after writing her entry, bella got up and got ready for another day at school.
which meant another day of seeing seokmin.
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as the day passed, bella had seen seokmin only once, which made her sulky and sad.
but as she made her way through the door of her final class into the sea of students rushing to get home, she had bumped into a particularly tall figure.
"oops, i'm so sorry,"
"it's alright. are you okay?" a familiar deep voice asked.
bella looked up to see jeon wonwoo, one of seokmin's friends.
she had stared into his eyes a little too long, which made the boy clear his throat and look away.
"yeah, i'm alright. are you..?"
"wonwoo. i'm great."
once he realised what just flew out of his mouth, wonwoo's ears began to redden, his cheeks and neck mirroring the spread of colour.
"i mean, i'm wonwoo, and yes, i'm okay." he corrected himself, face still flushed.
"that's great, but i kinda already knew your name," she reached out her hand in front of him.
"i'm bella. nice to kinda.. officially meet you..?" it was her turn to morph into a blushing mess. to her surprise, wonwoo took her hand, careful not to squeeze it too hard as he shook their connected palms.
he muttered something under his breath, but bella couldn't quite catch it as she saw her friend waving at her by the lockers. she let go of his hand, smiled at him, and said a quick 'bye' before leaving.
as her sudden absence caught him by surprise, he had only just realised what he had said:
"beautiful."
