"do you mind?"

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"yeah, she's literally so annoying, like, i actually can-"

nene stopped talking when she spotted me.

"greg!" kim said with a grin.

"oh, hey." nene put on a smile, but it was fake. i can tell.

i had a lot of things i wanted to say, but which one do i say first?

"who's annoying?" i asked.

"oh, just this girl in my biology class."

i nodded my head, it was clear nene was lying and it was clear who she was really talking about.

"hey, sorry for what i said yesterday. i wasn't trying to hit on andre or anything. i know it came off that way but i swear, i was just trying to be cool." i rambled,

"it came off really wrong, i'm sorry. again."

nene raised her eyebrows, nodding her head.
"okay, yeah. that's fine, i guess."

it didn't seem like it.

kim just looked at me with a nervous expression.

"i'm sorry, i really am." i said, hoping it would make things better somehow.

"uh, yeah. hey, i think cal wanted to talk to you." kim spoke up.

i furrowed my brows, "what? why?"

kim just shrugged, "i dunno. he didn't tell us."

"oh. uh, okay."

it was clear they were just trying to get me away from them, but i didn't say anything.

i trudged over to cal, where him and andre were both talking at his locker.

i hesitantly tapped cal on his shoulder, it seemed to startle him slightly as he flinched a little before turning around.

"oh, uh, hey.. greg?"

"nene and kim said that you wanted to talk to me." i mumbled. i wasn't even sure if what was coming out of my mouth was true or not.

"oh, they did? uh, i didn't say anything to them at all today."

my face began heating up.
"right, yeah. my bad." i turned around and began to leave, heading straight for the restrooms when i heard cal's voice call out to me,

"hey, wait. come back."

i turned around again to face him.
"yeah?"

"do you actually have a crush on andre?"

i felt my hands curl into a ball, i felt so fed up, even though i haven't been asked this frequently it's just annoying.

i felt the urge to turn back around and just storm off but i decided to be mature and answer his question.

"no." i mumbled.

"oh, then why'd you say that at lunch..?"

i sighed, trying not to seem annoyed.
"i was just trying to be funny, and it came out wrong. i didn't even know what i was trying to say, really." i admitted, rubbing the back of my neck.

i swallowed thickly, hoping they'd understand.

"oh, yeah. i see."

do you really though?

god, this is such a minor thing to worry about. why am i acting like this?

"uhm, yeah . sorry. i'm not that good at telling jokes." i chuckled awkwardly, hoping to lighten the mood and also make them think that i was less weird.

they just nodded their head at this

jesus everything is going downhill.

"yeah, uh, i understand." cal said with a slight smile.

i glanced behind him at andre, who was not amused in the slightest.

there was just an awkward moment of silence, of me and cal just making eye contact with each other, with me occasionally glancing around to break said eye contact.

"i'm gonna go to the bathroom now." i mumbled quickly.

i guess this is an instinctive reaction, because like before, the words leave my mouth without a second thought.

"hey, wait, can i come with you?"

i sighed and turned back around to face cal, but then the words processed in my brain.

"what?"

"i mean-" i watched cal's usually pale face turn red.

"like, you wanna come with me to the.. girls' bathroom?.." i raised an eyebrow.

cal sputtered, glancing around. i looked back at andre who seemed to be fighting back a laugh.

"that's, uhm, not what i meant. just like-.."

"i mean, i don't really care if you follow or not." i shrugged and left. for the most part, i did kind of care, i really just wanted to be left alone.

and also, cal's not gonna follow me into the girls' bathroom anyways.

thank god this one was just a one person bathroom, or whatever they call it. no one to interrupt me.

i shut the door behind me, or at least, i thought so. i saw cal slide in before the door shut.

"the hell? why're you in here?" i asked, looking at him stand behind me through the mirror.

"sorry, i just.. kinda.. y'know."

i did not know, actually.

"what if i was taking a shit??"

"well, it didn't seem like you were going to. you seemed kinda depressed."

i raised my eyebrows, wow.

"fair enough." i mumbled, fidgeting with the sink.

"you good?"

"yeah, yeah."

i'm getting deja vu right now.

i stayed quiet, picking at the porcelain sink.

"are you sure?"

"about what?" i looked up at him now.

"are you sure you're good?" he asked with a small smirk and a chuckle.

"yeah, i'm fine. jesus."

i clenched my free hand into a fist, my other one still picking at the sink

"you don't seem it." he said.

i huffed and looked up at him through the mirror.

he was way closer than i thought, i could almost feel his body touching mine.

"do you mind?" i asked, looking back at him.

"what?"

i sighed, looking down again, "never mind."

he was almost leaning his head on my shoulder now. i could feel his breath on my neck. it was warm. he was warm.

"you're really close." i mumbled under my breath.

"what was that?"

i could practically feel him in my ear at this point.

"like, you're close to me. like, in proximity."

he didn't seem to react to this, instead he just backed up a little.
"sorry."

maybe he's getting a little too comfortable with me.

this interaction went on until the bell rang. thank god.

cal left before me, because when i turned around he was gone already. i can only imagine the weird stares he got when people saw him leave the girls' bathroom.

i exited after him, my only intention was to get to my next class.

for some reason, i have this strange feeling in my stomach. it wasn't butterflies, it wasn't nerves. that whole encounter with cal was just.. off-putting. not in a bad way, or a good way for the most part.

it felt like there was something missing, like something wasn't said or done.

the rest of my day was haunted by that particular moment. the feeling of his body warmth lingered.

i wanted the moment to end right then and there, but at the same time, i wanted more.

it feels like the right and left side of my brain are having a full on war right now.

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