Chapter 49 - 49

The next day came faster than Brandon had expected. He did his morning routine and left the ybe house for school. He recalled how Reiner had avoided him the whole of yesterday that they didn't even get the chance to talk. He entered the school ground and just like before the students started murmuring among themselves.

He looked around and noticed the group of girls that Charlie had told him about, apparently they were the most popular girls in the whole school.

He walked over to them in confident strides and stood in front of them. "Hello ladies," he said in a seductive voice. The girls squealed with joy. They fan themselves and held each other for support. He smiled at their reaction and waited for them to catch their breath.

"Hi," they replied in unison.

"From what I hear, you are the coolest people to keep as friends around here. As you might know, I am new in this school and I could use friends," he said and the girls immediately agreed. They walked to class together, it was mostly him walking and the girls fanning around. He smiled and conversed with them as they walked down the hall.

As he got to the classroom door, Reiner and his friends were also arriving at the door. He looked at him for a second and walked past him with the girls and entered the classroom. The girls created space for him to sit with them in the front row near the door.

He happily accepted the seat before the teacher came in. The class went on with the teacher teaching and the students trying their best to learn what is being taught. Scarlet the girl who is the leader of the group of girls he approached earlier kept passing notes to him in class and he did his best to reply to all the questions she asked him. He could feel eyes digging to the side of his face from where Reiner sat but he didn't look his way.

"You want to ignore me right, well two can play that game," he whispered and smirked.

The class ended after an hour and it was time for the next lesson. Brandon got up from his seat and called Charlie over to him. He introduced him to the girls and told them that he was his friend and that they should take care of him. The girls had no objections and together they all headed to the next class.

"What is that all about?" Zane asked Reiner.

"How should I know?" he asked in return.

"Why do you look mad Rei, you said it yourself that you wanted nothing to do with him and that you were going to ignore him for the whole school year until he forgets you. Now that he is fulfilling your wish why does it bother you?" Kye asked him.

Reiner looked at his friends and started in the direction that Brandon had gone with those girls. He felt mad at how Brandon was behaving.

"It doesn't bother me. I am just furious at him for lying to me. He said that he loves me and then goes behaving like that a day after. Does his love not mean anything," he exclaimed angrily.

"So what if he behaves like that. It is his life and he has every reason to do with it as he pleased. The question is why are you so affected by him being close to those girls. Are you jealous," Zane asked him.

An angry Reiner bit his lower lip and exited the room, he went to his locker and picked his book for the next class, he turned around to head to class but froze when he saw Brandon in the distance laughing with Scarlet.

"They look happy," Zane commented next to him.

"Yes, one might think that they are in love with each," Kye added.

Reiner locked the locker with force and walked away. He walked past Brandon without looking at the boy, he went to class and took a seat on his chair. He leaned his head on his locker fuming.

"He is such a flirt. A shameless flirt," he said in between taking deep breaths. "One minute he says he loves me and then he goes flirting with.." he stopped not able to contain his anger from growing from thinking about it.

"He is an idiot," he continued.

"Yes, he is."

"He is characterless," he whined.

"I agree."

"And he.." he froze when he realized someone was replying to him. He looked up at once.

"Hi," Brandon greeted him with a bright smile on his face.

"Don't smile at me," Reiner said composing himself. "Your smile irritates means me," he added.

Brandon stopped smiling. "Done," be told him and Reiner frowned. "Happy now?" he asked.

"I can only be happy if you go away from me," he replied and looked out the window with his back turned to Brandon.

"Is that what you want?" he heard the boy ask him. He wanted to turn around and tell him that he didn't mean it and that he was only saying that because he was angry but he bit his tongue and ignored the question. "Tell me, Reiner, Do you want me to leave and never come near you again?" he asked again.

Reiner took his music player and put his earphones on. He didn't answer Brandon because the answer confused him too. On one hand, he wanted to be close to the boy but on the other hand, he was scared of taking that step. Being with a boy was a concept that he was yet to grasp. Even though his heart was beating so fast in his chest every time Brandon was close to him.

"If that is what you want then I will leave. I won't force you to accept me," he said and up to leave. He walked slowly to the back of the class. 'Look at me once. Just once if you love me please,' he pleaded on his heart.

Reiner felt a pain in his heart hearing Brandon's words, he took a deep breath to calm his heart. He removed the earphones from his ears and turned around to look at Brandon. Their eyes met and they held each other's gaze until the teacher walked in.