In June, gardenias bloom all over the campus.
Chi Yan has been clinging to Song Yanran since he can remember. He had to sit next to her in kindergarten, be in the same class with her in elementary school, wait for her to go to school on bicycles in junior high school, and even went so far in high school - he even peeked at what she filled out when submitting the application form.
Song Yanran said she found him annoying, but in her heart she hid a secret she didn't dare to tell: she liked him too.
But he was so dazzling. Ranked first in grade, good at basketball, surrounded by girls. But she only had average grades and average appearance, and she was afraid of showing too much gum even when she smiled. She didn't dare to show it, for fear of being seen through, for fear of losing even the "annoying" company she now had.
Where is Chi Yan? He even dared not say it. He was afraid of scaring her away, afraid that she would smile and say "stop making trouble", afraid that fifteen years of clinginess would eventually turn into a joke.
So both of them held it in.
He took a detour every day to send her home, saying "on the way"; she deliberately left a candy for him, saying "I bought too much". He put his coat on her while she was sleeping, and she pretended not to know; she said what she wanted to eat would appear on the table the next day, but he refused to admit that he had put it there.
Gardenias bloom in June season after season.
On the day of their senior year of high school graduation, the whole class took pictures on the playground. Song Yanran was pushed aside by the crowd, and Chi Yan walked across the entire playground and stood in front of her.
"Song Yanran."
"What for?"
"I have something to tell you."
The fragrance of gardenia is overwhelming. His ears were red and transparent, and his Adam's apple rolled up and down.
"From the age of three to now, everything I do is related to you," he said. "Can it be the same in the future?"
The wind blew the petals onto her shoulders.
She didn't speak, just lowered her head and smiled. The kind of charming smile that has been hidden for more than ten years.
Then she stretched out her hand and hooked his little finger hanging by her side.
He was stunned for half a second, and then clasped it tightly with his backhand.
Gardenias bloomed all over the campus in June, and they finally no longer had to hide them.
Intention: The person you have a crush on. Maybe I have a crush on you too