Chapter 12 : Sudden Closeness

♡ The next morning ♡

I woke up early, got myself freshened up and dressed. I got down to the kitchen and wanted to try making breakfast for Zeke.

After all I'm the one who does all the work in my house, so I should be able to make something simple. I got the ingredients for some simple eggs and bacon from his fridge and started cooking.

After I was done, I placed the food on a plate. I looked at the food I cooked and was proud of what I made.

"My skills are still there." I chuckled, thinking that I should see if Zeke is awake. I turned around to see Zeke was already awake, leaning against the wall

"Oh your awake, good morning Zeke~" I greeted him and of course I wasn't expecting a reply so I placed his food on the table.

"Breakfast is ready, you can eat now." I took my plate and went to the living room but Zeke grabbed my wrist, making me look at him.

"What?"

"Where are you going with your plate?"

"I maybe thought that you didn't like me around you so I wanted to eat my breakfast in the living room table instead...?" I explained but Zeke stared at me and he wasn't letting go. He wasn't grabbing onto my wrist roughly since he knew my arms were injured.

"Would you please let me go so i can- waa, hey!" Zeke pulled me to the dining table and let go of my hand, going to his seat.

Am i dreaming...is he telling me to sit with him? I awkwardly sat down opposite of him and started eating my food in silence.

Somehow I can't seem to eat my food peacefully, i can feel his intense gaze at me, this is uncomfortable...am I suppose to say something?

"Umm is the food okay?" I looked at Zeke, meeting him eye to eye.

"....." Okay, I guess his not gonna say anything then. After eating finish my food, I took my plate along with Zeke's empty plate to wash.

I used a cloth and wiped my hands dry before I went to take my bag and the spare keys to his house with me.

"Seriously..." Zeke had already left, wait am I deaf- how come I didn't hear the door open? Gosh, I wore my shoes and went out of the house. As usual I stopped by the mart near my house to buy sweets again.

"Clover your here again?"

"Ah hi auntie May~ yeah I just came to buy the usuals." I smiled at auntie May, who has worked at the mart for as long as I know. I became a regular at the mart, always buying the same things from here.

"You know you should refrain from eating too much sweets, its bad for teeth~" auntie May frowned as I chuckled.

"I know~ but the sweets are just too tasty~"

"Okay okay, now get going to school if not your gonna be late. Here." auntie May handed me a plastic bag full of sweets, I thanked her and left the mart. She was very kind to me, she was just like a motherly figure to me...

It's not the time to think about all of this, I need to get to school. I placed the plastic bag into my bag, taking out a chewy candy and eating it.

"Sweet~"

♡ At school ♡

"Hey Millie~" I skipped over to Millie happily.

"Hey Clover- what happened to your legs?!" Ah right my legs...forgot about that, Millie rolled up my hoodie sleeves and gasped.

"And your arms too, did something happen at home again?!"

"Yea...you can say so."

"Okay, now tell me what happened, in full details." Millie seriously looked at me, I sighed and told her everything that happened in details, even telling her what I did to my dad.

"That bastard! How can he do this to you, just because you refused to accept a sudden announcement to be married to someone else?!" Millie exclaimed angrily, yep i need to calm her down before she burst.

"I'm fine~ look I'm all bandaged up so it doesn't hurt!"

"So where are you staying at now after you left your house?"

"At Zeke's...?" Millie's jaw dropped.

"Why out of all people, his place...?" Millie gave a smile, well she doesn't look too happy even with that smile.

"Well...cause we had that plant project remember and his house is quite close to mine so yea~ he did take care of me so don't worry." I explained, trying to reassure Millie that I was fine while I gently patted her shoulders.

"He better be taking a good care of you...let's get to class, you better be more careful okay?"

"Mhmm I will~!" I smiled, walking into school with her and separated to our classes. Of course Zeke would be in class first...I walked over to my seat and sat down.

"Well Zeke you-"

"Clover~!" Matteo hugged me from behind, I yelped as the chair tilted backwards a little from the force.

"Yes Matteo? Would you please let me go." I grabbed onto Matteo's arm while trying to stay still, preventing myself from falling off the chair.

"I missed you~!"

"Hah? What are you talking about..."

"Hmm? Don't tell me you didn't miss me~" Matteo pulled me closer to him, making the chair tilt more.

"Okay okay, I miss you too, now let me go!" I tried to get his hand off me but he didn't want to let go. I flinched, feeling something touch my neck.

"You smell nice today~" Matteo whispered into my ears, I could feel his breath as he breathed near my neck, that tickles me.

I just want to be freed...suddenly, I got freed from Matteo's grasp, my chair's four legs touched the ground safely, making me relieved.

I turned and there was Zeke holding his hands away from me.

"Ow ow ow, okay I'm sorry~" Matteo whined, Zeke gave him a cold stare before letting go of his hand. I'm glad he helped me, otherwise I'd probably fall from my chair if Matteo had continued hugging me which was weird...

I glanced over at Zeke, muttering out a soft "Thank you~" and smiled.

♡ lunch time ♡

"Hey Clover!" I looked over at who called me and saw Millie was outside my class waving at me.

"Let's go for lunch?" I turned to look at Zeke, he stared at me and stood up from his seat, walking out the class. 

"Even if he ignores you, I won't~" Matteo spoke up, smiling at me. I smiled back at him, somehow am really getting the weird vibes from him today.

I stood up from my seat and went out of the class and walked to the cafeteria with Millie.

"Hey, wait for me!"

"What do you want Matteo."

"I just wanna go for lunch with Clover!"

"Why don't you go accompany your cold friend instead?" I stood in the middle, hearing Millie and Matteo arguing with each other, making them seem like Tom and Jerry while I'm like a treat?  

"Your weird..." Millie eyed at Matteo, well maybe she does have a point on that.

"Why can't I? I  wanna be her best friend."

"Hah?! But I'm her best friend!"

"But I can be her best friend too!" I just want to get out of here...Zeke, where have you gone too~ leaving me with this two.

"Right Clover?!" The two stared at me, furrowing their eyebrows.

"Huh...? Umm you both are my bestfriends okay? So stop fighting already." I slightly punched both of them on the shoulders and they quietened up. We went to our regular table and Zeke was already seating there.

"Zeke, you need to stop leaving me alone like that..." I said even though I know he won't say anything back to me.

I sat down, peeking over at him, will we be able to have some small conversations with each other without him ignoring me...

"I will make him smile one day! I'm sure of it!" I encouraged myself.