Underneath

👉" Chapter 15" : Nerves and new faces

(Tyson)

Ty knew where she was before finding his way up to the school's rooftop. Opening the glass doors , he is being welcomed by flowers of different shades and scents courtesy of the agricultural practical. He listens to the faint tapping of light wood against a surface, it was a no brainer locating her , after quietly making his way through the maze he finds her seated , her back to him , those ever present headphones over her ears and her hands which held chopsticks drumming lightly to whatever tune she was listening to.

Amongst all the colour she was a perfect contrast , black hair being tossed by the wind ...almost like she was a bad omen , or a blotch of black ink on white paper, just like his uncle had said , she was coral.

Uncle, uncle, the words continue to ring in his ears before he actually realized he had been starring far too long, according to his uncle " time is key, so as it is money". The chilling feeling of being watched by him sends his nerves in a frenzy. Gathering his wits, he prepares to walk over to coral and make his presence known but freezes when she suddenly gets up to leave, she too stops in shock when she sees him standing there.

" H..hi Zara" he internally scolds his self for his inability to calm the hell down, " hope I didn't interrupt your , your little quiet time or siesta , no not siesta since you'd have to be asleep for that .. bu..but" he quickly stops his self and takes the time to look away from the hibiscus , unfortunately he looks straight into her dark eyes and immediately looks back at the hibiscus .

" How did you know I was here?" She asked while putting her sticks back into her bag pack .

" You weren't in class" he said whilst palming his neck. " I thought to check around, I guess"

" Not explanatory enough. " She shrugged before her expression turned sore" How did you even get my number?, You kept texting consistently through the weekend"

He could feel his face heat up slowly, once again he couldn't look her in the eye, " um , sorry about that. Y..you gave it to me remember?"

Before he could cook up some other trashy lie , Zara scoffed before walking to him and standing Infront of him
" Say it to my face then "

Her statement Startles him , Tyson tried looking everywhere but her as he tried mumbling some useless excuse but she held her ground " look at me, me" she emphasized whilst holding his chin lightly and making him look straight at her.

" It's not " he swallows
" I can't really remember... how it got to my ph, phone" ty added , his voice shaky. Her laughter shut him up , the way her shoulders shook and her eyes came alive made him stop his rambling

" You're one bad liar ty" she laughed again, this time more subtle" it was my sister wasn't it?. It can't be anyone else it just has to be her"

" Yeah, I'm sorry for not asking you. I couldn't " he coyly apologized, his eyes following her every move as he accepted her truth as his lie.

" I don't bite Tyson. I'd rather you reduce the amount of times you text though, it can be exhausting
sometimes" . Tyson apologized once more not moving from his spot but watching a colourful insect that had caught his attention.
Zara looks at him, he was so focused on a butterfly that he didn't notice her stare. " Do you want something?" She asked.

" No" pause ," yes" blinks repeatedly " yeah , infact I do" he finally says before walking towards the roof end and standing on the barrier built for protection.

" Hey, that's dangerous you could slip" Zara says cautiously but he laughs carelessly before spreading his hands out and continues his trek on the barrier " this is my thing, I'm the king of balance besides I do this all the time" he adds before doing the moonwalk .