Muddle✔

sc is back!

Rivi's pov:

Joe asked me to wait near the open gym  at 2100hrs  , I don't know why.

And the number of pleases he said I could not deny and am still here even at 2130hrs.

I get onto the pullup bar ,no point of wasting time . I'll leave when I get tired.

I'm just out of training so I won't take hours to get tired.

After about 40 minutes I hop down and strech a bit for about 15minutes .
It's almost 10 now I should get going.

I walk out of the gym and start walking towards my dorm.

°rivi!!!° I hear a panting voice

Hardin? I whisper to myself.
I turn around fast enough that I wonder how did i not get a whiplash.

'Hi' I wave awkwardly trying to act normal.

So much for acting normal.

°hey°
Argghhh!! Those damned dimples.

And silence....
We both look everywhere but at each other.
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'Umm do you know where Joe is?'

°Joe? Must be in his dorm. Why?°

'He asked me to wait here at 2100hrs and didn't come yet '

°umm...yeah° he rubs the back of his neck.

I raise an eyebrow with crossed arms

°I asked him to call you but major samuel stopped me mid way , and assigned a task and I could not deny, not that I wanted you to wait , I mean
I didn't want you to wait but I can't deny an order, and I could not explain that to him because....because  he'd be mad and he'd have punished me means more time, because it might have sounded like an excuse. I'm so sorry I didn't mean to waste your time , you can go  ...no no not like that  I'm not sending you away just...°

I laugh out loud at his rambling and the frown  , he looks super cute.

'Calm down hardin' I say laughing.

His frown turns to an embarrassed smile.

'But why did you want to meet me?'

Whatever the reason is I'm super happy he wanted me to wait .

°this.°
He says retrieving something from his pocket.

An acorn bracelet.

° nothing much .
But since I was kid I've believed acorns to be lucky. And when I saw this , you were the first person to come to my head.  Like you make me feel lucky  . So I got these and made a bracelet  out of them.°

I look at him dumbstruck.

How perfect a man can be?

°bad idea?
I should have known. I'm sorry. °

His face falls and he move his hand towards his pocket which I stop midway.

'This is perfect.'  I say in an awestruck voice.
So is hardin.

I hold his hand with my left and extend my right for him to tie the bracelet.

He ties it with a smile.

A handmade bracelet!
Why should I not be swooning over this guy?

'This is so gorgeous and thoughtful hardin . Thank you so much '

I want to hug him.

°thank you for accepting it°
Hardin says with relief.

I smile at him