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"an old memory?"I thought as I realized I had fallen asleep when I noticed a set of documents underneath my desk. "That's right...Reijimin asked me to carry these documents to the archive," I thought” however I wasn’t able to because I don’t want to be late, and I slowly stood up from my seat

When I suddenly found myself surrounded by girls around my desk. They were looking at me curiously,

"You're so cool Layla! You must be a geniuslike reijimin aren't youl?" One of my classmate said

I quickly shook my head. "It's not like that," I replied, feeling a bit uncomfortable with all the attention.

As reji stood up from her seat and smiled, she said: "

"I heard Layla is from public school and she lives with her mom who sells kwek kwek in the street and she only got here because of some sort of scholarship and I heard that all of her art materials are donations," Reijimin said with a smirk.

So, everyone, please be nice to Layla, and let's all help her out as much as we can," she added. Our classmates all agreed, and they were all looking at me with pity.

My eyes widened…how did….she knows?

As I heard the words coming out of Reijimin's mouth, I felt my face burning up in embarrassment. I didn't want to be seen as helpless. I didn't want people to pity me.

To avoid anymore conflict I decided to keep quite and just took the documents reiji asked me to carry and slowly stood up from my chair and tried to walk away from them..

But I didn't get very far. A group of girls standing by the door immediately blocked my way,

"Excuse me," I said, trying to get past them.

“You’re going outside already?

"Tell us more about yourself, Layla," one of the girls said, and I froze

“It’s lunch time now why don’t we have lunch together?”

"Y-Yeah let's have lunch together"

"Let her pass." The words came from a boy behind me, I turned to see that he was looking annoyed. "She wants to go outside," he added, and one of the girls smiled awkwardly.

"No need to be so mean to us Aki," one of the girls added. "We just want to get to know Layla," another girl said, "We're not trying to be so annoying."

As I glanced at the boy standing behind me, I also saw Reijimin standing by the window with a smirk on her face. She was watching me as she leaned against the wall near the window, and my classmates gathered around her, talking to her.

"What a drag," the boy behind me said, and he walked past the girls, creating a way for me to pass. I followed him behind without saying anything. I was starting to feel even more uncomfortable in this situation, and I just wanted to get out of the room.

in a random corner of the school, a door that seemed forgotten to close left slightly open

Giving in to my curiosity, i gently opened the door to see that it led to a room filled with piles if old books

the pleasant scent of old paper wafted through the air and i suddenly noticed that someone was reclining bu the windowsill

I couldn't tell who it was at first with the sun shining so brightly through the window but as u approached i could instantly tell who it was

The guy from the lake….

"azazel?"The person reclining by the windowsill was azazel

he was reclining to the bay window, sleeping

asleep, he was quite defenseless, far.more than i ever imagined possible

The light streaming in through the window drew a shadow across his handsome features

His long eyelashes slightly fluttered and he was breathing out of his shaped lips “what a beautiful face"

I spaced out, my heart pounding furiously

"I want to draw him. I have to..." I started sketching him on my sketch pad. As I drew each detail of his face, I felt myself becoming more focused and intrigued. I wanted to capture every detail in my drawing, and I wanted to draw him perfectly.

I suddenly noticed that there was a book spread open on his lap. "A year book?" I thought, and I noticed the heading had the words "former supreme student government officers year —". As I was just about to read the whole thing, the book was abruptly shut, and I was left looking at him.

"Why are you drawing me in secret?" he asked, and I wondered how he could read my mind and know that I was sketching him. “After you passionately staring at a man’s sleeping face, draw him secret and now you try to spy on the contents of the book he's reading?"

"What? Are you really that interested in me?" Azazel asked, slightly tilting his head.

"You were awake!" I jumped in surprise, and I accidentally dropped my sketch pad on the floor. He somehow picked it up, and the next thing I knew, all my drawing of him was exposed. I blushed as I tried to defend myself.

"Wait if you were awake, why didn't you say so sooner?"

"i was kinda curious what you would do"he responded as he stared at the sleeping portrait of him “I thought that you might kiss me if you thought i was asleep"

"Why would i do that “I said

"It kinda hurts me if you deny it," he teased, but in a playful way. He handed my sketch pad back to me and smiled playfully. I could see that he was different from how he acted at the pond, and it was kinda nice to see him in a more lighthearted setting.

"I'll let this slide," he proudly declared, but then he added, "But in return, will you help me regarding something?"

I worried that my outburst at the lake had been so embarrassing that maybe he would still be angry at me, but he didn't seem offended. I thought you did"

"Oh by the way, I have a reason for staying here," he said. "Why?" I asked.

"Because I left you hanging, twice" he said, and he looked away. "I felt really bad," he continued.

"I'm so sorry I just want to apologize," he added.

"But it's okay, I didn't mind that much," I told him "I was just so happy you helped me out, I was not mad at you at all."

what..."does he knew i was looking for the achieved and he waited for me here?"it mustve been just coinceide.i shrug

"Well then help me with a certain art project. Hang out with me tomorrow, there's something I want to tell you," he requested. I hesitated, feeling a bit confused about this but I nodded my head, knowing that I couldn't say no to this request.

"See you," he said, and I waved my hand as I saw him off.

When he was completely gone. I realized something….” We forgot to decide where and when to we would meet!!!”

I tried to chaise after him in the corridor but he was completely lost from my sight