Ezra’s POV
I cleared my throat as I stood from my seat. “O-Oh, this guy right here is my underclassman,” I said as I took Eyen’s bag from him. Why is he home so quick? I thought he’d be playing in his friend’s house?
“Alexis, this is my younger brother. Eyen, this is Alexis.” I introduced them to each other, but Eyen hid behind me as he was uncomfortable with strangers.
“Hello there.” Alexis greeted Eyen, but he wouldn’t respond. Instead, his grip on my pants is tightening. This reaction caused Alexis to feel flustered too, and I don’t want him to continue feeling like that, so I have decided to talk to Eyen.
I squatted and looked into Eyen’s eyes. “I thought you’d be playing in Shaina’s house?” I asked while caressing his hair.
Eyen pouted while still being wary of Alexis. “Shaina said she’ll be
Alexis’s POV I could feel my heart beating so fast and gradually getting louder the longer I sat inside Ezra's room. It was filled with Ezra's nostalgic smell, making me feel distracted and in a daze. I might be a pervert for loving how Ezra smells like. Even though he wasn't sure, he even helped me not remember all those tragic things by covering my eyes before. He's too kind."I'm sorry for my sister's attitude," Ezra said as he sat down in front of me. He has a small table in his room to sit on the floor while we put our notes on the table. "She's been like that since forever. I hope you don't mind."I shook my head. "I-It's fine. I'm the one intruding here after all." After saying that, I could feel the awkward atmosphere slapping my whole body. It's because of what I did before! When I stopped Ezra's hand from moving away from my cheek. Why did I even do something so
"I-I'm sorry for falling asleep like that." I immediately bowed my head and apologized. There's nothing I can do. It's my fault why I ended up in this situation anyway, so all I need to do is admit that it is my fault. "I even slept on your bed. That was rude of me." I felt Ezra's hand on my head after I've said that. "It's nothing to worry about. I thought it was cute to see you sleeping all defenseless like that." Hearing those words made me look at Ezra, and there I saw his usual smile. Even though it was dark in the room, and only the light from the window helped me, I knew that Ezra was smiling at me. "I'm sorry." Ezra held my hand, which caused me to flinch. "If you're sorry, then would you like to go on a date with me?" Huh? "W-What?" Ezra opened the lights, which caused me to squint as I adjusted my eyes to th
The year-end party came without any problem. Although I have another problem, that is, I forgot to give an answer to Ezra's question. Remember that time when I slept over in his house? When he asked me to go on a date with him? It's been more than weeks, and I still haven't given him an answer. More like, I haven't seen him since the announcement coach Alfred made because we were too busy preparing for the year-end party in our own classes. Even though he would often wait for me so that we could go home together, he didn't do that anymore. Did Ezra grow tired of waiting and choose to leave me alone? Wait, isn't this better? I don't have to wonder about my feelings anymore, and I don't have to think about unnecessary things again. That's right… this is how things should be in the first place. The year-end party was going smoothly, and I never even expected Liliana to buy me a lip balm. She was the
"Lexi? The food's ready."I immediately opened my eyes after Mitch softly woke me up.I accidentally fell asleep on the couch."I-I'm sorry for falling asleep like that." Mitch ruffled my hair while chuckling. They had already finished cooking, and I didn't even help them. Royce brought the food to the living room, and it looked like we were having a feast. Isn't this too early for the Christmas celebration?"Do you want more pasta?" Mitch asked, treating me as if I were his child. "What about you, idiot?" He turned to Royce.He's calling Royce an idiot, even though he was blushing before just by the mention of Royce's name.Royce didn't mind; he looked calm now, unlike when he first met Mitch. Remember that time when he would always do nothing but glare at Mitch? He even teased him so much for being a ball boy, but now he would always go with Mitch's every whim.
I smiled back to Irish, but I couldn't say anything back.Why is that?Irish turned to Ezra while holding the gift I saw she gave to him earlier in the academy grounds. "You can stay for dinner; my mom wanted to thank you." She said, which caused me to feel more confused.Did Ezra lie about being in Joaquin's house? How would Irish's mom be there?Looking at Ezra, he's too kind to reject an invitation like that, and he looks like he'll come back with Irish from where they came from.However, my hand moved on its own and grabbed Ezra's shirt, stopping him from moving away from me. That's when Irish grabbed Ezra's hand while looking at me. "Would you let go?" She asked with a forced smile, but my hand didn't let go of Ezra's shirt even if she told me that. "What's the problem, Alexis? Do you need Ezra?"Ezra looked at me with an expectant look on his face after Irish asked
I thanked Ezra for helping me get home safely, and he smiled as he patted my head before leaving. His warm hand and soft gaze on me made my heart beat faster as I watched him walk away.It would be great if we could spend more time together.Wait, I shouldn’t think like that. I already said that I’m willing to spend a day with him, so why am I getting sad just because we parted away now? I shook my head; let’s just get inside the house.Chewy greeted me with her sweet gestures as I got in, and Alina called my name. “Where did you go? Dad was worried about you.” She said as he picked Chewy up. What? Dad’s here? Would he get mad at me? “Don’t worry, he’s not mad. Just worried.” Alina patted my head as she smiled.“Right, Lean’s the one who’s mad.”“ION!”That’s when I hea
“What?”I immediately dropped my phone after that.I ACCIDENTALLY TOLD EZRA WHAT WAS ON MY MIND!“Alexis? What was that sound? Are you okay?” Ezra asked with a worried voice which caused me to feel even worse for what I had done. I picked up my phone while trying to regain my calm.“I-I’m sorry, my grip loosened all of a sudden, and I dropped my phone.”I heard Ezra chuckling, which caused me to feel even more embarrassed. “You’re such a klutz.” He said while still laughing, and I sat on my bed feeling more embarrassed. “Oh right, coach Alfred and I decided that we should have the year-end party before 24, so maybe it’ll be on 23. Would you be free on 24?” Ezra asked straightforwardly, thus making me feel my face heating up.“Y-Yes. I don’t have any schedule on the 24th.”&nbs
“You look so pretty, Ion.”I couldn’t help but blush while watching my reflection in the mirror. I’m wearing a long black wig styled with half braids on both sides behind my ears. Wearing a white off-shoulder short sleeves top with frills and narrow shoulder straps tucked in a black mini skirt right above my knees. Lean made me wear 2 inches’ black block heel sandals. Even though I’m used to wearing high heels, I don’t know if I could handle it well while walking around.“Hey, there’s someone outside— Ion?! What happened to you?” Andre received a massive blow on the head from Alina after he reacted like that. “Why is my little brother dressed like a little sister?” He had tears in his eyes, but Lean just gave me my purse and pushed me out of the room.I went downstairs, but Andre followed me until I opened the door. “Ale