Paunariu

Chapter 2

*Mihaela POV*

I have never seen her face that red when our faces were close. She stood up faster than I thought and helped me by standing up. She is a really nice person, God... I always thought that she is like my old coworkers. But she was not like them, she is such a sweet and lovely person! 

I secretly smile when I think about it and start walking with Alina. 

*Narrator*

They walked inside the room. Some teachers were talking and gossiping while others were printing test papers. Mihaela sits next to Duda and takes out from her bag a pencil case to correct some tests. Alina looks at her and sighs, she hoped that Miha will stay next to her, not next to Duda. 

Duda has got a crush on Mihaela for years, but he is too scared to ask her out because both of them have lovers. He starts looking at her with the corner of his eyes and tries to start a conversation.

Alina frowns a bit and sits down next to Aurora, the art teacher, and looks at her ring. Is her husband really in love with her? 

Alina takes her ring off from her finger and looks at it with sadness for a few seconds. Her husband is acting so cold lately, soon they may divorce. She looks around and tries to fake a smile. She doesn't want her coworkers to be worried about her because of this stupid shit. 

*Mihaela POV* 

I peeked with the corner of my eye to Alina and tried my best to ignore Alex, she was never that sad before. She was also looking at her ring, so she might have problems with her husband or something.

I don't like to get involved in her life, but seeing her like that breaks my heart. But it is not like I like her, is it?

I stand up and go behind her and easily touched her shoulder.
She got startled and looked fast to me, then smiled warmly.
That melted my heart so much. Wait, but I am not gay! I have a husband, I am not in love with her. Hell no! Or... Maybe am I?
This is so confusing! I absolutely don't know what to think anymore...

*Pauna POV*

Someone touched me and I looked fast at who. It was Mihaela.
God she scared me!
I smile at her warmly.
She is the only person who can make me so happy. If I could, I would hug her now at this moment. I really love her. I've been in denial ever since I had seen her, but now I know.
I am in love with her, so what? She is way better than my "lovely" husband.

But before saying something to her, the bell rang and I had to head to my class. So, I stood up and looked at Miha.

"Do you have class now?" I ask her shyly.

"Yes, I do. Wanna walk with me?" She said while looking into my eyes, but she showed no emotion.

Is she mad at me? No... I don't think so. That's how she usually acts. Showing no emotion. Complete poker face.

"Sure." I replied and looked away.

*Narrator* 

Alina and Miha exited the room and started walking on the hall. Mihaela wasn't looking at her and Alina wasn't looking at her either. The halls were silent, meaning that everyone started teaching and they are running late. Alina stops and looks at Miha. 

"Something happened?" Miha asked and stopped walking.

"Mihaela, can I ask you a question?"

Ladariu looks puzzled at her but nods.

"Are you in love with your husband?"

Mihaela stayed silent for a few seconds. She was thinking what answer to give to her. She couldn't lie to her, that would devastate Miha since she is in love with Pauna. But what if she said yes? Would she tell to Ionut?

"I don't know honestly. I have mixed feelings. Why?"

"It doesn't matter." Alina said and secretly smiled victoriously. "Have a good day." She continued and entered inside a classroom.

Mihaela smiled a bit and thought to herself "She can be so weird sometimes."

After 50 minutes, the bell rang. It announced the end of the day. Miha let the students go and started to gather her things. A knock was heard at the door.

"Enter." She said while searching for a pen.

Pauna entered in the classroom and stood there, at the door frame. "Hi Miha."

Miha looked at her and smiled. "You can come closer, I don't bite."

"Ah, yes!" Pauna said and approached her. "But I might bite."

"What do you mean by that?" Mihaela said and took some books she carried with her from a desk.

Pauna approached her and looked into Mihaela's brown coloured eyes. 

"Are you in love with me?" Pauna said and put her hand on Ladariu's chin.

"I..." Mihaela said but she is still in shock. 

"The cat ate your tongue?" Alina said in a mockery tone and started kissing her lips.

It still wasn't clear if she dreamed this moment to life, but there was raw emotion in the way her fingers curled around hers. Pauna kept her eyes half open, sneaking a guilty peek at her every time she came back for air, just to make sure this wasn't a product of her imagination. 

She. was. kissing. Ladariu. She couldn't believe it. She is such a good kisser and the taste of her mouth... she didn't enjoy it a lot because it tasted like cigarettes, but that didn't matter at all. She was kissing the woman of her life. Their hands were intertwined. Pauna started stroking Mihaela's soft red hair while they were kissing madly, like they will never see each other after that. She didn't want to stop, she wanted to keep this kiss forever. But Mihaela breaks the kiss because her phone buzzed. She took it in her hand while the other one was still holding Pauna's soft hand.

"Shit! I must go home now." She said and stood up.

"Huh?" Pauna looked at Miha for an answer and gave to her her bag.

"Thanks." Mihaela said and exited the class.

She left Pauna there. Alone. A tear dropped on the floor. Then another one. She sat on a chair and started crying badly. It's all her fault that she left. She shouldn't have done that. It's all her fault. Only her fault.