He's Into Me

Chapter 5: He's Into Me

OKAY. WAAAAAAAAAIT. What. Is. Happening. Right. Now!

I was so confused with his actions and what he said.

"Uh..." was all that came out from my mouth as I thought of something to say. I mean, I can't just literally blurt out and say, "Hey Wei, who is now my boss and was my high school bully, you are so weird right now" of course not. Well of course I can. But that is if I do not want to keep my job. That'd be dumb.

He noticed how uncomfortable I was and led me to the table. I took a seat and another worker put breakfast on my plate. "Eat first Ru, then we'll talk business later on." Judy said while smiling.

After breakfast, we went to another portion of Wei's house and sat on the sofa.

"Ru, the reason why I hired you is actually different from the reason that my dad told you." Wei said. I looked at him and Judy, confusion never leaving my mind.

"Mr. Fritz is your dad?" I asked him.

"Yes Ru. Now, I want to be honest with you..." before he finished his sentence, Judy cut him off. "Wei, I'll just go outside to grab something to drink. Want anything?" Wei shook his head. "How about you Ru, the usual?" she asked me. The usual? What's the usual? I mean hello, if you knew me well you'll know what I always drink but Judy and I weren't really that close. She noticed my expression and said, "I mean Thai Pink Milk Frappe." She said I only nod in response, not really sensing anything. She walked towards the door and left.

Wait, how did she know that!?

"So..." Wei spoke but paused. I looked at him, in his eyes and it was a burning fire. His eyes were like burning crystals full of passion.

"When I first met you in senior high school, I found you so weird since you were the only one in the class who was wearing a Chinese lucky bracelet. I mean who would a sixteen year old want to wear that? I mean I'm partly Chinese but I don't but that's not the point." He smiled sheepishly. "In the next few days, I can't seem to keep my eyes to myself and I would always look at you, not that you would know since you're sitting in the first front rows. My friends started to notice how I often break a smile and look to 'somewhere' and keep on spacing out. After a few months, I was at Rica's party when I told her what had been going through my mind. I explained to her that I always look at you like a creep and smile without any logical reason. Seeing you smile and be happy makes me feel happy as well. But, seeing you happy with Tan was something that built a 'feeling' that I didn't really like. She told me that maybe I was being protective about you but I told her that we were not even close or whatsoever. Then, she told me that there were two explanations for what is going on with me. It was either I was just happy that you were there, or I was happy because I was attracted to you. The thought of me being attracted to another guy was scary because at that point of time, I was still this naïve only child. I never got the chance to rationalize everything so, I decided that I wanted to get close to you. But every time I walk towards you, Tan would always glare daggers at me. That's what made me 'bully' you since I didn't get the chance I wanted. Do you still remember that time when we came over to Rica's place because we were doing our research paper?" he asked. I only nodded in response because I was so confused on what he was going on about.

"We almost took it until midnight since the apparently smartest guy in class, which was you, it was hard to finalize everything while I kept bugging you since I really wanted your attention. That's why I acted like I didn't care. And then, little did I know that you fell asleep. So, I continued what you were doing but Rica caught me but I didn't want you to know so I told her to tell you that she finished the work. I also asked for our research adviser to pair the three of us up. I knew it was a very selfish decision but what can I do? I was crushing so hard on you that I forgot to be rational." He continued.

WHAT? The WEI, my high school 'bully' had a crush on me?

"So you're telling me..." I didn't finish what I was supposed to say because I didn't want to be the one to say it.

"Over the last few years, I went to china to start my music career to get you off my mind. But even as the years went by, you were still running in my mind. It's very accurate to say that almost all of my songs were about you. Ten years, Ru. For ten years, I've loved you. And I still do." He said. His eyes were telling me that I was all true.

But that was unbelievable!

I was speechless for a few moments.

Author's Note: Here's an update! This chapter has been updated from the original material as well.