SKY 22: I missed you

After that day, I haven't seen Caylus much lately.

Well, it's not actually his fault. I have been avoiding him lately because I was too embarrassed to face him after that kiss! Oh god, why did I even do that?!

Caylus has been waiting outside my school every day hoping to talk to me but I always made excuses that I have to be somewhere with friends and I'm glad he knows how to respect my decision.

But after the sequence of declining his invitations, he would casually leave me food in the guardhouse every lunchtime. I know it's from him because he would text me, "I made you bento today, I hope you like it <3," it was the sweetest thing someone has done for me.

I haven't seen him for a week now and have only been eating his homemade bento, which saved me so much money since cafeteria lunches here are so expensive. Plus his cooking is so good, I wish he could cook for me every day.

But in those days I haven't seen him, I actually missed his presence.

I won't lie, it was quite lonely without him.

I was pacing out until Emery came up behind me, "Shi wanna go grab burgers with us after school?"

"Sure!"

So as planned we went out to grab burgers after school in a nearby mini-mall where they have one of the best burgers sold in town.

We took our seats by the window of the restaurant and my eyes landed on a very familiar car, and a man dressed in white polo that fitted perfectly on his muscles paired with black jeans went out of the car.

Caylus...

I've only not seen him for a week yet why does he look even hotter now?

Caylus turned in my direction and for a second I thought our eyes met but I was wrong, Elzay came into the picture.

She was dressed in a floral off-shoulder mid-thigh length dress, it was too short that if the wind would come you could see her underwear.

She was smiling and all giddy seeing after seeing Caylus and what shocked me the most is when she approached him and gave him a kiss on the cheeks.

I look away when I felt Caylus's eyes looking in my direction and pretended to be busy.

After pretending to be busy for a while I looked in his direction and to my surprise, he was still looking in my direction. Our eyes made contact and it was like we were talking through our eyes.

Elzay tried to pull him to get him to move but he stood still, eyes on me.

I could see Elzay's annoyance and she tried harder, I was silently praying he won't go.

To stay...

I missed him so much...

But after a couple of seconds he turned his back on me, now facing Elzay and that gave her a victorious smile when Caylus gave her the attention she asked.

Their image started to disappear as they got inside Caylus' car which started to drive away until I can no longer see their shadows.

Please stay...

But after a few seconds, I can't see Caylus's shadow anymore.

Maybe not today...

I looked away as the view was starting to ache my heart and it was a perfect timing that our food came.

"Thank you," I said and grabbed my burger but as soon as I took a bite the man I was hoping to stay with was now entering the restaurant approaching my direction.

I was unable to speak when Caylus pulled the chair in front of me and settled himself there placing his elbow on the table and resting his chin on his palm, "Hi gorgeous, I missed you."

I could feel my friends' surprise which made them unable to talk too and our table was covered in a silent atmosphere until Caylus broke that silence by facing them, "Hi Hersheys friends, it's been a while. How are you guys doing?"

"A-ah, we're good. Just enjoying the burger," Emery said trying to ease the awkward atmosphere.

"Yeah, just a good burger to fill our tummy," Febonee added.

Caylus gave them a smile before facing me and pulled some strands of my hair that is slightly covering my face behind my ear, "How about you gorgeous? How was your day?"

"I'm... Good," I said and took a bite of the burger trying to hide my face from him as he kept looking at me.

"That's all? You don't miss me?" He said as he lean closer just a few inch apart from my burger.

"I don't," I said and took another bite but I was surprised when Caylus' warm lips touches the side of my lips, "I do."

"And I missed your kisses too," he added and my face was hotter than I can ever imagine it to be.

I threw Caylus the tissue paper I have to silence him from talking even further.

"Oh my god Hersheys?! You did such thing?!" My friends said in unison as all their attention was focused on me.

"Since when did you become so bold?!"

"Hersheys now advancing in her flirting stage," Febonee said.

"Dolphin shut up," I said as I threw him a glare but he didn't take it seriously and took a bit of his burger.

"Gorgeous if you missed me, you could just give me a kiss just like what yo-"I covered Caylus mouth to stop him from spreading more information, I couldn't let him expose me to my friends like that. They will use it against me for sure, I know how their little devil brain works all too well.

"Caylus don't you have somewhere important to do?" I said letting out a fake short laugh but Caylus gently brushed his fingertips on my hands that covered his mouth and gave my palm a soft kiss before removing it to reply to me, "Yeah, and that is to spend the whole day with you."

"Sana all," (translation: I hope all; typically used when you want something the other person has) Nere and Emery said in unison while smiling all giddy looking at Caylus and I.

"Ew, too much romance," Febonee said while shoving fries in his mouth.

I brushed off their tease trying to hide these butterflies in my stomach from exploding and turned to Caylus who now playing with my fingers, "Are you hungry? Let's get orde-"

"Watching you eat makes me full already gorgeous," he said and winked at me.

"I wish I can do that too so I wouldn't have to worry about gaining weight," Nere said rubbing her tummy in circles. Everyone gave Nere a deadpan look before she realized what she just said, "What?!? Don't you like to eat everything you want but not gain weight?"

"Seriously girl?" Emery asked

"Uhm yeah."

"Oh ghod, never mind."

The three of them continued enjoying their burgers while I couldn't eat straight because Caylus is staring at me. His stare is melting every part of my body and I hate this so much, why does this guy have so much effect on me?

"I thought you were going somewhere important?" I asked trying to gain back my composition from his melting stares.

"You are the important matter I am attending to gorgeous."

"I saw your car leave awhile ago,"

Caylus gave me a smirk before replying to me, "So were you praying that I'd turned my car and come back?"

I was caught off guard by his question and pulled my hand back from him, "N-no! Of course not, why would I?"

Caylus chuckled and I swear his chuckle now sounds sexy, I can't sisters, take me now.

"Well, I did turn my car back and decided to stay with you."

"How about Elzay? I saw her enter your car a while ago," I said not making eye contact because I sounded like a jealous girlfriend which I am not.

"Well I met her by chance here and she unconsciously went inside my car and asked me to drive her back home since her car broke."

Her car broke?

"So where is she?" I looked around trying to find a shadow of Elzay but there isn't.

"I dropped her off at the bus station, she could commute all the way home," Caylus causally said not giving much attention about her.

"Why?"

"I already told you this, but I guess my gorgeous wants to hear it again and again."

"Huh?"

"If you're this cute when you're jealous I would want to keep doing this,"

"that's because I only want to spend my time with you and you only."