KristSingto : SOTUS days❤️

Chapter 7 - "Do I know you? "

Singto's POV

One moment, I was awkwardly standing in the middle of the canteen, talking to the person who had been the subject of my dreams at night for the past whole year.

And the next, there was a large, warm bundle of "Krist", the said person, in my arms, pressed against my chest and enveloped all around my body. The heat emanating from his body seeped through my clothes and onto my skin, making me tingle all over. The smell of vanilla with a hint of peanuts wafted through the air and invaded my senses, making me momentarily paralysed.

My hands felt as if they weren't my own, suspended in air, halfway through the course of resting them on his waist, and then hesitating and deciding to hold them rigidly by my sides.

"Cough..."

"Cough!"

"COUGH!"

Suddenly the whole canteen erupted in a huge fit of violent coughs, that it felt like having stepped inside an emergency ward full of asthma patients who were on the brink of death. I could see some, pinching those who weren't coughing yet and point at us with their eyes. Within seconds, as if contagious, both would double over and start coughing together, with their palms firmly covering their mouths.

I sent a sideways glare, towards the table where I was seated not moments ago.

"Umm... I've gotta go to the meeting"

"Uh...yeah... the meeting..."

"...Me too!"

"What meeting?"

"...That meeting!"

"Remember...?"

"Huh? No"

"...come here..."

"Let's wait and watc-"

"Shut up! Let's go..."

In front of me, the next-year's-head-hazer stood with his mouth wide open in utter shock , beads of sweat sliding down his forehead. Behind him stood a boy, whom I recognised as Krist's other best pal, his eyes narrowed to slits and mouth curved sideways in an evil smirk. He was nodding his head up and down as if finally having a lifelong mystery uncovered.

It was then that the body in my arms froze, as if electrocuted. Krist extricated his arms from around my neck, jumping a whole foot back, and looked at me with panicked eyes. All blood seemed to have drained from his face, and he anxiously started fumbling around for words.

"I didn't- I was excit- I'm so sorry! I don't know what came over me. I don't usually-"

Being engulfed in that warmth in one second and having it gone the next, felt like someone offering me the sweetest piece of candy, only to snatch it away. Getting to taste even the slightest of that extreme sweetness could only make one crave more for it. I needed a few seconds to calm my wild heart and get my bearings together.

"Don't fret. I understand", I gave a short laugh and swept my hand trying to brush it off, although I could see my fingers trembling from the corner of my eyes.

I quickly brought that traitorous hand behind my back and smiled.

"Congratulations again Nong"

A faint blush spread across Krist's cheek.

Don't... please...

He returned the smile, dimples adorning both his cheeks. He was just so beautiful.