Closer

Chapter Ten.

After disappearing for three days straight without any signs, its hard to not think about what he was up to when seeing him sitting quietly beside me, looking at the boring slideshow with the projector at Mrs Walner's class. She's obsessed with her slide shows, we can already tell.

It was raining for days now and its kinda dawn on us how boring everyday with rains really was. It was chilly and wet and nothing about rains helps me with my relationship with the outside. I hate how they make my hair feels oily and soggy, how my skin doesn't work well with anything on humidity. It's uncomfortable.

Speaking of which—

I turn my head over my shoulder to peak on Nathan. He got here late, he looks like he haven't slept for days and I can't remember the last time he blinked at the slideshow. His hair looks terrible and the fact that he hides them under his hood makes it worst. I am genuinely worried about him. I probably shouldn't be but I do.

He turn his head to my side and whispered, "Wanna get outta here?"

I flinched for a split second. I blinked in amazed as he was the one who talk to me.

I looked at the front, clearly no one is going to be quiet and sitting pretty for the whole period. I've never skipped class or sneak out of class before. All because maybe I was not in a challenge.

I was clicking my pen, shaking my knees from nervousness. He came close to my ear and whispered, "We're not gonna get caught. Come on!" I turn my head to see he was leaning down my table and whispered me from behind. He already had his bag over his shoulder so I followed along and I took my bag and walked out of the class.

I thought my heart skipped a beat when we saw one of the faculty down the hall. But Nathan took my hand and walked past him in confidence. Like, nothing is suspicious.

I can already see the outside, raining cats and dogs. I hate rain. Probably because I don't like to get wet and cold at the same time. People say its the same as taking a cold shower. Well, its not.

But, this time I have no say in my likes and dislikes when Nathan ran out the door with me and let the rain hits my face like a cold shower. I can feel the difference on my skin but the feeling is different.

We ran towards an empty Parking lot, practically like dancing in the rain. He opened his car and waved me to climb in.

"Where are we going?" I jumped in and putting on my seatbelt.

"Let's just get the fuck out of here first!" He said and I laughed at that. The first time I ever heard him cussing. Not gonna lie, it is a privileged to see him this way. So alive and young. Just like he should be.

I turn on the radio and then blast the speaker as we drive down the road. Singing to the radio and messed up the lyrics as we move on with no care in this world. Personally, I think this feeling is really intoxicating. But there's not in a million years i would changed it for a better scenery.

We made it to his house. This is the second time I've been here and I honestly don't know how to react to it. He gave me a change of clothes and dried myself in the communal bathroom downstairs as he was changing on upstairs.

I have many reasons to be aware of the situations I've put myself into but my body and my mind can't operate to a single point at this moment.

The other night when I was in here, I sneaked a couple of wine sipping with Martin at the Charity part so I felt a little bit hazed but now that I'm here sober up, I took the liberty to look around the place.

It's a bachelor pad and there are obviously something really interesting and cool things he sprawled around the house. For example, the paintings by Kira a world renowned painter from Kyoto. I bet the frame alone would be expensive.