School Days

[3] Speechless

Yibo got a shock of his life when he saw YuXin in the evening. His sister's long lock of hair has been cropped short, even shorter than his own hair. Without even looking up at Yibo, YuXin focused on the television show and uttered, "Where's dinner?"

Walking towards the coffee table, Yibo couldn't help but ran his hand over YuXin's short hair.

Yibo, "Did you get ditched by a guy or something? But it's not like you got a boyfriend.. What's with this new look?"

YuXin, "Just wanted to look cooler than you."

Yibo couldn't refute it, YuXin indeed does look cool with her new hairstyle. She was exudes a feminine yet suave aura that was kind of rare to see in a girl. The hair framed her face nicely, bringing the attention to the soft features of her face. YuXin reached out to the packet of food that Yibo placed on the coffee table and munched on it hungrily with her eyes glued on the TV screen.

Noticing her bandage on the palm, Yibo reached out immediately and inspected her hand worryingly, "What happened? Did you go see a doctor?"

YuXin waved him off nonchalantly, pulling her hand back as she continued eating, "I'm alright. It's just an accident, it will get healed in a couple of days."

Yibo, "You know that it could be dangerous for you if your injury doesn't heal -" 

Yuxin placed her hand in front of her brother's mouth and look at him with her soft brown eyes, "Brother, I'm really fine." 

Ruffling her hair, Yibo sighed out softly. With both their parents overseas over the past few years for their volunteering work, Yibo has been standing in as the guardian for YuXin and her easygoing come what may attitude caused him to become a worry wart. Every time he sees a new injury on his baby sister, his brain immediately go on an overdrive and he starts worrying about her health condition. He knew she was hiding something from him but decided to not probe any further since she wasn't keen to share. After all, if she's in any real trouble in school, it wouldn't be hard to find out given his status and connection.

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Zhengting was waiting for Kun who just left the lobby of his apartment. He entered the back of the car and was greeted by a cheery smile from Zhengting.

Zhengting, "Your seat partner is an interesting girl isn't she?"

Kun, "..."

Zhengting, "It seemed like you enjoyed her company."

Kun looked at Zhengting, "No, I don't." Hearing his reply, Zhengting pressed his lips and nodded, knowing that his friend is keeping his emotions to himself as usual. Being friends with Kun since childhood, Zhengting had learned to read his emotions and nonverbal cues quite accurately.

YuXin, "Good morning Kun Kun!"

YuXin greeted Kun brightly as he sat down beside her. Noticing her new hairstyle, Kun glanced at YuXin briefly before turning away. YuXin touched her short hair and smiled, "Ah.. I decided to cut my hair, inspired to be a Prince as well. How do I look?" She nudged with her elbow lightly and looked at him with her eyes glimmering with expectation.

Kun, "..."

YuXin, "Ah, alright. I know I can't win against you, you are still the most handsome in this class."

Piling her textbooks up, she lie down comfortably and started snoozing without a care. Kun stole a look at her and breathed out deeply. Never in his life has he met a girl who could snooze like this without a care for her image. Although YuXin has been pestering him and engaging in conversation with him all the time, he couldn't feel any sort of malice or see any hidden agenda from her actions so far, unlike the girls who approach him trying to get his attention for other motives. Perhaps she really is just friendly and a little silly to boot.