Someone Called Crush [C]

Chapter Eight

Today, I came to school with my usual look. I couldn't dress up like I have planned with Aya yesterday. How can I have any time for that when a correction for maths exam paper has not even complete the half of it yet? Not to mention we also must do the other exam paper's corrections.

I spent most of the time in my room yesterday, so I barely eat anything. I also not having any breakfast in the morning, which made me look like a zombie in the class. That's why I dragged Aya to eat at the canteen with me. I'm starving.

"So, where are we going to sit?" I ask Aya after I paid for a fried noodles. Aya just buy a fried chicken for lunch.

"Let's sit there." Aya points to a table where there's an empty spot. I just want to follow Aya when I see Ryder sitting at the table we're about to head to.

"Aya.." I called her but she already sat at the table opposite to Ryder. Seeing that, I have no choice but to sit next to her.

"You better be prepared after this," I whisper in her ear.

"What? I just want to see my boyfriend ober there." She points to a group of boys sitting at the table near us. I spotted Zack among of them. So, she actually just wants to see her boyfriend? Then, we sitting here was just a coincidence?

"Nina!" Jane, who take a seat beside me, lifts my mood. I smile at her.

"Ah, Ryder!" She also called Ryder, which makes my mood sink again. I don't want to care about it anymore and start to eat my food.

While eating my food, I tried so hard not to glance at Ryder and I can tell he tried so hard not to glance at me too. Even though he's talking to Jane who sits beside me. A moment later, he suddenly get up and want to leave.

"Hmm. You must want to run away from certain someone," Jane says with an eyebrow raised to tease Ryder.

"No. I need to do my duty and patrol around the canteen," he says before going to boys' staircase.

After he disappeared, I began to ponder. Isn't the canteen actually here? But he's going somewhere else. Doesn't it mean that he just made an absurd excuse? Why is he like this? I shake my head and finishing my food while waiting for Aya.

Then I waited for her in front of the toilet before we went to class together. Not long after that, a bell ring as a sign of the end of the lunchtime. Jane came into class and sits beside me. As soon as she sat, she started to talk excitedly.

"Nina. Do you remember the incident earlier?" she began to ask.

"How could I forget? He's definitely acting strange."

"Yes! He said he has a duty to do while he's actually don't. And you know what? I saw his ears turned red the whole time you sit there."

"He's what?" My eyes open wide. That was truly unexpected. So, he really tried to run away from me. I always made myself believe that there's no way it will be true. My hopes getting up again. What should I do?

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The last period before club activity is PE subject. And of course, I will be able to meet Ryder again. Since the teacher is absent, we just sat at the school hall and do whatever we want as long as it doesn't break the school's rules.

Aya ask the teacher to grant a permission to play badminton with Angel. And what else I, Jane, and Mika are going to do if not continue to do the maths correction? Mika and I actually lazy to do it but got forced by Jane. We can't win against Jane who used to be a prefect before.

"Ryder!" Mika calls and I look up to see Ryder is heading towards us.

"Not going to run this time?" Of course Jane wouldn't stop teasing him. He look away and said.