob. "I love you so much." He pulled Jacob's face downs to his and kissed him hard. Jacob didn't hesitate at all as he fell back into the familiar trance. "I love you so much." Chresanto breathed between pecks to Jacob's lips.
Jacob let Chresanto push him back onto the bed. He wanted this. This was his closure. He needed this.
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"I love you." Chresanto kissed Jacob's neck. "Do you really? Do you love me enough to come out to the world for me?"
Chresanto sighed. "My album is coming out soon, it isn't a good business move."
Jacob stood up and started gathering his clothes. "Jacob, I love you."
"You don't. You love this. Whatever this is. You don't love me. If you did, you wouldn't let anything stop you from wanting to be with me." Jacob pulled on his pants. "I'm getting married." Chresanto answered his question from earlier. Jacob just continued picking up and putting on his clothes. "Say something."
"I hope you're happy."
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"Alright baby, let's go. Everything is finalized and all the bags are packed. We're ready to go." Frank smiled. Jacob smiled and stood up and kissed his cheek. "Thank you Frank."
"The car's waiting I'll bring out the bags."
Jacob stepped down the steps and instantly saw Justine and Chresanto standing a ways off. They both waved at him as he got into the car. He pretended he hadn't seen them and shut the door. There was a driver in all black sitting in the drivers seat who nodded a greeting at him through the mirror and he smiled slightly. He pulled out his phone before he heard the radio quietly.
"We've got news about Justine and Chresanto. As you probably know the couple was seen early ring shopping and amidst the engagement rumors, she posted a picture to her snapchat that said "Its true" on it before later uploading the same picture to Twitter. We can't really say whether this is meant as a confirmation to the rumors because she didn't add any emojis or show off a ring, but we are almost 90% sure she was alluding to the rumors. Tweet your thoughts using the hashtag #ShowUsTheRingJustine"
"Could you please turn that off?" Jacob asked. The driver nodded and Jacob slouched into the seat and pulled out his earphones. "Thank you."
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I haven't updated in so long and I know y'all hate me. But lay it on me easy. I'm just a human bean. :)
