Chapter 34

Chapter 34
As soon as I took my eyes off Kent and Aria and returned my attention to Jiro, I didn't want him to notice what I was watching outside. 'W-what?!' That's the only word I manage to say. D.amn! I am not even in the mood now. All I wanna do right now is lay down in my bed and cry my heart out loud.
Seeing Kent kissing another girl feels like hell. Why does it hurt more to see Aria and Jiro kiss? I don't understand.
"Babe.. I want to be with you forever. Will you marry me?" Jiro asked me. My heart beat faster especially when he pulled out a black box from his pocket and opened it in front of me.
It's a diamond ring.
I closed my eyes tightly following the successive drops of my tears, I am even breathless right now, as memories of Jiro and I flash back on my mind.
"Babe, what are you doing?" Jiro asked me while we were sitting on the bench here in the parking lot of Saint Catherine Genetics and looked at Samantha.
"Babe." Answer I turned to him and immediately wrapped my hands around his neck. He laughed at what I did and then hugged me back.
"So, will you tell me now why you're being emotional again?" Jiro knows me well, really. I immediately returned to my seat and then looked down. Shame!
Should I tell him that I just finished reading a romance novel and I still can't get over it? It's exciting! And I can really feel the heat in my ears up to my face and I am sure Jiro can see my blushing now. Talk about awkward moments.
"I.." Gosh! I can't continue what I'm going to say. It's embarrassing! But he told me, he's my Boyfriend and I can tell him everything, like what I feel, what I like and so on.
"You?" He asked me at the same time as he frowned. My heart beat faster and my face seemed to be even more red. It may sounds corny but in his simple gestures, I am loving him more. Just like his frown. I find it attractive.
"I.. I just finished.." And my voice got even weaker. "..reading a romance novel and it's so romantic." Answer him quickly. Shame! Shame! He didn't answer so I felt even more embarrassed that's why-
"I.. I think I need to go home." I was about to stand up when he held my hand after our eyes met, he smiled at me and my heart gone more wild.
We've been dating for two months now, I just had my first crush on him. He was my inspiration for entering early, because before I had a crush on him I was always late for my classes. He is two years ahead of me. He's in grade eleven while I'm in grade nine.
And my only chance to see him is every morning. He is part of the varsity team and above our classroom is the auditorium where they often practice basketball every morning so he always passes in front of our classroom.
I even moved next to our teacher's window so that whenever he passed I could see him immediately. Until one day, Selena and Samantha made a move to get Jiro to notice me. Mashado because I'm shy.
It was lunch break when the witches suddenly pulled me to the veranda of our building. Just behind our classroom, I saw him there too. My heart beats fast and I'm so excited. I don't know what to do or say.
My gosh! It was only now that I became this close to him. It's like five more steps I can face him face to face. And I was even more restless when Selena and Samantha approached him.
Do they know each other? I asked myself in disbelief. The three of them talked and I am feeling out of place! I also feel jealous of Selena and Samantha, they know I love Jiro, right? No! Wait -- I don't really like him anymore. I think.. I think I am in love with him. So why didn't I know this?! Annoying! I just turned around and was about to walk away from..
"Kylie." My heart started to beat fast, it's the first time but I know why it's beating so fast right now. I slowly turned my back to where the voice came from that called my name.
I gulp not only once, twice or three times. I was also holding my chest in case my heart had come out of my ribcage. It's getting lost. He's leaning on the wall of our classroom and he's looking at me. He immediately smiled when I turned to him.
And I am so speechless right now! For sure I won't be able to sleep tonight because I'm so excited! He didn't just call me by my name, Jiro even smiled at me! What a day!
At the end of that day, Selena, Samantha, Ariana, me and Jiro went home together. Because Selena and Samantha said that Jiro should take me home because Our village is quite close to each other. Like thirty minutes' walk.
The first day we were together, I was shy of him. First, he didn't attend his basketball practice so we could go home together but he said it's okay because he practiced this morning.
Second, I don't have an open topic. Like, we're total strangers on his part. As for me, I know him quite a bit. Ik now his full name. He's seventeen years old and is in the special program for the sports section he.
Until we got home and said goodbye to each other. Huh! I was depressed, we didn't even talk about anything. I immediately updated Samantha on our conversation with Jiro and they scolded me the same way.
He said he should have at least opened the topic even though he said it was pointless until the next day that we were still together and he hadn't been with basketball practice every afternoon for two days, this time he said goodbye on their couch.
Good but since he became the ball captain, he has become the MVP every year, so his couch agrees that he will not practice again for this afternoon.
This afternoon we talked a little bit like where we eat every lunch and I'm really excited for lunch tomorrow. He invited me to eat together, of course I immediately agreed.
Selena said that we are making progress and I feel like she likes me too! Until a few weeks passed, Jiro invited me here again behind our classroom on my veranda of course. This has become our meeting place.
After lunch we have nowhere to go, we just hang out here. And it's weird, because we're the only two people here on the veranda now, we used to have a lot of people with Selena, but now they're gone.
"Uhh.. it's for you, Kylie." Jiro caught my attention and my eyes widened just like that holding a bouquet of tulips in front of me. I kept looking back and forth between Jiro and the flower.
Until I finally took it from him. My heart is beating very fast again, although I'm used to it in my heart every time I'm with Jiro.
I haven't even been able to thank Jiro for my loud clicks one after the other, I looked behind me and my eyes widened just like that when I saw the three witches holding each other their phones and Jiro focused on us.
That day didn't end, and the topic of Jiro and I didn't disappear. Jiro and I's pictures on Selena's instagram are full of comments, I've already deleted them and I've reported them but they still don't want to be deleted!
Many people say that I am Jiro's 'secret girlfriend' but we are not! I just wish we could have been! And of course if my positive comments, there are also a lot of negative ones comments.
Jiro is popular at school and I like him a lot, especially girls. That's why when he didn't notice me, I didn't expect him to notice me. More girls in his grade also like him.
'She's not pretty.'
'Kiddo.'
'What's the matter with the child who is already flirting!'
Those are just some of the comments, that's why I just activated my Instagram because they stop me from sending hate messages. Good Selena is my protector.
I just held my breath. Isn't the day over yet? How can you go home? Also, does Jiro already know this?
Until he came home. I feel so bad right now.. who doesn't? I even read a comment earlier on IG that they will be waiting for me at the main gate and I will be bald.
But all my nervousness disappeared when I walked out of the classroom door and Jiro was waiting for me.. and that's all
My eyes widen as I see the other members of the basketball team with that old witch.
I still thought they had left me. Suddenly they disappear! Wait.. why are they holding cardboard with letters?
C-A-N Y-O-U B-E M-Y G-I-R-L?
That's what was written on the cardboard they were holding.