Set up your music player, find the song and listen to it while you read the story part of this novel. Set up your music player, find the song and listen while you read the part of the story of this novel.
1. Jonghyun & Taeyeon - Lonely
2. ASTRO – Love Wheel
3. TXT – Magic Island
4. GOT7 – Magnetic
5. GOTCHA – Make Sure Today
6. GOT7 – Miracle
7. BTS – Miss Right
8. Mc Kay – Month of June
9. VERIVERY – My Beauty
10. Jeong Sewoon – Oh My Angel
MIN DONGHYUN'S POV
Dongsun hyong is right. The way to lure Hyunah out easily is to use my name. And I see her enter the café where I'm waiting for her. She is as usual, looking beautiful and arrogant at the same time. I glance at my phone worriedly. Choeun noona hasn't replied to my message since last night. Dongsun hyong sent her a message about Hyunah and she read it last night around 8pm, but she didn't send a reply, nor reply to my message. Did something happen to her? I'll go to her place if she doesn't meet Hyunah today. And if she doesn't come, then I'll have to talk to Hyunah. Hyunah sit quietly in front of me.
"Oh hi Donghyun. I never thought you wanted to meet me off campus and not at Million Stars."
"Hi Hyunah-ssi. I guess you know Million Stars is temporarily closed? I guess that's quite exciting news discussed on our campus too?"
"Oh, yes, really. Even though I like the cafe," she replied, but there is no remorse in her voice, "so why did you want to see me?"
I glance at my cellphone again, but there was nothing there. Okay, then I have to talk to her.
"Actually I want..."
The cafe door open again accompany by the sound of the bells taped to the glass door. It's Choeun noona! Her face is bare, only her lips smeared with a thin pink lip tint, but I'm sure she looks a little pale. I wave at her and her eyes catch a wave of my hand. She smile faintly for a moment and sit beside me. Hyunah seem quite surprised to see Choeun noona, but quickly return to her arrogant expression.
"So, actually I want you to meet Choeun noona."
"What is wrong?" she asked, folding her hands in front of her chest.
"I'd better get straight to the point. So tell me the reason, why did you do all that to me?"
"Did what?"
"Told people to tackle me in the Haunted Maze and try to harm me with the flour case in Million Stars. Why do you hate me so much?"
"What do you mean? I didn't do anything," said Hyunah, still maintaining an arrogant face.
I close my eyes to prevent my emotions going high. Dongsun hyong already reminded me not to get angry, we have all the evidence anyway. I take out my cell phone and hit the play button on the flour case video. I push my cell phone towards her on the table surface.
"See for yourself."
Hyunah does not hold the cellphone, she leave it on the table surface while she watching it. Her eyes are getting bigger and bigger and I think she understand more now.
"And about the Haunted Maze, someone was scrutinized me about it, and I know this guy doesn't have any motive to lie to me."
"Why? What mistake have I ever done to you to make you hurt me like this?"
"I hate you," was the sentence that come out of her mouth after a long silence.
I frowned, but an unpleasant feeling start to creep into my heart. Perhaps...
"I like you, Donghyun. And I don't like seeing you always around her. You're always at the Million Stars, your eyes are always on her. My prediction missed when you helped her in the Haunted Maze. And I guess by spreading rumors about Choeun-ssi with the ahjumma's intermediaries and did a little bit with Million Stars, you won't be there again. If that café is closed, I'll see you on campus a lot. You're going to play basketball and football more often..."
"Don't you feel that your actions are so selfish?"
"I know. But I really like you. You may not remember, but I saw you for the first time three years ago. At that time you and your basketball team came to our school to attend a friendly match. And I can't forget your figure from that day. You don't know how happy I am when I see your name on the student list at our university. And we even belong to the same faculty."
When telling all this, Hyunah's eyes lit up with joy. But that doesn't make me happy. On the other hand, I;m afraid. She doesn't look beautiful with those eyes. Instead, she looks... obsessed.
"And when I first saw you in class, I recognized you right away. How happy I am too, when I visited Million Stars, I saw you there. And we meet again as fellow basketball captains. I feel good fortune on my side," she sounded cheerful when telling this story, but a second later, her mood change, "but I saw your eyes... always fixed on Choeun-ssi. Wherever I see you with her, you always look at her, as if no one else is around you. You just pay attention to her. Indeed I know Choeun-ssi is Chungdae-ssi's girlfriend, but it seems like Chungdae-ssi can't always be with her, and instead you are always by her side."
My bad feelings are evident. It turned out that Choeun noona becomes the victim because of my feelings for her.
"So I thought that if I could get rid of Choeun-ssi from your side, you would be able to see me..."
"You're wrong," I interrupted, "whether or not Choeun noona by my side, my eyes and heart are only on her."
I can feel Choeun noona's gaze, she is now looking at me. I'm nervous, because it feels like I'm confessing my feelings to her, the feelings I had been holding since I last expressed them on a rainy summer day several years ago, when I found out that Choeun noona chose Chungdae hyong over me. But I have to say it now, to stop Hyunah, also to make Choeun noona realize, my feelings have never changed for her.
"You don't know what stories were in our past. But not only because of that I love her. I love her because she is Baek Choeun. She's always the cheerful one, and when I'm not with her, I always miss her. I'm sorry Hyunah-ssi, whatever you do, you can't make me stop looking at her."
Hyunah's eyes widened and she looked angry.
"But why? Look at me, I have everything. I'm beautiful, I don't have to bother working either, so if you're with me, it's easy for us to work in the same hospital later. Also imagine if you create Youtube content with me, that content will be very famous, because you know I also have a lot of followers. We have the same hobbies, we can be a good couple."
"But I just love Choeun noona. I don't have that feeling for you. I wanted to have good friendship with you. You think I don't know you like me? I know. And I still want us to be friends at least, because, it's true you said we are both captains of the basketball team," I explained in a calm voice that surprised me, "but what you did to Choeun noona really disappointed me."
"You're not going to reject me like this right? You will come to me and say that you regret it right?"
"No, Hyunah-ssi. This is my final answer."
Hyunah looked very angry and she suddenly stand up.
"You will regret it," she threatened in a trembling voice, "I am sure you will regret it."
"Hyunah-ssi. I'm not going to continue the report to the police, but I'm going to open Million Stars again. I hope you won't do anything else to that café... nor to me."
"You think I'm afraid of the police? Are you just trying to threaten me?"
"No, I'm not threatening you. I'm just warning you."
"Just do it if you want to report me, I don't care about that," her voice was loud as she replied to Choeun noona's words.
I don't want to return her words, but I just glaring at her, warning her that if she said something outrageous to my noona, I wouldn't remain silent. I'm patient enough with everything she did. Dongsun hyong is right, at least Choeun noona is not really hurt and nothing serious happened to Million Stars (if Hyunah doesn't want to apologize, and his prediction was like that, at least we can show some part of the video and clear the cafe name again, we just need a promotion, that was the plan), so according to him, I don't need to be too emotional either. Hyunah left us quickly, and she looked very angry.
"Finally... everything will be back to normal."
"Thank you, Donghyun. Give my thanks to Dongsun too."
"Let's go to the café now. Dongsun hyong and Bojin hyong are there. Let's think of a strategy to promote Million Stars again."
"I... I don't think I can go there today. I'm embarrassed to say this, but can you guys come up with a strategy?" asked Choeun noona, "and tell me what to do next."
I watching Choeun noona's face closely, I'm trying to lock my gaze with her, but when she see my effort, she look away.
"What's wrong noona? You didn't reply to my message. I thought you weren't coming earlier. Did something happen? Is noona sick?"
"I... yes, I'm just a little unwell, but don't worry about me."
"Do you want me to accompany you? I can change the meeting to another day..."
"No, Donghyun," she refused quickly, "I just need a little rest."
"Fine if that's what noona wants..."
Choeun noona stand up, and I hold her hand. She turn to me and smile faintly.
"Thank you Donghyun, for... everything."
"Call me when noona needs me anytime, okay?"
"Yes, for sure."
I let go of her hand and staring at her figure. She doesn't say anything after she heard about my feelings for her... ah damn... did I just make our relationship awkward? She looks unhappy... should I go after her? Ah you idiot, Min Donghyun... what did you just do? This is not the kind of ending you imagined.
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