last night . ohmfluke

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Weeks after, Fluke's life goes on, as usual. Today, he skipped class with his friends and decided to hang out in a mall to play at a mini-arcade. After a couple of rounds playing sorts of games there, they left and now smoking in an area near the parking lot.

"Won't your grades be affected by this?" Sammy asks Prem, who sits next to Fluke, getting his lighter in his bag.

"Don't worry, I told Ms. I have a meeting with school board members."

"You liar!"

"Hah, this is so good" Pine interrupts the two's conversation.

"Which is fun? Skipping or smoking?" Fluke asks, looking fondly at the youngest.

"Both" she simply replies.

All of them chuckle at Pine's answer. Among them, Pine is the one who always gets treated like a baby as she's the smallest and youngest.

Fluke smiles a bit, lighting up another cigarette when he sees a familiar face in his peripheral vision.

It's the guy he kissed last week, and it seems like he's looking at him. He sits still, blinks multiple times, hoping the latter won't notice him.

"Damn it" He mutters under his breath as he tries to hide his face with his hand.

"What's wrong?" Cooheart seems to notice his friend.

"I think I saw the guy I kissed last week."

Sammy then attempts to turn around but Fluke hits her shoulder lightly to stop her.

"Hey dummy, don't look"

"..I think he's walking towards here.." Prem says, making Fluke starts shaking his feet because he doesn't know what to do.

"Aw shit, Fluke you're dead"

"Shut up he's really coming"

"Should we run now?"

A few more seconds and they feel another body fills the place. They all look at the person who recently arrived, and all try their best to smile.

"Hello, phi.."

"You guys are still high school students, why are you smoking?" the newcomer speaks up, his voice making everyone feel intimidated.

There was a short silence before Fluke clears his throat as he decides to speak.

"No, phi.. we're not smoking.. we're, uh.. uhh what are we doing..." Fluke elbows his friend Earth, asking for support.

"Stop it, Fluke. It's obvious, we're smoking."

"Looks like you skipped your last class too. Why don't you all go home now? I need to talk to your friend, too." The guy tells Fluke's friend while looking at the latter.

Fluke's friends all nod and hurriedly runs away from the place, leaving Fluke cursing his friends under his breath for deserting him this easy.

The high school student looks up at the elder, with his heart beating too fast.

Is he going to do something bad to me? like, kill me? I don't want to die yet.

Lots of thoughts in his head, he does not know what this guy will do to him.

"You're that boy, right?" he asks with such a questioning tone, staring at Fluke. The younger avoids the guy's stare and looks away before nodding slowly.

He feels like he's being interrogated for murdering someone, when in fact, he just stole a kiss.

"Why did you do that?"

"Uh..." Fluke looks up and everywhere, before biting his lower lip, thinking of a good answer.

"Because...because I told you, I like you.."

"Yeah, right."

"Fine! It was a dare. But it's just a kiss, right? sorry now, okay? Forgive me."

The elder didn't answer, instead, he just stares at him, making the younger feel uneasy.

"But, hey phi, you should be happy, it's my first kiss" Fluke fakes a smile, wanting this conversation to end immediately.

"It's my first, too, though."

"....then.. yahoo? hur..ray?? woo...hoo.." he let out a nervous laugh.

The older sighs before pointing his finger at the cigarette in his hand. "Give me that"

Fluke gives it right away, he even gets the pack in his pocket and voluntarily surrenders it to the elder.

"Don't do stupid dares again, hm. Also, smoking is not good for you. Go home and study. Okay?" The guy tells him before leaving him there sitting.

Fluke just watches the guy ride in his motorbike and go.

The boy smiles to himself, as he places his palm in his chest, feeling his heart beating fast, but because of a different, good reason.

Someone worries about him. He thinks. He feels so happy.