Ignite ─ Ben Hardy

CHAPTER NINE ━ MORNING BELL

Hollandaise
. . . . . .

Hollandaise
Right, Joe, we kinda
need your help here.

Joelly Beans
Do you mind, Spoiler-man?!?!

Joelly Beans
I'm having a fanboy
moment here.

Hollandaise
PLEASE?

Joelly Beans
I'm sorry, the brilliant and
adorable Joe cannot come
to the phone right now.

Hollandaise
wHy

Joelly Beans
Cus he's blocking u.

Jalapeño
Err troublesome.

Jalapeño
Just drop the point, Tom.

Hollandaise
IT'S ABOUT BENESSA.

Joelly Beans
And Joe has strongly
connected to the wifi
again.

Joelly Beans
WHAT ABOUT BENESSA?!

Hollandaise
Unbelievable.

Zen Latte
Stop whining, elf.
Just be glad there's
one more person
who ships Benessa.

Hollandaise
Okay. Okay.

Hollandaise
So, like, Ben kinda breaks
Nessa's heart by saying
he doesn't like her more
than just a friend???

Hollandaise
Please, tell us that
Ben is only in denial.

Joelly Beans
Mmhm, isn't it obvious?
Yes, he's in denial!
Ben's love for Katriona
has diminished since last
year because of Nessa,
but he was too afraid to
acknowledge that feeling.

Zen Latte
And how do you exactly
know about it?

Joelly Beans
You see, we're not that idiots.

Hollandaise
We?

Joelly Beans
Rami, Gwilym, Lucy and I.

Joelly Beans
Here ye, here ye, let me explain.

Joelly Beans
Ben gave us pieces of his mind
since 2017, like what he felt for
Katriona was not as smoldering
as before, and their relationship
was often filled with quarrels.

Joelly Beans
But, surprisingly he didn't feel
entirely miserable because he
told us someone had comforted
him enough to forget the pain.

Joelly Beans
It took us quite a while to
discover who was that
someone until recently.

Hollandaise
Recently? So, you just
found out as well? How?

Joelly Beans
That the girl is Shanessa?
Yes. It was after Christmas,
he was very upset and refused
to speak when we were having
dinner together.

Hollandaise
Oh yeah, he was ignored
by Shanessa at that time.

Joelly Beans
Hold on, wait, wait.
That reminds me,
I thought they both
were in no speaking
terms?