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soo ah.

I wasn't used to this, not once.

Never in my life I was so close with a guy.

For half of my life, I studied in an all-girls school. I was so used to being with girls around me that when my parents decided to transfer me to a co-ed school, I couldn't even move an inch, especially with the lot of people around me. The guys were bullying me. Ji Eun said that they were just trying to get attention. I say they were just probably bored. 

It was totally scary. Ji Eun was right, it was traumatic...

But I felt so different the time I saw him.

Jung Taek Woon.

He might have scary and cold eyes, but his gaze was gentle and oozing with mellowness. I didn't know why people called him the "Ice Prince". Though I have to admit, he was emotionless... But his mere wonderful eyes would speak a thousand words. Funny, I felt all weird, especially when it was the first day of school. He was the only guy that looked at me like that, and sometimes, he wouldn't even look at me while the others did. A spark then suddenly grew into me - I wanted to know him more. I wanted to know why he was like that - Nonchalant and somewhat statue-like. 

"U-Uhm...I-I'm sorry about this whole thing. I know you're u-upset and all and, well, you don't like this but... I-It might be a, you know, good start for us..." It was more like a start for me, I guess. I felt embarrassed speaking up first, I sounded quite rude. Should I have let him talk to me first? I felt so ignorant... Totally unsure. "It's fine."

"So... What do you want to talk about?"

"...Uh, w-what...?" I turned my head around. But then I remembered the rule to not look at each other face-to-face, so I turned my head back again rapidly. I bit my bottom lip. I shouldn't have done that! I felt my cheeks burning and tummy churning in shame. 

"W-Well." I cleared my throat. "It's up to you, I g-guess."

The man I was talking to was silenced for a while. And then - "Ah...! A butterfly!" I gasped and saw a butterfly pass by the library window. The wings were pure white in color and it was in a small way, cute. "So you like butterflies?" He asked. "Yep! I really like them... They're so wonderful and pretty~" I exclaimed and asked, "Do you like them too?" 

"I guess..." He answered. After a few minutes of warming up, we were able to talk to each other about a lot of different topics. Like how Hak Yeon and Taek Woon met, the things we like and dislike, our birthdates and trivial matters. And to be honest, it was quite fun! Having someone, other than the person you are already close with, talk to you about just simple matters was much more fun than I had expected it to be. For once, I was able to talk to a guy normally... I was able to converse with the person I had been trying to connect with - Taek Woon. My heart felt light... 

Like the first day of class, when the cherry blossoms blew in front of us, dancing in the air.

I finally turned my seat around, he realized this and he turned around too, with eyes rounded in slight shock.

I'm sorry Ji Eun, but I had to break a rule.

"Would you like to be friends with me?"

To be able to connect with him - I was filled with joy and happiness...

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