Jayden’s pov

Luciano! Even his name is pretty…. Wow, Incredible…. this is just incredible, I didn’t see that coming or rather him coming here. Now I could fully see him. He’s not blonde, his hair is more like a light brown chocolate color which by the way, he has comb it really nice…. he looks so handsome…. His size is as I remembered, smaller than me but not that skinny, he probably exercise from time to time. And have I mentioned enough how mesmerizing his eyes are, the same ones that are looking me right now with a sense of …. relief? his aura is all light. He’s giving me this tender smile that makes my heart beat faster than before…. If that’s even possible. What kind of witchcraft is this!!!

 ‘’Are you planning in saying something?”  he says getting closer to me without breaking the eye contact.

 ‘’W-what are you doing here?’’  that’s all my brain could formulate at this moment, so pathetic.

‘’Well, this is a bathroom you know, people come here to do their stuff’’   Oh would you look at that, he’s giving me the sassy treatment, how interesting.

‘’Really?’’  I responded while tilting my head to the side   ‘’is that why you came here and introduced yourself, just like that?’’

After that comment, a mischievous grin appears on his face followed by a laugh, he then lowers his gaze while touching his lower lip, wets it and looks up at me again. What’s with him, why does he have to make that gesture look so damn sexy! And why am I even using such adjective to describe the scene? I don’t recognize myself anymore.

 ‘’Listen, why don’t we start over’’  he says out of the blue.

‘’What do you mean by that?’’   I asked.

 ‘’I’m Luciano. It’s nice to meet you at last’’   he says while stretching his arm. Is that what he wants? Shake hands?

‘’Seriously? You already said your name and you also know mine so what’s the point in repeating the introductions? “

 ‘’Well I was just trying to be polite’’   he said while shrugging his shoulders  ‘’I see your nose is good, how about your abdomen?’’

‘’That’s very random given the circumstances but, ok. If you say so. And my abdomen is fine, I see you are looking good as well ‘’

 ‘’Yeah, I am. By the way, I wanted to ask you, why haven’t you come back to ‘’The Inferno’’ in these three weeks, Mr. J?’’   he asked me emphasizing the ‘’Mr. J’’ of that sentence.

 ‘’That’s none of your business, besides how do you know it was me?’’

I asked that question but what I’m really curious about is how the hell did he know I haven’t come back to that place. Did he come back looking for me? That sounded a bit unrealistic but then again, he has been on my mind all this time, was it the same for him? No, I don’t believe so. That doesn’t happen in real life, does it? I don’t know anymore.

‘’I know it was you because of how we looked at each other back then in my table, you felt it, I felt it, besides, you never denied it either’’   he responded sounding relieve, like he could finally tell that he found me. I know that’s unlikely but, it’s the impression he’s giving me right now. I also hope he doesn’t notice my blushing at the part of ‘’you felt it, I felt it’’ he was right in that comment, the connection we felt that whole minute looking at each other’s eyes…. That was a completely new experience for me, I liked it.

‘’Well, you got me and speaking of your table I should get back to work. You should go back to your boyfriend as well.’’

‘’H-he’s not boyfriend, we are just friends!!’’   he said speaking really fast. I don’t know why but that confirmation made feel different, like I was glad they weren’t boyfriends. Even though the other guy called him babe but, whatever.

 ‘’Then, you should go back to your friend.’’

I said at the same time I start walking outside the bathroom just to stop at the door because Luciano suddenly calls me to ask me if we could be friends.

‘’You are a little weird, you know that right? Nobody ask that these days’’

‘’Yeah, I get that a lot’’   he says while scratching his head  ‘’but being weird in a good way is cool you know, you don’t have to be the same as everybody’’

‘’Good point, but listen, it's better for you if we just cut it right here’’   I said in a stern voice, part of me wanted to accept this ‘’new friendship’’ but the other half of me knew it was better this way, my only friend was Lili…. I wasn’t ready to cross the invisible wall I built around me. I don’t know why I got excited when I recognized him or why my heart wanted to jump out of my chest upon seeing him. None of that matters at the end, nothing would change.

‘’Why would you say that?’’  Luciano asked me changing his expression completely. I dare to say he looked…. Sad. Please don’t give me that face, don’t do it.....

‘’I’m going to be honest with you Luciano, I don’t want friends, I just want to be alone…. But, if it’s any consolation, I also think that it was nice meeting you’’

I gave him a half smile afterwards and then got out of the bathroom. I need to be concentrated in my job only and later on, high school. I need to forget about Luciano. I can do it, I’m an expert on putting people out of my life.