Loving Jude

eave? I can walk

"No, I don't want

i's brow as he gives me a

not my favourite scene and when I have to attend one, I don't stay around unt

on my own when he noticed me and came over. A few seconds after he did, I reached out my hand to t

his hand. "Will I be a bad host if

early. They're fine ha

Should I leave him be? Should I go back to my room? But I've worke

o stay longer," he

s. His fringe is long, with wisp

with you,"

w lifts

dry. "Your room. I mean..."

liquid courage go?

face, which grows h

sure?"

no

l more seconds. Then he rises to his f

ers know he's leaving, we're outside the room and hea

He has no roommate at the momen

him. His dorm room has a living area with space for a kitchenette and t

r the entrance. I gape at my reflection in the mirror

l in place too. I inhale deeply. I'm in his room. This is the firs

k it's weird? I've been here before this late, but never alone. Many times, it was a sleep

alk through the living room to the balcony and stand beside him. The night wind is cool, and the view is

xt move. Why am I suddenly out of ideas when I've b

" I mumble, for lack of

And so a

s smile, but that turns into a gasp when he wraps

eek. "I've been thinking abou

ks up. By 'that day', I know

I'm currently on internship-I was lucky to get it with the schoo

back, I sat beside Eli. At some point-around 10 pm with half of the bus dozing off-h

who has been thinkin

his lips. "Stop just thin

ourage is fi

ds anchor on his arms as I stretch my body to make up for my shorter heig

into the dorm. Seconds later, my back lands on the soft cushions of his

like crazy and I'm a

top," he whispers, his lips

head. "I do

ha

t want

bobs as he swallo

no

nd when he holds it out. He leads me to his bedroom

kay because

*

to find a pair of light

ning

rni

alise what he means to do, I

ow. "Are you goin

en't b

s fi

on the floor. His deep laugh permeates the room

and my underwear. I tug on the shirt, which thankfully reaches to my mid-thig

's drinking a glass of w

w?" he teases, a slig

nd press a quick

doesn't shut up about it

ut

What do you wan

ver yo

for three,

one comi

about an hour ago. He's

ht n

n

n't you

he was com

ere so early!" I whine and rush t

me. "You're not

ore eati

ood enough re

ur new roomm

he doesn

as I pull my le

show him around," he says wh

m last night, on the carpet beside the coffee table. He must have brought them

you help

ur

assent as he p

inning with it. She said it's a secret but Eli d

present? She wanted

ah

mall box. Given its size, I imagine there is jewellery

a brac

hing cont

essory, frowni

ha

ge

ge

n. O

s widen when he sees it. Rushing forward, he grabs

onged t

ike... When we were ten or something. I

nd it and decided

brow. "I wonder why sh

ouldn'

shoves it in his shorts' pocket and turn

a story behind that

ts when there's a knock on the

it h

oba

eeing as there's someth

he says, stepp

pens the door. I rise to dump the papers in

him to the guy st

from my head as I

s h

s J