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LAUNCHING ON SOMEONE MIGHT HEAL ONE'S ILLNESS
C L O U D
I f e e l sick.
Of course, I was running a fever. I have to skip school that day. I couldn't even lift a single finger. Even opening my eyes caused me headache. Great!
I heard the door opened then followed by footsteps, plenty of them. Then, I heard whispers that I couldn't quiet understand.
A burglar?
I squeezed my eyes and forced them to opened not paying any attention to the sharp sudden pain of my head. I exhaled and felt so tired just opening them.
I saw my room's familiar ceiling. I rolled my eyeballs and saw Tim and Jhon's ugly faces near the door.
"You run yesterday as if death's chasing you. Then, you didn't answered our calls, ditched school today and now your bed ridden with fever?" Tim summarized what happened.
Was he mad? I can't tell. His voice said so but his face betrayed him.
"We were so worried about you!" Jhon lightly punched my stomach that made me moan.
Thanks for the comfort, I murmured but it didn't went out of my mouth, just in my head.
"How come your actions didn't fit well to your words." My voice was faint but it was enough to be heard by them. I looked at the two kids standing.
What did I do to deserve such good friends?
"Sorry about yesterday, 'kay?" I said.
"Were your stomach aching and you really need to use the rest room? You should have said that you're sick and went home ahead of us." Tim said while checking his hair on my mirror.
"Yea, I should've told you guys," I gave a bitter smile.
I should have told them about that man. I let them worry and I didn't mean it. I was shocked that time. I didn't used my head.
"Yeah, yeah." Jhon said with bored s***h enough with the drama face. "So, how 'bout a punishment for yesterday?"
I chuckled. "You can't do that! I'm sick!"
"Yes, we can!"
Tim and Jhon throw their selves on me that made me shout in pain.
Asdfghjkl!!!!!
They just killed me!
I asked my self again. What did I do to deserve such good friends?
Ha. Ha!
Good. Friends.
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I w a s out from school for two days. Getting pampered by my sisters and mom wasn't that bad but I missed school.
And when I say "I missed school,"
Not literally the boring lessons,
. . .the teachers who kept talking in front,
. . .the exams. . .
. . .but my friends.
And I haven't heard of him for the past few days. Tim and Jhon didn't talked about him when they made a visit.
What happened on my past didn't stopped me to love again. . .
wait. . .
Did I just said the four letter word?
I thought I only like him... but love?
I don't know.
Please, can someone tell me what's the difference between love and like?
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W e ' r e w a i t i n g for Jhon at the gate. He had to run a quick errand at the faculty.
Tim was busy tapping his phone while I was looking at the ground. Staring blankly at the colony of ants carrying a very tiny crumb.
"Hey!" It startled me to death but that familiar voice made my heart jumped.
It was him, Shun, together with his group of friends.
"H-Hey." I tried to smile.
Its been a while since I saw him.
"I haven't seen you this past few days. Did you—"
"Yes, yes! He skipped school." Tim inserted. Where's his manners?
"I didn't skipped school because I wanted to. I was sick." I said.
"You were?" Surprised as Shun stared at me.
"Hey! What's with this group of young people? Where's the party?" Jhon, who just arrived and raising both his hands to the air, barged in to our convo.
"At the cemetery." Tim said bitterly.
"What's wrong with you, dude?" Jhon placed his arms to Tims' shoulder. "Why the long face?"
"You're going home?" I turned my attention at Shun who asked me.
"Y-Yeah." I couldn't even looked him straight in the eyes. "And I forgot to tell you thank you the other day. So, thank you."
"What happened the other day?" Jhon curiously asked.
My face flushed while looking at Shun waiting what would he say. But I heard him laughed instead.
Why'd he laugh?
How'd he do that? Throwing his head back laughing while mouth's wide open, but he still managed to look handsome. I looked so terrible when I do that.
He ruffled my hair.
"Take good care, okay?" Then he left us. Dumbfounded as I watched his back walking away.
My reaction was a bit late. I could feel my face burning. I heard the two clearing their throats.
"You seems so close already, Cloud. What did you do?" Jhon asked.
"Did you seduce him? Hmm?" Tim said as he chuckled.
"I-I did not!"
They laughed in chorus. They're just teasing me! This two little devils.
"You're so cute, Cloud." Jhon said, wiping his teary eyes from laughing.
I marched forward and left them. "I'm not cute!! That adjective is for girls!"
"So, what word best fits you aside from cute..." Tim mumbled. "I think it's the word... hmmm... cute." He said nonchalantly then they laughed again.
Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Was that even a joke?
They're hopeless.
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