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Damien And Lucas sat across each other in the library. There were less kids near their table. It was after school hours so most kids went home oe to their tutors. Only a handful studied on their own in the library.

Damien stared at Lucas, but Lucas dared not to look up. His eyes had been fixated on the books in front of him. They had agreed to do it together. Something Lucas regretted now.

"What parts do you want to cover ?" Lucas asked without looking up.

Damien didn't reply.

Lucas repeated his question.

No reply.

Finally Lucas looked up. Damien smiled.

"Will you reply?"

Damien stared at Lucas. However Lucas felt his gaze soften. Almost like -

"Why are you avoiding me ?" Damien's voice cut short Lucas' thoughts.

"I am not avoiding you. I just see no reason to keep on communicating without reason. Good enough?"

Before Damien could speak, Lucas pushed a book with some markings.

"I have marked the topics you have to cover . Complete it and give them to me I will submit it with mine."

Lucas stood up to leave, when Damien held Lucas wrists and pulled him down.

"We need to talk."

"There is nothing to talk."

"There is. About us-"

"Is this a new way of bullying people? You might have the time and luxury to do such stuff but I don't. You cannot play with someone's feeling" Lucas eyes welled up. He was very close to crying. He didn't know when he had become so emotional. He was being irrational and he knew it too well.

Maybe his infatuation was more than that. Maybe he really liked this guy. Maybe that's why he knew it would hurt too.

"You think I am joking. Even when I said all that. Even when I did all that ?" Damien could feel anger rising in him.

" Do you know what would have happened to my reputation if someone had walked in on us ? I still dared to do that? and you think it is a joke ?"

Lucas felt as if someone stabbed his heart. It took him a moment to collect himself.

"Well thank you for risking you reputation for someone like me" was all he could blurt out .

Damien could see the pain in Lucas' eye. He instantly regretted what he said. He didn't mean any of that . At that time he couldn't care less if anyone walked in on him. But the reaction of Lucas and his indifference was something that affected him. And after all this Lucas could not understand his feelings. Anger made him say the things he didn't meant to.

Lucas took his bag and left. Once again, Damien was left behind staring at his back.

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