"Wait. What?" Tam looks scared. Terrified actually. But still, more emotion.
"I'm pretty sure I don't like Linh. I prefer the other twin," I shrug. I grab his hand again. Yup. Definitely what I thought. There's emotion there. Quite... a lot. I think I like it. I think... I really do like him. Yeah, that sounds right. He shakes my hand off and starts walking away. Running more like.
"Hey! I thought you were telling me to get off your sister," I yell at him. "Come back! Don't you have some... talking to do?" He stops.
I catch up to him. I grab his hands, making him face me.
"I.... I really do like you. This isn't a joke," I whisper. I lean over and close my eyes. His breath catches as soon as our lips touch. For the briefest of seconds, I'm pretty sure he kisses me back, leaning into me a little. Then, the bell rings. We're late. I don't care. I finally know what's going on! But he pushes away.
"I-I can't." He looks away. I know he feels the same. I'm an Empath!
"Hey. I have an Alchemy test tomorrow, could you help me?" I ask. "After school in the library?"
"I guess so," he says, and sprints off.
"Bye, Tam!" I yell after him. He doesn't look back. I still pump my fist. And then head to my Empath training.
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Who Wants to be Batman?
FanfictionTam and Keefe. They're enemies, right. Probably not. This is a telling of their (inevitable) getting together.
