It was 2016. I was 16 years old at that time. My parents decided to change my school because it was really far away from my home. I had to travel so long everyday that I often fell sick. Sometimes by heat stroke. Sometimes by cold. I always had a sick body.

When I was born, I was really sick. Even doctors thought that I couldn't live long. Well, I was 16 and still alive, not healthy though. It's a struggle.

So some day of January, 2016 I got admitted to a new school. It was a lot different than the school I used to study in before. My ex-school was really religious. I mean extremely religious. Most students were not religious though.

My first day at the new school, it was still winter. Freezing winds blew. I went straight to my class. I was always kind of introvert. But I always tried so hard to look cool in front of people that I used to end up being hurt. Because I couldn't handle things like extroverts, duh! Pretending to be someone else always brings you trouble.

Since I was an introvert, I sat beside the windows. I looked down on my campus from the windows, my school was actually beautiful. Then I started watching my classmates. How cheerful they are. The classes didn't even started, they still managed to find friends so soon. How do people does that? Teach me that spell, please.

The classes were hella boring. I didn't make any friends at all. Well I didn't talk to anybody too. Guess some of my classmates thought that I was mute, lol.

In the morning shift, it's only us girls. After our classes, in the afternoon starts boy's classes. So yeah, no guys appeared.

When the classes were over I went to pick up my younger brother from his school and in the way a girl started calling me, "Hey braided hairs!!" It was irritating but I still replied formally, "Yes?"

-Do you live here?

-Uh...no, I'm here to pick up my younger brother, Sami from his school.

-Wow girl, same, my younger brother, Ridoy studies there too and I'm going to pick him up too. Let's go together.

It will be ready weird if I reject her straight so I agreed even though I didn't want to. It's okay, just for some time. She said,

-I'm Rinoy, nice to meet you.

-I'm Faria. (I really wanted to say that I never wanted to meet ya, leave me alone to die, scram! But I never said that obviously)

-I saw you in my class today. It's great, no? We are classmates and our brothers are classmates too!

-Wait, I never said they were classmates, I never said which grade he was in.

-Yeah, but I saw you before. You came to the school before with him. I saw him in my brother's class.

-You got one special observatory eyes!

-Right? that's my secret talent.

-Haha nobody cares (in my mind)

We reached to the school. I hurriedly picked my up Sami and left. I was so obvious that even Sami asked "Who are hiding from? Who got offended by you!?"

Hanging out with Rinoy continued like that. She always used to stick with me. I could tell how scared and uneasy she felt in front of strangers. I was the only one she felt connected to as both of our brothers are same age and also classmates!

Someday, it was the beginning of the summer in 2016, I went to pick up Sami again after my school. She tagged along with me too.

There's a small park in front of the school of Sami. We used to wait there for our brothers. Since in was summer, it was really hot weather. The sun was shinning as if I was its sworn enemy. It wanted to melt me. Obviously I was melting too. Even my uniform got all wet by my sweat.

Suddenly I saw him. I don't normally notice people because I always have a feeling that just by looking at boys, they think I'm all head to toe for them. So, I noticed him because he was wearing our school's uniform. As long as I know, in my school boys have classes in the afternoon shift. So he skipped his classes. But why would someone skip their classes just to burn or melt under this sun?

And the weather wasn't hot anymore. It was warm. It was warm because I saw his face. He was so beautiful! Such a blessing in my eyes! Obviously he was hot enough to make the sun look like a loser! Just by looking at him my heart throbbed and it felt so warm. A peaceful kinda warmness.

Rinoy suddenly said, "Look at the guy there, he is our classmate. Skipped his classes, tsk. Pretty handsome though." I looked at her with this deadly look and said, "Don't stick with me from now on, it irritates me." I know I was rude but nobody's allowed to look at my man! It feels cringe but I felt exactly like it.

She left me alone behind and I couldn't care less. I wanted to take a closer look at him. I pretended to take a walk. While walking, I tried to get closer to him. He was chatting with someone. I wanted to know if it was his girlfriend. Even though I had no plan to be with him, I still wanted to know. I still wanted to talk to him. I though it won't be so hard if I go to him and ask him his Facebook ID but I thought it'll only humiliate me. What if he rejects me? I never asked out anyone before, I was really nervous.

Why was I behaving like that? It was pretty obvious that I was stalking him. I told myself to let it go. I would never take him as my partner anyway. I walked away from him. Turned back once again and guess what? He was looking at me. As soon as we made eye contact we looked away. Maybe he never looked at me. Maybe it was just a illusion.

Sami arrived and I left. Before leaving, I looked back at him again as the weather was starting to get hotter, lol. I saw him leaving too.