Confess to Me

a senior during

ike someone out of a legend, speaking in

al – it was me, agreeing to be his girlfri

men's room bu

ke bar, I grabbed the first perso

nt disaster, blurted out, "Could you keep watch for me? I

n answer, I dashed in

ll there, scrolling his ph

ok, I realized he

proached him.

ocketed his phone,

's

whe

d, wondering if he misto

with friends today, maybe some other time. Let's exchange cont

ng for his phone but looking at me with a

h? Definitely a

uninterested; that usual

ere, right? Say no more; I get it. But to

lled me, I'd just

hone back in my pocket. "Fine, whatever. I'll take

back to the karaoke room, silently con

encountered by the bathroom when the door swung open. I looked up,

the nerve to fol

ead of the Public Relations Club in our university,

n Bax

d been going on and on about –

er, I felt my whole body tense up.

y, nudged me, oblivious to my discomfort. "So, who w

aying at the corners of his mouth. "C

d, it

he cr

His resume sparkled with all the clichés of a romance no

" but I'd also made him guard the bathroom door, as

r hadn't even started, a

ating if I should apologize. Just then, Landen called out loudly, "Kri

feeling the heavy weight of Han

ght I did a decent job, I tried to be humb

ust as I sat down, Hanson leaned over with a low-key critique. "Not bad, but y

went, nit

d seriously. "Duly noted. I'll w

d with a quiet, "Hmm. I'm pretty good with Sp

fo. "But let's be clear – I won't help you with what y

sugge

king m

ng wronged: I swear

ition. Due to a lack of participants, the Event Pl

tion just a few days ago, I felt too ashamed to perform. I secretly approached Landen, hop

nd contacted me directly. "Heard

sure how I had suddenly

iming I was discouraging his staff. Just sign u

't need that

ng and frantically tried to refuse. "

guard the men's room; I can spare s

o live down the men's rest

Hanson teaching me Span

intently every day, painstakingly repeating phrases in Spanish

nly no

at Hanson was using h

s tossing and turning, dreaming of Hanson

soon, I feared I m

g, I managed to get myself eli

atever connection I had with Hanson, and while I was reli