Haruki (Haruki Arima Book 1) by Laine Watson

Author:Laine Watson [Watson, Laine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mir.Mad Works
Published: 2019-10-17T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen: I’m not that Guy

As I sit on the sofa in the living room, my head is full of clusters of jumbled thoughts. The door opens, halting my thoughts. Haru.

His head hangs a little as he slides his shoes off. His suit coat hangs over his forearm, and his shirt sleeves are rolled up to his elbows.

“Hey,” he says.

I gulp. He looks amazing. “Are you super drunk?” I ask.

I purse my lips.

“Not really.”

“You’re late.” I lean back with a pouted bottom lip.

He looks up at me, tossing his hair. “What?”

“Nothing, that was stupid.” I smile, my cheeks warming a bit. I’m acting like we’re in a relationship or something.

“Oh, the movie?” he says, throwing his hair back. “I’m sorry. I kind of lost track of time. That’s what happens when you go out with shit talkers.” He sits beside me on the sofa.

I can’t help but lean in and inhale his aroma. He smells so good. Better than usual, and his eyes sparkle tonight. Why does he look different? Was he with a girl? Is he happy because he was with a girl? That’s so immature, but I don’t care.

“Did you have sex with someone?” I blurt out, no regretful thoughts lingering.

“What? No!” He chuckles. “Why would you ask me that?”

“Because you smell really good, and you seem different.”

“Do you know when the last time I went out was?”

“No.”

“It was before Max started living with me. So yeah, I’m a little happy I got to hang out.”

“Oh, but with guys, right?” That question sounds weird. I thought I could be friends, but I was wrong. I want to touch him so bad—no, I want him to touch me.

“What? Why?”

I gaze at him. My words are coming out only as thoughts. There’s my opening. How do I tell him I have feelings for him? I’ve never done that before. I’ve never even kissed a guy for real before. I don’t know how to get to…

“Why are you asking all these weird questions?” he asks, staring down at me.

Because… Touch me.

I purse my lips and cross my legs at the ankle, staring down at the surface of the coffee table. I glance for a moment at Haru, his mischievous smile tells me he knows something.

“What if I was with someone, would that make you angry?”

I don’t answer him; my cheeks grow warmer by the second. My legs uncross as I squirm, and my body fills with nervousness.

He fiddles with his watch, opening the clasp and removing it from his wrist. “So you’re not going to talk now?” he asks, reaching past me. His face, inches from my chest as he lays his watch down on the coffee table. He turns to look at me, and there’s a caving in my chest.

My eyes veer over to him, admiring his smile, the cut of his jaw, and his hair falling messily on my lap. I snatch my eyes from him, my whole face burning, even my ears. My heart beats inside them and my throat throbs while my body moves in strange ways attempting to contain my desire for him.

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