Chapter 1

...Chapter 1

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I grew up with a very strict parents, I was forced to study until I did my very best. I can’t let my grades drop or else, everything I work hard will be turn into an ash.

But, that’s before not now. I turned the table and regain the freedom I’ve been seeking, I was very happy by the result. I can go out at the house and go somewhere because of what I did, though Mom and Dad are still limiting me in some I'm way.

When I turned senior high I became one of the students that like the most because they said I was beautiful and I always rank in the overall ranking every semester. I appreciate every compliment they made until Helios came in the picture.

I never been in love with someone, the feeling of being partnered by someone---I didn’t know that will happen to me, with Helios. People often call us the future couple of Adamantine, I always take all of then as a silly jokes but in the end I fall for Helios.

I mean, how can I not like him? He’s every handsome, kind and always gentle a lot of students likes him because he is easy to approach and talk to. I like how he smiles and the liveliness of his eyes, everything seems too good in my own eyes.

My forehead furrowed when I felt that my bag suddenly get lighter. It’s not like this, my bag is usually heavy.

I started touching my back hoping that I can get a grip to my bag that us now lighter than before. I’m still wearing my bag straps so it’s impossible for my bag to be snatch, or else---the one inside my bag is the one that are being snatch!

I turn and look to the person behind me with a fear of losing my belongings.

“Good morning, Spring!” Helios happily greet me, smiling and waving his hand.

I look at him but suddenly, my bag started to get heavy and because of it I felt myself almost stumble at the ground but Helios immediately grab me.

“Be careful,” he said.

I feel like, I was getting drown in his way of looking at me. His face that is so beautiful and I can’t help bet to watch it and admire it, it was a bit bright but still it’s not something that you’ll get tired of looking and by just looking at him when his smiling I feel like his making me smile too.

“Spring, are you okay?”

“Yeah, I’m good. Good morning,” I tell.

I blink twice and walk properly, I didn’t know that I doze off. I felt like I was being hypnotized for a few seconds.

What’s wrong, Spring? He just look at you but you already felt like you’re dying in his way of looking at you. This is insane, my heart is beating fast---I feel like I have an illness.

“Have you finished our homework, already?

I look at Helios who is looking directly at me, smiling and waiting for me to answer his question.

“Yes,” I answered, fixing my heavy bag and continue to walk.

“Hmm.” Nodding his head before breaking his stares at me.

Helios and I walk continually without saying any words to each other. The school is already swarmed by students, happily and goofing around. The school bell will start to ring in any seconds, class starts at 9 am so students must be inside the classroom at 8:30 or before the expected time.

“Good morning!” someone shouted, I didn’t know who that person is. I was about to look back to see who is the person who shouted when a one pair of hand wrap around me and Helios neck.

A familiar scent of someone immediately sniff by my nose, Phoebe—my best friend.

“You two were early, you didn’t even bother tow wait for me,” Phoebe sulk, trying to fix her full bangs. I look at her and place my hand on her head, I give her a pat that are usually use for a pet.

Phoebe glare at me at slap my hand. I laugh because of that and hold the hand that she slap. It was a good thing that my hand didn’t turn red.

“Ay! I told you to don’t go around trying to mess my hair. Look, it’s all messy, haist!” Phoebe hissed and fix her hair, again.

“Wow, full get up, huh,” Helios said. I look at Phoebe and he’s right, she’s good to go.

Phoebe is actually short, shorter than me and she has a very short hair and a straight full bangs. Her hair are brush to her left part while the right side were tuck in her ears, if it was not tuck in her ear I would probably mistake her as Dora.

It was a big coincidence that her hair were short length with a full bangs and plus her short height that is a perfect view to compare to Dora, just don’t tuck it.

“I put something, can you see it?” she asked while touching her own face.

I try to take a peek and squint my eyes because I can’t find anything unusual in her face.

“You can’t find it?” I nod my head as an answer to her question.

Phoebe stop walking and face me. She close her eyes and gesture something.

“Here, find and take a look.”

I glance at Helios and he just give me a nod. I divert my gaze back Phoebe and started to look at her face, attentively. I was not satisfied because I can’t find anything.

Because of the undying unsatisfaction I made our distance closely just to look at her face closely. I didn’t feel any shock or anything when Phoebe open her eyes.

I used to examine her this mich close because I can’t find anything that she used to put on her own face, even though I know those were only make ups. Because of that I don’t usually feel startled when she open her eyes.

I look around from her face down to Phoebe’s lips and when I get to know the answer I lock it into her eyes, directly while it was open.

“You’re wearing---” I smile and distance my face. “---make up, aren’t you?”

I didn’t elaborate what kind of make up she put, just that.

“Yeah… that’s right.” She almost shuttered. Looks like she’s still not used when I do that.

I watch her get flustered as her cheek turns red, she touch it and it looks like she got her mouth shut. I watch her try to fan herself and she’s trying to avoid my gaze. I just let out a small chuckle.

I didn’t talk or utter any words, I just started to walk again leaving them behind me.

“Are you done with our homework, Spring?”

“Yup, you?” I ask Phoebe and put my bag into my chair.

“Not yet,” she confess and pull the chair besides me.

“Not yet o you didn’t do it?” I ask her and laugh that made her laugh as well. Just what I thought.

I look at Phoebe just to find her smiling at me. I already know what this means so before she said something I already did.

“Alright, I’ll help you do your homework. For sure, there’s still some time left before our subject since it was after break,” I said to her.

I glance at Helios who is now walking towards our table holding two cartons of strawberry milk. He walk at us and put down the strawberry milk.

“Oh, drink this---” Helios take the strawberry milk and put it in front of Phoebe’s face. “---specially you! Drink and get taller.”

I laugh because of what Helios said and took my own carton of strawberry milk.

“Wow! That’s too much, huh. It’s not like you’re really that taller, no!” Phoebe’s uttered with irritation and look at Helios head to toe, judging him.

I just shook my head and take sip a from my drink, looks like they will fight again.

Phoebe and Helios always had a child fight, Phoebe doesn’t back down so Helios won’t either. Therefore, both of them are too stubborn to stop fighting.

“Why, am I not right?” Helios ask, mocking and making face to Phoebe

“Why? Am I not right?” Helios asked toning his voice with a mockery. “You’re the shortest student in this classroom.”

I look at Phoebe just to her get mad, you can feel a hint of smoke going out on her nose and the rage of her madness. Well, Helios is right though---Phoebe is the shortest student and as well the shortest among the girls in this room, she’s only a 5 foot and 2 inches tall.

I watch them fight to each other like a child and laugh from their own silliness until I landed my eyes to Helios

Helios is often mirrored by me, base on our classmates words and the other students. I always rank 1 in the class and also quite a popular student because of my appearance and my grades in class, while Helios is also handsome, friendly and good at sports. He doesn’t hate studying but he only let himself stay his grades at middle percentile.

In his Helios appearance it’s impossible to the students to not even recognize him here at Adamantine University. His tall and really good at making friends, people often surrounds him if they get a chance to see Helios---they will waste a few seconds to say ‘hi’ And ‘hello’ that Helios will also respond back.

On the other hand, Phoebe---she’s a bit of a person who has a nasty attitude. Phoebe is more on beauties and fashion, she likes things that are beautiful---his attitude? Worse.

People didn’t really hate or like her, it’s just that they feel offended sometimes because of her choice of words. She’s good at reading people and she hates it when they try to approach each one of us, she’s kind---maybe if it was me? Yeah, only me.

I just watch Helios and Phoebe bickering like a five year old kids until our subject teacher enter the class.

“Don’t worry I will buy you tons of that so you’ll grow up,” he added and run to his chair, second row.

Me and Phoebe are close to the window and we’reat the last row of chairs.

“Help me later, ha.”

I chuckle and nod my head to Phoebe, she’s trying to act cute. Blinking her eyes while smiling at me.

“Yes, I will. I will help you.” I assured, smiling and chuckling at her.

“Oh, here. Eat a lot of foods.” Helios put a lot of vegetables that he pick in his own tray.

He pick a few of them at his tray and put it down on Phoebe’stray.

“Specially you, eat now,” he said, putting a stress in every words. I laugh when Phoebe just rolled her eyes, she never change.

“Later, I need to go the restroom.” Phoebe hold her tummy that made me confused.

Before she leaves I hold her wrists to stop her.

“I’ll go with you,” I said, worrying about her. She looks like she’s sweating a lot and I can’t help but to get worried.

Phoebe look at me with disbelief. She tap my back continuously and started laughing.

“I’m having a stomachache, don’t tell me you’re going to join me until we reach the cubicle to watch me?”

I got shock when she said those words and almost choke, that’s so sudden. Why would I even go inside the cubicle? What am I going to do there?

“I’m eating, Phoebe! For god’s sake!” I exclaimed and drink a glass of water.

She just laugh and didn’t say anything before leaving. I watch her walk away holding her tummy, did she want to poop?

I shook my head and try to cleanse my mind. I shouldn’t think about that things when I’m going to eat.

I glance at Helios who’s peacefully eating his foods. Hmm, what did I even saw in this man aside that his name is always together with mine?

While looking at him I began to notice his long eyelashes, those were thick but it still manage to look good at him.

Helios is also tall, a 6 foot tall---his tall tall. Helios is more on physical activities just like me and we both have the same favorite subject, P.E. I like badminton more, I like the feeling of chasing the shuttlecock while sweating, while Helios?

I glance at him again and continue to eat.

Helios like bikes, it’s either cycling or basketball. I remember, Helios has a good thighs maybe it’s the results of him riding a bike. I don't know, I’m not really a fan of bikes.

“Wow, they’re together again.”

I stop eating when students began to whisper to each other while watching us.

“Are they not dating yet?

“Perfect couple”

“Just looking at them I feel like their child will also be perfect like them.”

I bit my lips when I heard that.

Child? I close my eyes and turn my head to look down when I feel my cheeks burning.

Dumb, why am I thinking about that? Why are they saying and why did they go from couple to child?! This is irritating.

I continue eating while looking down so in this position they will not see that my cheeks is red like a tomato.

“Are you okay?”

I gasped when I look up to see Helio’s face close at mine. The distance is not that far it’s very close to each other, it looks like just a few movement our eyes will go crazy just how close our face is.

Too close, I can’t.

“Spring?”

I look at his eyes that are innocently looking at me, wondering what’s going on. This guy can’t even take a hint---or is he trying to be pretentious?

“Are you okay, Spring?”

I nod my head and distance myself.

“Yes, I’m fine,” I said while trying to hide my shuttering voice.

Because of irritation I turn my head down again when my cheeks started to get red. This cheeks really does look like a freaking tomato now.

This is not good, my heart keeps pounding fast.

“Are you sure you’re okay?”

I listen to him and look my gaze up that I know I shouldn’t do. But, I’m an idiot anyway so I did it. You’re a total idiot, Spring.

This time our face is not that close but it’s the way he look at me. His looking at me intensely but you can still see a faint of worried expression in his eyes.

Abnormally, my stomach feels weird. I feel like there’s a lot of petals in a color of pink and white blend together falling all of the places.

This feels weird and beautiful at the same, the feelings that I never felt before and the person that I like in front of me.

This is something that I’ve seen in movies where in both main character look each other in the eyes and both people feel like they’re drown in love.

In my case, my heart feel likes it’s bursting my stomach feel like it was rumbling---it tickles.

Is this normal? Is this how you suppose to feel when you like someone?

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