Chapter 8: Adolescence
It's hard to describe in detail how Su Mu felt at the moment.
It was as sweet as eating sugar, and at the same time he felt his heart beat faster, and his brain told him that he should calm down, but the dopamine in his body still made him extremely excited.
remembered the scene when I met her for the first time at the door of my house, and also remembered the countless countless times the two passed by inadvertently inside and outside the school, and no one told Su Mu what he liked before he met Kate, and he didn't vaguely understand it until he met her.
It's a pity that this is just Su Mu's own unrequited love, he doesn't even have the courage to say it in front of Kate, time has passed in the blink of an eye, and there have been many opportunities to talk during this time, as long as you get close to her and speak, maybe the two will know each other, but the emotions of gain and loss make him dare not open his mouth after all.
Afraid of being dismissive of himself, afraid of rejection, there is an inferiority complex in this first love that Su Mu himself is not aware of, one is a popular beautiful girl, the other is a Chinese teenager who has nothing but studying, his athletic talent is not as good as others, and he can't see much hope of success in the future, and he has never talked about it to others, but Su Mu does have a little inferiority complex now, his personality is very good, yes, but unfortunately he has too few things, and it is difficult to have a sense of self-confidence.
Secretly gave Su Mu a thumbs up, Li Ping'an walked back and stood elsewhere, don't expect the other students in the school bus to be more gentlemen, many girls can only stand in the aisle in the middle of the seats at the moment, and the seriousness of racial barriers can be seen through the seats, Chinese people sit together, Latino students sit together, black students also sit together, and the same is true in school and society, there are no real boundaries, but people of different colors are distinguished, and this is the case in the United States......
Ignoring her friend Li Ping'an, Su Mu was quietly peeking at Kate sitting next to her, for some reason, her eyebrows furrowed slightly, as if she was very uncomfortable, and her schoolbag was placed on her lap and held in her hand, perhaps because she was not used to sitting in the boys' school bus, staring at her feet without saying a word.
The other girls were talking happily, four in all, all yellow-skinned Chinese girls, but no one came to talk to Kate.
The relationship between girls is more complicated, especially at their age, the most popular in school is the outgoing and beautiful girl, but unfortunately Kate only accounts for the latter, not good at communicating with people, plus she is beautiful and jealous of others, and over time she is excluded from the small group of girls, most of the time, Su Mu is alone when she sees her, and occasionally goes to school with other girls, but it doesn't seem to be a very good girlfriend.
There is no controversial topic, and her personality is also very quiet, which does not prevent a large group of boys from liking her, and her seemingly cold personality fascinates them even more, and it just so happens that the phrase "what you can't get is always the best", many students from other schools came to visit her, unfortunately, Su Mu is also one of her admirers, and it is because Kate is so popular that he feels that nothing will happen to each other.
Over time, liking Kate has become one of the best things in Su Mu's life, whether or not to get her has become a secondary problem, more like a wonderful experience, just occasionally seeing each other will feel happy, and now that he is really sitting by his side, he is a little overwhelmed.
I really want to say something, but unfortunately I can't find a topic to chat with, the two have not been in contact before, Su Mu knows a lot of things about Kate, I have heard about it from others little by little in the past few years, and the imagination of her in my mind is extremely illusory, and now the real her makes Su Mu feel even more wonderful.
Her skin is very white, unlike British women who are prone to freckles and large pores, Kate has delicate and fair skin, and her hair is brown and yellow, which will be more obvious in the sun, slightly curly, Su Mu couldn't help but think to himself, such a beautiful side face should really be photographed as a magazine cover......
The rest of the bus was bustling, mainly because there was no need to go to school today, maybe no classes tomorrow, and what was going on in the school, what the police were doing at the school, it was not in the minds of the young students, they couldn't imagine how tragic the scene was, they didn't have a clear idea of the death of a young life, and death seemed to be far away from their lives.
On Su Mu's side, he and Kate, his crush who sat side by side, had been silent since she sat down, and the atmosphere was frozen, in stark contrast to the lively scenes in other corners of the car.
I don't know what Kate thinks, anyway, Su Mu is secretly anxious, angry at his cowardice, and glad at the physical touch between the two when he turns the corner, even if he just touches her clothes, he will feel happy, knowing that there may only be this one good opportunity in his life, and after getting off the car, the two will return to their previous state, becoming alumni, passers-by, and neighbors across the street, but cheering for themselves for a long time, they still don't have the courage to talk.
Li Ping'an was also secretly anxious, stretching his neck to watch their movements here, and muttered anxiously: "I can usually talk to women, why did I get ...... when I arrived here with Kate?"
His expression was slightly speechless, he saw Su Mu looking back at him, and hurriedly pointed at Kate's location, silently persuading Su Mu to seize the great opportunity he created.
Encouraged by his friends, Su Mu cheered up again, took a few deep breaths and looked at Kate, and unexpectedly found that she was also looking at herself, and her heartbeat speed exploded instantly, saying that it seemed like a little rabbit was jumping, for Su Mu now, it was more like there were a hundred fat rabbits running wild in his heart at the same time, fortunately, he was still young, if the old man's heartbeat was so fast, maybe he would die.
Nervous, I heard a voice, but I didn't hear what Kate said clearly, so Su Mu replied, "What?"
"Sorry, do you have any coins?" Kate repeated again, in a cold and nice voice, and then explained, "I want to call my father when I get out of the car, he doesn't know what is going on at school yet, I'm afraid he's worried."
I went to work at the company, and my house was a little far from the phone booth, so I wanted to call him when I got off the bus, and there seemed to be no place to change change nearby. ”
As she spoke, she lowered her head and rummaged in her school bag, and when she looked at Su Mu again, she already had an extra handful of coins in his hand, more than a dozen of them, and she had a silly smile on her face, Kate was obviously a little confused, probably frightened by the speed at which he took the money, as if she had just been holding these coins.
The girl he likes makes a request, how can Su Mu be dissatisfied, he can't wait to ask himself for change every day, he is usually obsessed with money, he can't be stingy at this time, even if his emotional intelligence is low, he still knows this thing.
Amused by Su Mu's smirk, Kate smiled, returned to normal after a moment, nodded and said, "Thank you, that's great, I have a dollar denomination banknote, just exchange it with you." ”
"No, no, take it, it's not enough for me to have it in my bag!" Su Mu, who finally spoke, had no brains at all.
“......
It's just a phone call.
Enough, thank you again for your kindness. ”
Kate took two fifty-cent coins from his palm and couldn't help but think to herself: What a strange fellow.
And Su Mu suddenly found that there were blood stains on Kate's light blue jeans, just near the root of her legs, at first she didn't know why, and then she seemed to understand something, and she shifted her eyes awkwardly, and finally understood why she kept holding her schoolbag......