Schoolboy Cupid - a romance novel

Prologue

BEEP BEEEEEEP BEEEEEEP BEEEEEP 

Hani's alarm clock rang, making him groan. 

Once again, morning had come just like the day before, and the day before, and so on. Something today was different though, the air hinted with excitement and joy as Hani jumped out of his bed, knocking pillows to the ground. He ran to the bathroom, fluffing up his hair and throwing on a quick swipe of mascara. It always finished everything off.

After standing in front of the closet for 15 minutes due to his indecisive bullshit, he had finally chosen out a simple outfit of a light blue hoodie and some knee length black shorts. He pulled on his shoes and hopped out of his room, down the stairs, and into the kitchen. Knowing that his mom had went to work at about 5 am (because he was awake, watching some cheesy documentary on the praying mantis), he was not allowed to use the stove. 

The last time he cooked something alone, he had smoked up the entire house, ruining his mother's antique teddy bear collection. He shook he head and grabbed a carton of orange juice out of the fridge. Knowing he had barely 4 minutes to get to school, he drank half of the carton and ran out the door, all prepped up for his day. Grabbing his skateboard and taking a deep breath, he started on his way to his (quite disgusting) high school. 

Billions of thoughts ran through his mind. How was he going to build up the courage to even talk to Lucas? The thought got mixed in with a handful of different doubts and Nicki Minaj lyrics. Before he even knew it, he was at the school gates, 10 minutes late to first period. Before going through the hassle of walking into class and coming up with some sort of insane excuse of why he just so happened to be late, Hani decided, What was the point of even bothering to listen to some shitty biology class? And ran off to the bathroom to skip class. 

After 20 minutes of scrolling through Instagram, Lucas had texted.

New message from: Lucas 🤡💕

Lucas 🤡💕: this class is so fucking boringggg 

Hani 🤠🖕: bruh why do you think I skipped?

Lucas 🤡💕: wait, you did what now?

Message deleted at 8:03 AM

Lucas 🤡💕: you little shit

Hani 🤠🖕: ikr 

Lucas 🤡💕: don't be shy, come wait for me outside of my class. I ain't finna jump you hoe 😌

Hani 🤠🖕: reassuring...

Lucas 🤡💕: no but seriously, I need an excuse to get out of this dumb class.

Hani 🤠🖕: I'll be there in 2 minutes asshole 🙄

Hani turned off his phone and ran off to his best friends first period, then banging on the door and standing there awkwardly for a second. The teacher came out, his face twisted in frustration. 

"What do you need?" The teacher asked, clearly annoyed,

"Hi, I'm here for Lucas? He needs to take a test for his 3rd period." Hani smiles politely, fiddling with his hands. Lucas had already pushed past the teacher before he could say a word, shutting the door and grabbing Hani's hand, dashing down the hallway and pulling him along. They turned a corner and threw themselves into the old storage closet. Hani and Lucas had tidied the place up, box forts in one corner and some stolen chairs in another. They plopped down on the ground after flipping on the light. 

Hani had finally gotten into the moment of it, taking a few deep breaths (but still internally panicking) and stared into his best friend's eyes. 

"Lucas, I have known you for a very long time, and I would like you to know that..."

'Here we go' He thought.

'I'm going to make him like me.'

"I like you." He said, exhaling loudly.

"Uhm, okay?" Lucas blinked. "I think you are a really great person too."

'FUCK. IT DIDNT WORK. BUT HOW??? MY POWERS CAN'T BE RESISTED. THE FUCK IS HAPPENING??.' Hani Freaked out, rocking back and forth.

"You okay?" Lucas tilted his head. 

"Yup! Just fine! Oh look at the time, second period is starting soon, gotta go!" Hand smiled nervously and dashed out of the room, his mind buzzing with confusion.

'Did that just happen?'