King's POV

I felt like shit. Leo didn't deserve that at all. He's been nothing but nice to me and I hurt him for that. The way he yelled at me even though he was trembling on the ground, just made me feel like the worst person in the world. I've never felt so bad before in my life and somehow it felt like he slapped me in the face without even touching me.

I rubbed my head thinking about everything that happened, I just snapped at the thought of him using me as everyone else did. I wish I could blame it on someone else and say it was that kid's fault for pissing me in the first place but I couldn't. I was the one that hurt Leo, I scared the hell out of him because of my distrust of everyone. I lost control of this anger. But even after that he still came back and helped me.

If I wasn't in the middle of an English lesson I would have banged my head on the desk at my own stupidity. I needed to apologize before I punched another metal door.

As soon as the bell rang for the end of class I was going to walk over to him to ask if we could talk but a few of the girls were already asking him questions about the history lesson from this morning. So instead of standing around in the room, I walked outside and sat on the ground against the brick wall with my knees up in shame, waiting for him.

It took a little while for him to walk out with the same girls from class. "Thank you so much, Leo. See you tomorrow." They waved at him with huge love-sick smiles, making me roll my eyes. These girls try too hard.

As I got up and put my phone back in my pocket, I looked back at Leo who was no longer there. Looking around quickly, I saw him across the street and turning the corner at the last minute.

"Shit!" I ran across the street after him and around the corner. Looking around the fully crowded sidewalk, I saw his golden hair in front of me walking away. He brightly smiled and waved at everyone that passed by, so that was also a dead giveaway it was him.

I started to panic a little though. What should I say to him? How do I apologize for hurting someone like that? I've never cared to do it before. He really had me all messed up inside my head but I needed to make this right.

Just then he stopped and talked with an older lady before grabbing the bags out of her hands, and walking her across the street arm in arm. This kid really was too much. Honestly, who the hell is this nice of a person?

They walked together down the street a little longer before he handed the bags over to an older man who was standing outside of a shop next to a fresh fruit display.

I watched Leo smile at them both with his hands up like he was protesting something when the older man threw an apple at him anyway, which Leo almost dropped while trying to catch at the last minute, then waved his goodbye.

Walking farther up the street I forgot why I was even following him and became more interested in seeing what he would do next as he handed the apple to a younger lady who was on a ladder cleaning the windows of her shop.

She smiled down at him and waved her thanks with a smile as she bit into it before turning back to her cleaning again. He said something to her in return and before long he was off again.

He then walked another block and without warning, turned the corner and I lost him again. Picking up the pace I rounded the corner quickly.

"Hey, King!" Leo said standing in front of me.

I jumped back quickly before I ran him over completely. "Shit Leo!" I grabbed my chest because I felt like my heart stopped beating in that split second. "You scared the fuck out of me."

A big smile played on his lips as he looked at me. "What are you doing this way?"

"Oh. Well I was um," I started to panic. My mind was suddenly blank and I didn't know what to say as I rubbed the back of my neck. "Ugh, I honestly have no idea anymore. I was going to apologize, for earlier in the bathroom and couldn't really find the right words so I followed you while I was thinking." I vomited the words out. No point in lying to him and having him think I was some kind of a stalker.

Leo's face turned to confusion as he crossed his arms and stood a little taller. "Well go on and say it then."

Shit, he wanted to hear it. "Oh, uhh, o- okay then." I'm not good at this kind of stuff at all. I don't apologize for what I did very often. "I wanted to… I mean that I-," I rubbed the back of my neck again as I stumbled over my words, my face burned. “So what happened was-,”

Leo stood there biting his lip, I could tell he was trying not to smile or laugh which just made me more frustrated. "Ah to hell with it Leo! I'm not good at this shit and I can clearly see you're enjoying this too much!" I crossed my arms and pouted like a damn child, giving up all hope.

Leo on the other hand busted into laughter, not able to hold it back any longer. It made me want to be mad at him for laughing when I was, for once, trying to be a good person but his laugh pulled my heartstrings and I had to fight back a smile. "I don't see what's so funny," I said looking away to hide the smile that was fighting to show. If this was anyone else I would have punched them already or not even cared to try to do the right thing in the first place but Leo was truly different for some reason.

"I'm- I'm so sorry King," he said trying to control himself again while wiping a tear from his eye, taking a few minutes. "Wow, it's been a long time since I really laughed that hard." He started laughing again but it was more controlled this time.

I couldn't fight back the smile anymore as I looked at him. "You know, I'm trying to apologize, which I never do, and you're laughing about it." I chuckle a little. For some reason, I couldn't be mad at him. That laugh was just so contagious.

"I know. I know," he started to wave his hands in front of his bright red face to cool himself a little. "I didn't mean to laugh at you. It was just so funny watching you get all flustered."

My eyes shot up. "Flustered? I wasn't flustered! I just... couldn't think of the right words to properly apologize fast enough." My face started to burn again and this time a could feel it in my ears as it tingled my whole face.

"Okay okay. I accept your um... apology. That torture was enough to make up for it, I guess. Really, I can't watch you go through that again." He started to laugh at me again as he covered his mouth to stop it.

I really wanted to hate this kid but I also couldn't help but smile and laugh at myself with Leo. It felt... kinda nice to laugh with him.

"Well anyway, I have to get going now. Thank you, King." He looked down the road like he almost didn't want to go yet. "Oh! Let me see your hands first. Are they feeling better?"

"Oh umm," I held my hands out for him to see. "They're okay."  

He brought his hands up underneath mine just barely touching them so he could study them. I felt my heart start beating faster immediately as butterflies filled my stomach from his soft touching while he looked over his work. He too shook his head a little and exhaled softly so I wouldn’t notice. Did he feel that too or am I just going crazy?

"Yeah, it looks like the swellings went down nicely. Is the wrap too loose now? I can fix it quickly if it is." He asked me, a little concerned about his work.

I started to feel nervous all over again but this time felt different from earlier. "No. No, it's fine. Honestly, I've never had anyone patch them up this good." I wasn't lying. It was perfect. Not too tight and not too loose. I didn't know how he did it.

He smiled at them softly. "Well, I would hope so. I would like to get into home care after school to help other people that can't do things for themself because of injuries or illness and whatnot."

"I'm sorry," I shot out quickly before I pussied out again. "For earlier, I mean. You were just trying to help and I was a dick. I'm sorry for that." I exhaled deeply, feeling the weight leave my shoulders.

He looked up at me and our eyes met as he smiled. Fuck, those bright icy blues were really something to look at. I could honestly get lost in them as we just looked at each other and smiled. This kid really had an effect on me.

Suddenly a flash of light came in the corner of my eye behind him. It was really fast but I wasn't sure if someone took a picture or if it was just my eyes playing tricks on me as I broke our locked eyes and looked behind him. 

People were in the park at the end of the alley. I looked around but they were all so far away, I couldn't see anything they were doing. Just my imagination, or maybe a glare from a passing car or something.

Ignoring it, I looked back at Leo who was looking down and that's when I realized I was gently holding his wrists under my hands, caressing the skin with my thumbs. I pulled away quickly as my heart jumped into my throat.

I nervously rubbed the back of my neck. Why was I doing that? "I umm… I should, uh, go before my uncle sends out a search party." I said in a weird awkward panic and turned around leaving Leo standing there in shock. God that was stupid of me to do. Holding his hands like that. He must think I'm weird or something now.