TW: Obsessive behaviour, unrequited love325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISl8y4nNpo
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? 325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4X0h911no
It was devastating.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNeSUT3zJz
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. 325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjiiMiMjh8
I made memories and enjoyed school life. Until that.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkMNa8wrCQ
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.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7oIQSSGkR
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.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzkTjhobRZ
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.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAOyaaVVpA
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.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIs20Zpo33
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.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLfidiu62b
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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. 325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhEJDXZEm8
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.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PNCgOdPlm
We were typically strangers.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jtMPpD5Tb
Or not.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIGLdOnl4w
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.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8d2djXtUv1
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.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnaAAH0uTML
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.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAebTXfDYaC
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.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44rHJcemaK
A week before the celebration, he and his friend came to the studio to decide how to enhance their already dashing performance. 325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorTvsZmESV
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. 325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgN2FYFXYi
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.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7sKaWL3J2
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?325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxNzkqMBcD
“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.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PdwEoCf2n
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.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRybqL1h5Iy
“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?”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCT3hrPnKQS
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.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lvgCmkl4h
“Aria, the lights!” she yelled. Yeah, my slaps aren’t going to be light if you call his name again.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbzxVstdi6
“Sorry,” I managed to utter while glaring at her.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qsqHvOKwB
“Let’s do it again,” she said. Thinking you’re resolving the conflict? Great pretence.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5tSWlVbsz
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!325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU22QU4DvdO
“Aria!” yelled the devil again. 325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyOIshugTU
Hearing the leader’s shrill voice, his eyes snapped back and forth between me and her, unaware of what had happened.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtsIgFyjWO
“Oh, my bad. There’s an issue with the system,” I reasoned.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfkryYIh4tR
“Really? Let me take a look,” she said and hurried forward.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5Ch1fpd1X
“No, it’s fine now,” I said, giving her a disgusted face. She stepped back and stated, “Don’t mess up again.”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPReu8P69y
I gritted my teeth at her warning. She acts as if she has the privilege to order me around. 325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEG1k2f1i6
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.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvHJhMzsvR
He will fall for me after this.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtS3BW4cGy
“Red light, now Aria!” said the monster, ordering me once again. But this evening’s going to end with her embarrassment anyway.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVE0Nl3ROo0
The background music and the lights were composed and rehearsed for the next two hours. The witch exploited us and our patience effectively. 325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjf56JQfmNQ
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.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGNWqTNWbf
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.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ncy8FBi7W
“Thank you for your hard work,” Adam said, “Please watch our performance at the celebration.”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFsToeZ1Gh
He sure knew how to light up my mood.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRMYZX03ft
He looked at me and gave one of his most appealing smiles, which I loved. His smile was such a tease just like him.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MvnKvlAdH
I smiled back, looking at the ground, then at him. He must have picked up the hint.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdx6vSnQ7T
“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?325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2AqWwyawX
How could he say that? He was supposed to ask me to come with him.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIqT8iPY1Z
He gave everybody else–the team leader–a striking smile and turned his back to leave.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1J6u6HsXe8
“Wa– “The evening was quite tiring, wasn’t it?” interjected the team leader. I turned to her, “Oh.”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEdhyZN6Iq
Everyone looked at me now. “If it wasn’t for you, the evening would have been easier,” I muttered.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWaR94i64B
“What?” she said, “Did you say something, Aria?”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdjIx3jCu0
Someone tell the witch to stop calling me by my name.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkE4dcX7p9
“As if you didn’t hear,” I muttered again.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYunLq9Iyg
“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. 325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzJJSHkauh
I looked at the devil’s eyes with contempt and disdain. 325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybiTZm8wXe
“Is something the problem? Why are– “You are the problem,” I yelled, looking down.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJEwviM1CQ
“What do you– “Shut up, will you?! Why did you send him off? I wanted to talk to him!”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcTEt8B77y
“You mean Adam? I can call– “Don’t say his name!”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneojNFCgdy
The room was hushed again. “Aria… by any chance, do you like him?” 325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEJP1aM4G3
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?”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCMc7XC1PT
I strolled to her, “Will you be jealous? Are you going to try to pull him away from me? Tell me.”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFjC2Cxc3J
“No, no. It’s nothing like that. I have just never seen you and him together before.”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7sQDgDP5s1
And that was the last strike.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡioLw2J6ufu
“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.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVN99sa7fD
“Oh my, is that her? Ad– I mean you-know-who’s crazy fangirl?”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuEvUZUBQi
It’s all lies, you know it too, right?325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPbAKqpQmN
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?325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsiR7LkoiHm
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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