#10 His Place - Beside Me.

Sun Lin Tao's POV

The next day, at school

8:15 AM

"Hey, did you see me after school day before yesterday?"

'No No..too direct..'..

"Hey, were you with me at the stationary shop day before yesterday?"

'What the hell..'

I was preparing, preparing about how I'm gonna start the conversation with Run Chen.

He was not here yet. He started coming to school after bell everyday, to avoid creating fuss in the corridor.

"Hey, do you know my name?" (Lol)

'Yeah, does he even know me?'..

(she being her usual self..)

"Arrgghhh! I don't know what to dooo!"

Ring! Ring! Ring!

The school bell rang.

All the students went back to their places.

'He'll be here any minute..', thought.

How will I talk to him?! I haven't even uttered a single word to him since he came..'

(Well, except the first day, when I, you know, fell..lol)

The teacher arrived. All the students stood up and greeted him.

"Gooood mooorrnnniiinngg teeacherr!"

Miss Xi (the teacher) greeted us back and asked us to sit down.

My heart was thumping so bad, I was convinced that I'll die then and there out of an attack.

My eyes were glued to the door.

He wasn't here yet.

'Why isn't he coming..is he gonna skip school today?.."

'He can't! Not today when I finally have something to talk to him about..'

Miss Xi started taking attendance.

'Still not here..'

Miss Xi took everyone's attendance, and at last she called out Run Chen's name.

"Isn't he here till now?..", she asked.

"Okay, then lets start the class.."

Meanwhile, me: 'Noo Runn Chen you can't do thisss to mee!!!...'

*****************************

8:50 AM

The class was going on, but I wasn't able to concentrate at all.

All I could think was about Run Chen.

'He must be late today..some work might have come up..'

My eyes still went towards the door after every second.

'Okay, I have an idea!!'

'If he remembers my name, he'll reach in the next five minutes..' (Chuckles)

'Yes, let's see!!' (Excited)

8:57 AM

*No sight of Run Chen*

'What? He doesn't know my name?!' I was disappointed, but in a fun way.

'I am an idiot!'

...

'Just comeee, Run Chen!'

And just then, I saw a pair of shoes approaching the class.

Those beautiful shoes were worn by the most beautiful feet in the world, because those were of my Run Chen.

I looked up to see him approaching towards the class. He was hurrying to reach the class.

'Finalyyy..', I sighed with relief.

As soon as he entered the class, he said "I'm sorry teacher, for being late! Actually I had a late night meeting yesterday, which continued for long, so I couldn't wake up on time today."

He appeared a bit scared, as if he thought he'll be asked to stand out, lol. Cutie!

"Oh, it's ok Run Chen, you're allowed to be late due to work issues. You can move to your place."

"Thank you, ma'am."

When he turned to walk towards me (I mean, his place), the teacher said " Don't take advantage of it though.."

Everybody laughed, including me.

I let out a wholehearted laugh. I was so relieved to see him.

He looked back to the teacher, gave a smile and was looking at the front again, when his eyes fell on me.

I was still laughing softly, but as he looked at me, I stopped. My heart beat increased. I noticed that his gaze was very piercing, as if he was trying to see through me. I literally got goosebumps.

I wasn't able to look at him for long, as if he was some energy that couldn't be seen by the naked eye for long. I looked down, into my book, and he came and sat on his place..

...beside me. <3