The Leaf That Brought Us Together

Chapter 12: What If We Kissed?

It was the time of the month.

Just as I was about to run back towards my dorm room I kind of felt like someone was hugging my waist from behind. I looked down with widened eyes and saw a pair of arms tying a black jacket on my waist tightly and firmly. I twisted my neck back and saw Samuel's face so close to my face.

Our noses were slightly touching and it seemed that he was also a little startled from my action just now. My face flushed red again but thankfully it wasn't that obvious since my face was already red from running and the embarrassment just now. I stepped forward a few steps to get out from his arms then turned around.

I saw that he was now only wearing a gray shirt instead of that black jacket earlier and I instantly understood what happened just now.

I vaguely remember earlier that Samuel was wearing a black jacket with crimson colored words and that same jacket was now on my waist covering some parts of my pants.

"Evelyn, uh you should probably go back to your dorm. I'll just talk to you next time when there's a chance." Samuel said softly. I nodded saying "Yeah, I probably should. Thank you by the way for the jacket. I'll give it back to you tomorrow." I patted the jacket twice casually as an attempt to not look panicked.

"I'll see you tomorrow then?"

"Yep, bye Sam."
"Bye"

I waved goodbye towards him then walked back to my dorm in a hurry but didn't make it obvious. When I was sure that I was out of his sight I started picking up speed and ran. I didn't stop when I was in front of my door and just opened it then closed it shut. That was when I breathed a sigh of relief and slumped down behind the door.

I instantly remembered about my period, stood up, slowly removed the jacket hanging from my waist and walked towards the mirror to see if there was more blood than earlier.

On the mirror I saw that on my pants there was a lot of blood...

I just stared at it in a daze before slowly falling on the ground.

I really couldn't ignore my pants right now so I pushed back my thoughts to the back of my head and decided to think about it later. I took the things needed from the cabinet and went to the bathroom. It was a good thing I always have prepared in advance in case my period happened earlier than expected.

After a few minutes I went out wearing a completely different set of clothes. I didn't want to go out anymore for today because of the embarrassment earlier and what if Samuel was still outside and we meet again? If that happens I might end up doing something stupid that I'll regret later on.

Normally I really wouldn't be that panicked but there was just a lot of blood, it was in front of Samuel who I deliberately tried to ignore and on top of that a lot of people were there looking at us since we were running around in the school...

But of course there was also another thing, and that was the moment where our faces were close to each other. If I just moved my face about an inch closer to his our lips probably would've....... but anyway I didn't dare think about it.

It didn't happen and would never happen is what I thought to myself.

Now that that matter is put aside I picked up the jacket on the chair and decided to put it in the washing machine to just make it clean. It felt rude to just give it back to him like that.

While waiting for it to be finished I just couldn't help but think some 'What if?'s about earlier. Just some insignificant what if that I just 'normally and casually' thought.

'What if we kissed?'

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