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[criticallaughter]

Covered eyes - chap 3

Whole story : http://archiveofourown.org/works/10640637?view_full_work=true or if you like to use tumblr:  Chapter 1 here: https://criticallaughter.tumblr.com/post/159629216332/covered-eyes#notes

Chapter 2 is here:  https://criticallaughter.tumblr.com/post/159906092047/covered-eyes-chap-2

“What kind of teacher gives a test on the first day of school?!” Ohm grunted. Although the small study session he had with Luke and another guy named Delirious yesterday helped a lot, it just doesn’t seem alright. Bryce laughed at his misery. His voice like music to his ears. The siren effect, ohm thought.

“That teacher does apparently.” Bryce said.

“Yep, that teacher is an asshole.” Ohm said, while his mind was drifting to this morning how he awkwardly ran away from Luke, and let out a small sigh.

“Hey, what’s wrong? I’m pretty sure you would pass the test well. I on the other hand, well, it's not important.” Ohm looked at the blonde and contemplated the idea of telling him about what happened yesterday, and in the end thought it wouldn’t be a bad idea.

“Let’s get to someplace with lesser people to talk about it, alright?” Ohm suggested, the amount of people in the school hall was making him uncomfortable.

“Alright.”

“Well, is he handsome?” They were sitting on a bench on the outside of the school when Bryce asked that question. It made Ohm choke on his water, he was not expecting that.

“Ahem. He was kind enough to let me sleep in his bed and…Okay, okay, he is handsome alright.” Ohm said, thinking about how close they were last night and it made his face heat up.

“You are already smitten, Ohmie.” Bryce stated.

“How would you know that?” Ohm asked, not believing that he would like someone who he just met. Love in first sight isn’t real, he thought.

“Look at you, you have that face of adoration on your face just by thinking about him, you never had that face when thinking about me.” He pouted.

I used to do that though, Ohm thought. He compared the similarities of his feelings when he was crushing on Bryce before and thinking about Luke right now.

Heart beats much quicker, sweaty palms, light headed, face heating slightly. Fuck.

“See~ Love is an open door~” Bryce burst into a song about love. Although most will get dazzled by his song, Ohm was only annoyed.

“You know I can’t be in a relationship with anyone, until I can control my powers.” He looked at his cloth in his hands with loathe. He took them down because there were only himself and Bryce here, and the blonde wouldn’t be affected. They were best friends ever since they knew they won’t get affected by each other’s powers, Bryce could sing freely and Ohm could get free from the cloth or the occasional mask with each other.

“Yeah, I know about that. That’s why we all came to this school right?” Bryce stopped singing. “Though, I just have to not sing, while you can’t let anyone look at you in the eyes. You will have a much bigger problem in the future if you can’t control it well.”

“Like I don’t know that.” Ohm sighed. It wasn’t easy and he could barely control it even after 2 years in the school of specials. Bryce only came last year and he could almost master it.

“That doesn’t mean you can’t give it a try. I mean, get to know the guy first, be friends with him. I think I have seen him around before, and he doesn’t seem like a bad person from what I have seen and what you have said. A relationship can wait, and you will have time to learn controlling it in the meantime.”

“Maybe. A relationship isn’t a priority though.” Ohm said. Learning to control his powers however is the highest priority. He can only think of having a relationship if he could control his powers, because he would like to let his lover look at him in the eye and not get influenced by his powers. Yep, he’s a romantic at heart.

“What was his name again? The guy you are crushing on.” Bryce inquired.

“Luke Patterson, and I’m not crushing on him. It’s impossible anyway. I also kinda made things much more awkward than they should be. He might not even be into guys and my power only made him uncomfortable.” Ohm sighed again, he might have blew a potential friendship with his awkwardness.

“Ohm?” A sound came from behind. He turned around to see Luke, looking as handsome as ever, and he was dumbfounded.

Bryce however, whispered “Is that him?”, and ohm could only nod.

“I remember I have something important to do, see you later Ohm!” Bryce announced, he winked at him and left. Leaving Ohm thinking how he’s gonna pay back on him for abandoning him like that, when he realized he wasn’t wearing his cover, and Luke was looking at him right in the eyes again.

Ohm hurried to tie them up, when a pair of hands held his tightly and stopped him from doing so. Only then he saw how close they were, and he felt his face heating up again.

“Why do you have to cover your eyes around me?” Luke asked, inching closer towards him, while he backed away slowly to keep the distance between them. His heart was beating so hard that he was afraid it would burst out from his chest.

“B...Because people won’t be themselves when they l...look at it.” He stuttered, taking note on how he backed away to a wall and was trapped. He tried to control his powers but his mind was a jumble and he couldn’t focus.

Suddenly, as if out of a trance, Luke broke the eye contact and backed away from Ohm. Ohm took the chance to suck in a breath of relief.

“Sorry, i don’t know what got into me.” Luke said, rubbing the side of his neck. “I was supposed to apologize for yesterday, and I did the same thing again, sorry.” It took Ohm some moments to register what he was saying, did he assumed it was his fault?

“No, it was my fault actually, I’m sorry for making things awkward.”

“No, I was my fault I was the one who took the initiative both times, and you were the one being uncomfortable. Heck, I don’t even know if you swing that way.” Ohm was startled, did it mean Luke wasn’t uncomfortable and is gay?

“Erm...I’m bi actually.” Ohm said.

“Oh…”

A moment of awkward silence between them. Then Ohm remembered to tie up his cloth around his eyes again, and missed Luke’s look of disappointment.

“So...do you want to go get something to drink?” Luke asked.

“Er...sure why not?” Ohm replied, he was surely gonna ask Bryce for advice for not making things awkward.

Note: Ayee i have exams later so i might not be able to update for over two weeks T^T. It was again rushed so there might be mistakes, thanks for reading!. :) Exams are scary. ;(