Night Tales

Tale 2: The Heart's Signal

Our English tutor assigned a task for us to complete before the meeting to discuss together with other classmates in the afternoon. We would meet in the school classroom near the foyer.

All of the students have arrived and our tutor begins the discussion. All of us lost track of time until it is late at noon. Our tutor realized it is late and let us go home. Every students start to call their parents or their driver to pick them up from the foyer. I called my parents but it seems they would be late to pick me up so I waited inside the lobby area as the weather is not good to stand outside. A few hours later, the only left is our tutor, the other three classmates of me, the other two friends of him and obviously me. Our tutors have to stay for a while to wait for us to go home but a few minutes have passed, there is still no sight of my parents. The weather is helping too as it seems going to rain.

Miss Edwina has started to pack her stuffs to put inside her car in the parking lot. Suddenly, there is thunder roar above the sky and strikes of lightning seen. It looks a bit downpour outside as the droplets of rain started to pour. Miss Edwina comes back looking a bit wet from the downpour. I helped her by asking him to borrow his coat to cover Miss Edwina as she getting cold. We waited in the lobby while waiting for Miss Edwina to warm up and our parents to arrive.

The weather srems a bit calm than before as it started raining vigorously after a few hours ago. My parents still has not arrived to pick me up same goes to him. I looked for Miss Edwina in the staff canteen to warm her up more and found she has fall asleep while warming. I went back to the lobby area and look outside to see if there is a sight of my parent's car but still there is none. I was getting sleepy so I rest myself a bit in the corner of the lobby area where there is a sofa placed there. While I was resting, he is still there waiting for his aunt to pick him up too. I did not realize that I was staring at him which is kind of rude to stare at people until he stared at me back. I started to blush and looked away as he still staring at me. Thank to his aunt, he stopped staring at me and walked to his aunt's car. The weather is a bit cloudy after the rain and the road is a bit damp due to the heavy downpour before.

Oh No! I just realized something that Miss Edwina was still wearing his coat and he seems to forget about his coat. I shout at him to wait for a while for his coat and went to get Miss Edwina in the office after feeling warmer. Miss Edwina said to send her thanks to him for lending his coat to her. I shown my respect and stormed out of her office after that to give back his coat. He was not there and I thought maybe he did not hear what I say just a moment ago. Well, it seems my parents is still not here and his aunt's house is just a few blocks away from school so maybe I would just walked to his house and give his coat back. Settle. Problem solved.

Well, there goes the word 'easy to say than get it done'. The weather seems getting back to rain as the cloud getting darker as I looked above the sky. I started to run and found his aunt's house after a few minutes has passes. Well, it is getting dark already as it was 6:45 pm already. I knocked the door and waited until it is opened by him. I hand his coat over and send Miss Edwina regards to him. I think he is kind of surprised that I was there knocking at his aunt's door house and maybe due to the time has passed as the sky roar a bit. After the byes and the thanks session, I ran as fast as I could to school.

It's getting dark and it's a bit hard to see due to the jeavy downpour. I should have stayed at his aunt's house when he offer but as stubborn as I am, I did not stay and said something absurd instead. Now I have to face the effect of my stubbornness. I hate rain but do not get me wrong. It's just that it is cold and damp and of course when there is about to rain, a thunder roar and lightning come and storms before the rain poured down. Anyway I hate it.

I was getting cold as I ran around the blocks. My parents must be waiting for me. I was getting messed up and wet whole body that I was frightened by the one who touch my shoulder from behind. Thank goodness, it was him. Him! What is he doing outside here under the bad weather and looking wet as if he just ran around the blocks under the heavy rain. I might looked confused by the state his in so he told me that he has been looking for me and got a called from Miss Edwina that my parents could not come to pick me up and she thought that I was still there with him. I was coughing and I think I might get some flu already. He covered me with his coat and hugged me to get me warm while we going back to his aunt's house.

After we arrived at his aunt's house, his aunt look surprised and worried about us by looking at our state especially me. We settled in and his aunt made us some hot tea to warm our internal body a bit and went to her room to sleep. He was sitting beside me and looked like he contemplating himself about something. I was getting sleepy and warm a bit due to his other dry coat. Then after his weird moment, he spoke to me and told me that I could sleep in his bedroom as he looked at me that I was getting very sleepy. Before I was trying to argue due to my stubbornness and absurd thinking, he stopped me by saying that if I was arguing about that, he would stay and sleep in one bed with me. Absolutely it is not going to happen so I agree with it. We talked a bit about school and some of personal talks with each other and went to bed at 11:45 pm.

I have a bit problem with sleeping in the new place or which looks foreign to me so I was awake at one o'clock in the morning. It was dark outside and I go outside to the kitchen to drink water as I kind of thirsty. After I was done, I was surprised that he was sleeping with his and looking uncomfortable in that little couch compared to his body size. I thought he was sleeping with his sibling but no. Well, there is no harm right if I might be a bit nice to let him sleep on his bed beside he helped me before so why not. I nudged him and trying to wake him up. Finally after three to four times trying to wake him up, he awakes. He looked surprised and tried to look at his phone to check what time is it now. It is shown two o'clock already. Well without wasting time, I told him my idea despite my absurd thinking at the back of my mind and he finally agree on one condition. No funny business.

We settled in his room and tried to sleep. Well obviously we were kind of awkward at first but after that, he fall asleep first. Thank goodness because I was really sleepy. I turn my back against his back as he turns his back towards me when he falls asleep. Before I shut my eyes closed, there is a movement behind me and I was surprised as he hugged me from behind as it looked like he was spooning me. I was trying to argue but his sleepy voice stopped me. He knows that it has crossed the boundaries but he does not seem to care about it and I started to falls asleep with his warm.

Morning rises, I awake and find out the other side of the bed is empty. He might awake and showered due to the sound from the bathroom. What?! He is in the bathroom! Oh No! I hurried up and ran to his door but my left ankle twisted with the end of the blanket. It hurts so badly. I think I sprained my left ankle. I trying to get up and its painful. I was surprised by his touch again and with his wet-after-shower state. He asked me if I was alright but no sound getting out from me. He helped me sat on the bed and asked me again if I was hurt anywhere. I stunned by his state until he touch my sprained ankle. He checked my sprained ankle and bandaged it but before that he went changed at his closet. After that, he asked me again if I could walk by myself but I was stunned again by his face neared my face. We were faced to faced and staring at each other. We contemplating what the others do and what we would act upon this as his face neared mine. Bang! I was awake by myblittle brother banging at my bedroom door. Ugh! I think his aunt going to knock the guy door's room but instead of that, my little brother did it. I wonder why he is in my dream. Is it because he is once caught my heart five years ago?

The End