Of course, that also meant the parking lot was bigger now that the field was moved.
When I entered the school, it was also pretty surprising. There used to be many decorations, but now it was dull. Probably because school hadn't even started yet - we usually decorated our classrooms at the first days.
It made the school looked boring, but it also made me notice more. Like, the wall had different colours now. It used to be brown and yellow, but now it was green, blue and white.
I wouldn't be surprised if the school also redesigned the school uniforms for the schoolers. Good thing the high schooler could use whatever we wanted to use as long as it was polite.
I looked around the school. They had also provide a trash can for each classroom, huh? Well that was new. Last year before I graduated and moved, the only trash cans that existed were in the toilet. So we must go back and forth from the class to the toilet to throw things to the bin.
I entered my classroom and raised an eyebrow in a bit of surprise. The school also gave the teacher a better desk and chair than before. Now the chair was softer thanks to the pillow they put on the chair, and the desk was bigger.
"This school definitely had changed," I mumbled to myself as I set my bag down on my chair. I sat down and looked at the clock that was placed a bit above the whiteboard. It was still five and school started at seven. Jay would usually come at six.
Why did I decide to come to school early in the first place?
Well, might as well wait here and practice my poker face. Because certainly, I'd need it. I needed to hide my feelings when explaining to Jay, and after that, if he was okay with it, I'd probably break down.
That was actually my plan at first, but I supposed even an hour of practicing my poker face wasn't good enough.
"Jay," I called for the third time. I couldn't hold myself back any longer, so I just ran to him and hugged him. Then, I just cried on his chest.
"What happened? Aren't you supposed to be in... whatever that grand high school was called?" Jay asked and I seriously wanted to slap him, but I was too sad. Far too sad.744Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzZpB8kWgb
"Shh, I'm sorry, you don't have to tell me. Shh, don't worry Rose, I'm here. We're together. Everything will be okay."
All those encouraging words... Something must have changed Jay - something big. The Jay I used to know was extremely careless and ignorant to one's feelings, so what made him like this?
Well, I guessed it's best to just thank whatever that changed him for changing him for the better.
After I calmed down, we sat down. Jay turned around his chair to face me and looked at him. We just stared at each other intently, waiting for someone to speak.
Once I was finally done with it, I spoke, "Speak, Jay."
"What am I supposed to say? I have so many questions in my head, I don't even know where to start. Why did you run off? What made you upset? Which school did you go to? Why did you come back - not that I minded?" Jay started listing off a bunch of questions and I didn't even hear half of them - much less memorize.
Me being me couldn't hold myself back and just kissed him deeply. That felt so good. All the tingles and all the butterflies in my stomach were extremely wild right now. I threw my arms around his shoulder, hugging him so close to me as if he would disappear.
Turned out Jay was still the same. I was hoping that he would at least start off with a, "How are you doing?" or, "Are you okay?", but that was just me being too hopeful.
"Rose?" Jay said aloud. He looked confused.
"Jay..." I whispered, "Jay, Jay, Jay..."
That just made Jay more confused.
"You're still just as careless, you know that? You didn't bother to even talk to me this morning, you didn't ask me what's wrong when I didn't even gather up my things when the bell rang. Now, you didn't even ask me what's wrong, or how I was doing. You didn't care about the present me, all you care about was the past Rose."
Jay sighed.
"But, I'll answer your questions."
Jay didn't know what to feel about that anymore. It could be the worst thing or the best thing he ever heard of, and he wasn't sure that he was ready, but time was nearly never on his side, right?
"I ran off because I said that I loved you - still do - yet you only responded with closing your ears and saying that you 'didn't care'. I love you so much Jay. So much it hurts. And I don't think I can stay in that school anymore. Not without you. You are the one who bring colours to my dull world, Jay. And I just can't help, but love you so much," I said, smashing our lips together again.
"I love you, too, Rose," Jay said. He smiled at me, and his smiled lighted his whole face up. It looked unrealistic, as unrealistic as Rose's love for Jay was, but it was real.
"You're an idiot, you know that?"
"But I'm your idiot."
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