Always A Step Behind: An EarnPete Fanfic

1. Confession

Earn

I like you, too!

So this is how it felt like. I forgot how hurt felt, until now.  I woke up feeling all wonderful and brave after gathering all the courage to finally confess to Noh. Only to be  affronted by Phun shouting those words which I never thought had the power to tear me to pieces.

I prepared myself for all of Noh's possible answer--- including him saying no. I knew it would feel like hell, but now I realized how wrong I was.  If there were worst than feeling like hell, this was it.

I left the gym and went directly to my dorm. I felt like skipping class the whole day, and wallow in self pity. I wanted to cry, but nothing was coming out. Maybe this was because my heart was too broken it affected my tear ducts and made it malfunction.

I was staring at space almost half of the day with all of my what ifs and what could have beens when a knock took me out of my trance.

I was planning to ignore it and continue my pity party when the knocking became louder and  more aggressive.

"Oiiiiiiiii! Go away! I'm not here!" I shouted, hoping whoever was at the other side would get the message that I would want to be alone.

"Asshole! It's me. If you don't want me to break down this door, hurry up and open it this instance!" It was Pete--- my arse of a friend. What was it that he wanted this time?! Urghh! Before I left for the gymnasium to get to Noh, I had a stupid fight with Pete in our fencing class that earned the both of us a 30 minute punishment in a form of the ever famous sit-on-the-air. Looking back, if not for it, maybe I could have gotten to Noh before Phun did.

I stood up from my bed still heartbroken, but this time also irritated. I can't help but thought how much Pete had a lot to do with this heartbreak and had the nerve to disturb me.

I unlocked the door without even bothering to open it. I was back in bed, when the knocking stopped and asshole Pete finally realized that the door was already unlocked.

"Shia! What happened to you?!? You look like death!" Was his greeting.

"What do you want?" this time I lied on my stomach to avoid looking at him who was hovering over me.

"Were you that angry at me over the poking incident that you skipped class the whole day?" This time, he was sitting on the floor facing me. He still had his uniform on---so this asshole went straight to me after school then.

"What time is it?" I said instead.

"What? You're that angry that you chose to forget, even the time?" This time, he was rummaging my personal fridge for some soda. He found one, he took it in before getting back sitting in front of me.

"Aside from annoying me to hell and freeloading, what is it really that you want  from me?" My disdain and boredom are obvious in my tone. I hope this turd got it though.

He laughed for a while before he turned to me with a serious face. "I heard about Phun and Noh at the gymnasium today. Come on! I told you, going after Noh was a bad idea."

Of course, Pete knew about my thing for Noh. We had been friends since kindergarten, there was no way in hell that he would not know my preference. He knew so much about me and I, him---For him to carelessly utter those words to me. But this was the first time that he clearly commented about his dislike about me pursuing Noh.

Looked  like it's not only Phun and Noh that had things to confess because my asshole of a friend had this thing written all over his face that screamed like something I can yet to fanthom.