just be into me (GL)

Dean was one hell of an extrovert who loved and knew cool places. Ella hadn't realized what she had been missing until now.

Cream was boring, how come she hadn't talked about any of these fancy places.

"We call this 'the spot' I'm guessing you don't need me to tell you why"Dean said smiling brightly

He sure loves to smile

"Yeah" Ella nodded excitedly. Hell, this place was cool as fuck. A field screaming nature, the greeneries accompanied with a cool looking lake. Picnic was going to be a blast here.

"Wanna take a picture?" Dean asked as if reading her mind

"Hell yea" Ella said passing her phone to Dean

Dean laughed heartily watching how Ella posed cutely. She borrowed someone's picnic spot, flipping through a novel she borrowed while he kept taking pictures.

———

"Ever tried a Chinese tea?" Dean asked. They were currently seated in a cafe with traditional Chinese culture designs.

"Nope, I don't think so" Ella said eating the ice cream Dean got for her when they visited a park

"Chinese teas can be classified into six distinctive categories: white, green, yellow, oolong, black and post-fermented. Others add categories for scented and compressed teas. All of these come from varieties of the Camellia sinensis plant. Most Chinese teas are cultivated and consumed in China. Ever heard of xihu long jing dragon well green tea?"

"Nope" Ella smiled admiring how knowledgeable Dean looked right now

"They say it's the most famous Chinese tea. Dragon Well tea also holds the not-so-humble nickname "China's Most Famous Tea." While there are a couple of Long Jing varieties based on their growing and production area, it's only the Xihu (West Lake) Longjing which gains its spot in the top ten list"

"Sounds very traditional, must be nice" Ella said.

"Ion know, I've never tried it before" Dean chuckled

"Then how come you know so much about it?" Ella asked with raised brows

"Just trying to look cool" Dean made a funny face "I must look very admirable right now. The male lead in a novel I read said it" he said

Both kept quiet for awhile before busting into laughter

"You're crazy" Ella said stifling a laugh

"I'm supposed to look cool not funny" he said in between laughter

"Yea, u sure looked really cool" Ella said

Ella was still laughing when she caught sight of Blue who was forcefully being pulled to their table by one of the girls she'd met earlier, Lucy.

"Hi brownie, hi Williams" the girl smiled making herself comfortable by sitting down pulling Blue along.

There were four sits around a table and she'd been facing Dean so right now, Blue was sitting beside her while Lucy was beside Dean.

The atmosphere felt tense or maybe it was just for Ella cause she had literally stiffened and the rest seemed fine.

"Hi Lus" Dean waved, clearly not finding their intruding annoying.

"How many times do I need to warn you not to call me that" Lucy said faking a frown

"I'll stop when you stop calling me brownie" Dean chuckled

"It's cute and it suits you" she argued

"Lus" Dean called laughing

"Whatever" she said waving her hands in the air in submission "damn you"

Ella sighed inwardly, stealing a glance at Blue who acted like she wasn't currently sitting beside her.

"Hi" she managed to say

Blue ignored her or maybe she was pretending to have not heard her.

"Hi" Ella said again, this time waving her hand in front of Blue's face

Blue gave her a nod…

A nod!!!!

Ella couldn't help but frown. What the hell!!

"Can you tell me why you're mad at me" Ella asked quietly, it was meant for only Blue to hear

Blue ignored her….

Seriously!!!!

"You said if I get you a bike, you'll think about my offer" Ella said

Silence…..

Was she seriously going to keep giving her the cold shoulder??

"Blue" Ella called softly

"Hey, wanna order anything?" Lucy asked Blue "they've ordered tea and snacks" she continued

"We should do the same" Blue said with a seemingly genuine smile

Oh wow, so her ears had been working after all

"Cool" Lucy clapped her hands gaining the waiter's attention "you brought her here didn't you" she said to Dean after the waiter left

"Yup, thought she needed to taste the tea"Dean answered

They kept talking but Ella wasn't paying attention anymore. She flashed back to her conversation with Blue the other night and no matter how much she checked she couldn't find anything she had said that was wrong and would lead to Blue's anger.

The waiter arrived shortly

"Bàoqiàn ràng nín jiǔ děngle" he said and everyone in the table seemed to understand except Ella

Chinese?

"He said sorry to have kept you waiting" Lucy said laughing at Ella's cute confused reaction

"Oh" Ella replied abased

"Yea, people say the place was built for Chinese netizens that base here" Dean explained

"Cool" Ella mumbled

"Why are you so quiet?" Dean asked Blue who looked at everything else but Ella

Blue shrugged "ion know"

Yeah you don't, shitty dick bag

"You aren't talking to each other and you're roommates, you're weird" Lucy said making Ella choke on her tea

They knew?