An Unnoticed Corner

(Told partly in first person, adapted from real experiences, set in high school) [Unrequited Love Comes True + Mutual Devotion + Campus Romance + Jokes and Memes + Redemption] [An Insecure, Shy, Sensitive Top Student Girl + An Outgoing, Overthinking Male Slacker] My name is La Lai, and I got into one of the city’s key high schools through connections. In my first year of high school, I was skipping class with my buddy when I accidentally bumped into a girl named Xiao Lei at a supermarket. She was kind of strange. After we ditched class to go to an internet cafe, we went to a milk tea shop, and she was working there! Damn, why did she throw up in the exam room? It’s okay, I’m here. You don’t have to be scared. After running into her again and again, I started paying special attention to her. Her every word and gesture, even the color and fragrance of her hair, became deeply engraved in my mind. I think I might be falling for her, especially her gentle expression and personality. Xiao Cai said she seemed a little withdrawn on the outside, but Xiao Lei was warm inside, with a kind of sunshine and warmth that was hard to describe. Through countless acts of redemption and choosing each other, I admit I’ve fallen in love with her. I want her, and I want a future with her. [Dedicated to saying goodbye to the first love of my lost youth.]