Dalawa
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"I missed you, Fleur"
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He missed me. That's rare. I never knew he'll remember, and now he's saying that he missed me?
I nodded, didn't know what to answer and how to react. Should I be surprised? Should I be happy? Delighted? I don't know.
Mixed emotions painted my face. He just stared at me with his boyish gray eyes.
"Your face is red! Does that mean you missed me too? Aww~ cute!" said by the cinnamon roll in front of me.
He hugged me tightly, almost to the point where I can't breathe. He buried his face on my neck.
This is so uncomfortable! We're here in our classroom but he acts like it's just the two of us. Why? He wasn't like this 2 years ago.
Come to think of it, everything has changed. His hairstyle, fashion taste, height, voice and mostly everything.
"S-stop, someone might see us and call it PDA," I said in a whisper.
He didn't care. We stayed like this for few more seconds. When the door suddenly opened, I quickly pushed him away.
The teacher arrived with a few new students behind him.
I can feel Axel's stares but I didn't look back at him. I wish I could just go back to bed.
I saw two familiar faces. It's my best friend and my childhood crush! It's Aisha and Colten!
"Hey I'm Colten Reef," Colten — or Colt, for short — said with a grin on his face. He looked at me and winked. Oh my...
"I'm Aisha Rin Lee! I'm from X Academy and I came here for Fleur," Aisha said with her natural girly voice that melts every boys' heart. Aisha is my best friend who moved out, but now she's back. I missed her so much.
Other new students then introduced themselves. Once everyone's done, Colt and Aisha sat on their new seats which is close to me.
Window | Aisha | rndm| vacant
Window | Me | Axel | Colt
"Fleur, I missed you so much!" Aisha and Colt said in unison.
"I missed you guys too! You guys changed a lot! Aisha, you got even more prettier! And Colt, I can't even imagine that you were my childhood cru- erm... friend!" I said excitedly.
Since Aisha is my best friend for years, she knew about my small crush on Colt. She raised her eyebrows playfully and grinned at me. I just rolled my eyes as a reply.
"Let's go to my house to celebrate this reunion!" Aisha suggested.
"I'm in!" I happily agreed.
"Let's go!" Colt said as he raised his fist up in the air out of excitement.
"I'll go with you guys," Axel unexpectedly said.
'He doesn't even know my friends,' I thought.
"Uhh... who are you?" Aisha said while Colt looked at him weirdly.
"I'm Fleur's friend! Axel Dash Finley's the name!" he stated with confidence as if he knew my friends for a long time.
"Since you're Fleur's friend, I guess you can join. Yay! The more the merrier!" Aisha giggled as excitement drew on her face.
The class started. We were answering a worksheet when I felt a warm hand caressing my hair, gently playing with it. It felt soothing at first, then it slowly turned annoying and distracting after a while.
It was Axel. This is so awkward, I bumped his hand gently without even giving him a glance.
Weirdo.
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Hours has passed and we're answering calculus right now. I'm smart, but why can't I get this? Gosh, I hate calculus.
I felt someone grab my paper and exchanged it with another paper in just a second.
I looked at that person and saw Axel, who was now answering my paper. I looked at his paper that was sitting on top of my table. The name— it was erased and it now has my name on it.
I don't need his help. Why'd he do that? Is he underestimating me? I don't need a hand. Is he looking down at me?
Confusion, embarrassment, anger and many more emotions painted my face.
'He's indirectly showing me that he's smarter than I am'
I hate it. It's okay if someone is greater than me. Except him. He lowkey brags about everything to me. Well, that's what I see.
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The day passed by in a blur. It's now time for the small gathering in Aisha's house. She said her parents wouldn't be there because they're in a beach house for a week.
Who on Earth goes to the beach on September?
Since Colt already has a license, he drove us to Aisha's house.
I was sitting on the passenger seat. I can't help but get uncomfortable, mainly because I can see Colt stealing glances at me from the corner of my eye for the whole ride.
Aisha's house is huge as expected. Well, that's the famous writer's daughter for you.
Axel on the other hand is not impressed. He looked bored as if he's used to this or much bigger!
I wonder if he has a gigantic mansion that has a olympic sized swimming pool with hundreds of maids serving him.
'Well that was exaggerated,' I giggled at what I thought.
He caught my eyes looking at him. He gave a soft smile with head pats as he gently pinched my left cheek.
"What are you laughing about? Is it because of me, hmm?" he said teasingly while examining my face more. I avoided eye contact with him because of this.
"Dang, you're so cute," he said. Still pinching my cheek. I felt my face warmed up.
This is so embarrassing! Earlier he was looking down at me and now he's being sweet?
I backed away from him to not let my embarrassment go any further. In my peripheral vision, I can see Colt staring at us. Confusion and anger is visible in his face.
Colt started to walk towards us with his face all dim. He gently grabbed my wrist and he clasped our hands together protectively. He shot glares at Axel.
"Stop touching her, Finley. She's not used to other people touching her," Colt said with a menacing smirk.
I laughed nervously hoping Aisha will hop into this conversation.
"Food's ready! We're going to eat then watch some movies!" Aisha said running in the hallway. Thank you for saving the day, Goddess.
~Unknown's POV~
How dare he touch her with his filthy hands? Only I can touch her because she belongs to me!
Hell, I will do anything just to be with her, anything.
Even if it means killing everyone. And if I still can't have her, I will kill her then myself.
That's how much I love you, Fleur.