The Coke We Share: Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Suspects

“You saw me with our school’s most handsome tom boy yesterday right?” Valen move her chair closer to me, before the first class start to ask me about it. That time is still quite early. Only about 7:05am and our class starts at 7:35am. She was always early I guess because Kenny told me that she came to school by school bus.

Today I came early to school also because my dad has to go to the office earlier today. Therefore me and my bro are being drag to school so early.

I look at her nervously asking then I put my head to the table and sleep.

“Heiya, I am talking to you, wake up~~!”

Man, she can shout.

“Cut it out, you are noisy. I been up late last night you know. Yawn~~~ yeah yeah I saw you with that “guy” so?” I half yawning and half answering her.

“Can you don’t tell anyone about it? If not…”

“If not what? Murder me? Anyway you are killing me by not letting me sleep now.” I still was laying down my upper body to the table.

“…”

“Anyway, sooner or later you will still be spotted by other guys from our school. Especially those girls who bullied you remember?”

“No they will not spot me, I don’t think I will ever go out with that tom boy again.”

“Haha, why? Scare that he rapes you?” I sarcastically say because she is really killing my mind by not letting me sleep.

“…some stupid guy thought me a stupid useless lesson yesterday…”

“…” I just kept silent. Thinking that she took my advice, it is very nice. I am kind of happy for her. Glad…but why? Never mind that, I was too sleepy to be thinking anything by that time.

“So you promised not to tell anyone? Why you keep yawning, making me sleepy also. Yawn~~”

“Is not my fault, I slept almost about 1am in the morning last night.”

“Almost same time as me and please stop yawning, it is affecting me too. I online till about 1am also before I sleep you know.”

“Yeah, same here too you know. Yawn~~” I said and then I kept quite all the sudden.

“Shit, almost broke my cover again.” I think to my self.

“You were online? Surfing dirty stuff as usual. Guys, all perverted pigs."

“If you think that advising you is dirty stuff then be it. Grrr!” I think silently trying not to argue, afraid the more I say the more I breaking up my cover.

“Why are you keeping quite? Admitting you surf porn yesterday right? Good night, I want to have a short nap also.” Then she do the same as me slept on the table.

I turn my face away from her, because this girl slept with her face facing mine. I might be staring into her face and I cant risking her seeing me blush in front of her. She looks gorgeous, even without full makeup like yesterday. Her lips are so seductive, like shining magic lights to me and hypnotizing me to kiss her there and then. However, before that, I heard her mumbling something like this.

“Guys are so pervert, where can be like what that stupid stranger say yesterday, be so true to look for a true love. What all guys look for are just our bodies to satisfy their desire…never….going to……….”

The day goes on like others until the school finish for today. I decided to join a drawing club that day so I went to the art room. All art club members are require to bring their own equipments. The art room only provides drawing racks and some stone crafting.

I just went around having a look at the art room that day and I saw the tom boy and Valen behind the corner of the art room. It wasn’t clear but I can roughly hear what they are talking about. Valen is explaining to “him” that she will not be “dating” him anymore. The tom boy started to be furious and started to be a bit forceful and dragging. So I decided to help her this time cause she listen to me the ole mighty “Part time Online Love Counselor”.

I walked out from where I was hiding and says: “Hi Valen, can you show me around where is the art room and the art club storeroom? I think I getting lost.”

The tom boy stunned and then “he” let go of Valen hand and stared at me, then back to Valen then walks away.

“Er…the art room is on your left and the art club storeroom on the ground floor of the opposite building from art room. Get it”. She explains to me seriously like I am really lost.

“Hahahaha, you can stop explaining now, cause I know where are those 2 places.” I laugh and walk away planning to go and fetch my brother now.

“Wait!” She ran up to me and I turn around then she stopped about a meter away from me.

“Yah?” I asked.

“You… you heard what me and that tom boy talked about just now?” She asks shyly and a bit of fear is on her face.

“Nope, I didn’t heard much but enough and don’t worry about it. I saw “him” started to be forceful so I just….I donno, help you?”

Then I saw her bending down her head to the floor and staring there, seem like wanting to ask me something. I was also afraid she going to ask me is it me the Stranger. I sense that she was thinking about asking that too because she is sharp and my talking style are almost same as how I send my message in ICQ.

Luckily Kenny saw me and calls for me while he walking toward us, asking me to join him for a can of coke before going back home

I quickly walk to him and wrestle him by the neck and drag him away to the cantina. Too bad Kenny talks too much because he said something really really going to blows my cover.

“Hey, why did you logoff ICQ after 10pm last night? I was going to ask if you saw her online or not….af…ter….11pm……”

I walk even faster before Kenny can finish his whole sentence. Hopefully Valen haven’t heard much of it. Too bad I sense that she heard something, and I can picture her standing behind us staring at me with surprise and doubt while I walk away clumsily dragging Kenny along.

Man, think that I not going to be online as Stranger for awhile now.

That night I really didn’t online as Stranger. I didn’t online at all. I just lay down on my bed thinking will she suspect anything. Will she be asking me tomorrow morning in class. What will I answer her, how do I come out an excuse to answer her. Thinking and thinking I suddenly remember how she looks like when she was in the Arcade Center.

That night before sleep, I felt the urge to have my first drawing title as Fallen Angel with her as my modal. I know I am not going to ask her to be my modal for real. However I will observe her and draw her out by heart.

Then I suddenly thought that the reason I so attracted to her face and body is because of art, no likes and definitely not love or attraction between boys and girls. After awhile of “convincing” myself, I daze off into slumber land.

That night, I dreamt of the Fallen Angel.