Like Minds - To my beloved Maraclea

Chapter 30 - Rocky side

 Nigel:

Nigel stared at himself in the mirror as if trying to see perhaps his emotionless mask had broken. It was still intact though. But when he saw Alex coming in behind him some annoyance shone through again and he had to keep himself from groaning.

"It just got worse with your arrival," he said, turning to face him.

"I'm just trying to pay attention in class. Why are you doing this? Don't you think we've drawn enough attention so far?"

He turned back to the sink and turned open the water to wash his hands, even though they weren't filthy at all.

Alex:

I raised my eyebrows and smiled satisfied, like he had answered that he felt perfectly because I just arrived. Of course, he said the opposite of that.

'Good,' I answered with a little smile. I walked towards him and leaned against the wall while staring serious at his face. He tried to avoid my eye contact - or at least, it looked like he did. I pressed my lips and tilted my head, staring with raised eyebrows at his hands that he washed.

'I was just joking around. It didn't looked like it bothered you, since I got your surprising fantasy rushing through my mind. That wasn't very smart of you, to send that towards my mind. '

I licked my lips and bend a little bit towards him, staring at his pink lips for a second which were parted.

'Did you liked it?'

Nigel:

He gritted his teeth and kept the water running, just to give his hands something to do and have something else to look at instead of Alex.

"I didn't.. You were the one getting in my mind all the time, once again."

He knew that he couldn't pretend for much longer that he had to wash his hands and stopped reluctantly, now taking his time to dry them.

"And no I didn't," he snapped, half lying, half speaking the truth. "Is this all just a joke to you?"

Alex:

I smirked as I saw how I annoyed him again. He seemed to be very displeased by me doing this - just as always. I had no idea what was going on with me, though. Just another hitch in my behavior, what sometimes just happened... I inhaled deeply and followed him when he wanted to dry his hands. I was really leaning on his shoulders now, probably tormenting him as hell.

'That's true, this time it was me, I admit that. But you were the one who thought about that, right?'

I pursed my lips and pulled my head back, lifting my chin a bit while frowning my eyebrows.

'Why didn't you do it, in the classroom? Were you afraid?'

I smirked lightly while saying the last word, bending over him again. I was standing behind him right now, so he couldn't see my face. He could only feel my warm breath touching his neck.

'No, of course not Nigel. I told you that many times before. I was just, you know. Messing around.'

Nigel:

He pursed his lips and finally turned to face Alex, now he had nothing else to turn to.

"I did, yes. Does it matter?"

He frowned when Alex asked him why he didn't do it.

"Such a useless and tedious question, Jack. The reason I didn't do it is because I'm not as reckless as you are."