stell carefully strides along the hallway as justin follows his lead. the hallways were quiet and only faint sounds from classrooms can be heard as they pass by them. finally, they reached the faculty of the College of Fine Arts and Design. stell stopped in his tracks and so did justin. he took a quick glance at the younger, who immediately looked away as soon as their eyes met. stell opened the door and the fully-airconditioned room filled their senses. 11 professors resides in this room and each of them has their own cubicle but at that moment, only 2 other professors were in. stell's cubicle is the one at the end of the room. the professors greeted each other before stell entered his work cubicle.

justin quietly entered and stood by its entrance while stell comfortable settled on his swivel chair. he said and gestured on one of the two chairs infront of his table. justin quietly obliged and tried to get comfortable on that seat but his professor's gaze was almost burning his skin by the way that he looks at him.

i don't think he does it intentionally, though. justin thought. feeling ko he's just simply not aware of how intimidating he looks like.

stell started, crossing his hands on top of the table. suddenly, words were lost in his mouth and he couldn't seem to say anything. why did i bring him here again? he thought.

he softly exclaimed and justin almost giggled, finding that action kind of adorable.

justin was shocked to see his I.D on top of stell's desk. how did this even get here? at bakit hindi ko napansin?

stell said, seemingly answering the question inside Justin's head.

oh shit. justin thought. siya pala yung nabunggo ko??? what the heck !!

justin's voice almost sounded as if he was about to cry but he stopped scrambling when he heard a stifled laugh from stell.

stell said and justin finally heaved a breath of relief.

for the first time that day, justin saw stell's face soften.

stell chuckled and justin mentally celebrated because he was right. being "intimidating" was not stell's intention. it just comes out of him naturally and people just interpreted it in different ways.

justin almost facepalmed himself for saying that but when he saw stell's smile, he congratulated himself instead.

gago bakit ang bilis ng tibok ng puso ko? may nagmamarathon ba dito? justin thought.

justin excused himself. he actually has an hour left before his next class but he knew he had to leave.

justin nodded and smiled a bit.

stell said and smiled once again, making Justin's stomach flutter.

adorable... stell thought.