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Chapter 27 - 24. Strangers?

AMY's POV:

Life turned back to 360.. or should I say became normal again..

He comes to class but didn't bother me, not even tried to looked at me at all. Which is a good thing, right?

I note down the notes, and he kept listening to lectures. I saw him talking to Nanon, the guy who sat on his right side. Nanon is a good guy to have as a friend.

As for the guy sitting in middle, I don't think I've ever seen him with anyone else in particular. Doesn't he have any friends!?

Usually guys hang out together after class, I saw many groups of boys in canteen area, doing silly things while wasting their time. Bunch of losers!

Only he was the loner one in whole college.

Even though he's reluctant to literally everyone still he is famous in college. Girls like to talk about his looks and expensive outfits.

How do I know this? Well Nanon and Joy likes to gossip around. Both of them are my friends. We have two classes together. They are nice people, they treat me friendly, join me for study in library or in garden area - even though they likes to waste their time mostly talking about useless stuffs, like shopping, eating or gossiping a little bit about fellow beings. But still they're nice haha...

Sigh~~

I steal some glances at him but he didn't even bother to look at me..

Something changed! His reluctance make me feel.... ignored?

Well we were not friends or anything in the first place so....

"You wrote the date wrong!"

"Oh!" I corrected my mistake.

Wait a minute! I turned my head to look at him.

He talked to me! A smile appeared on my face.

"Thanks" I said, he just nodded a little then turned his head to talk to the guy next to him. Nanon seems happy to talk to him. Idiot!

It was just yesterday when Nanon was complaining about His Highness, sitting in the middle, being arrogant and what not. And today he was busy in chattering with the same guy. Double faced Nanon!

I just rolled my eyes while looking at them. I can't hear a single sentence of their interesting conversation. Well Nanon tell us later what they were talking about, me and joy.

I was busy staring at them when someone poked me from behind. I turned around in my chair.

"Do you want to go to get something to eat!" Joy asked while leaning towards me.

I don't want to.. but I don't mind a little walk. "Sure!" I stood up grabbing my bag from the ground. His Highness looked up at me almost immediately but I didn't look back.

"Hey Nanon we're going to the canteen. Do you want something?" Joy asked while throwing a paper ball at him to get his attention.

"Juice maybe.." Nanon throw back the ball at her but accidentally hit me. "Haha my bad." He laughed at me. Idiot!

Tankun gave him a accusing glare, well I don't want him to fight with his newly found friend, so I started instead...

"You dare to laugh? Just you wait.. I'll throw a freaking stone covered in a paper at you, knocking all of your teeth out." I asserted making his eyes widened in shock.

He put his hand up to cover his stupid mouth, Joy clapped her hands while laughing hard even His Highness laughed out a little enjoying the scene.

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We bought some snacks and drinks. We were going back to the class when I saw him walking in the corridor.

I held out a juice bottle to him, which I bought for him. He just looked at me with a blank face.

"I don't take things from strangers." He said while avoiding to look at me directly. Joy scoffed beside me while rolling her eyes.

I just look at him, waiting for him to accept what I bought for him. He didn't move at all.

Is he for real? Oh kay.... Fine with me.. hell with him...

"Oh... I didn't know that.... Maybe because we were strangers." I pressed on the last word a little too much.

His pupils widened, well he didn't expect that from me, right? Hah! Idiot trying to give me attitude for no specific reason.

But he should know better that I believe in give and take. If you want to give an attitude then learn to take it back too..

"Let's go Joy, Nanon is waiting for us." I said over my shoulder to my friend, still looking at his face.

He didn't look that pleased.. well hell with him. Who cares!!

When I was getting pass by him I did something...

I freaking flipped my hairs.

Joy chuckled a little, enjoying everything.

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I saw someone outside my classroom leaning against the wall. He was clapping his hands lightly without making any sound.

Joy went inside while I stopped to say the promised HI.

"Hey senior Vincent!" I smiled.

He shook his head lightly but returned my smile.

"What are you doing here?" I asked and looked around.

A group of guys who was coming this way stopped and turned back while half walking half running away. Weirdos!

"I was just walking around then I saw a familiar figure, doing some glaring and flipping.."

He said and I placed my free hand to cover my eyes in embarrassment. He seems happy to tease me.

"If you are here to tease me, then go back. I don't wanna talk to you." I felt my cheeks getting warm.

He just throw his head back and laugh.

"Okay then let's talk about..." He looked around a little "...the bottle you are holding."

"Oh this..." I don't want this in my hand anymore, it was not for me anyways. "..it's for you." I smiled widely.

"For me?" He raised an eyebrow, looking at me suspiciously.

"Yeah!" I shrugged.

"Is it kind of returning..?" He asked in a low but clear voice.

"..?"

"Are you giving this to me because last time I've got you juice?" He didn't look pleased.

"Oh no no, it's not like that.. actually I want to throw this away but trash bin is too far from here. So I thought why don't I dump it on you. Hehehe..." I tell him the truth while grinning.

Haha he was making a face worth watching. He looked at me like he wanted to.... punch me...?

"Did you just - indirectly - called me a trash bin?" He said in chilled voice giving me goosebumps.

I just nodded like an idiot. He glared at me fiercely.

Sheesh Amy it's not a time for being honest. Where is exit!?

'Should I apologize!?' I thought.

"For what?" He heard it, damnit!

"..for not flattering you by lying and just being hopelessly honest." I was biting my lips waiting for him to say something.

"..." He remained silent, just kept looking at me.

I didn't dare to look up at his face at all.

He took a deep breath, relaxing himself.

"You don't need to apologize." He ruffled my hair, like he wasn't mad at me a second ago. And this ruffling-thing is becoming our usual-thing.

"I will be more formal and more careful next time, and never speak useless stuffs around you." I stated half heartedly.. he's a senior after all.

"Don't do that.... I insist.." He said softly making me look up at his face. "I like you better this way." He smiled a little making my eyes widened, my mouth almost fell open.

Uh ohh..

"Please don't..." I blurted.

"..." He blinked.

"Please don't like me!" I pressed on the word like.

He fell quiet at once. Did I said something wrong?

He raised an amusing brow. Don't tell me he didn't mean what I thought....

Oh gawd!

Bloody second hand embarrassment!

And this is one of the rarest moment when I don't mind if someone grabbed my hand tightly and run away.. or simply kidnap me.

A heaviest minute of my life later...

He finally throws his head back and laugh out hard... Great!

He rubbed his face while looking at me in disbelief. He looked so done with me. Even I can't complain about that.

Next time when I saw him either I will hide or just said HI and run the other way..

"Why are you so...." He tried to find a correct word in his vocabulary. "...crazily adorable."

Oh damn!

Just shoot me instead.

No one in my whole damn life called me adorable, not even my parents.

Being called crazy is not new to me but adorable!? Seriously?

I wanted to ask him if he's trying to mess with me or what.

Now I know what he felted like when I tried to treat him like a trash bin.

I tried to tighten my fist on the damn bottle to crushed it a little bit but hell... nothing happened.

Hell with the good quality of plastics bottle.. I almost called the company to complain.

I was lost in thoughts when he reached down and took the bottle from my hand.

"Thanks!" He smirked at me looking amusing. He was definitely messing up with my head.

He ruffled my front hairs with his free hand again and left.

Leaving me alone to stand in the hallway...

Alone!? Where did everyone go?

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