After getting all the materials or references to make a report, Bella and Ben sit while rereading the books they took from the available bookshelves. Bella read seriously word for word to find the most important thing to include in her report. Meanwhile, Ben started lending his temple because he was tired of reading, now his eyes glanced at Bella, who was seriously reading.
"She must be very fond of reading" thought Ben. Ben began to support his chin with his right hand, without Ben noticing. He kept watching her, and luckily she didn't see it, so Ben paid attention to her for a long time.
Until finally, Bella finished reading her book, then Bella looked at Ben, who was still looking at her. Bella is amazed that Ben is staring at her without taking the slightest turn.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" asked Bella. Ben immediately realized with his reverie, and he lowered his right hand that had been supporting his chin. Ben is so embarrassed that he was caught watching her, Ben tries to distract her.
"Who is staring at you?"
"You" Bella replied with absolute certainty that she saw Ben watching her, Ben swallowed his saliva then took his book and showed it to Bella.
"It seems like this is good for a report" Ben diverted his conversation and luckily Bella was distracted by looking at the contents of the book shown by Ben. Bella read it seriously, making Ben sigh with relief as he managed to distract her.
"You're right, we will input this" said Bella then noted the important thing, Ben paid attention to Bella back then he paused while thinking about something.
'beautiful' that comes to mind ben.
While Bella is taking notes, suddenly her smartphone vibrates, and Bella immediately sees who is calling her.
"Alex" Bella muttered quietly, and immediately Bella picked up the phone from Alex. Ben, who saw the change in Bella's expression, which was serious, now becomes cheerful, making Ben realize that Bella likes Alex.
"Hello, Alex" said Bella with a face that looked very cheerful.
"How is it going well?" asked Alex on the phone, Bella glanced at Ben briefly then immediately looked away.
"Yes, really smoothly" answered Bella.
"Is Ben also looking for material for the report?" asked Alex who is very curious about Ben, Alex is very worried that Ben will not work and take advantage without having to work hard.
"Yes, in fact, he found a lot of material for reports" sounded annoyance from Alex on the phone making Bella a little confused, Bella glanced back at Ben who is now busy himself with a smartphone.
"Just don't ever let him not work, tell Aulia to keep an eye on Ben" Bella sighed softly.
"Aulia is not coming".
"What?"
"He said he had family matters".
Tutt.. sound ends, Bella is confused because suddenly the call is ended by Alex. Bella shook her head lightly, then put her smartphone back.
Bella saw that Ben was already busy playing games to make Bella snorted in annoyance.
"Why are you playing games?" Ben glanced at Bella, then put his smartphone on the table.
"You're busy calling" Ben's words made Bella sigh softly.
"sorry".
"Who was it?"
"Alex"
"Why did he call you?" Asked Ben curiously, Bella was confused to answer because the reason Alex called him because he was afraid that Ben would not participate in group work.
"Hmm .. he just asked if we've found material for the report".
"Looks like that's not it, did he ask about me?" Ben begins to cross his arms and place them on his chest. Ben stared at the bell with intimidation, making Bella a little speechless as Ben stared at the curious face of Ben.
"Hmm .. yes, Alex said he was afraid you would not join the group work" Bella's words made Ben chuckle, then Ben began to look out the window. It seems like his mouth grumbling is not clear, Bella did not hear Ben grumbling.
But Bella knows that Ben must be annoyed with Alex because he already suspects him.
Bella is silent while watching Ben who is still grumbling 'when she was with him, it turns out he's not as bad as I imagined' Bella doesn't believe the gossip about Ben at school and feels that all the gossip she heard was not true.
Bella sees that Ben is a good boy, even though sometimes Ben is a little bit ignorant but it doesn't matter because while his ignorance isn't too much, it's not a problem for Bella. Indeed, his face was a little fierce, but he's a good person, that's Bella's first assessment of Ben.
"You're not ashamed anymore" Ben's words made Bella wake up from her trance, Ben turned out to have noticed Bella from earlier.
"Wh-what?"
"Did you always notice me? What is wrong? What's wrong with me?" Ben's words made Bella realize that she was watching Ben from the moment, so it made her feel uncomfortable in front of Ben.
"Wh-what ?! n-no! Y-you must have seen it wrong!" argued Bella quickly. Ben started to let out a mischievous grin.
"You're fascinated by my good looks?" said Ben with his pedicure, making Bella's face flushed with embarrassment. Bella immediately hit Ben's arm hard to vent his shame on Ben.
"Do not be overindulged!" denied Bella. Ben, who was hit in the arm, immediately grimaced in pain.
"Akh!! Your punch is so strong!"
"you make me angry!" Bella again hit Ben's arm with a strong, Bella's punch also made Ben grimace in pain.
"Akh! It's hurt! Stop it!" Bella finally stopped hitting Bella snorted in annoyance as she glared at Ben. Ben, who felt his arm hot, started stroking his arm.
"I didn't expect your punch to be strong too", said Ben who still didn't believe that Bella's punch was so strong.
"Do you want more?" Bella has prepared her right hand said s to hit Ben's arm again. Ben immediately stepped back the bench and himself away from Bella.
"not. Enough. I don't want any more" said Ben who begged not to be beaten by Bella again, Bella chuckled at Ben's scared expression, and Bella immediately lowered her right hand.
"So don't tease me".
"I'm not teasing you" said Ben as he pushed his chair back, Bella began to chuckle to hear answers from Ben.
"Let's continue" said Bella who returned to reading the book, Ben, who saw Bella, who was back seriously, immediately took the book she wanted to read again.
They are busy reading books after reading books. Ben and Bella started jotting down important things to include in their reporting assignments.
Ben felt his eyes getting tired, Ben started yawning, and Bella saw it.
Bella smiles, seeing Ben, who is yawning 'looks like he's getting bored' Bella knows that Ben is getting bored because they've also been in the library for a long time. Bella looked at her watch 'looks like enough material'.
Bella began to look at Ben, who was already lying on top of Bella's bag. Bella just wanted to pat the shoulder when someone came over to them.
"I was expecting it, and you must be just only sleeping".