[BOOK 1] More Than This

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UNLIKELY CONFESSION

[Ethan's POV]

After class, I dashed out to the parking area. It was 4:30 in the afternoon and the hallway where students chatted and running is now empty with no soul walking around. When I get there I was quietly disappointed when I can't see Kinzy's car at the parking area. My heart fell. What do I expect anyway? That he will wait for me? No, that's a big joke. Aiden McKinzy Ford won't wait for me coz I'm just nobody. I let out a sigh of frustration. Why should I? but I can't keep myself from thinking about it and it's kinda making me sad to the highest level.

"Can you drag your soon-to-sore ass over here so we can go? I'm hungry." I immediately jumped around 1.5 feet back when I heard him speak using his stern and serious voice.

I blink three times when I spotted him leaning on a black car I didn't know the brand was since it's my first time seeing that and it's breathtakingly beautiful and shiny. It made my heart jump out from my chest happily. I chew the inside of my mouth to keep the smile to myself despite of the fact that I wanna jump into him.

"You're drooling again." He said and laughs softly. It sounded like angels were singing a melody into my ear when the heaven open its gate. Shit! I mentally cursed. What have you done to me Aiden McKinzy Ford? "Come on, I'm hungry." He said again motioning me to come closer to him with his famous begging voice that made my heart skip a beat.

I scratched the back of my head then hitched the sling of my back pack to get higher on my shoulder. I proceeded to follow him to his car. He was already at the driver's seat when I hop in to the passenger's seat. I pulled the seatbelt and wrapped it around my waist.

"We have an hour and less than 30 minutes left to prepare for Shin's party." He said while driving out of the parking.

"I'm sorry." I just averted my eyes into the floor of his car. Shin says late will be punished and I bet Kinzy don't want to be punished.

"It's ok." He said nonchalantly.

"Seriously, you could go there without me." I said.

"Nah, I promise to them that I'll bring you there. Besides they are excited to hang out with you." He smile and I smile immediately as if mirroring his face.

"I'm sorry," I apologize again.

"Stop it. I already said its fine."

"But,"

"Here you go again,"

"But-"

"Want me to kiss you then?" he grinned.

I shake my head furiously and nervously then give him a peace sign. He averted his attention to the road. He opens the stereo and Uncle Kracker serenaded us with his "Smile".

"You make me smile like the sun, fall outta bed, sings like a bird, dizzy in my head, spin like a record. Crazy on a Sunday night--"

He hummed the few lines from the chorus of the song that made my eyes grow wider. I didn't know that he can sing and he's really good in that. That makes me want to- oh, shut up Ethan. That's stupid.

We are quite throughout the ride aside from the music blasting from the stereo, we haven't have a conversation, well, I don't want to talk to because I don't know what I'm gonna say to him so I decided to just keep my mouth shut.

I have a chance to look at him while he was focusing his attention to the road. He was wearing white V-neck lose t-shirt and a pair of faded blue ripped jeans and a pair of creamy white colored converse. He was oozing hotness with messy hair style, the epitome of a male beauty. He was like a god from a Greek Mythology reborn to this modern age. His only accessory is his brown leather band wrist watch at his left wrist. No necklace and earrings. I can see the tattoo on his left arm that says 'Amour sans fin' in cursive style. I wonder what the meaning of that is. I first saw it when we bathed together in his house and I didn't get a chance to ask the meaning of it. He has also a nice dragon tattoo at his left rib, smaller but amazing and that makes him looks sexier and a three alphabet tattoo at the side of his palm that says 'Aβɸ', which I didn't know the meaning too. Maybe one of these days I'll ask him about that.