POV: Clazer Oath

"Bye..." I tried standing, but I lost my balance getting along the edge of the bed with Sirania on me.

Her soft body tried to control herself,

"Finally, we are in a room and I am above you..." She held my face with her soft hands.

"Wasn't hard was it?" I smirked, she paused and looked at me.

I tried to kiss her.

"No, not yet." She teased moving back.

"Why? Aren't we getting married?" I pulled her by her hip so now her entire weight was on me.

"No touching..." she whispered.

"That's not fair," I said in a childish tone.

"Shh." She brought her finger up to my lips and kissed me over her finger.

I held her head, pulled her closer, turned us around and now she was below me. Time stopped and everything seemed to slow down. I was enjoying this closeness and wanted her to enjoy it too. I stopped kissing her lips and moved to her jawline, neck, and then collarbone. Kissing every inch, I can feel her breath getting sharper. I continued placing soft butterfly kisses down her collarbone.

"Clazer!" She whispered my name. She pulled my hair very slowly in the beginning but gave a hard pull when I sucked on her sweet spot at the valley of her neck. It would probably leave a hickey.

She whispered incoherent words into my ear and bit my earlobe. Both of us were breathing heavily now.

"You're irresistible..." She said while kissing me.

"Shh," I said.

That night wasn't like any other night, we did not want to stop.

Jacob opened the door of the bathroom and entered the room looking at us. We looked back at him.

"I didn't see you guys exchanging body fluids, You continue, I will go through the door."

Jacob walked through the bathroom door to the door of the room exiting in the hallway. He shouted from another side of the door, "I locked it, please continue!"

I somewhat got my senses back as soon as I heard Jacob's distant voice and realized what we were about to do. Sirania was above me, her face extremely close to mine, her breath fanning my face. I pushed her aside on the bed and got up abruptly.

"I need to go to the washroom," I told her without looking at her.

"I know... I can understand boys need to pee first." she sat up gracefully on the bed.

I took my phone from the side table before saying, "I am sorry....I... I need to go." I bit my lower lip and ran out of the room before she could say anything.

"What is so urgent Clazer?" She stood up from her position, I saw her tripping, I rushed to the door before she could reach me. I opened the door and closed it loudly behind me.

She kept shouting my name from inside. I escaped. I looked at my phone, there was a message from Vinneta as she promised me. Major Park was our venue to meet.

I called my driver, he drove me to the park. Meanwhile, Jacob also took a taxi and reached the same location. Both of us were unaware of each other's presence.

I reached the location before him. It was an empty park, it should be as people were busy celebrating in Cafes, hotels, or their houses. No one was here in the park at this hour. I searched around looking for Vinneta but could not see her anywhere.

"Boom!" a sudden voice came from behind. I turned around in shock.

"Vinneta it's you! And what's with this stupid act?"

"You were scared na!" she said laughing like a child.

She was more beautiful today. She was wearing a beautiful red dress, and her perfectly straight hair was flowing freely.

"Stop staring at me." She said bringing me out of my trance.

"How was Sirania's party? 1 year from now. This will be judgment day..." she added further.

"It was okay." I blushed remembering what happened there.

"That blush tells me it went extremely well...." she said with a smirk stressing the word 'extremely'.

Her phone dinged, it was a text notification. She unlocked her phone to read it.

"Let's go. He must be waiting for us. He texted me he can't find the park. Let's go to the location he sent."

"Yeah let's go."

"You never smell this way." She said and sniffed me again moving closer.

"I am a little drunk."

"You told me you were not tolerant. When did you start drinking?"

"Today," I replied, she held my hand, and we walked through the park still hand in hand. Anyone who saw us now could easily mistake us for being a couple.

We entered a cafe near the park. I was too drunk to remember the name.

The place was packed, there were families everywhere, singing Christmas songs and enjoying their time together, we walked through the entrance.

"He is sitting there, the one in a blue jacket." She said, and my eyes were locked on this guy, I looked at him, he was sitting sideways hiding most of his face from my view. He looked familiar somehow.

He heard Vinneta's voice and turned around to look at us.

Ruder? Huh? Was I so drunk I started seeing my old friends?

"Are you Ruder by any chance?" I asked him once I shook my head but his face was still in front of me.

"He is Clazer Oath. And Clazer he is my friend I was talking about, Ruder." Vinneta introduced us.

"Ruder William you mean?" I moved closer to him.

"You know each other?" Vinneta questioned me.

"Is he your boyfriend?" Ruder asked her without moving his gaze from Clazer.

"No," she replied.

I looked at him, I had missed him.

He stood up still looking at me. I hugged him tightly. My oldest friend was here in front of me.

................

Ruder smiled like he did when he was 8 years old. I beat the shit out of the students bullying him in the park because he didn't have a mother. His hair was all messy and those kids were forcing him to eat sand.

I saw this happening in my car when we were crossing by the park. I asked the driver to stop the car as soon as I understood what was happening.

Got down the car, removed my belt, and moved it back, I targeted it on the ass of that student but the reaction hurt me too.

I still remember his loud shouts of pain.

I remember I broke the jaw of another, and kicked the pubic region of the third kid, sorry if he can't have children now.

Rest my driver handled. Then I moved my hand towards the boy hoping for a handshake. He was shaking terribly.

"I won't hurt you," I said as he held my hand. I pulled him to me. He couldn't stand straight, I held him.

"I am Clazer Oath." I smiled wide.

"I am Ruder William. Thank you for your help. I will pay you, how much do you want?" he looked in his pocket and gave me a coin, bronze coin.

"My mom said to give it to your friend." He smiled.

"My mom said to help others without demanding anything." I returned that coin to him.

"Will you be my friend?" I asked him.

"You won't bully me?" tears started flowing from his eyes, and I wiped them.

"I won't. Let's go to my home. My driver will drop us." I held his arm.

"I can't come with strangers," he complained with a small pout.

"Let's go to your home then," I said to him. The driver dropped us at Ruder's home. He was so happy to sit in the car.

I informed my mom. His father wasn't home. He asked for his house keys from an aunt downstairs. He opened the lock. It was a barren house. A sofa, the smallest television I have ever seen, and old utensils. But one thing to admire was the cleanliness.

"I love it, my bedroom is as big as your home."

"What does your father do? My father can't find a job."

"He works hard!" I replied innocently.

Later we played some games. They were all new games for me. I haven't seen such games before.

His dad rushed home followed by his dad. We later realized that Ruder's dad was struggling for settlement and my dad decided to help him. I asked with one thing I so desperately wanted.

"Can Ruder come to my school?"

"Yes, he will!" Dad smiled and ruffled my hair lovingly.

All is history. Ruder and I grew up together as best friends beyond any horizon and Mr. William became a good police officer.

...............

We kept hugging each other as our past resurfaced before us.

"I know you were in London, I tried calling you but you were unreachable. I am glad that you are here. I am very happy!" Ruder's voice was like an anti-anxiety drug for me...

"I missed you. What are you doing here?"

"Our families are friends, her mom had an accident so I came to see her."

I was pulled back and received a tight slap out of nowhere. The momentum was so great that I stumbled a few steps back before falling.
Ruder rushed to lift me.

"Jacob! What are you doing here?" Vinneta yelled, everyone was looking at us.

TBC