Chương 17: He doesn't care at all
As far as Oliver was concerned, PE classes should be totally removed from every high school's curriculum. He hated it with passion.
He was exhausted from everything the instructor asked them to do. Mr. Whitestone, the instructor had made the boys do a more strenuous exercise and now his body ached terribly from it. It had been a long time since he did any exercise so it was quite expected after the rigorous sports which included running several laps around the school field. At least, no one got to touch him with their sweaty bodies and even the ones who tried to, he had moved away from their reach. He was certain they had labelled him as a snob already but he didn't mind. Just a few more months and he was out of high school and away from this place. If possible, away from the world.
Another thing he wasn't quite fond of was Rachel. She seemed quite clingy. He had noticed the previous day that her eyes was set on the Liam dude but all of a sudden, she switched to him. He guessed she was trying to get Liam jealous but she was probably too stupid to see that Liam didn't care... or maybe he did? Considering how he had been keeping his eyes on them since yesterday and especially looking at him. Was he concocting some kind of plan to pay him back? What for exactly?
"Oliver! You should hurry to the locker room and freshen up before the break is over. Mr. Spencer won't take it likely with you if you're late to his class." Harry said with a tap on his shoulder before walking past him to meet Liam who was already heading towards the room.
Oliver looked at the shoulder where Harry had tapped him. Good thing he chose to wear the PE shirt with the long sleeves instead of the sleeveless one.
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"You okay?" Harry, who was already stripping out of his basketball Jersey asked Liam who was simply standing in the room absentmindedly.
"What? Yeah. sure. Why?" Liam asked before he began to take off his own football Jersey.
"You've just been... somewhat distant lately and always blacking out. Is something going on?" Harry asked, looking at his face closely.
"I'm fine." Liam assured him.
"If there is anything you want me to help you with, do not hesitate to let me know, okay?"
"Sure. Thanks man." Liam smiled faintly at him and turned towards his locker to get his personal towel. Immediately he turned, he locked gaze with Oliver and the latter looked away immediately and opened his own locker. He didn't know whether Oliver was truly looking at him before or whether it was just a coincidence that they had locked eyes but it was weird how he suddenly looked away as if he had been caught doing something bad.
Normally, Liam would have ignored him but that wasn't his plan today. He walked directly to where Oliver was and stood beside the boy who was still looking through his locker for God knows what.
"You aren't going to get changed?"
Oliver flinched when he heard Liam's voice and turned to look at him. It was obvious in his face how startled he was.
"Sorry." Liam quickly apologized but the amusement in his eyes was clearly obvious to Oliver who frowned and returned to bury his face inside his locker. He didn't know why Liam was talking to him. They weren't friends. They never were. Never would.
"I still have your helmet." Liam said, getting his attention but he didn't look away from his locker.
"I remembered this morning. Leave it on my bike later."
Oliver expected Liam to leave after he said that, but he didn't go away.
"Are you... okay?" Liam asked, sounding concerned SURPRISINGLY. That got Oliver's full attention so he closed his locker and looked at Liam.
"What?"
"Are you okay?" Liam repeated.
"Why are you asking me that?" He asked in confusion.
Liam could not tell him he had seen how broken he looked yesterday or tell him he had been noticing quite a lot about the way he behaved so instead, he shrugged.
"Just wanted to know. Changing environments and schools isn't easy for anyone." Liam said while looking at his face carefully. He noticed Oliver looked uncomfortable but he couldn't tell if it was because of him or something else.
"I'm fine. Thanks for asking."
He didn't wait to hear anything else from Liam before he walked away to the opposite direction.
As Liam watched his back, he sighed. He didn't know why the kid was bothering him too much. This was the first time he was really worried about someone he knew nothing about. They both didn't have a good relationship and the kid seemed to dislike him for some reason he didn't know about. So why couldn't he just mind his business and leave the kid alone?
He was going to start minding his business from now. Oliver Sallow wasn't his problem. He already has a lot on his plate and worrying about a boy wasn't something he should be doing. He didn't care about Oliver Sallow. He doesn't care at all.
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Chương 18: Nagging feeling
When Liam returned home after school, he found himself standing in Cindy's study, contemplating whether to open the window or not.
There was no sound coming from the other block, so he concluded Oliver wasn't there. So why was he still standing there?
Why was he there in the first place? He had never been this worried about someone before. There was just something that was making him worry about the boy who obviously didn't need his concern. What was he going to do to stop the nagging feeling he kept having whenever he saw Oliver?
It wasn't his duty to protect the boy. If he had any problems, he had a rich family to handle them for him, so why?
His thoughts were broken when he heard a soft melody filtering into the room. He didn't realize his heart had skipped a beat until it started pounding faster. Should he check the window?
After deliberating on it for a while, he finally opened it a little and peeked.
He saw him.
Oliver sat there just like he had yesterday. The building was a little far away and even his good vision could not help him see clearly. Yesterday, he had used the binoculars Cindy had given him to watch the boy. Cindy had said she liked listening to him play, that was why she came here often. He didn't know where Cindy had left the binoculars, and she was currently studying with her home teacher, so he didn't want to bother her.
Thank God for technology. He took out his phone and turned on the camera. He directed the camera at Oliver and zoomed in on him. It was a little blurry but better than before.
His hair was also wet and dripping, just like yesterday. He looked like his eyes were closed and he was slowly touching the keys to producing a nice but sad melody.
He almost jumped out of his skin when his phone began to ring. The action caused him to take a picture of Oliver, but he didn't think much about it and quickly shut the curtain as if he had been caught doing something wrong.
It was his aunt calling, so he answered immediately. "Aunt— I mean... Lucy."
She giggled, "More like it. How is it going with you?"
"All good. Cindy is currently studying. "
"I know. I wanted to know how you were faring and if you still had cash with you. Also, why are you whispering? "
"What? I... am not. " He said it with a frown.
"You are still whispering." She pointed out.
He hadn't realized he was doing so until she mentioned it. Why was he whispering?
His eyes went to the closed windows.
"Sorry... I... it's nothing."
"You aren't doing something illegal right?" She asked jocularly causing him to force out a laugh.
"No. And to answer your question, there is still money. It's just Thursday for goodness sake!"
She laughed again. "I'll be coming over tomorrow morning. But I'll have to return on Saturday morning."
"Really?" He asked, surprised. He had been thinking about how to tell Harry he wouldn't be able to attend his party since he had to stay with Cindy. Thankfully, Lucy was going to look after her.
"Yes. I miss my baby. And I need to make sure she is all caught up with school work and everything else including what she'll be wearing for the rest of the week." She explained.
"I cannot wait to see you aunt— Lucy. How is mum doing?"
"She is doing great. Let's go together to your place after your classes tomorrow. I need to get some clothes for your mum."
He took in a deep breath before asking hesitantly. "She is going to stay there for quite a while, isn't she?"
Lucy was quiet for a while before she answered softly, "She is going to be fine. Your mother is stronger than you can imagine. Do take care of yourself. I'll see you tomorrow and you can tell me how it feels like to be the man of the house."0 She added lightly causing him to laugh even if he wasn't in the mood for jokes.
"Take care aunt. I love you."
"I love you too. And it's Lucy!"
After they hung up, he remained there for a minute before his eyes went back to the curtains.
He took gentle steps towards it and only realized now that there was no piano sound entering the room.
When he eventually pulled the curtain to a side, the blinds in the other building were shut, with no sign of anyone being there just a few minutes before.
"Oliver Sallow." He muttered.
Was he ever going to stop worrying about him?
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