Burnt Sugar [F.W]

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The sky was getting dark and the weather was getting cooler.
She was humming rhythms with her mouth closed.
I was fidgeting my fingers and was playing with the chain around my neck.
"This is precious, thank you." I said as I hugged her and made her stop humming.

At first I placed my chin on her shoulder as she hugged me back and then my cheek touched it as I was turning my head to the outer side.
"You're welcome." She said.
Then we parted and looked at each other.

• April's POV

His bitter-chocolate brown eyes was fixed on my gaze like he was trying to decipher something within.
A gentle smile went upon my face.
"You always smell like burnt sugar."
"I... didn't know that." He said.
"Well, now you know."
"And you smell like vanilla and roses, just like this place."

• Finn's POV

She really did smell like that, always, and it made me want to hug her and bury my face between her hair and neck filling my nose with the scent.
"Finn, I... I... never mind." She said.
"April... I feel like you've been meaning to tell me something?" I asked and she shook her head.
"So as you'll leave and I'll be lonely in a garden... I should as well come home then." She said.
"Actually I was planning to stay if you didn't go home..." I said.
"Come over then."

At that we started walking down the road as April carried her bike.
"The supermarket Josh works at makes me want to get drunk." She said laughing.
"Couldn't agree more."
We stopped by the supermarket and bought a pack of six bottles of beer.
When we arrived at her house we went straight to the rooftop and stared at the pitch black sky with few starts winking at us.
We agreed to divide the bottles so I had three and she did have the same.
We soon finished the bottles and went inside.
"So... where do you wanna... uh... sleep?" She said trying not to bump anywhere.
I was definitely as drunk as her.
"On the counter?" We both started laughing and April lost balance and fell on me which caused me to fall and we were both shattered on the ground like dominos.
"I better leave..." I said as I tried to get up.
She grabbed me by the wrist and stopped me.
She was still sitting on the ground looking up at me with her light brown eyes. She stood up with all the struggle.
"Don't go..." She said softening her grip on my wrist.
I don't know why, I had the sudden urge to kiss her, probably because I was drunk, something I wouldn't do with my inhibitions.
I pinned her to the wall while she herself pressed herself back, shocked.
We were only inches apart.
I looked at her lips that parted in astonishment. I then looked at her eyes.
If you really focused you could detect the pain she had suffered from, her whole life.

• April's POV

My lips started trembling trying to say something, anything, but nothing came out.
As always his curls covered his forehead but this time he looked mad and insane.
His eyes were sending me messages that I could not figure out their meanings.
Then all of a sudden he turned away like he would punch a wall or something but instead he just left for the door and in a split second he was gone.

• Finn's POV

What am I doing? Why do I want to kiss her when I'm drunk?!
If I like her then why do I feel like I'm hurting her?
I started sobbing sitting on the ground my back against my bed.