Tomi folded the letter back. He handed me the letter."I'm sorry, Seline. I didn't know that Bradley died. I always thought he left you broken or something." Tomi stammered. "Yea, he did leave me broken but he never came back to fix it. Sometimes I wish that I could turn back time and change everything. Life would be better with Brad inside." "Seline.. I don't mind waiting for you, just know I'll be here for you no matter what. Trust me on this, okay?" I look at the table in utter silence. "That's the problem Tomi.. I like you, I really do, but you can't stay. You can't because you will get hurt. Everything that gets too closed to me will end up getting hurt. It never was my intention for Brad to get hurt and now look.. I think the project will be the last time being you, Tomi."
Tomi wasn't happy at all with what I said. I knew it because it was written all over his face. He tried so hard asking me to let him in, but finally he knew the truth. He wasn't even scared at all. He still wanted to be with me. I can't let him do it, because if I did, he might end up being in Brad's state. I lost Bradley, and I don't want to lose anyone anymore. I'm done losing people.
"Tomi, I'll bring in the project tomorrow for Biology, but now it's time for you to go." He stood up and left my house. I lost someone who wanted to be with me even though they knew the real me. He must really loved me, but I can't do this to him. No one deserved it.
Goodbye, Tomi. I'll miss you.
The next day, I took the project to Biology class. I sat beside Tomi as usual but this time he didn't tried starting a conversation with me. I tried glancing at him but every single time I looked, he will catch my eye. Eventually, "Tomi.." "No, Seline. Don't. We're up next. I'll do the talking, you just point to whatever I say and that will be the last time." "Seline? Tomi? You're up!" announced Miss Samantha. Oh God..
"So this is the stomach. When food goes into the stomach, the hydrochloric acid will kill bacteria since the pH of the acid is really low. Like maybe 2? So after that..." Tomi started. I didn't listened to anything he said ever since. I was just reminiscing the time where Bradley and I finally had our first kiss and how it went all perfect then I think of Tomi and it just made me even depressed. My life was a train wreck. How do you end misery? Pain? I heard clapping. "Thank you, Tomi. Urhm.. Seline, good job on the model. Really impressive.." Miss Samantha said. She looked at me with a worried face but I tried not to noticed it and took a seat. Tomi was awfully quiet the whole class. Not even a word came out from his mouth since the presentation. Oh well. This was what you get pushing away someone who wanted to stay.
When class ended, Tomi immediately got his bag and left the class. I quickly ran towards him and grabbed him by the hand. "Tomi, look I know I hurt your feelings but I really do like enjoying time with you, can't we just be friends?" I asked. "I thought that was the last thing we will ever do together, isn't that what you want?" he shot back and walked passed me. "Tomi.." He didn't stopped. "TOMI!" He looked at me. I didn't know what the hell was my mind thinking but I ran towards him and just kissed him. The kiss was long. "What now.." he asked when we pulled back.
