"Hey Val?" the boy asked in a hushed voice looking at the girl infront of him with a rather serious expression plastered onto his face.
"Yes?" the girl responded, returning the look to the boy in-front of her as they locked eyes.
He leaned in just a bit, their eye contact never breaking.
Valentina's heart picked up speed.
"Clementine?" the boy offered, the fruit coming into view as he stretched his palm out, a clementine in hand.
The girl broke the eye contact as she travelled her eyes down to the boy's palm where the clementine rested, waiting to be picked up.
The girl let out a giddy smile and gladly took the clementine.
She began peeling the clementine, a smile stuck on her face as she remembered their first encounter.
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