me and you

Chapter 38

So, my best friend was in love with me. That's fine. What wasn't fine was that I stupidly told her to tell me. I actually told her to tell me that she was in love with me! And I didn't just tell her to tell me, oh no, I gave her suggestions on how to tell me. Suggestions! Why would I do that? I mean, technically, she'd already told me. Why would she have to tell me again? It was pointless, but I guess She didn't agree.

The following Monday, Tzuyu caught me in the hallway. "Hey, can we talk?"

I frowned. "What about?" I already knew what it was about, but I wanted to avoid this conversation for as long as possible.

She looked around at the students around us, some of whom were watching us curiously. "Um...can we talk alone?"

I bit my lip. "I don't know, I have to get to lunch. Mark will worry if I'm not there soon."

"Please?" She gave me the puppy dog eyes. "It'll just take a few minutes, I promise."

"Tzuyu, I can't," I told her. "I'm sorry, but I have to go."

She sighed, dragging a hand through her hair. "Fine, just go. Not like I had anything important to say anyway." she walked away, hands in her pockets and her head hanging low. "Stupid," she muttered to herself. She was so quiet, I almost didn't hear her. "Why do I even try?"

"Sana unnie!" Tzuyu called from down the hallway as I was exiting the building on Tuesday afternoon.

I spun around to face her. "Yeah?" I inquired, an eyebrow raised.

She stopped in front of me, a tiny smile on her face. "Hey. How's your day?"

I shrugged. "Fine. How's yours?"

She stuffed her hands into her pockets. "Pretty bad actually. Is Mark driving you home?"

I shook my head. "He said he had to stay after to work on some kind of project, so I'm walking today."

"Can I walk with you?" She asked.

I shook my head. "I just want to be on my own right now, but maybe tomorrow." I flashed her a smile before turning and heading home.

I heard her sigh. "Why do I even bother?" She hit something nearby, though I wasn't sure what it was. "Why the hell do I even bother? It's not like she cares anyway."

I felt my heart clench. She was wrong to think I didn't care. She was so wrong.

Tzuyu approached me again during lunch on Wednesday. "Unnie, can we talk?" She asked ass he came up to the table.

I arched an eyebrow. "About what?"

"Can we talk alone?" She rephrased her question.

I bit my lip. "But I'm eating, and you know that food is more important than you are."

She sighed. "Would it kill you to not be difficult for once and just do what I asked? This won't even take long, you'll be back with your beloved food in five minutes."

I frowned. "Why do we have to talk now? Can't we talk later?"

She dragged a hand through her hair, and I found myself wishing I could do that to her hair as well. "Yeah, sure, we can talk later. It's not like I have anything important to say or anything." She walked away, once again with her hands in her pockets and her head hanging.

It killed me to know I was the reason for her looking that way.

On Thursday, She tried again. She stepped out in front of me while I was on my way to my last class. "Hey."