Chapter 2

After thinking for a long time and gathering all the courage I had within myself I decided to tell Ren about what was happening to me, and by neglecting all the 'what if' coming to my mind. I turned to face him, all this while he was sitting beside me with a gentle look on his face waiting patiently for me to say something without uttering a single word. He, out of pure concern, asked me if I was ready to share my problems with him, which I replied to simply by nodding my head.

Later, I told him about the incident and the thing related to the voices which I was able to hear around me just by looking in someone eyes. He for a split of second was shocked but quickly changed his expression into an understanding one.He took out his handkerchief from his pocket and wiped my tears. Then, he cupped my face with his hand gently and said, 'Stupid, do you even know how much worried I was. I was thinking that I did something wrong and that you are upset over it. I thought that you are never going to talk to me again but surely I was not going to let that happen. Not talking to you is out of topic. You can share your every secret with me without worrying about how I will react. You should always remember that even if no one is by your side, you will always find me.'

I was not even able to react properly before he pulled me into a tight but warm hug. 

It has been years since that incident and true to his words he is still by my side, sticking closely to me. But it is hard to believe that once a chubby fat boy suddenly turns into a handsome hunk with the height of 185cm. Sometimes I am ashamed to stand by his side because I am just 152cm and the students of my class call me ugly, I can't blame blame them though, I myself believe it. But I really don't give much thoughts about it as I cannot change it. I study in a normal school neither too high class nor too disreputable. My parents don't live with me, they are in my hometown working everyday so that I can get education and achieve something in my life.

I live in a small apartment and after school I work in a convenient store because I can't always depend on my parents for money as I know it is hard for them too. Life is tough but I am not someone who will kneel before life and be controlled by it.

Today is as boring as any other day, infront of the board is a middle aged fat man who is teaching us chemistry, more like just dictating the text book. I'm sitting at the corner most seat of the class at the last bench and because of me Ren is also sitting at the last bench. He is concentrated as always, unlike me, and even diligently joting everything in his notebook. The seat in front of me is empty as no one wants to sit near me. So, a girl whose name is Lia ,is sitting after that seat. I really can't concentrate on chemistry class so I start dozing off.

Suddenly the doors of the classroom opens and our class teacher Ms Mathew, who is an elegant but stingy lady comes with a boy who is wearing the same school uniform, as ours, following her right behind. All the girls were mesmerized by his spendiferousness and were staring at him like a pack of wolves staring at its prey. The boys were just looking at him with envious eyes. They might really be taking him as an another competitor.All have different expressions on their faces, excluding me and Ren. When I looked at Ren, he was just checking his notes and not giving a damn about his surrounding.

The class teacher starts to speak, 'Attention all the students! A new student has just transferred to our school so I request you all to make friend with him and treat him politely.' She turned to her side to face the new student and said, 'You can now introduce yourself.' The transferred student cast a glance at every student and started to move towards me. Suddenly, the classroom went silent and their eyes fixed on the transferred student, like a magnet, as he walked and sat on the empty bench in front of me. Ms Mathew just sighed and mumbled 'What a brat'.

Every student was still looking at him when suddenly he slammed the desk and glared at them and said, 'What? Is the text written on my face or do you guys want me to teach you instead of the teacher!' Damn what a short tempered guy but can't blame him, anyone would get irritated if all the eyes were glued on you.

Ms Mathew spoke again, "His name is Shaun and he will study with you all from now on." After saying this she slightly nodded to our chemistry teacher and left. All the students busied themselves with their work. I cast a glance at the transferred student's back and thought "Handsome guy with a jerky attitude" while scribbling on my notebook.When I raised my eyes to look at the teacher, I found the transferred student staring at me with a smirk on his face. Our eyes met for a split of seconds and  he turned his head towards the teacher.

Did I just spoke my mind subconsciously? But I don't have the time to think about what's done because now I have a feeling of beyond terrified. Should I be afraid of that evil smirk on his face?  or about his secret which I just learned about by mistake?