"I can't see the future, I can't go back to the path I've walked, I only wish to linger in the same place, waiting for you."
Li Xixue quietly wrote this sentence in her diary, looking at Bian Baekhyun with deep affection, and said...
"Byun Baekhyun, do you have someone you like?"
Sitting next to him, Byun Baekhyun was startled. Li Xixue, one of the few people he'd spoken to, had taken the initiative. After a year as deskmates, he was the only one talking to her. Li Xixue listened quietly. Byun Baekhyun had always thought Li Xixue was a good listener, but this was the first time she'd taken the initiative.
This piqued Byun Baekhyun's interest. "No way... Li Xixue doesn't like me, does she?" he wondered.
Why do you ask that?
Seeing that Li Xixue didn't seem inclined to answer, he honestly gave up the idea. His impression of Li Xixue was that of an ethereal, overweight woman.
Unlike other girls who dressed up beautifully and gathered together to discuss which boys they liked or which boys were handsome, she preferred to sit quietly alone reading or writing in her beloved novel.
Li Xixue once said that her dream was to become a writer and win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Bian Baekhyun would laugh at her, saying it was impossible. Because of this, Li Xixue ignored Bian Baekhyun for three days.
Why is she called a fat woman? Actually, Li Xixue wasn't very fat; she was only slightly chubby. Unfortunately, all the girls in her class were incredibly thin, making her appear to be the fattest in the class.
Byun Baekhyun believed that even if Li Xixue confessed to the boy she liked, he wouldn't accept her. In school, looks were the primary factor, which was why Li Xixue always called Byun Baekhyun superficial.
After a long while, just as Li Xixue finished the latest manuscript, she looked up and saw Bian Baekhyun. Meeting his burning gaze, she was afraid that her eyes might betray something.
"Li Xixue, I'm telling you, I have someone I like."
Perhaps it's a feeling all girls with crushes experience; at this moment, Li Xixue's heart was pounding with anticipation, hoping that Byun Baekhyun would say her name.
Unrequited love
All of this was just Li Xixue's wishful thinking. Bian Baekhyun's answer wasn't what Li Xixue had imagined, but it wasn't unexpected either.
"I like Liu Ziyi, the school beauty in our class. Remember to keep it a secret, okay? You're the only one who knows!"
Following his gaze, Li Xixue saw a slender and beautiful girl. No wonder someone as superficial as Park Chanyeol liked her. Even Li Xixue couldn't help but sigh, realizing that her feelings for Byun Baekhyun at that moment couldn't compare to Liu Ziyi's breathtaking beauty, both in the past and now.
"I won't tell anyone."
Li Xixue wasn't sad, nor did she ignore Bian Baekhyun. She acted no differently than usual, except she was more taciturn. She felt she needed to restrain her feelings to ensure her love for him would last.
Not everyone likes to openly display their feelings, not everyone will silently love someone for ten years, not everyone will like a book after reading it once, and not everyone will fall in love at first sight.
It took Byun Baekhyun a second to fall in love with Liu Ziyi.
It took Li Xixue six minutes to fall in love with Byun Baekhyun.
Byun Baekhyun has been in love with Li Xixue for ten years.
Li Xixue loved Byun Baekhyun for a full ten years.