Somewhat Attractive

I push Will away from me, all flustered like I just did the do and turned to face Markus. "H-hey there, Lurky! I-it's not what you think. W-Will was hiding from another Marvin. Right Will?" I turned to the chicken puss in question and the b*****d looked like he would during a calculus exam. Befuddled.

I stared at him a bit more and tapped his shoulder. "Well it was nice seeing you, Will." You useless a*****e. So much for being my soul mate.

I hesitantly linked my arms with Markus and pulled him towards school to leave Will alone to do his thing. 

"So..." he started, still clutching the flower. Poor thing, suffering in the hands of a torivor. 

"So..." I mimicked, completely at a loss for words. 

Sweet lip balm, I just met the guy and now I'm basically dragging him to school after he mistook the tree-thing with Will AND I have no guts to ask him about the incident from yesterday. What is wrong with me?

After about five minutes of purely pregnant silence, I decide to break the ice. "Who are the flowers for?" I perused, making sure to shove my face in front of his like I was all up in his business, which I was.

His eyes darted from the ground to me in a split as he tried to hide the odorata behind his pants. When he knew he couldn't deny it, he sighed loudly and smiled at me sadly. "It was for you. Your aunt mentioned that they reminded you of home so I thought it would be a nice welcoming gift." I raised my brow and he sighed again. "And I was hoping if you'd like to get know know more abo- You know what? F**k the rules. I don't wanna get friendzoned again. I'll just say it. I like you. You're a pretty cool girl. You read the same books I do, you have weird friends and you're somewhat attractive." He confessed. Mother of mothballs, what!?

I dig the first two but that last one? Oh he is not getting away with this. "I am not somewhat attractive, you donut! I am plenty attractive, mind you. And from what a little birdie told me, people have been calling my a*s great." 

His face contorted with shock and then amusement. It is on like donkey kong, Markus. Yeah, that's it Mark, laugh. Laugh until I tackle you to the ground and rip your beautiful lips from your face.

"What's so funny?" I asked. It's too early in the morning for this, damnit. 

Markus shrugged and probably took my outburst as a positive response because he's tugging my bag off of me to shoulder along with his backpack.

My cheeks redden as he did so. I don't believe any guy has done that for me. I can't stand to look at him and his cheeky smile. Oh my god. I turn to my left and gaze at the platanus occidentalis in their glory. The reddish brown wood looked amazing, fitting with the chilly morning air and the slightly comfortable silence the both of us have fallen into. The thin bark plates looking like a beautiful abstract painting, with the sun shining just enough light for a beautiful ambience, that one would buy for about a bajillion dollars or something.

We passed houses on our way to the school, houses with well-tended gardens. I could tell, because the flowers were all in bloom and the bushes were lush and the grass was greener than me after riding a rollercoaster. The way Markus took the lead, makes me assume he knew I had no idea where to go The blush on my cheeks reddening even more as this thought comes to me. I guess I was lost in thought for a moment too long because the next instant, we were nearing the school's great iron-wrought fence and it's wide arch bearing the school's name and motto came into view.

Greene Academy
"Aim not to make greatness but to have goodness"

As I was lost in my own world, I didn't realize that he'd stopped walking or that nobody was loitering around the school yet. His fingers enclosed mine to halt me from going any further. I turned to face him but the only thing I saw was the ylang ylang flower from earlier. It smelled as beautiful as I remembered it. As beautiful as when I first discovered it when I was biking with Brian and he made me crash into one. I still haven't punched him for that one. Damn.

I smiled at him and took it. Smelling it a bit more, breathing in it's beautiful scent. Then I took my bag from him and led him to the courtyard. Once there, I motioned for him climb up, which he did, hoisting up both our bags in the process. When we were both settled in, I spoke, finally knowing what to say about everything.

"Look, I like you too, man but I met you yesterday. I don't want you to take this the wrong way. I just want to get to know a guy before I go into anything serious. Remember the skype call I had yesterday?" I could see him nodding. Good he's actually listening. "Remember Brian? Well a few months before I left, he met this girl named Edana, weird a*s name, I know, and the day after he met this gi-" Before I could even continue my sentence, Lurky's surprisingly soft hands covered my painstakingly applied Born Lippy™ Raspberry flavored lip balm. Does he know how sticky my not pointing finger felt after applying the thing numerous times just to get that natural glossy look? Not that my lips aren't already glossy without it.

But then I notice that he was looking at the couple right underneath the tree, staring at each other with lustful eyes. Oh my gods. Are they going to do the do!?! They better not!

Apparently, aside from us in the tree and the couple underneath, nobody must have arrived yet, which explains why they're making out in the open. I wonder if they're secretly dating and this was an everyday thing. I guess I'll have to ask Mar-

Eww. I get that they want to make out and that this is the only time they get to do it but this is just wrong. I mean, come on! The guy's chest is blocking the girl's making it really hard to breathe and it looks like his trying to eat the girls face off while he's trying to tear off her butt and the girl is fighting back by rumpling his blazer and running her hand through his hair like she's deciding which side looks better without hair.

I tell Markus this and he silently laughed. He laughed as hard as a person trying to not get caught could and he almost falls off. Like, he had to grab onto my shoulder and the tree to not fall off. 

After a few more minutes of them making out, I feel like I want to puke. I wanna stop looking at them making saliva together but I can't look away. It's like an accident. No matter how crapped up and life scarring the scene might look like, you can't walk away from it without something to pull you away. Like your mom. Like an accident, disgusting people disgustingly making out is like a magnet. You cannot stop looking until something else catches your attention or if another thing is pulling you into another direction. Again, like yo mama trying to pull you away from the accident to grab another bowl of chicken from that Chinese restaurant down the road because she said she wanted thirds.

I didn't notice that I had zoned out until Markus was tugging at my shoes from underneath. I guess the couple had had enough kissey faces to last the day and left while I was thinking about chicken. 

Markus nodded at me and stretched out his arms, kind of like saying I should jump into his arms. Wait. He's still doing the thing. Is he serious? I have to jump into his arms? But I'm heavy as hell. Why would he want to do that?

Fine. Let's do this! I jumped into his open arms and landed with a thud. Did he get overwhelmed and crashed to the ground like my old Vaoi laptop? Well at least he broke my fall. I open my eyes and realize he's still standing and that he was looking right at me.

"That... was crazy." I manage to utter before he set me down.

As soon as my foot touched the ground I knew they were trembling too much to be of use and Markus seemed to know too because he caught me just in time. His arms made contact with my waist and mine hugged his neck to help steady myself. I let go of him as soon as I was able to and instantly missed his warmth around my waist.

Before we could get any word out, the warning bell rang out and we had to head to Home Ec class. That was when we realized that there were other people around. Sure, they were minding their own goddamn business but what would happen if they knew the new Asian kid with the great a*s and the weird odd kid in Home ec had the hots for each other? Chaos, that's what.

 

Author's Note

Wassup? It's almost Christmas. XD