ONCE UPON A TIME ✨

3. Some feelings

"Hey, i think i have to go back. Its already 12.30" i told Elijah.

"Ya,sure. I will help you to find Cathy" he told me. We both walked together back to the house. People were lying everywhere, even on the kitchen table.

"Woah, it looked like this place had just been attacked" he laughed. I laughed a little bit and tried to find Cathy. Cathy was lying on the sofa, her lengs were tangled with another guy's.

"Hey, wake up. We gotta go" i shaked her shoulder in hope she would wake up.

"Mummy, let me sleep for awhile" she said with her eyes closed.

"Wha- I am not your mummy. Get up right now" i pulled her hand.

"Here, let me help you" Elijah came and pulled her out from the tangled legs. He put her right hand on his shoulder and i put her left hand on my shoulder. We walked her to the car while she kept talking in gibberish. Elijah put her into the passenger seat and looked at me with eyes full of concern.

"Hey, are you sure you can drive? Its already pretty late. You can stay at my house for tonight if you want... Or, i can drive you there?" he said, looking at my eyes. Oh, his eyes were so magical.

"Um, its okay Elijah. I can drive , you don't have to worry about us" i told him.

He was still looking at me doubtly. "You know what. Its okay, i will drive you. I will stay at my room there. I don't feel good of letting you drive alone at this time" he said while reaching his hand to grab the car key.

"Really ? You know that you have to come here again to clean, right?".

"Yes. It's okay. It's not like we are having class tmorrow morning. I will just come and clean up before our evening class" he sounded very confident about it.

"Wait, you are in my class?" i am pretty sure that i screamed a little bit.

"Yeah. You didn't ever noticed me?" he asked, sounding quite disappointed.

"No.."i chuckled nervously.

A year. Its been a year since i entered to my college and this guy was in my class the whole time. How come i never noticed him? Am i blind? "I am really sorry but i had never seen you before. You always come to class right?" i narrowed my eyes and looked at him suspiciously. There was a higher chance of me not noticing him if he absent to class most of the time. I surely would've notice him if he is in the class, especially his hair.

He laughed at me and said "Yes, i am. My attendace is 100% ,my lady.. Actually, i wear hoodie all the time and my hood will be on my head. Maybe, thats why you never notice me before" he shrugged shoulders.

"Aah, so you are the creepy guy. That makes so much sense right now" i laughed.

"W-what? Creepy?" he was quite shocked hearing that statement. I waved my hands in front me, indicating nothing. Elijah laughed and grabbed the car keys from my hands. So, i let him drive us to our campus.

The ride was quiet except for songs that were playing from the radio. I looked at Elijah once a while. He looked so calm and there was something about him that did not stop me from staring at him. Unlike his brother, he was so generous and behaved like a true gentleman. Deep down, i knew he was craving for love. He wanted to be loved and be important for someone. At least, for his parents. I realized that the more i think about him, the more i feel something in me. Some feelings.

No, i cannot do that. I cannot let anyone to come near me. I don't want to hurt anybody anymore. I cannot let the wall to be shattered. I cannot be attached emotionally with anyone. I cannot develop feelings.

We arrived at our campus and Elijah helped me to get drunken Cathy into the room. After put her on the bed , I followed Elijah until outside of my hostel. His hostel was located just across mine.

"Thank you Elijah. If you hadn't been there, i don't know how i would handle Cathy" i thanked him.

"Its not a big deal" he smiled. "So, see you tomorrow?" he shrugged his shoulder.

"I guess" ,i told him while looking at my hands. I felt a thank you would not be enough for what he did for me today. So, i asked him a crazy thing that i would've never asked anyone. Even to my mom. "You will be cleaning the house alone, right? Can i come and help you? I feel bad to let you clean that mess all by yourself" i offered my help. My mom would be so proud of me if she heard the offer because im the most laziest kid when it comes to cleaning.

"Haha, wow" Elijah chuckled, looking at me with narrowed eyes. "I mean, i will not be cleaning alone. I have my maid to help me. But ,if you want to come, then its not a problem" he stopped before saying "We can go get brunch together after that" while scratching his neck and looking nervous.

Wait, was he actually felt shy to tell that ? Or he just felt awkward that those words came out of his mouth? There was no way Elijah would feel shy for asking me to get brunch with him, so i decided that he was just awkward.

"Yeah, sure why not" i said.

"Great. Then i will ask my driver to get us both at 9am tmorrow. Is that okay with you?" he asked with thumbs up.

"Okay" i laughed at him. He looked so cute acting that way. We said our goodnights and went back to our room. It was a tiring day, so i feel asleep as soon as i lied on my bed.