Meant To Be | Lee Felix

excuses | part 7

My eyes start to water. I hate myself. I get these sentimental emotions from my mom; she also cries and makes things dramatic out of tiny stuff. I don't get it why I feel so overwhelmed.
"Oh, are you crying?!" He observes my face carefully. I tilt it away from him.

Chae, stop acting pathetic. I wipe my tears but suddenly his hand forces me to look at him. He crawls to face me in the front. I have the urge to turn on the lights and make it brighter to see his face especially his freckles again. Not that they don't shine.

"Hey... did I say something wrong?" His voice is careful and his eyes soothing into mine. I shake my head. "Then why tear up?"

"No idea, maybe- am just glad I could be something to you."

His gaze softens. Maybe am just too into him because I like the way his Adam's apple travels up and then slides down when he gulps or maybe his physique is just strong. Either way- he's heavenly.

A bright smile slowly appears on his face. The way he smiles through his eyes can melt the strongest metals on the earth istg.

"You look pretty when you cry, Chae."

I don't get why I get so frustrated with the fact that he is so unserious about my emotions. But sure did that statement set butterflies in my stomach. I need to focus. On Felix. I mean on everything else except Felix.

"We gotta leave," I say getting up.
"What? So early, we just came here." He whines.
"Lab is over. Time to go home. Didn't you hear the bell?"
"Nope. I was too into..." His voice trails off. I look at him. Those glaciers complete the sentence and I choose to ignore it for my goodness' sake.

It was a hustle getting out too but it was worth it. I brush the dirt off Felix's shirt. He freezes. I don't even realise am doing it. My hands were automated to the action. But then I stop too because he's looking at me in such a way like he could eat me right away. I said what I saw.

"Er- sorry," I mutter.
He shoves his hands in his pocket, "Sorry? For being cute? I forgive you, no worries"

I laugh as we start to walk to the main building- "Are you taking flirting classes from Bangchan?"
He frowns "Why can't I have my own playful identity? Shut it, I am naturally sexy"
"Hell yeah-"

Oh, how bad I want the earth to swallow me right now. My speech-brain and hand-brain coordination seem to be not functioning properly nowadays. Fuck me.

He stops mid-track behind me with a grin. I give an awkward smile- "Can you delete my part right now?"
"Fuck no, am getting that tattooed."

I roll my eyes. We start to walk again but then a teacher appears from the porch. It's our coordinator. What a timing.
"Oh, Felix and Chae-ryo? What are you two doing off the building right now? You should be going home..." She is eyeing us with suspicion. Like lady calm tf down, we didn't repopulate the earth.

But we have no other excuse. We can't really say- 'Oh mam, we're just having some gala time in that rusty store room out there because we suck at chemistry'

"Um- We- uh" My mind paces. But I can't think of any logical excuse; after all, I was roaming with Lee Felix.
Some staff behind our coordinator starts putting up posters on the walls out of nowhere. I don't read what they are about because we are on the brink of death.

"We were practising," Felix says suddenly. I hate my mind.
"For... prom night. Yeah- she's my partner." He adds beaming.

My jaw drops but I shut it. Credits to the poster we'll be able to make it out alive. "Oh, that's great! Because guess what, I am the manager of the event!" I thought maybe the whole partner thing would be a joke, but now I don't think it'd be that easy to get away.
"Oh, cool!" I know Felix doesn't mean it when he says so. But wait, does he?