Lover | (Ningselle)

Can you be my lover up until the end?

"Ningie, pleaseeeee"

"No"

"Pleaseeeeeeeeeeee"

"No"

"Ning, come on, I said please"

"And Aeri, I said no. For the 25th time. No."

Aeri huffed as she walked over to the empty seat at the far end of my bedroom, plopped her butt on it and glared at me from across the room. I rolled my eye at her before turning my attention back to the report I was writing on my laptop, piece of paper littered everywhere in my bed and floor.

Every now and then, I'd look up from my laptop to look at Aeri, who was sitting down on the chair on the other side of my room.

The first time I looked up to meet her gaze, she had her arm crossed over her chest like a child throwing tantrum after not getting what they wanted.

The second time I looked up from my screen, she was reaching for something on my study table. I cleared my throat just as she was about to grab a photo I had of the both of us, taken during that one time she managed to drag me to an scared after school

"You really love touching my stuff, don't you?"

She just shrugged at me in return before going back to sitting still, her as are crossed over chest once more.

The third time, however, I was surprised to already find Aeri looking at me. There was a certain softness in her features: gentle eyes, calm demeanor, and a small smile on her lips as she continued to look at me from across the room. I remember suddenly feeling self-conscious because it was as if she was trying to study me under her steady gaze. The longer she looked at me, the more uncomfortable I felt.

Was there something on my face?

Is she trying to count how many eyelashes I have?

And is she trying to find something about me that she would use to tease me endlessly about?.

Just then, a soft chuckle escaped her, completely breaking me away from any thoughts about my spiraling self-esteem. Finding my voice, I just ask her "what?"

"Nothing" she said, smiling to herself. "You just look like everything I've ever wanted".

I had a scoff. Aeri was such a natural flirt.

"Aeri Uchinaga, you do know that your cute little lines aren't going to work on me, right?"

"Ah, so you think my lines are cute.... I wonder if you find them just as cute as me?"

"No"

"Wow. You're really hurting my feelings here, miss Yizhuo"

"Can you go find someone more interesting to disturb?"

"And why would I do that when you are the most interesting person I know?"

I decided that I've had enough, getting a pillow from my bed and throwing it across the room. It hit Aeri square right in the face, suddenly making roar in laughter as she held her face. Just when I thought my laughter was about to finally die down, I looked at Aeri, who suddenly poured at me, making me burst out into hysterics once more.