Forth Beam short stories 2

Chasing you (part 9)

Forth's P.O.V.

I'm slowly but surely making progress with Beam. Yesterday I was surprised when he showed up worried. Now he agreed to have lunch with me every day and he lets me call him Bee. I feel good about this. I walked into his foodcourt as I've been doing for quite some time now. With the knowledge that he wants me here I went ahead and bought food for the two of us. As I was making my way back to the table I noticed Beam walking towards it.

"Bee." I said happily and he smiled at me too.

"Forth you came." He said.

"Of course, I told you I would." I said sitting down with our food. He sat down beside me.

"Thank you for the food." He said when I handed him a plate.

"You're welcome." I said.

We were eating and chatting. I was looking at Beam when I noticed his expression turn sour. I was confused but a second later I realized the reason why. The girl who had sent me the lunchbox was standing in front of our table.

"Hi! Sorry for interrupting you guys. I'm the one who sent you the lunchbox with Beam last week." She said and I noticed Beam even moved a little away from me. I looked at him with an eyebrow raised but he was avoiding eye contact. I let out a sigh before grabbing him by his waist and pulling him closer to me where he was almost sitting on my lap. I could tell he was surprised but didn't say anything. The girl looked at us with an eyebrow raised.

"Well you should know I didn't accept it right? I sent Bee here to return it to you. Didn't he?" I asked and Beam looked down.

"He did. Didn't you like the food? Next time I can prepare something you like instead." She said and I shook my head no.

"Sorry but I'm already interested in someone else." I said and she looked surprised.

"Oh ok I guess." She said before turning around and leaving. I looked at Beam confused but he was still looking away and his cheeks were a bit flushed.

"Beam." I said looking at him.

"What?" He said feigning ignorance.

"What do you mean what? Didn't you say something when you gave her the lunchbox?" I asked and he shook his head looking down. "Why?" I asked.

"I don't know I thought you might change your mind and only said it because I got mad." He said and I sighed.

"Bee, I'm only interested in you right now." I said and he shook his head.

"No! You shouldn't be! If it's because of what happened that night I already told you to forget it because I don't remember and I don't want to remember." He said.

"I get it if you're not ready Bee. But don't try to push me to someone else ok? That should be my decision if it ever came to that."

"I'm sorry Forth. I don't know if we should continue this whatever this is." He said and I sighed he's closing off again. It's one step forward and two backwards with him.

"Beam calm down. We are going to have disagreements that's normal! It doesn't mean we should never see each other again. Or that we will stay mad at each other forever. We just need to talk about it and get on the same page ok?" I said and he nodded.

"I'm sorry." I said.

"First of all stop saying sorry, ok? I'm not mad anyway. I was just surprised." I said and he sighed looking down.

"At first I was going to say that you were not interested. But then I realized I didn't really know if that was true or you did it because of my behavior. I kept thinking what if you wanted to accept it but didn't because of me? So I just gave it to her and walked away which let her confused." He said and I sighed.

"You should've asked me. I seriously didn't want it. We need to learn to communicate better." I said and he nodded.

"So that it? You're not mad anymore?" He asked and I shook my head smiling.

"Do you want me to be?" I asked and he shook his head quickly.

"No." He said and I smiled.

"Good cuz I'm not." I said and he nodded before looking at me suspiciously.

"How can I be sure?" He asked and I rolled my eyes.

"Bee." I said in a warning tone and he smiled.

"Ok I'm good." He said giving me a thumbs up and I laughed.

"Let's go I don't want you to be late for class." I said standing up from my seat and he did the same.

"Thank you for lunch. I will go over to your faculty tomorrow to return the favor." He said and I nodded.

"I will wait for you there. See you." I said and he waved at me while walking away.

A.N.

Hey guys it's been a while. I'm sorry. I do have a legitimate reason. I've been having trouble with a guy at work. To make a long story short we went on a date and now he's basically obsessed with me in a bad way. I was aware of the situation in a sense but not the magnitude. I'm trying to figure out what to do because I don't feel safe there with him after finding out stuff from my coworkers. Which has made me really sad because apart from him I love everyone there as if they were my family. I'm considering leaving the job but it's literally breaking my heart. I felt like I had finally found my people and I don't want to leave them. But I fear for my safety if this continues and even if they are protecting me I don't want to be a burden. So yeah I haven't been feeling like writing about love because of this situation. I will continue writing because I was genuinely loving this story updates will just take a bit longer. But I won't let him take this away from me too. I'm sorry for the rant. Please stay safe and I will see you on the next chapter whenever that comes but I promise it will. And sorry for the short chapter! It was all I could manage for now.