and the way jingyi strums an off-key note on the guitar and says: "i love you," makes jin ling's heart soar out through his chest, but then — "bitch" comes afterwards , but the fond smile on jin ling's face does not go away

it shouldn't be endearing, it shouldn't make jin ling smile like a doof in love, it shouldn't make jin ling feel more happier and ease whenever he's around jingyi , but all of that goes thrown out the window whenever jingyi smiles sheepishly at him , eyes turning into crescents

and then . it hits him .

oh, capitalised and bold, 54 enlarged size, times new roman font on a blank google doc, he realises it.

he's in love, and perhaps he's fallen way too deep and too hard in to even realise it in the first place

jin ling grabs the nearest thing to him in panic , because . and to his surprise , or maybe not , he grabs a guitar . and then there's this period of silence where both jin ling and jingyi stare at each other with a guitar in each hand , like they were facing off a rodeo