I stared at the whiteboard up front, barely making out the symbols from the bleary white background.
"The equation of the parabola is in the form y equals..." The teacher's voice blurred. Why can't I stop wondering about her now?
I took a deep breath, then took a few small peeks at the teacher before pulling my phone out and placing it under the cover of my desk. He won't find me.
My heart raced as I saw she was online.
Oliver: hey
Rin: Hi.
Oliver: I want to know more about you...
Rin: Me? What do you want to know?
I hadn't thought this through.
Oliver: what do you like?
Rin: That's in my profile. heehee
Rin: But I'll tell you anyway. I like playing games, singing and oranges.
Rin: oh and cute boys too ;)
What's this this girl? She's being so flirty and we barely know each other! And of course, I just had to answer with:
Oliver: I'm not cute!
"Oliver?" I jumped as I heard my name called. I looked to the teacher and he had this stern look as he pointed towards the bottom of my desk. "Would you be so kind as to show us what's so interesting."
I felt my face flame up in embarrassment. I had before then a reputation of being the 'good kid' in class, oops.
"Yes, sir." I said, quickly switching a different tab, one that of birds, the animal kind! Not... the other...
"How disappointing." He frowned, "I had almost expected something more exciting from you, Oliver."
ergh, this teacher... knows well how to embarrass a boy.
"But sir, birds are exciting." I argued, keeping up my façade.
"Yes yes, I know your aspirations for animals and biology." The teacher stated, "But maths is important in biology too, you know."
"Yes, sir." I replied instantly. Although I'm not sure if I could fully agree on that.
"Good." He nodded, "The next time I catch you doing this, expect punishment."
I nodded quietly, locked my phone, and stared blankly at the board. "the vertex... blah blah blah..."
***
I sat down with the others and pulled my phone out to check. Fukase snorted and nudged me at his notice, "Looks like you've grown attached to her already, huh."
Everyone looked at us in expectation. "Ooh, Oliver's got a girlfriend now?" Dex asked, immediately followed by Sonika, "Show us! Show us!"
I sweat-dropped and chuckled nervously. Aren't these things private?
I unlocked my phone, got a picture of her, and showed it for a quick second before turning it back to me. "There!" I exclaimed, "I've shown her to you guys."
"She looked pretty," Dex laughed, "I'd fuck her if I was single."
I cringed and looked away, I hadn't even begun of thinking about such things and there he was shouting it aloud, even when he has a girlfriend.
"That's not... appropriate" my head facedown as I squeaked. Fukase placed a hand on my back and said, "You got to start becoming a man, Oliver." He chuckled.
I continued to hang low as I softly nodded, "yeah..." my parents had told me that too anyway.
I placed my phone back in my pocket and took my lunch out in an attempt to avoid the topic from going on any further. Why can't I just be me?
...besides, she likes cute boys... right?
