Stranger

Chapter 6

Gray pov:

He called me perfect. He looked at me and called me perfect.

No, I was doing the move perfectly. Stop overthinking it. The thoughts at the back of my head disappear as I close the book. I look at the cover of the book, "And why is your name 'You're perfect for me.'" I complain, squeezing my pillow. What's going on with me? "What's up with you. You reading a dirty scene?" Chase walks out of the bathroom and falls on his bed.

"No, this isn't a romance novel." I roll my eyes. "Wait really. It sounds like one. 'You're perfect for me.' Doesn't it?"

I felt embarrassed as he says the word. It felt like the word echoes in my head."Stop saying perfect." I fall onto my back and look towards the wall. Maybe I shouldn't go to school. Just to rest for a while.

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Koa pov:

"Sir. Where's Mr. Han?" One of the students ask behind me. Why do they want to know where he is. It's none of their business. "He called in sick today." The teacher says, still writing on the white board. Sick? He was fine this weekend. What did he do, to get sick this fast?

Lunch time:

"You've been quite since this morning. What's up?" Luna says, leaning forward. "Uh, oh. Nothing. I'm just thinking." I rest my chin on my hand. "Since when do you think so deep?" Sunny asks as she sits next to Luna. "Since now." I felt frustrated. Amd I don't know why. "I'm leaving."
"What? Where to?" Luna asks as she stands up. I walk to the gate. "Dude, chill. Is it about Mr Han?" She grabs my arm. "Yes. Ever since that night, ever since the day he came to school, his face never left my mind. And it irritates me." I say in frustration.

Luna breaks out laughing, "Aw, sounds like pretty boy has a crush on our sub." She crosses her arms. "What?!"
"Don't what me. And before you say anything,  yes you do. Thinking about him 24/7, is so fucking obvious. Use your brain ones in a while, dumbass." She flicks my forehead with her finger. "Now since we got that sorted, you want to go to him or stay here with us?"
"I think you know the answer."

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I take in a deep breath as I approach his front door. Why do I feel so nervous all of the sudden. "Hey, you're Simon's coach right?" A filimilar voice says behind me. I turn to see Simon's brother standing behind me with grocery bags in his hand. His smile fills me with irritation. How can Gray live with him? "Yeah." I look back at the door and then at him. "Do you know Gray?" His voice is so irritating. "Yes, is he here?" I cross my arms, as he puts the bags on the ground.

"Yip. Just let me open it for." He opens the door, to reveal a room with two single beds and in the corner is a table with DJ stuff on it. I walk in, not looking back st Simon's brother. "Hey Gray, I'm back." He yells, as he walks through a small hallway, that only one person can fit through, leading to a tiny kitchen. "Just put the stuff on the counter."
"Aw, thanks. You're so nice to me." I roll my eyes with his baby talk. "Oh right. Someone's here for you." He says, as he walks down the hallway. "Is it Echo? Because he's the only person I'll actually talk to." I walk down the hallway and enter the kitchen, only to see Gray with a white oversized shirt and some black shorts.

He packs away the groceries, "Need help with that?" He stops in place, as he slowly turns around. His eyes widen under his glasses, when he realize who's in front of him. "What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be in school?"
"Well, I am the top of my classes, so it doesn't matter." I say with a grin. I raise my hand to feel his head if he had a fever, but he slapped it away before I could do so.

"What are you doing?"
"Checking if you had a fever, since you called in sick today." I put my hands in my pocket as I wait for his response. He folds his arms as he stares at me. "I don't have a fever. So you can leave." He turns around and continues packing away.

Gray pov:

Why isn't he moving? Try and stay calm.

Maybe it's because he cares for you.

No, that can't be. We don't know a single thing about each other. And plus, what's there to care for, no one did anyway. My thoughts disappear as I feel him getting closer to me. "Are you hurt?"
"What?!" I quickly turn around, just to see how close he was. Our faces are inches apart. I can feel him breathing, as he stares into my eyes. He places his hands on the counter, trapping me between them. "Gray, I'm going to see Echo, see you soon." I hear Chase yell,before hearing the door close. "Is he your boyfriend?"
"What? No. Ew." I say in a panic. "And why do you care anyway?"
"You're much more talkative when you're home." His voice is low and deep.

"Fine. If you're going to stay. Be useful." I push him away and hand him a bag of groceries. "They go there. And don't say a word." I turn around and continue packing the groceries away. Always in everyone's space.

He's only in your space.

•••

"How long are you going to stay here?"
"It hasn't even been an hour and you're kicking me out? How rude." He says, dramatically. I let out a small smile, but it quickly disappears, as I hear him get up. "Why didn't you come to school today? You don't seem sick."
"That's none of your business, school boy."
"A nickname, for me? You're too kind." Why did I say that? That didn't need to come out. "No, it just slipped out. Don't think you're special now." I cross my arms. "So you were thinking about giving me a nickname?" He says with a grin. "Well, there's more then one idiot on this planet. So the name is overused." I shrug, as I throw away the grocery bags.

"Wow, that hurts." He grabs onto his chest. "Since we're done. You can leave now." I fold my arms. "Fine, but I'm glad to know, that you're fine. But I to know, why did you skip school?"
"Will you leave then?" He nods. "There's a lot on my mind, so being at school wasn't going to help."
"Can I help?"

You can't help, because you're the reason.

"No, you'll just make things worse." I stare at him as he walks out the door. "You know, you should try and let go a little. Don't be so-" I close the door, before he finishes his sentence. There nothing I need to let go of. Whatever happened in the past, stays there and it doesn't effect me. Anymore atleast.

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