REASON 22 || I love his gentleness ||

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The moment Fai finishes her story she gets up, an apologetic smile on her lips. "That was it for today, I'm sorry Amy but I really have to go now." The brunette grabs her purse, ready to walk over to the cashier to pay for their coffee. "Wait!" Amy gets up as well, making her friend turn around. "You can't just leave me like this! What about the rest of the story, I need to know if the two of you kissed and when and how and what happened after that. There is so much more you still have to tell me." Amy walks over to her friend and grabs her hands, almost begging her to stay a little longer. "Amy." a deep sigh leaves Fai her lips. "You started telling this story, so you have to take responsibility for it and finish it." Amy pouts, making her friend raise her eyebrows. "You forced me to start telling it in the first place, don't you dare blame all this on me." Fai gives her friend a stern look. Amy tries to laugh it off a little. "Okay, okay, it's my fault too." Amy admits, looking down. "Can you please tell me how it ends? Are you guys dating for real now? Or did something bad happen between the two of you?"

Fai thinks about what would be best. Just give her a short and quick summary of what is going on between her and P'King or tell her the rest of the story like how she did until now. "You know, you can also accompany me to the park, I can finish the story while we're walking." Fai suggests, making Amy look up at her with sparkling eyes. "Are you sure?" she asks. Fai nods with a smile. "Of course, I mean you're my bestie you have the right to know the rest of the story." Fai holds out her hand, waiting for Amy to grab her hand. Amy quickly grabs her bag before she puts her hand in Fai hers. "Let's go then." she smiles. The two girls walk over to the cashier where they pay for the latest order.

"I don't mean to pry." the guy with the friendly smile says while handing over the receipt. "But I overheard some parts of your conversation while I was passing by, it's an intriguing story." he says. Fai cannot help but smile. Amy puts an arm around the brunette her shoulder. "My friend is quite a good storyteller, right?" The boy nods. "I didn't get to hear the ending though, how did it end?" he asks carefully, he does not want to be rude, but he cannot seem to hold back his curiosity. "I didn't get to tell her the ending yet." Fai gives the boy the money for their drinks. "You can keep the change." The boy smiles and puts the extra money in a little tip-jar that is standing on top of the counter. "So how does it end?" He and Amy seem to share the same brain cell both asking the exact same things. "I still have to tell her, but I can quickly tell you the ending." Fai leans forward, whispering something that only the employee can hear. His eyes grow wide, his mouth slightly drops. "Really?" he asks, more surprised than Fai thought he would be. "What? What is it?" Amy asks, she tried to overhear what Fai said, but she could not hear a single word. "You will find out soon, come on we have to go." Fai grabs Amy her wrist and after saying goodbye to the polite employee the two girls leave the little restaurant.

The weather outside is great, just like what Fai expected from seeing it through the window all afternoon. The sun is shining bright, the soft breeze is just the right compensation for the warm weather. "I never noticed he listened to our conversation." Amy notes, looking over her shoulder once more, the employee is already busy helping other customers. "I was about to say the same thing." Fai laughs. "Who knows, maybe I should just write this story down and publish it as a book."

"That is literally the best idea you have ever had! It will become a bestseller without a doubt!" Amy is starting to get all excited again, but then she realizes she does not even know the ending yet. "But before you do that tell me how it ends! You even told that guy the ending before you told me." the dark-haired pouts, a little sad she isn't the first one to hear the ending. "Don't worry, I only told him if we ended up together or not. You will be the first person to hear all the details. It happened in the past two weeks so I should be able to tell you every little detail." "So, what is the next reason? What else do you love about him?" Amy brushes a strand of hair behind her ear, making Fai remember one special evening. "I love his gentleness." Fai starts blushing, a soft smile on her lips. "His gentleness? Didn't you say he was rude before?" Amy frowns. A deep sigh leaves Fai her lips. "I hate that you have such a good memory." she growls. making her friend laugh. "Okay, I won't tease you anymore, just tell me what happened." "Okay, so like two weeks ago we went out for dinner."

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King his eyes are focused on the girl in front of him. He cannot seem to look away, no matter how many times he told himself to look at the menu. His eyes will just not move away from her. Fai on the other hand is concentrated on the many dishes they sell in this place. "I was thinking about maybe getting the spaghetti, but the pizza sounds pretty tempting too, I haven't had that for a while." Fai says before looking up from the menu in her hands. "What about you? Did you make a decision already?" she asks the older boy. "Pizza sounds great." he says, making the younger one smile. "Are you sure?" she asks. King closes the menu and nods. "Yes, I am."

The dark-haired puts his elbows on the table, folding his hand together. "Why did you take me out for dinner?" he asks. He honestly was surprised when he read her message where she asked if he could go out with her tonight. He never expected Fai to do something like that, especially not because her brother still does not seem to approve of their relationship. "I wanted to thank you." Fai smiles. "Thank me?" the older boy frowns, as if he has no clue what those two words mean. "Yeah, you helped me a lot when I had nowhere to go. I want to thank you for it. I mean I was never really nice to you at first, but you never turned your back on me." Fai smiles at the older boy. "So, I'm buying you a meal to thank you for being by my side, I really appreciate it." King takes his lip piercing in between his teeth, the corners of his mouth curled up in a smile. "Has someone ever told you how cute you are?" he asks, making Fai her cheeks turn bright red. "P'King..." she says, too shy to look him in the eyes. A waiter walks over to the couple and asks them if they already made their decision. "We'd both like to order a pizza." King answers. "We have a special discount for couples for our shared pizza, would you like to try it or do you both want your own pizza?" the waiter asks, looking from King to Fai. "What is that exactly? The shared pizza?" the brunette asks, not sure what the older man meant. "It's a really big pizza with all toppings we serve in this restaurant, it's specially made for couples like you." the waiter explains, King cannot help but smile at the mention of them being a couple. "We are not a co-" "We'll take the shared pizza." King says with a grin, winking at the girl sitting opposite of him. The waiter nods and walks away from the couple, handing over their order to the chefs. "King, we are not a couple." Fai mumbles, avoiding eye contact with the older boy. "But if they think we are and that means we get to eat a big pizza and get a discount we could at least pretend, right?" he runs a hand through his hair, a bright smile on his lips. By seeing his adorable smile Fai seems to completely forget there was a problem in the first place, softly smiling back at him.

"Do you have any plans for school break?" King asks before taking a bite of his pizza slice. Fai chews on her food while thinking about the question. "I honestly can't believe the first semester almost ended already." she admits. "But I don't think I'll be doing much; I didn't make any plans with my friends." she adds. "What about you?" The brunette takes another bite, enjoying the sweet chicken topping of the pizza. A smile appears on King his lips. "You got some sauce on your face." he says, before Fai can do anything, he leans forward, wiping the sauce off with his thumbs. He licks the sweet sauce of his finger, making Fai turn red once again. "I can totally understand why you like that topping, it tastes great." he says with a grin. "You should try it too." Fai mumbles.

"I thought maybe we could go somewhere during our school break." King suddenly says, making the brunette look up with a pair of shocked eyes. "You want to go somewhere with me?" she asks, not sure if she heard it right. "Yeah, why do you sound so surprised." King laughs, this girl is just too cute. "I have never really been on a trip with someone other than my family." Fai admits. "It's okay, we could also just stay here. It doesn't matter where we are, I just want to spend some time with you." King brushes a strand of hair behind Fai her ear, making sure the hair will not get in her food. His soft hand rests on her cheek for a little, his eyes lost in hers. "I'm sorry, I just can't stop looking at you." King apologizes, slowly removing his hand. "Because I look funny?" Fai asks, a faint smile on her lips. King shakes his head. "You're beautiful, that's why."

Fai bites her lip, trying to not smile too much. He really knows what to say to make her heart flutter. No one has ever complimented her like that before. "Okay, you really have to try this topping though. It's one of the best." King grabs a pizza slice with bell pepper topping, he softly blows it to make sure it is not too hot before sticking it out to Fai. "Take a bite." he says. Fai is not sure if she should take the slice out of his hands or just actually take a bite.
"Just one bite, I promise you, you will love this one." King says with a smile. Fai carefully takes a bite from the pizza slice. "This tastes amazing!" she says with her mouth full, quickly covering her mouth with her hands. King laughs at the clumsy sight. "It is, right?"

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