Chapter 12 (Taj)
I looked up at the mirror after changing and saw my makeup smudged on my face because I forgot to take it off last night. It wasn’t that bad honestly. I took a wip and removed the makeup. I can’t believe that happened last night! We made out for ages on his bed right after he said he wanted to kiss me! I can’t believe he liked me the same way I liked him. So now me and Yukine are dating, which is honestly what I’ve been wanting for the past month. I have to tell the guys about what just happened!
After reapplying my makeup I opened the bathroom door and saw Yukine was buttoning up his shirt. I walked up to him and hugged him from behind. I was so happy that me and him were dating now. After finishing the last few buttons on the shirt he turned around to face me.
“So do you want people to know?”
“Of course! But only if you want people to know,”
“Yeah let’s do that,”
I was glad we both wanted people to know that we were dating. Now I can say that I’m not the only single friend in the group anymore. We slipped our shoes on and walked out the door to head to breakfast. While walking down the stairs Yukine put his arm over my shoulders. I looked up at him and he smiled walking down the steps. When we got to the entrance of the cafeteria he kissed my cheek and left to get food. A few guys looked at us weirdly but other than that no one in this school really cared about two guys dating. Most people my age didn’t really care about stuff like that, it was mainly just the adults. When I finished getting my cereal I walked over to where Jason, Lawrence and Harry were sitting. Lawrence had his arm around Harry and they were talking to Jason.
“Hey guys!”
“Hey Taj,”
“So what’s with you and Yukine?”
“What do you mean Jason?” Harry asked with a confused look on his face.
“I saw Yukine kiss Taj’s cheek at the entrance!”
“What!” Lawrence jumped out of his seat, ran over to me and sat next to me.
“We’ve been friends for how long and you couldn’t even tell me!”
“How long has it been going on for?” Harry asked with this massive smirk on his face.
“Woah guys chill. It only happened last night,” I smiled nervously at their curious faces.
“Well come on! Tell us everything!” Jason said, nudging me.
“Ok well we finished watching ‘The Nun’ and I was laying on his chest because I was getting a bit tired. I’m pretty sure he thought I was asleep, but he kissed my forehead and then said something like I really wanna kiss you, or something like that. Then I said some things, and then we started making out on his bed. Then this morning I asked him and he said that we’re boyfriends now! So yeah we’re like dating now.”
“Oh my god the chick has left the single’s nest!”
“Harry you are weird,”
“Yeah well you’re dating this weirdo!”
For the whole morning the group wouldn’t stop talking about Yukine and I. I wonder how Yukine was going, or if he’s even told his friends yet!
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“Oh my god congrats dude!”
“Thanks,”
It was breakfast and I had just told the guys about what happened between me and Taj.
“On the weekend we should hang with him and his friends to celebrate!”
“Yeah! I like Jacksons idea. It would be fun to hang with him and meet his friends!”
“Ok I’ll ask him about it this afternoon,”
“I can’t believe you’re finally dating someone! It’s been age,”
“Though you’re positive you like him right?”
I placed one of my elbows on the table and rested the side of my head onto my hand.
“I’m pretty positive. When we were kissing last night it felt, I don’t know, right?”
“Yukine’s in love!”
“Oh shut up Henry!”
“Well you can’t blame us for being excited!”
“Yeah! We haven’t seen you this happy in ages, especially after… the incident,”
“Jackson,”
“What it’s true!”
“Don’t worry Henry I’m fine. Plus Jackson’s right I’ve never felt this happy especially since that. I’m glad I’ve finally met someone that makes me feel this way! It’s a bit confusing but it’s worth it,”
“Well it’s nice to know you’re finally happy!”
I looked over to Jackson and he still looked like something was on his mind. I think he was still concerned about the thing that happened.
“Jackson, don’t worry! I’m gonna be fine,”
“Ok, I trust you,”
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I was at my locker putting away some stuff and when I closed it I saw Jackson staring at me.
“Jackson?”
“I, uhm, need to talk to you,”
He had a concerned look on his face and spoke to me like he was really concerned. I didn’t know what was going on but I knew it was important.
“Yeah, what is it?”
“Can we actually talk in private?”
I knew whatever he was gonna talk about would be very important so agreed to talk somewhere more private. We headed down to a secluded area behind the gym.
“So what did you wanna talk about?”
“It’s about Yukine,”
“What do you mean?”
“Well I wanted to ask if he’s told you anything,”
“Not really, nothing that would really concern me. Why?”
“Oh, well if he’s told you nothing then I guess I don’t have to talk to you. Sorry for bothering you,”
He walked away, still looking a little concerned. I decided to ignore it for now and walked back to my dorm.
I walked into the dorm and saw Yukine and Henry sitting on the bed.
“Hey Taj!”
“Hey Henry,”
“Why were you late?” Yukine looked at me with a concerned look.
“Oh nothing, Jackson just wanted to talk to me about something. Nothing important,”
Henry and Yukine exchanged looks, they looked slightly concerned.
“What did he talk to you about,” Yukine asked with a concerned look.
“”He just asked if you told me something, don’t know what he’s talking about,” I walked over to him and sat down next to him, snuggling up next to him.
“Don’t worry about it ok,”
“Ok,”
“I’m gonna get changed,”
“Ok,”
I walked to my bed and took my sweater and a pair of sleep shorts then went inside the bathroom to change. I was very confused about what Yukine, Henry and Jackson were so concerned about. I decided to just leave it alone until Yukine told me because it seemed to be something personal. I walked out of the room and sat back next to Yukine.
“So what are you doing here Henry?”
“I was telling Yukine about some upcoming swim races and if he wanted to participate in them,”
“Are you gonna do them?”
“Yeah I think it would be good practice for me,”
We talked for a while about a few other things and then Henry left at around 4:00pm. Once he closed the door I layed down onto Yukine’s lap and he stroked his hand through my hair and started playing with it.
“How was your day?”
“It was ok, what about you?”
“It was good,”
“Wait didn’t you have practice today?” I remembered that it was a Thursday and normally the swim team would have practice today.
“Oh yeah, the school is cleaning the pool building. They do it near the start of the month and the pool is usually closed for a few days. They do it after Tuesday though so the swim team gets one day of practice in for the week,”
“Oh, that explains a lot,”
“By the way, why were you guys so concerned earlier. If it’s too personal for you, you don’t have to tell me!”
“Yeah, sorry I’m just not ready to tell you yet,” He stopped stroking my hair for a moment and there was a long pause. I looked up at him and saw that his face was filled with guilt. It must be something really personal if it makes him this upset. I turned onto my back and placed a hand on his face.
“Hey, don’t worry if you don’t wanna tell me. I just want you to know that you can trust me, but if you don’t wanna tell me then you don’t have to.”
“Thanks for understanding,”
“No problem,”
He bent down and kissed my forehead. I smiled back at him.
“So video games?” I asked trying to turn the mood back into a more fun one.
“You’re on!”
I jumped off him and helped him set up the console and TV. The mood was back into its usual bubbly state. We played some Mario Kart for the rest of the night. We didn’t go to dinner because we didn’t really feel like it so we had some instant ramen. I still can’t get over the fact that his instant ramen tastes so good! Now that I think about it we have a really unhealthy diet. The night was really fun as usual. We mostly played video games and when it started to get late we packed everything away and just cuddled with each other, it was silent but I didn’t mind because we both knew we were enjoying each other's company.
It was the next morning and when I woke up I just layed on Yukine not wanting to bother him. When his alarm went off I shook him gently to wake him up. We then got ready and made our way down to the cafeteria.
“Hey Taj, can I maybe sit with you and your friends today?”
I looked over to him with a sort of confused look, he’s never really asked for me to hang with my friends.
“Why?”
“I just thought it would be nice to sit with your friends and get to know them a bit more.”
“Aww, you’re so sweet! But are you sure? They’re probably gonna bug you a lot, with you being my boyfriend and all,”
He stopped walking and turned to face him. He jumped at me and wrapped his arms around me tightly.
“I’m positive!”
“Ok, you can let go now!” I let out a little laugh. He grabbed my hand and held it tight and we walked down the hallway to the cafeteria.
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