i was laying under three blankets, cowering slightly at the unnecessarily creepy images on kyungmi's television.

it's been three weeks since i've fixed her light, and surprisingly she called me down to fix a broken hinge on her door later that week. she grew a pair and asked me for my number(which left me rather flustered) and we've hung out every few days since.

she also scolded me about my aggressive masculinity and how i sometimes push it onto people. she calls herself a "feminist" - i'm not too sure what that is, but she says it's a person who wants equal rights for every gender. i think i'd like to be a feminist, too.

gender equality is freaking cool.

currently, we were watching some horror movie called the grudge - it was a japanese thriller, and while i had to look brave and face the fear head-on, i really couldn't. that grudge girl is so damn creepy, killing people and all. her weave was on fleek though.

we had a bowl of nachos between us, her black and green hair left loose around her shoulders. she was hugging a pillow to her chest, entirely immersed in the movie. the light reflected off of her face, causing ghastly shadows to ghost across her skin. since our first meeting, i learned five things.

one - oh kyungmi is one badass girl. two - she's very straightforward about everything. three - don't challenge her opinions or you will end up begging for mercy. four - she's single. five - she loves horror movies, much to my dismay.

she and i had gone to the mall a few days ago, and she decided on the spot that she wanted to get her nose pierced. alongside her seven ear piercings, she now had a nose ring on her left nostril. i chose a cute black nose ring for her, and personally, i think it suits her very well. she ended up buying me a panda phone case, since she had caught on about how much i love kung fu panda.

sometimes, we were just comfortable in each other's company. other times, we'd play board games or i'd teach her some rad martial arts moves. either way, we have fun and enjoy ourselves. i'm not quite sure if she views me in a romantic light yet, but i'll take what i can get.

as i reached for the nachos, so did she, and our fingers brushed, just barely. it was like a ghost of a whisper, our knuckles gently rubbing against each other. it didn't seem to have the same effect on her like it did for me - my cheeks flushed pink and my heart was beating too fast, my breaths coming out in rough, ragged pants.

why does she do this to me?

she, meanwhile, continued to fish around for nachos, finally grabbing a handful and shoving them into her mouth. i had drawn my hand back, holding it tightly against my chest while my heart rate slowed down to normal.

oh my god. that was like, indirect handholding.

it didn't stay calm for long, as a high-pitched scream emitted from the television, another person presumably dying onscreen. this, in return, caused me to cry out, pulling the blankets up to my nose, hiding as much of myself as i could.

loud laughter boomed from my right and i turned to see kyungmi smiling at me, black and green bangs in her eyes. "that was HILARIOUS!" she went into another fit of giggles, clutching her stomach as small tears escaped her eyes.

i had never felt such a strong urge to kiss someone. it's like her lips were inviting me towards them, almost. although i held my ground, still recovering from the jumpscare, i found myself licking my lips rather expectantly at her still cackling figure.

"you-you scaredy cat!" the movie long forgotten in the background, i rather arrogantly puffed my chest, placing a hand on it.

"i'm not scared. it just caught me off guard."

"mmhmm, sure."

i scowled darkly. "i'm not scared, okay?"

she continued to hum at me, almost like she was patronizing me.

i shook my head stubbornly, letting the blanket fall around my shoulders.

jeez, talk about being in love.