No, no, no, I can't stop love~
"Hey!"
"Yumi." Mark greeted her with a smile and handed her a glass of tequila.
"Are you enjoying here?"
"Yes. Maybe not as much as you guys but I like this place."
The girl was glad that Mark was happy and not having a hard time there. She let out a deep breath and looked at her glass. "Umm about last night's game..."
"Hmm?" He twisted his head towards her.
"Who was the girl?", she nervously asked.
"Which girl?"
"With whom you slept..."
"Oh uhhh..." His cheeks turned red remembering the sight of Kiara on the bed beside her but he quickly controlled himself from blushing too much. "Actually at Jeno's birthday party, I got drunk remember? Then I went to a room to sleep but I didn't know there was someone beside me until I woke up."
"And who was that someone?" Yumi looked into his eyes.
"Uhh... Kiara..."
Yumi took a step back with wide eyes. "Kiara?"
"Don't worry. Nothing happened between us. Don't tell this to anyone. Only Renjun and Haechan know. The other guys shouldn't know or else they won't let me live in peace."
She sighed and laughed it off. She thought that this kind of things could happen and it was not a big deal. Atleast they didn't have any kind of relationship. "It's ok. I won't tell anyone."
"By the way, I am really excited to see your crush", he said with a cheeky smile.
"You already know him."
The male furrowed his eyebrows. "I know him? If so then, don't worry I'll find him soon."
She beamed at him but inside she was definitely hurting.
"Does he know about your feelings?"
Yumi shook her head.
"You should tell him. No one can reject my bestfriend."
She watched him as his eyes were sparkling under the bright lights.
"You think so?"
"Ofcourse."
She looked at the sea. "What if I confess to you? You will not reject me right?"
The Canadian knitted his brows together. "Huh? Yumi I..." His throat suddenly started drying up after hearing that question.
She then bursted into laughter and pointed at his face.
The boy became confused. "What happened?"
"Stupid. You thought that I like you right? Dumbo."
He sighed in relief with closed eyes and put his hand on his chest. "You scared me."
Little did he know that she genuinely asked him that question. She wanted to shout and tell how much she liked him but couldn't. She wanted to cry seeing him react like that but couldn't. It is indeed true that if a girl and a boy are bestfriends, atleast one will fall in love with the other.
But Mark never saw her more than as a good friend. Ofcourse she was one of those people he loved the most but it was just platonically. Then, he saw the girl who caught his eyes from the first day. He looked behind Yumi and noticed her going out of the party. His eyes just followed her.
"Uhh Yumi I gotta go. I'll come back soon." He didn't even let her reply as he ruffled her short hair and left.
The girl looked back and saw him going away. 'This time also you left me alone.' She looked down at her white short beach dress. She thought Mark would atleast compliment her but no he didn't. She started wearing these kind of girly clothes and doing makeup because she thought maybe doing these he would see her as a girl. At the end, she let out a sad chuckle and took another glass of tequila and drank it.
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Kiara was sitting on the cliff, gazing at the beautiful view infront of her. It was not dark there as the big moon acted as a light bulb. The humming of the sea waves were comforting. The horizon itself was a thin line where the dark sky and sea hemmed each other. But somewhere, she felt empty. She hugged her knees and pulled her eyebrows together as she frowned.
"Everything was perfect before but then you died, Mom", she said looking at the sparkling star above.
"Things started to change. Then Dad kicked uncle and his family out of the kingdom. I still don't know the reason but I miss them."
"Then my favourite person also left me. She left us all and went away. I don't even know where she is now. After she left, Dad ordered everyone to not say her name. I still don't understand why he did that to her. She only fell in love and it was not wrong. "
"I feel like Dad likes to be a king more than a father. He never gave me any time. Oppa also became busy as he grew up."
"I only have Chenle now and this locket." She raised the blue locket a bit as a single tear fell down on it. "I don't even know what else this locket can do. I think it has a lot of power. This originally belonged to her. After she left, Dad gave this to me. So, it is very important for me."
"It's just that I miss everyone today. Although some of them can't come back. But actually I think I'm more happy here. Here, I have so many people around me and there none. Here I can act freely but there I need to act like a princess. Only Chenle understood me."
"I want to start a new life here. Now I don't wanna go back." Her voice cracked as she cried.
But she felt a special energy pulling her towards the sea. Her heart wanted her to jump into the deep water and returned to her actual form- a mermaid. Sea was her friend and they had a special connection.
That time, someone came to the cliff and stood behind her. Mark was scared to even go there as he heard a big wave crashing against the cliff but he did only to see what the girl was doing. He saw her sitting down, head down. "Kiara?"
The mermaid gasped and looked infront, hearing his voice. Mark took a step forward and then he heard a sob. It came from her. He ran to her and kneeled down infront of her. "You are crying?" She looked at her feet as Mark held her arms and pulled her up to stand. He moved her away from the edge and then cupped her cheeks and made her look into her. But when they made an eye contact, his own eyes widened.
'Her eyes are blue again?' Kiara didn't even notice that her eyes were blue and they had a special shine. This time, it was not a mistake, Mark literally saw those blue eyes twice. But this time he didn't tell the girl what he saw.
"Mark..."
Mark gulped but seeing her crying broke his heart. He didn't really know what to do but as he saw in the movies, he pulled the girl into a hug. Her arms automatically wrapped her body as she tightly gripped his shirt. Tears kept rolling down her cheeks and made his shirt wet as her head was buried against his chest. He caressed her long hair to give her comfort. "Hey it's ok. I'm here."
But the male was curious of the reason why she was crying and ofcourse her eyes. 'She is definitely hiding something more.'
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As Renjun and Haechan were busy drinking and dancing with pretty hot girls, the four other boys were just gossiping. Jaemin looked around but couldn't see the mermaid. He turned towards Chenle. "Where's Kiara?"
"Uhh she actually wanted some alone time."
"Oh." His lips formed a thin line.
"And what about Mark? I didn't see him for a long time", Jeno said.
"Me too. Maybe he is not here", Jisung said.
"Mark and Kiara both are not present at the same time?", Jaemin muttered.
"Maybe they are together", Jisung said with a shrug.
"Together?" Jaemin looked around again but there was no trace of the two and then a frown appeared on his face.
"Guys I am coming back soon", Jeno suddenly said and jogged away.
"Yumi!", he called her and sat on the chair beside her. On the table, he noticed so many glasses, already empty. She was going to take a sip of her drink but Jeno grabbed her wrist and then put the glass down.
"What are you doing?", she asked. Her face was red because of excessive drinking.
"No. Stop. You are already drunk." Jeno moved her hair from her face. "Now what happened? You don't drink so much."
She looked at him. Worry was visible in his eyes. "Why doesn't he like me back, Jeno?"
"Huh?" The male raised his brows.
"Am I not good enough? Am I not pretty?"
"What are you talking about? You are perfect the way you are. And you are damn beautiful."
"See. Only you tell me these words. Why can't he tell these? Why?"
"Yumi..."
"I like him so much but he doesn't even look at me more than as a friend. Why doesn't he like me? Just why?" She grabbed the collar of his shirt and shook his body as tears started rolling down her cheeks.
"Yumi. Yumi. Calm down." He moved her hands from his collar. "Here. It's ok." Jeno gave a quick hug and rubbed her back.
"Why can't he see that I like him so much?"
"Who is he?", Jeno asked, feeling nervous.
She let out a sad chuckle. "My bestfriend. Mark Lee."
When Jeno heard that name, his heart broke into thousand pieces. 'How stupid I was to think she would ever like me!"
"Don't worry Yumi. He will like you... soon." It was so hard for him to utter those words and damn it was painful. He wiped her tears and flashed a fake smile which held so much sadness. "Now let's go. You need to rest." He turned around and bent down as he patted his back. "C'mon I'll give you a piggy back ride."
Yumi grinned and ruffled his hair. "You are so sweet Jeno." She got on his back as her arms went over his shoulders. She put her head on her own arm and closed her eyes. Jeno got up and carried her all the way to the hotel with a heavy heart.
Two girls were crying at different places for different reasons but two boys comforted them because of the same reason.
Damn my guy friend who doesn't like kpop or kdramas watched Squid Game and he actually liked it.
Yk I was legit crying a few days ago. I was like thinking NCT 2021 is coming that means new members will also come. But there is a possibility they can be younger than Jisung. Like he will be a hyung then and he won't be the maknae anymore. And I started crying just imagining that 😭😭😭 Ig we are not ready for Jisung hyung yet.
Question of the day: Fav kpop dancer?
Thank you~