Chapter 16 (Part 1)- Pressure

"Now I want you to sneak out."

I sat next to Gene in silence, trying to process what he said. I wasn't sure if it was my headache interfering with my auditory skills or if he actually said that he wanted me to sneak out of my house.

"Sorry, what?" I pressed, shaking my head to try and clear it.

"Come on, Little Dove. I could make you do worse."

I furrowed my eyebrows at him and felt my cheeks heat up at his smirk, not wanting to know what was going through his head. "I just wasn't sure if I heard you correctly."

Gene laughed, bringing a hand up to smooth down his black hair. "I want you to sneak out. We could meet up at the park and just fool around."

I inched farther away from him, giving him a hard look. It probably looked a bit weird because of how red my face was. "I-I don't know what you mean by 'fooling around', but-"

"It's okay, Little Dove, it won't be anything you're not ready for."

"Oh my Irene, will you stop being so gross!" I shouted, smacking his shoulder with as much force as I could.

"Ouch! That hurt!"

"Good, that's what I was going for."

As he rubbed his shoulder, Gene looked up at me, his eyes searching my face.

"Are you feeling better now?"

I stopped for a moment and focused my feelings on my head. It was still throbbing but it was better than it was when I was stuffing my head in my desk.

"A bit, I guess."

Gene smiled again, which always seems to surprise me. "That's good. Do you still need to wait for the nurse."

I glared at him and crossed my arms in front of me. "I told you no, even when you dragged me here."

"I'll take that as a yes." After a moment, he leaned in closer and lowered his volume to a whisper, "Plus, if we stay here I get to talk to you more."

If my face wasn't burning already, it surely was now. I felt like my cheeks were boiling to the point that they were just going to melt off.

Putting my hands on his shoulders, I pushed him back and brought my knees to my chest. "What if I don't want to talk to you, Mr. Arrogant?"

"Oh, going back to that nickname?" He questioned, raising an eyebrow.

"Y-Yeah." I stuttered before closing my eyes in embarrassment.

"Well, Little Dove, I've got to go. It's a shame I couldn't talk to you more."

My eyes shot open, watching as he stood up from the floor. "Where are you going?"

"I told Zenix and Sasha that I would meet them before class." Gene stretched slightly before moving in front of me, tilting his head down to look at me. "Promise me that you'll stay until you feel better?"

I stared up at him, my heart swelling. I probably looked like an idiot, looking up with him with my mouth open but unable to get any world out. Finally realizing that he asked me a question, I spit out a high pitched 'yes'.

Gene chuckled before bringing his hand down to ruffle my hair, making me slide down the wall even more, wanting to disappear into the floor.

"I'll see you tonight, Little Dove," Gene said before he disappeared down the hallway.

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I know that this one is short (like really short), but I plan on part 2 being longer and I wanted to post this so that I didn't have to be so late with it. Tell me what you think! Do you like the little innuendos? I do 😂 (I know that I should probably be faster with these but I write when I feel like it)