Chapter 78

His touch is surprisingly soft, and gentle at the same time, and I find myself marveling at how someone can seem so unusual. What sort of person randomly grabs your leg to see if there is any sign of discomfort. A very dirty thought enters my head, and I almost drop dead in anger.

I almost snap at him, and tell him to stop all this two-sided deception he's doing, when I look at his face. I see that there is nothing but innocence there, the implications of what he's doing is unknown to him, and I wonder at how someone can be so simple.

How can someone be so innocent, you're in high school for crying out loud. You are meant to know all these things, you are meant to know the subtle glances and hidden messages that people give to each other, but yet he seems to have no knowledge of such things.

"You are trouble" I mumble, and I think he catches it. He gives me a surprisingly deep chuckle at this, a deep voice sort of chuckle that makes my body suddenly go hot.

His pleasant laughter from before is gone, replaced by the sort of boyish deep-voiced chuckle that would make anyone melt where the stood.

It has the same effect on me, and I can feel myself losing all sense of composure and comportment I have. I want to stick my hands into his hair again, and make it all scattered. I want ruffle them until they are scattered like the thoughts of my mind. I want to make them stop looking so perfect, as perfect as he is as perfect, as his voice and his lovely nature is perfect.

This new character he seems to exhibit, it seems so different from the person who pushed me into the mud that first day, and I can't help but ask "What exactly made you so annoyed that day?".

He looks at me with a questioning gaze, and I sit back down to allow myself catch my breath. It seems to be coming in short spurts, and I think I need some time to regain my composure. I don't like what this guy is doing to me, it's making me feel like a dummy and I had just promised myself I was going to be stronger. I just promised myself I wouldn't go around falling for people the same way I had done the past four times, but yet here I am blindly falling for this one.

I can see he looks expectant at what I'm going to say and I facepalm myself, "You really need to stop looking at me that way", with all his eyes opened and his attention fully on me, it makes me go mushy brained and I can't seem to find exactly what words to say.

"The first day you met me, remember" I say, and his eyes darken at the recollection. "I'm really sorry" he begins apologizing, "I was a jerk that day and there is no justifiable reason for what I did to you" the abashed look he carries makes me feel I'm forgiving him already.

Suddenly, I can't seem to find all the anger I held in my heart before towards this unexpected slight that I had to suffer in the hands of this guy. The same person who I helped up and who pushed me back in the same spot.

I can't find all that anger anymore, as I find myself forgiving him so easily. "Have lunch with me?" I ask and the delighted surprised look on his face, makes me feel this is a bad idea.

What?, we basically have no class and it's best we find some other way to spend the time. I want to spend it in an open area, where there are lots of people as I do not trust myself when I'm alone with him.