"I wanted to ask her today, but maybe today's not the day," he cried.
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Despite his fear and unsuccessful approach, Hari followed the footsteps of Alisa. Every turn, every stop, he follows her with a three-meter gap.
"What should I do, I thought I can do it today. Why can't I asked her if I could walk her home?" Hari regrets the timing of asking Alisa to take her home.
"Of course, she doesn't know you, she wouldn't let you in the first place," he argues back to himself.
...
Three years ago was the first time he saw the girl on the street, she was alone at night and was wearing black short shorts, a gray hoodie, and a black cap. Hari was on the other side of the street waiting for a cab to take him home. He did not pay any attention, but suddenly before the cab even arrived, the girl came out of the convenience store across the street.
The wind was blowing hard; it is the month of October. Suddenly a cap flew and landed on Hari's feet. He grabbed the cap and when he looked up, there he saw the girl and had this indescribable feeling of wanting to own the stranger.
Her hair flowed with the wind like tree branches, its color is as crisp as a brown oak wood, her eyes are glowing like emerald jewelries, they are bright green in color. Hari was stunned and was unable to move.
"Um... Thanks," the girl said when she grabbed her cap against the grasp of Hari. The girl put back her cap and hoodie and went her way going the opposite direction Hari was looking at.
Hari was bewitched and was still stiff as a wood for several seconds until his cab arrived.
*Beeep*, *beeeep*, *beeep*, the sound of the cab's horn.
"Sir, are you going in or not?" the driver asks.
Hari blinked a couple of times and fixed his stiff body.
"Ye-... yes, I'm coming," he stuttered as he responded.
Luckily, his cab was going to the same road the girl was walking. Hari looked for the girl in her hoodies and cap, it is dark. For a minute of searching through the windows, Hari lost his hope of seeing the girl again, but suddenly, the cab passed a running girl, they had this five second eye contact until he lost sight of her.
...
"It has been three years huh? And I'm still a coward and a cry baby, sigh~," he whispered to himself when he looked at the store's calendar he stopped by.
Alisa and her friends are at the same store where Hari is.
"Look isn't this cute?" Alisa asks to her friend while holding a bunny keychain.
Couple of minutes passed, Alisa and her friends went on different directions to get home. Hari is still there, watching and guarding. He stood exactly three meters away from her to avoid suspicion. Several more steps and they arrived at the condominium complex where Alisa lives alone.
At the entrance, she was greeted by a neighbor.
"Alisa, how are you? Is there any suspicious things going on lately?" the neighbor asks.
"Oh no, there aren't any. I'm thankful!" Alisa responded.
Her neighbor was a police officer and Hari is very cautious whenever he sees him. He thinks what if the policeman thinks he is a creep. That would create a big problem for Hari. So, he only watches Alisa enters the building a few blocks away until he makes his own way home.
"Another mission accomplished, she is safe again today," he celebrates as he walks home.
Seven in the evening, Hari hits the bath to take a warm shower after his long day. He prepared some dinner and went his way to check the photos he got for today.
"Time to check the beauty of Alisa today, I'm gonna print few ones," Hari mutters.
His room is filled with photos of Alisa. Every expression she does was captured by Hari for the past three years. He knows her better than anyone. Every hair style, outfit, mood, he captures and prints them, then he posts them on his bedroom's wall. Every inch of his room is full of Alisa's face.
"Oh, this one's a good one, let me save them," he continues to survey the photos.
"I don't like this one, the frame is full of insignificant people, I only want Alisa," while deleting photos other than Alisa's solo photos.
Hari is enjoying what he captured today but after a few clicks...
*Baam!* he throws the camera.
"What?! She knows!"
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