the birds and the morning sunlight woke me up today.
it was a beautiful day.
but i was worried for him, because it was going to happen tomorrow.
my pretty friend is ready to tell him already, but i don't think he is at all.
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morning, zia. he said, jogging to catch up with me.
hey, tae. i think it shocked him for me to say that, because he started laughing.
what? i asked.
no, it's because i think you're the second person to call me that. he was looking at me.
and i was looking up at him.
really? i bet your mom calls you that.
no, my grandma.
we both started laughing.
as we got on the bus, i noticed how we've been siting beside each other every day.
he still makes my heart beat fast, but i think i'm good at not showing it.
or maybe he's just good at not realizing.
hey, random question, he began. what were your weirdest experiences with your past relationships?
i laughed. i've never had one.
he stopped laughing and looked at me like i was the most peculiar thing.
no kidding?
no kidding.
how can people not like you? i mean, you're so nice, and− after that, he clamped his mouth with his hands, and i felt my face burn.
it's because whenever i'm always with my friend, it goes like this: they see her as the pretty one, and me as the ugly one. like i'm the underrated sidekick and she's the hero.
then everything went quiet.
the sunlight was hitting my hair, my face, and my boring brown eyes as i said that.
but taehyung was looking at me in a way no one has ever looked at me before.
and i couldn't help but look away and over to the window where the pigeons were soaring through the sky.
