High School Enemies

F R A N X

"What are you doing here?!"

I abruptly wiped my face with my bare hands and sniffed for the last time. I quickly turned around only to see her fuming with anger and hate.

I opened my mouth to talk but shut it when I can't seem to let the words out.

I didn't know that I'd see her here for a second encounter. I've been coming here over the past years but I did not ever once see her.

Maybe because it wasn't the right time for you to talk.

"Why are you even here? You're not supposed to be here! You don't deserve to be standing here!"

I know I don't ever deserve to be standing here to this graveyard but he was my friend too! Plus, she does not have to remind me that I don't deserve to be standing in front of Percy's grave!

Maybe this is the time where we should really start talking.

"Shit! Don't you think I don't know that, Nix?!"

She flinched a little when I raised my voice. Then her warm brown eyes started to water. Next thing I know, she was hitting my chest.

"He was my best friend! It is your fault that he's gone!"

I am trying to stop her but she keeps on hitting. She may be a pro at Taekwando but her vulnerable state is making her weak and lame. I easily grabbed both her wrists.

She looked up at me, her face showing much hatred. But, she's not the only one who lost someone.

"He was my best friend too! And fucking yes! I know that too! For the past nine years, I am still blaming myself for what had happened! And if I could only turn back time, Nix, I would not have let him took that fucking bullet for me. Nix, Percy was not only my best friend, he was my cousin too. You're not the only one who's suffering and still grieving. You're not the only one who lost someone."

"He was my first love. Percy was my first everything."

Yes, indeed. They were each other's first everything... first love. But some shit happened and it took him away from her.

She broke down crying while I was holding her wrists. I could not help but to cry too. Tear after tear. We are botg crying, sobbing, and sniffing.

I hugged her.

She hugged me back.

We hugged each other.

"Damn, never in a million years that I'd be crying like a baby in front of my high school enemy."

She lets out a chuckle and I could not stop myself from laughing. Then again, we are both laughing.

I stared down at her. Her eyes are red and sore, her nose is red too and her lips are getting more pouty. She looks cute. My hands found their wat to her face then wiped both her cheeks. Damn, her cheeks are so damn smooth.

Why am I acting like this?

Her warm hands were still on my back then I felt them travelling to my waist.

"High school enemies, huh?"

"We were."

Were. Past tense.

"So.. is this means that we're friends now?"

She eyed me then smirked. Her eyes twinkling with mischief.

"Not yet"

But it feels good. This, right now, feels good. And I am not gonna rush things.