Love is all around me

There was a pause in the air, as if time was frozen as all movements seemed to cease. Seconds ticked by just like an eternity. 

The girl holding the camera stiffly looked up at the tall boy with glasses in front of him. 

...What did I just hear?

Did he just...

Then, as if a wrinkle in time was unraveled, all colors seemed to rush in.

Song Xuantin's eyes widened and she almost dropped the camera. At the same time, her face instantly reddened visibly. Her heartbeat sounded loudly in her ears.

Thumped. Thumped. Thumped.

"W-what...did you say?" Song Xuantin stuttered as her heart disorderedly raced inside her ribcage. 

She looked at him with hopeful eyes filled with expectations, waiting for him to say those words again.

His words rang again inside her mind like a broken tape. 

'I, Gu Zhen, likes Song Xuantin.'

'I, Gu Zhen, likes Song Xuantin.'

'I, Gu Zhen, likes Song Xuantin....'