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It all started when I met a guy.
He wasn't extraordinary or anything special, but he took my eye. It wasn't because of his captivating looks either. He's not that handsome. He is lanky and he has a mop of dark black hair which looked like it hasn't been touched by comb for decades. He's not that tall, and he's only a few centimeters taller than me. Maybe if I wore heels, I could carry him and throw him off a cliff. He's cute, I admit, but definitely not drop dead gorgeous.
But the thing about him, he had a sense of humor.
Whenever I was with him, I couldn't help but crack up at his jokes, whether they were lame or not. He has a funny way of telling it. I could remember the smiles and laughs with shared through the times we spent together. I could almost hear his melodic laughter ringing through my ears, and it gets me giggling too. His laughter was funny in a eccentric way. His facial expressions when making jokes are priceless. Not that it was hideous or anything. The way his face lights up whenever he jokes and how his eyes gleam sent butterflies fluttering in my stomach.
He reminds me of Leo Valdez.
Don't get me wrong. He doesn't erupt to flames and I doubt that he's a demigod, and child of Hephaestus for that matter. Well I don't certainly think he is, but I could be wrong. He, after all, possesses the same talent as Leo through fixing and repairing different machineries. But I don't think he could build a bronze dragon like the way Leo did.
Still, you have no idea how this made me happy. Leo was my crush throughout the series, and having a real version of him made me so ecstatic. They didn't look that much alike, except for the black hair and scrawny figure. Leo has a dark skin color while he was pale as an albino. But the similarities didn't end there.
He is also cocky and confident, and I would smack him if his comments about himself weren't that dam hilarious. He has a habit of calling himself 'bad boy' which made no sense since he always follow the rules. Since his body type is short and scrawny, he says that it is the new 'sexy thing' as he put it. He even wrote 'SSS' on his arm, which symbolizes: short, scrawny and sexy. He claims it's a tattoo even though it looks like a kid wrote on his arm using a black sharpie.
One day, we were just hanging out, only the two of us. It was a dark and starry night, and we are at his rooftop. The atmosphere seems to be a little tense, and he turned quite serious. He turned to face me, a nervous expression plastered on his face. I've never thought that it was possible, for him to get nervous I mean. He is a carefree and laidback guy, and usually, he got things under control.
He was standing beside me, our faces inches apart. Due to instinct, my eyes fluttered close while I could feel him leaning towards me, before his lips could touch mine…
I woke up.