"Whhaaa?! What the fuck, why?!?" 

I looked down the hall where I saw Jordan standing on the one side of lockers, arms crossed, back to the wall, one leg crossed over the other.

Flip, I whipped my head back to Haru.

"That's what I was wondering." Haru said as we both stopped and stared at each other. Haru waved at him. Jordan kept the same unwavering smile. I grabbed my stomach. "Ughh I feel sick."

"Judging by the way you guys treated each other, I just assumed you hated one another." Said Haru. "I'm relieved." I just stared at Haru, who was smiling like an idiot. "What was with that expression?"  I thought.

He patted me on the back once more, "I'm going into class, see you there."

"What?!? No! Hell no!" You can't leave me alone with him!" I grabbed Haru's arm.

"Why?" Said Haru, staring at a couple girls in the class room, not even paying attention to me. He waved, and of course they blushed and waved back. (Well built, tall, with an outgoing personality,  annnddd foreign...you get the picture.)"

"Yeah why?" Came a voice from behind me. 

*Flinch!*

"Umm...well...you see the thhhaa... that is.." I said knowing very well whose voice it belonged to. 

I turned around to see Luke chewing on the straw of his juice box.

"Whatever." Was all he said as he walked right past me into the class room still sucking on his juice box. 

I just now felt my face get hot with embarrassment.

"Ya know?" Started Haru, putting his arm back around me. "When you introduced me to him....I had no idea what you saw in him....he is ill mannered, has a bad temper, and has an all over shit personality." 

"You are not telling me anything new Haru..."  I thought. 

*Sigh*  "As always, Luke is misunderstood..."

"However." Said Haru as I looked at him a little confused. "Once I got to know him I realized that under that tough armor that he puts on, is a guy who is very compassionate and willing to do anything for the people he cares about." His eyes glazed over and he zoned out. 

"He has so much respect for Luke."

And because of the respect and understanding that he has for him now, we were all three able to remain friends....shit personalities and all.

He wasn't wrong Either. Because Luke was one of the unfortunate children who were born into an abusive environment, and suffered great loss, and pain. It was because of this that Luke developed an outer shell to hold together his sanity.

Despite all of this, nothing could shatter his empathy and warm heart that lies underneath.

"You are right......but more importantly Haru.."

"Hmm?" He said smiling, still in a daze. 

"Can you please remove your arm?"

"Oh.." He said as he looked at his arm awkwardly. He then quickly removed it

"Yeah..." I said blandly.

He rubbed the back of his head.

"Sorry about that...I was lost in thought...hehe." I just stared at him. "What's with that strange face?"

"Anyway!" He said. "You better go talk to Jordan....it seemed like it was urgent." "Urgent?" I thought. "But he looks so calm and collected."

He hadn't taken his eyes off even for a second. Same cocky smile on his face.

"I feel sick......it must be the stress of him having evidence of my greatest secret."

Gulp

"You have about five minutes until the bell rings for class to start." Said Haru. "I'm going on in." He smiled at me once more before entering the class room.

"Yo Luke! What was with the cold greeting?!" He pulled Luke into an even tighter hold than he had me.

I looked to Jordan. "Better get this over with."

Each step felt heavier than the last. I walked with my head down. Then I walked right into someone. "Shit...they feel big and tall...I better apologize.."  I then looked up and froze.

Staring down at me was bright cocoa colored eyes, with a bright golden ring around his pupils.

I broke into a cold sweat. 

"Fuck me running!" 

"You almost walked right past me." He said, STILL smirking.

I jumped. These are the first words we have ever spoken to one another.

"Whhaa....what do you want?" I asked.

"Ugh I really don't feel good...."  I looked up at those golden eyes. 

"Fuck and my face burns.."  I closed my eyes.

He then pressed something kind of cool against my nose. I opened one eye. Then my heart felt like it momentarily stopped. It was my manga. It was my manga and he was leaned down to my level.

My whole body felt like it was on fire.

"That...um..." I stammered.

"Shit I can't even talk." I gritted my teeth. "This is more than just embarrassment...super embarrassment?...Is that even a thing?...has this embarrassment powered up over 9,000?  (As you know, I'm a manga fanatic...but that's not what's important now!!!)"

I looked back at him grabbing my stomach. "I really feel like I'm going to throw up."

I closed my eyes once more. 

That was a mistake.

"I believe this belongs to you." A voice whispered gently in my ear.

Shiver

"Ugh ah!"  I quickly covered my mouth. "The shit was that sound I just made?"

Thump Thump Thump

"The hell?.."

"Give it back." I said sternly, but looking at the ground. I just couldn't meet his eyes. For some reason they made me nervous. Probably the intensity in them. "Now that I think about it he has always looked at me like that.....like he could swallow me whole."

"I didn't know you were into this kind of thing." He whispered once more, this time his breath hit my ear.

FREEZE.

"No. Freaking. Way."  I  thought.

"I'll give it back on one condition." He said as he stood up straight.

He kept stepping forward until I was against a locker. He leaned in close.

"You do twelve things for me." 

"Um uh whaa???..."  I stammered again.

"My whole body feels weird...I feel sick.." 

"Twelve things?" I said. "What are they and why?!" I clenched my fists.

"Yes." He said leaning further in. 

Shiver Shiver

"Seriously?!" I thought. "What's going on it feels like my legs are going to give out."

"I can feel his God damn breath on my neck, and I smell......the smell of laundry detergent, cigarettes? (but he plays ball?), and ...flowers?!?"

"You don't want this spread around the school do you?" My eyes widened and I pushed him away. 

"This fucker..." 

"You must do twelve things of my choice, no matter what they are (don't worry I won't do anything to harm you, sooo you can rest easy on that). You must finish these tasks to completion. Once the final task is finished, you have to answer a question, and then you can have it back. That easy."

"He says that but.." 

"And if I don't?"  I said.

He leaned back in and I flinched, breath back on my neck.

"If you don't, then the first person I'm showing this to is Mrs.Evans."

Freeze Up

"Ah!!" That! .....Why didn't I think about that before?!" 

I smirked as I said, "You can't prove it's mine." 

"Hehe I win."

Jordan drooped his eyes as he opened the book and reveled what I had forgotten allll about. 

The autograph to me made out to be by the author, and a picture of me shaking the authors hand that I also forgot I stuck in it as a bookmark. What was more, was there was also a photo of me by a cutout of the main characters....naked.

"Where did he even get that?...fuck..he has me cornered.......what is this weird game he wants to play?..grrrr..I guess I have no choice..I hope the tasks are not weird! "

"Tsk!"

"Fine I'll play your little game."  I said. He smiled brightly. "Good boy."

The bell rang. 

"The first task is to come to my basketball game on Monday."

"Huh?!" I said. "That's not too bad but still..."

"Okay..." I looked up surprised by the expression his face . He looked overjoyed. "Almost like a kid.." 

"As for why you asked?...I cannot say just yet."

"Okay." Was all I could say. I was in shock. 

"Well it's settled then. Be there at 6P.M." He smiled really big and whispered one last thing into my ear. "Oh and check your locker."

He discreetly ran his fingers through my hair as he said, "Hurry, before the teacher catches you being late." He then left for the classroom.

I just stood there.

"What the fuck just happened."  I thought in utter shock. I stood there momentarily feeling my entire body tingle with a strange heat.

"AHH! Shit! I'm late!" I started for the class room before remembering he said to look in my locker. "Dammit if I wait then I'm going to be anxious all through class..."  That's when I realized he had pinned me against my own locker. "Is he a stalker or something?"

Gulp

"Here goes nothing."  I mumbled.

Clink, clink, clink, Snap!

I slipped the lock off and opened the door.

"Ehh?!?"