Love Life At School (Chapter Thirty Four)

Arron walked along the pavement leading to Hebe’s front gate. It was all over. His eyes were shed with tears and he sobbed silently. Arron knew that he loved Hebe sincerely and there’s no chance for him to live without her. Why didn’t Hebe forgive him? Why can’t they be together as before?

Despite that, Arron realized that he too, had made a mistake. He shouldn’t have been with Rainie. He’s a guy and someone who has his own rights to say ‘no’ to her. So what if Rainie threatened him? That doesn’t mean that he can’t defend himself from her. It was indeed that Hebe wasn’t the one who made the mistake of not wanting Arron anymore. It was Arron who made her do that. Arron regretted his mistake.

Depression and uncertainty of what to do. Arron stepped out of the front gate. He turned around and glimpsed at the house. There was Hebe, standing in the balcony, with tears flowing down her cheeks continuously. It was certain, that was the last meeting for the both of them.
Arron was going to miss her. Her smile, her kiss and her embrace. With the sadness stabbing his heart, Arron turned back and made his way to the orphanage.

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He walked down the street and spotted a flower shop along the way. Somehow, something from the shop caught his attention. It was the bouquet behind the glass window of the shop. It seemed familiar to his eyes. Arron gave it a thought and remembered that it was the replica of the bouquet which he planned to give Hebe hand to hand as an apology gift.

‘It must be in her room. I remember that I put it on her bed. I really hope that a miracle would happen when she sees it,’ Arron thought.

Arron intended to enter the shop to buy the bouquet as a memory of Hebe. He headed towards the entrance door but hesitated half way. Apparently, he saw Jiro at the cashier counter, inside the shop. He narrowed his eyes to the cashier counter to confirm Jiro’s presence there.

“What is he doing here?” Arron whispered to himself.

In front of him was a girl who was in fact the owner of the shop. Arron was able to see her name tag and the name ‘Genie’ was written on it. Jiro smiled at her and wrote something on a piece of paper. It was unusual for Arron to see Jiro smiling at that girl because he never smiles to any other girl expect for Selina.
Jiro took out a bouquet of flowers from a plastic bag WHICH Arron supposed he saw before.

-Arron’s Flashback-

Jiro: Here you go. ( Jiro passed the bird cages to Arron)

Arron: Oh my god! What took you so long? And where did to get those?

Jiro: From a friend of mine.

Arron: Oh. What’s that bouquet of flower for?

Jiro: For you to give Hebe la.

Arron: Oh. What’s in that plastic bag?

Jiro: Nothing.

Arron: Oh, really? (Arron raised his left eyebrow)

Jiro: Really. Believe me.

Arron: Well, let me see what’s in it. (Arron reached out to grab the plastic bag)

Jiro: No, you can’t. (Jiro hid the plastic bag behind him)

Arron: Come on la. Let me see.

Jiro: No.

Arron: Why? If there’s nothing inside, why can’t I see it?

Jiro: Erm… That’s because…err…

-End of Flashback-

‘So, that bouquet was inside the plastic bag all this while. Why is he giving it to that girl?’

There was a small note written on the card attached to the bouquet. The word ‘With Love’ was very big and clear for Arron to see. Jiro also gave her a necklace too with a heart-shaped locket, which was the most shocking thing to Arron.

Arron suspected that something was going on between Jiro and that girl, Genie. Jiro didn’t mention a single word about her to Arron.

‘Could it be that Jiro is having a secret girlfriend or something? But, Jiro had only liked Selina till now. It isn’t possible that he doesn’t like her anymore, right? And that would be that Jiro’s betraying her, right? No! Jiro is not that type of a guy... Oh, just forget it!’

Arron couldn’t think anymore. After the incident, he didn’t even have to mood to care about anything, even though it was his best friend there, hanging out with another girl.

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It was another depressing day. Well, for Arron. The teacher gave some exercises for the students in class while he’s out. Unusually, the students behaved strangely by being quite in class. I mean, you can hear the pin drop from the teacher’s table loud and clear.

“Arron! What happened between you and Hebe yesterday?” Jiro whispered. He never got a chance to ask Arron at the orphanage because when he got back yesterday, he saw Arron sleeping already even though he it was only 8.00 pm.

Arron ignored Jiro and continued doing his exercise.

“Come on, Arron! Say!” Jiro whispered even louder than before.

Ignorance, again. But, Arron was beginning to heat up.

“Arron...Say la…Arr…”

Abruptly, Arron punched the table and stood up angrily, breaking the silence.

“JIRO! CAN YOU JUST SHUT UP AND STOP IRRITATING ME! WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU?! FIRST, I SAW YOU MAKING OUT WITH ANOTHER GIRL! NOW WHAT?!”

Jiro’s eyes widened in horror and stood up.

“Arron…What are you saying?”

“Oh, just SHUT-UP!”

“Arron…”

Arron pushed his chair and table away and walked out of the classroom. Jiro was left standing there and the whole class stared at him. Rumours about Jiro were spreading around the class. Jiro sat down quietly, ignoring the gossipings of his classmates. He just couldn’t believe of what Arron had scolded him a few moments ago. And the worst thing was that Selina heard it all.

-brenda, co-written with ratana-