black hearts 🖤🖤 (a short story)

chapter 5

History was one of my favourite subjects and with my best friend sitting on one side and possibly the most beautiful guy I've seen sitting on the other side of me, it felt as if History would be a subject I would plead for all week. The whole lesson was great except for Mai's scowls every now and then; I'm not sure why she hated it so much that Dominic and I were getting along. Maybe she was jealous? The lesson went great with me, Dominic and Mai working well together on the tasks we were set and making friendly conversation in between. I say friendly but Mai and Dominic just looked at each other as if they were ready to kill the other. Even so, I enjoyed the lesson, Dominic is surprisingly clever which makes him even more appealing and I loved watching how Mai swooned over everything Mr Barely said. I still didn't see what she saw in him but I could see that she did like him. He was light skinned with almost jet black hair which fell over his forehead; he was shockingly skinny and always seemed to be finding it difficult to keep his body upright because he was so tall. I would never think of liking a teacher. I get that he has a cute face and cute hair but his body, it honestly disgusts me and scares me. But Mai flushed and went all crimson whenever he spoke to her in his Northern accent, which I actually found difficult to understand.

The lesson seemed to finish very quickly and despite the fact I was extremely enjoying it I couldn't wait for it to be over. Dominic had offered to walk me to my French class as he had a Spanish class next door while Mai went to her lesson which was on the other side of the school. I know I shouldn't be thinking this but I was actually happy that she had a class so far away from me, I was super excited for the time I would spend alone with Dominic.

"Why are you still sitting?" I asked Dominic just as he finally seems to be rising from his seat, he's been sitting there, not wanting to get up until we were the only pupils left in the room. It was weird because he was the first to finish packing his things up.

"The corridors will be less crowded than they would've been if we left with everyone else." He looks up at me from the seat which he sunk back into and smiles as if he's ecstatic with releasing this bit of information to me. I slowly smile at how adorable he looks. Our eyes lock. "You have the most beautiful smile." He stands up and lifts his hand to stroke my left cheek with his soft, delicate fingers. The touch seemed to radiate my whole body. I stood there staring at him, at his perfectly structured face, wishing I could lean closer and have his lips around mine. I suddenly pull away, knowing I can't do this and knowing that getting any closer to him will probably just cause me pain. He's bad news. My best friend's words replay in my head just as I pull my cheek away from his touch. There seems to be a lighted flame on the place where his thumb was just a few moments ago. How could someone have this effect on me? This wasn't a normal feeling, was it?

"Come on, we have to get going, Mr Barely will be back in here soon. This is his classroom." I manage to stammer out the words. My voice sounds higher, it must be the want and the need. But there's also pain. Pain of knowing that liking him will only cause me more pain.

We begin to make our way out of the classroom and I notice that he was right. The corridors are almost empty as people have mostly reached their next lessons. I begin walking and Dominic quickly falls in stride beside me. I look at him. "Mai has that crazy crush thing towards Mr Barely, do you share that with her?" Dominic suddenly asks, he looks down as he asks, as if hes quite shy to ask me. This "player" is embarrassed about asking me a question. Wow.

"No. Why?" I look at him quizzically. His eyes seem to smile at me.

"Just asking." He gins at me. "So, how comes you moved here from Stately in the middle of year 10? Wouldn't it have been easier if you just finished off over there, stayed in one school?"

"Because my friends are here, its closer to my house and I just think this place is better than Stately." I had no idea why he would even ask me these questions. Why would he want to talk to me let alone find things out about me? This was awkward and I really didn't want the two of us to start getting close since Mai had already told me that he was a bad idea.

"Do you have a boyfriend?" He suddenly asked, surprising me.

"Wow, youre a bit blunt, aren't you?" I chuckled. "No, I don't have a boyfriend but I don't think im going to date anyone any time soon."

"Why not?" He asked. I wasn't going to answer him this time, I continued walking. He abruptly came to stand in front of me, stopping me in my tracks. I stepped back. He had an annoyed look on his face and I realised he probably had anger issues.

"I-I-... sorry." I whimpered, scared as to what he might do. his whole demeanour was intimidating and I finally understood what Mai had meant when she told me he was trouble. Maybe even more trouble than she had suspected.

"No need to apologise babe, its your friend Mai who should be apologising." He smirked at me, and as hot as that smirk was, it was still made frightening thoughts run through my mind at the speed of light. It wasnt a humorous smirk. It was a smirk which told anyone looking that he was about to do something horrific. This was not going to be fun.

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thanks for the cover @mahima21