Stick close to each other

Ever since the day of the encounter between Shiu and Damio and the ghost lady... Damio followed Shiu everywhere.

"They're here." All the students in the corridor stared at them. And the students who were in their classes stuck their heads out of the windows into the corridor to see the two young men.

"Wow, they are together today too. It's been three weeks already".

"I never thought I would see the day when Damio would be following someone around and smiling so much."

"Girls, we were so overwhelmed when we first saw him smile that morning when they entered the class together."

"And Shiu has such a look of annoyance on his face. They are so interesting to watch."

"Exactly, Damio is so clingy to Shiu. Since that day they are always together, wherever Shiu goes, he goes too. I never thought the day would come when I'd see Damio being friendly with someone".

"He seems like another person when he is with Shiu".

"You are right. He seems very happy."

"Either way, they're a sight to behold". The students gazed at the two young men entering their class.

***In the early hours of the morning.

Once again, Shiu and Damio were being followed by the ghost. Tired, Shiu stopped in his tracks and turned around to face the ghost.

"Listen," Shiu addressed the ghost. "In order for me to help you, the first thing I need to do is to investigate your record with the detectives first, I'm still a high school student. So I cannot do anything without the involvement of the police and the detectives. I will not be able to do anything until tomorrow night. Will you be able to wait a little longer?"

The ghost gave a nod.

"I will make sure that we find you". Shiu assured him.

"Ye....es" With that the ghost disappeared.

Shiu looked at the Damio who was behind him. With a nod he walked past him and went to his classroom. He didn't know why Damio was following him everywhere he went. It did not matter how much he tried to ignore the guy, he would still stick to him like a glue.

Damio stood in the corridor for a while, looking at Shiu. "I've still got a long way to go", he said.

***4:00 PM

As Shiu walked out of the school gate to go home, he felt that the day had passed quickly.

The next morning arrived. As usual, Shiu got up very early, and once again he forgot to make his coffee. He was too lazy to wake up and waste three minutes of sleep making coffee.

He got on the train. But he didn't know why. But when he was in the train park, he felt intense eyes watching him.

Shiu let out a yawn. "I can't believe I forgot to make coffee this morning. Once he arrived at the school, he made his way to his classroom.

He opened the door of his classroom. He paused for a second and saw that he wasn't the only one there.

There was Damio, standing next to the two chairs and looking him straight in the eye. The two of them locked eyes for a few seconds. Then Shiu walked over to his seat.

Just then, a loud thunderclap was heard in the sky. The sky was covered with grey clouds. And suddenly, it began raining. I don't know. Shiu could smell the fresh rain mixed with the scent of the earth. He sat down on his chair.

As Shiu put down his backpack, a rich smell entered his nostrils. He turned his head. He saw two cups on Damio desk. The rich smell of coffee was coming out of the two cups.

How envious,' Shiu thought mentally. The smell of the coffee made his mouth water. But since it wasn't his, he had no choice but to ignore the smell.

Shiu rested his head on the desk. He felt something warm touch his elbow. He turned his head and opened one eye to see what it was.

There was Damio standing in front of him, with two cups of coffee in his hands.

Shiu didn't understand why he was standing before him with the cups, 'did he come to show off? He furrowed his brow and was about to ignore him, but then he saw that Damio was holding a cup out to him.

Shiu looked at him. His eyebrows raised.

"It's for you," Damio said with a small smile.

"Huh? Why?"

"I saw you at the train station this morning. And I overheard you when you said that you wanted to have a cup of coffee."

'Huh!!!? He heard that? He didn't even notice that there was someone standing next to him'. Shiu was not the kind of person who paid much attention to the people around him.

"I don't think I can drink all that coffee on my own." Damio said in case Shiu refused.

"Hm .....thanks," Shiu said, taking the cup.

"I also bought a couple of muffins with cream and some cheesecake. I think I brought too much." He gave an innocent smile, "Can we eat them together?"

"Chee.....cheesecake". The one thing that only Shiu's family and those close to him knew about him was that he had a sweet tooth.

Shiu raised his eyes and looked at Damio as if he were an angel from heaven. In Shiu's dictionary: Those who give him coffee and desserts are all good people.

Damio pulled his desk together with Shiu's. He put the cakes and coffee on it. Then he pulled up his chair and sat down in front of Shiu. Shiu thanked Damio. He started to eat. He took an enormous chunk and stuffed it down. His cheeks were swollen from the dessert. He chewed like a hamster.

Damio smiled a little triumphant as he watched Shiu eat. He just watched Shiu eat.

"Did you get home safely? You looked very tired yesterday and also when we met the Ghost."

"Huh .... .uh....nom nom" Shiu swallowed before answering "yes. Huh...infirmary?"

Damio gave him an innocent look.

"I noticed a thing" he started. "You are really bad at remembering people, huh?" The deep and sensual laugh made Shiu's ears ring.

Shiu looked at him confused. 

Damio smiled very gently. He got up from the chair and turned it in reverse. He sat backwards and watched Shiu's face. He rested his chin on the top rail of the chair. His deep black eyes were staring at Shiu with such intensity that it seemed as if he was trying to decipher Shiu's. Shiu tilted his head. With a piece of cheesecake in his mouth, he said. "Do you need anything from me? Your eyes are always on me."

Seeing that Shiu was finally paying attention to him, Damio's soft, gentle smile widened. "Shiu"

"Huh! Yes..."

Damio smiled softly "Shiu," he called again.

Shiu looked at the boy in front of him with a confused expression. Come to think of it, why was he talking to him? Why didn't he just ignore him like everyone else? And what was his name again? Ohhh wait, he's not a bad person, he gave me coffee and cake.

"It's Damio".

Shiu looked at him again 'Can he read minds or something?

"Please say my name. I have a feeling that if I don't try to engrave it in your memory, you will forget me.

"Please," Damio begged.

Shiu brushed back the strand braid lock on his forehead. He had no idea why Damio had such a desperate look on his face.

"It's Damio, right".

'Hm, that's right hahaha'.

Why is he looking so happy?