the genius' first love

1 stupid genius

"Peek to the right."

"Peek to the left."

I whispered to myself while I turned my head from left to right. I was the only living thing roaming in the hallway and was in the process of assuring myself that everything would go smoothly as planned. It took me few minutes of self confab before I started to effectuate my dark schemes as if I was some kind of a mighty villain. Speaking about villains, I was then reminded of Spiderman.

"Hmmp, with that I also need to peek up ahead..."

I looked up and saw the white-painted ceiling where a chandelier-like fan was hanging in the middle. I thought of how silly I was for thinking Spiderman might be lurking from up ahead. Yet, no one could tell if superheroes were true and in case by chance Spiderman decided to drop by, he might caught me doing this. So I had to look up and see. To be fair, I also looked down to check, saw the marble floor, and thought of how beautiful it was.

There was no one else in this hallway apart from me. I was pretty sure of that. I could hear the voices of the other students from a canteen nearby. It was lunchtime, so all of them were probably busy with food and chitchats.

If only I could hide myself incognito. The thought of being caught still made me uneasy. However, last five minutes ago I had already decided that I would pursue this plan.

I sat on the left side of a long bench. There were few bags that were left unattended, but I was more interested on the plastic envelope at the other side. Earlier, I accidentally had a peek on the envelope's contents. That was what made me interested. I needed to see it again to confirm something.

The bench was quite long so I struggled my way to the other side without standing. I just simply moved my hips towards it. I was freaking nervous at the time. Sneaking into someone else's stuff did made me guilty. Guilty to the point that even the small hairs at the back of my ears stood up in rebellion to what I did. But there I was, beside the violet bag and was about to pull over the envelope. When I had a grip on it, I heard footsteps that made my heart leap out of nervousness!

"Hey Xhem!" A girl appeared in front of me. Her skin shone brightly in her green school uniform. She had long, midnight black hair that was pulled up neatly. Her crescent shape eyebrows complimented her almond hazel eyes perfectly. Her face was full of smiles.

"Hi Dian." I flashed a smile in response as I tried to hide my fear of getting caught. Did she just caught me?

"What is that?" She innocently asked while she pointed to the envelope in my hand. She was still wearing her smile and it revealed her cheerful character. However, despite that, the sophistication in her actions was vivid enough for me to realize that she came from a wealthy family. Also, the uniform she was wearing confirmed it.

"E-e-envelope". I lowered my eyes trying to escape her gaze.

I broke into sweats. She remained smiling in front of me without any plans of leaving, so I felt the need of explaining further. However, I couldn't think of any other words to say.

"Envelope- to cover my head!" I abruptly said and proceeded to cover my head with the envelope my hand was holding. Honestly, that was the most stupid joke I did in my entire life.

"What???" She asked, bursting into laughs. She looked at me with fascination. Obviously she was quite entertained with my actions.

"It's quite hot here! I don't have an umbrella so I'm using this envelope as an alternative" What an alibi, wasn't it? I was aware that my reasoning was crooked, but she was already fascinated so I just exaggerated things over so she wouldn't notice my true dilemma.