chapter 7: the foolish one

I make my way to class alone as Fadly has already gone without me. On my way to class, Saff suddenly approached me from behind.

"Han! You haven't talked to me yet today!" He said as his hand brushed through my hairs

"Stop! My hair!"

"Don't worry, okay? You still look good even with messy-haired"

"What do you want?"

"Can't I just talk to you? Geez, why are you hating me?"

"I don't? It's just my way of talking. People will fall in love with me even harder if I am a soft-spoken person." I joked

"Damn a narcissist... but true though". We joke together while walking to our class. Never really thought that Saff was a funny person who understood my humor. It's fun to talk to him, although sometimes it gets so annoying.

When we were about to open the classroom door, suddenly Aiden came out from the inside. He looks at us with a surprised look but quickly changes it back to a serious, emotionless look.

"Han... can we talk?" Aiden suddenly asked me

"Sure... what is it?" I asked

"In the toilet please, I'll wait for you there..." He said and walked to the toilet without waiting for me.

"Gotta go Saff, bye!" I said and ran to the toilet to meet Aiden.

In the toilet, it was so awkward. I entered the toilet, and he was just staring at the wall while waiting for me to come.

"What was it you want to talk about?"

"Since when did you get so close to Saff?" He asked with a serious tone. The tone was so serious that I started to get nervous.

"Saff and I are not that close..."

"Not close yet walk together to class and laugh together?"

"That doesn't prove anything, just that doesn't prove that we're close"

"Okay then why before this you guys have never done it before?"

"what are you trying to say?"

"Explain why you were hanging out with him last Saturday night. Not close yet you're feeding him a cake?" He asked me furiously. I don't understand, why is he so mad? Close or not, it shouldn't be any of his problems.

"It's a very long explanation and it's so exhausting to explain"

"Don't worry I can escape the next period. Now tell me" This guy must be thinking that I am lying.

I explained to Aiden what happened between me and Saff. From the root cause to why we were walking to class together. In between my explanations, he constantly asked me questions like "Because you like him, that's why you did it?"

I tried to think positively that maybe he was so concerned about me being close to Saff. Maybe because he likes me. But again, Aiden does not swing both ways, he likes girls, not boys.

"So you're close with him because he asked you to help him to get his crush?"

"Yes! Now stop with your stupid assumptions!"

"I see..."

It was dead silent for like 10 seconds before he said something that weirdly sank my heart.

"So will you also help me to get my crush?" Aiden asked.

My heart dropped, and suddenly I felt like a loser. I know I have said that there's no way he likes me because he only likes girls, but, silently, I was hoping that he did like me. I was right that he likes to give fake hopes. I feel like running out of the toilet and hiding somewhere quiet and crying. I feel my eyes start to get watery and that's when I know that I have to get out quickly.

"Crush?"

"Yes, my crush. I've liked her since last year, but I'm too scared to approach her and confess my feelings. So maybe you can help me also to get her. Would you?"

He asked while holding both of my hands with hopes in his eyes. Fuck this fuckboy. Still gives me hope that he likes me even after asking for my help to get his dream girl. Fuck

"Sure I will... I'll go to the library... tell the teacher," I said quickly and left the toilet.

God, why am I so stupid? Why did I think that he actually liked me?

"Aren't you the person who said that he is like the other fuckboys who like to give other people fake hopes? Why are you so sad about this? Didn't you say that you didn't like him? Why are you crying?" I asked myself. I can't help but keep cursing his name in my head.