5 seconds

He took 5 seconds to look deep into my eyes as if waiting for an answer .

 I gulped and almost panicked not knowing what to do . Feeling very hot under the collar.

 If I broke into a smile , it would seem as if I were encouraging him with a come on .

Thus I maintained a robotic expression to mask the fact that my hairline is beginning to trickle .

Not yet a weed

Sometimes I feel like this .

But no matter how I may be wilting , there's still a little colour left in me .