Love Diary novel Chapter 12

"Hi, John."

Hearing a girl calling his name, combine with the music in his ear, John, who was sitting on the shortest parallel bars on the comprehensive playground with his eyes closed and listening to music, opened his eyes coldly. He felt a little strange. He had already found such a remote place to stay. How could there be a girl who wasn't aware of his intention?

As he thought of this, he met the eyes of the person, he could not help but be stunned. This was not like the eyes of the previous admirers. There was curiosity, excitement, and even a little scrutiny in this pair of eyes, but there was no infatuation or admiration at all.

But even so, that was not the reason for him to change his attitude. Therefore, as usual, he looked at the person coldly without saying anything.

"Can we have a talk?" Clare pointed at her ears, hinting the man to take off the earphones.

"You got something to tell me?" John didn't move but asked coldly. He was not curious, nor was he interested in the purpose of the girl opposite him. To be exact, he didn't like troubles. But beautiful girls were always troublesome. Of course, there would be exceptions, but that was not the person in front of him, at least not for the time being.

Clare nodded seriously, "Yes." She reached out her hand and smiled friendly. "Let me introduce myself. My name is Clare, a new comer."

Clare...

There was a slight change in John's expression. He had heard of this name since it appeared frequently in the school recently. But it was also because of this that John confirmed Clare as a troublesome representative almost without hesitation.

So he didn't hold Clare's hands, but just pulled his ear and said rudely, "What do you want to say? Go ahead and say it."

Clare smiled helplessly and withdrew her hand. Recently, she seemed to encounter setbacks constantly. Carl and John had almost ruined her confidence. Fortunately, she was tough enough to recover soon.

"Can I sit down and tell you?" She pointed at the single bar where John was sitting.

John looked at her and then at her school dress, "... Whatever."

Clare expressed her thanks with satisfaction. She slightly pressed the hemline of her school uniform with one hand, and put the other hand on one of the parallel bars. With a skillful support on her arm and a kick on her feet, she turned around and jumped up. Within a blink, she had already sat steadily beside John.

Whoosh... Fortunately, the foundation of four years of gym and five years of dancing was not totally forgotten.

John looked at Clare with surprise and approval. His intuition told him that the girl in front of him might be a little different from the one he had imagined.

"Actually, I don't have anything special to tell you."

Clare said honestly, "I'm just curious about you."

Resisting the impulse of "ask her to leave" and "leave by himself", John asked patiently, "Is there anything worth your curiosity about me?"

"You." Clare turned her head to look at him and said, "Everyone says that you are very cool and cold. Don't get close to people like an iceberg. But one of my friends told me that you are actually a good person. You were just afraid of troubles, so you didn't want to contact people you were not familiar with. So I'm curious if you are the same person as she said."

John was stunned, "... Your friend?" He remembered that when he was in grade one of high school, a girl said to him with a beautiful smile, 'John, if only you could always smile. I think you are actually a very gentle person. You are indifferent to unfamiliar people just because you are afraid of troubles, aren't you?

"No." In the uneasiness of Clare, John finally reached out to take the thing from Clare. He held the little doll in his hand and looked at the time again.

"Oh, I almost forget that you are leaving. I'm sorry to take up your time." Clare smiled apologetically, waved her hand at him and said, "Go ahead with your work. Bye."

John glanced at her, turned around and took two steps. Then he stopped and said goodbye to Clare seriously with his back to her. Then he quickened his pace and left the playground.

Clare froze for a moment, and then stood still with a gentle smile.

This John...

He was indeed an interesting person.

No wonder Amie had a crush on him.

If he could smile more in the future, Amie would be very happy, wouldn't she? That silly girl.

Thinking of Amy, Clare smiled and walked quickly towards the shrubbery where they had sat, but Amy was no longer there.

Did she leave first? Clare wondered. She looked at her watch and guessed in her mind, 'It's almost the opening ceremony. Amie might have gone to the site to prepare for it?'