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"Hello?" Aeri said after picking up a call the next day. She didn't bother to see the caller when her phone began to ring and now she wondered who would be calling her this early in the morning.
"Oi! Have you forgotten me already, Sky?" Her friend Alex shouted in English and she pulled the phone away from her ear.
"Gosh! Quit screaming Alex" Aeri replied back in English trying to calm her friend down while rubbing her ear. She put her phone back on her ear and then smiled. "How have you been?" She asked and sat on the sofa in the living room. Aeri had just had breakfast and her father had gone off to work so she was alone in the house.
"Didn't I tell you to call me when you get there?" Alex asked completely ignoring her question. She seemed a bit annoyed and Aeri couldn't help but chuckle at her friend.
Aeri's English name was Skylar ever since she moved to England. The reason for it was because no one there could pronounce her Korean name correctly and it bugged her, so her parents changed her name. She was Skylar Kwon in England and Kwon Aeri in Korea.
"I didn't remember cause I was busy unpacking" Aeri made an excuse hoping her friend would believe it.
"Ugh! Why did you have to move??? I miss you so much. School without you, sucks" Alex whined clearly missing her friend even though she had loads of them in school. They started chatting, catching up even though it had only been a few days since she left.
After a while Alex told Aeri that she had to leave because she had to go to work and that it was getting late and ended the call leaving Aeri to laze around in her new home.
After an hour of scrolling through her phone and watching T.V Aeri let out a sigh. She was getting really bored and didn't know of what to do. It was noon when she finally got up from the couch to get herself a snack.
She thought of doing a K-drama marathon but changed her mind when she saw that the sunny weather. A good 10 years in London had made her used to the cloudy and rainy weather. Changing into a pair of blacked ripped jeans along with a yellow shirt and white converse, she left her house.
Aeri wasn't in the mood to play basket ball so she decided to just head to the park and enjoy the weather. 'Maybe I should get a part-time Job to help me spend time until I get into Uni' She thought as she headed to the same park she went to yesterday.
Deep in her heart, she wanted to see the mysterious boy from earlier. He had this weird aura that made her curious. Although she knew she wouldn't see him, she still entered the playground and sat on the swing.
A few children were playing around, having ice cream due to the hot sunny day while Aeri stared at them. She put on her ear phones and turned on her favourite playlist which consisted of her favourite American songs.
A 6 year old boy came up to her awhile later and asked her if he could use the swing. Aeri smiled at the boy and got off, asking if he wanted her to push him too. He nodded his head and Aeri slowly pushed the swing so that he could start swinging.
A few more kids came and asked her if she could play with them. Aeri was quite surprised but agreed with a smile on her face, she was bored anyway.
A few hours past by and even a few mothers came up to her, asking if she could sit with them and hold their babies. The mothers smiled at them while the blue eyed girl made weird and funny faces to make the baby laugh.
"Can you make another funny face?" A child asked her whilst they sat in a circle and she entertained the bunch of kids. She nodded and was about to squish her cheeks when something caught her eye. She could see a familiar mint green haired guy standing beside a tree far away from them, staring at her.
For some reason, Aeri blushed a bright red knowing that he was watching her for quite a while. She was so caught up in laughing and playing with the small children that she hadn't noticed him staring.
The children started giggling at her red face, causing her to look away from him and pay attention to cute toddlers. She tried to calm her cheeks by putting her cold hands on them when a girl asked "How did you make your face red?"
Aeri couldn't help but chuckle at the naïve question while patting the cute girl's head. She got up, dusted off her pants and told the children to go back to their parents. They all booed and awwed making her smile yet again.
Once she made sure everyone was safely back to their parents, she turned around and looked at where the guy was standing a few minutes ago. Unfortunately, he was nowhere to be seen which made Aeri frown.
She started walking on the grass and breathed in the smell of nature looking around. Her arms were crossed and she could feel the cool breeze touch her skin, making her shiver even though it was a warm day. Winter was near and she was hoping that she could go back to London... already.
She missed London. She missed her friends, she missed her mother and brother, she missed her old life. Was coming here the right choice? Not that she had any.
When she found no sign of the green haired guy, she finally gave up and started heading her way home.
Little did Aeri know that a pair of dark eyes was following, looking at her every movement until she was out of sight.
***
The next day was the same. Aeri left for the park at around noon wearing a blue dress this time. It had pretty yellow flowers printed on it and brought out her eyes.
She stopped by the café to buy some coffee for herself then headed to the park. Again, the green haired guy invaded her thoughts and she tried hard to remember if she had seen him before. Why was he staring at her? Why and how did he disappear? Why is his hair green? Why does he always wear a mask?
A million questions ran through her mind while she entered the park and made her way to an empty bench. She pulled out a book from her bag and started flipping through the pages. Maybe the weather would help her read but to no avail.
Books were not a thing for the particular blue eyed girl. She had tried to read the book her friends had recommended her but it she just couldn't keep her eyes on a bunch of words. It was crazy how people spent whole days just looking at words.
She frowned and put the book back in her bag. 'Bad idea' she thought and put her face on her palms while leaning her elbows on her knees clearly bored.
Suddenly her eyes caught sight of an orange ball sitting all alone in the big green field. There was no one around it or playing with it so Aeri got up and started heading its way. The ball was literally craving for attention in her mind.
Once she was close enough, she saw a yellow piece of paper on top of the ball. She went closer and picked up the ball in her hands while looking at the sticky note.
"I like your eyes" Aeri read out loud and furrowed her eyebrows in utter confusion. Was it meant for her?
She took the note off and flipped it trying to see who sent it to her but it was blank. Was someone creepily stalking her?
'No way. Pfft, I just moved here ... why would anyone want to stalk me?' She asked herself and stuck the note back. But then an idea popped in her head.
She took out a pen from her bag, which she coincidentally had, and started writing on the empty space. Basket ball still in hand.
'How cliché?' She wrote and smiled cheekily. She then stuck the note on her palm while dribbling the ball. After a while, she stuck the note back on the ball and threw it as high as she could before quickly running away from the place.
She exit the park and went back home, still smiling at the fact that someone complimented her eyes. Even though it might have been a creepy stalker trying to murder her. 'Well, might as well have fun if someone is going to be like that'
