How To End a Crush

The handsome young guy sitting near the window flipped through his book.

His pink lips twitched a little at the sound of the turning pages.

His thick silvery hair caught the sunlight beaming in through the window which made it gleam brightly.

His jewel-like eyes caught my attention.
They sparkled through his round glasses like stars in an azure cast sky.

It was a breathtaking sight.

I spaced out, just staring at the wonder before me.

***

Throughout my entire 17 years of life, I have never once believed in love at first sight.
So, it was very strange to me that I fell so easily and so hard for a guy that I knew so little about.
I didn’t even know what he was like or where he lived or anything.

However, that’s all behind me now.
I shouldn’t be getting myself involved with upperclassmen like Noah anyhow.
Or… that’s what I thought until I saw him again.

I still remember that day as if it were just yesterday.
It had been one whole week since I started going to the academy.

At the time, I was just an ordinary freshman struggling to adapt to a new environment and a busy schedule.
I didn’t really think about nor care for meeting someone special or anything like that.

In fact, I thought I was always going to be like that.

During those days, I would spend some of my free time making extra sure that I put the books that I had borrowed from the library back in their original place.
The strict librarian would have been super annoyed with me had I put them back incorrectly.

Even the sound of my footsteps at that time could not have been any more elegant either.
My then home-economics teacher once said that I had the walk of a noblewoman.

That most elegant sound of my footsteps came to an abrupt halt as I stopped mid-stride.
For no special reason, I looked over my shoulder and, in that moment, my breath was taken away from me.

My mouth fell open, almost as if someone had grabbed my jaw from underneath and yanked it down.

I couldn’t help it.
The face of the guy standing next to me was just too radiant.

He was tall with a solid bu