1000 Season Chasing Stars

CHAPTER 7

When he had dinner with his mom at the dinner table, his face was still smiling.

''You look happy today, '' Mama commented. ''You tell Mom what makes you happy?''

Laura smiled thinly. ''Today the person I like is encouraging. Last afternoon when the physics replay followed, I gave up. But he gave me a piece of paper 2. It says ''DON'T GIVE UP'' .

''So,'' continued mama,'' finally you can do your repetition today.'' Laura nodded.

''Laura.'' said mama seriously, ''You really-2 like this guy, huh?''

Laura nodded again.

''You know, you believe in you.'' Mama looked at her daughter gently. ''Mama just wants you to be careful.”

The next morning, Laura woke up with a new spirit. He knew today was the day he was waiting for2. He wore his school uniform with great enthusiasm. Today he wanted to look neat in Niko's eyes. Her dress shirt had a roll of paper tied in red tape. Niko's Images.

He looked at his reflection in the mirror, and smiled. Today will be different from the previous 2 days. Today he will gather his courage to talk to Niko.

During the break, Laura looked at Niko's back. The 2 classmates had already gone to rest. In class, there were only two of them. ''O Laura, only six steps towards her place, '' she said inwardly. Slowly, Laura got up from her chair and walked towards Niko.

His breathing is starting to get irregular. Three more steps. Two more steps. One more step. Now he arrives at Niko's desk. It seems that Niko is writing a report.

Gathering her courage, Laura took a deep breath and said, ''Niko...''

Niko stopped writing and looked at Laura curiously.

Laura put a picture of Niko on her desk. ''I found your picture here.''

Laura breathed a sigh of relief. ''Finally I can talk to him.''

Seeing Niko's eyes still looking at her made Laura nervous. He doesn't know what to talk about.

''Ehm.'' Her hasty steps almost nudged Niko's desk.

''Wait, Laura,'' said the voice behind him.

Laura turned her body towards Niko. ''What's up?''

Niko hesitated to say her next sentence. ''Tell me... Can you not tell anyone about my picture?''

(''why'?') laura's mind immediately responds to Niko's question, but what comes out of her mouth is the opposite. ''Alright, '' he said slowly.

''Thank you again, Niko said with a gentle smile.

Niko's smile made Laura tremble. ''Sama-sama,'' reply slowly.

Five minutes later, in the girls' toilet, Laura smiled broadly. This time he didn't care if his heart was beating fast. He really likes this feeling. Finally, after a year and a half, he was able to talk to Niko, and Niko found out her name. The first time his name came out of the lips of the person he liked.

In the days that followed, when Laura passed Niko in the classroom hallway, in the cafeteria, or in the classroom, Niko smiled at her and Laura returned the smile.

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Two days later, Laura stroked her wet clothes. Drizzle wet the bus stop that will take Laura to her school. Laura glanced at her watch. There's still plenty of time. Usually the bus comes every ten to fifteen minutes. And the trip to school from the bus stop is usually about ten minutes.