Chapter 34

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"This could get a little gross now

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"This could get a little gross now."

"Forget it," I said in disgust as he signalled for me to climb into the stinking and almost-full dumpster.

"Shut up," he rolled his eyes annoyed and nodded in again.

"It's either that or SVT."

My mouth opened for a split second to protest, but I immediately closed itself again.
He was right, at the moment we didn't really have a choice.

Silently cursing, I held onto the cold and sticky metal of the container and swung one leg inside.
Shortly afterwards I ended up in a foul-smelling heap, though I was glad not to know on which disgusting things I was actually lying.

A short time later Donghyuck joined me, whereby it cracked several times during his movements and I could swear he had landed on a pile of old egg shells.

As soon as the loud but distant voices of our pursuers sounded, my classmate had already closed the top of the dumpster over us, so that we were now literally swallowed by the darkness.

A tense silence filled the container, which was only drowned out by exhausted and irregular breaths.
Since the container was almost completely filled, there was only little space for the two of us.
Both lying on the rubbish, bodies pressed tightly together.

I automatically closed my eyes and concentrated on slowing down my breathing again, but as I silently tried to control my body, I felt Donghyuck's heavy chest rise and fall restlessly against my own.

Our faces were so close to one another that the tips of our noses touched every now and then, while his warm breath left a tickling sensation on my skin.

Although I tried to distract myself, I couldn't think of anything but him.

It was unusual to have the boy in front of me so close without my body reacting with its usual defence mechanism.
Instead, I allowed him to put his hands on my body for once while we hid there together from SVT.
The only things I could focus on the pleasant smell of his hair and the warmth that his body transferred to me.

It had been a little quieter for a while, so I finally decided to break the silence.

"Do you think they're gone?"

No sooner had I finished whispering my sentence, than suddenly dull, deep voices from outside were heard.

Donghyuck pushed himself a bit up and pressed his hand on my mouth, while he hovered with his heavy body over mine.

I felt him slowly leaning down towards me as his soft lips brushed against my cheek, creating a strange and unusual warmth.

"Be quiet", he whispered softly into my ear, his deep voice sounding almost seductive and threatening at the same time.

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