TURN BACK THE TIME

Chap#2 : A Kiss

What a waste of time. Love imposed Miss was absent, and still, we had to go to this building.

Gun: What do you mean, a waste of time? Look at that.

Love: Oh no, New, look behind.

New looked behind; it was Tay standing there. New flinched at him.

Tay: Let's talk.

New: About what?

Tay tilted his head with a serious face and grabbed New by his wrist, pulling him outside onto the rooftop.

Gun: Oh, oh, he held his hand, omg!

Love: You know what I am thinking?

Gun: Yeah, I know, right?

New: Hey, leave my hand; it hurts.

Tay left his hand, staring straight at him.

New caressed his wrist, making a soft pout.

Tay: What do you want from me?

New: Me? What? I don't want anything from you.

Tay: Nah, but still, everyone's talking about how the new boy is cute and how you ran into me, what a poor thing, and that you're so sweet and all this and that. Now even Tay Tawan won't leave a boy like you alone; it's annoying. What did I do to you? Did I even touch you, you piece of shit? he grabbed New's collar. Why is everyone mind you in school? Can't you go back to where you came from? Ugh, I'm so annoyed; even those twins are into you. Ugh.

New: *sniff* *sniff* What do you want from me? What did I do to you? *sniff* *sniff*

Tay: Huh? Why are you crying now? What the hell, bro? I didn't even... What, man?

New: It's not my fault. *sniff* *sniff* Everybody *sniff* *sniff* is talking about me. You really think I want to be the talk of the uni? I don't. *sniff* *sniff*

Tay: Look, I was just saying...

New: *sniff* *sniff* [tears falling from New's eyes]

Tay: Hey, [Tay scratched his head, seeing New cry like that.] What should I do to make you stop crying? I didn't mean to make you cry. STOP!

Suddenly, Tay kissed New. New was left flabbergasted and stopped crying.

New pushed Tay away, his eyes wide with shock and confusion. "Why did you do that?" he exclaimed, his voice trembling.

Tay took a step back, his own expression now a mix of surprise and uncertainty. "I don't know," he mumbled, avoiding New's gaze.

Love and Gun, who had been watching the scene unfold, exchanged puzzled looks. "What just happened?" Love whispered to Gun.

Gun shrugged, equally baffled. "I have no idea. That was unexpected."

Meanwhile, New was still trying to process what had just occurred. "You can't just kiss someone out of nowhere like that!" he exclaimed, his tone a mix of anger and bewilderment.

Tay watched New's retreating figure, a mix of regret and confusion clouding his thoughts. He wanted to explain, to make New understand that his actions were born out of confusion and not malice. Before he could gather his thoughts and start after New, 

Tay: "Hey New, wait! It's not what you think! New!"

Suddenly, Gun came and pushed Tay.

Gun: "That's how you're doing what you want, Mr. Tay? You really are an asshole. Shame on you."

Gun then turned to Love.

Gun: "Let's go, Love. Let's go find New."

Love nodded, her expression determined.

Love: "Wait till I see New. I'll teach you a lesson, you bitch."

Mark came after both Love and Gun left.

Mark: "What happened here, Tay? Are you okay? Why was Gun angry? Is everything good?"

Tay stuttered, visibly flustered. "I... I want to go home. Yeah, I wanna go home."

Mark tried to stop him. "Hey, wait, at least explain."

Tay hurriedly went back home without responding further.

Upon entering his house, Tay was welcomed by Sea, who was already inside.

Sea: "Oh, you're back, Tay?"

Without answering Sea, Tay quickly went inside, closing the door hastily as if he were in a hurry. The tension and confusion from the earlier encounter still hung heavy in the air.

Tay muttered to himself, "Why did I do that, and why is my heart so bothered by it? Hey, you, stop beating this fast! What the hell, stop beating like I ran or something." As he touched his lips, he thought, "I kissed two people before, but I never felt this way like I did today. But I'm straight. I am not... no, no, no. It was just my bad thought. I get it."

Meanwhile, New was sitting on a bench alone under the wishing tree, famous in the university.

Gun slowly approached him and sat beside him.

Gun: "Hey."

New: "Hey."

Gun: "Are you okay?"

New: "Yeah..."

Gun: "You know why this tree is called the wishing tree? Because the first batch of this university, back in 1995, had two boys named Fair and Soon. They were the first couple of this university. The era where this may was like asin; both of them fell in love under this tree. It is said that the parents of Fair did him wrong and gave him poison because he was gay, and he died on that same day. Soon came here under this tree and wished that he could meet Fair sooner or later and slept under this tree. The next day, Soon was nowhere to be found. It is said that both Fair and Soon met again. So, that batch named this tree the wishing tree because Soon's wish of getting Fair was maybe granted here. But we still don't know if it was true, but we believe it is true because we believe in what's called a happy ending."

New: "You're telling me this for?"

Gun: "Nothing, just wanted to tell you about it." [smiled]

New: "So, do you believe in that, Soon and Fair, or not?"

Gun: "I don't know. I believe that if they didn't meet, why would this story still exist after many years?"

New: "You're quite..."

Gun: "Comforting, I know that."

New: "Thank you."

Gun: "For what?"

New: "For just being here."

Gun: "Tay was trying to help; he had no bad intentions. I know that he's a piece of shit, but only because he really is like that. But his heart is pure, trust me." Gun smiled.

New hugged Gun.

New: "You're a wonderful person."

Gun: "Oh, what?"

They sat together for a while longer, finding solace in each other's company.

if people are heartless can this world even exist just saying we often judge in a hurry and conclude it wrong