
“How dare he look at me like shit. A saint? Huh, it's ridiculous. Look, I'll prove that you're nothing more than a cheater, the sickest player!” Selena fizzed as her eyes squinted, looking at the back of someone in front of her.
The incident that took away Selena's self-esteem this afternoon really did bother her, especially the look of humbling Ocean. Ever since getting out of that nightmare-filled place, Selena has been trailing Ocean, waiting for all her classes to be finished while cursing and swearing. Forget about going to class. Selena is determined to avenge Ocean more ruthlessly today, finding evidence that she is not as good as people think.
Passing through long passages and passages, Selena still faithfully followed Ocean who now stepped on the road that divides the park and small field. Turning right at the end of the road, Selena frowned when she saw the place Ocean was going to go to. The library.
“Ah, so this is the hidden base? I'm sure he'll meet someone at that sacred place.” Selena grinned, excited as if the evidence was already in her grasp.
The place was quite quiet when Selena set foot inside there. Some students in thick glasses are busy with books piled up, maybe working on paper. While the other two make the library as the most comfortable bed.
Ocean sat on one of the chairs with a long table in front of him, picked up a book, then began to sink into his reading. Selena deliberately sat some distance away after plucking one random book on the shelf.
“Why did he instantly read a book like a good boy so?” Selena clucked, her spirit faded. “Ah, not possible. I'm sure I'll find something in this place.”
Armed with a baseless belief that came out of nowhere, Selena did not let go of her gaze from the calm-looking Ocean with her book. He won't leave before he gets what he wants.
Five minutes. Selena's still poking towards the Ocean. The feeling of annoyance was still burning.
Ten minutes. Selena's upset mouth began to fade. His eyes blinked slowly as his hand moved slowly to support his chin. Somehow Selena started enjoying “activities” at the moment.
Fifteen minutes. Selena felt her heart start beating abnormally. His frustration completely disappeared. He seemed trapped, unable to take his eyes off.
The face ... the longer it looked, Selena felt a strange crackling in her chest. Ocean was barely even moving in place, yet Selena seemed to be able to see the man emitting something she could not resist.
Ocean's quiet gesture that offers peace, makes Selena feel dragged deeper. Whether since when, his fingers that turned the pages of the book can be seen—
“Hey, quickly get out of there before I break your neck.” Selena glared at a man with a bagundal-like appearance who was suddenly sitting in front of her, blocking her sight of Ocean. The man clucked, before moving to sit somewhere else. Nothing yet he's been rejected.
—so charming. An almost expressionless face, gently moving hair was exposed to a gentle gust of wind from window—
Selena shook her head strongly when she realized what she was doing. “What the fuck? Am I sick?” Selena pressed her palm against her forehead, checking her body temperature. Normal. “Awareness, Selena. You're here because you have an important mission.”
Patting her cheeks a few times, Selena glanced back at Ocean. And damn, he again saw a wide variety of flowers blooming behind the man. Selena lowered her head on the fold of the hand on the table. Back in that feeling.
The quiet atmosphere of the library, the peace of the Ocean that rubbed on her, gradually made Selena's eyes close, for a moment after she had drowned in a dream.
...****...
“Jeez, I overslept.” Selena rubbed her face, slightly stretching her body that felt sore because of the unusual sleeping position she did. I don't know how long he slept. “Oh, she's gone?”
The seat that Ocean had occupied was empty. His mission was clearly a complete failure. However, if to be honest, Selena is actually also not sure Ocean makes this library as a secret place to meet women. Anyhow—according to the words Everly—dia rich. The library is too risky if he really wants to build a good image on campus.
Selena just wanted to stand up when a banana milk is placed on her front desk. He lifted his face and gasped at what he saw.
“It looks like you're tired of spying on me all day.”
Ocean. The man gave the banana milk.
Glancing at Selena with no interest at all, Ocean was about to pass from there when he suddenly recalled something. “Ah, there is one more I want to give you.” Ocean placed a book next to the banana milk, grinning, before finally waltzing away leisurely.
In her seat now, with a fixed gaze on the bright yellow book Ocean had just given her, Selena clenched her hands tightly. His teeth rumbled along with his frustration that peaked through the maximum limit.
“Ocean ... that fucking asshole ...” Selena gripped the book, hoping to turn it into ashes right now.
Slamming the book onto the table to make some “penghabit” library turn to him, Selena again glanced at the series of words printed thick on the book cover.
Self-Development Strategies: from Stupid to Wise.
...****...
“I've guessed he's here la—oh, what is he doing?” Selena frowned at the entrance of the library.
His gaze was directed at Ocean who today returned to the library, it seemed like his routine was indeed so after his entire class ended. However, to Selena's astonishment, the man is seen resting his head on the folds of his hands on the table.
Selena stepped closer. Up next to the man, he was stunned. Ocean's eyes closed, his breathing rhythm regular. It looks like he overslept there, looking very tired.
Weighing for a moment, Selena finally decided to sit beside Ocean by taking a seat distance. After all, there was something he needed to finish with the man.
“What-what. He says I'm stupid, but he's acting stupid himself now.” Selena muttered, glancing at the cynical-looking Ocean sound asleep.
Not half a minute of sitting there, Selena's glance turned into a fixed gaze. For God's sake, Selena didn't mean to do it, her head seemed to move on its own, her eyes seemed to be attracted to only one center, and the strange clattering came back. Actually what happened to him—
“Selena Jasmine Athaya.”
The slow, slightly hoarse voice made Selena jerk, spontaneously rewind her body. Ocean still closed his eyes, but now Selena knew she was not sleeping at all.
How did Ocean know his name?
Along with that question floating in Selena's mind, Ocean's eyelids opened, directly staring straight at Selena.
“You're here to reply me?”
Oh, even Ocean did not feel the need to raise his head, sitting normally. He even confirmed the position of his head, as if looking for the most comfortable sleeping position.
“Of course. I brought you ten books of the Torture of the Grave and Hell: Proud and Proud Man. I also brought ten apple juices that are much fresher than banana milk.”
Out of the blue, Ocean chuckles little— laughs Selena—'s behavior without even letting go of her gaze. “You're a fool, huh? Can't you get back to me a little better?”
Instead of getting angry at being called ‘boh’ once again, Selena froze in place instead. That laugh, that face .... It seems Selena knows why Natasha is obsessed with Ocean Arkananta.
...****...