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26 | What I did
Plinio's POV:
Is it a crush, admiration, or some silly infatuation?
This question did not let sleep embrace me the whole night and kept me turning my sides or maybe it is the outcome that is bugging me.
Whatever it is, Celeste has definitely moved something inside me. I feel drawn to her and no girl has ever made me feel this way before. There haven't been many girls in my life either, just some random one-night stands. And Celeste is different. Chances are, it is her alien personality that's attracting me.
With that conclusion been derived, I decide to go back to my normal routine, my ways before I met Celeste. And to bring back that careless attitude, I reach the school earlier today, just to escape meeting Celeste at my
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