Losing Trust (sequel to Secret Admirer) ON HOLD

Chapter Eleven NISHINOYA

Alex and I saved pizza from last night. Let's go have some breakfast then we need to get to school!" I groan. "Yay! School! Fun! Yeah..."

Why is my life awkward?

I look at Alex's morning form and climb back in the bed with him and cuddle him. He wraps his arm around me and pulls me closer. He puts his hand in my hair, messing it up.

"I'll leave you for half an hour only. Actually, I'll just call you when pizza's ready." Sascha winks at me and I sigh.

"Oh! What time is it?" I ask, worried.

"6:00. Wait, six! I'm going back to sleep. Wait, no. I'll go make the pizza. Byee!" She turns on her heel and walks out, shutting the door quietly. I cuddle Alex tighter and we go to sleep.

Time skip (half an hour)

"Guys! Hurry up and get up! The pizza is getting cold! Plus, you need to get ready!" Sascha shouts as she abruptly pulls the blanket from us.

"Can't you invent a time machine? Please?" I groan.

"Aria. I would if I could." She says softly then shouts at me, "but I can't! So get up you lazy ass."

I sit up and rub my head and look at Alex. He stares at me and sits up too.

"Confrontation day." He says, softly stroking my back.

"Yep. I'm ready." I smile.

"What? Ready for what?" Sascha asks eagerly.

"Confrontation. Nishinoya. Kiss. Basically everything. I am going to ask him everything. I need to know." I frown.

"Oh. That. By the way, I need to tell you about Nishinoya when he was at the spa. But... I'll do that WHEN YOU'VE ACTUALLY GOTTEN UP." She throws our clothes at us and walks out of the room.

I get off the bed and look at Alex who is still sitting on the bed, "Alex?" I say.

"Yeah?" He says, looking like he is in his own world.

"Get out." I say calmly.

"Huh?" He says, still looking blank.

"OUT!" I shout at him, "I need to get changed!"

He nods, apologises and walks out.

What's up with him.

I pull on my clothes I got yesterday and walk out, seeing food on the table.

"Aria! Hurry up. It's getting cold!" Sascha hurries me to the table and I sit down, grabbing a slice. Alex walks out two minutes later and I look at him suspiciously.

"Alex, hurry up! It's nearly cold." Sascha grabs his arm and he sits down, "what's wrong with you?"

Alex looks up, "tired. I'm really tired." You could see bags under his eyes.

"Geez. What time did you sleep?" I ask.

"Quite a bit after you." I raise my eyebrows.

"Come on. Let's go." I say standing up and leaving my pizza.

"Huh? Why?" Alex asks.

"I need to talk to Nishinoya." He nods and we all walk out.

Time skip to school

"Guys, I'm going to do this alone. Go get to form. See you both later. Okay?" I ask Sascha and Alex.

"Are you sure?" She asks, worried.

"Yep. I don't want to pull you into this anymore. See you later." I say frowning.

"Be careful. Okay. Bye." Alex says patting my head.

They walk off and I go to the entrance and sit on a bench. I wait a few minutes, sitting quietly until I see a car pulling in. Mia's car. I see Nishinoya inside, looking as bad as ever. Now I know what Sascha meant. I walk up to the car as it parks and Nishinoya looks at me and raises his eyebrows and smiles but then catches himself and looks down. They both get out and he winks at me and gestures for me to hide behind a car. I nod. Wait... What?

"Mia, I'll see you in form. I need to quickly go up to the science lab; I left my book there yesterday." I hear Nishinoya talking in the distance. He sounds extremely tired.

"Okay. See you in form. You better not go and talk to that girl. You know what I'll do to her if you do." Mia lowers her voice at the end but I manage to hear it. I cover my mouth to stop me from gasping. What? Was he just... Protecting me?" I look at the floor. That would explain it.