(sneak peek)
don't mind me... almost a year later and ta!nanami kento is still on the brain. but let's be honest. are we really surprised?
but let's just circle back, okay? bear with me
ta!nanami kento who isn't expecting vou to walk in when you do, mere days since his little remark at the end of your paper.
you have to admit, the way you'd scrutinized each word of his criticism in the margins of your essay was borderline stalker-ish. but the way his pen seemed to slow with such confidence as he wrote your feedback - the way you noticed the dashes of his t's were longer on the left than the right, the way the dots over his i's and j's arrived just a millimeter to the right of where they normally should - god, you thought, was everything about him so beautiful?
it was one of the safer, cleaner thoughts you'd had about him. it was true, though. ta!nanami kento was beautiful. sometimes, you felt like icarus drawing too close to the sun as you watched him from your desk in your shared classes.
all of him, every beautiful, blinding aspect, is what drew your footsteps to his corner of the library a week after you'd seen him there - stolen glimpses of him through the bookshelves. letting your thoughts wonder about his beautifu hands.
you wore the same skirt as you did that day. it wasn't intentional, of course. you just... liked it. yes. you liked that skirt way too much and vou didn't get to wear it as much as you liked thanks to the university's dress code. you liked the way the hem brushed against your upper thighs when vou walked - especially when you were walking to the library to see your favorite ta.
you clutch your paper to your chest with one hand, bag slung over the very same shoulder as you carry a plastic bag in your other hand, eyes locking on the blonde boy hunched over the exact same table he always sat at. bingo.
you definitely don't have those same thoughts about him as your shoes pad over the soft carpet. it definitely doesn't make your stomach flutter when you notice how messy his hair looks - probably from the dozen or so times he'd raked his hands through it, a common habit when he was working, it seems.
he looks up when you approach, eyes following your movements as you gently set the plastic bag on an empty spot at the table. you offer him a polite smile despite the way his eyes seemed to send a rush of heat right down to your core. hazel eyes focused on vou, as if registering your presence after a pause, and you swear you mistake the way they darker just then - his pupils dilating for a fraction of a second. but then he smiles politely back at you and then it's gone
"hi," he says quietly, his baritone carrying in the silence of the library, "i wasn't expecting you today." his hand waves at a chair, inviting you to sit.
(to be continued)












