When The Devil Noticed Her

Chapter 10

First day of our field training. Mr. Martin paired the freshmen with the sophomore and I was paired with Shion, though I really want to avoid him, but I think I cannot for now. Kai was paired with Sarah, they really looked good together. I felt down again after seeing them. Then Shion interrupted my thought.

“Let’s go.” He said and I nod at him. We went to different areas, we took pictures and measure the building. I am enjoying the things we are doing, I barely remember the devil and I am happy. When we were done, we arrange the tables and chairs we brought inside one of the building. Shion was helping me understand the areas that we measured earlier. He taught me how to calculate the angles in a different formula. Those are new learning for me and it made me really grateful. Shion was really kind and thoughtful, he always assess me in everything I do, I felt like a princess when he’s beside me unlike when I am at the devil’s side. Thinking of him makes me mad. I saw him earlier and he is enjoying the company of his girlfriend. I sighed deep thinking of him and Shion notice that.

“Are you okay?” he asked.

“Yeah..Yeah.. I am”, I said to him. I started sketching on the graph paper the images in my mind. This way I will divert my mind to other things. As I was sketching, I felt Shion was looking at me and it made me so irritable.

“Do I have something in my face?” I asked him. I just want to know why he is looking at me.

“No!” he said directly. “I was just mesmerized by what I am seeing right now”, that’s it, he is really checking me out.

I smiled at him not really persuade by what he said. I looked back to my sketch and started stroking my pen again. The things he said were just a joke and I knew it.

“Mia”, he called me.

“Hmm” I said not looking into his face. I busied myself with sketching.

“What kind of guy are you looking for?” he asked making me laugh.

“What?” I am still laughing.

“Don’t laugh at me Mia, I am really serious”, his tone is really stern this time. I looked at him to assess if his face has a hint of joke but there is nothing. I swallowed my saliva while locking eyes with him.

“Do I need to answer that? Does my answer mattered?” I asked back. Now he’s the one who’s smiling.

“You’re answering my question with a question Mia”, he said still smiling.

“I really don’t know how to answer it. You know, a girl like me must not set a standard for a guy. I don’t really deserve those”, I answered him without looking on his eyes.

He touched my chin and bring my face to him. Now we are facing each other.

“You’re more than what you think of yourself Mia, don’t let yourself down. You are very …unique”, he said looking into my eyes. I looked away from his gaze because I really don’t like the “unique” part, it was like he was saying I am not beautiful. Well, I really am not.

“I think we need to continue our works now!” I said to him smiling. I really want to ignore him now. I know he was just giving me a light environment but an overthinking girl like me will end up being pessimistic.

We continued our works that day. We made small conversation and that’s all. After that awkward moment, Shion didn’t mention something awkward again and it made me feel good.

The next day, we paired up again and did different measurements and sketches. We made different designs and I wrote down different precautionary measures for the sketch I am doing. For me, planning and designing building without safety precautions will only lead to shortcomings. An over thinker like me will always have negatives in mind and to patch that negativity I have to do more plans and exceed my limitations. If I need to change everything then I will change everything. Being contented is not enough for me, I don’t want flaws from my work and I always see to it that I change everything if I saw some mistakes. I am really obsessed by perfection.