It was 8 o' clock. In other words "opening your room's window to again look at that guy who goes cycling past your street" hour. When did this even start? 2 months back when your mom scolded you to open the windows in your room to get some ventilation.
It just started as a small incident, as you opened the window to your room in an annoyed mood to see a guy with brown chocolate eyes with wavy hair looking at you, smiling as he was taking a water break and was waving his hands at you.
You could say you wanted to thank your mom for scolding you that you met him.He then got on his cycle and passed past your home.
You wanted to be friends with him, or perhaps maybe more? Your mind wouldn't stop thinking about him and so you thought every time you wanted to take a study break it would be around the time he passes by your home.His visual was quite the reward you could say.
3 months went by with this routine,and you grew restless he never looked at you ever since that one day that started it all. It was February already and you had had enough,you knew you just had to talk to him.
So today, instead of standing near your window you stood outside your house with a mint green cardigan and a white skirt.You we're growing restless as the time was 7:59 pm and he could show up any time now. And there you go as you see the usual green cycle coming into view with a brown haired guy in a hoodie with shorts.
As you looked at him you immediately stood in front of the path he was taking, which would obviously make him stop right? Wrong.He just took a turn and was going to go past you when you yelled "MR. CYCLING DUDE.".
You were embarrassed but what else could you do? You cannot let the guy who stole your heart 3 months back just go past you everyday and never even know what effect he has on you.
He slowly parks his cycle and put its stand as he turns back and smirks at you. "Oh so you finally climbed down from your window is it?". You were going to excuse yourself and explain why you stopped him but before that you could sense your cheeks get redder and so you looked down and asked,"Uh was I too obvious?".
He laughed and apologized, trying to make you look at him by cupping your cheeks as he tucked a strand of your hair behind your ears and asked in his polite voice,"Would you mind accompanying me for a walk as I tell you everything?".
You nodded before he could finish and he patted your head and said, "But for that you need to catch up to me." You were confused but as your eyes traced his moves, you got to know what he meant as he got on his cycle and started getting further, you grew angrier and yelled as you started chasing him, "WAIT TILL I GET YOU AND YOUR ANSWERS."
Luckily he stopped in front of a convenience store , and you panted as you were trying to regain your breath that you lost. You were about to enter the store when you bumped into someone's chest. As you looked up to apologise your smile dropped and you dragged him by the strings of his hoodie.
"YOU.GOT.A.LOT.OF.EXPLAINING.TO.DO", He laughed nervously and put one of the cold drinks he got on your cheek making you shiver as he spoke in his husky voice,"Fine fine as you did catch me you can have all your answers but before that drink something you look quite out of breath." As he winked.
You let out a whisper,"Why do you think I'm out of breath" and opened the cap of the drink you were offered. After finishing the drink , you asked him "May I know what's your name and the reason how you know me? My name is y/n ."
He took his cycle from the place he parked as he spoke "Sure, I'm Kai but, you can call me yours." You almost choked on the plain atmospheric air as he patted your back calming you down while laughing.
"So about the incident", he continues as he walks with his cycle next to you, "The day I saw you was the day I newly shifted to this neighborhood due to my dad's work, I was really upset as not many people my age were around this neighborhood and I had to leave my friends, so I was just cycling around to check the neighborhood but, if I may, I got startled by your beauty when I took a break, and that was where it all started."
"I'm not sure if I wanted to just talk to you or be friends or more than that but , every day I'd take the same route so as to just glance at you to make all my worries disappear, I could say you're quite the fairy to make me feel like that, of course I'd look at you a block away from when I approached your house, cause when I do approach your house I could feel how you look at me and I just let it be."
You were shocked but at the same time relieved he knew, as otherwise it would make you feel like a stalker and would make him uncomfortable. You smiled and told him about your reason to look at him and he laughed. And so you asked,"Why do you love cycling?".
He laughed and said, "excuse me if this sounds a bit too deep but, don't you find the wheels of a cycle fascinating? When it's still, it looks really cool and the design its spokes make is so mesmerizing?" You were confused but you nodded your head as you just loved the way he talked that you could care less about the context.
" I really love it when I try to focus on one of the spokes of the wheel but when it starts moving along with the wheels it's so hard to keep up with it as it eventually disappears." He pauses, "Maybe that's just how life is, we momentarily focus on the things that are important in our life but as time passes by we lose track of the things we focus on but life is just like the wheel, it'll never stop and moves on."
"But just as the wheels move on due to the stokes, the same way our momentary focuses also help us to move on in life,even though one day they disappear."You could actually feel his deep connection to things he likes. You laughed and punched his shoulder playfully,"What was that about, anyways it was nice meeting you how about we exchange numbers?"
He rubbed his neck shyly and nodded his head,"I would love that.". As soon as you both reached home you texted each other as you promised and ever since that day every time he'd be near your house he'd send a text to you that he's here and you'd join him.This lasted for another month until one day,he stopped coming.
A week,two,three...you were worried as you texted him but there was no response.Maybe this was it huh? You didn't know what to do and went to the convenience store near you to get some ice cream and that's when you bumped into someone as you looked up to apologise your smile dropped, it was him again.
You held his hand and dragged him out and spoke,"Talk to me...did I do something wrong? What were you up to these days? This is not how friends treat each other you know?".
He sobbed softly before he engulfed you in a hug as he looked at you,"Maybe we are not friends then." His words shattered you, you were about to leave as he held you hand and spoke,"I'm graduating next month." You looked at him in disbelief and then he continued, "I couldn't bring myself to tell you that, I want to spend more time with you , I want to be the only person you wait by your window to look at , I want to be the only person who holds your hand,....in the end I want to be the only person who is meant to love you.But it's alright if that can't happen. I have already fallen for you and all our moments together were my only precious ones to remember my high school life as...so thank you for everything."
You let your arms around his waist as you buried your head into his chest and whispered,"who said I was willing to leave you as my friend?", He looked at you confused as you smiled hitting his chest,"The day I approached you was the day my feelings of wanting your friendship went away, I knew I couldn't just call you my friend every time I had to bring you up in my conversations with my friends, everytime my parents asked where I was, it was killing me on the inside to mention you as a friend idiot."
"So in other words...are we more than friends now?" . You laughed and said ,"As you said that our momentary focuses help us to move on in life slowly, so Kai let me be your life long focus to let us both move on in life." He covered his mouth as he gasped, "NO WAY- You actually remembered the stupid speech I gave about a wheel-". "Yes way I do, I listened to everything you used to say and it used to play in my mind as a record every day."
He smiled as he cupped your cheeks and whispered," I guess I can finally do this now", then he covered his scarf around both of you, making you both touch your foreheads and feel your lips connecting. As he whispered how much he loved you between your kisses. He then pulled away and said, this has got to be the best birthday present I've ever got.
Your eyes widened, "TODAY.IS.YOUR.BIRTHDAY.AND.YOU'RE.TELLING.ME.THIS.NOW??". He laughed as he ran from you and yelled,"last to reach the convenience store buys me my birthday cake." You started laughing and said ,"Wait for me!!". As you ran and held his hand and walked into the darkness of the night surrounded with stars.
