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[Please note: We're still in Callan's POV - when he finally confessed to Crystal]
Badump! Badump! Badump!
'Damn it. I'm getting nervous. Whatever. I'm ready to be rejected anyway. And this is not about me. This is for Crystal. This stupid girl needs to stop degrading herself.'
Despite my nervousness, I continued. I already started anyway. There's no turning back. If she rejected me, that's fine.
"It's true," I continued after a sigh, trying to calm myself. "Actually, it started when we were children but I just thought of it as a simple crush until three years ago. Besides, we were still young so—"
Suddenly, Crystal looked like someone just died. What the heck! I'm confessing here with all my might and she just—
"Ack! What's that look?"
