Leo P.O.V
Everything had been fine until I had seen him in the hallway. The repetitive mundane landscape of the halls brought my nerves down. All day, I had shaking legs and sweaty palms- too afraid to confront him or even speak for fear of rejection. Too many times had my heart been broken by such carelessness and too many times had I been thrown away like a toy. I hoped to god that he would not be like those before him. Using me, hurting me so I would remain theirs. I know him and I know that he couldn't do that. We were too similar for him to hurt me. And yet, we were so different in the ways we lived. He refused all company while I wished for more friends to share my burdens.
And that's when I saw him, when I was too involved in my own thoughts to care where my feet had lead me.
"Hi Nico." I said, trying to seem more confident than I was.
"Piss off." He muttered, barging past me as he went.
"I'm not scared of you Nico. I know you want everyone to think that you're some kind of untouchable monster with no heart and no feeling but I know otherwise. You are not a monster and I am not scared of you."
He didn't move for a second- just stood there mid step, frozen from my words. Slowly, he turned his head towards me, a vile scowl on his face and unfeeling eyes staring at me. He walked forwards and pushed me into the lockers behind me. I felt a sharp sting in my spine so strong I arched my back to get away from it. I groaned in pain before realising that Nico had his hand on the collar of my shirt with such force he almost lifted off the ground.
"What about now Valdez?" He growled in my ear. The hall was almost silent but soon came back to life.
I grabbed his hand and forced his fist from my shirt. I regained my breath from the shock and felt the anger rising in my throat.
"What the fuck Nico? You don't scare me. Do you know why? Cause that is not what normal people do!"
He stepped back for a second looking at the ground. He closed his arms around his body again and he looked like how young he truly was. He wasn't playing the role of a hardened soldier as he so often did. It was this Nico that I had affection towards. This Nico that was so broken and small that I was made to help him. And yet, the Nico that I so often knew, the cold and heartless Nico was the one who caught my eye.
He looked up and walked towards me again but instead of again pushing me into the lockers, he collided his lips onto mine. I could feel his hands go to my back, crushing his hips against mine in strange mix of anger and passion. I dared to move my hands to his hair, his waist, anything just to get closer to him. But he refused and stepped away the moment I moved. We both stood there a little shocked and breathing harder than we should. He looked at me and flicked his eyes from my hair to the soles of my shoes and turned to walk away, his hands in his pockets. I ran forward and grabbed his elbow and pulled him back around to face me.
"No. You can't just do that and leave." I said. He raised an eyebrow at me- surprised that I had decided to fight back.
"Look, I know I was never meant to be your chosen one. Okay? I get that. I get that you have no interest in me what so fucking ever but you can't just do that and expect me to go along with that twisted little game that you've got going on. You cannot fucking tempt me to just ignore whatever feeling I have for you so that you can carry on and ignore me for weeks. You didn't let me decide whether I should like you or not. You dragged me into it with that stupid bad boy shit. Who are you kidding? Not me Nico. I can see past all the masks you put on and I know the real you. And if you think that going around and doing things for no reason, like a make out session in the hall for example, will win you bad boy or crazy points with me, then you are so wrong. I don't know what you see in the mirror, but I see a boy. A boy who is scared and confused and maybe I am too. But I am not like you and I don't fuck with people's emotions like that. At lease I know I'm human. What are you trying to be? Cause whatever it is, You need to stop. You can't keep this up Nico."
Nico looked at me again, an eyebrow still raised.
"Watch me." He said before winking at me and disappearing into the crowd that I knew so well.
