Tell you
A million tiny things that
You have never known
It all gets tangled up inside

Tell you
A million little reasons
I'm falling for your eyes
I just want to be where you are

The song which was my heaven, which was able to bring peace to mind—has now brought me to my doom. My feelings were going haywire as I lost all of my confidence in front of him.

I just wanted a break, I hadn't asked for this.

I just wanted to listen to the song peacefully, I hadn't asked him to come here.

I just wanted that he wouldn't know how much I like him, I hadn't asked him to see which song made me realise my feelings for him.

Before he could see any more vulnerability in my eyes, I looked away while biting my lip. Come on Shiya! Don't lose your confidence! You can do this!

"So—you—you were the man I had saved weeks ago?" I asked with a small voice as I continued looking down while playing with my fingers.

"Yes, I was the one," he whispered as I nodded hesitantly. "Nice song you were playing there," he tried to joke but instead I closed my eyes tightly to keep my emotions at bay.

What doom have you brought in?

I felt my shoulders grabbed as I heard, "Hey! what's the matter? Are you okay?" I continued keeping my eyes closed as felt my lips tremble at his voice.

Oh no! Please don't cry Shiya!

Please don't cry!

I was pulled against a hard chest as I felt a pair of arms around me. Immediately wrapping my arms around him and I buried my face into his chest while chanting some old Indian prayer to keep my emotions at bay. "Shush, it's okay. Everything is okay, it's just me Dalhyun." He whispered sweetly as I heard his beating heart.

I focused on the sound as I felt everything disappearing around me. Lub—dub, lub—dub, lub—dub.

I felt something heavy on the top of my head which I was guessing was his chin, his hand ran up and down my spine in a comforting manner while I felt a shiver run down my body. "You're just fine sweetheart." He whispered again as I sighed and hugged him more tightly.

It's so good to have him so close to me.

After a few minutes which felt like ages, I slowly stepped away from him only to yelp and step closer to him again. I glanced ahead at his black polo neck sweater to find my brand new necklace stuck with a thread from his sweater. I felt him glance down as I hurriedly tried to take it away.

"Wait," his hand covered mine as he slowly untangled the pendent from his sweater. "Here you go," immediately stepping away I look down in embarrassment. "Your new necklace is pretty." He whispered as my hand clasped around it securely.

"Th—thank you," I mumbled as I shifted on my toes. "I—I wanted to talk to you about something," I said looking up—directly into his beautiful eyes.

It's now or never

"I've been wanting to tell you something too." He whispered again as I tilted my head in confusion and mouthed 'oh?'

"Let's go somewhere else and talk. Not here." I say as I looked around to find something suspicious. I saw him nod from the corner of my eyes and pull his mask over his nose.

I started walking as he follows right behind me. Stepped out of the aisle I pull a smile on my face and waved at Turner, "I've gotta go, I'll visit some other day." He glanced at me and then at Dalhyun who was looking down to avoid him, as Turner nodded and waved back while we both exited the store.

We both started walking in a random direction which was an awkward silence. After a while, I felt someone following us so I turned my head around a bit to find a guy just getting into hiding behind a pole. Squinting my eyes, I turned around and whispered, "someone is following us. When I say run start running okay?"

"Okay," He whispered back as we tried to act nonchalant.

After a few seconds, I whisper, "run," as we both start running. We both ran parallel as I suddenly turned towards the right and ran into the street leading to my house. I knew Dalhyun was following me as I continued running.

Then I finally stopped in front of the house with soft pants and turned around to see if someone was still following us. I saw a shadow pass by, away from us. But not wanting to risk anything I grabbed Dalhyun's hand and opened the gate to my house and entered.

His hand still clasped in mine, I kept my thumb over the handle as I pushed the door open and enter my living room.

I immediately let go of his hand as I clear my throat awkwardly while he glances around, "no Tani?"

I shook my head, "she is Hailey and Rebeca, in the dorms." I don't know if I'm grateful that she isn't home or not. It was again a Friday night when Hailey and Rebeca invited her to stay in the dorms with them to study.

In the starting, it felt good that I had the house to myself, so I studied without any worries. And to take a break I decided to visit the Vinyl record store then come back, make instant noodles and get back to my studies.

"I—you said that someone was following us?" He asked as I nodded.

"Yes, I felt like someone was behind us so I turned around to find this guy hiding behind the street pole. And when we reached here, I saw a shadow pass by." He nodded in understanding as I changed the topic, "do you wanna have instant noodles?"

He shook his head as he says, "I had dinner." Nodding I look around noticing the awkward air around us. "So I wanted to tell you something."

I nodded as I mumbled, "same. You go first but first have a seat," I walked towards the couch and propped myself on it as Dalhyun sat on the other end of it.

I waited for him to say something but he just remained silent so I turned towards him to find him staring at me. I blinked in confusion as he opened his mouth to say something then closed it again.

I frowned and questioned him by tilting my head to the side. "I—oh! I don't know how to say this."

"I'll go first then," I said as I stood up walked towards his said and grabbed his hand, "Come, I want to show you something." He stood up as I dragged him towards my art room with a long inhale.

It's now or never Shiya.

Now or never.

As soon as I entered the room, I let his hand go as he looked around in surprise. This room was filled with my paintings and sketches and no one was allowed there, not even Tani.

Dalhyun turned towards me in shock and then glanced back at the charcoal sketches and paintings of him, which were surrounding the room. Not wanting to know his reply, I grabbed his hand and dragged him out and then into my room.

His shock widened as he saw Tata on the bed and his pictures and quotes on the wall in front of my study. I had even written what he said in the end when he talked about his first crush.

I grabbed that paper and stood in front of him. Taking a deep breath I said, "I—I wanted to do what you said here. I didn't want to live wondering if you ever liked me or not. Because I like you, I've liked you since I was 16, since I heard your OST, Christmas Tree—"

I felt my arm grabbed as his arm wrapped around my waist and his hand over my cheek which had grabbed my arm a mini second ago. He looked directly into my eyes and whispered, "I do," and then his lips came crashing down on mine.

Oh boy!

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Me:

First stage shock

Second stage dancing

The third stage: GO GET IT, BABY!