The Stars & Us

02. After The First

Ethan grab my hand and take me out even when we're not finished eating yet. I was so shocked and don't know what happened. So I just remained silent and go with him.

I look at his face. It's getting red and he looks mad. I don't know why. But I'm kind of scared. So I don't say anything.

After we get far from the canteen, suddenly he let go of my hands.

"𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘏𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘭."

We still walk in the field. I look at him but he looks down and didn't look back at me.

"𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯, 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨?"

"𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵."

He then stop walking and stared at me. He then smile again and hold my hand.

"𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥. 𝘚𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?"

"𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯."

"𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦."

"𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮. 𝘊𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦?"

"𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺."

"𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘐 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵, 𝘭𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵."

He look at me and I smiled at him.

"𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥, 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘰. 𝘚𝘰, 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭. 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺. 𝘖𝘬𝘢𝘺? 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰."

Friend? Not a good person? Is that how you describe a friend? I was too confused with these two people. But, this time I choose to trust him.

"𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭. 𝘔𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯."

"𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴?"

"𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺. 𝘠𝘰𝘶?"

"𝘔𝘦? 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘴."

"𝘖𝘩, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵."

"𝘏𝘢𝘩𝘢, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵, 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘩. 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵."

"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯?"

"𝘐'𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵."

"𝘞𝘰𝘸, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨."