the new face

Wow! This guy's literally everywhere!

I was on my way to school then i noticed my friend standing in the corner of the street, she was talking to someone, i couldn't see who but it was a guy. I wondered if i should go say hi or not because she looked pretty serious and annoyed as if she isn't liking the conversation between her and that person. Then after standing there for so long, she turned and saw me. Her expression changed. She quickly pushed him to the other side and told him to leave. He looked at me, we had a deep eye contact which i don't know what it was for. Then he left. She gave me an awkward smile and came to me. I was confused. She was behaving like she didn't want me to see that guy or know what they were talking about. Maybe she didn't want me to ask anything so she started talking casually and we started walking to the way to school. We are in different schools but her school is right next to mine so we walk there together every morning. Oh i forgot to mention that she's my neighbour as well. Anyways I'm still suspicious of what that talk might be about... i should just stop thinking about it.

After the school ended, i was waiting for my friend to leave for home together. Then i looked around to find her but i saw that guy from the morning. He was looking at me and when i met his eyes, he looked away. I got a bit creeped out... why was he even looking at me? I left, without waiting for her anymore. There was a new bookstore opened in our neighbourhood, i went to check it. While i was looking at the books, i heard someone call my name but there was no one around so i didn't pay much attention. Then i heard it louder, "Areum!" I turned back, that guy from before was there looking at me and possibly he's the one who called me as well. I hesitantly asked him, "Me...?" pointing my finger towards me. He nodded. Then he started coming to me, stopped at a hands distance from me. He looked straight into my eyes and said, "Beautiful." I got flustered then after a few seconds i realised that the meaning of my name is 'beautiful'.

And right now I'm looking at him, having all sorts of questions in my mind but at the same time wondering how handsome he is... He smiles at me and says, "See you later, beautiful." He left and I'm stuck in this situation being confused about what happened just now. I'm leaving this bookstore after buying the book which was in my hand the whole time in that situation. I should not think about it anymore and just head home. It was quite a weird day today...

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