Full of excitement while grinning widely from ear to ear my face was hot and red. It has not been easy to conceal my happiness through the schoolday. 

Shortly after leaving the schoolbuilding my emotions took over and now I feel like a creep. But I have to keep myself together before others, otherwise I might be seen as a really strange one.

Happiness filled my heart and I was lost in thought on how to approach him.

Suddenly I heard a voice Loudly shouting my name.

»HEY, AVIAA...«

I turned my head around to look back and see Chelo approaching me.

I still had my widely grinning read face and realized how weird and creepy it probably looks.

My head turned forwards again. My face went from a wide grin to a sudden shocked and blushed pokerface. In my head I cowered in a corner and smashed my forehead against a wall out of embarrassment. 

It was Chelo who called out to me and I showed him such an unsightly expression of mine.

Swallowed by thoughts like

What have I done?

I'm so stupid! 

This is sooo embarrassing... 

Waaahhh!!!

Full of shame I forgot about Chelo who now has drawn close to me and then overtook me by one step to look at me from the front.

 »Avia, hey...«

»Hii...«, I squeaked quietly by this surprise and moved myself back a bit.

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»H-heyy. What's up?«

I had no clue what to do anymore after this surprise. My brain was about to shut down. 

»is something wrong? «

»N-no, nothing.«, I replied. 

What's up with him? I am not prepared for this! not yet.

Also I am overhelmed by the urge to smash my head on the ground for the face I showed to Chelo. But that would be even more embarrassing and weird. 

»You act kinda weird today. Are you really okay?«

»Oh yes, I am fine. What do you mean? What do you want?«

I answered with my forced pokerface, while I felt severeal muscles of my face twitching.

Oh God, Make it stop, please! 

»I was curious about you.«

Curious about me? Does he feel something for me? Something more than curiousity? At this age? As if...

Was my behaivour that weird? What did I do to get his curiousity?... Someone, please save me!

»Curious in what way?«, I asked with a forced smile. Overflowing with various contrary emotions about to explode on my facial expressions, the muscles of my face didn't know how to arrange themself which surprisingly made it easier to control them.

»You know your reaction after you looked at my drawing was... weird.«

Oh my god, was I that weird? Of course I was, after staring that intensely at that time. He stared back at me and probably noticed. But I can't tell him the truth. I want to, but can't.

»Yeah I was fascinated. I mean seriously, you are really good at drawing aren't you?«

»Oh thank you a lot, but you weren't just looking like you were amazed. You were in a shock or something. Do you perhaps know of what I have drawn?«

»No it was really just so amazing, that I was shocked. I always thought to be the best in class at least when it comes to art. Your talent with math and all the other subjects was ... just amazing as it can be. But to even be able to draw that well just overhelmed me.«

I want to tell him the truth, but I literally can't! It is physical impossible. I am completely blocked and my body won't react to the intend to tell the truth. But instead does the reverse and I automatically begins to lie!

»Oh, then I must have misunderstood. Nevertheless You are living close to me don't you?«

»Y-yes I do... I guess.«

He is really asking me right? RIGHT?

»Seeing you going home all alone all the time... you know... I thought about going home together from now on.«

KYAAAA He really did!

»The other guys all live somewhere else and so I thought it would be convenient to not go alone.«

»Y-YES LET'S DO THAT!« My excitement overhelmed me. My emotions weren't under control anymore. I couldn't bear the pressure of all the emotions dwelling up within me and just gave in. A wide happy smile garnished my face. I moved myself closer to Chelo with joy filling my eyes. Bending my body forwards towards him. To think that one of my wishes came true this soon.

When he took a step back with his surprised expression I realized how pushy I was and moved back again, too, while blushing.

»S-sorry. I came too close and screamed at your face.«

»Oh, no don't be, you took me by surprise with that reaction. I did not expect you to be this motivated.«

He smiled at me kindly and my heart once again filled with warmth.

»So let us go, right?«

»Yes!«

...

From that day on we did not just went back home together, but he even picked me up from home to get to school.

I wished these happy days to never end, but after some time I realized this was by far not enough for me anymore.

So I build up a strategy to make him mine...