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The next day Lucas waited for Damien near the school gate like he usually does. Michael and Damien would hitch a ride from Michael's dad for the past few weeks.

As soon as Damien came out of the car , his eyes met Lucas'. Damien's heart ached a bit. So did Lucas. Michael sensing the obvious tension between the two decided to be the catalyst of the desired future.

"Ignore him." He whispered into Damien's ear as his hand grabbed Damien's shoulder

They walked right past Lucas without acknowledging his existence. Lucas was flustered. Were they ignoring him? What's wrong with them.

"Let me talk to him. I only have few days before the plaster is off."

"If you follow my lead, you will have him by your side even after the plaster comes off Do you know push and pull? Some sacrifices need to be made for that. Just ignore him all day."

So Damien did. In between lectures when Lucas glanced at Damien, he wouldn't even look at his direction. They used to have lunch together but today Damien and Michael sat seperate. He didn't even wait after school to smoke.

Something was definitely off. Did he do something wrong? Is he in pain? That can't be . His hand was almost healed.

For the next three days, the things repeated . Damien ignored Lucas and Lucas felt his heart break into two. Lucas couldn't concentrate on the class at all.

Today, they were supposed to go to the Doctor's to remove Damien's plaster. But with the way he is behaving, Lucas thought Damien wouldn't be going with him.

But today he got a chance to speak with Damien alone. It was P.E. and the whole class had gone to the gym. Damien with his platsered hand was exempted and be decided to sleep in the class instead of the noisy gym.

Lucas snuck out mid-game citing water break and reached his class just to catch Damien sleeping peacefully. He had never seen the guy so relaxed. He looked like an angel. Totally opposite of his general behaviour. Lucas bent down and observed Dmaiens face closely. He wasn't half bad. He had great looks and nowadays Lucas had even come to love him. The proximity of their faces made Lucas' Heart race. He wanted to kiss this guy so bad. Protect him. Hug him. Do whatnot.

Lucas couldn't control himself. Before he knew what was happening he leaned forward and kissed Damien's forehead. It felt warm.

Lucas straightened up. What was he doing?, he thought. Taking advantage of a sleepy guy much yet Damien. If Damien knew what he had done, he would be done for. He might as well confess his feelingas on front of the whole school and be ridiculed by everyone.

That guy wouldn't let it die down.

As he turned around to leave, a hand grabbed his wrist. Surprised Lucas turned around.

This guy was awake!

Lucas felt blood rushing to his cheeka. He was embarrassed about what he had done.

" I...I ummm ,, You were sleeping" he fumbled.

Damien didn't say anything and stared at him. He was stoic.

Lucas heart began to bet violently.

Damien stood up. Pulled Lucas closer and grabbed his face and kissed him on the lips. For a moment Lucas was stunned to react.

As soon as he realized what was going on, he pushed Damien away .

" What are you .. doing?" Lucas managed to blurt out.

"What you wanted to do."

"Are you mad? Do you think I want this?"

"From what you did earlier I am pretty much sure you want this." Michael said,his expression serious as he moved forward towards Lucas and grabbed him by the waist.

"What do you think you are doing?" Lucas tried to remove his hand but Damien's right hand found the back of his neck. He quickly pulled Lucas and hugged him tight.

" This isn't a joke to me,"was all Damien could say before the bell rang signaling that P.E is over. Others will come back to the classroom anytime.

Lucas pushed Damien away and went back to his seat. Slowly the class filled with others and the rest of the classes carried on.

The only difference was that now two of the students in the class were absolutely not listening to the lessons and were clearly thinking about other things.

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