Was It... Just Me?

The Inevitable Walk with Harry

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The party had started and I kept myself busy by entertaining the kids by teaching them a simple dance routine, it was actually quite fun- who knew 8 year olds could be such good company.

I hadn't seen Harry anywhere
I was actually thankful for this,
who knows maybe we wouldn't even have to talk again today.

But I had a feeling
The feeling I always get
When I bump into him on the way to Spar
and that was not good.

We land up playing hide and seek, and I run pretending not to know where the kids are
I turn the corner into the house and I hit a muscular surface

It takes me a minute to register what's going on or that me hands are on Harry's bare chest

Harry: Keo?! Are you okay

HARRY'S POV

She stares at me with her beautiful dark brown eyes, she then looks at her hands on my pecks, and I can't help but, laugh as her eyes widen when she realizes where they are.

She quickly removes them and I instantly wish she didn't, missing the warmth of her hands.

Keo: huh.. um yeah I'm fine

Her eyes travel to mine filled with sincerity and then she looks down to what I'm assuming, is my abs.

A proud smirk plasters itself on my face and I don't hesitate to ask

Harry: like what you see?

Keo: WhAaa? Nnnoo actually you know what? I have to go the kids are waiting for for me to find them.

She finally is in full cognitive functioning
She's still flustered though
I can see it no matter how hard she tries to hide it
I like how I still have that effect on her
Even after everything
More than five months of barely talking or seeing her and I still
Do that to her

She disappears for majority of the rest of the day and I go to my room to play PS.

Crowds aren't really my thing

Time flies and many of the parents come to pick up the kids leaving only my cousins and Aunty's behind, typical of a black family.

Harry's mom: Harry!

I hear my mom calling form the kitchen

I walk in to find Keo helping her clean up

I didn't think she would still be here
I try to hide the shock and excitement on my face
Wait why am I excited?
Anyway

Harry's mom: Harry honey,  the girls decided they wanna swim, so I need you to watch them, your aunt's and I are sitting in the front yard.

Keo: well it's getting late, I should get going

Harry's mom: no dear, your sister is still enjoying herself and your parents said they'd fetch you later in the evening when they finish their event.

Keo: oh um ok, well let me just go get my sister's costume then.

She seems a bit uneasy
I can't pin point as to why
Is it me?
I mean I haven't done anything
...Lately

Harry's mom: yes, Harry will walk with you it's not safe for a woman in South Africa to walk alone  these days.

I see her hide her dissatisfaction with a smile

Keo: Harry?? Oh no that won't be necessary, I'll be fine... I mean he's So busy

Harry's mom: No, it's not a negotiation, he is walking with you
My mom finishes with a smile

Harry: yeah I don't mind at all
I smirk
Keo she glares at me

I can't help but smile cockily

Harry's mom: oh and Harry dear would you put on a shirt

I quickly put on a shirt and I grab the gate keys

Harry: well what are you waiting for let's go

I say to her

She follows behind me I can tell she's trying her hardest to keep her distance

I wish she wouldn't
I wish she would look at me for more than a few seconds
I wish she would allow me to hug her
Allow herself to be vulnerable
With me
But I guess that makes me a hypocrite.

As we embark on our walk
She doesn't say anything to me
I don't say anything either

At least anything out loud
In my head
I'm saying everything
I'm trying to read her
She's looking straight ahead
I know she can feel me staring at her
And she's fighting it
The urge to look back at me
What's she thinking?
I wish I knew

I can't take this...
Distance
And she knows it
That's why she's doing it
She knows
We can't be close but we can't be apart either

I've spent months trying to wrap my head around how that is possible

I've replayed memories and thoughts like a broken record

It's crazy
How one person can make you do that
Make you rethink everything you do and have done.

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