Her POV
Ms. Bianca was discussing in front of us when Harrison and I noticed that Joshua and Drew were playing quietly and even tickling each other. Joshua sits beside me while Drew is in front of him. Harrison and I quietly laughed because they acted like a couple, especially when Joshua held Drew's cheeks, which made Drew curse him with a low voice. Even though Drew is pushing his hands away, he is still teasing him and continues to put his hands on his cheeks, which made Harrison and I continue holding our laugh.
And suddenly, "Mr. Lui and Ms. Montano! May I ask what it is to laugh about in my discussion?" Ms. Bianca sarcastically said and smiled at us.
Oh no. "Nothing, Ms. Bianca." We answered in unison, and he and I looked at each other and grinned.
He is Harrison Lui, my guy best friend. Yeah, he is a guy, but he is the most trustworthy person I know in this school. We both have our own similarities and, of course, differences. He is the most logical person I know in my life, and sometimes, it hurts the people around him. So here I am, who gives sensitivity to his cold heart. Fitted to be best friends.
I sighed with relief because I was finally done with the activities here in my science subject, and Jacky Chan was also done. I call Harrison "Jacky Chan" because he is half-Chinese, which really shows on his face. Although everyone thinks he's cute, I also do, but not to the extent of liking him.
I was suddenly creeped out of him when he sighed in relief... and smiled at me. "I saw her again."
"Can you stop smiling at me like that? You creep." I said to him with a straight face, but he keeps smiling. I just smiled at him and remembered how we randomly talked about his crush and not logically thinking about it. "If you just dare to tell her, you could have been courting her right now," I told him while he is on cloud nine and suddenly sighed. "If only I could, though," he hopelessly replied.
As you can see, he is hopelessly in love with a senior above us, the typical beautiful and smart girl, Xia Chris. He met her in a mathematics quiz bee, and the two of them were grouped together. His type of girl is like a female version of himself. For him, that is already perfect regardless of the girl's personality. He told me that his patience could cope with its wicked personality, but that's what we always fought about. I even said to him that it is toxic in that kind of relationship.
"Okay. Everyone's finished, so class dismissed," Ms. Merce told us and left the classroom.
I sighed out of relief when I noticed Jacky Chan is leaving the room. "Harrison!" I shouted, which made him stop his steps and looked back. "What?" He confusingly asked me. "And where are you going?" I sarcastically asked him. "School bus, of course." He still confusingly answered me. As expected, he really forgot. "You and Blythe are the ones who are in the class duty for today's diary entry, right?" I smilingly told him, which made him look at the board with his and Blythe's names for class duties.
He sighed and said, "Ah, right. Wait, where's Blythe?" He looked around and cursed. "Did he just go home?!" I put the diary in his hand, immediately picked up my bag, went to the door, and looked at him. "Bye, Jacky Chan! Feel the pain I had!" I laughed and left him there. See, fitted to be best friends, right?
As I went to the office, I looked at Yuki's table. Right, he is not here because it is Thursday. Wait, why the heck am I looking for him? Okay, self, let's stop thinking about it.
But the truth is, I was really looking forward to seeing his smile once again, even if it means saying goodbye.
As I convinced myself to stop thinking about it, I focused on the work Mom gave to me and finished it all. When I was done, I waited for her to time out at 6:30 PM. Although she is supposed to be out at 6 PM, all because she came to work late again.
"This is the first time I felt bored in the office," I said to myself as I lean on the chair and thought about what to do. I opened my social media account and saw the picture of Joanne Espinosa in my feed. I suddenly remembered Art Riles, my guy friend from the relatives of one of our part-time houseworkers and the one who was always brokenhearted because of her. I wonder how he is right now because recently, he is not online on social media.
***
Finally, it's Friday and time to go home from school! Yay!
When I was arranging my things, my pen dropped on the floor, and when I was about to pick it up, I hit my head under the armchair. "Here," Jacky Chan already picked it up and switched it over to his other hand as he handed his hand to help me up.
"Thanks," I smiled at him and accepted his hand to stand until it became like he was hugging me because he pulled too far.
"Wow, are you two really not dating? Too sweet," Paul, our classmate, teased us, which made me step away from him, and most of our guy classmates whistled and teased us. I sighed, thinking that he is too kind to me and that I forgot my classmates always misunderstood us because of how close we are to each other. Who won't incredibly be misunderstood, right?
"Mind your own business, Paul, since sweets are not for you right now because you need fish for brains." I sarcastically smiled at him, and most of my classmates laughed. He embarrassingly walked away, and I just smirked. Seriously, he needs to step up his game because he will possibly be left a year behind us.
"Wow, I'm thankful that I'm not on your bad side," Jacky Chan smilingly told me, and I just smiled and replied, "You really should be." Then he gave me my pen, and we left together since Dana already left earlier.
As I entered the office and after greeting Ms. Ena, I secretly looked at Yuki's table. As I thought, he really is working every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
***
Finally done with today's work! Though, it's really not that many compared to these past few days. I stretched my arms and went to buy red iced tea since I am already thirsty, and thankfully, Mom had already given me my food allowance the time she gave me today's work.
When I went back to the office, I saw another workload for me to do. Oh well, that is now too easy for me to get it done.
I went to my seat and put my earphones on to concentrate when Ms. Ena asked me, "So what did you buy for your afternoon snack?" I removed the earphones and smilingly replied, "I bought only red iced tea since I was full earlier at lunch. Do you want some?"
"No, it's okay. Thank you for the offer though," I just nodded and smiled at her as a response. I went back to my work and put my earphones back on. After a few seconds, Ms. Ena called me again. "I think your mom is calling you," she said to me, and I looked at my mom. Oh no, she really is calling me, and it seems that she is calling me ever since I put my earphones back.
I excused myself, and as I walked toward her table, I noticed that Yuki is beside her. Probably getting to know him again since it is my mom's habit. "I'm calling you since earlier," and yup, she really did.
"Sorry, what is it?" I worryingly asked her, and I noticed that there is a gaze looking at us. I secretly looked at Yuki, and I'm right, it was him. He is carefully listening to us.
It has been a few seconds, and this guy is really eavesdropping, huh?
Oh well, not my problem, though. "Give this to Ms. Miya," she said to me and handed me an important document. It seems like regarding work, so I went to Ms. Miya's office and returned to my seat as usual. I hear him asking Mom, "What is it about?" I smiled as he really was curious about what we were talking about.
"I just wanted her to do me a favor. That's all," Mom replied to him, and he looked like his curiosity is answered immediately. I can't help but chuckle here in my seat.
When it was time for him to go home and as he said goodbye to me, I smilingly replied, "Bye!" I held my laugh there because seeing him wave goodbye to me made me remember yesterday's conversation with mom.
*flashback*
"Mom, why do you think Yuki is waving his hand so straight every time he says goodbye?" I curiously asked mom. "I don't know," Mom smilingly replied. "He is like taking an oath or something," and mom looked at me, holding her laugh. But she cannot hold it in, and we just laughed together.
*end of flashback*
I continued laughing when he went out of the office.
His POV
I really thought she left earlier without saying goodbye. As I looked at her, she is laughing. I wonder why. Is there something funny she saw on her phone? Or maybe a text from her boyfriend? But wait, does she have one?
There is no time to think about this. I got to go because it's already 5 PM. I picked up my bag and said bye to everyone, including her.
"Bye," I smilingly said to her without expecting an answer from her.
"Bye!" I left shockingly when she smiled like that.
I didn't expect her to smile like that, and I unconsciously smiled without knowing that I was thinking of her smile. As I thought, I really like seeing it.
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Published: May 2, 2015, Saturday
Translated: September 7, 2022, Wednesday, 17:47 (GMT+8)