All students were in a hurry to leave the college. Anning and Baizhi were together, leaving the campus and followed the road to reach their home. At the parting point of the alleyway, they both bid farewell to each other and went their separate path.
From a corner where Anning couldn't see, Baizhi turned towards Anning's back and after staring for a while, continued her path.
Finally when Baizhi disappeared in an alley, Anning turned to see not even her shadow passing by. Then turned on heels to her way home.
Anning on this side when Baizhi was staring at her back , was controlling herself from turning and staring back at her.
Baizhi didn't know about this, that most of the time Anning could sense if someone is staring at her so intensely, whether from front or from somewhere she couldn't see.
Anning reached her apartment at 3 o'clock.
She used the spare keys and directly entered inside. Her grandma was snoring on the sofa of the hall. Anning goes to her room and comes back with a light blanket, wrapping it over her grandma.
Her grandma opened her eyes slightly at the intrusion and murmured, " Oh! You came."
After this, she again went to sleeping, just like that.
Anning sighed and removed her shoes, socks, then went to her room, still lost in thought.
What was that. I was just checking on her, but why she was looking at me. Maybe I was mistaken....
But still, it's so unlikely....
Oh! Leave it, why do I care.
'She has nothing to do with it.' well.
Anning slings off her bag from her shoulder and changes into casual clothes.
She then goes to refreshen up and took her phone after coming from bathroom.
She casually throws herself on the bed, eyes glued to the phone.
She was searching for Baizhi's chat, afterall.
And after finding it she goes through the previous messages again.
Nothing was new , so she closes the chat and clicks on the profile picture of Baizhi.
Baizhi has recently changed her profile picture and in the new one she was looking upwards slightly, eyes curving while she was smiling in the natural sunlight.
There was no filter in this picture. Anning stared at the picture not knowing her lips were curling up on themselves.
Real natural beauty...
After who -knows -when, she snaps out of it and closes the phone after one last look.
At some point, her grandma has already woken up. She was preparing coffee in the kitchen. Anning enters the kitchen and hears her grandma say, " Here. Drink it. "
She takes the hot mug from her hand and again turns to go in her room, when suddenly her grandma says, " After drinking, go to the shop and bring some eggs. There will be eggs in today's dinner. "
Anning pauses in her track, then searches for her phone in the pockets, when again her grandma interrupts --
" GO TO THE SHOP and buy them yourselves. "
Anning rolls her eyes , then replies, " It's not like , I'm not buying them my selves if it's online. "
Her grandma's only retort was using her one of deadly weapons ------- Her Stares.
Anning just gulped , shutting her mouth, and slipped out of the kitchen.
Once she closes the door of her room, she scratched her scalp in frustration.
What's so scary about it.
She then sits on her beanie bag and started sipping the hot coffee, still thinking about the demonstration of weapons of Asian parents .
Soon, her coffee was already finished and she started digging some clothes suitable for going out, unlike the loose pajama and half opened- buttoned shirt she was wearing.
After some moment, she fished out a pair of casual trousers and baggy tshirt.
After throwing them on her selves, she put her phone into her trouser pocket along with wallet, plugged her ears and bid her grandma with , " I'm going. "
When she closed the apartment door , her grandma's voice rang out, " It's -- I'll be coming. "
Anning goes by the stairs, eyes lowered, as if she heard nothing.
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