A month later, in the evening, "Where are you? I have been waiting for you in class for twenty minutes! Are you even going to come, Ryley!"
Hitting the send button, Valen stomped her foot, whining at his stubbornness. It was her fifth message sent on WhatsApp to him to come over to the class and sit with her to discuss the team project they had been given by their IT teacher for creating a website.
Ryley forcibly became her partner but never came to discuss the project they were expected to do together. "What the-!" Valen clenched her jaw, looking at the two blue ticks beside the message she sent with disbelief. "Seen but no reply?" she stared at the ticks while the anger inside her chest kept increasing to another level.
'Ryley, this is my last message— Are you willing to work with me on the assignment or not? Tell me clearly. I am not going to waste my time behind you again and again.'
She typed, hitting the send button. To her surprise, it was seen again, but as usual, no reply came from his end. This was enough. "Go to hell. If you think I can't do it without you, then you are wrong, Ryley Shine. And thanks again for proving that you are the typical bully bastard." She cursed him, collecting her books that were scattered on the desk.
Her books were out since the first lecture. In the morning, it was him who messaged her to come earlier for the project, but throughout the day, he kept avoiding her. It was damn awkward to face him ever since that night. Yes, after that night, he neither bothered her nor did he let his friends do anything too.
Valen tried umpteen times to talk to him and start a constructive conversation, yet he, being the bastard, reserved himself to be as ignorant as he could. He never talked, nor did he let her talk, thus, in the end, making her feel as though the kiss was doing him worse.
It was her first kiss, which he ruined, and now he was being a tough nut to crack when it should be her who was reckoned to behave like that. Her face fell at the realization. Weren't things already messed up between them that he had to add up to it? She let out a sigh, closing her eyes.