I half expected Sayna to not come to school on the following Monday, but she did. If anything, facing her past seem to have pushed her over the hump, and she looked more assured than she has been, even greeting me with a good morning rather than just a nod.
Shu came over to have lunch with me in my class again. You'd normally never see a senior hangout in an underclass guy's classroom, but Shu was an exception and was well-liked by everyone. After all, everyone in my class was older than Shu.
He was especially popular with girls. When a guy is younger and smaller than a girl, they seem to find it easy to just openly call the boy 'cute'. A boy doing the same to a girl would cause a bit of stir, but when girls did it to Shu it was no more than a 'look at this teddy bear he's so cute' type of thing. Shu didn't react badly to those comments though. Fair or not, and like it or not, those were compliments and Shu is a kid who longs for compliments and assurances.
On this particular day though, Shu came over with the mission to annoy me.
As always, he was having lunch at my desk while Sayna in front of me was eating hers alone facing front, with her back to us. Shu brought his head close to my ears and asked,
"Hey, so how're things with your girlfriend?"
"It's not what you think", I whispered back.
"Aw, but you guys would make such a good couple"
"If you wanna mess about, do it at home. Don't talk crap here she might hear us"
"You scared she's gonna get mad and dump you?"
"Get lost. Just go back to your own classroom I see you at home anyway"
"Psst. I came here to tell you a secret though…"
"What is it?"
"Come closer"
I leaned my head closer to Shu and he cupped my ear.
"What is it?"
Then I got a big tingle down my spine as something warm and wet licked my ear - man this…
"Yo, what the hell man?!"
"Nyahaha, I'm gonna expose you"
Shu then jumped on to me to sit on my lap, just like he did a few days ago. It brought memories. Oh shit, this is bad, really bad.
As I was trying to push Shu out he was squirming on my lap and I knew I was gonna be in trouble if I don't get this boy off me fast. There were girls looking in our direction saying 'Aw cute'.
Jesus Christ, if I get a boner now my life is over, and I just knew that line of thinking will always lead to a boner - once you think about it and then try to hold it, it's inevitable that it will happen.
"FUCK OFF, MAN"
In my semi-panic, I pushed Shu away hard. He kinda rolled off my lap and fell on the floor hard. Now everybody was looking in our direction, but none of them thought it was cute anymore.
"Hey, I told you to stop-"
I extended my hand down so he can grab it to pick himself up again, but he just lay on the ground and looked at my hand hanging in the air.
"Come on, Shu, I'm sorry"
"Pervert"
What-
Shu said that quietly, but just about loud enough for the other kids close by could hear. I looked around and some of the girls gasped, while others looked just confused at what happened and why Shu suddenly said this in particular. Even Sayna turned around to look at what was causing all this ruckus.
"Don't come home. Why don't you just go live with her"
"What-? Dude, it's MY home. And what are you even talking about"
"So that's how it is. It's YOUR home, not OUR home. I get it"
"Drop this act right now, kid. Behave yourself"
"Get lost. You stink"
Shu then got himself up without taking my hand and walked out of the classroom. I think everyone around was even more confused now by this 'your home, my home, our home' talk, as it was still a secret that Shu and I were living together. Some people that are quick to catch on might have already got the gist of how things are.
"Sorry… I've caused you trouble…"
Sayna said this to me and started to pack her stuff into her bag.
"Hey, it's okay. What are you doing? Shu's just like that. He just throws tantrums like this every now and then. That freaking kid"
"I'm sorry"
With that, Sayna slung her bag around her shoulder and left the classroom without looking back either.
Jesus FUCKING Christ. What the hell are you kids doing to me? Just as when I thought my school life was settled and everything was going well you put me in the center of attention again, in a bad way.
Nobody asked me what was going on. Everybody was just keeping their distance a few steps away looking a little confused and a little frightened. I gotta sort this out.
I ran out of the classroom and saw both Shu and Sayna. Unfortunately, Shu was pacing down to the left in the hallway and Sayna was rushing her way to the right.
"Shu! Stop-! Come on!"
Shu just kept on walking away without turning back. I looked at the other way and Sayna was almost turning the corner already to go down the stairs.
"Sayna! Stop!"
Sayna didn't listen to me either and disappeared behind the corner.
Gees, this sucks. I can always talk to Shu later and we will be fine. For now, I need to go and catch up with Sayna.
What I totally didn't expect though is just how fast Sayna can move. I chased after her in a casual jog, but once I reached the top of the stairs I saw that she was already like two floors below. I started to rush down but by the time I reached the ground floor she was already out of the building. I called her name once again and she started to run, and by this point, the distance between us was such that I really had to run at full speed to close the distance between us. But no matter how fast Sayna may be for a girl who doesn't look that way, she couldn't run away forever from my longer strides, and she seemed to be running out of breath too as she slowed down just outside the school gate. Seeing that she wasn't running away anymore, I started to slow down too to recover a bit. Otherwise, all I'll be able to do is pant like an idiot by the time I get to her and try to talk to her.
At that moment, a black van glided in, stopping right between us and blocking my view.
Fuck. I have a bad feeling about this.
"Hey!"
After stopping for just two seconds or so, the van sped away with a screech.
Where Sayna was supposed to be, there was no one standing there.
FUCK.
As I was trying to run after the van, I felt a bolt of stinging pain around my neck.
:Zap:
FUCK.