Loving Jude
eave? I can walk
"No, I don't want
i's brow as he gives me a
not my favourite scene and when I have to attend one, I don't stay around unt
on my own when he noticed me and came over. A few seconds after he did, I reached out my hand to t
his hand. "Will I be a bad host if
early. They're fine ha
Should I leave him be? Should I go back to my room? But I've worke
o stay longer," he
s. His fringe is long, with wisp
with you,"
w lifts
dry. "Your room. I mean..."
liquid courage go?
face, which grows h
sure?"
no
l more seconds. Then he rises to his f
ers know he's leaving, we're outside the room and hea
He has no roommate at the momen
him. His dorm room has a living area with space for a kitchenette and t
r the entrance. I gape at my reflection in the mirror
l in place too. I inhale deeply. I'm in his room. This is the firs
k it's weird? I've been here before this late, but never alone. Many times, it was a sleep
alk through the living room to the balcony and stand beside him. The night wind is cool, and the view is
xt move. Why am I suddenly out of ideas when I've b
" I mumble, for lack of
And so a
s smile, but that turns into a gasp when he wraps
eek. "I've been thinking abou
ks up. By 'that day', I know
I'm currently on internship-I was lucky to get it with the schoo
back, I sat beside Eli. At some point-around 10 pm with half of the bus dozing off-h
who has been thinkin
his lips. "Stop just thin
ourage is fi
ds anchor on his arms as I stretch my body to make up for my shorter heig
into the dorm. Seconds later, my back lands on the soft cushions of his
like crazy and I'm a
top," he whispers, his lips
head. "I do
ha
t want
bobs as he swallo
no
nd when he holds it out. He leads me to his bedroom
kay because
*
to find a pair of light
ning
rni
alise what he means to do, I
ow. "Are you goin
en't b
s fi
on the floor. His deep laugh permeates the room
and my underwear. I tug on the shirt, which thankfully reaches to my mid-thig
's drinking a glass of w
w?" he teases, a slig
nd press a quick
doesn't shut up about it
ut
What do you wan
ver yo
for three,
one comi
about an hour ago. He's
ht n
n
n't you
he was com
ere so early!" I whine and rush t
me. "You're not
ore eati
ood enough re
ur new roomm
he doesn
as I pull my le
show him around," he says wh
m last night, on the carpet beside the coffee table. He must have brought them
you help
ur
assent as he p
inning with it. She said it's a secret but Eli d
present? She wanted
ah
mall box. Given its size, I imagine there is jewellery
a brac
hing cont
essory, frowni
ha
ge
ge
n. O
s widen when he sees it. Rushing forward, he grabs
onged t
ike... When we were ten or something. I
nd it and decided
brow. "I wonder why sh
ouldn'
shoves it in his shorts' pocket and turn
a story behind that
ts when there's a knock on the
it h
oba
eeing as there's someth
he says, stepp
pens the door. I rise to dump the papers in
him to the guy st
from my head as I
s h
s J