LOVE SICK : The Chaotic Lives of Blue Shorts Guys

Chapter 14 : ??

"I can't believe you fucking did this. You're still mad at me for what I did when we were washing my bike, aren't you?" I grumble at him as I wring the water out of my soaked shirt. Even though the weather is hot, I'm feeling pretty cold since I'm drenched in water. In the end, I had no choice but to take off my shirt and allow it to dry.

"And who the hell asked you to sleep in that spot? How on earth was I supposed to know some jerk would be there?" There is no such thing as a compromise with this troublemaker. His retorts are never-ending. Still, he hands me a towel from the student council office.

"Was that dirty mop water?"

"What? No! It was distilled water. I was changing the water and they were at the bottom so I wanted to throw it out.

I really hope he's telling the truth. I accept the small towel from him and hastily pat myself dry. I intend to allow my topless body to dry naturally by letting the A/C in the student council office do all the work. Meanwhile, Om had already fled back to class. But before he left, he did give me a long lecture about how I chose a bad spot and I'm the reason he couldn't enjoy ditching classes. So I'm the one in the responsible for all this somehow?

As I continue to complain about Om inside my head, I can feel a large towel being thrown my way. "Use that to cover yourself." Phun tells me.

I hold it up, still puzzled. "I can just use this one, it's enough for me."

"Use that one too. Use it...and cover yourself." What the hell is he on about? Why do I need to cover myself up?

It seems he can read me from the befuddled looks in my eyes. "You might get cold." Oh, I see. I nod before I throw the towel over my shoulders and go back to drying my hair. Fortunately, my pants didn't get wet otherwise it would've sucked.

As time passes by, there is only the sound of the A/C filling the office. It's starting to get awkward.

"Aren't you supposed to be in class?" I decide to be the one breaking the silence.

"I'm waiting until after you're all dry first."

"Did your fever come back?"

"No..."

"So why have you been ignoring me today...?"

"........................"

That question wasn't something I let slip from my lips by accident. I really wanted to ask him. I stare into his eyes. I want him to know that it isn't like this situation hasn't been gnawing at me.

Phun glances my way for a moment before he turns around to pick up a notebook on a desk.

"...can you lock up after you're done? I should get to class." This is his answer.

He's telling me that he no longer wants someone like me as a friend.

***

In reality, most of other high school kids probably love to spend their time doing this after school. I'm just not one of them. I get paranoid whether someone would call me and invite me somewhere.

They say the more you're afraid of something, the more you're likely to run into them. So is Yuri a real person or a ghost? Whenever I get a chill down my spine, that's the day she calls me to go somewhere together.

I'm back at Siam again today, with Yuri holding on to my arm this time around. She's still chatting away happily as if she's in a competition with the music that is playing in the store. However, none of those noises are getting through to me at all.