Aranya

......6

CHAPTER Six

"Your album" Mason starts "it's only you and your mom"

"Yh it has always been that way my mom and I" I say with my attention solely on the Wuthering Heights book in my hands which is part of our literature text for the year. It's a book by Emily Brontë.

"Why?"

I forcefully draw my attention away from the book to meet his gaze "Why not" I shrug "is there supposed to be someone else?"

"Yh your dad" he looks at me with his full attention

I look away from him to keep my eyes on the book "I don't have one" I bluntly say "My mom was abused years back which led to my birth so technically I have no dad and my mom is also satisfied with no man in her life except friends and me plus I also have no interest in dads my mom is enough". It's true I have no dad my surname is my mom's name Pearls. I don't know how it feels like to have a dad and I don't care.

I bite my lips looking up sending him a sharp glare, why would he just ask me a personal question and get it on a platter "Refrain from asking personal questions Mister Williams"

"You're really a different breed of human" he points out

I furrow my brows at him "I have no idea what you mean Williams"

"You know, if other people are to be in your shoes, they'd definitely have the longing to meet their father to feel fatherly love or they'd be going through emotional disturbances but you don't seem to be bothered" he explains

I raise my brows "So should I take that as a compliment or...."

"I'm just amazed little one, you surprise me a lot" he tells me

"Don't call me that!" I snap then I take in deep breaths "we have Wuthering Heights to work on"

In a few minutes time we were both reading the text. Mason to his copy and me to mine. While reading my mind is also wondering through other things. On a normal note Mason won't sit down to read this text but he's doing it now. He can always decide not to care about the assignment and to leave it to me cause it's not something our teacher would be bothered about.

I push the thoughts away concentrating on the book. I look up in anger at what I just read. "I swear I hate Heathcliff and I'm going to kill him"

"Oh okay" Mason says with his attention on his book

"Okay? What do you mean okay would you do the same too" I demand looking at him

He takes his attention away from his book to look at me and I feel grateful for that "I didn't say so but if I'm to be in Heathcliff's shoes I wouldn't think of revenge rather my concern would be on how to get my girl back, if she goes to someone else I'd still chase her" he says and while saying this he looks at me intensely like he's directing his words at me, he sure knows how to leave me breathless

I clear my throat "U..umm okay" I stutter why did I stutter. I look back at my book. His phone vibrates in his hands

"Seems like we'd call it a day now" he says standing up

"Yes" I eagerly say standing up "A day it is, I'm not seeing you off"

"I know you wouldn't" he tells me as he walks out of my room.

I pick my phone up falling flat on my bed. I unlock it to see a text from Austen

**Are you asleep already**

**About to** I text back

**Okay then good night, I'd see you tomorrow**

**sure**

I open my blackpink playlist and start playing 'As if it's your last' by blackpink.

I hear a knock on my door, just then mom walks in

"Sweetie" she says coming to lie down beside me, she tucks herself in and also tucks me in beside her

"Yes mom"

"Tomorrow I'd be back late from work, I'm going to have a tight schedule" she tells me

I nod in understanding facing her

"But if you want I can tell Gina to come over"

I shake my head in disaffirm "I'm going to be good mom there's no need" I assure her, Gina is my mom's friend. It's not necessary for her to come over, I can handle myself

"Alright hun" she says with a smile trying to get herself to sleep. Seems like she's sleeping over, it's like that sometimes I go to her room to sleep and sometimes she comes to mine

"Are you going to leave your music on to sleep?" She asks not opening her eyes

"Oh" I turn to my phone on my nightstand, it's in 'Crazy over you' by blackpink now. I pause it and turn back to sleep.

MASON'S POV

I take two shots of liquor in my favorite bar breathing deeply. I came here after leaving Aranya's house, I left cause I wanted her to rest I knew she was tired.

Aranya is someone who has always been in my heart since we first met at Butera High. Though Aranya is good at pushing people away and always want to do that but she also has a sweet and caring part of her.

Just that she hates me now but I love her nonetheless. Someone takes my cup away from my hand, I look up to see Leslie

"Why the hell are you drinking!" She snaps "You aren't legal yet"

"Cause I wanna and I know" I tell her

"Look here" she says pouring herself a drink while holding on to mine and I shake my head at her, she knows she isn't legal too "Mason you can't go on like this, why don't you just move on"

I sigh looking up at her, Leslie is my close friend and she knows about what happened between Aranya and I

"You know I can't and I wouldn't" I say firmly, yeah I can't and I'm sure I can still get Aranya one way or the other.

"How long would you go on like this? It's not fair on you"

"I don't know but for now I still have some hope" I say taking my cup away from her

"Shouldn't she know the truth so she won't keep misunderstanding you. Just telling her the shits she has to know get her back, plusyou won't have to go through this stress"

"It's not necessary alright so don't say shits to her" I tell her. Whatever happens I'd have Aranya again and once I do I'm never letting go cause she's a priceless jewel I'm gonna cherish.

The next morning at school, Leslie and I are sitting together as usual while the teacher is busy lecturing us

"Awn this guy is cute why haven't I seen him" Leslie says beside me

My attention is on Aranya who's sitting next to Austen. I really feel the urge to throw Austen out of the window right now and sit next to her.

"Hey" Leslie nudges me "You need to get a grip on yourself, you're being a creep right now watching her every time"

"I'm not a creep" I frown drawing my attention away from Aranya

"Yh you're not" she say with sarcasm evident in her tone. "So I was saying, I just noticed a cute guy"

"You always do Leslie" I tell her and my eyes falls on Aranya again this time she's smiling at something Austen said. I just want her to be mine, not to share her with anyone else. She's supposed to be smiling at me, looking at only me and I would do anything to get her to smile at me.