A Flower For A Muse 꽃｜花

Pre-Bloom 육

EXT. PARK - 1:30

SOO YUN'S POV:
I didn't know what voodoo magic she cast on me but I needed to have her name down. Being that said, why isn't she responding to me? Is she stuck or something? Why's she looking at me like I asked her social security number?

I noticed she was nervously rubbing her hands together, avoiding any eye contact, That was when realization hit me; I still hadn't released her from my grip, I was probably scaring her.

GIRL: .. I'm Antheia, no hablo inglés?

She nervously laughed, she doesn't know English? She's probably a transfer, from Mexico？

Well, I can't just assume that but I'm not letting a language barrier stop me.

I held up my pointer finger in front of us and pulled out Google Translate, my left hand still holding her in place. I pressed the translate button.

GOOGLE TRANSLATE: ¿de dónde eres? (Where are you from?)

Antheia blinked at me as I handed my phone to her hand, intending her to respond to me. I know I'm coming off as a creep but logic left the dust, so I'm only following my heart inside of my head.

I watched her as she typed into the translator.

GOOGLE TRANSLATE: Havana, Cuba.

The technology repeats, and I slowly nod my head, typing the next thing I want to ask.

GOOGLE TRANSLATE: ¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono?(what's your phone number?)

Since my friends were waiting for me, I couldn't stay for long so by cutting to the case, asking for her number so I could continue talking this conversation another time.

ANTHEIA: You want friend?

She spoke in a thick accent, which I found attractive weirdly enough. I gave her a thumbs up watching her consider giving me her number, her trust sure is big on mere strangers, I made a mental note to tell her to stop giving random people her number after we exchange ours, for safety; obviously.

ANTHEIA: Here.

She quietly said to me, I can't help but pat her head a little, her dark wavy brown hair was soft; she reminded me of a kitty which is my favorite animal.

I felt my phone buzz in my hand and glanced at the notification, HEE SUN: are you coming? Her message popped up on my screen, the time was almost 2, and I was running slightly late.

Shifting my attention onto Antheia, she was still in my grip since I hadn't released her yet, oops. I quickly let go of my hand; murmuring a small apology, she didn't say anything but waved goodbye before attending to her matters again.

SOO YUN: See you around, Antheia.

I quickly waved at her back and ran off to meet with the girls at the parking lot. I must say, I acted extraordinarily today but, my feelings do get the worst and best of me. I sure hope I didn't scare her too badly with my intentions of becoming friends. There's just something about her vibe that makes me feel at ease, it's a nice feeling to have.

I arrived at the parking lot, Hee Sun rolled her eyes and shoved her phone at my face with the clock on the screen, showing me that I was 10 minutes late.

SOO YUN: Alright, sorry I got caught up in a conversation that's all.

My other friend, CAMILA, butt in and bluntly asked.

CAMILA: Did you meet someone?

HEE SUN: Was it a guy? What's his name?

She smirked at me and nudged my shoulder, I pushed her arm off and rolled my eyes while flicking my finger on her forehead.