Love Like Chocolate [BoyxBoy]

The List to Perfection

The smell of chocolate filled the air of the kitchen. Vincent was making chocolate bars just to ease his mind. He kept on thinking what happened at Lance's car, his heart would still pound every time he would remember it. "Hey! It's already boiling!" Vincent heard Jovan shout. He was so deep in thought that he forgot about the chocolate. He turned the stove off in a hurry, he was still a little bit dazed. "What's wrong with you? You are so out of it. You've been daydreaming ever since you got home. I bet you haven't even heard anything that we said."

Jovan pulled him out of the kitchen and made him sit on the sofa.

Melissa and Abby were talking in the living room, and was surprised to see Jovan making Vincent sit down.

Vincent was staying at Melissa's place before he finds his own apartment. Vincent wanted to find his own place as soon as he can, but Melissa says that she doesn't mind at all.

"Now talk." Jovan said as he sat down beside Abby.

"What's wrong?" Abby asked.

"He almost ruined his chocolate." Jovan said plainly.

For Vincent, in making chocolate, everything has its perfect timing. From the roasting of the cocoa beans, to the mixing of ingredients, to the boiling of chocolates, everything must be coordinated. Vincent is very particular in making chocolates; he is always so focused and concentrated. Making chocolates is like a ritual to him that needs to be observed and respected properly.

"Really? Something must have happened at work. Tell us, didn't you came home early, did something happen, is that why? Were you fired?" Melissa asked very curious.

Vincent sighed and told them everything that Lance told him, except that he didn't mention that it was Lance that told him that. He didn't want them to make a big fuss over it.

"What kind of a guy is he?" Melissa asked, clearly excited.

Vincent thought for a while. He wasn't sure how to describe Lance properly. He thought of him and started talking. "He is a guy that wouldn't think twice of helping someone in need." He said, remembering when Lance helped him at the club. "It seems that everyone thinks highly of him. Everyone who knows him says that he is really nice. But to me, he is simply too honest, to the point that he makes himself look childish and petty. He is so honest that he doesn't even realize that he is showing what he really feels thru his actions." Vincent remembered Lance being angry after he went back for lunch; he realized that Lance might be jealous because he went out with Haley. "He is someone who could easily admit his wrongs, someone that is sincere in his every word, and you could really feel that in the way he speaks." Vincent thought of how Lance confessed why he haven't read his resume and apologized for it.

"So you like him." Abigail said with a smile. Vincent became more confused after hearing that.

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"I don't date people like you." Lance said as he drank his scotch in his own bar. William was drinking with him at that time. "That's what that person told me after I confessed."

Lance never expected that kind of reply, he never even had someone told him that before. He was supposed to feel bad after hearing that, supposed to feel insulted, but the way Vince said it made an impression on him. Vincent didn't look at him and avoided his eyes, and his voice was soft and almost sad.

William laughed. "What an interesting woman."

"Huh?" Lance was dumbfounded. He had never said to William that he confessed to Vince, much more that he confessed to a guy. He wasn't embarrassed or ashamed about it, he was just worried about Vincent; he didn't want him to be uncomfortable in any way.