I watch the way he walks past me down the narrow hallway, pretending not to notice my existence.
I watch the way he looks at me suddenly with his large, dark, brown eyes, but quickly looks away, so that I will not see.
I watch when he laughs, and his smile slowly fades back to a serious, more reposeful look.
I watch when he is struggling to focus on his work, and clearly has something else consuming his mind.
I watch the way he listens thoroughly and inquisitively when someone talks about something he loves.
I watch the way he pretends not to care, when he most certainly cares a whole lot more than most would think.
I watch the way he fools everyone-that is, everyone except me.
-m.a.