"Sorry, I'm not into women"

Her face crumbled and tears filled her eyes, it happens everytime, and my heart hurts a little everytime, I don't like seeing them hurt but there's no way to avoid it, it's like when you tell a child their dreams can't come true, if you're a monster of course, you don't tell a child that, ever.

You do however, have to tell people you aren't interested in them if you aren't, because stringing them along also makes you a monster, and no one likes monsters, "o-oh" She said sadly while rubbing her eyes.

My frown deepened and I opened my arms for a hug, she took the invitation quickly sniffling, "thanks for telling me..."

I played in her hair gently, it was soft and slightly bouncy, as I twirled a small lock I said "I don't think I'd be a good match for you anyway, however there are a few guys that are interested in you"

She sniffed again and nodded, gripping my shirt tightly before slowly letting go and stepping back, wiping her face for the second time, "we can still be friends right?"

"Of course" That made her smile and the pain in my chest go away.

"I'll see you at lunch then"

Suddenly I was alone as she skipped off down the hallway probably to go back to class, my eyes stayed on her until she disappeared then shifted to the side, catching glimpse of something. I turned around to see a small boy, most likely a freshmen standing at the end of the hall, he seemed to be froze in place before his cheeks turned pink and he ran off down the entrance of another hall, it made me smile more, it's always adorable when they realize they got caught.

But there was something about him, I couldn't put my finger on it, that I swear I've seen before, as I shove my hands back into my pocket a bigger one landed on my shoulder, "shouldn't you be in class"

I jumped so high it would've been embarrassing if I was surrounded by people then turned around to see the school security guard with an amused smile, "oh it's just you, the teacher got sick suddenly and a replacement couldn't come on time so class was dismissed, the rest are in the cafeteria since we can't leave school" I explained, relaxed since it wasn't the principal.

The security guard nodded, "carry on then, just don't leave the school grounds"

I nodded back and the security guard walked past me then it clicked, if the boy was a freshman what was he doing out of class? Was he lost? Was he skipping? A tsk left my lips when I thought of such a skittish person attempting to ditch and my feet started going in the direction I saw him run, wanting to find him since I had nothing else to do.

When I had walked through almost the entire school I was grabbed by the arm to face a very pissed lady, maybe same year as me or one of our shorter teachers, "how dare you lie to her!"

Nope, same year as me, "lie to who? And I'd like it if you rather not aggressively touch me"

"Maria! You saw her less then five minutes ago"

I was confused, I didn't lie to Maria about anything, I just gently rejected her, the girl saw my confusion and screamed, "if you really didn't want to date her just say so, not that you don't like women all together!"

I stared at her still confused, wondering what she was on about, "I didn't lie"

"Cut the bullshit! You're constantly surrounded by girls and always have one under your arm!"

I sighed, slightly irritated because if her yelling, "that's my little sister and her friends, she's just cuddly"

The girl's face fell and she went completely silent, making me sigh again, "is it really that hard to tell the similarities or do people not look?"

"Well you obviously like one of them if you're hanging with them all the time" The girl piped up.

"They're barely into high school and I'm almost a senior, that's a no no, they just flock around her and she follows me because she doesn't know her way around school good enough"

She deflated again trying to process what I was telling her, "th-that doesn't prove anything!"

"And you can't prove I'm not gay, which I very much am, can you just apologize please?"

She huffed and stormed off, and that's why people think high school girls are rude, I just rolled my eyes and turned around again to see the boy standing there again, this time closer, we held eye contact until my leg moved and he started to run off again.

This time I caught him.

My hand wrapped around his arm and turned him around as I pressed him against a locker, his eyes widened but he didn't struggle, "why aren't you in class?" I asked as softly as I could to calm the boy down.

He didn't expect that apparently as he paused and looked up at me confused, "w-what?"

That voice, I've heard it before, "why aren't you in class?"

"The same reason you aren't"

I stared at him dumbfounded, "you aren't a lost freshman?"

"Do I really look that young?" He got slightly irritated.

"Kinda.... " I answered honestly.

He pouted and yanked his arm out of my grasp, "we literally have the same class everyday"

Finally my brain snapped the pieces together, "your the guy who keeps sitting next to the storage closet"

He looked away and nodded, "my name's Evan...."

I pushed away from the lockers to mess with the hair at the back of my neck, giving him some space, "s-sorry for cornering you, but um, why were you staring at me?"

His cheeks pigmented again, still as cute as the first time, while he folds his arms staring off somewhere, not answering. "Listen I'm not gonna suddenly get angry, I just want to know"

Evan puffed his cheeks out and mumbled something under his breath, as much as I wanted to get irritated my heart skipped a beat, it was like everything he did was adorable, "I didn't quite catch that?"

"I said you're k-kinda hot" He blushed more, "b-but that doesn't mean anything! I was just distracted...."

A chuckle forced it's way out my throat, I got the urge to rub my hand through his hair and on his face but I kept my hands to myself knowing he probably wouldn't like that, however my reaction made him look at me with his eyes narrowed, at least he was looking at me, "what are you laughing at?"

"Nothing nothing, it's just I find you adorable" I smiled.

His face could've won a competition with a tomato about being the reddest as he blushed more, hopefully to his limit or he'd faint, I couldn't help but ruffle his hair smiling wider then took another step back, "next time, just come and talk to me, I don't bite"

Before he could reply I walked away, leaving him a reddened mess.

I'll definitely have to mess with him again.

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A week later

I spaced out during class, thinking about Evan again, since that day I've been noticing him more and we didn't just have seventh period together, we had first, third, lunch and last together as well and I spent most of my time studying him, my mind couldn't focus on class for the past month anyway. It was interesting watching him, but he definitely paid attention more then I did with how much he scribbled in his notebook, or he could be writing something else, I really couldn't tell.

I also noticed he sometimes uses his hands to talk, his hair is very uncooperative, and his eyes seem to shine whenever he's focused, he's simply the definition of adorable and I can't help but smile everytime we make eye contact as my heart skips, I'm sure he's starting to think I'm a creep, maybe I am, but I just can't take my eyes off him, it's fascinating how fast someone can take over your mind. Sadly I wasn't in any of the five periods we share together so I was stuck staring at space, only snapping out of it when the bell rang and started to pack up but the teacher cleared her throat making everyone stare at her, "Marcus, stay after class please"

I rolled my eyes as people snickered and whispered as they piled out of class into the narrow hallways, waiting for the teacher to speak as I placed my elbow on the desk and my chin in my hand bored, she shuffled some papers before looking at me, "do you know I asked you to stay back?"

"Nope, I wasn't bothering anyone"

"Yes, you were doing it too well unfortunately, I called on you at least twenty times during the course of the class and you did not respond once, is there something on your mind distracting you from learning?"

My eyes automatically narrowed, I could learn everything taught in a semester in a week without her, I think it'd be better without her actually, but that wasn't the problem so I held back a snarky remark, "my mind has been paying attention to some things lately"

"Well please try to ignore them tomorrow, I'll have to write you up if you don't start paying attention to class not your head"

I bit back some sarcasm and just nodded, she didn't seem to like that answer as she raised a brow at me, "I'll attempt"

She sighed and rubbed her head but didn't push any further, "you may leave now"

I finished packing up and walked out the door, realizing it was lunch time, meaning I could finally silence my stomach and see Evan again, as my legs carried me to the cafeteria an idea struck me and I turned towards the front doors, walking out of the school and towards my car.

Fifteen minutes later I'm at the cafeteria doors again, slightly nervous and took a deep breath before pushing a door open then slipped inside, a few people stared at me but it wasn't the amount to effect me so I kept walking, looking around the large room. I spotted Maria and her I guess friend that thought I was lieing, Maria spotted me also and smirked giving me two thumbs up while the friend whispered something to her, I frowned as I knew she was probably spewing bullshit then scanned the room again, finding Evan's fluffy hair finally and making a beeline towards him.

I gently tapped his shoulder holding my breath, he paused his conversation he was having with a boy covered in paint and looked up at me, eyes widening as he looked at my face then the object in my hands then my face again, I almost shifted uncomfortably but stood grounded with semi fake confidence, "y-yeah?" He squeaked.

My mouth quickly turned dry as I handed him the boquet of dark blue roses, only realizing now they perfectly matched his soft eyes, he hesitantly grabbed them and looked down at them, "I didn't know your favorite kind and red seemed too cliche"

He smiled and looked back up at me, "thanks, what's the occasion?"

My nerves caught up with me again and I scowled myself internally, I've never been this anxious when asking someone out, "I was wondering if you'd maybe watch a movie with me, like a date"

How quickly his face turned beet red made me relax and also a bit concerned, the boy covered in paint laughed, making me look at him for a quick second then back to Evan, who was completely speechless and frozen, I started getting a little worried when his friend spoke "come on Van, you really gonna let a guy willing to ask you out in public hanging?"

Evan looked at the boy, slightly glaring then turned back to me and nodded, avoiding my eyes "y-yeah, I can make room for that"

I smiled widely, wanting to hug him but kept out of his personal space, "so can I have your number? To make plans"

He nodded, shifting the flowers so they were gently pinned with his arm and dug in his bag for a sticky note, then scribbled down the numbers and handed it to me, slightly less red then he was half a minute ago, I smiled more as I walked off, feeling extremely happy.

Hopefully this blooms.

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Hey! I'm sorry for not posting for almost a month again! My brain has been just dead lately but I do have hundreds of ideas for you guys, thanks for sticking with me and hopefully forcing out more stories will get this stupid block out.

But I have a question for you, I've been thinking of writing a full book, I'm just worried because the schedule for this one is already irregular as is and I don't want to leave this book behind or get burnt out from writing two at the same time, what do you think? Do you want a full story from me or are you happy with only these?

But anyway as always thank you for reading until the end and please vote on this chapter it'll make me big happy and maybe even give me some motivation, love you guys.