𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘆𝗕𝗼𝘅 𝑨𝑫𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑵 𝗢𝗻𝗲𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘁𝘀 [2]

𝐭𝐞𝐧. 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞

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𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 :: 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 (𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐫𝐥)

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It's PE class, the last subject before school day is over. The whole class sat apart, leaving an extremely spacious gap in the middle of the room. I already knew what is going to happen, and I couldn't help but cringe ever so slightly at the thought.

But then my eyes landed on him, and I immediately changed my mind. He sat from across me, too caught up on talking to his friends who sat by next to him. I saw him laugh, his dimples showing freely. His brown hair bounces as he move, his eyes squinting as he smiled.

I crossed my fingers; hopefully he picks me to dance with him.

I know that was impossible, but it won't hurt to hope, right?

After quite some time staring at him, I looked away, praying that no one saw me looking at him or else I would be screwed. I promised myself I would not catch feelings for anyone this school year; the promise broke. My inner self felt betrayed, yet my heart was already far into the god knows how deep freefall to turn back.

Now that I am indeed falling and in love, I wanted no one to know about my feelings. Unlike before, I always ended up telling my classmates who my crush was then it spreads and suddenly leak to the person I'm into. I would be considered lucky if they turned out to like me back, but the often outcomes are me being left alone.

I am not surprised. I am not confused. Who in the world would like someone like me? I am nothing special if I were to compare myself to the other students.

I frowned slightly. My seatmate noticed, and asks, "Hey Justin, you okay?"

Quickly flashing her a smile, I answer, "Yes, of course. Why wouldn't I be?"

"I don't know, you were frowning so I thought you are sad."

"I'm okay, Hannah. Thanks for your concern, but really, I'm okay."

"Alright, if you say so."

Glancing back at Adam who is still busy laughing with his friends, I smiled softly and pushed the negative thoughts away. I wouldn't let my insecurities ruin this moment for me. I want to dance with him.

"Everybody, listen up!" Our teacher's loud voice ringing throughout the entire room snapped me out of my thoughts. The loud conversations were now replaced with silent murmurs.

"So we are going to start. I'm gonna play some music, and the boys can come up to someone and kindly ask them to dance like a gentlemen. Remember what I taught you," she spoke and opened her phone. The small speaker she brought turned on; "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran started playing. "You may now start."

Multiple guys stood up, hesitating to come up to us. Pairs went in the middle and started dancing, this urging and giving enough confidence to the others. I glanced at Adam again, the timing being so perfect as he also turned his gaze towards me. I immediately looked away as locking eyes with him is my biggest weakness.

The moment I put my eyes back on him, he stood up. He walked over to his left, and my hopes dropped. I thought he was going to ask someone from that area but I saw him talking to our teacher about something. I saw her nod her head, and he turns around.

My stomach fell when he locked eyes with me, and I saw him starting to walk towards my direction. I was expecting for him to turn away, or maybe ask the person sitting next to me. But his trails didn't turn, and he went straight ahead to me.

Energy and anxiety shot up so quickly when he offered his hand to me, softly asking, "May I have this dance?" with a smile.

I froze on my seat. My branial cord disconnected and I suddenly didn't know how to act. A nudge from my seatmate brung me back to my senses, and without thinking, I accepted his request.

He slowly walked us over to the middle along with some of our classmates. When we both took a stop, he let go of my hand. Reaching over to grab my left hand and placed it on his shoulder, gently putting his hand on my waist right after. Our other hands met again, and this time, he intertwined our fingers together. I'm pretty sure this was not what he was supposed to do, but I didn't budge.

Baby I, dancing in the dark, with you between my arms...

As the chorus of the song hit, he started swaying us side to side. I obligued with whatever he did as I didn't want to accidentally step on his foot. We danced along with the slow music, our bodies starting to synchronize as I am also starting to get the hang of our footsteps.

I eventually looked up after watching our feet move together, and I saw him staring at me. My stomach fell and I missed a footstep, making the both of us almost fall over to the floor. Good thing, with his tall figure, he caught me. The both of us stopping for a mere second to catch how close our faces are to each other.

"Holy shit, dude," one of our classmates exclaimed beside us, looking at us with amusement.

Adam quickly acted and brought me back up on my balance, awkwardly putting the both of us back in position before that clumsy incident happened.

"Sorry about that," he mutters.

"No, no. I should be the one apologizing. That was my fault, I missed a foot..." I swiftly said back, earning a light chuckle from him.

We went back to dancing, that mistake unexpectedly starting a small conversation between us. I was so into his voice, I forgot we were dancing for a brief moment. I forgot that there are people around us. I forgot that there was music playing. All I am acknowledging is that I am dancing with my crush. I am holding his hand, he has me inside his arms.

Damn, manifesting actually works.

"Y'know, this might've been our first conversation together," he suddenly says.

"I'm not gonna lie, I was kind of scared to talk to you because I thought you are going to be mean. Don't take this seriously, okay? You were just really quiet most of the time."

"Really?" I ask.

"Mhm," he nodded his head. "But I was wrong. You are actually fun to talk to."

I blushed deeply. "O-oh... thanks, I guess."

He laughs.

"Wanna be friends? I'd love to get to know you better."

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𝐢 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐠