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[22] Can You Not Leave?

Pete POV

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Practice is ended. Everyone leaves, so do I. I go to the dorm and pack my bag. I am gonna quit from this team. Yes, I have no reasons to stay anymore. This is not what I want. I want to play volleyball with joy not under pressure like this. This is like military service.

I see Than still lays down on his bed. His eyes is closing. I think he is sleeping. I try no to make any noises but I guess I fail. He is waking up and looks at me.

"What happens with your face? Why your nose is bleeding?"

"Nothing" I say, "I am going home now"

"Going home? Why?"

"How are you? Feel better?" He nods, "Just take rest. See you tomorrow" He calls me but I don't budge to turn around.

Someone pulls my bag when I am walking through the coridor. I nearly fall but he holds me.

"Where are you going?" P'Nao asks me.

"Home!"

"Are you gonna quit?" I am not answering. He might be know already when he sees me with my bag.

"Come with me" He tells me. He pulls me to follow him. I am too tired to protest. He takes me to Student Health Units. He puts me on the bed. He is searching for first aid. He cleans my wound and put an ointment then cover it.

"I am sorry" He apologizes me. I don't know why he apologizes to me. "I am sorry I can't protect you"

"I am not a baby to protect" I tell him, "Beside, I am sorry I lost my temper" We are not talking after that. He just treats my wounds on my face and my arms. Whenever he puts medicine on it, I wince. It is sting.

"You are not trying to stop me?" I want to know why he is not trying to stop me to go home and quit. Well, he told me if he cares about me. So, I just wonder about it. Nothing else.

"If I try, will you stop?"

Good question. I wonder about it too. If he stops me, will I stop? I don't know. I just don't know yet. Maybe he has to do it first so we will find out the answer.

"I don't know because you didn't do it. You didn't try to stop me"

"I won't make you stop. I will just let you do what you wanna do" He tells me, "If you wanna stay, I want you stay because you want it not because I say so"

I look at him. Pursue every fitur of his face. His eyes, nose, lips. And the way he focuses at treat my wound. He look so cool.

"Don't look at me like that or you may be fall for me which is I don't mind" I hit his head lightly and he is laughing. His laugh makes me feel better. I don't know if someone's laugh can cheer you up. I don't know if his teasing can cool me down. What he has done to me?

"It is done!" He exclaims, "Let's get dinner. It is been a tough day for you. My treat" He smiles. I can't help but smile too.

P'Nao, what you have done to me?

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After having dinner with him, he walks me home. He has motorcycle but he doesn't use it. I don't know why. The place where I had dinner is far away from my home. It is better if he uses his motorcycle. It could be fast.

"Where is your motorcycle?"

"If you want to ask me why I don't use it now, I just don't want to. It is better to walk like this so I can spend more times with you"

I blush. The way he tells me about it is so easy but I can feel the sincere in hia words. He mean every words he says. That makes me feel like there is butterflies in my stomach. I never feel like this before. What is this?

The atmosphere is being so awkward for me. I don't know what to do and suddenly I become so nervous near him. My heart is racing. It beats so fast and I can feel my ear is burning. My face feels so hot too. And what surprises me is when his hand holds mine. Interject his fingers between mine. I can't help but look surprise at him.

"Do you mind if we walk like this?"

I am being a fool, I guess. I don't answer him. Just look straight at his face, his eyes. It feels like I am being hipnotized by him. Yeah, maybe I am being hipnotized that is why I don't do anything.

I don't know what happen when I am freezing like a stone, but then I feel so warm. The warm is possessing my body. It starts from the touch on my lips. It is so warm and lovely. So tender and feels like can make me melt. He kisses me.

The kiss I recieve this time is so full of love. It makes my heart wants to explode. Too much but I still feel hunger of it. I want more. I want to feel more. Am I starting to love him? Do I fall for him? Am I starting to accept his love for me?

I close my eyes. I don't care if people will see us and what they will think. I just want to feel this moment. The two of us. Just between us.

The part of my body want to kiss him back the other part hesitates. Maybe I still confuse about my feeling for him, but I know I am being attached to his presence. I am used to his precence, his love and his care of me. I am used to it, no I think I like it.

"Kissing you once is never enough for me" He says after we are parting our lips. He wants to kiss me again but I push him. Not because I don't like it, but because I am embarrassed.

"You are crazy, P!"

"Blame you for it. Your lips is so sweet. It makes me addicted!"

"You are pervert! I should punch you for doing it!"

"But you don't because you like it too, right?" I blush again.

"Nope. I don't like it. Who said I like it?"

"But you didn't mind I kissed you, Pete" He smiles, "Do you like me, Pete?"

This is awkward. I need to escape. I walk fast, leave him behind. He follows me. Still asking me if I like him too or not. Duh, this P why he makes a hard time for me?

I try to walk fast but he bumps me. He hugs me from behind. He stops me. I can feel his heart beats on my back. His body is so warm against me.

"P'Nao?"

"Ssstttt... Just stay still like this" He murmurs on my right ear. He leans his chin on my shoulder.

We are staying like this for moment. Not moving. Just stay in our position. It is been while before he breaks our silent.

"Can you not leave, Pete?" he asks me, "Can you stay?"

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Nao 😍😍😍
Pete, you are so lucky to have him!!!

Ok, I just wanted to say that haha 😅

Until next chapter
Bye bye
Xoxo