Wicked Hot

Chapter 29

A/N: The image above does not belong to me. It belongs to the person who uploaded it on the internet.

Peat's POV

After a successful musical presentation in the auditorium with my classmate, I happily went on to my next class and the next... and the next... and then it was lunch hour.

I went with Gemini and Fourth to the cafeteria where we had a choice of seafood pad thai or pineapple chicken fried rice or breaded pork chops with micro greens smothered with a salad dressing of your choice on the side.

Gemini chose the breaded pork chops with micro greens. Fourth chose the seafood pad thai. I decided on the pineapple chicken fried rice with cucumber slices on the side.

I ate happily with Gemini and Fourth without the slightest idea that after lunch I was going to have the greatest shock of my entire life.

When the bell rang to signify the end of lunch hour, we all took a last sip of our lemon iced tea and made our way to room 108 where our World History class was going to be held.

I did not even notice that it wasn't Mrs. Perawat who was standing behind the desk when I walked inside the classroom because I was busy listening to the argument between Gemini and Fourth. They were arguing about who was the better football player in our team.

I was still listening to the ongoing argument when I heard a very familiar voice.

I stopped listening to Gemini and Fourth and looked at the person standing behind the teacher's desk.

"I will be your substitute teacher for today. My name is..."

"Dome!"

I must have raised my voice too loud because suddenly everyone's attention was on me.

He lamely tried to explain why I happened to know him.

"We were childhood friends but we lost track of each other through the years."

For some reason I felt a twinge on my chest when he just dismissed me as a childhood friend. And then again of course he wouldn't want to announce to the whole class that he used to be my boyfriend. But if we stopped to think about it, we never had an official breakup. We just lost touch. Could I still consider him as my boyfriend?

My mind was in turmoil and I could barely focus on the lesson that was being discussed.

As soon as the bell rang I saw him quickly gather up his stuff and make a beeline for the door.

Not so fast buddy, I muttered under my breath as I quickly rose from my seat and went after him.

"Wait," I said, grabbing his wrist.

"What?" he asked, his face expressionless.

"You're going to leave me just like that?" I asked, my voice hitching in my throat.

"Why, is there anything you want to discuss with me?" he asked, putting on a teacher-student barrier between us.

"Dome," I said. I hated how my voice sounded like I was pleading. "Are you really just going to walk away from me without discussing what happened between us?"

"You were the one who decided to end things, not me," he said in a monotone.

"Are you going to stick around until the end of school hours?" I asked.

"I have to, if I want to get my full eight hours," he replied.

"Then can I meet up with you after my last class?" I asked.

He looked undecided.

I could not blame him. But I needed to explain that the reason we drifted away from each other was because I was still so much younger at that time and I considered being with my school and sports buddies more exciting and important than being with a boyfriend.

"Please," I said, tugging at his wrist.

"Where do you want to meet?" he asked, the expression on his face softening.

"By the school entrance," I replied.

"I can't do that," he said. "I could be in trouble for going out with a student."

"Then let's meet at the mall," I suggested. "I can treat you to an early dinner at the Indonesian restaurant. We used to go there, remember? You can have your nasi goreng and I can have my loempia."

His face broke out in a smile and it made my heart flip flop around my chest.

It felt like we had traveled back in time when we would go on dates and held hands and kissed each other passionately.

"I'll meet you there then," he said and quickly walked away before I could say anything else.

In the frantic anticipation of meeting up with Dome, I had forgotten to unmute my phone. We were required to mute our phones while inside the classroom. I did not realize that I had two missed text messages from Thanawat.

During dinner I explained to Dome why I had drifted away from our relationship and he seemed to understand and to forgive me.

As we were nearing the end of dinner, he asked me a question that threw me completely off guard.

"Do you currently have a boyfriend?" he asked, his eyes fixed on me.

Then it hit me, what was I doing here having dinner with Dome when I was supposed to hurry back to Thanawat.

"Well?" Dome prompted me when I did not reply right away.

I reached out and covered his hand with mine, my eyes pleading for understanding.

"How many years have we been apart?" I answered his question with a question of my own.

"Two years, two months, two weeks," he replied.