Coffee and Bliss novel Chapter 19

Tristan punched the door of the cubicle mercilessly. He was too devastated by himself. He let his rudeness control him earlier while talking to Harris. All he wanted yesterday was to settle things with the pale man. But things got uncontrolled when he saw the article. All the words he wanted to say to the pale man vanished. He let him slip away when in fact, he had all the time earlier to confess and turned things right. He was really stupid!

The loud bang of the opening door made him stop. Roy and Regan entered with a shocked face when they looked at his bruised hands. He looked away and leaned his forehead to the door. He was too tired for what had just happened. He couldn’t think of anything, all he wanted was to escape by hurting himself. It feels right. Feeling the pain. 

“Shia! What the hell has happened? We saw your guy running off the university.” Regan began to ask.

'He ran off?'

“Maybe Tristan was mad at him. Who wouldn’t? Instead of fixing the issue, that guy just made everything more complicated. We all know that Tristan is straighter than a pole,” Roy said to his boyfriend while shaking his head.

He crossed his hands on his chest and tapped his foot on the floor. 'Made everything more complicated? Straight?' 

Then something lit on his mind. That’s it! That made everything clear for him, for Harris’ question and every action the pale man towards him. He was asking him what he was to clear out things between them. The sexual tension, the unexplainable feelings, the flirty looks to each other.

He smacked his head for being really stupid. 

“Don’t worry, Ai. That guy cleared everything after. He was smart, I guess, to clear it with classy remarks. He nailed it,” Regan said. Both of his friends tossed their hands.

“D-Do you still have the article, no—I mean what he said about it?” He asked. Regan shoved him his cellphone.

His hands were shaking, he was too scared for what he was about to read.

'First, the little girl is Tristan’s niece. Second, yes, we’re living together because I am his dorm mate. Third, to answer the question if we are together, my answer is maybe. There are many things we really need to clear out first but what I am sure is that we have something special. I hope you will stop now invading our privacy.'

The cellphone almost slipped out of his hands. He couldn’t move his body, he was trembling. 

“I’m a dumb ass for saying what happened last night was just a mistake!” He cursed himself. He was too shocked and didn’t know what to say in front of the pale man so he just said it without thinking. He answered him wrong! 

“Fuck! How can I solve this?” He groaned, ruffling his hair with annoyance. 

“Simple. Just prove that the last statement of him wasn’t right. He already solved the issue. Just make it more—”

“I promise that I will not make him cry anymore. For sure, that stubborn pale man was indeed crying right now. Shit!” 

He didn’t mind what Regan was saying. All he cared about was Harris. His Harris. His pale man.

“What? Are you kidding us? You’re about to lose your reputation!”

“I don’t care. Harris is more than my popularity. Believe me or not, I've fallen for a guy, and that is him. He makes my heart flutter, he makes me think that life is more precious than it was. He makes me believe not to miss the chance and grab it while it’s there. And that’s what I am going to do. I will not miss the chance anymore of having him,” He said, with a determined voice. 

“Pray for my soul, boys!”

He smirked while patting his friends’ shoulders. 'Yeah pray for me because I know this is going to be hard. Harris is hard-headed.' He walked out of the cubicle and left his shocked friends.