My name is Celeste Ravienne, a member of the OSIS council for security, usually in the morning I am always at the gate to check the tidiness, there is nothing valuable that I can get here.
"Cestele!!!"
I stared straight ahead, the figure of the boy was running with his innocent face still intact, for several days he had been bothering me since the incident at that time, when the school is invaded by strange people.
Well... I do admit that he saved me when I was almost killed, but I was still a little disappointed, even though he looked so cool at that time, I didn't think he was such a...TROUBLESOME person
"Hey Celeste! Hey! Hey!"
"What?!"
My tone rose with annoyance, while Ray's eyes widened, almost like a kitten needing attention.
"Don't you want to check the neatness of my uniform???"
"That's good, now go!"
He pulled his bag hard, looked at me with disappointment and annoyance, then babbling he walked away again, I took a deep breath, looking at his back that was getting further away.
"Huh... I actually didn't want to be this rough with him, but what can I do."
I looked up, the morning clouds were moving, waving as if greeting my gloomy morning, once again I took a deep breath, my eyes were again diverted by the crowd of students who were starting to arrive, I quickly returned to focusing on my task.
The school bell rang loudly, indicating that the neatness checking session was over, I started walking to the council room, preparing some data for the report.
"H-Hey, Cestele, do you and that cute boy have a special relationship?"
The question from one of my colleagues just came out, I turned to her and raised one eyebrow with a slight feeling of offense.
"What do you mean? We just know each other, nothing more."
"E-Ehh... I see, then can I make him my crush?"
My face turned quickly hearing my colleague's statement, I narrowed my eyes, staring at her face with a slightly messy feeling, my chest felt strange, while my heart began to growl in annoyance.
"Whatever it is, I don't care."
My voice slipped out with the tone I was trying to control, but still, I don't know... I just feel like Ray might be special in the future, My voice lowered with a drastic change in expression.
"Come on, admit it Cestele, you actually have feelings for him, right?"
My hands were tidying up some data, I turned to those who were still bothering me, I shook my head slowly hearing their chatter that continued without stopping,like a radio that has been tied to one unimportant broadcast.
"You guys better help me tidy up some data, if we're late Mrs. Clarissa will be angry, come on, hurry up."
She nodded and started to help me tidy up the data that had been arranged, her gaze directed at me several times, her lips were pursed thinly, making me feel a storm of confusion.
"So you really don't love him? I think you two are a good match."
I nodded slowly, still trying to focus my attention on the work I was doing.
"Besides, I didn't really love him from the start, well... Although he was kind of cool in certain situations, but I didn't really have any feelings for him."
"Is that so... If you think about it, it's true, because Cestele is a very serious person, right? You definitely wants to focus on studying first, right?"
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"Why else would I have to meet him? What a bother."
My eyes stared at the figure of the man, standing in front of me with his usual innocent face, in his hands carrying lots of snacks, his mouth full of food, as if he were a monster that never satisfied his hungry desires.
"One for Cestele!"
His hand reached out, giving me one of his buns, I reached out and tried to take it, I took one, and started to see his face getting brighter.
"What's wrong Ray?"
"No, I'm just waiting for you to smile."
A question came into my head, I tilted my head, staring at him deeper, trying to understand him, his lips curved, like a kitten who is happy to have just received attention.
My hand reached out again to return the bread I had taken from him just now, his expression changed to one of confusion, e For some reason, what he said made my mood fall apart, and made my heart feel chaotic.
I turned my body, starting to walk away from him, his hand reached out to stop me, letting the bread in his hand scatter.
"C-Cestele, did I do something wrong to you? What did I do wrong? Why are you avoiding me?"
I was silent, not answering him at all, then I turned my face to him, seeing his sad face that I had never seen before on him.
"Am I disturbing you?"
My heart was in turmoil, my feelings screamed with guilt, his hands slowly released themselves from mine, he bent down again to pick up the scattered bread, then he finished, returned to hugging the bread that looked cold, but there was something different about his expression.
"Well then... I'll go first Cestele, see you."
His steps moved away from me, I could only watch his back moving further away, I looked up at the sky, watching the clouds moving slower, My feet approached the edge of the corridor, watching the fading blue sky again.
"I made a mistake again, I hope he still wants to be friends with me."
The afternoon air welcomed me after school today, the orange hues of the sky began to color it, Queen stood in front of the gate, waiting for me to really finish getting ready.
"Sorry, did you wait long?"
Queen shook her head slowly, then her arms began to embrace me, giving me a thin, mischievous smile that I was used to seeing.
"Your face looks tired today, what's wrong?"
"Just a little tired with some work on the student council."
Queen looked at my face closely, then hugged me much closer to her, making me feel uncomfortable, I raised my hand to push her head away.
"Tell me honestly, is there something bothering you?"
I nodded slowly, making Queen focus her attention on me.
"I think I've made people hate me."
A question quote appeared in Queen's mind, her face twisted in confusion, watching me get closer, she sighed, feeling like she was almost getting the gist of it.
"And who will hate you?"
"I was quite annoying earlier, Ray tried to be nice to me, but I reacted badly to him, just because of one word."
"So this has something to do with Ray?"
I nodded slowly, feeling that my guess was right on target.
"You know, I don't think Ray is the type of person who would easily hate other people, so I think you should just apologize to him."
"You're right, I'm really sorry, just because he said things about smiling, I became sensitive, and seemed to hate him."
Queen's hands rose again to embrace my body, at that time, the orange color was like a sea of fire that looked beautiful in our eyes, like an eternal fire that felt like it would like that forever.
"You know, Ray is not wrong, he is right, you rarely smile, maybe he just wants to make you happy with little things, and make you smile, do you care?"
I accepted Queen's logical words, I nodded hearing the statement, I looked back up at the sky, saw the increasingly dark orange glow, and slipped.
"Maybe tomorrow I will apologize to him."