"You should be yourself around here. I am not angry, so... you can leave." Derek said. He was trying to be displeased but it wasn't working. What was all this?
Yes! She should just leave.
"Really? You're... not angry?" Her eyes lit up and a broad smile broke on her face.
Why was she happy? Right. She expected him to be angry. Did she think so shallow of him to get angry over such petty things? Was that how she saw him? A sudden urge to clear that idea she had about him rushed through him. He wasn't that bad, was he?
He found himself walking towards her in slow steps. He had no idea what he wanted to do or say. When he was about two feet close he stopped. That was the closest he had been to her so far, and it felt... What was this feeling?
He couldn't figure it out. He just knew he liked it. Strangely. And he wished he could take a step further, but he saw how surprised she was and her drumming heartbeat was a little too loud he could hear.
