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Tommy is having a bad day. Misfortune after misfortune has happened to him since the morning. First, he woke up late because his alarm clock broke thus it didn't rang this morning. Then his car broke down just after he left his garage so he had to take a taxi to go to work. He was about to call his manager that he was going to be late but his phone died after the first ring, he forgot to charge it last night. Tommy is having a bad day but at least he reached his destination in one piece, he tried comforting himself.
Tommy profusely apologized to all the crews and casts for keeping them waiting but no one was actually mad at him. His manager even comforted him but Tommy still felt guilty. He doesn't like troubling people.
He charged his phone and waited till he can power it on, he needs to check his messages and call log. He scanned through the log and saw that he got 10 missed calls from P'aof, his manager, Tommy felt bad even more. He was about to close his phone when he saw a single unopened message on his inbox. It was from an unknown number.
Tommy decided to open the message.
Your word of the day: pulchritude.
"Everytime I see you, I'm always struck by your pulchritude, even when you're covered in sweat or looking sleep deprived. But I think you won't believe me if I ever said that to your face."
Tommy rereads the message, dark brown eyes scanning the text on his phone, before his face turned into a bemused frown. He looked around his surroundings in case his mysterious messenger is staring pointedly at him, but the crews and casts are busy doing their job since the shoot is about to start.
Tommy is called by the make up artist and the stylist to start preparing for the shoot. He politely answered and proceeded to go to where he's instructed to sit. He doesn't want to make any more trouble for the crews so he silently sat on the chair while waiting for the stylist to start. He can't help his mind from wandering to the message he received earlier.
Tommy contemplated if he should ask other people about the meaning of the word but he ultimately decided to spare himself from the embarassment and he likes to keep things to himself.
While the make up artist is applying make up to his face, he reached for his phone and downloaded a dictionary app, he can't sit still until he knows what the word means.
When Tommy found what he was looking for, he wonders if the make up artist noticed his ears burning red.
pul·chri·tude (n.)
/ˈpəlkrəˌt(y)o͞od/—beauty
Tommy is having a bad day but his mysterious sender made it a lot better.
II.
Tommy has no way of finding out who sent the love(?) text to him. He tried texting the number but they never reply. He also tried calling but his calls were all directed to voicemail. He wished he was a professional hacker and trace the number or at least find some helpful clues to the mysterious sender. Other than his secret admirer, Tommy prefers to call them that, is clearly someone he knows and works with during this project, they have no other tell that can hint his or her true identity.
He's currently sitting with his other co-stars having a lunch break. He's staring at the text, trying to find any other clues that he didn't noticed before that can help him identify his secret admirer. Asking for help from the domundi boys is out of the question since they'll never let him hear the end of it if they ever found out. So Tommy resigned to staring at the text message, rereading it over and over and getting butterflies in the process.
Someone called him beautiful and Tommy can't help but break into a smile from that thought. Tommy is a hopeless romantic.
He snapped out of his daydreaming, his smile falling into a frown, when Zee threw a crumpled tissue at him.
"Hey, you're being creepy. Why are you smiling like that? Let me see it."
He heard Zee say while he quickly hide his phone from Zee's prying eyes. The other domundi boys also noticed Tommy's suspicious reaction and joined Zee's charade of trying to grab the phone from Tommy.
"There's nothing! I just read something funny. Go away you bastards!"
But the domundi boys tried harder in grabbing Tommy's phone.
Tommy is screaming and laughing, shouting for the boys to stop.
He saw Jimmy trying to pry the other boys from him.
"Don't push him like that! You might hurt him!" Jimmy said while laughing.
"Jimmyyyyy! Help me!" Tommy screamed for Jimmy's help while struggling to keep the phone from out of the boys' reach, laughing hysterically.
Tommy felt a large body cover him and saw Jimmy hugging him, shielding Tommy from the other boys. Everyone is still laughing but soon change into hoots and whistles.
"You're lucky your husband is here to protect you." Zee jokes as he tried to grab Tommy's phone again.
Tommy stuck his tongue out at the other boys as a retaliation, the boys tried to attack him again in return. He can hear Jimmy's laugh while the taller boy is trying to defend him from the rest of the domundi boy's assault. Tommy likes the current proximity with the younger boy.
III.
Tommy is currently massaging Jimmy's palms since the boy told him that he's already feeling numb. They've been shooting their first kiss scene and they're about to do the 10th take. It's already 1 am in the morning and they still haven't finish shooting. Tommy is feeling exhausted already but Jimmy looked worse.
"Is this good?" Tommy asked the boy while pressing his palms.
"Yes, P'Tom. It feels nice." Jimmy replied with a more relaxed face than before.
"The director said it's the last take for the last angle." Tommy tried cheering him up.
Jimmy smiled at him and patted his head.
Tommy felt his heart flutter. These little moments like these tug at Tommy's heartstrings. Their tight hugs, leaning at each other, shoulder hugs, casual touches, and brush of the arms, those little skinships, feeling Jimmy's soft skin against his, makes Tommy crave for more. He likes being in Jimmy's personal space, smelling jimmy's scent that smells likes flowers and baby powder.
"P'Tom can I stay at your condo tonight? Yours is a lot nearer than my place."
He heard Jimmy said, snapping him from his stupor.
He turned his eyes towards the taller boy, glad that Jimmy is not looking back at him because he's probably looking like a fish out of water right now.
"It's already late, my condo is too far and I'm too tired to go home." Jimmy continued, still looking at Tommy's fingers pressing at his palms.
"Ye-yeah, that's a good idea. You can wear my clothes if you don't have an extra." Tommy tried to sound calm.
This is the first time Jimmy is going to stay over at his place. They did an acting workshop for a whole month and no matter how late they finished, Jimmy always went home. Tommy is not compalining though, he likes the idea of Jimmy staying over. He's feeling a little giddy and a little excited for the shoot to end. He hopes it's not showing on his face because the thought of sleeping next to Jimmy (possibly cuddling) makes Tommy grin like a dork.
After kissing for the tenth time that night, their shoot was finally done. Tommy felt relieved that the last shoot went well and they didn't have to retake another shot. Everyone looks exhausted but delighted that the day was finally over. He turned his head at the approaching Jimmy aiming for a hug and walk towards him to meet the taller boy halfway to reciprocate it.
"We're finally done! Yaayyy!" Jimmy said while hugging Tommy, the both of them jumping and laughing, celebrating their little victory for today.
Tommy saw some people already leaving for home. He decided to prepare his things and instructed Jimmy to prepare to leave as well.
Tommy was in the middle of putting his belongings inside his bag when he noticed his phone lighting up, signaling that he just received a message. He finished what he's doing first before picking his phone up, thinking that it wasn't as urgent as going home as soon as possible. Well, Tommy realized how wrong he was when he finally opened his phone. He read the familiar opening of the text message, the anticipation bubbling in his chest.
Your second word of the day:........