and the way jingyi strums an off-key note on the guitar and says: "i love you," makes jin ling& #39;s heart soar out through his chest, but then — "bitch" comes afterwards , but the fond smile on jin ling& #39;s face does not go away

it shouldn& #39;t be endearing, it shouldn& #39;t make jin ling smile like a doof in love, it shouldn& #39;t make jin ling feel more happier and ease whenever he& #39;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& #39;s in love, and perhaps he& #39;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& #39;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