Lativia
(Time skip, 6 months)
Honestly, I want to change my lifestyle so badly. Class ended and it's always embarrassing walking through the hallways on my own. I really can't handle this without her. Sasha was my best friend before she passed away last year due to a heart attack. I barely talked since then, people call me weird for that. When seeing people hanging out with their own friends, having fun, doing activities, it makes me jealous inside honestly. I don't understand how people can just talk without worrying messing up. I walk to my locker trying to go there as fast as possible, until I bump into someone really hard. I trip over to my knees, slightly bruised.
"Oh shoot, are you okay?" a familiar voice was heard. I was completely embarrassed and just looked to the floor, not knowing who the person is but I really hope they leave. Instead, they come in front of me, what a way to be embarrassed. I can feel their gaze on me, this is actually so embarrassing, I'm really trying to hold in my tears. Seconds later, I see a hand hovering above me. I push my bangs out of the way, seeing who was in front of me. It was him...
The same guy who I met months ago. The same guy who stopped his tracks to talk to me, is now right in front of me. How embarrassing is this.
"Are you alright? I bumped into you pretty hard" he asks in concern as his hand is still out waiting for me to take it. His eyes are staring right into mine. His gaze is soft and friendly, almost seem like I can trust him, but I can't be deceived by looks. I took his hand and got up, looking down at my bruised knee. He looked down at my knees too,
"Oh gosh! You're bruised, let me take you to the nurses' office" he said with concern. I shake my head to him as a response of no thanks, but I don't think he got it since he dragged me to the office anyway. He ran with my hand, taking me with him. This guy is really fast, I could barely keep up. As we arrive to the nurses' office, he slowed down and stopped at the door. He opened the door as we see the nurse inside,
"Nurse, her knee is bruised." He said as he points to my slight bruise on my right knee. I shake my head to tell him it's fine, he looks at me in the eye with his hand still in mine.
"No, you can clearly see your knee is bleeding. You need that checked; I will not let you go with a bruised knee. Especially if it's because of me," he says firmly as he keeps holding my hand. I am so embarrassed; I don't know why he is doing this. I stare at our hands together, making it look like we're a couple. I feel my cheeks heating up as I try to pull my hand away, his grip is strong. He noticed I'm trying to pull my hand away, so his grip becomes tighter. I feel my cheeks heating up even more, probably obvious that I am blushing. He turns his face to me as he looks at me, I can see a little smirk rising on his lips.
"Why are you so shy? Am I that scary?" he jokes a little as he lets out a chuckle. I turn my red face away from him out of embarrassment. I can hear him chuckle again as the nurse tells us to go in the room.
"You can stay with your girlfriend if you want," the nurse smiles at us. I look at him and back at the nurse. My cheeks are really heating up now.
"Oh, no! We're not together, ma'am... I'm just her friend." He replies as he scratches his neck with his unoccupied hand. I am shocked on what he just said. A friend? I look at him with wide eyes as the nurse laughs nervously and says "Oh! I apologize! You two seem so cute together, well head in," as she points to the door of a room. He smiles at her as he drags me to the other room. We enter as he closes the door behind me.
He then drags me to a seat nearby as he tells me, "Sit down, you need to rest your legs," I nod my head as I sit down on the chair, and he sits on the chair next to me. Our hands are still together as I look down with blush all over my face. He leans forward as he stares in my eyes, trying to make eye contact.
"So, we meet again. It's been a while since I've talked to you, Via." He softly says as he smiles at me. I turn my face away as he tries to make eye contact with me. Though, I realised what he just called me. I look at him slowly with a confused face. How does he know my name? I don't remember telling him my name... He looks at me with the same look I have on my face. I try to talk but my lips start to tremble, so I just closed my lips again.
