MarJoyce One-Shots

Honestly (Chapter 1)

I am a girl with many compassion in life. I have a friend named Marlou. He's my classmate in a private school where my two friends, Adam and Gnille, studied. They were lovers. There was a chance that I met him, my heart starts beating fast, faster than I thought. I hide my secret that I really like him. I just lied to let the truth hidden. My friend Gnille asked me. I lean on a window at the lobby of our school.

"Joyce, what's wrong?" She asked.

"No, nothing, i'm okay." I answered.

"Looks like you have a problem. What is it? Maybe I can help." She asked once again. 

"My problem is... I have a secret. I don't want to tell everyone my secret. Secrets are always secret, right? Wanna know?" I answered and asked.

"You're correct. May I know?" She said.

"Well, my secret is..." I was about to start when...

"Joyce!" I heard Marlou's voice, pursuing me to join him in our discussion, and I saw Adam runs to Gnille and they shared a hug.

In every hugs and kisses I will see in my own eyes, my feelings for Marlou will become bigger and develop rapidly. I left the lobby. I went to my classroom, but I noticed, he followed me. We were seatmates, and one of the officers where me as the president and him as the sergeant at arms.

Moments after the lunch break, we went back to our separate seats. Our adviser teaches Values that time, when he touched my hands underneath our armchairs. How did he even do this even in school. Anyway, his hands are soft. It tickles my hands, that's why i'm always laughing quietly.

After Values and Math, it was our break. I was about to leave when he pulled me back to my seat. I lean to him. I was thinking if I shall kiss him to express my feelings for him or just leave to spend time alone. Neither of them is the answer, instead, I just lied myself in his chest and cuddles him, saying nothing but to embrace him while he's around.

After a couple of minutes, I was taking my french fries and my phone to watch a movie. While eating and watching, he move himself closer to me, like an attached tape. He put his right arm to my back. He hugged me. I hugged him back. What a coincidence I did this matter to impress myself. What am I that time? Am I blind that moment? The last thing I remembered, is him kissing me on my forehead. Did he felt the same way too?

"What's bothered you?" he asked, interrupting my thoughts, knowing that I'm no longer cuddling or hugging him.

"Nothing," I answered. "I'm just thinking of something."

"Are you really okay?"

"Yeah, really okay, don't worry."

"Oh yeah, yes, and by the way, can we buy together?"
 
"Sure, why not?" I smiled.

We stood up together and we went to the cafeteria to buy snacks. He suggested to go to the Math Park to talk to each other. I was shocked still, and at the same time, I was blushing.

"Hey, are you alright?" I asked him.

"Oh, I'm okay, thanks." He answered.

"So... Why do you want to have a person beside you to come with you wherever you want to go?" I asked.

"Ummm, because..." He was about to answer but,

The bell was ringing. We went back to our classroom. Music and Arts time, it was reporting all about the music of our country and others. I was nervous.

You heard it right. I was really nervous of going to the classroom, it's because of the reporting for the Music and Arts class. I didn't rehearse for the reporting. The teacher of Music and Arts chose 2 from each groups to report. In Group 5, I was chosen to report, including him. I was disgusted when our group will be the first to report! The teacher called our name. Like he used to be for the past days, he hold my hand, symbolizes that he was very nervous. This was the first time that he hold my hand in reporting. We were about to introduce ourselves, when...

"We are the reporters from Group 5---" we both said.

"You first, you're the leader!" He said, pushing me to the very front.

"Arrrgh. Fine. By the way, I'm Joyce, your leader in Group 5..." I spoke.

"And I'm Marlou, also the reporter of Group 5..." He said.

"Why are you copyi----" I was about to ask him but...

"Okay, continue." The teacher said.

We were reporting about the said topic. After a couple of minute, we finished reporting when he said...

"Hey, meet me at five, there's something I want to tell you." He said.

"Huh? What is it?" I asked.

"Just go! I have something I want to tell you!" He repeated, tickling my neck.

"Stop tickling! We are like siblings or whatever it is. Just stop." I said, raising my hand up and stand up. "Ma'am, may I go to the restroom?"

After the teacher said 'yes', I went to the restroom. I lean in my mirror--- there's Gnille, who prepared herself for the practice of their Drum and Lyre Corps.

"Hey, Joyce!" She said again while grooming herself.

"Hello," I said in low voice. "What's the matter about your calling, anyway?"

"Well, i'm practicing for the parade! The intramurals is comin' right up!" Gnille jumped.

"Do I have to say that?" I asked, still in sad and low voice. "Okay, let me say, i'm ready. I'm stocked up with all my imaginations, or whatever."

"Just calm down, Joyce. Are you thinking about your sweetheart? Ayieeeee." Gnille said, and forming a heart-shaped hand.

"Enough, Gnille." I left.

I didn't expect that was her second time to talk to me, still in the same mood as in the beginning. I arrived late in history time. I was considered as 'absent'.

"But Miss, I was from the comfort room to---" I was about to continue but...

"Alright, I'm sorry for marking you as absent, but kindly remind me next time. Otherwise, I'll give you a detention for arriving late. So as you, Marlou, for not reminding me."

I didn't noticed it was our history time. So, I was warned for arriving late in history time, which obviously, I just went to the restroom.

Still speechless, still don't know what to do, I lean on in my table. I wrote something on my notebook. When the teacher of history called my name once again, I stand and asked about my misunderstanding to Marlou, which is my sergeant at arms. According to her, as members of the event committee, I and him have disagreements because of a thing I didn't thought I'll be disobeying his suggestion for an event in our school.

This will be discussed during our detention.

A/N: First ever chapter of MarJoyce (one-)shots! I'll add more of it as soon as I can, but for now, time for me to go out!

I hope Marlou wouldn't mind me making these...

– Joyce (@FAYBELLEchon)