10 years, to fall in love

Chapter two

We have talked a lot since then, and the topic was not limited to learning. We also started chatting and sharing our everyday life with each other.

One day, he told me that the buyer of his couch that he's giving away for free to is a Chinese girl, and he sent a voice message in mandarin to the couch girl and she's so surprised! It's not super common for a foreigner to speak mandarin yet he can speak a little bit with flawless accent!

I started to fantasize a romantic love story that will unfold between him and the Chinese couch girl. He also told me about his "date" with the couch girl, when she gently stroked his long hair, and the looming provocation all seemed to indicate that she was interested in him. I encouraged him to be brave enough to woo her.

He was looking forward to the second date with the sofa girl, but unfortunately the sofa girl never had any real interest in him, it was just his wishful thinking from beginning to end. I feel very sad and I comforted him emotionally. I encouraged him he's so wonderful and he deserves someone better.

So I decided to introduce him my high school classmate, a Chinese girl who wants to date white guys. My classmate had a good impression of him at first, but the only thing she's unhappy with was his weight, as he weighed more than 150kg.

She said: Even if I get to know him more, I feel that he shines in many ways: he's young and successful with a promising future, but he's unfit to live with, as he doesn't know how to save money even though his salary is decent. He also lacks basic life skills, such as driving and cooking. He heavily depends on eating out everyday, and when that adds up, it's a huge expense. As soon as she found a better target, she stopped talking to Andrew.

I feel more and more sorry for Arthur. He said something that made me especially melancholic: "Arthur's secret: I never fantasize about having a girlfriend, I fantasize a robot that can give hugs" Hearing this, My heart went shattered.

Why such a kind and gentle, intelligent and wise, young and promising boy, why can no one see underneath his body, there's a warm and sincere heart, why does everyone judge a book by its cover nowadays?

I do not know since when, he has become a part of my life. He is the person whom I share everyday of my life with, a good tutor who I seek technical help from, a good friend who comforts me emotionally and listens to me, and the one who I say good night to before going to bed.

Before I knew it, my heart was touched, and I started paying attention to him the way I had never done before.

I feel I have lost in his beautiful blue eyes, besotted by his chubby but handsome face, the whole world seemed to pause for a moment, when I stared at him on the computer screen, I didn't hear a word what he was saying, he asked me: Do you get it? I reacted with a blushing face and answered embarrassedly: Can you say it again? I wasn't following. He didn't mind to tell me again and again until he made sure I fully understood the ideas.