💙 In a Heartbeat 💙 Sherwin X Jonathan

Chapter 4 | My Heart Will Follow You

Word count: 1280

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|Sherwin's POV|

I make my way down the streets, moving towards the bus stop once again. I still haven't figured out how to get my heart back into my chest. It's floating around looking happier than ever, probably looking for Jonathan. Sigh. How am I supposed to go to school without this guy running off. I can't let anyone see it! With a grumpy expression I kick a small rock away from me. I should probably come up with a plan to avoid Jonathan for the day and see if I can also find a way to put this goofy thingy back inside me.
"Oh no"
I suddenly reamember. Jonathan is going to be waiting for the same bus as me! Should I just wait for another bus, yeah that seems like a solid plan. I sneak my way to the bus stop, already seeing Jonathan's gorgeous hair from the back, his head is lowered so I assume he is reading another book. Good, he's distracted. The lil heart must have sensed something because it started rapidly moving around in my jacket poket. I almost squeal from surprise.
"Stop that, calm down!"
I whisper. This is not good, this is sooo not good. I won't be able to survive the day. But I can't go home back either, mom would only get mad. I quietly keep waiting until Jonathan gets into a bus and then take one few minutes later myself.

As I finally arrived I peek out from the bus first, just to make sure. It's clear, I step out and ninja style my way towards the school building. Wait, is that Jonathan!? I panic. Jonathan is coming towards me from across the street. No, why now! I panic even more and just start running, I run past the school gates and without thinking jump into a nearby bush. He shouldn't see me here. I decided to climb up on a tree and peek at him from there. Gosh I forgot how handsome he was. A light blush appearing on my cheeks and I get all daydreamy again. As I try to get a better look at him I end up hitting my head against a branch above my head. Creating a loud thump I immediately hide myself from Jonathan's view.

|Jonathan's POV|

I swear I just hear a sound right now. I look around but can't seem to find where the noise came from. Hmm, guess it was nothing. I continue walking towards the school while throwing an apple around in my hand. I didn't get to eat much this morning so that will do as a snack before lunch. As I'm about to take a bite out of it someone grabs my hand. I turn around to see Sherwin. Rising one of my eyebrows I look at him in confusion but before I could even ask him anything he start running around me. It looks like he is chasing for something. But what? Oh dear is it a bug?? He makes few more quick turns around me before stopping. What is he doing. Sherwin has brought his face up close to mine, feels like whatever he caught is in his hands now but what's with the position. Sherwin looks quite flustered and embarrassed so I don't think I should say anything to make him feel bad. He now jumps into a trash can as one of the other students pass. I wonder if he's alright. I should probably check on him. I take a few steps towards the trash can but the schools bell ringing loudly stops me. Crap there's also a test I'm running late to. I'll talk to him later after this class, this situation is a bit too awkward even for me to handle. I open my book again and try to distract myself with reading. Sherwin was alredy acting weird yesterday. Maybe it was something I did? I step inside the front door and out of nowhere meet the floor. Someone pushed me? I feel gentle stroking against my cheek. What is that? My eyes widen as I see a small heart, floating in the air while rubbing itself against my cheek. It looks a bit like mine....tough I haven't seen mine in a very long time now. The door slams open, there's Sherwin. Panting with a scared look on his face. He gasps as he sees the lil heart. Wait, is that his? Sherwin immediately grabs one of the hearts tiny hands and starts pulling. The little guy is strong, it takes a tight grip around my finger, not letting Sherwin pull it away. I hear whispering and people talking around us. Everyone that saw us are now staring and making disgusted faces at us. Sherwin sees them as well and look hurt by the mean insults and states. I want to say something to him, that it's alright but words are stuck in my throat and nothing comes out. I feel ashamed. Sherwin starts pulling on the lil heart harder. Creating a small crack in it. Oh no, it's going to break. More people gather around us. There's a cracking sound, piercing thought the quiet hallways only filled with mean mutters. The heart broke in half. Doors swing open again and Sherwin runs outside. I'm left on the floor, with one broken half of Sherwin's heart in my hands. I feel guilty. I know that I didn't cause this situation. But I feel like I should have been able to say something to defend Sherwin in that embarrassing situation. Standing up I clean my pants from the dust and fallow Sherwin outside. It's empty, I can't see him anywhere. Crap, did he leave school alredy? I decide to walk around the garden area a bit. Maybe he is still somewhere around. I search between the small spots between bushes, students sometimes come here to get some alone time. It's also a very nice place to read at. I immediately shake my head. No, I must consecrate on Sherwin right now. I soon hear quiet sniffing behind a tree. It's Sherwin, was he crying? It break my heart to see him like this. He was always so happy even though he also looked extremely shy all the time. I approach him slowly and kneel the down, attempting to reach out for his hand but he jump away. I try to look sincere and smile at him a little. Sherwin luckly relaxes a tiny bit and opens his palms to reveal the other half of his heart. I grab his hands into mine and place the two broken pieces together. Squeezing his hands together a bit the heart glows up and comes back to life again. It floats up to Sherwin's face and grins at him. Acting like nothing bad ever even happened. I sit beside Sherwin and give him another small yet supportove smile. He looks a bit tense first but returns with one as well. It feels nice sitting here with him like that. We haven't spent that much time together but to be honest I enjoyed those little moment more than I should have. Sherwin looks so much happier now that his lil buddy is fixed again. And suddenly after such a long time I feel my chest warm up again. The heart inside me has finally found happiness again.

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This Chapter was actually supposed to be longer and have Jonathan ask Sherwin out as well but I'm soo tired that I alredy feel like the quality of this chapter dropped so I'll be adding it to the next chapter.
I'm so sorry guys!!!