You have an annoyingly cute neighbour, Kimi. Him and his family moved in a few years ago from Italy. Your houses are right next to each other and both of your bedrooms are on the second floor, facing each other.

You have your desk right in front of the window because the natural sunlight helps you study better. When Kimi moved in, he also placed his desk in front of his window. This resulted in the two of you constantly making eye contact whenever either of you glanced up from your work.

Your parents and Kimi’s parents immediately befriended each other so you and Kimi spent most weekends at each other’s house. You and Kimi have a playful friendship and enjoy annoying each other.

Today you got home and saw a bouquet of flowers on your porch. They were your favourite flowers and there were exactly 17 of them with a card, ‘Happy 17th birthday’ written on it. You smiled as you went up to your room, placing the bouquet in a vase.

Kimi came home an hour after you because he went for a run directly after school. You were in your room drawing in your sketchbook, waiting for your parents to come home from work so that you guys could go out for dinner. You glanced up from your drawing and saw Kimi standing shirtless in his room. He was changing out of his running clothes.

He spotted you and grinned. Kimi sat down on his chair and scribbled something down a piece of paper. He flipped it around and pressed it against the window for you to read. He always did this to annoy you by distracting you from what you were doing. The note read: ‘Did you like your present?’

Your jaw dropped. “It was you?” You mouthed as you pointed to the flowers. Kimi nodded with a grin in response to your question.