Heartbreaks

The Man in the Picture - IV

Beam POV

Morning came and Forth and I were still not talking. My right knuckle was wounded and swollen in punching him repeatedly yesterday. When he's bound to school, I was still asleep. When it's my turn to go to school, he's still not back. I was told he'd only come to the dorm once he knew I was already gone. Since that night, I made it a point to come back late by hanging out with my org friends. One of them noticed my wound on my knuckle.

"Beam, why don't you just leave your dorm? I'm sure there are someplace you can live in especially if you're not at peace in your dorm, let alone in your own dorm room."

What, and leave Forth? I can't even bear the thought of leaving the person I treat as my boyfriend! Though when I go to the dorm, I bunk with our dormmate with no bunkmate yet.

T/N: There's seriously something wrong about "person I treat as my boyfriend". It shows un-ownership yet you still can't let go.

Friday of the same week finally came so Prae was at the dorm. I just arrived from school when I saw her. She noticed that Forth and I were not speaking with each other and initiated the conversation with me.

"Hello Beam, how are you?" She greeted me. They were seated beside each other on the couch in the living room.

I flashed a smile at the two of them and said, "I'm good."

Afterwards, I excused myself so I can fix my things because I planned to go home. I left them and I felt their eyes follow my back. I knew if Prae was in my position, she would also feel what I was feeling.

While at home, I was anxious. My mind was just filled with thoughts of Forth. I tried not to but my brain won't listen to me. Because my heart was shouting loud and clear how much I love that man I share my bed with. I wanted to message him but my pride was stopping me.

I returned to the dorm that Sunday night but Forth was not around. For the first time after our scuffle, I slept inside our dorm room. When I woke up in the morning, I was surprised was someone hugging me. It was Forth who was fast asleep beside me. Maybe because of the exhaustion in my land travel that I didn't feel that he slept beside me.

I slowly and carefully removed his arms and legs that were wrapped around me to escape. But this woke him up and he quickly reached for his bath towel.

"I'm gonna be late." He grumbled.

After he bathed, he went back to our dorm room to change while I was at the veranda drinking my morning coffee. He left without saying anything and ran outside while I just followed him with my eyes as he disappeared around the corner.

That afternoon, classes were suspended because of the Faculty Union meeting. I was hanging around the veranda with Lam. We were just talking about life and school in general when Forth arrived from school. He joined us in the terrace and he started with his usual jokes and banters. Lam was laughing his ass off. I really can't help but laugh too since it was really funny. 

Lam left after a while because he needed to withdraw some money. Forth and I were left alone in silence. 

But eventually, he broke the ice. "B-Beam, how are you? You went back to your province and you didn't bring any souvenir for me?" 

"I'm good, I guess. My hand still hurts though. This is all your fault." I teased. "Souvenir? Haha! Sorry, I left at night so I wouldn't e able buy anything decent."

"Haha! Well that's what you get for punching when you're not used to it. I'll massage that later."

We shared a laugh. 

By evening, we ate dinner outside together with our dormmates. Everyone was happy that we're in good terms again. 

Once back at the dorm, we went straight to our room. Forth did massage my hand. It was soothing. Until he suddenly placed it on top of his bulge...