𝚋𝚊𝚓𝚒 𝚔.

chapter 14

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"Dude, you're avoiding our hangouts", Chifuyu complained to his friend who disinterestedly dozed off under the tree in the school yard.
The students were scattered all around the property, having their lunches among themselves, chatting and laughing around.

"No I ain't", Baji said lazily while still laying on the ground with hands interlocked behind his head.
His friend sat next to the dark haired boy, with crossed legs and a juice box in his hand.
He could only glance at disinterested male whose hair got tangled with grass underneath him.
"It's your fault for moving away anyway", Baji added.

"That ain't an excuse, I don't live far away!", at this point Chifuyu started chewing on the plastic straw of the juice box. He was indeed annoyed until something else popped on his mind,
"Just admit you like her", he smugly looked at Baji whose eyes immediately shot open, getting into a seated position just as fast to give his friend a menacing stare.

"The hell?! No I don't"

"I didn't say who"

"Fuck you"
Getting up from the ground abruptly he put his hands in the pockets of his pants, not bothering to straighten himself up from laying on the ground a few moments ago. Without batting an eye to Chifuyu, he lazily skimmed around the students when his eyes caught a familiar locks of hair near the school entrance. The classes were about to start in couple of minutes and he couldn't but think about Chifuyu's dumb statement.

"Oi, we still up for the study session today?"
Approaching her almost disinterestedly, his bored eyes with a glimpse of annoyance connected with hers when she reacted to his voice and turned to face him.

"Yeah"
That's right, he couldn't possibly have feelings for her. It was stupid to think about it anyway. He just needed to focus on other things and it'd be all good. She's just there as a friend, nothing more.

"Good, cause If I fail the upcoming tests, I'm blaming your ass", there's no way he'd like someone like her. Chifuyu was obviously being delusional. Of course he didn't have time for the hangouts since the upcoming tests are going to determine If his mother will beat his senses to the gates of heaven.

"Wait", scoffing away his remark, she reached out to a single piece of something green stuck to his raven strand of hair,
"Why is your hair full with grass?"

His eyes followed her hand and his whole body grew stiff,
"Stay still for a moment", she suddenly started combing through some of the locks, separating small pieces away,
"Unbelievable, did you pick up an entire forest?"

He didn't say absolutely anything, probably didn't even hear her grumbling. His eyes only remained stuck on her hands that held his hair and her features with that familiar concentrated expression he grew fond off.
He noticed her long eyelashes that fluttered every time she'd find another piece of greenery and the way her delicate fingers neatly picked out every single one of the pieces that got stuck. He felt his temperature rising.
Shaking his head to come to his senses, he pulled away.

"I'm going"
No. Absolutely not.
He isn't blushing just because of something so small. This wasn't the deal you two made when you were kids so he's not gonna let whatever this feeling was to resurface once again.

He repeated everything in his head multiple times, denying every accusation, Chifuyu's and his included on his way home after the classes ended.
Yes, that's it, after the exam period, he'll be more active in the gang. Maybe that's what he was missing after all since he wasn't as frequent on the meetings as he was before.

Kicking random pebbles as he walked by the river bedside his mind got occupied. The orange hue of the sun didn't bother him while he gaped at the ground with hands in his pockets. People were going home from work or school, kids were running around. He wasn't fazed by anyone or anything around him at that point.
He didn't even realize how fast he actually arrived home with how much these certain thoughts occupied him.
Smirking proudly to himself, he started unlocking the door to his apartment. He managed to convince himself that the feeling was just some random nonsense his brain created to confuse him.

Walking inside, he took his shoes off and went straight to his bedroom hanging his schoolbag on the desk chair. Finally slumping against the soft mattress of his bed, he rolled to his side so he could grab a motorcycle magazine from the pile on his floor. Laying again on his back, he rested his head on the pillow and skimmed through few pages until he got to the topic that interested him.

His mother was still at work and the present silence in the household made him all too drowsy. It didn't take long until he fell asleep with magazine rested on his chest.
If that boy could sleep for money, he definitely would.

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"Why's your hair wet? It isn't raining", the girl asked while holding the door open.

"Just took a shower"
Baji went in automatically, going to the usual place where they studied.
When he woke up from the nap, he realized what time it was and that she has probably arrived home already. It left him little time to take a shower and change out of his school clothes to rush to her apartment.

"And you didn't think to dry it before coming to my place? You're gonna catch a cold like that"
Closing the door behind, Y/N went towards the closet and grabbed a towel before going back to the living room where the black-haired male made himself comfortable.

"It'll dry naturally", he shouted for her to hear, while taking his notebook out of his backpack and placing it on the table. Resting his face on the palm of his hand and closing his eyes for a bit, he didn't even hear her footsteps come closer to him.

"Yeah... 'naturally' my ass", she mocked him while stepping behind him and throwing the towel over his head. He was startled, to say the least, and his muscles immediately grew stiff.
Just like earlier today.
She carefully rubbed his scalp and just as gently moved it towards the ends of his raven hair.
'for goodness sake' she mumbled with serious expression, failing to notice how the tips of his ears started to redden.
He thanked the heavens that she couldn't see his face at the moment, because this was the moment when he finally realized...

"I need to take a phone call real quick", he jumped to his feet, startling the girl. With towel still on his head, he staggered away on his way to the bathroom leaving her all too confused.
It didn't take long for her to brush it off and start arranging her stuff for the study session.

Shutting the bathroom door behind him, with furrowed brows and red cheeks, he stared at himself in the mirror for a few seconds.
Reaching for the faucet, he let the cold water run so he could splash some on his warm face and calm himself down.

Opening his contacts, he was quick to find the one he wanted to call and while waiting for his friend to pick up the phone, he stared at himself in the mirror once again.
Water droplets slid down his face, getting caught at the curve of his jawline. His heart rate was finally steadying.

Holding his phone with one hand, he raised his other to rub his temples with his thumb and middle finger. His eyes were shut as he waited for Chifuyu to answer.

"Hey-"

"Fuck you"
Those were the only words Baji said to the blonde before he hung up, leaving him confused on the other line.
Chifuyu stared at his phone screen for a few moments and finally scoffed with a smirk.
The idiot finally realized.
"Yeah, you told me that already"

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