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A/N: alright. I fixed a bunch of silly grammar mistakes ;u; I believe the chapter is well written now.

Your name is Ness.

You're currently studying at college; your grades are average – it can't be helped.

You are 20 years old, but your life took a 360 degree turn around 2 years ago. The events happened back then made your life change. You don't know if they changed for good or for bad though.

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It was a typical Friday night and you were invited to a party by your best friend Jeff. You aren't the party-type person. You like staying at home rather than hanging out with a lot of people. Your schoolmates must think of you as an extrovert... but the truth is you're not. Actually, you barely talk to people. You're not shy... it's just that you are uninterested in whatever other people have to say. Why? You don't know.

Your friend Jeff sends you a message; asking if you're coming to the party or not. He even attatched a photo of a lot of people dancing with he caption 'Loads of cool/weird shit's happening'. Once again, you couldn't care less. It's just a high school party, who cares if you don't go.

Anyways, for some unexplainable reason, you take a bath, groom, and put some good clothes on. You were going to the party, you had to look presentable. You had a reputation to sustain.

Minutes later you arrive to the party's location. It was a typical house. Nothing interesting. You got inside of it, and the music started blasting out loudly. Between all the noise surrounding the place, you saw people dancing, drinking, couples making out, and what not.

"Yo', Ness! You came!" Your friend Poo said as he patted your shoulder.
"Yeah." You replied.
"I thought you weren't coming... haha" he added.
"Well, I had to. What would they think of me if their favourite guy didn't come to their party?" you joked.
"You're so cocky sometimes." Poo said as he let out a loud laugh.

You asked your friend who the party belonged to, and he informed you that the party was being hosted by a guy named Lucas. Apparently, he had just moved in; but he was friends with Kumatora and Duster so they decided to throw a party in Lucas' house as his "High School Debut". The idea seemed strange to you, why have a party to get to know everybody if you're only going to be in High School one more year? It's just so absurd. You thought.

The name Lucas sounded familiar to you, but you couldn't put your finger on what was it that 'Lucas' reminded you of. For the time being, you just wanted to see who this Lucas guy was; perhaps you could be reminded of something.

Another friend of yours named Paula dragged you to the dance floor. You hated dancing, so you just stood there, watching everyone else dance. Many people greeted you and you replied to them in a friendly way. On the other hand, you couldn't feel more bored on the inside. You wanted to leave; parties aren't your thing and you're aware of that.

You were pulled in by Paula and her friends to the middle of the dance floor, you were told by them to dance, but you denied. You just stood there, observing everyone.

Then, your eyes met something that made you feel uneasy. You looked at a blonde guy, who was dancing erratically with a red glass on his right hand. You assumed he has drunk, for obvious reasons. Everybody else pointed at him as they heartlessly laughed.

You hate it when drunk people made fools of themselves. The fact that he was dancing shamelessly, and that everybody was just laughing at that guy made you cringe internally. You might as well do something good for once in your life and help him out.

You cursed silently, and stood next to him. You then grabbed his arm and pulled him away from the crowded place. Everyone was staring at that guy and you. You needed to go to a place were the stares would stop. But where?

You saw the bathroom door open, and you took the chance. You and the guy got inside of the bathroom. Moments later you decided to lock the door in order to evade any type of misunderstanding. Two guys in a bathroom looked so... wrong.

"The fuck were you doing there dancing? You know people will bother you for the rest of the year, don't you?" You said, upset.
The other guy looked down, without saying a word.
You let out a loud sigh, "Ah... Sorry. Um... We'll just stay here until things calm down."
He then looked at you. You noticed he wanted to say something, but he quickly shut up. Instead, he just nodded.
"What's your name, anyways?" You asked him.
After a huge minute of complete silence he finally spoke, "Lucas."

You scratched your head softly. So this is Lucas.

You stared at him, trying to see if you could recognize him from somewhere, but no bells rang.

You aren't the type of person who enjoys talking, but you tried to create a small talk with him. You actually took part of your time and interest to talk to this Lucas-guy. Life is strange sometimes, isn't it? Unfortunately, he didn't reply at anything you said. Instead, he just seemed to look more and more uncomfortable.

Some more long silent minutes went by. You were standing in front of him as he was sitting on the floor, hugging his knees. He suddenly stood up, and moved himself closer and closer to you. His face was millimeters apart from yours. He blushed and so did you.

"What are you–" you began saying, but you were interrupted by Lucas' words.
"This will sting." He said, as he connected both of your lips into a soft, random kiss. You both stayed like that for a short time. It was so weird... you had never kissed any guy before; heck, you had never kissed anyone at all before. But yet, you seemed to had enjoyed that kiss. The softness of Lucas' lips, his gesture; you just loved it in general. Sure, you could have pulled away, but instead you cupped his face – receiving the kiss.

He then pulled away.
He left you there, completely puzzled. You wanted to asked him what the fuck was he doing, but no words would come out of your mouth.

Lucas sat again on the floor, and let out a sigh.

You were uncertain as to what to do.

"It... didn't sting." You finally managed to say.
Lucas nodded.
"What? Aren't you going to say anything?" You questioned.
Lucas only turned his head away.
"Hah... are you ignoring me?"
No response.
"Very well then... I don't care." You said, but you knew you did care. And a lot. You wanted answers - some type of explanation as to why that Lucas guy had just kissed you.

You saw Lucas close his eyes and putting a hand on his forehead. "Ouch." You heard him whisper. Then you looked at him whilst saying, "you okay?". Lucas looked at you for a while, it seemed like he was studying you in some weird sense.

"My head... hurts." He softly said.
"It must have been because you drank a lot of alcohol." You replied.

Lucas stood up, and opened the door. Without saying another word, he got out of the bathroom. He even left the door open, but thanks to that you noticed the house was almost empty.

You got out of the bathroom and saw Lucas speaking with Kumatora and Duster – which are two of your classmates. Duster and Lucas went upstairs, leaving Kumatora alone. She then spotted you, and walked quickly towards you.

"Why were you locked in the bathroom with Lucas!?" She screamed at you.
"I– I... " You didn't know what to say.
"AH!" She exclaimed with a hint of relief, "I was so worried! I thought he had hurt himself or something!"
"No... He- he was okay." You said.
"Good... heh..."
"..."
"Are you Lucas' friend?"
"I'm... not his friend. I don't even know him."
"Oh...! Then... Why did you come here?"
"Well... I was invited by some of my friends to come hang out..."
"I see, alright. It's just so weird that everybody at school came when this was supposed to be a farewell party for Duster and I; and we didn't even talk to all of these people!"
"Really? What? I thought this was a party for Lucas..."
"You can consider it as such... After all, he is new here..."
"Why did he move houses?" I hesitantly asked.

To my surprise, Kumatora looked at me awkwardly. Instead of answering my question, she quickly ran off.