so near yet so far

I was late. The rest of my fellow clubbing kakis were already inside newsroom but it was kind of sad that we had to sit at 2 different tables diagonally apart. I saw that he was at the other table. There were no more seats there. I had brought along two more friends and had to keep my friends entertained. My eyes and my heart kept drifting to the other table. I waited for him to come over to say hi. He did. But I guess he was too shy to stay put with my friends. My friends took some time to warm up and proceeded to the dance floor.

He asked me over and introduced his best friend to me. We talked only for a brief moment. But the moment we started talking, it was as if the rest of the whole had left us again. The feeling was just too difficult to put in words. They say that you know someone is interested through the body language. Our bodies were so close that I could feel his breath and heart beat. But we didn't have much time to talk. He had to entertain his friend and I had to entertain mine.

The whole night passed without further communication. I could only look at him from afar amidst the laughter from my friends and dancing bodies. I drank quite a bit.

The gang decided to go for supper. My friends left for home. I was alone again. The supper was a large group. He sat a few seats away. He was again busy entertaining his friends. I gazed at him while sipping my teh tarik quietly.

It was time to go home. My happiest moment of the night. Time alone with him. We talked and the most exciting part was when we held our breathe as we had to stop the car as there was a road block. He didn't buckle his seat belt. I quickly reached over and helped him to buckle up. Our hands touched. Luckily we passed the road block without any inspection. Haha. I joked that the two of us looked very decent. Decently dressed at least.