Why Not?

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I never thought that a dental clinic can be a romantic place. Here I was with my brother walking along the sideroad while listening to music as we will head to the dental clinic. Because of my brother's kinda special teeth, the braces need more support in holding his teeth so he needs to go to this dental clinic once or twice a month. This time he brought me along because after his session with the dentist we're gonna watch a movie at the mall. He said that it would only take a little while to get done so we will have plenty of time before our movie starts.

There was nothing special about the place, it is cold because of the aircon, the place still smells like toothpaste, and as always there are other people waiting in line, but one thing I like about the place is their waiting lounge because they have very comfy sofas. My brother talked to the assistant and she told my brother to wait and she'll call his name if he will be next. While he was talking to the assistant I find myself a comfortable place to sit and I readied my earphones and playlist as I already know I will have to wait a long time.

I think it was in the middle of the fifth song when I saw the glass door open and then came her. A girl wearing a sleeveless shirt tucked into her pants came along with her mom and little brother. Her mom was having an appointment with another dentist and the girl and her little brother were there just to come along. I never really paid attention to her, I only glanced a little, I was still busy scrolling to almost endless random pictures I downloaded from the internet all the while listening to music. They sat almost where my brother and I seated so I can see her in the background while I use my phone. She was also wearing earphones all the time, I don't often see other people always wearing earphones as I do so I said to myself "cool". She was very pretty, brown hair, very slim, a little tanned, and I think she's foreign because you can't always see a girl like her, nevertheless, I wasn't that bothered, yet.

My brother's name was finally called and surprisingly the girl's mom is also called, so it was just me, the girl and her little brother, and two other old people were left in the lounge. As I was looking at my phone I suddenly glanced over her and I focused back again on my phone because I saw her do the same. The assistant somehow knew the girl's mom so she would talk to the girl's little brother. The girl's little brother was busy talking about his toy cars and would play with them at the top of the sofa while the girl is still wearing earphones, probably also listening to music. When the little boy got bored playing with his toy car he would try to annoy the girl but the girl was never seemed to be bothered, I think it's because of the magical power of music, you can't hear a thing when your wearing earphones. When I looked over her she once again also looked at me. After that, it happened again; I was beginning to be bothered, in a nice way.

The girl's little brother suddenly came up with a scheme that will kill his boredom, he took all the pillows from the sofas including where I sit, and pile them up in a corner, I think he was building a fortress or something because he was trying to hide underneath the pillows. I look at her little brother and giggled as I remembered doing the same thing when I was a child and I notice that the girl was also laughing as we made eye contact again. It was almost an hour since my brother was called. Out of boredom, the girl was finding a spot to hid one of the sandals of her little brother so I pointed at the end of the sofa where I am sitting and she hid it there, we both looked at each other and smiled. From that moment I felt like I want to talk to her but I was too hesitant. She was really bothering me, I kinda like it.

Sadly, my brother was finished with his session but before we got out we first go to the restroom. when we were about to leave, I took a quick glimpse of the girl, she also looked and I smiled. I never knew if what I think and feel at that kinda sweet moment was the same for her. I guess I'll never know. Tired and very close to shut-eye, I got home at eleven o'clock in the evening because the movie is not available in the nearest mall so we have to go to a more farther mall to watch the movie. I unloaded my bag unconcernedly as I rub my eye, My eyes were almost shut until I saw a little piece of paper drop out of my bag. I never remembered putting that paper in my bag, I picked it up and check it out. There was a phone number with very elegant writing and a very sweet sounding word written next to the phone number, I cannot erase it in my mind, it says "Hi." She must have snuck it in when I left my bag in the lounge when we got in the restroom. Now I knew the answer so I smiled and simply asked myself ''Why not?"