I don't know why, but I kept looking over at him..
He was sitting alone again today, on his phone like the day before, his eyes never averting from the screen other than to look at his phone before he took a bite...
This time, he was wearing lighter clothes, like he was just going from a dark room kind of life, to a bright future, his jacket was light gray, unzipped to show he was wearing a blue t-shirt, blue jeans were casual and yet unusual on him..
Taking a deep breath, I brought me and myself one step closer to his empty table.
Then I walked over and sat down.
His eyes flickered up once, then he frowned, looking back up again.
I took a drink of my coke, "Hi."
Soren's expression was caught on the line of Okay then.. and This is new..
"Hello." his finger stopped- paused his phone- he was watching Jacksepticeye.
My stomach twisted and I felt myself lose my hunger for food, maybe even conversation.
Soren smiled a bit, then took a bite of his spaghetti, "Are you regretting it yet?"
I frowned, "Regretting what?"
He chuckled, a soft noise, carefree-
I wanted to punch myself for paying attention.
Soren looked up and met my eyes, "So this isn't about yesterday then." he took another bite, "Okay."
It clicked with sudden clarity-
Asking him out-
"No, I don't regret it.. but this is about yesterday."
He stilled a bit, like he was processing my words, checking over them to see if they made sense.
Which in my opinion, did not.. But he needed to believe that I at least wanted to see how the date would go..
Soren gave a nod, "Okay, may I ask a question?"
I bit my lip, "Sure."
As long as he didn't bring up the bathroom, sure.
Soren raised an eyebrow, "Steven told you, to tell me, to stay clear of the hallway today."
I nodded, "Yeah-"
"Why?"
Would I lie to him?
I didn't really want to..
... "He's going to do something stupid that someone dared him to do."
It wasn't a lie... but not the full truth..
Soren frowned, then shrugged, "Okay, may I ask what it is?"
I smiled once, then took a drink of my coke, "He's gonna, um, run down the hallway.."
He raised an eyebrow, but then he smiled-
An actual white teeth smile, one that made my stomach twist as it was directed at me.
Why the fuck did I feel like this?!
He chuckled, "I'll stay clear next period."
I breathed in, "Thanks.."
Soren returned to eating, and I was surprised that he didn't play the video-
Instead, he clicked his phone off, unplugging the earbuds-
"So, Saturday."
My stomach flipped, And there was the other question..
Soren looked up, meeting my eyes, "No regret about asking?" he put his phone away for his milk carton, "You can cancel if you want."
I frowned, "Why would I cancel?"
This, did keep him frozen, his eyes staring into mine.
