TRUE COLORS

DAY 120

POV DYLAN
"She Yue! Did you bring the shampoo?!" I scream from my room.
We're packing our bags. Last week, Miss Dong entered the class with a huge smile, exclaiming: "Guys ... We go to the spa!"
The Headmaster liked the show so much that he didn't hesitate for a moment to declare our victory.
"Yup!" Yue answers me from her room.
Suddenly Su joins me and sits on my bed.
I glance at him and I immediately understand that something is wrong ...
"All right?" I ask him.
"I have to ask you a question" he tells me, with a serious look.
Ohi ohi ... What's going on?
"I listen to you"
"How do you understand that you like a girl?"
Ok, I didn't expect this.
The eye escapes me on my mother's photo on my desk.
How I wish you were here, Mom... You were good at these things.
"Er ... I ... er ... Shen Yue! Come here for a moment, please!"
Yue runs to us and immediately looks at Su.
"Puppy, are you okay?" she asks, worried.
He shakes his head.
I hold a laugh.
"He's fine, but he has a question for us" I explain.
"Oh ok!" she sits next to him and I do the same.
"Su would like to know how you understand you like a girl" I say.
Yue opens her eyes wide, surprised, then she bites her lower lip and thinks about how to respond.
"Mmh...You understand you really like a girl when you see something beautiful and you immediately think of her... When you're happy and you want to hear her ... When you're sad and you feel the need to have her next to you. You discover yourself always turning around her ... Sometimes you don't even notice: you always find yourself close to her, as if she were a kind of magnet that attracts you to herself. And then your heart beats when you see her ... And if she smiles, you inevitably smile too. That becomes the person who makes you most angry in the world, but also the one who knows how to make you feel happier".
Every word she says comes into me.
I look a te her as she answers a few questions from Su and I lose myself in my thoughts.
When I see something beautiful, do I immediately think of her? Yes.
When I'm happy, do I want to hear her? Yes.
When I'm sad, do I need to have her next to me? Yes.
Do I always find myself next to her? Constantly.
Does my heart beat when I see her? Often.
If she smiles, do I smile too? With that smile, it's inevitable.
Is she the person who makes me more angry in the world? Definitely.
Is she the person also make me feel happier? Right now yes.

No. No, no, no, no. Dylan, don't put strange ideas in your head! You don't like her!
"Didi, maybe you were right" my brother wakes me from my thoughts.
"I think I like Xixi ... And a lot" he blushes.
Yue puts her hand to her mouth and her eyes immediately become shiny.
Her reaction makes me smile.
"Then you have to conquer her" I tell him.
"How?"
Yue: Bring her a flower every day
Me: Don't let yourself be seen too involved, be detached
Yue: Fill her with compliments, she must know that for you she is the most beautiful
Me: Play with the other little girls, she will die of jealousy
Su shakes his head.
"I see. I'll do it my way" he mutters and he leaves the room.
Yue and I look at each other and burst out laughing.
"Su's first crush" she sighs, happy.
"Yeah".
"Who was your first crush?" she asks me slyly.
"I won't tell you!" I exclaim, blushing.
"I already know, Caesar told me! Miss Liu!" she laughs.
That traitor! He had promised me he would never talk to anyone about this! I swear I'll make him pay!
Miss Liu was our English teacher at Middle School.
"I kill him!" I growl.
"Oh, you must not be ashamed! She was a beautiful woman!"
Keep teasing me?
"And you? Let's hear, who was your first crush?"
Now it's her turn to blush.
After a few moments, she whispers: "Kido".
"WHAT?!"
"I'm going to finish preparing the suitcase" she grins.
"Shen Yue!"
I chase her to her room, but she locks the door in my face. I hear her laughing.
Kido ?! Seriously?!

Author's corner
Hello!
This very short update comes from a moment between me and one of my nephew (she is seven years old).
This afternoon, while we were drawing, she asked me if I was in love ... I didn't even have time to reply that she immediately said to me: "I do! And I have already a boyfriend!"
She started telling me how she understood that she liked this child and how she asked him to become her boyfriend.
Leaving aside the fact that the little girl has a more intense love life than her aunt, this thing warmed my heart and inspired me to write this little piece of history 😊😅
A big hug and see you very soon for the long-awaited trip to the spa 🤭
Thanks for always being here with me 💜💛
Lucrezia.