IT’S BEEN A WEEK SINCE Tristan and I have been trading texts and talking on the phone, and I’m yet to experience a trait that turns me off. He’s been so sweet, always enquiring about my day and how I’ve been. I love our stimulating academic conversations. He’s not only handsome, but quite brilliant too. I dare say, he would give me a run for my money in an exam. We text most days when we’re not at class and I wake up to a “good morning” and “I hope you have a good day” every day. He hasn’t been forward, or even expressive of his attraction to me. On one hand, I welcome how refreshing it is, but there are times when I question if he’s really into me.
Until the day of our date. Then he tells me how excited he is to see me, how he’s been constantly thinking of it since the day at the restau
