"Sanara..?"
I quickly stood, walking near to the bars as the warm breeze hits my face. "We are on a break. What about you? What are you doing up here?"
I heard footsteps. As I feel him getting close and close to me, this heart of mine started going crazy fast. His shoulder softly brushes mine as I feel myself blush, but I obviously did not show it. Swallowing an invisible lump in my throat, I heard him speak beside me.
"My class is going to hold a play. What's yours going to be?"
The wind unintentionally messed up my hair as I swiftly tucked it in behind my ear. "A maid and a butler cafe. With a twist- we switched places. So the girls would be the butlers."
Seven chuckles, such music to the ears.. since when did he become the most important person to me? He was just a co-worker to me as far as I can remember.. when did I really start liking him? Was it when he told me that he wanted to take me away from the twins? Or was it when he decided to take us all in?
"I'm excited to see you in a butler costume. I'm pretty sure you'll look fine as one, is Deither going to join in? I'd like to see him in a dress..."
"If he does, I would not be surprised." I joked as the man standing beside me giggled. "Deither as a man can be quite annoying, but he is a great teacher. I can say that I'm happy he is my teacher."
"Then aren't you supposed to help out your teacher? Can you let him do all the work by himself?" Seven raised an eyebrow at me, nudging my shoulder with a snicker drawn across his beautiful face.
"I told you we're on break," I lied for the second time. There is just no way that I will tell him the reason why I am here.. I can't just say 'oh Zeandro just called me a gold-digger and I screamed at him at the classroom!'
"Break's over, Sanara.."
"What?"
Seven takes my hand, which is not good as it is sending electric waves all throughout my body. Heart is beating crazy fast and I am sweating, even though it is windy. Am I really supposed to feel this way? Is this the normal reaction of your body when your special person holds your hand or am I just new to this?
It seems to me that Seven is not as affected as I am because of this. He is simply just holding his student's hand, guiding her back to her classroom to return her to her teacher. Seven does not feel the same way I do about this.. while I can hardly catch my breath, Seven is breathing fine. My palms are sweaty and my body is trembling, but Seven does not feel anything.
Would it be bad if I wish for time to stop at this moment? Let me just be a little selfish for once and savor this first and probably last taste of happiness before going back to the cruel reality that this man does not think anything special of me..
"Sanara!"
In front of Seven and I were Vene and Yuna. They looked restless and worried. As the man who brought me back to the class looks down to me, he carefully lets go of my hand and pushes me toward my friends. But my eyes... they never looked away from his.
"I found her on the roof.. sulking," Seven smirked before he carefully slide his hands inside his pocket. "I thought that you might need her for something so I brought her back."
He figured I lied about having a short break. I want to say that I still want to talk with him about lots and lots of things. I want to spend more time with him.. that cannot be possible, right? It might get him into trouble.. he might even get fired. So I better keep all my emotions to myself. Not to Deither, Yuna or even Vene.. just me.
Seven waved the three of us goodbye as my friends respectfully thanked him for bringing me back to the classroom. The more that I watch him from afar, the more that it makes me realize how different our worlds are. And I am obviously not happy about it.
"What were you doing up there?"
"Yeah, and why were you with Mr. Peter?"
They both gasped for air and locked eyes with each other. Rolling my eyes with a loud grunt, I threw my arms on their shoulders as I hear them groan.
"It was pure coincidence. He found me there and brought me back here. He is a teacher, girls, and he is just doing his job." I say. It was the truth though. Even Seven did not lie about a thing. It was only me who is taking every little thing seriously.
Entering the room, I immediately caught Deither's stare and his mouth formed into the shape of letter o. Pointing his finger at me as he signed me to stay where I am, in a matter of seconds, Deither is standing in front of me. I shrugged only to get smacked by his logbook on the head; I glared up at him.
"Where have you been?" He yelled in a whisper.
"I had to let out some steam, so I ran up to the roof.." rubbing my head that he just hit, I aimed a punch at him but then I stopped myself. If only he is a classmate...
"I talked with Zeandro," that made me look at my teacher in shock; waiting for the next word that will come out of his mouth. "And I succeeded in making him quiet about your feelings for that person."
I nearly fainted. I was really afraid that Zeandro would still spread the news all over the campus even after talking with Deither.. but I'm so glad that this teacher of mine was able to zip his mouth.
"How? What did you say to him?"
Deither crossed his slender arms on his chest as he smirks at me, wagging a finger to my face. "I bribed him."
"Huh?"
He chuckled, leaning his back against the hard cold wall and rested one hand on the teacher's desk. "I told him I'll do his job as the student representative just for him to not make any noise."
"What?"
He glanced at me. "Pretty cool, right?"
"Are you an idiot?"
"Hey!" He cries.
"You could've said that you would treat him to ice cream or something! But you went and say you'll do his job?! What the hell are you thinking?!"
"Wh-why are you- hey! Couldn't you say thank you because I just saved you?!"
"You want me to say thank you when you literally just took away his responsibilities from him?! Zeandro isn't even one percent helpful to me! And he likes to boss around! That is why I really wanted him to—"
"But the deed is already done!"
"Thanks to you!"
"Oh come on! I just prevented you and Sev from getting into serious trouble and this is what I get?!"
Thank you, Deither. You could really be annoying at some times, but you're really a great help to me always. Thank you for protecting my secret. Thank you for bribing Zeandro; for swallowing your pride as a teacher. Thank you for being a good friend.