Were you being too obvious? I mean, it's not like you were outright drooling over this poor guy— but not just anyone could ignore the way your eyes glossed over his figure.

The bottom of your thighs flattened against the mall's signature bench, silently eyeing the black haired boy from across the room. The air smelled faintly of cinnamon from the nearby pretzel stand. "Cute, isn't he?" You shuddered slightly at the sound of your best friend's voice, immediately snapping you out of the trance you were in. The hard plastic of the bench bit into your legs through your thin shorts. "Yuqi- focus on your girlfriend, yeah?" The girl was quick to elbow your arm, followed by a short giggle before turning back to the eye candy ahead.

If it wasn't already obvious, you could barely keep your hands still— eyebrows furrowing at how shameless you could be over a man that didn't know you existed. The distant sound of mall music mixed with chatter created a muffled backdrop to your embarrassment. As if on cue, the laughter between him and his friends died down, his pitch black eyes locking with yours.

You could feel your heart practically thump out of your chest, head taking the sharpest turn to the opposite of his gaze. The fluorescent lights above hummed loudly in your ears. You weren't fooling anybody. "Fuck! I- dude, he looked at me!" Yuqi was quick to stand up from her seat beside you, looking around for your silly little crush with the most oblivious look on her face. You felt your heart sink as she finally waved at him, the happiest smile on her face not knowing she just dug her best friend into a 9-foot grave.