eave? I can walk

"No, I don't want

i's brow as he gives me a

not my favourite scene and when I have to attend one, I don't stay around unt

on my own when he noticed me and came over. A few seconds after he did, I reached out my hand to t

his hand. "Will I be a bad host if

early. They're fine ha

Should I leave him be? Should I go back to my room? But I've worke

o stay longer,” he

s. His fringe is long, with wisp

with you,"

w lifts

dry. "Your room. I mean..."

liquid courage go?

face, which grows h

sure?"

no

l more seconds. Then he rises to his f

ers know he's leaving, we're outside the room and hea

He has no roommate at the momen

him. His dorm room has a living area with space for a kitchenette and t

r the entrance. I gape at my reflection in the mirror

l in place too. I inhale deeply. I'm in his room. This is the firs

k it's weird? I've been here before this late, but never alone. Many times, it was a sleep

alk through the living room to the balcony and stand beside him. The night wind is cool, and the view is

xt move. Why am I suddenly out of ideas when I've b

" I mumble, for lack of

And so a

s smile, but that turns into a gasp when he wraps

eek. "I've been thinking abou

ks up. By 'that day', I know

I'm currently on internship—I was lucky to get it with the schoo

back, I sat beside Eli. At some point—around 10 pm with half of the bus dozing off—h

who has been thinkin

his lips. "Stop just thin

ourage is fi

ds anchor on his arms as I stretch my body to make up for my shorter heig

into the dorm. Seconds later, my back lands on the soft cushions of his

like crazy and I'm a

top," he whispers, his lips

head. "I do

ha

t want

bobs as he swallo

no

nd when he holds it out. He leads me to his bedroom

kay because

*

to find a pair of light

ning

rni

alise what he means to do, I

ow. "Are you goin

en't b

s fi

on the floor. His deep laugh permeates the room

and my underwear. I tug on the shirt, which thankfully reaches to my mid-thig

's drinking a glass of w

w?" he teases, a slig

nd press a quick

doesn't shut up about it

ut

What do you wan

ver yo

for three,

one comi

about an hour ago. He's

ht n

n

n't you

he was com

ere so early!" I whine and rush t

me. "You're not

ore eati

ood enough re

ur new roomm

he doesn

as I pull my le

show him around," he says wh

m last night, on the carpet beside the coffee table. He must have brought them

you help

ur

assent as he p

inning with it. She said it's a secret but Eli d

present? She wanted

ah

mall box. Given its size, I imagine there is jewellery

a brac

hing cont

essory, frowni

ha

ge

ge

n. O

s widen when he sees it. Rushing forward, he grabs

onged t

ike... When we were ten or something. I

nd it and decided

brow. "I wonder why sh

ouldn’

shoves it in his shorts' pocket and turn

a story behind that

ts when there's a knock on the

it h

oba

eeing as there's someth

he says, stepp

pens the door. I rise to dump the papers in

him to the guy st

from my head as I

s h

s J