"It's really beautiful, isn't it?" Chen said as he smiled

Seihee was admiring the paintings in the dim hallway.

"Yeah" she answered while looking at the paintings closely

Cute, Chen thought then he immediately blushes at his own thought

"Something wrong?" Seihee asked after noticing his face was red

"No it's nothing" he replied

"You sure?" she asked again "Maybe the heat got to you or something"

She put the back of her hand on Chen's forehead.

His face only got redder.

"I-I'm fine" he insisted as he stared at Seihee's concerned look

"If you say so" she said and removed her hand

....Maybe I should've pretended to be sick, Chen thought then immediately hates himself inside for thinking of deceiving Seihee

*piano music*

"Eh?" Seihee said, "such a nice melody"

"River bell..." Chen muttered

"River bell?" Seihee repeated with curiosity

"Yeah," he fidgeted, slightly blushing, "It's titled 'River bell.'"

"Oh I see" she replied "You sure know a lot"

"Guess so..." he said with a thin smile

"Ah wait!" she blurted out, "I remember! You play the piano right!?"

Chen smiled sweetly, She remembered, he thought

"Hmm..." she was saying

"Hmm?" Chen repeated

"I want to hear you play!" she announced, suddenly excited

"Y-You mean now?" Chen asked

"Yes now!" she answered quickly

"As in now...?" he asked again

"Please?" she begged as she clasped her hands with his

Chen couldn't help but oblige.

"Okay" he said, "Lets go ask the staff if they'll let us"

"Yay! Thank you~!" replied a very excited Seihee

She ran to the entrance of the lobby. The bright fluorescent lights reflected on half of her body and the other half was like a shadow in the dimmed hallway. She glanced at Chen and smiled sweetly.

Beautiful, one word that kept repeating inside his head