"I have a crush on a girl."

-Kyle Anderson

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Having a party on school's day night was a huge mistake. On Thursday morning, the next morning after the party, a lot of students have hangover. Some of them can't even bare to go to school that day. Lucky for Kyle, he chose to be sober so that he can saw a certain someone without having a massive headache.

The thing about falling in love was, you did everything you could to see that person again. Even though the only place to see them was basically the place you hate the most.

In Kyle's case, this feeling had become his motivation to go to school early, much earlier than he used to. And we all know, that a motivation resulting him for care for things. Which also resulting him for having a problem soon in the future. He had big storm coming up.

Kyle was seating on the second English class he had this week. Earphone on his ears. Back slouching and arms crossed. Eyes on the paper on his desk. A quiz Mrs. Finnigan gave yesterday, that he managed to do it after he takes Elijah home last night. He can't believe he finally do a school task before the teacher confront him. And he can't believe he join the class twice a week. Where was all of these come from?

Kyle's head shoot to the door when it opened, showing none other than Luna herself. She was in her knit blue sweater that hugs her body very nicely. She wears a black legging underneath a knee skirt. She was stumbled like a fresh zombie with her long hair covering her face. When she arrived at her desk, she falls down her bag and sit and drop her head onto her desk. She groaned loudly while she's doing that.

All Kyle doing was watch and think that she must be having a massive headache of a hangover from last night. Bernadette, turns around on her seat to face Luna. She chuckled and running her hands in Luna's hair, "Did you drink what I told you to drink?"

Luna's head nodded while her face still bury deep inside her hands.

"Good," Bernadette said, "I'll buy you pickles at lunch."

Luna had a hard time raising her head. When she did it, she leaning her cheeks on her hands. That pose makes the chubby cheeks on her get even chubbier, "Thank you." She smiled.

Bernadette patted her head and turn back around.

The rest of the English class was running like the usual. But one thing that Kyle notice was that Luna was destroying her bag, looking for something. And she's mumbling when she can't find it. She sighed and patted Bernadette's shoulder with her pointy finger.

"Did you see my scrunchie?" Luna asked, when Bernadette had turned around.

"The teal one?" Luna nodded, "I thought you keep it after the party. Because I didn't see you wearing it."

Shit, Kyle thought.

Kyle wanted to give the scrunchie back so badly but he can't since they're still in class and he don't want to earn another resting-face from Bernadette. Not in this early morning.

She just sighed and thanked Bernadette. She then put her hand back to her back and pulling out another scrunchie. Smaller one, and it looked older. She pulled her hair into a mid-high ponytail and tied it with the scrunchie. And began writing notes from the board.

After the class, that's when Kyle building up his courage to give the scrunchie back to her. Everybody was lining up to give the quiz paper to Mrs. Finnigan desk before they can get out of the class. Luna was five line before Kyle and the only thing he wished the most right now was that all the slow-walkers in front of him to just get their shit together and move faster.

When his line was finally up, Mrs. Finnigan was already ready herself up to give Kyle some lecture, but when he puts down the quiz paper on top of the other's, she facepalmed and said, "That's unusual."

Kyle don't waste any time so he just sprinted out to the hallway. He looked left and right trying to find her. He tried to search through the hallway to the cafetaria. There he found what he's looking for. He shouted her name, and she turned around, confused.

He ran to her and ask, "Can I talk to you for a second?" She looked at Bernadette who give him the usual Bernadette suspicious face.

"Yeah sure," she smiled, "Birdy, can you go and find seat for us, please? I'll catch up."

Bernadette just gave her a soft look, "Okay." And leave. But of course, she gave Kyle yet another squinted eyes.

"Uh," Kyle looked at her waiting. He pulled out a teal scrunchie from his hoodie pocket, "you dropped this yesterday at the party."

Luna's face lightens up when she saw her favourite scrunchie, "Oh my god! Thank you for keeping me this. This is literally my favourite!" she laughed

Kyle watched her hand reaching for the scrunchie in his hand. The hand of her brushed his, and the old friend of him came back. He can feel his cheeks lit up by the simple touch. He then watched as she untied the old scrunchie from her hair. Luna shaking both of her scrunchie in front of her, "Two scrunchies!" she laughed at her own action.

Kyle laughed nervously.

"That's better." Luna said after she was done tying her hair with her teal scrunchie. "Once again, thank you, Kyle."

"No problem." He started to walk away but Luna stopped him.

"Wait, where are you going? The cafetaria's that way." She asked.

He looked at the cafetaria and shook his head no, "I just need some fresh air."

Luna nodded, "Okay, uh, I'll see you then?"

"Yeah, see you." He smiled and walk away and so does she.

Kyle went to the rooftop of the building of the school. The usual spot for him to smoke. He actually had other places in the school area to smoke but today he felt like to use the rooftop.

While smoking, he thinking about all of the events that occurred in just a few days. He thought it was crazy how he was this affectionate towards someone other than family in such a short amount of time. And thinking that he was never actually feel like this since middle school.

In middle school, he fell in love with a girl named Nancy. She was sweet and innocent. At least that's what Kyle thought. He was always a loner. And she was popular. His former best friend at that time, told the whole school about his feelings towards her. And of course, the news about a loner fell in love with the popular was really amusing. But Nancy stayed nice towards him, and act like he was special. Turns out, it was all her plans. To make him feel special, turn him down afterwards. The whole school was humiliated him.

After that happened, he closes his heart, and never opened his heart to anybody else. And he started to become what he is now. A smoker, emotionless guy who got labelled as "The Criminal", even though he can never even hurt a fly. He just hoped that she, Luna, never hurt him in any ways possible.

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Every Saturday night, Kyle and Elijah were hanging out at either Elijah's place or Kyle's place. They're playing video games together and having a sleepover. Elijah had been noticed minor changes on Kyle like he become a less smoker, he stopped drinking beer for the past five days, and he unattached one of his piercings.

"So," Elijah opened the conversation, "What's up?"

Kyle looked at him confused, "What the fuck did you mean by that?" he laughed.

"You know," Elijah shrugged, "You kind of change your habit. So, I asked you to make sure that nothing serious happened."

The screen of the video their playing became blur as Kyle thought running around his vision. Should he tell him that he's having crush? It's been two weeks since the day she walked in the first time in English class and Kyle can't stop thinking about her ever since. He doesn't want the feelings to get deeper but every little thing she did was a charm that pulled him deep into the Hole of Love and Affection. And he wanted to tell Elijah about it, but he's afraid that he will betray him. Even though Kyle knew him since he was little, and the event that happened in middle school having nothing to do with Elijah. Elijah's parents were divorced, and he moved to live with his mom temporarily for a while and came back here on High school.

Kyle groaned angrily and throwed his console after Elijah beat him in the game. Elijah cheering joyfully at his victory. Kyle lay his back on Elijah's bed and look at the ceiling of Elijah's room. The light blue colour of the ceiling calm him down at his lost. Flashes of memories hit him when he saw the stars and two angels painted on the ceiling. He remembered how he and Elijah spent hours trying to figure out ways to reach the ceiling. They eventually find their ways and Kyle mostly do the job of the painting, while Elijah hold him the can of paint.

That moment, he decided that he will tell Elijah.

"I, uh..." Elijah turned his focused to Kyle, "I have a crush on a girl."

The blue eyes of Elijah got bigger of excitement, he smirked and laugh, "What the fuck? And you decided to tell me now, you bastard?"

Elijah throwed his pillows repeatedly to Kyle making both of them laugh.

"I knew something's was up with you. I mean look at you! You stopped drinking beer." He throwed one last pillow and him and sit, "I'm proud of you, Kyle. Who is she?"

Kyle got up to his sits, "The new girl in my English class."

"Oh, her." Elijah said, "I knew her. She's in my History class. She's nice."

"Yeah," Kyle smiled, "The nicest."

Elijah gave him a disgust face, "Ugh, simp." He joked. "And you even took out the piercing under your lips."

Kyle touched his chin, the spot where there used to be a piercing that he decided to take it out a week ago.

"Still won't want to admit you're just in a phase?"

"It's not a phase."

"Sure," Elijah shrugged, "whatever you say."

They started to play another round of game.

"You know, I actually think she's a good one for you. And I think you should tell her how you feel. And I know it's harsh, but accept whatever respond of her to it." Elijah said, "I just hope that she doesn't hurt you, you know?"

I hope she doesn't too, Kyle wished.