From wanting to kiss you

Ethan vacantly stared at her unwavering gaze. He blinked numerous times as he tried to have a full comprehension of what she said.

'Did -- did I hear her right?' For a moment, Ethan's mind went blank and only her words kept ringing in his head. His eyes traveled across her beautiful facial features with inexplicable emotions circling inside his heart.

"But, let me get this straight. Right now, I don't like you… well, what I meant is that I only like you as a friend. So, don't ever think that this will gonna be easy. I swear to God Ethan Lu…" Lexi cleared her throat and started prattling about her conditions and warnings. However, Ethan Lu could hardly focus on her words albeit got the gist of it.

Arching her brows, Lexi crossed her arms around her upper abdomen. She instigated, "...are you listening?"

"Uh, yeah." Ethan Lu vigorously nodded yet, by the looks of it, his mind was still wandering somewhere else.