Chapter 4

Aziel

I looked at Aaron who hurriedly went out of the classroom. I walked towards the table of the teacher and I passed my paper and went out of the classroom.

I looked around hoping that I can see Aaron. But I can't see him anywhere so I just walked towards the classroom to the next class when someone held my hands. I looked behind and I saw a girl and she somehow looks serious.

"Can we talk?" She asked. I nodded and she led me towards a corner where no one would see us. When we got to the corner, she took her hands off of me then she started talking.

"You... do you like Aaron?" she asked I looked at her with a suspicious face so she talked again.

"Don't worry, I won't talk about it to anyone. Not interested in that crap." She added. I sighed and I nodded. She smiled brightly when she heard my answer that's why I raised my eyebrow at her.

"Why did you ask?" I asked her. Quite suspicious after all. 

"Well, for starters, I'm Sarrah. And to answer the question, it's because I feel threatened by Aaron. I like Nathalia after all" she said. 

"I see," I answered.

She stared at me for a while and she brightened up.

"Why don't you help me? Let's pretend to date" she said. I raised my eyebrow at her and she continued speaking.

"It'll be a pretend date, then maybe I'll get a clue if she likes me back. I mean it's a win-win situation, isn't it? You might know if Aaron is interested in you" she said. Then she smiled as she extended her hand.

It could be a good idea, but what if Aaron is not interested in me? What then? I asked my thoughts. After thinking for a little bit, I shook her extended hand sealing the agreement.

"Well then, should we go back to the classroom now?" she asked me and she is about to hold my hand when I raised it.

"What is that for?" I asked her. She looked a bit annoyed when she took my hand.

"Shouldn't we at least hold hands? We're pretending remember?" she said. She tightened her clasp on my hand and I forcibly tightened my clasp too. And we started walking towards the classroom.

Aaron

I went out of the bathroom when I saw two figures walking towards the corner. I stared at the corner before I started walking towards the classroom. 

I was about to walk when I overheard two voices talking. Two familiar voices to be exact. I know that it's bad to eavesdrop on someone but I can't help it.

I went to the wall near that corner and I rested my ear on the wall hoping that I can hear it.

"Not interested in that crap" That's what I heard from familiar voice A. It was a female's voice followed by familiar voice B which is a man's voice. 

"Why did you ask?" That was the answer of voice B. I took a small peek to see who it is. And now, I suddenly wished that I didn't do that.

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Because the ones talking is Aziel and Sarrah, I don't want to listen further so I started walking to the next classroom. No, I seriously went there this time.

Haha, I don't even know why I had to leave early when he's just a crush I thought while walking.

When I got to the classroom, I saw Nathalia sitting at our seat. I went over there and I sat beside her. She was writing something and I took a peek at her notebook. 

"What is that? Date places?" I asked her. She jumped out of her seat when she heard my voice then she sat back down again.

"What the hell? Don't do that again. That's bad for my heart" she said and I laughed. We started talking when the door to the classrooms open revealing Sarrah and Aziel...

Holding hands...

Nathalia and I watched them as Aziel escorted Sarrah to her seat. 

"Thank you hon!" Sarrah said cheerfully. I quickly looked at Nathalia and she was just staring at them. Then she hid the notebook in her bag, and she became silent.

Aziel went to his seat then, and it was fucking beside me.

"Wow, so you and Sarrah huh? when did the two of you start dating?" I asked when he sat beside me. 

"Oh, today's our day one. I confessed to her earlier" He said. Then he wore his headphones and he started listening to music while doing the assignment in that class. I took a peek at Nathalia and she is just quiet staring straight ahead.

I took my phone out of my bag and I sent her a message.

"Hey, want to go out with me later after school?" I texted. Her phone gave her a notification ring and she looked at the message then at me and back at the message again before typing.

I looked at my phone to read her reply.

"Yeah, sure" She replied. I smiled a little and I placed my phone back in the bag.

The rest of our classmates entered the classroom then and the last one to get to the classroom is our teacher.

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"So, where do you want to go?" I asked Nathalia while the two of us are walking on the side of the road.

"Hmm, what about the usual diner?" She asked. 

"Nah, think of other places. It'll be my treat this time" I told her. She looked at me as if she was looking at a different person.

"Are you sure that you're Aaron? You could be an impostor pretending to be my friend" She said as she stepped a bit further from me. I laughed and I ruffled her hair.

"It's me, dummy. I'm gonna treat you cause you're broken-hearted today so you better choose properly" I told her. She smiled and she dragged me to a place.

"Here. I heard the food is really good here" She said. It was a newly opened restaurant near our village. We went inside and we sat at the table near the window.

We ordered some food and we talked for a bit.

After waiting for a little bit, the door opened and we looked at who entered.