The whole class started guessing from the start. Everyone was convinced that the red hair tie Scholar Gu Shuhan never took off her wrist was a token of love, but the stubborn liberal-arts student Zhang Hangsi slammed her hand on the desk and argued to the bitter end: it was just an ordinary hair band.
From the teasing and jokes before morning study, to the secret help in Chinese class, from taking sides in a class group chat poll to the whole class gathering in person to watch the Great Hair Tie Removal Challenge. She seemed to win all the snacks fair and square, while behind the scenes, she and her deskmate put on a whole show in perfect understanding.
Orange hard candies hidden in pockets, flushed ears burning as they darted away, and stubborn denials that only made the truth more obvious. When everyone chased after them, demanding the ultimate answer about the red hair tie, the boy spun its knot around his fingertips and simply smiled at her. “What do you think? Is it, or isn’t it?” A high-school secret crush watched by the whole class quietly blossoms amid stubborn denials and fluttering hearts.
This story is dedicated to csr, my girlfriend.
Theme: Pursue a perfect ending
