All Strings Attached

Chapter 23

"You quit working at that coffee shop right?" Win asked, carelessly stuffing notes into his bag.

Saint nodded and talked while neatly compiling his own notes "Its such a shame. That was a fun place to go"

Win nodded his head sarcastically "Yeah it would've been more fun if he had took you to the hotel instead "

Saint chuckled, the locket hanging in his neck moved slightly, showing the thin line of chain through his collars as he looked up with a smile "I have heard P'Fuse had to stay in hospital after that. Did P'Type do that to him?"

Win's lips parted slightly as he immediately understood whose work it would be. He shook his head and left classroom.

He turned his head slightly, carefully stepping down the stairs. He was wondering why hasn't Bright texted him yet. After patting his jeans for a while, he realised he had left his phone home.

"What should we do now?" Win looked at Saint who shrugged his shoulders , suggesting "Lets hang out? Like old times? Its been a while"

Win grinned and nodded. He indeed missed being free and careless. Following the usual routine, they both flew around the area, teasing young girls and eating street foods.

And refused to go back home until the sun had admitted the defeat and decided to go down first, sky becoming stark black accompanied by thick fog.

The silent night was disrupted by the series of loud barks and two boys shrieking. At such cold hour, it was Win's idea to sneak into random couryard and steal their jujube fruits even though none of the boys like to eat them.

The thing they didn't know was that there was a bull dog guarding the courtyard.

Among seeing the dog, Win threw his bag first and focused on running away, followed by Saint who had to hurriedly pick up Win's bag as well, making it hard for him to run with extra weight.

"I told you stealing was a bad idea!" Saint yelled as he ran alongside Win, both of them had their hair flying backward with wind, their cheeks red as cold air hit their faces mercilessly

"Oh yeah?" Win yelled to make his voice audible "Then explain to me why were you the first one to jump into their backyard?!"

They ran for a long time. None of them dared turning their head back to see the dog had indeed stopped following them a long time ago.

Their legs gave up when they finally reached their neighbourhood. Bending forward with their hands on their knees, they thanked God and promised not to steal anything for atleast next 3 days.

Still panting, Saint held his hand up, thumb pointing towards the street where his house was, indicating that he was going home.

Win who was also recovering his breath, nodded and gave him a slight wave before walking towards his own house. He looked up at dark sky and shivered slightly with a subtle smile, his heart feeling much better than yesterday.

As he was about to walk down the street, he felt slight rustle behind the trees. Scared that the dog might've followed him up to here, he jumped slightly and turned around.

But before he could see anything, he felt a hand wrapped around his eyes. He gasped before letting out a shriek but unfortunately his mouth was covered with the other hand.

He tried to struggle out of the grip but failed. His heart immediately started racing. Is this gun again?

"Stop struggling" other person whispered, his breath harassing Win's ear.

Win felt his body getting numb at that voice. It was not Gun.

That person dragged Win to who knows where. Win stumbled slightly as his throat felt tight.

"Did you think I will never find you?" He asked, his voice dangerously low, his actions were rougher than usual. Even if there were no hand on Win's lips, he still wouldn't be able to say anything.

Suddenly, he felt his back being slammed against a cold metal. He immediately hissed as the hand left his mouth. With his eyes still covered, the other boy leaned closer, his hard chest pressed against Win's.

"You think you can hide from me?" He whispered and pressed his palm over Win's chest so hard that it felt like it will pierce through his chest and will land directly on top of his raw heart.

He removed his hand from Win's eyes and a handsome yet dark face appeared in front of Win.

He gulped as his face went pale. Thats it. Bright will kill him right then and there. As he thought about that, Bright's left hand came to Win's cheeks as he grabbed his face harshly.

"What did you do to me?" Bright asked, although it sounded like a question, but his tone was threatening. Win's heart was racing so hard that he was sure he will die of cardiac arrest before getting killed by Bright.

Bright slowly leaned in and took Win's cold lips into his mouth, kissing them gently.

Win's eyes widened in surprised. He stared ahead and couldn't even respond back when Bright broke the kiss and looked into Win's eyes , continuing "What have you done to my heart? I can't bear not seeing you even for one  day "

Win slowly and stiffly moved his gaze to Bright's face and saw him grinning lovingly with soft eyes. His legs trembled,ready to give up, just like his heart.