Two days ago Harith's POV
"Harith? Harith? Can you hear me?"
A voice called from beside me and I opened my eyes and found Harley looking at me with concern. "You seem to be very tired, are you alright?" He asked as he placed his hand on my neck to check my temperature. "You aren't really hot, is something wrong?"I looked at Harley with drowsy eyes and said, "Nothing's wrong, maybe I'm just tired." He raised a brow and asked me why I was tired, but, I didn't answer. I didn't want him to know that I went on a mission alone again. He usually doesn't want me to go on missions alone because I always get hurt and I always almost die.
"Are you sure you're okay?" He asked, "Just tell me if something is wrong, I'm here to listen, okay?" He then smiled after saying those words. I smiled too and replied,"Likewise, Harley." Suddenly his smile faded when I said that and he looked away from my eyes. I wasn't really expecting that reaction, "Umm, is everything okay?" I asked him. His eyes suddenly looked up to me and hesitatingly answered,"Y-yeah why?"
I wanted to ask him why he looked away, but his phone buzzed and he told me he had to answer it. "He's hiding something, I just... feel it..."Present time No one POV
"Vance! Harley Vance!" Exclaimed Aurora while waking up the teen who was sleeping on his desk. She really doesn't like people who sleep when she teaches, it makes her feel very disrespected. "Wake up, Harley!" She shouted again, but still the boy wouldn't wake up. "This is the fourth time Harley slept in class, why is he like this these past few days." Thought Harith, while watching their teacher wake his friend up.
After a few more tries of waking Harley up, he finally opened his eyes, and rose his head from his desk while rubbing his eyes. "Finally!" Aurora exclaimed while glaring at the boy, but, her angry face turned into a worried one when she noticed Harley's eyes were red and he looked so pale and tired. The other students looked at Harley with confusion, Harith too was completely confused, he knew Harley was never like that, "W-what?" He thought,"That's not how Harley usually looks like." Aurora looked away from Harley and said, "Sleep after class, not in class, understand?" Harley nodded and opened his book to the told page on the board in front of the class. "What's going on with him..." Thought Harith.
"Harley, why are you like this?" Asked Harith while holding his friend's face. "I'm okay Harith, I just tired from studying yesterday." Answered Harley while smiling. "I know this wasn't from studying, it's from something else, just tell me." Said Harith. "Trust me Harith, everything is okay, don't mind my face okay? I just studied too much last night that's all." He replied, then he took Harith's hands off from his face. "If you say so, Harley." Said Harith, then he took from his lunch bag two sandwiches, while Harley just watched him eat while him not realizing. Harley stared at Harith and smiled while thinking, "You look cute when you eat Harith... too bad you only look at me as a friend."
"Harith, over here!" Called Harley, and Harith came running towards him. "Sorry I'm a little late, I was a classroom cleaner today." Explained Harith while breathing heavily. "It's okay, Harith, no problem." Answered Harley, "By the way, I'm free today, wanna hang out?" Harith smiled and answered, "Sure! Why not?"
"Cool! Come on let's go!" Said Harley, then he took Harith by the hand and ran. They both ran until Harith spoke,"Y-you can let go of my hand now, Harley." Harley was surprised and realized he was still holding Harith's hand. "Oh! Uhmm, s-sorry! He answered, then he let go of the leonin's hand. Harith was perplexed to see his friend's face as red as a tomato. "Uhh, Harley?" He asked, "You okay? You're very red you know."
Harley's eyes widened and responded, "Of course I am! I-i just got surprised I held your hand without knowing." The leonin raised a brow and just answered, "Oh, okay."Next day
"I really wonder where Harith is, he isn't in the classroom, nor in the library, where is he?" Harley asked himself, while walking around the school. "Harley?" The voice came from a young, small female leonin who approached Harley. "Nana! Good thing I saw you! Do you know where Harith is?" Asked Harley. Nana paused for a short time, trying to recall where she last saw the male leonin. "I don't really know where but, when I last saw him he was under the cherry blossom tree at the side of the school." She replied. Harley smiled and thanked her and immediately went to the side of the school, finding Harith sitting on one of the benches, with his nose buried in the book he was holding. "Harith?" Called Harley, and Harith turned and found him. "Harley! What are you doing here?" Asked Harith, while closing the book he was holding. "Well, uhmm..." Harley paused and thought, "Why was I finding him? I didn't even need to tell him something important."
"Uhh?" Harith looked at Harley waiting for an answer. "Uhh, well, I was just bored and I uhh, wanted to talk to someone, hehe.." responded Harley while scratching his head. "Oh," said Harith,"okay? Come sit here then." Harith gave a warm smile to Harley and he sat down beside him, "What are you reading anyway? Asked Harley. "It's just a book about the Moniyan Empire before, including some facts about the past of leonins, the past of my family." Replied Harith while showing the mage genius the book. "Ah, I see, that's cool." Answered Harley while smiling. "By the way Harley, I hope you don't mind if I ask but, I really wanna know what life is in the Vance household, can you tell me what life being in a rich, famous family is?" Questioned Harith. Harley stared at Harith then slowly lowered his head, and sighed. "Well, umm," said Harley,"it's a little bit annoying but, it's fine. I really can't spend much time with my father but, I'm happy with my mom and my siblings."
Harith noticed that something wasn't right. He suspects that Harley is lying to him but, he knows that Harley doesn't lie to him. Harley smiled to Harith,"I'm happy I was born in my family because they are really great companions." He said. When Harith heard those words, he knew that Harley was telling him the truth... or so he thought.
When Harith and Harley reached their classroom, Harley went to his desk and, as always, he slept. "But I still feel something isn't right.." thought Harith. Then he sat down on his desk and just chatted with the other students beside him since the teacher wasn't still there.
I know it's very weird and cringe but I hope you still liked it(sorry if I there are mistakes too).
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RomanceI've always thought that my best friend is very happy in his family because he's rich, but I never knew that all his happy-looking smiles and happy stories were all just to cover up the truth about the reality in his family.