Chapter 12 - All Too Well (Flashback)

Three days. Three days that I didn't go to school. My parents don't have any single idea of what actually happened to me. All they knew that my lip was busted over a minor fall on the bleachers, and also without knowing those bruises planted on my body. I'm scared of going to school and besides that reason, I have a fever and I can't honestly show up, for real. And maybe the justification why I'm sick was from the beatings I acquired.

It's lunchtime, I scanned for some leftover to eat but my taste buds didn't cooperate with my mood. The waters falling in drop from the clouds in the sky and I'm standing from the window and watched it pouring on the flowers, it's awesome looking after it when you're bored - or just a nerd thing. I smelled the burning of my toast and spread a jam on it.

Sitting on the couch and scrolling through the internet, when I heard the doorbell rang and my eyebrows met. Who would be that someone standing outside on the gushing rain? I grabbed the umbrella, cloaked myself, and striding through the gate. Standing before me and completely soggy was Romeo.

"What are you doing here?" as my visions scanned on the surroundings if there's somebody with him.

"Is that how you welcome your guest?" he joked, freezing and he trudged beside me.

"I came here to see you." holding my arm with his cold hands, gaining his balance. I scoffed, this is absurd. Will he skip classes and practice?

"Like right now? When it's raining? And look at you." I'm trying to be harsh on him and he can sense it too.

"I left school and I didn't expect that rain will plunge in no time. I haven't seen you in school for three days."

"Like what I've said, I don't want to see you!" I looked at him and he averted his sights, he looked down and nodded.

"But I'm not that evil to not welcome you when you assuredly alike mess, would you come inside?" I asked and smiled secretly.

He walked in after I gave him a towel, I don't want the house to become wet from his drips, I left his bag outside on the porch, unzipped.

"I'll let you borrowed some clothes." as I invited him to come upstairs, in my bedroom, he did think twice but he ran out of choices and nodded.

"How are you feeling? Did your parents knew about what happened?" he asked as we're walking through the stairs.

"It's none of your business, and I'm having a fever." I blurted out and pushed the door open.

"Wow! You have a nice room." he praised, parallel to what his reaction standing before in front of our house. His views roaming inside and I know he just said it trying to please my cloudy mood. My room isn't that special, but what I loved most was my cute Doraemon duvet cover. Then I tossed my shirt acridly and he caught it.

"Thank you." I turned around after to my side table to take my medicine as he changed his uniform.

"Do you have some extra pants too?" He asked, I heard the metal part of his belt, clanking - unfastening it.

"Just pick from my closet." not shifting my eyes from the table, I'm standing against him.

"It's okay, you can look." as he walks closer to my wardrobe. My lips formed into a thin line as I suppressed my smile.

"No, thank you. I'm not interested." and pitched the tablet on my mouth and drown it with water, Romeo walked beside me.

"Have you eaten your lunch?" I asked, his clothes scattered near the door frame and my feet trailed downstairs and he was following me.

"Can you just stop not looking at me?" he tried clutches my hand, but I shove it off. "I'm in your house, so there's no point behaving like that." he continued, I didn't mind.

"I thought we're good Kris and why is that you hate me?"

I froze before the refrigerator, I looked at him, I allow myself to be so instantly allured by his seducing eyes. Why I can't hate this guy! I soughed.

"Okay, what do you want me to do?" as I grabbed the Chinese noodles and a burger, then reheat those on the microwave. He gave me his straight expression and he placed his hand on the counter. I raised my left brow.

"Okay, maybe I should go." Romeo hissed wretchedly, as he turned around, walks away from me.

"Stop!" I reached out for his hand,

"I wanted you to stay." I closed my eyes, exhaled a bag of air, as I stupidly ate all the unusual actions I gave him.

"I'm sorry, I'm delighted seeing you standing outside 'cause I wanted to see you too." I confessed and I'm blushing, my cheeks started to heat up and the microwave 'tings' on the background. And I loosened my grip gently.

He chuckled, thoughts scratching inside my mind and he peeked subtly.

"And did you really believe that I'm going to leave?"

"I don't know, I'm not a mind reader neither a seer." I jabbed the fork on the noodles, his complexion's purely elusive.

I sliced the burger and set it on each plate, Romeo grabbed it and we walked in the living room.

"I'm sorry, I couldn't just enable myself not to despise you after Astro and his friends harmed me." and he quit selecting a channel to watch. He stared, nodded solemnly.

"And Astro wanted me to stay off from you, that's why he did it."

"What? Why would he do that?" he asked - topsy-turvy. My eyes glistening with tears.

"Because he was your friend and he was just protecting you." his mouth opened, thinking profoundly.

"From you?"

"Yes, and I can clearly understand what was Astro's point. What if the whole school knew about you, the real you. I'm a big threat on your prominence and I couldn't let that transpire." my lips curved and broke into tears.

"Why are you hanging out with me? Why can't you just walked away and stop seeing me, and let's pretend - "

"Stop! You know I can't do that and that's not what you wanted! Let's not think of things will not ever go on." he admitted, and positioned his plate on the furniture from his lap, his hand traveled, squeezing my hand.

"Kris, believe me, I don't care if they knew about me - about us."

"Why? What are we?" he stopped, my gaze flickered, his bearing erratically nomadic and his lips unsteady.

"You might not believe me, and we're extremely young about forever, but Kris, my heart's never been flattered since the day I've seen you." That was some kind of cheesy and I was expecting that answer, and it's drowning me, not with satisfaction but trouble.

"What if you're only mystified?"

My face's submerged - I could taste the acid-forming in my throat, I tried to cover my mouth but fluids ejected violently, intruding to my food.

"I'm sorry, I'm not feeling well." then I stormed off to my place - my room. I rested my body and I feel so cold.

"Could I lay with you?" he asked, my position curled against him, I nodded. Then he slipped under my duvet, covering both our bodies slowly.

"I wanted to believe you and I'll keep holding sharp unto your words." I closed my eyes, his arm snaked in, wrapping my body - hugging me.

"And I'll protect you from Astro," he whispered, sending tingles down my spine, his breath warming me up from the cold afternoon, while the rain still dashing on the roof.