We turned around hearing his voice.
I sighed to myself,won't he ever stop bugging me?

Ashlyn - Let's go,Eman...we don't have to be here.

Eman nodded his head.

Eman - If that's what you want.

I grabbed his arm and started walking away.

Noah - Ash! You heard me,right? I want to speak.

I didn't want to turn around and face him.

Eman - I'm sure you understand what she wants to do...so,stay away.

Noah - Who are you? Her new bf?

Eman - I am,so what?

Eman glared at him.
I tightened my grip around his arm.

Ashlyn - Noah,I don't see a reason why I need to give you a chance to speak.

Noah - Oh,yes you do...I only want to speak cause I genuinely think I deserve a second chance.

Ashlyn - No,I have a bf...good bye.

Noah - Why!? How could you move on so easily?...wait,is he that good in bed? Or has more money than me?

My heart dropped to my stomach at his words.
Eman stopped in his tracks.
His eyes closed trying to calm himself.

Noah - What? Angry? Fucking whore! Dude,an tip for you...don't believe her she probably sleeps with other guys behind your back.

Eman released himself from my grip and stormed towards him.
The next thing I knew was Noah was on the ground and Emn top of him.
Eman punched him continously.

Ashlyn - Eman!

I ran to him and grabbed him from the back.
I knew Noah deserved it but still it's public and we could be in trouble if anyone sees.
Eman finally got up and looked at him.
Noah looked like shit,his nose bleeding.

Eman - He deserved it,Ash.

Ashlyn - I know but...this is not the right place.

He nodded.
Eman kicked him one last time and Noah ran off.
Eman's fist had blood on it,I handed him out my kerchief.

Ashlyn - Here,clean your hand.

He took it and cleaned the blood off.

Eman - I'll get it cleaned.

Ashlyn - Hmm,okay.

We started walking to our house.

Ashlyn - Eman,what you've done was right...he deserved that.

Eman - I know...I ruined the mood,didn't I?

Ashlyn - No,its okay...wear blue tonight,okay?

Eman - We are going to match our clothes?

Ashlyn - Yes! I've seen many couples do that,I want to try it out too.

I said feeling excited to do these cute little things.
He nodded his head smiling.

Eman - Anything you want.

I giggled.
Eman went to his home to get changed.
I went to my home too.
I was surprised at how fast the things were done...uff,god just take away Noah from my life.
I freshened up and wore blue pajamas as I told Eman to wear.

I got down waiting for him to knock the door bell at any moment.
After a few minutes,at 6 PM I heard the door knock.
I opened it and found Eman in blue sweatshirt and whit sweatpants.

Eman - Woah! Never knew I'd see you in shorts.

I let him in and closed the door.

Ashlyn - I guess you missed the concept,I thought you'd be in your pajamas.

Eman - Well,it's still the same color.

I sighed knowing he won't understand the difference it makes.

Eman - Okay,I'm sorry...should I go and change?

I held his hand.
I shook my head.

Ashlyn - It's okay...What movie should we watch??

I asked him excitedly.

Eman - I'm fine with anything...you choose.

Ashlyn - Well,I'm pretty bad at choosing...how about some romantic movies? 

He nodded his head convinced.

Eman - What about snacks? Movies are incomplete without them.

Ashlyn - Oh,damn!

I face palmed myself.

Eman - Why?

Ashlyn - I totally forgot about that...

Eman - Well,how about I make you my snack tonight?

He winked at me.
That was so unexpected,oh my god my cheeks are probably cherry red right now.

Ashlyn - Stop!I'm serious.

Eman - Okay,you have a chef right here...no worries.

I nodded.

Eman - What's in your fridge?

He opened the fridge and checked for ingredients to make snacks.

Eman - Well,I was serious about before too...

He raised his eyebrows at me.

Ashlyn - Eman! Don't do this to me now.

Eman - What am I doing? Okay,I will make you some potato balls.

He picked out some potatoes and started cutting them.

Ashlyn - How can I help? Ask me if I have to pass you something.

Eman - Sure,choose a movie to watch until then I guess?

I nodded my head scrolling through the recommendations.
After a few minutes I finally picked a movie,it was a typical romantic movie.
I put my phone aside on the counter and going to Eman.

Eman - Are you done?

Ashlyn - Yes! I'll help you now,shall I cut the potatoes?

Eman - No! It's potato balls,you don't need to cut them.Pass me some chilli flakes,if you got them.

Ashlyn - Ofcourse!wait,do we need chill flakes?

Eman - Yeah,not necessary but I like them more with chill flakes.

I nodded.
I helped him with more other works like passing him ingredients.
As he started cooking them,I hugged him from the back.

Eman - Woah! That startled me.

I snuggled my face more into his back.
He didn't say anything but continued doing his works.

Eman - Are you worried about something?

I nodded.

Ashlyn - I don't know how can I even solve these issues while I'm I such a mess.

He put the potato balls into the white ceramic bowl that had some vivid designs on them.

It was brought from Japan as a souvenir when dad went their for a business trip.

Eman - Your are doing fine,just give yourself some time.Taste them,and relax yourself tonight...okay?

Eman - Okay.

I took one of it and tasted them.
They were so soft and crispy at the same time.
I nodded at him taking another.

Ashlyn - They are so good! Ketchup would make it more good.

Eman - Thank you! Now,let's go and watch the movie?

Ashlyn - Yes!

We walked to the sofa.
I sat beside him,hugging his left arm.
His other hand held the bowl of snacks,I switched on the TV putting on the movie I selected.
Everything was going smooth and nice.The movie was so cute,until...the couples decided to start making out in the middle of the movie.
My eyes widened I tried to skip that part.

Eman - Haha! Are you awkward?

I finally skipped the part and the song played in that part ended too.

Ashlyn - Oh my god! Didn't knew it was such an hot movie.

Eman - Chill,that's fine.Romantic movies have these type of scenes.

Ashlyn - Yeah,thought it was just some fluff and cute movie.

Eman - That's okay,you don't have to be awkward about it although I know it's impossible.

I nodded my head.
I think he noticed my discomfort.

Eman - As I said,I would never touch you until you are okay with it.Alright?

It felt so nice to have this reassurance.
How he made me understand things,not getting annoyed...just how an ideal bf should be.
I looked at him in the eyes,they sparkled.
I smiled.

Ashlyn - I'm so grateful to have you.I love you,Eman.

I said and gave him a peck on the lips.
He gasped and his eyes widened.
His cheeks turned pink,I laughed at his reaction.
He probably didn't expect this.

Eman - I thought you were shy girl! Maybe I wad wrong,naughty!

He said tickling me.
I laughed and laughed and laughed.
The movie kept going on as we kept laughing and tickling eachother.
We stopped for a minute,we catched our breathes and looked at eachother.

Eman - You trust me now?

Ashlyn - Ofcourse,I do.

The rest of the night,we kept cuddling eachother.
The movie continued on and we slept in eachothers arms.

Next day

I felt someone rocking me.
I woke up to find Eman,he looked quite distressed.

Ashlyn - Oh,yeah?It's morning already?

Eman - Yes,I need to leave now.

Ashlyn - Wait,what happened?

Eman - Sorry,let's meet later...something came up.

He said rushing off.
I looked at my phone,it was 7 AM.
What's wrong with him? We can get ready on time...why did he rush of like that?
I got freshened up for school and got out as usual.
I took out my bicycle riding it to Jay-Jay's home,she came out in few minutes.

Jay-Jay - Hey!

Ashlyn - Hi! Good morning.

Jay nodded her head.
We started riding our bicycles to school.
We entered the class to find Ci-N.
He was eating some donuts from the box.

Ci-N - Hey Jay! Want some? You can have too Ash.

Jay took the box opening it to find nothing.

Jay-Jay - Wow! It would fill my stomach.

Ashlyn - Yeah! It can feed all of them too.

I said pointing at all the class.

Ci-N laughed.
I searched for Eman,he didn't show up.

Ci-N - Do you want pancackes?

He said to Jay who was ranting about how they passed her exam sheet before she even completed it.
I understand her cause getting your grades in public while you didn't write a thing.

Jay-Jay - Do you have some?

She said smiling widely.
He nodded his head,he went away to get the pancakes.
Jay-Jay took the boxes he left behind to throw them in dustbin.
Ci-N came back with eggs and flour.

Jay-Jay - You bought the ingredients! Not pancackes,you want me to make it?

He nodded.

Ashlyn - Where do we get the utensils and gas?

Ci-N - They are here...

He said pointing at the red blanket covering few boxes.
Jay-Jay went to remove it and saw many utensils.

Ashlyn - I'll fix them,David give me your help.

I said and few others including Balster,Edrix,Mayo and Eren came to help.
Jay-Jay and Ci-N speaking something.

Jay-Jay - Move!

She said abit loud so that everyone could step aside.
She turned on the stove and I observed her to learn.
Pancakes were Eman's one of the favorite foods,I wanted to make it for him.
Keifer and Yuri came in.

Keifer - What's happening here?

Edrix - Jay is making pancackes.

They stepped to us.
I looked at Keifer weirdly.

Keifer - Your boyfriend is going to be lucky...I wish it is me.

He said flirting with her.
I gave a side eye to him and I gagged at his words.
I didn't care about what he thought at all.
Everyone started teasing Jay-Jay...I noticed some burning smell.

Jay-Jay - Oh! It's burned!

Ashlyn - Shit!

I took up the pan.
Jay-Jay turned off the gas.

Jay-Jay - It's all cause of you! You distracted me.

His smile faded.
Keifer went to his seat,Yuri was still there.

Yuri - Can I help you?

Jay-Jay - Oh,get me the plate.

I put the pan aside so they could take the burned pancake out.
Yuri helped Jay,so I walked out.
I walked to Felix.

Felix - Hey! What's up?

Ashlyn - Nothing much,do you know where is Eman?

Felix - He didn't show up to school today?

I nodded my head.

Felix - I am not sure,he didn't even call in sick.

Ashlyn - That's weird,he rushed out.

I whispered to myself.

Felix - What?

Ashlyn - I just said it was weird.

Felix - It's okay,he'll be fine...he will text you or call you.

I nodded sitting in between David and Ci-N.
Jay-Jay has been sitting beside Keifer and Yuri for a week now.
I don't feel much bothered about it except it annoys me that Keifer may not be serious in whatever he speaks.

David - What's wrong,Ash? you look down.

Ofcourse I am down cause I am worried about Eman.

Ashlyn - Nothing,I am good.

David - Doesn't seem so.

He said squinting his eyes.

Ashlyn - I am good...really.

He turned to the side of board unconvinced.
The classes continued.

Time skip

Me and Ci-N were waiting for Jay-Jay in the common lounge of other sections as she went to check her results.
We already checked ours,Ci-N got some 75.4 marks...I got 93.3 due to the lectures the day before.
Emans was quite bad 69.8 marks.
Suddenly a girl came to us and shoved her handbag into Ci-N's hands.
A boy beside her put some cash in my hand.

Ashlyn - Oy,what are you doing?

I asked the girl who rushed away with the boy.

Ci-N looked as lost as me.

Ashlyn - Do you know her,Ci-N?

He shook his head.
Why would she hand over or more like shove it onto him.
And that boy?

Ashlyn - Why did she put the cash in my hand? This is crazy.

Jay-Jay came.

Jay-Jay - You have quite the style.

She said to Ci-N.

Ci-N - It's not mine,a girl came and gave it to me.

Jay-Jay - What about the money?

Ashlyn - Same,a guy gave it to me...more like shoved it into my hands.

Jay-Jay - Felix is coming,right?

I nodded my head.
I called over Felix to meet up with us too as it's the break.

Ashlyn - Take it as a chance and talk to him.

She nodded her head.
The same girl and guy came over to us but now their arms in eachothers.

The girl - Yes! This is them,they stole my handbag and money! Look at them bravely putting it out.

What?

Ashlyn - What are you talking about!?

I was confused,my face was confused.

The boy - Is this the boy!?

She nodded her head.

The boy - Give us our money back!

He said taking the money he gave me.

Ashlyn - You gave it to me!

The girl - They stole it!

By now half of the top sections were here.

Jay-Jay - How can you say that? Do you have proof?

I stood there confused,didn't they give it to us?
Ci-N looked more in discomfort.
Section E was also here.

Freya - Ci-N,you did it again?

She said trying to look like she was in disbelief.
I couldn't help but glare at her,why's she interfering?

Freya - When you were in Section A,you were proven to be a their and now you did it again?

She scoffed.

Freya - And this is your new member? The theif party?

She laughed and others continued as it was scripted.
Everyone is doing this intentionally.

Yuri - Ci-N,is that true? Ashlyn?

He asked us,bro we ourselves are confused.

Ci-N - No.

Ashlyn - No! I swear to god they themselves put these in our hands.

The girl - There was money in the bag and only me and my bf knows it...and she has the money too in her hands.

They guy beside her nodded.

Edrix - Maybe your bf stole it.

The guy - Fuck you!

Edrix flipped him off.
I sighed knowing this isn't going anywhere,everyone is trying to put the blame on us.

Ashlyn - Look,I get this is one of your stupid plans...so go away cause I know how stupid you are looking right now.

Freya looked at me in disgust and I did the same.

Mykel - This isn't going anywhere...Miss,how much did you loose?

Loose? She just took it from my hands!

The girl - Twent thousand!

He opened his wallet and walked over to them.
He gave them some money.

Mykel - Twenty give thousand,extra for inconvenience.

The guy and the gir left.

Ashlyn - But she just took it from my hands...and that was also the money they put in my hands.

Jay-Jay - Why are you involving?

Mykel - And boy...if you need money ask your mom or your siblings?

He looked at me at the siblings part.
Freya smirked as my face turned serious.

Ashlyn - Fuck it!

I said punching him,someone held me back.
It was Calix.

Ashlyn - Let me give him one punch!

Jay-Jay was going to hit only to be carried to our class by Yuri.
She screamed to let her down and I walked back to class too.
Ci-N was holding the hem of his shirt in discomfort.
He looked sad,I can't let this happen anymore!
I sat down with a loud thud.
Ci-N was beside me in the center of the room standing like a statue.
Jay stormed towards us.

Jay-Jay - Why didn't you tell me!?

Keifer - There's nothing to tell cause he didn't do anything.

Jay-Jay - You know what? I already know the stealing incident of yours,I heard it from Rakki!

Yuri - Jay!

Jay-Jay - I thought you trusted me! Aren't we ST!?

I understand her temper but I think Ci-N was right.
He has the right to keep his past hidden...it's his right.

Ashlyn - Jay,if you remain calm and ask him quietly he might explain...stop shouting.

I said being quite irritated at her unnecessary temper.

Ashlyn - And also he has the right to keep it hidden if he wants to.
He would tell you once he's comfortable...you know it takes time to trust someone.

Ci-N looked at me surprised.
I knew how he felt,balmed for being the victim.

Ci-N - Cause it is like that,isn't it? I was worried you'd look at me differently...both of you.

Ci-N - But I didn't do anything.

He sobbed.

Jay-Jay - If you aren't telling me it's like proving they all are right!

Yuri - Jay!

I was angry at Jay for saying such a harsh word.
She realised what she just said.

Jay-Jay - Sorry...Sorry.

She hugged him.

Jay-Jay - I was angry cause I couldn't save you.

I sighed,everyone has their own versions.
I held my head.
I opened my phone only to find the whole Facebook with mine and Ci-N videos.
My head ached at this problem.

Jay-Jay - Sorry,Ash...I know you both wouldn't steal,I was angry at myself for not being able to help you.

I looked up and found myself surrounded by almost the whole class.
I nodded cause I myself understood how she's feeling right now.

Felix - Are you okay?

I shook my head.

Ashlyn - Look at the videos,Felix...if dad knows