POV LUKE:

I saw a boy walking in my direction. I blinked once to check if I was seeing things. But there still was the same boy walking into my direction: Theo... Did he really need to bully me right now?

Quickly I hopped off the floor into a standing position and started running. I managed to take a short glance back and I saw he started running as well. My heart sped up. It was even racing faster than my feet did. And then I realised something.

In front of me was a cliff.

My gaze travelled along it in hopes there was a save way but before I could even finish looking I tripped. I was flying towards the ground and crash. Ugh, ouch that hurt. But I hadn't stopped yet. The speed I was running with was now turned into the speed I was sliding across the floor with right towards the cliff.

I thought 'this is it'. This was how I was going to die. Tripping off a Cliff-side. That's just as idiotic as I get. That's just something that could happen to me. My arms and face were already floating off the Cliff-side....

When suddenly a pair of strong hands held me by my ankles firmly. My gaze shot back up to see the only thing holding me in place, the only one preventing me from falling. Of course, it was the guy, who had followed me. Of course it had to be Theo.

"Huh how Ironic, you just had to be the one to kill me!" I screamed. Why else would he catch me? He wanted to do it himself. All the bullying, all the hate he always gives me, all the dumbfound comments: Now he came to end it.

And then he started to pull me up. At first, I was surprised but then I figured he just wanted to hurt me. He just wanted to see the fear in my eyes one more time and I wasn't going to give him that satisfaction.

"That game of yours won't work. I don't fear death. I don't fear you!" I screamed at him and thought about struggling out of his grip to end it myself but at the slightest movement he tightened his grip and pulled me up quicker.

And I began thinking that he wasn't going to end it, that he wouldn't be strong enough to kill someone. But I realised that was what he wanted me to think. That was what he wanted to see in my eyes and I had to do everything to not give him what he wanted, ever.

And at that moment I was up on the Cliff-side. He let go of my ankles, took a step towards me and grabbed my wrist. See, I told you he would do it. I gave him an emotionless expression. I wouldn't hate him, or fear him or what not. It'd hurt him most seeing me die emotionless.

I studied his face. It looked grim, probably because I didn't play along anymore. Through his eyes flashed an emotion I couldn't quite catch. Inside I was wondering what it was but I showed no sign of that on the outside.

I blinked for a second and then saw a tear on his face. Why was that there? It didn't belong there. He couldn't have tears, he lived on getting mine! He wasn't supposed to have any! Before I could think of why it was there and what he was scheming or even how he managed to get it there, he pulled me away from the cliff.

When we were standing a few feet away, he hugged me. He didn't put his arms around me in a harsh manner, instead he was gentle. I could feel how tense his muscles were, but his touch was soft. And I started wondering what was happening.

"Thank god you're safe." He whispered into my ear with a slightly raspy voice.

I began wondering, if this was real. I mean I was so close to death and didn't fear it? I was getting saved and I couldn't think of anything other than him wanting to hurt me? Doesn't sound like reality to me.

I blinked. Still in front of my eyes was the sight of him hugging me. So, I blinked again, longer and harder this time and the view still didn't change. I raised my hand behind his back to look at it and counted my fingers. 5. Wait five!? THIS IS NOT A DREAM I REPEAT THIS IS REAL!

In an instant I struggled away from his touch. That actually wasn't very hard, as he only hugged me gently. He took a step towards me I took a step back. He took another one and I took another one in return. A few steps from us both later I backed into a tree.

Before I could strive to a side he pinned me to it. I instantly tensed. God dammit I gave in and now he had what he wanted! A hurt expression washed over his face. Another tear leaving his eyes, his vision must be getting blurred by the other tears filling his eyes.

"Could you PLEASE just for once not think I want to hurt you!?" He screamed at me. Hah, he wished I would.

"So, you can hurt me even harder? Forget it!" I managed to fight back. Maybe because he didn't have anyone else with him? And that was it. He looked at his and which had my arms pinned to the tree in a firm grip. And then they let go.

My gaze shot towards his, questioningly. "I'll stop." He whispered and it almost sounded sincere. But after all he had done it couldn't have been.

"And what do you gain from that?" I shot back.

"Nothing. I lose my status. I lose my friends. I lose the opportunity to be close to you and touch you. I lose the opportunity to make you show emotion. All I might gain is that you could stop fearing me hurting you. And in all honesty, that would be worth it."

"In what Universe is that worth it?" I whispered more to myself than to him, trying to make sense of everything.

"In this" he said and kissed me. It was firm, gentle. I would just have to turn away and break the kiss but I couldn't. I tapped onto the fingers on one hand to count them. Still five. How could this be real?

I figured I didn't have the time to think about that now. So, I enjoyed his lips on mine. This was the complete opposite to how I knew him. Now he was gentle, sincere, caring and not harsh, strong and mean as he usually was.

I felt him pull back, but my mouth followed his. My body leaned from the tree trunk towards his body to steady me. My mouth opened a little to stop him from disconnecting our lips. Whatever had gotten into him, just let it stay this way please.

His tongue took the opportunity I created and found its way into my mouth. I licked along it, tasting him and it felt just as I had imagined it. The perfect moment to last forever. I didn't even care what would happen after this. And then he broke the kiss reluctantly, panting his hot breath onto my mouth. My eyes opened to gaze into his. I could see the lust in his eyes, the love he never showed to anyone. Our breaths mushing into one in between us and after a few second of eternity he kissed me again. This time harsher, more wanting and I gasped at the sudden change in emotion. My back got pushed against the tree again but this time I used it to pull my legs around his waist.

By now I was only acting on instinct. Something had awoken my want; my lust and I didn't care that it was him. In a weird way I needed it to be him.

I needed him to awake me and take me into a world I hadn't dared dreaming of.