The Olympics was getting closer.  There’re at most two weeks before the competition and Krystal has developed an extremely weird determination.  She barely feels fatigue because of it.  She was absolutely inspired to win the game and pass her assessment exams.  That’s why she is now waiting for Sehun outside their classroom.

He was surprised to see her there.  “What’re you doing here?”  Often times, it would be him fetching her at the gym or just wait for her in their house.

“Let’s go!” she said cheerfully and held his wrist.

Sehun didn’t shove her hand and only stared at her incredulously.  He can’t help but be puzzled by her actions.  Gone was the lazy girl Krystal.  She was very eager to learn now.

“After I solve these (Physics) problems, can we have Trigonometry next?  I tried out some exercises from Chapter 3 but I’m not sure if I did right.”

His brows met.

“What?” she asked blankly.

She’s definitely a new Krystal.

He took her workbook and checked her answers.  She got it all.  Weird?  Yes, for him, she was acting unusual.  She was focused on studying this time making it easier for him to teach her, which also means fewer arguments.

He looked at her when she laughed.  “You chan—”

“Changed?” she cut him off.

“Why?”

Her smile turned into a childish grin.  “I have to—Hong Kong Disneyland is quite tempting, you know?”

His eyes widened in disbelief.  Geez.  I should start saving up now.  He’s in trouble because this girl has an I-get-what-I-want attitude.

“Well.  Let’s see what you can do then—aww!”

Suddenly, Krystal stretched his cheeks into a smile.  “You should smile a bit more when you’re tutoring me.  I need it to brighten up my mood because I might suffer from internal hemorrhage for these lessons are hard.”  She patted his face gently before returning her eyes on her books.  “Also, you look ugly when you frown or when you’re poker-faced,” she said without looking at him.

He hasn’t recovered from what she did to him yet.  He was stupefied.  He felt himself blush, maybe because her warm touch still lingered on his skin or because he was shy…

He doesn’t want to admit it but she was the first girl who touched him aside from his family.  She was the first who made him smile, as well, because of her childishness.  Yeah—he was smiling because of her.

Meanwhile, she was watching him from her peripheral vision, waiting for his reaction.  She couldn’t get herself—on why she told him that—yet a part of her anticipated.  She bit her lower lip to stop herself from grinning when she saw him smile.  Success!

His eyes formed into a crescent shape when he did that.

See?  I told you, you look better when you smile.

Uh—now where did she get that?

∞

“Krystal, Sehun texted me a while ago to inform you that he can’t go to your house today,” Kai said to her when they finished practicing.

“Did he tell you why?”

He shook his head while observing her carefully.  She seemed a bit disappointed.  “I can check on him later if you want.  Then, I’ll just send you a message—”

“No.  It’s okay, Kai.  You don’t need to do that.  Maybe he’s busy with SAO,” she faked a smile.  Today’s Friday and she was looking forward to ending this week with him through their tutorial sessions, yet he won’t be coming.  A nagging feeling began