Leaves of trees were whispering its wrath. Thunder claps… extracting its light. The noisy crowd could never stop talking about Juno and I. 

As I stood up and punched his face. I could see his shoulder stiffening like an *ssh*le. Gritting my teeth, I could never understand why he was looking at me as if nothing wrong ever happened.

Normally, when a person gets punched, they would take revenge, right? But the eyes of this man were plainly affixed into mine.

I was about to punch him again when a person suddenly arrived... The door banged when it was opened. It was Shin pointing his index finger to our area.

" Both of you. Come to the office with me," The class suddenly became quiet like a child being scolded by their mother. 

Throughout my life, his words became my laws. Shin was my savior and he was the one who pulled me out of that pithole of hell. Since that day, I decided to give him all that I have, even my own life.

" So tell me, why did you punch him?"

Things went with the flow. It was Shin questioning me and Juno. Glancing at Juno, the bruise on his face began to appear. I was kinda relieved-- I mean this jerk is a demon in disguise.

" So Riko initiated the fight?" 

I was frustrated by his words. Shin already scolded me in the past-- numerous times. Shrugging my shoulders, Shin's sharp eyes met with mine. He was looking at me as if I was someone who's a stranger. It was just a normal silent treatment but I felt a heavy stuff trapped in my throat. 

I don't know. This is strange but… somehow, I want Shin to defend me. Looking back at those nights where Shin and I spent time together, he would always treat me like I was someone whom he never wanted to lose. It's true that we had set boundaries. It's also a fact that we were just using each other to forget people that we don't want to remember. But please… just this once, don't take someone else's side. 

" I trusted both of you that you will not cause any trouble. Especially you, Ri--"

" Juno threw a paper at my face, " Juno was silent but I couldn't stop cutting into Shin's words. I felt a heat forming on the corners of my eyes so I decided to look at the ceiling… to prevent these tears from falling.

Why are you taking his side?

Shin became silent for a while. I could see Juno staring at Shin. He was looking-- no… it's more like, he was observing him. The way his eyes travelled from down to up. This man is a f*cking weirdo. There's no way I could perform at the musical competition with his accompany

" I trusted you both not to cause any trouble. As a punishment, both of you will have to stay late in school tomorrow and do rehearse for the musical competition,"

Wreckage of hope… did Shin just commanded us to practice for the musical competition?

" Juno, you can go now but Riko, we have to talk. I need an explanation," 

Before he walked out of the room, Juno thanked Shin. The office was already empty. Shin and I were left alone… together. Few minutes after the door closed, Shin stood up and cornered me into a wall. My eyes widened as he began kissing me… as if we were not on the campus.

I tried to talk but Shin would not stop kissing me. I could feel his fingertips reaching my chest but here I am, worrying if there were CCTV cameras in this office. I felt relieved when I saw nothing. Shin stopped and locked the door.

" Not here… Shin," Hinting him to stop whatever he plans to do with me, he continued walking through my area. I thought he was going to kiss me again but I felt an arms wrapping around my body.

It was warm and comforting.

" Let's go home together… later,"

He whispered while hugging me tightly. It was already late when I realized that I failed to hold back my tears. For some reason, I got hurt from the way he scolded my wrong doings earlier.

Closing my eyes, I didn't reply to his words. I was hugging him like how a fire depends on the thread of its candle. I got conscious of the surroundings so I tried to look again at the door's small window. Glancing to that window,

I saw Juno… watching us with his empty eyes.

Unforeseeably, I didn't push Shin away from me. Instead, I initiated a kiss while glancing at Juno.

Yes, just like what you said… I'm a homo. Shin belongs to me and I belong to him. 

Few seconds had passed. Juno disappeared from that window. I stopped kissing Shin and walked out of the room.