“Oh? Me? Specifically me? The villain? Hah! Darling you got it all wrong!” I put my hands on his shoulders, he flinched. “You were a threat. Let’s say this, I garden for a lovely man and I find a weed. What will I do? I need to get rid of it. Do you wanna know why?” I leaned to whisper in his ear “It’ll ruin our garden,” I slipped on black gloves. “The lovely man is Danny, the garden is our love,” I reached for my suitcase and grabbed it, “You’re the weed.” I said, smirking at him. “YOU’RE INSANE!” I put my index finger on his lips, shushing him “Maybe I am,” he looked horrified. I put a blindfold on him. “Scream all you want, this place is soundproof.” I opened the suitcase and he wiggled trying to escape but he couldn’t ‘cause he was chained to a chair. “Kid, where are your manners?!” I crossed my arms and sighed, playfully pouting. “I was nice enough to let you live after that highly pitched scream.” I looked back at him then pulled out a gun from my suitcase. “Now say good night, dear.” with that I blasted his brains.  You are probably wondering, who is this mystery lady? Why’d she kill him? When did books become so interesting?! Okay first of all I am NOT a girl, I am male not female PURE MALE, second of all you’ll find out why I killed him in the future, and third of all I’m Alex. PS. Books aren’t interesting but mine are because I’m amazing.  Let’s rewind a bit, school. School was hell until the love of my life enrolled. Daniel Ryan Owens.  Oh man where do I even begin he’s respectful,handsome, gentle, and a TOTAL sweetheart. If you were to pull out a main character from one of those cheesy romance novels that’ll be him.   “Class this our new exchange student. His name is Daniel.  He’s from Korea. He'll be joining our class” Ms. Jelavić announced. “Go sit next to Alexander '' she said pointing to the empty seat next to me.  We locked eyes for a few seconds then I looked away blushing. He smirked and walked next to me and I swear I saw him wink. I was about to pass out in my seat. Ms Jelavić started teaching and I saw from the corner of my eye Daniel staring at me. He started writing and passed a note to me. “Hey~”  the note said. I blushed “Hiya!” I responded

Daniel: How are you, pretty boy?

Me: Hehe I’m great how are you?

Daniel: I’m good as well, but if you wouldn’t mind me asking do you have an interest in boys?

Before I could answer Ms Jelavić called my name\, “Alex solve for x” she said motioning for me to come solve the problem. I walked up to the question “2^2(x+3)+9-5=?”  I thought for a bit 32. “The answer is simply 32.” I said looking up at her “You didn’t even write it out\, how are you for sure?”  she asked “I don’t need to\, do it yourself” with that I walked back to my desk. She pulled out a sheet of paper and 3 minutes later she looked at me “Sir you are most definitely right” she said\, impressed. “I know” I pulled the note out to respond but then the bell rang. “Dang it '' I said to myself. I grabbed my stuff and got up to leave. I put some books in my locker but when I closed it  Daniel was standing right there. I gasped in surprise and almost fell back. He caught me just in time “Whoa there. You okay?” he asked. “Y-Yeah I’m fine oh and about the letter I’m actually queer so I do have interest in boys” I said with a soft smile. “Oh cool” he said rubbing the back of his head “I wanted to know if you would be um interested in coming to dinner with me on Saturday”  he said looking away blushing. “OF COURSE! W-Wait I-I mean y-yeah” I sounded so dumb “Great then can I have your number?” he asked. “Oh yeah it’s 729-xxx-xxxx do you want me to write that down?”  I asked “No it’s fine so wanna get lunch?” he asked “Sure!”  I said. We ate and left. After school I walked out then I felt a drop on my nose. I looked up and it started pouring rain. I sighed. I felt a shade on top of me. I looked up and saw Daniel “You forgot your umbrella today didn’t you?” he asked with a chuckle. “Yup!” I said. “I can give you a ride home\,” he said\, handing me his umbrella.  “Yeah that’ll be great\, my parents won’t be home so they can’t get me a ride home” I told him fixing my flower crown. “Oh I don’t want you to be alone so would you like to crash at my house?” he asked. I blushed but hid my face “Are you sure? I don’t want to be too much and-” before I can finish he puts his index finger on my mouth “Hush dear\, it’ll be fine” he said. I nodded and he showed me the way to his car. He opened the door for me and I smiled. I got in and he started driving. I guess he saw me shivering cause he gave me his coat. I wrapped it around my body “Thank you\~!” I said with a soft smile. “No problem\,” he said\, focusing on the road. “Hey Daniel\, are you comfortable with me giving you a nickname?” I asked\, as he pulled up to the garage. “Of course not\,” he said. He parked. “How does Danny sound?” I asked. “It sounds wonderful\,” he said\, opening the door for me. We walked in and a young aged woman came up to us\, she was probably in her 20s. “Ooh hubby look! Dan has a boy over!” She called out to a man (probably her husband) also probably in his 20s. He came down stairs and looked at me and smiled “Hey there bud!” he said with a friendly smile. I waved “Heya.” Danny looked at his parents blushing of embarrassment “Mom dad not now” he said without an expression. “Ok ok fiiine you boys have fun\,” his mom said waving and walking away. Danny showed me his room and showed me around the house. After his parents went to bed me and him went to the living room to watch netflix. “Danny?” “Yes?” “Can we make a fort?” “Of course dear” I grabbed blankets and we made our forts. After we were inside I looked around “Wait- where the frick frack tic tac nick nack pollywack guy name jack are the stuffies at?!” I asked\, looking at him. “Darling\, we don’t have stuffed friends\,” he said. Suddenly a loud crash was heard. I jumped into his arms\, “Wait\, Alex are you scared of thunder?” he asked as I squeezed on to him. I slowly nodded my head. “But you’re 15-” he said. I don’t blame him for being confused\, I mean who wouldn’t be. “I-I know…” I said feeling a bit ashamed. “...I don’t like sleeping at night while it’s thundering” *BOOM BOOM* I flinched\, still holding onto him. He wrapped his arms around me\, holding me gently. He was warm and so gentle. “Don’t worry\, I’ll protect you with all of my life” he said looking down at me. I shortly fell asleep when I woke up. I noticed I was curled up next to Danny. He looked at me\, “Oh\, morning dear.” I rubbed my eyes and yawned “Morning Danny” then we both noticed a note and picture. I picked up the note and he got the picture. “Dear Dan and Alex\, me and dad woke up and saw you guys curled up together so I just had to take a picture we’re going to be gone for a while\, don't misbehave\, we'll be home soon\, Love mom and dad Ps. Alex you can call us Jaiden and Devlin”  I read out loud. I looked at Danny “I wanna see the picture” I said with eyes wide. “No no no no you will not be seeing this.” I leaped at him “LeT mE sEe ThAt PiCtUrE!” I yelled. He crawled out of the fort and I ran after him. “GIMME GIMME!” I said running. “NO!” he yelled back

“LEMME ME SEE!”

“NOPE NO NO NOOOO”

“WHY NOT?!”  I tackled him to the ground

“UGHHHH PRETTY BOY I DON'T WANNA FIGHT YOU”

“THEN LEMME SEE!”

He eventually gave up and gave it to me “Hehe you sweepy boi” I said with a giggle. “Tch” I giggled “Also do you want your coat back?” I asked, tilting my head to the side. “Oh no you can keep it, I mean I have the picture to keep after all” he said, chuckling. “Wait, what day is it?” I asked getting up. “Oh it’s Saturday,” he said looking at his watch. “Then are we still on for dinner?” I asked. “Oh, of course,” he said smiling. He’s so handsome!

I can already feel myself falling for him, it’s only been 2 days since we met and I’m addicted. I’m addicted to him, his voice, his gentleness, he’s everything I want. He’s not the type to treat me badly. I know it. “Oh that’s great, so do you want me to stay or go home?” I asked. “Whatever you prefer,” he said. “Oh I don’t want to be a bother so I’ll-” he interrupted. “Darling, who said you were a bother?”  he said, lifting up my chin. I blushed dark red. “O-Oh I- Just-” I stuttered sounding pretty dumb. “Hehe you’re really cute ya know” he said and then I saw it. He winked not a mind trick, he actually winked. “I-” I couldn’t say anything. I wanted to say something. Anything, anything in this world but I couldn’t say a word. He let go of my chin then smiled. “Hah sorry I couldn’t help myself,” he said with a smile. “I-I-It’s f-f-fine” I said still blushing. I called my mom as Danny put away our blankets and pillow from last night’s fort. “Hey Mom, I'm gonna spend the day at my friend's house.” I said on the phone. “Is it a boy or a girl?” she asked. “Girl” I responded. “Okay bye” and with that she just hung up. Danny looked at me, “Why’d you tell her I was a girl?” he asked. “Oh well it’s kind of a funny story” I said. Danny scooped me up bridal style and sat me down on the couch. He sat next to me “It’s story time” he said grabbing a pillow. “Well when I came out to my mom as queer she didn’t like the idea.  She told me it was a sin and gays are the reason society is so screwed up now. She also threatened to kick me out” I said. Danny pulled me into a hug, “I understand, I’m so sorry to hear that. If you don’t mind me asking what did your father think about it?” he asked. I hugged him back, “Oh, my dad left me when I was only 5,” I told him. I don’t know if I should be telling him this. I was always told not to tell anyone stuff like this, but I trusted Danny. I know I’ve only known him for 2 days but it felt like years since we knew each other. I don’t know if I’m making the right choice. “Oh my, I’m so sorry to hear that.” he said. “It’s fine, it wasn’t your fault.” I said, letting go. “Crap, I didn’t bring any clothes,” I said, embarrassed.  “No worries darling, you can borrow some of mine!” he said with a charming smile. God why is he so damn perfect?! “Y-You sure?” I asked. “Yup, I’m positive!” he said. We went up to his room and I picked out the smallest suit I could find, because well he was more muscular than me. I walked out of the changing room and looked up at him. He folded my sleeves, patted my head, and put my flower crown on. “It’s a little big but that’s fine,” he said looking at the suit. I smiled, “Thank you”.  He got ready and I did my stuff like brush my teeth, my hair ect. After we were done he led me to his car, he opened the door for me and when I got in he put a blindfold on me. “Huh? What’s this?”  I asked. “A blindfold, I don’t wanna ruin our surprise.” he said, starting to drive. I chuckled.  He stopped and I heard him open my door. He gently gripped my hand, “Darling I’m gonna need to pick you up in public, do I have your consent?” he asked. I blushed not knowing what my future has for me. “Oh yeah you have full consent” I said, a bit confused. He picked me up and walked inside. I heard a lot of chatter. He sat me down and then he took off my blindfold. “Ta daaa!” he said with a smile. I looked around and it was very fancy. “Where are we? I love it but where are we?” I was still confused. “Cafe Matisse,” he replied. I had a confused look on my face. “Have you never been here?” he asked. I shook my head. “Oh lord, well it’s one of my favorite places.” he said. A waiter came over to us. “So what would you fine couple like to eat?” he asked. I was about to correct him but Danny whispered to me “It’s rude to correct a waiter.” he told me. I nodded and ordered. After we finished we were about to leave but something came on the loudspeaker. “We are now having our slow dance in 5 minutes” it said. Danny looked at me in a kind of way asking if we could stay, I nodded.

After 4 minutes he held out his hand “Let’s go” I looked at him. “But I wanna watch the dancers,” I told him. “Don’t you wanna go dancing though?” he asked. “Oh yeah I do….. But I don't know how to dance” I said, feeling embarrassed. “No worries dear, I can teach you” he said, with a smile. “You sure?” I asked. “Of course,” he said.  “So, may I have this dance pumpkin?”  he asked. I nodded and he gripped my hand. We walked to the dance floor. “So uh how do you do this?” I asked him. “Okay place your hand on my shoulder.” he instructed. I put my hand on his shoulder. “Is this okay?” I asked. “Yes, that's perfect,” he said. He gripped my waist with his arm. He held my hand up with his. “Okay now just follow my lead.” He started swaying and so did I. He looked into my eyes with a smile. Oh this moment was just so perfect! Suddenly I heard someone say something. “HEY WHAT ARE YOU CRIMINALS DOING?! SOMEONE CALL THE POLICE!” Me and Danny looked horrified. Everyone started freaking out then she pointed at us. “YOU CRIMINALS ARE SINNING!” she yelled. We were confused and then it hit me. We were both guys, slow dancing, like a couple. Before I could say something Danny walked up to her still holding my hand, “Maam, please refrain from calling us criminals.” he told her. I can see the anger in his eyes flaming. “No I’m not gonna listen to a criminal SOMEONE LOCK EM UP!” she yelled again. “Do you realize what you’re doing? Not only are you embarrassing yourself but you interrupted a whole restaurant.” he said with a small growl.  “BUT YOU GUYS ARE SINNING THE BIBLE IS AGAINST IT!” she screamed. He chuckled and smiled slowly at her, his smile, it looked evil and sinister. “Do you even know what people have gone through just for love?  Protest after protest, people were killed just for love. Guess what. We won our rights. Also for your information it was only one single line in the bible and if we don’t sin a little god died for nothing.” he said with a scoff. She was speechless. “Tch” he held my hand and walked out disappointed. I called my mom telling her I’m staying another night. We walked inside. Jaiden tried telling Danny something but he just stormed off. “Hey Alex. What’s wrong with Dan?” Devlin asked. “Oh well you see” I explained to them what happened. “I’m so sorry to hear that.” they said. “It’s fine,” I told them. I walked up the stairs to Danny’s room. I knocked on the door.  “Hey Danny, may I come in?” I asked. “Yes you may darling.” I walked in and he was laying on his bed with his head planted into his pillow. I sat on his bed, “Hey you okay?” I asked. He pulled me into a hug, so we were both lying down now. “Darling I am so so so sorry.” he said, playing with my hair, not to comfort me but more to comfort himself. “No no it’s fine it wasn’t your fault I had a brilliant time,” I said looking up at him. He nodded and silence just filled the room. He eventually fell asleep. I walked down the stairs. Jaiden and Devlin fell asleep on each other’s shoulders. I went to the kitchen and grabbed one of their kitchen knives, I looked at it, I saw my reflection, I thought about earlier, the homophobic lady, she couldn’t go unpunished, she hurt Danny. I gritted my teeth and gripped it harder. I went up to the room to go out from the window.  I saw that he was asleep. I jumped out the window and ran. I don’t think she recognized me but I did. She was my neighbor so I know exactly where she lives. I ran past my house without anybody noticing. I jumped her fence and ran to the backyard. I tried opening the back door and gladly opened it. I walked in holding the knife with black gloves on. She saw me and screamed but she couldn't for long cause I ran over and covered her mouth. “Say good night, dear,”  I said, then slit her throat.  I liked the feeling. I wasn’t crazy. I hate the fact of killing but I LOVE the fact of killing for danny. Oh my I can see her still breathing and I don’t wanna stop the fun. I kept stabbing her over and over again while laughing.  Even after she stopped breathing I kept stabbing. “IF I SINNED THEN I GUESS I’LL SEE YOU IN HELL”

I laughed and laughed. I looked at myself and my reflection from the knife. I giggled and licked the blood off. I went to the washroom and looked at the outfit. I was wearing. I sighed, “Dang it.” I took off the shirt and washed it in the sink. I came back to Danny’s house still unnoticed. I climbed back into the window and layed back on the bed. I curled up next to Danny. He wrapped his arms around me, “Where’d you go?” he asked sleepily. “Nowhere important dear.” I said playing with his hair. He smiled. Me and Danny went out a few times. I spent a lot of my time at his house. Everyday I fell for him more and more. Me and Danny were walking in the halls and suddenly a guy bumped into Danny. He was about to fall to the ground then suddenly Danny caught him. “Oh lord are you okay?” Danny asked. “Y-Yeah I’m okay. Thank you muffin- WAIT NO I MEAN CUPCAKE NO HANDSOME UH SORRY!” and with that he ran off blushing. Before he could run off Danny grabbed his hand. “And where do you think you’re going?” Danny asked. He looked at him in a flirtatious way. “Well if you want me to stay I can~” the guy said. Danny got the hint that he was flirting so he literally pinned him to one of the lockers then lifted up his chin and started flirting back! And I was just there watching them! I was filled with anger. I couldn’t bear it. I walked home and they didn’t even notice I was gone. It was weird walking home alone cause I usually walk home with danny. I didn't like this feeling. I hated it. I went inside and slammed the door. My mom had a guy in the house but I didn’t care. He was just another one.  I went to my room to watch tv. I heard sirens and suddenly cops surrounded the neighbors house. I looked out the window and smiled. “HAH! IT’S BEEN A WHOLE MONTH AND THEY BARELY FOUND THE BODY! I WIN!” I thought to myself. But little did I know that was just the beginning. A few weeks later the cops came to my house. “Alexander Cherry Touya, we need to bring you in for questioning.” the cops said. My mom just gave me a look in a way of asking “What the hell did you do?”. I put on my shoes and came with them.  “Where were you on the night of Saturday the 19th?” a male cop asked me. “Cafe Matisse.” I said, staring blankly at them. “Do you have proof?” he asked. “Yes, if you’d let me call my friend he was there with me.” I told them. “May I pull out my phone to call him?” I asked. “No, we’ll call him,” he said. The female cop pulled out my phone from my pocket. “He’s labeled under Danny Phantom Exe.” I told them. They found out how to unlock my phone and they called him.

“Hello? Is this Daniel?”

“It is indeed. And who is this?”

“This is the police where were you and Alexander on the night of Saturday the 19th?”

“We were at Cafe Matisse and my house.”

“Okay thank you that’s all we need to know.”

“Wait, is he okay?”

“Yes he is safe.” and with that they hung up.  They took me home and my mom ran up to me. “WHAT DID YOU DO?!” she asked. I looked at her and just went to my room. She yelled at me and bursted into my room. “UGH WHY DO YOU HAVE TO ANNOY ME WHEN YOU CAN GO ANNOY ONE OF YOUR SEVEN BOYFRIENDS?!” she was about to say something but just had nothing. An hour later Daniel called me. I just ignored the call. I heard knocking on the door. “Boyfriend number 8” I thought to myself. Suddenly Daniel came into my room. I looked at him blankly. He came in and hugged me. I did nothing and just sat there. “Hey, what's wrong? You can tell me.” he said.

What am I gonna tell him? “Hey Danny I killed someone just for you. You repay me how? Flirting with a STRANGER!”. “Nothing, I just don’t feel good….so how are things going with that stranger?” I asked. “Oh Landen. Yeah he’s sweet,cute,funny, he’s really my type.” he told me. My heart shattered into pieces but I acted like it didn’t. “Oh really? That’s so sweet!” I told him. “Yeah it’s cool because he lives a few blocks away from me.” He said. “Oh really? Where?” This was my shot to find where she lives. “34 Lafferty Dr.” he said. He talked for hours about him. I couldn’t take it anymore. “Hey I don’t really wanna get you sick so maybe you should go home.” I told him. He nodded “Okay then goodbye now darling~!” He kissed my head and left. I blushed and for the rest of the night that's all I could think about. But then it popped in my head. Landen. He’s in the way of our relationship. Then I thought about my neighbor. I killed her cause she made Danny mad. I could kill Landen because he’s in the way of our relationship. My thoughts got stronger and stronger. I walked down stairs to make sure my mom was asleep. Which she was. I got a suitcase and put one of mom’s guns and a kitchen knife in it. I grabbed a baseball bat and walked out. I went to the address and broke in. I grabbed Landen (luckily he was the only one home) and took him to an abandoned house. I knocked him out with a bat, chained him up to a chair with chains and waited till he woke up. When he did he looked around and back at me. “Good morning darling. You’re finally awake.” I told him, I talked the way Danny would so he would get the hint. “Do you know why you’re here?” I asked. “YOU VILLAIN GET AWAY FROM ME!” he yelled.“Oh? Me? Specifically me? The villain? Hah! Darling you got it all wrong!” and here we are. The present and why I killed him.  I dragged his body and found a shovel. I buried him in a forest but I also buried Iris pseudonymous on top of him so it’ll be illegal for someone to find the flower and dig them up. That, my friend, is the story of Me and the Gentlemen!