Malaysian Student

I was revising at the Bodleian library for a postgrad exam and I noticed that a student across the reading room kept casting some glances at me. He looked like an undergrad and maybe east Asian. When he realised I had clocked this, he quicky looked back down at his notes, but after a while he'd raise his eyes again.

I put my stuff away and made to leave the room, but I walked by his seat first, making sure my leg would brush against his thigh and I briefly locked eyes with him. He was quite attractive and he blushed.

I didn't wait long in the corridor as he quickly followed me - he was taken aback to see that I was standing there waiting. I started making small talk and he visibly relaxed when I told him I wasn't part of Oxford Uni. He followed me as we left the library and he told me he had just moved to England from Malaysia to start his bachelor's. His English was good, with a strong Asian accent. He insisted he was 'inexperienced' without referring to anything in particular. I nor