Till We Meet Again (BoyxBoy)

Chapter 4

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I glanced at my watch and it’s already half pass three in the morning. I went to sit on the loveseat on the corner and rubbed my shoulder. The cold breeze made me shiver but I don’t feel like going into the house, I bended my knees and moved it closer to my body to keep me warm.

I kept on thinking about that incident, it plays over and over in my head. Questions are flooding my mind and feeling of jealousy overtaking.  “Argh...!!!” I groaned. “Why do I even bother, I’m going away anyway”.  I hate myself for expecting or assuming something that is never going to happen, I’m hurting myself without even realizing it. But now I do, and it’s too late to back out.

I sat in an Indian style position and I put out my phone to play games instead, to get my mind of my crazy thoughts. I heard the sliding door open and I saw Kae coming out with a blanket over her body. She sat next to me and spread the blanket so that both of us are covered.

She rested her head on my left shoulder. “I’m sorry”, she mumbled.

“what are you being sorry for?” I asked.

“that I didn’t do anything to stop their kiss, I know you’re crushing on Liam”, she explained. “we got carried away and we allowed them to kiss for more than 5 seconds” she continued.

“How long did they kiss?” I asked her not letting it bother me again but I just want to know how long.

 “we were able to count till eleven when Liam broke the kiss after you left.” She answered.

“oh...” I mumbled. “Whatever...it’s not I like –like him , it’s just a crush right? Why would I be jealous? We’re not together he can have anyone he wants”. I shrugged .

We were silent for awhile, I had my head down looking at my phone when a tear dropped on the screen.

“Ivo-“ she was about to say something when I stood up and brushed myself off. “we better get inside and get some drinks” I suggested.

“They already left, Gab has to be home before five, and Matty and Cass followed since they are both drunk so Fred and Erik drove them home.” She said.

I didn’t bother asking if Liam went with them because I know he did, Jake is his best friend, they are like brothers, where ever the other one goes the other follows. Kris probably stayed over he’s really drunk and can’t even walk going to the toilet.

I sat down next to Kae and grabbed the blanket to cover my back. “more drinks for us then” I said with a glint of smile.

 “True, now stay here while I get some more drinks and couple of smokes we can drink and chat here outside” she said standing up. “K” I replied and she mimicked me saying ‘k’ but with an ugly expression which made us both laugh.

I heard Kae talking to someone inside the house, must be Luke or Kris. I tilted my head to look up the sky, it’s a bit cloudy with a few starts still visible, but what took my attention was the moon. It is so bright tonight and looks bigger than usual. I love looking at the moon at night way better than the stars. I like how the brightness from the moon is reflected on the edge of every cloud surrounding it. Somehow appearing like one of those large and strikingly beautiful pictures or those featured on the background in movies. I can stare at the moon until it gowns down, that’s how amazing it is.

The sliding door opened, “The moon looks beautiful tonight isn’t it?” I said still looking at it. “Sure is” the voice said. Wait that’s not Kae’s voice it sounds like, “Liam” his name escape my mouth  in surprise as I turn to face him.

“Hey “he said while raising his right hand  then sliding it back into his pocket. He was holding a bottle of beer on the left.  “Thought you left already with the others?” I asked.

“Not in the mood to go home yet, besides you guys are still here” he explained as he slowly walks towards me.  “May I?” he asked and I nodded as he sat down on the space beside me.

There goes the awkward silence again. I realized Kae is not coming back, it’s almost fifteen minutes since she went inside just to get us some drinks. I believe she has something to do with Liam being here instead. I swear I’m going to get her back for this.

I remained quiet when Liam spoke, “Uhm...Ivo, are you ok?”.

“What?..” I asked snapping back from over thinking. “I asked you if you’re ok, you just left in the middle of our game, and didn’t come back for almost an hour”. Liam stated.

“ pppssshhh... I’m fine, totally good, just thinking about stuff... a lot of stuff, and I just want to get some fresh air for a moment” I said nervously. I started playing with phone, spinning it around in between my middle finger and thumb.

“Are you sure, you seem upset” he said calmly. “You know can tell me what’s bothering you?” Yes actually there is. “did I do something wrong?” Got that right.

He placed his hand over my shoulder and I tensed.  I brushed his hand off and faced him with a fake smile. “Kae told me you were upset about Kris and I kissing” he said softly.

 “haha... the kiss why would it bother me, it was just a game, besides looks like both of you are enjoying it”. I said but you can feel a hint of anger from my tone.

 Stood up but continued talking. “I don’t even know why you are enjoying it; you’re not into guys right? But I suppose Kris is an exception since he looks like a girl anyway. Maybe you’re just too drunk to realize that. I’m not sure why but it really hurts me to see-...uhmp“.

 I almost fell down when I suddenly felt lips colliding with mine.

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