let me trust you

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              ✦ 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝒹𝓇𝒾𝒸𝑜 ✦

That went well. I'm about to follow her outside the door but remembered practice starts in 5 minutes. And coach will literally murder me if I'm late. Last time I was even slightly late, he made me do laps around the pool continuously.  "Yea let's not be late for the sake of your leg and arm muscles," I tell myself.

I pack my bag, say goodbye to Markle and start walking towards the school's sport centre. The centre is located off campus but is still close to the school's main building. Only the athletes train and use it but there's a library on the second floor where some people spend their breaks. Our school competes competitively in a range of sports: tennis, football, swimming, dancing and basketball.

I check my phone and see I have 3 minutes left to make practice. Shit. I've got this though. I begin to pick up the pace, when for some obscure reason, hurriedly speed walking towards me in the opposite direction is Krish. What is he doing?

We meet halfway in the corridor and I give him a confused look. Proceeding to do our little handshake, we grasp each other's hands, bump our elbows together, place our hand on the others forearm, push back and click our fingers.

"Can't stop Elias, I've left my trunks in my locker." he manages to say before jogging away.

"Idiot!" I yell loud enough so he can hear.

He doesn't stop jogging but turns around and gives me a smirk. The idiots running backwards.

I sigh, leaving the school building before hearing some teacher shout at Krish to stop running.

•••

"You're probably the biggest idiot I've met in my life." I say while slapping Krish on the shoulder.

Practice just ended and it went quite well all things considering. I mean watching Krish tiredly swim across the pool will never get old.

"OWWW!" "Remind me to never come late to practice ever again," he manages to get out.

And I laugh at how he's struggling to stand straight. "Always knew you'd be the first to need a walking stick."

He grabs my head, wrapping his arms around my neck in a headlock. "And I'll still be able to beat your ass up."

"I'll go easy on you old man." And with that, we're wrestling.

•••

The cafeteria isn't as busy as it normally is, probably due to the fact that lunch is nearly over. I collect my food, or something close to food. This cafeteria is horrid. And stand waiting for Krish, he's trying to choose a sandwich even though he's always going to get the same one.

"Cheese one again?" I ask him

And he groans, "There's nothing for a vegetarian, I'm sick of eating the same everyday."

Searching for a seat, I look around the cafeteria until my eyes come to a halt. She's sitting near the far back, laughing at something I'm guessing her friend said.

I find myself walking in her direction. Adamant about not leaving until she agrees to do this project with me.

"Yo Elias, where're you off to." I hear Krish's footsteps tread behind me. "Ohh, it's about time."