𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙱𝚊𝚌𝚔

C h a p t e r 4 : Darling

◇ Akira's POV: ◇

My eyes widen as I see the guy I bumped into stumble back a few steps. "I am so so so sorry! I didn't see you there! I'm so sorry, are you okay?" I quickly blurt out. 

The guy chuckles, "No worries, your petite figure won't be enough to make me fall, don't worry." He says as he winked at me.

"Uhm okay. Was that...you attempting at flirting?" I awkwardly ask and smile.

He winks, yet again, and says, "Did it work?" 

I shake my head while laughing. 

He too, laughs along with me. 

"But hey, what are you doing here after school hours?" The guy asks me with a questioning look.

I groaned and said, "Well, I have detention with Mr.Dickson so I had to stay for 2 hours after school."

"Ah, Mr.Dickson, the famous old grumpy teacher. I got detention too, maybe fate is trying to put us together?" He wiggles his eyebrows as I laugh.

"Sorry no, I don't want to date a guy like you, sorry, not my type," I teasingly say.

He feigns hurt and puts a hand to his heart, "My my! I am offended. I have been rejected."

I laugh even harder. 

"Has this kind of flirting ever worked on anybody? It's kinda lame," I joke, still trying to work through my laughter. 

He narrows his eyes at me, "Of course."

After a few beats of silence, he cringes and adds on, "Not." 

We both burst into laughter yet again, and I have to lean against the wall for support. 

After we both calm down, I point behind him, "I have to get by you."

He looks behind him and says, "I'll come with. I'm heading that way anyways."

I roll my eyes playfully, "I can't get rid of you now?" I say jokingly.

"Nope. Sorry darling, not yet." He pops the p in nope.

"So devastating."

I start to walk over to Ava's locker, put in the combo, and take her notebook out.

I close her locker, lock it, and as I turn around, I get a bit startled to see the guy still standing there, on his phone.

I put my hands on my hip as I say, "Hello?" I wave my hand in his face, "What are you still doing here?"

He looks up and says, "Well, I'm waiting for you to finish so we can get outta here. By the way, I didn't catch your name." He pockets his phone. 

"My name's Akira, you?" I ask.

"Name's Cole, nice to meet you, Akira," he grins.

I nod and tilt my head towards the exit, "Let's head out?"

He gives a slight nod and we both walk to the exit.

"I've never seen you here in Greenville high school before, are you a transfer?" I try to make conversation.

"Ah yes. I used to be homeschooled, and I recently transferred here. After a lot of begging of course. But finally got into Greenville with my best friend," he answered. 

I feel a twinge of sadness when he mentions best friend, but I quickly reply back with, "Oh. That's nice, welcome to Greenville High School!" I chirp. 

He smiles, "Thanks. Do you want to sit with me and my best friend at lunch tomorrow? I can meet you at your locker."

"Sure, I'll join you at lunch tomorrow. But my best friend will also come if that's ok? And that locker wasn't mine, I was just getting something for my best friend, but yeah, I can meet you at that locker," I responded.