Marcus told his parents moving now is a bad idea. He told them. Many times. Awkward and weirdo (that's what he thinks of himself), he knew he wouldn't make a lot of friends. Not that he had many before. He's just not good around people. He talks to himself a lot and rambles when he's nervous.

Kairn seems like those mysterious bad boy types. Like those cool guys in black and white aesthetic pictures. Distant and solitary. It looks like he gets along with everyone and would talk to you if you talk to him, but he prefers to be alone. Girls dig him as well. But people just can't seem to figure him out. He doesn't really care about anything; it seems. When he looks at Marcus, he must think 'what a weirdo'. Yeah, that's what Marcus thinks. 
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They started introducing themselves. Now it's his turn.
He looked at me, his indifferent gaze resting on me for a few seconds and said, 
"I'm Kairn." And turned away. 

He's weird. But I'm probably weirder.

"We call him Kai," his friend said. He gave a curt nod.
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The Awkward Boy's Crush (BXB)

I try to visualise my mental checklist. Another tip, 'talk to them'. Hold conversations and actively engage. No extra work needed there, I guess. For tip number three, 'listen, agree and smile.' I'm clearly doing that. Okay. Tip number four, 'buy your crush a hot drink.' They didn't have hot drinks, so I bought two double chocolate milkshakes. I know he likes that. I like sweet stuff anyway, so I love it as well. 


Tip number five, 'be subtle and flirt. I don't know how to do that exactly, I'll try it and improvise along the way. There were some other tips like be yourself and don't be obsessive and stuff, not important right now. Pfft, I am obviously not obsessive. I am infatuated, definitely. But not 'obsessive'. I just have a huge crush on my closest friend here. 


Chapter 30