Class Villainess

Chapter 152 – Agitated Mason

"Let's go, Em. I promised myself to never let you stay in this tool shed, not on my watch," Mason said.

Hold on, I felt like… Mason had just dropped a big bomb just now. But I was still too distracted with him basically saying he knew Noah was gay. Despite me never saying it to anyone, let alone a guy who was continuously flocked by many girls. 

Noah was stunned when Mason grabbed my wrist and clenched it tightly, a bit too tight, actually. Because I winced in pain in the process.

Mason looked at Noah for the last time and said, "I never have a problem with anyone's sexual orientation. But you know not to mess around with me… or her."

Mason pointed at me, which implies the 'her' in that sentence was me. And it got me even more confused. Mason was really confusing me right now, and I didn't know how to react. I just looked at Noah apologetically and signaled him to continue hiding in the toolshed until I called him again.

Mason grabbed my hands, and we went deeper behind the schoolyard when there weren't any students around. The school bell had rung, and the students had returned to their class, so it was only Mason and me now. 

"Mason, stop now! Why are you dragging me like this?!" I struggled as I realized that Mason wanted to bring me outside of the school to the small hill behind the school.

Mason finally stopped, but he didn't release my wrist.

He suddenly pushed me to the wall and then locked his hands between my shoulder, basically doing a kabedon to me.

I froze on the spot because the moment I opened my eyes after experiencing the pain in my back, I saw Mason's face was so close to mine. Our breaths were entangled to each other. 

He stared at me with his dreamy eyes, but this time, that dreamy, princely feeling had disappeared, only a pair of deep blue eyes that could drown you in both fear and excitement. 

"M—Mason?"

"Emmelyn Jones, what did you do with that gay?" Mason asked rudely. I felt a bit uncomfortable with how close he was. Despite him smelling so nice, I was still scared. 

"M—Mason, please—"

"You know well that he is gay, right?"

"I—I know, but that's now the problem. Besides, how did you know that he is gay? We never told anyone. It's literally our secret," I asked suspiciously.

"Of course, I can determine it easily. Besides, I'm not as blind as you think, Emmy," Mason replied. "Not when you're out there hugging another man like that."

Honestly, I knew that it wasn't difficult to see through Noah's orientation once you had talked with him once or twice. But I didn't remember ever seeing Mason talking to Noah, and I refused to believe that Mason had been paying any attention to Noah at all.

Now it got me even more confused, and I started suspecting that Mason might also be reborn, just like me.

But for now, I had to calm him down.

"H—Hey, relax, okay? Don't you see Noah's face is all beaten up? He is having a breakdown in the toolshed. He is hiding from the bullies, and I'm trying to calm him down. Don't you know that he might be suicidal if left all alone with so many dangerous tools in the shed?" I tried to defend myself. I didn't want to be the only guilty one here. 

"You don't need to hug him so tightly if you just want to calm him down," Mason said. But I could sense that his hostility had decreased. 

"It's not really a problem, is it? I'm just giving him a hug…."

"You haven't done that to me. Why would you give it to someone else…" Mason said so suddenly that I was taken aback. 

"M—Mason, what do you mean by that?" I asked, unsure what to react to that statement. Because by following that statement… it meant…

"Are you… jealous?" I asked. 

Mason's eyes widened, he froze on the spot, and I could feel his breath stiffened in the process as well.

"Mason, are you… jealous of me? Why? We're just friends…." I said, trying to dodge the inevitable. At least I had the feeling that Mason had a deeper feeling than what I expected. 

It made me wonder if this was the same Mason Hall I knew. Because in my previous world, I wouldn't even see Mason Hall not showing his lukewarm smile to someone else. He was always with that fake smile, flocked by countless fangirls that tried to get his attention, and he always tried to make a professional, somewhat of an idol-fan relationship with any girl that tried to chase him. 

In the end, he ended up with no one. In three years of high school, I never saw him dating anyone, whether a girl or a boy. He was completely absorbed with his career as an actor, studying, and as the school's quarterback. 

Mason's body trembled as if he was holding such a bottled-up emotion in his heart, "Do you really want to know, Em?"

"Huh? Of course, I want to know! Do you not realize that you're being incredibly rude to Noah? He is in trouble, and you're only making it worse!"

"Then don't regret it," Mason said in his charming yet brooding voice. Something so alien to me.

"What are you—" 

I was completely stunned when Mason Hall suddenly wrapped my shoulder and waist and then hugged me tightly. He hugged me so tight that I could feel his heartbeat. 

I struggled lightly but then decided to stop struggling when I realized that my belly was rubbing his… thing, and my boobs were basically squeezed against his abs. I got so embarrassed and decided to let Mason have his way for now.

After hugging me for a while, I could feel his warm breath tickling my neck, and he whispered, "Because your first hug, first kiss, first everything should be mine, Emmelyn Jones…."

Chu.

I was too stunned when Mason suddenly kissed my cheek and then released me. 

I staggered in a daze, so Mason helped me stand up for a while. I stared at Mason with confusion and nervousness, "M—Mason, what did you do just now—"

"It is what it is, Emmy. I said it," Mason said. He seemed to be in a good mood after hugging and kissing me. "I don't want to scare you, and you know my current condition, right? But I said what I want, and I wish you can wait for me."

"Mason…"

Mason stared at me in silence. He showed a slight smile that looked sincere to me. I didn't know that he had a feeling like this to me, and my heart started racing so fast. 

I couldn't help but feel shy and excited. But at the same time, I realized that he didn't exactly 'confess' to me. He didn't say that he wanted me to be his girlfriend.

Honestly, if he confessed to me clearly, right here, right now, then I might have no strength to think clearly and just accepted him no matter what. Because that was what my heart wanted. 

I was greedy. I wanted to date the school prince, Mason Hall.

But, all he said was to wait for him.

And wait for what? I didn't know either…

Mason turned his back and said, "I… I know you might find this abrupt. But I've been bottling this up for a while. I thought I could hold it, but when I saw you hugging Noah Jameson, I just… lost control. I'm sorry if I've scared you…."

Wait, what did he mean by 'bottling it up for a while? What kind of a while? Did he like me for a week? A month? A year? 

Nah, not a year because we haven't met in this new timeline for one year. 

"Do you really mean what you say?" I asked, trying to ensure that I wasn't dreaming or being played right now. Though, I doubt someone like Noah would be playing with a girl's feeling for a bet, like what Kyle did in my previous life. 

"I mean it, every word that I said is sincere from my heart, Emmelyn Jones," Mason replied. With that, he already exposed his feeling to me.

For this nobody called Emmelyn Jones. 

"I'll leave first. I'm sorry for acting so rashly. Don't worry about Noah Jameson's secret. I won't tell it to anyone," Mason said. "I don't have anything against him."

Thus, Mason left me alone here. I could still feel the warm temperature of his body in this cold winter and also felt the kiss from his moist lips on my cheek.

It was… like a blissful dream. 

I caressed the spot where Mason kissed me just now and mumbled, "Maybe I shouldn't wash my face today. I think I can save some water from that, right?"