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Financier Cookie's been aware for quite sometime now.
From every bead of sweat that rolls down her forehead during the cold to every cold chill in the heat she gets whenever he's around.
The way she flinches whenever rumors of Clotted Cream with any other girl arises, or whenever she sees him smiling so happily without her by his side that makes her bite her lips habitually.
She's been aware for quite sometime now
Why her heart bleeds and claws from within her chest, why her words burn on their way down as she swallows them again, why the delicate tears falls from the cracks of her rough exterior.
And so she drowns herself in sports until her legs gives way beneath her, and locked her heart away long past anyone learnt how to read her eyes. Anything to shut the thoughts from infesting her mind.
She's been aware for quite sometime now
Thats why her body flushes despite falling into the nearby fountain, her wet clothes clinging onto her skin as water droplets fell from his cream coloured bangs. Thats why her arms that trapped him in his position trembled as his slender fingers reached out to tuck a stray lock of hair behind her ear, her breath hitching as his short exhales hit her own face due to their close proximity. Thats why her tears fall so gently as the sunset envelops them in its evening hues, exposing their concealed floodgate of emotions.
Shes been aware for quite sometime now
Maybe thats why it felt so right when her confession scorched her tounge or when her sobs were swallowed by a pair of lips so careful almost as if it were afraid it would shatter her.
And from the glint in his eyes searching for something more, maybe hes been aware of it for quite sometime too.