TW: Obsessive behaviour, unrequited love119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8wFCrNYve
Apologies that the story is too long, but ideas seem to flood my head at midnight.
How does it feel when a stranger is obsessed with you, and you never knew it? 119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWNkeS8NFb
It was devastating.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cuGkroRvY
It has been four years since I transferred to this school. I managed to make some good friends and forged good relationships with my teachers. My grades aren’t bad, and I make some time for my hobbies. My life was normal, just like any other teenager’s would be. 119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCOITkUdrK
I made memories and enjoyed school life. Until that.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVrA8ZqHJY
All my friends warned me recently, “Adam, you see the girl over there? Don’t talk to her. She’s danger.” They repeated the same words for the past week when we walked in the hallway to our class.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAObYgrXDgj
Not like I ever converse with her, but the reason why I should not was more flabbergasting than their advice itself. Of course, I was called to the principal’s room after that but the miscommunication was soon resolved.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMoABvAkzV
The thing that astounds me is that a stranger whom I had just come across, maybe two or three times in the hallway, decided to involve me in her brawl. It was creepy that something like that had–Oh, I think I see her.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1L6s0lO9J
The gossip grew louder as she came walking. She looked down at the ground, her hair let down, almost looking like a dark spirit. I gulped down. All I need, after all, is no drama. I would be glad if we got over this awful encounter.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fTmPrEtkv
I looked at the ground as I walked to my class, deliberately ignoring her. I wonder what went on in her mind when she did it.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBQE0O93S0
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We weren’t close. He was outgoing; I was introverted. He had friends; I had none. People liked him but were jealous of and despised me. We never shared eye contact for more than a minute, let alone talk. It’s no wonder that girls who see him want him–such was his charm. And unmistakably, I’m also one of them. 119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqeU0IoK9kO
We sat in the same classroom, just not next to each other. We were in the class study group, just didn’t study together. We both had each other’s numbers in group chats, just never texted. We walked in the same hallway each day, just never talked.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mHnNQkmPe
We were typically strangers.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsl9cXkdeiF
Or not.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4MUEuZpXv
Every time he sneaked out of the class with his friends, he smiled at me. Every time we walked in the hallway, he made eye contact. Every time there was an exam coming up, his friends asked me for help. And… as if by a miracle, I got to work with him for the annual celebration.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EH9PAZT3h
The annual celebration was a festival hosted by our school every year to display its students’ proclaimed talents. It was mostly welcomed as being the only time of the year for some leisure. The students forgot about their exams and their parents’ nagging about grades around this time, while the parents had some fun seeing their children do something different.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPiDYklpzR
Not to mention, this was metaphorically the time for every girl's debutante ball and every guy’s chance to be an escort. You had a chance to let the entire school know about your presence.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwQyM3Ajks
Being the introvert I was, I chose the job of a technician, controlling lights and sounds in the background, while my prince charming, being the extrovert he was, chose to dance. Dance made everyone in the school crazy, and then when he chose it, it was decided that he was the next heartthrob.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKecjaqw5tv
A week before the celebration, he and his friend came to the studio to decide how to enhance their already dashing performance. 119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCibF5EqWUy
They danced for the tech team, only the few people who had seen them dance before their actual performance. Suggestions and praises were brought out with roars of applause. We were only five, but the claps were like ten. 119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTfv0RRrfQ
I returned to my desk, while my team leader enquired about their wants and ideas on how the lights could be operated to match their performance.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIohODpQMR
He threw in some suggestions but his friend did most of the talking. I bet the leader asked more questions just to get him to speak because who didn’t want to hear his voice?119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqqdm5ZEhe
“I think we all agree on that,” he finally said, receiving approving nods from his friend and the team leader, “so let’s do it.” He glanced at those behind the team leader for a split second but returned to mine after scrutinising the room.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBnjcnRDnF
I pretended to focus on my computer though I had nothing going on. I’ll show him that I don’t care so much that he wonders why.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglPC4J0c6I
“Aria, control the backlights,” instructed my leader, as she designed the role for every one of us until she had nothing left for her to do. She sat on a chair and, “Blue, then pink and violet. A flash after a cue, then the spotlight on Adam, got it?”119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYR2utcAiP
My brows frowned, my eyes were about to roll and I had to control my urge to scoff. She can dare call his name when I haven’t? She’s got to have some nerve. Has she forgotten I topped her in Science? How is she ordering me around? It must be the other way around.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRGmOpClfK
“Aria, the lights!” she yelled. Yeah, my slaps aren’t going to be light if you call his name again.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEddxjAWq4
“Sorry,” I managed to utter while glaring at her.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqX5VfMpBd4
“Let’s do it again,” she said. Thinking you’re resolving the conflict? Great pretence.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrrBFgEq4h
The music blared and others were busy not to screw up in front of Adam, after all, everybody would want to look good in front of a guy like him. He sat on the chair, looked down on the ground, and tapped his feet along the music. Oh, how dashing he is!119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUFfCKd7ql
“Aria!” yelled the devil again. 119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuw0i5z4KvZ
Hearing the leader’s shrill voice, his eyes snapped back and forth between me and her, unaware of what had happened.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PM6JY4MfD
“Oh, my bad. There’s an issue with the system,” I reasoned.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvu8dS0rn5y
“Really? Let me take a look,” she said and hurried forward.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdup92KnPo
“No, it’s fine now,” I said, giving her a disgusted face. She stepped back and stated, “Don’t mess up again.”119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvJwteJTm1
I gritted my teeth at her warning. She acts as if she has the privilege to order me around. 119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljBeBrJzXI
I looked at my prince charming, and oh, his innocent pecan brown eyes! They can calm me down so easily. He probably has no idea how I feel but, the way I’m determined to make him see me truly scares even me.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQMMnEyvLb
He will fall for me after this.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUA3HUlhMfX
“Red light, now Aria!” said the monster, ordering me once again. But this evening’s going to end with her embarrassment anyway.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYygdONdr04
The background music and the lights were composed and rehearsed for the next two hours. The witch exploited us and our patience effectively. 119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTuzWDh1YZ
When the lights and their timings to the music were finalized perfectly, the boys rehearsed with the spotlight. His black hair sparkled, and his body moved to the beat flawlessly. The lights could have been done better and improved, but all thanks to the witch, it ended up being mediocre.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyz8zk1APYN
Nonetheless, the performance was once again greeted with cheers and applause. “Great performance, man!” said Gregor. It’s no wonder all the boys wanted to be him.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWxyuJ7pP9
“Thank you for your hard work,” Adam said, “Please watch our performance at the celebration.”119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1aJ1TZFwn
He sure knew how to light up my mood.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtzXLKkg7U
He looked at me and gave one of his most appealing smiles, which I loved. His smile was such a tease just like him.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84vBaWBnIv
I smiled back, looking at the ground, then at him. He must have picked up the hint.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiOo8JPppi
“Okay, then we’ll get going,” said his friend, whose name I can’t be bothered to remember. Anyway, Adam is now going to stop him and say– “Yep, see you guys later.” What?119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3I5pufgVg
How could he say that? He was supposed to ask me to come with him.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCXOrwg3Nd
He gave everybody else–the team leader–a striking smile and turned his back to leave.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2bkGEgmc9
“Wa– “The evening was quite tiring, wasn’t it?” interjected the team leader. I turned to her, “Oh.”119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkIc6lwiQi
Everyone looked at me now. “If it wasn’t for you, the evening would have been easier,” I muttered.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8cPRrieOr
“What?” she said, “Did you say something, Aria?”119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4gJSp8dKV
Someone tell the witch to stop calling me by my name.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWw7t6QfIu
“As if you didn’t hear,” I muttered again.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifKgZvbYBL
“Hey, can you talk a little louder, I don’t hear you. And also look– “Shut up!” I yelled smashing a computer down. The room went silent as I felt them staring at me. 119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCGm4UxfzY
I looked at the devil’s eyes with contempt and disdain. 119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2I2vxIdTS
“Is something the problem? Why are– “You are the problem,” I yelled, looking down.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZLxvghM8j
“What do you– “Shut up, will you?! Why did you send him off? I wanted to talk to him!”119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPq0V2KOuY
“You mean Adam? I can call– “Don’t say his name!”119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNP3pZPNj8
The room was hushed again. “Aria… by any chance, do you like him?” 119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZPagakePw
I lifted my head, met her brown orbs, and looked into it to find a reason to hold back. Unfortunately, I couldn’t, “So what if I like him?”119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrdmKK30u0
I strolled to her, “Will you be jealous? Are you going to try to pull him away from me? Tell me.”119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQLnOz6fcn
“No, no. It’s nothing like that. I have just never seen you and him together before.”119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NTU5qE6q0
And that was the last strike.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6MrN9QFd4
“Hey, do you see her? The black-haired one. She caused a ruckus at the studio before the celebration. Heard she was kicked out of her debutante ball,” they giggled.119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXQAtct2x5
“Oh my, is that her? Ad– I mean you-know-who’s crazy fangirl?”119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5sLdRLsWYL
It’s all lies, you know it too, right?119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxBIlHVQGT
I saw him come in the hallway. The whispers died down, as he strolled, but they sure couldn’t have slipped off his ears. He must have heard them, but he knows better than anyone why I did it, doesn’t he?119Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4WpHROlFx
He must know that I did it because I loved him, and also that the witch deserved it. Anybody who saw her treat me like that would know it. He knows it, so why does he look down when he walks past me?
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and then Add to home screen.