Chapter 86: Chapter 86

After breakfast, Ethan grabs my hands and drags me to our dorm as if impatient to say or do something to me. I feel a bit nervous as he hurriedly run up the stairs holding my hands.

As soon as we step into the dorm, Ethan locks the door and pushes me to the wall, pinning me between his arms. " I missed you.", he says and crashes his lips on mine.

" What ?? M..missed me ?", I ask against his lips, my heart thudding rapidly.

" Yeah..why you left to watch basketball practice ?", he feeds against my lips and stops moving his lips as if expecting a reply.

I can't form words. He missed me in just one hour ? Yeah..I also kind of missed him while watching Basketball practice. I wished I was watching him practice dribbles.

Ethan presses his knees on the wall between my legs and starts kissing me passionately as I don't say anything even after three seconds. His lips brush softly against mine and soon I start responding to the kiss by moving my lips. His one hand caresses my cheeks and sensitive ears, making me shiver. The other hand is still on the wall, caging me.

I don't want to pull away from him. I want him to keep on kissing me like this. I don't know what is happening to me. I thought I was straight. But why is his kisses giving me a swarm of butterflies in my stomach ?

He soon pulls away causing me to involuntarily let out a small whine. My cheeks immediately heat up as his lips curl upward at the small sound that escaped my throat.

" Michael..", he finally says, his lips go back to normal and his face suddenly takes a serious expression. " I don't think I can stay away from you for two days. Will you come with me to home?"

" What ! ", I gasp in shock. " No ! ", I quickly pant out.

" Why ?", he asks.

" Wh..what are we ? We aren't even d..dating. How can you ask me to c..come to your home ?", I say breathing heavily from the kiss, moments ago.

" I'm not asking you to come home as my...boyfriend. We are friends before that. Come as my friend.", he says.

" No. I can't.", I shake my head. " Don't force me."

Ethan stays like that, looking at my face for a few more seconds.

" I'm afraid to leave you here alone.", he then says. He kind of looks worried. Amelia might be the reason.

" Why ? I'm not a kid, Ethan. And I'm not a..alone. Gavin and Grace is there.", I say.

"Okay, but will you stay in their dorm at night ? And will you always pick my call ? ", he asks.

" Are you afraid Amelia would do s..something to me ?", I ask.

" Ahm..no.", he shakes his head. But his face tells otherwise. He continues as I frowns at him. "No..she won't do anything to you Michael. And why would she do something to you in particular ? She doesn't know we have this thing going on between us. If she does something, it would be to all three of you. But she won't. She is clear about the consequences she will have to face if she does something, especially when Grace's Dad is commissioner. So don't worry."

" Then why are you afraid ?", I ask.

" Ahh..I don't know.", he sighs in annoyance and brushes his hair backward, taking his hands from the wall.

" What is it Ethan ? T..tell me.", I say.

"Okay, I'm afraid you will think about breaking up with me, when I'm away.", he lets it out.

" I won't.", I shake my head.

" You won't ? Even if someone ask you whether we are dating ?", he asks. He looks nervous, waiting for my reply.

" No..I won't.", I answer him.

" You won't ??", his lips curl upward in surprise. " Promise me you won’t.", he stretches his hands forward.

Should I promise him ? It's for these two days, right ? And I'm breaking up with him only after this year.

" Okay Promise. I won't.", I say sealing our palms.

His smile widens. " Thanks Michael.", he utters. And the next moment he again presses his lips with mine. " I love you.", he feeds into my mouth as he kisses me.

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" Hey, are you and Ethan dating ?", It's a guy sitting behind me in the Geography class who asks me for the first time while I'm waiting for the teacher to arrive and start class. Although I knew people would soon start asking me and although Ethan gave me notice of it morning, I'm shocked when I hear the question from a stranger for the first time. I fall into a long silence.

" No..", then I reply shaking my head.

" Oh.., sorry. I heard somebody saying you guys are dating. So you aren't actually. I was just curious.", the guy says.

" Oh..it's...it's okay. But there's nothing like that. We...we are j..just friends.", I manage to reply. He nods to me and then opens his textbook. I also turn around on my seat and open my book, starting to read a random paragraph.

I could feel people staring at me in classes and murmuring things looking at me. Also in corridors, I receive a few stares and whispers. I know all this is caused due to my stupid act of sitting on Ethan's lap during the ball dance. And also because of changing room. Anyway after that guy, nobody comes and asks me directly until lunch.

I don't tell about it to Ethan during lunch. Also today, Milan and his girlfriend accompanied us. Milan introduced Dulce to all of us, although Ethan and Gavin knew her very well already. She is a timid introverted girl. Maybe I can say, more or less like me. She doesn't talk much but smiles a lot. And her smile is really beautiful. I think Milan fell for that.

Ethan finishes his lunch fast and leave to meet the football coach. Coach had asked him to meet him at his cabin after lunch. Ethan said he probably wants to talk to him about his health or to ask him about Amelia.

After finishing my lunch, I'm walking to my next class Chemistry, looking at the faint yellow coloured stains on my finger tips, I guess from the soup I had. I don't know, I had washed my hands thoroughly. Suddenly I feel someone standing in front of me and I look up to see none else than Amelia. Instantly something burns inside my stomach.

" Hey ! ", she says smiling at me. I don't reply but frowns at her.

" Nate, I'm here to tell you sorry. I'm really sorry for what I did to you. I know what I did is really wrong and unforgivable. I was really bad. But I want to correct my mistakes. Please forgive me if it's possible.", She says. And she looks kind of sorry. But I don't believe her. She is pretending to somehow get close to us and Ethan. I know her current aim is to get into our team.

" That's not currently possible. Maybe I'll think about it later.", I reply.

Her mouth drops open. " Woah ! What happened to your stutter ?"

I feel really angry at the comment. And my anger sure reflects in my face that Amelia quickly closes her mouth and utters a 'sorry'.

" I need to...go to class.", I say, trying not to stutter.

" Okay wait one second. Are you and Ethan dating by any chance ?", She asks. Again the same question. But strangely I don't feel nervous this time. Probably because currently anger dominates my emotions. I feel like telling her that ' Yes, I and Ethan are dating. And he loves me. So stop stalking him cause there's no use in that.'

" No. We are just b..bestfriends.", I reply.

" Bestfriends ?", She involuntarily frowns. But quickly cover it up with a smile. I now clearly know she is just acting.

" Yeah..but don't think you can g..get him. He loves someone else. And he d..don't like you. ", I reply.

She chuckles. " It's already clear to me. And I don't have any plan to become his girlfriend anymore. I still love him but I'm not going to force him to love me. I just want him to talk to me. I want at least his friendship."

" You can't force him to b..become your friend too.", I say in annoyance.

" Okay..you all guys hate me. I'll better leave. Between who is the lucky girl who Ethan loves ?", She asks.

" Someone. Go ask him itself.", I say, gritting my teeth a little. I was feeling so frustrated. Thankfully she walks away after mumbling an ' Okay'.

The next person who asks me ' Are you dating ?' is Andrea. She actually came and sat beside me today. It's sometime since I talked to her. After Ethan's Match day when Noah appeared and she confessed to me she has a crush on him, we haven't actually talked.

She and Noah are currently dating. Noah broke up with his girlfriend and asked her out on Tuesday evening, that is the day before ball. Actually it was Rose itself who first broke up with him saying he don't honestly like her. I had already came to know about it from Grace on that ball night itself. Cause Andrea and Noah were a topic of talk at the ball.

So Andrea finally decided to come and talk to me. We talked casually, about academics and general things. And while I was asking her about Noah, she suddenly put forward the question. I again shook my head and said I and Ethan are only currently friends. I know she hasn't believed. But anyway she didn't ask any further about it .

Evening after class as I walk back in direction of dorm, a hand suddenly curl around my wrist from my behind. I realize it's Ethan, without even turning and looking. I don't know how, but somehow.

" You haven't changed your mind, right ?", He asks stepping forward and falling into steps with me

" About what ?", I ask

" About coming with me to my home.", he says.

" No. I haven't changed my m..mind.", I reply

He nods. " So I'm leaving, soon after packing a few things."

" How are you going ?", I ask.

" Cab.", he replies. I simply nod my head and squirm my hands, indirectly asking him to free it. Cause currently people in the corridor are looking at us. Taking my cue, he soon frees my hands.

" Did someone ask you whether we are dating ?", he asks as we climb the steps to dorm.

" Uhm..yeah.", I nod. " Did someone ask you ?"

His eyes go wide at my reply. " Who asked you ? What did you say ?", he asks anxiously.

" A guy, Andrea and A..Amelia.", I reply.

" Amelia !?", he asks, now more surprised and a bit nervous. " Did she talk to you ? What did she say ?"

" She was pretending nice and s..sorry. She apologized me. Then asked whether we are dating. I said N..no. To Andrea and the other g..guy also I said No. What did you say to people?", I ask. I know if three people asked me, at least ten people might have asked him.

" I said we are friends.", he says and leaves a sigh.

We reach inside our room and he continues to ask me what else Amelia told me.

" Very well Mickey ! My bold baby ! ", he says smiling widely after I say, I told her that I can't currently forgive her and maybe I'll think about it later. Also he is really surprised and proud at the other replies I gave her.

Then he starts packing his things whilst asking me what all Andrea asked me. He soon finishes packing and then he comes walking to his bed, I'm currently sitting on. Not so unexpectedly, he pins me down on the bed with him towering on top of me.

" I'll miss you.", he says looking at my eyes and then starts kissing every inch of my face, on my cheeks, nose, between my eyebrows, on my eyelids, everywhere, giving me butterflies in my stomach. I feel nervous or moreover scared at his wild affection to me. He is loving me too much.

Finally he traps my lips in between his and starts slowly kissing me. I kiss him back, almost eagerly. The kiss lasts for long. Neither of us wants to pull away. I'm already feeling sad thinking I will be able to see him only on Monday morning. Three nights and two days without him.

Wait ! What’s happening to me ? Why am I counting? Ethan just came into my life last day.

" Bye baby..", he says and finally pulls away from me. I nod my head.

" When are you going to Grace's dorm ?", he asks crawling out of the bed and going to take his bag.

" After taking a shower.", I reply.

" Okay, I'll call you. Bye.", he says and slings his bag on his shoulder. I again nod. He briefly nods to me and walks to the door, but again turns and barges towards me. " I love you. ", he says pecking my lips again. I bite down on my bottom lip as he pulls away.

" Bye..", he says caressing my cheeks with his palm.

" B..bye.", I say.

He withdraw his hands and turn around, hastily walking to the door. Then he opens it and steps out, shutting it behind. He doesn't turn and look at me once again. And the door doesn’t open again. After a few seconds, I realize he is really gone.

I like him so much but I didn’t tell him.