A Curly Mess Of Emotions✓

11

"And what is it that you want?"

He grinned.

"How good are you with geometry and history?"

Geometry and history?! Where did that come from?

Well, smart human, what were you expecting?

"Good enough. Why?"
"Tutor me."

Okay.

"So if I tutor you in geometry and history, you'll tutor me in love? Is that what you're trying to say?"
"Yeah!" He said, enthusiasm flooding his veins.
"You do know I'm obsessive-compulsivr right?" I winced.
"I also know you were among the smartest in your batch," he winked. Okay, fair point.
"Deal?" He said.
"Umm, okay?" I answered.
"Great ma'am. Now when do we start?"
"How about-"
"Today? Yeah okay I'll be at your place by five see ya!" Having said that, he jogged off.
"What did I do to deserve this" I muttered while walking back towards the steps.
"Stephanie there you are I was waiting for like forever!"
I turned around, only to find Carolyn's green eyes looking back at my grey ones.
"Oh I was just taking a walk around," I lied.
"You came from the same direction as my brother...were you guys together?" She said mischievously, while wriggling her eyebrows.
"Maybe? Anyways let's get going," I walked off, hoping that she left that topic.

"I'm going to let you avoid my question because I'm not ready yet to hear that my best friend is dating my brother yet,"

I kept walking.

"But tell me, what were you both doing at the lonely corridor?"

What?!

I turned around, my eyes bulging wide, only to come in contact with her smirking ones.

"What happened Juliet? Cat got your tongue?"

"What are you talking about?" I stuttered.

"I was passing through the stairs when I saw you walking away, my brother at your trail,"

(Flashback)
"You okay? Did I go too far?"
"Oh no it's fine it was... nothing, after all," I started walking towards class.

I sighed. Thank goodness she didn't witness anything else.

"Or did I miss something else? Oh my god did you-"

"NO! I mean, no, we just walked to class together,"

But I couldn't stop thinking about the minute before. I'm pretty sure my cheeks got red.
The conversation ended abruptly there. There were no more words uttered and we soon reached our respective apartments.

"Great ma'am. Now when do we start?"
"How about-"
"Today? Yeah okay I'll be at your place by five see ya!"
If I had to save my reputation in front of him, I needed to clean my house.

I started with cleaning the main room. It was actually in a pretty good condition, I only had to arrange a few boxes which contained accessories of my room. I hadn't put them up yet.
"Let's get the party started," I roped all my hair together in a bun and took a duster. After connecting my phone with the speakers and starting my playlist, I started with the walls.
I always had a thing for cleanliness. No matter where I was, my surroundings had to be clean. Without knowing it, I started moving my feet along the beat of the song. The song was 'Not in Love' by Enrique Iglesias. One of my all time favorites.

You call me on the phone
I act like nothing's going on
We're driving in my car
I pretend that you don't turn me on
(Ah ah ah) you sexy thing
Yeah you know it yeah
(Ah ah ah) you move around now you show it

I'm not in love
It's just a phase that I'm going through
I'm always looking for something new
But don't go running away

Im-

The song was abruptly cut off by a continously string of texts from someone.
You can guess who that someone is by now.

‘I'm coming over in fifteen minutes.’
‘Fifteen minutes forty nine seconds.’
‘Fifteen minutes forty seconds.’

He just wouldn't stop. I threw my phone away in frustration. What is it with him? He wasn't supposed to come over this early anyways.

By the time I was done cleaning, it was four fifteen. I still had to arrange the contents of the box; it had lots of memories which I refused to leave behind.

As soon as I reached up to the box, my hands ready to open them, the sound of the doorbell echoed through my house.

I opened the door only to find-

"Mark?"
"Hey," he said casually.

"Umm..you're early?"

"Uh yeah I thought I'll drop by Carolyn's for a while but she isn't here,"

I recalled Carolyn telling me about her part time job. "Yeah she has a part time job," I informed him.

"Yes she told me when I called her up. So did I disturb you?"

"Kind of. I was cleaning. You can help me if you want,"

"Would love to," then he stood straight, hands crossed over his chest, as if he was waiting for something.

"Why don't you come in?"

"You'd have to move so that I could," he said.
I was still standing in the same position, my door still half closed. Embarassed, I flung open the door so hid- I mean went in the kitchen, to get some water.

"Your room is pretty clean already, what else do you wanna clean? Microbes?" He joked.

"Nah I just have to arrange and review stuff from that box," I said while handing him the glass of water.

"I'm tired though. I feel sweaty," I confessed.
"Go take a bath then," he said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"And leave you to burn my house down? Hell to the no man,"
He raised an eyebrow at me.
"I think I'll just go take a bath," I agreed.

Mark's Point Of View

After she excused herself for a bath, I had a look around her house. It was pearl white, with not a hint of dust. There was a framed poster of BTS near the window, which was of floor length. There was also a framed family picture on the other side of the window, opposite to the BTS frame. The coffee table near the window was just as clean, along with the chair.

The box was leaning at the wall. It wouldn't hurt to go through it right? Who knows, I might just find an embarassing photo or two of short cake in there.

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