"𝗦𝗼, 𝗶 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗱."
Aera rolled her eyes at the person,
"I came back for the meeting, I'd appreciate if you didn't approach me nor breathe near me till it takes place."
The man chuckled softly when he heard her snarky response
"You really did grow a pair sweetheart."
"Oh for fucks sake, don't call me that."
Aera didn't have to take a look behind her, to know that the platinum blonde man was approaching her to sit next to her on the ledge
"Wanna talk about it?" You might think from her interactions with him she absolutely hated him, but you couldn't be further from the truth. The man was one of the few she actually loved and trusted
She just had a weird way of expressing her adoration
"No~"
"Do you still like him?"
"Yah~"
"I guess you always did have a heartbreak kink"
"Mhm, I just love the pain that comes when someone I love leaves me."
"You can cry if you want"
"Nah, I don't want to cry. I'll be over him soon enough."
"Don't lie to yourself~"
"I'm not~"
"Why are we talking like this~?"
"I don't know~"
The man was the first to stop, taking a deep breath, he brought out a notebook and said the rehearsed words that had been said countless times when she dealt with countless crushes
True jinwoo was her first love, but who says she never had crushes before? And whoever said she told them to her sister?
"Describe him."
"Black hair, black eyes, nice fashion style, cute hairstyle, prettiest smile I've ever seen, this man makes me want to crack my neck-"
"Okay, now tell me when you started liking him."
"Five years ago, I never talked to him but I had a dream about running my hands through his hair and the next thing you know he started looking more and more appealing to me."
"Now what did you like about him?"
"His mom was pretty hot, his sister was everything, and his hair- oh god his hair-"
The man jotted those words down, paying utmost attention
"I see an easy fix, imagine him bald."
Aera tried her best but could not imagine the black haired man bald, giving up she sighed loudly
"I can't."
The blondie jotted it down 'So she can't imagine him without her favourite thing about him, hmm... guess I'll have to shave his hair and take a picture some other time.'
"Okay, now tell me about his personality."
"He's quiet, strong, cute, never cries unless related to people he truly cherishes (people I used to be part of till he dropped me)"
"Oh. Okay, how did he get your attention." Aera looked at him confusedly wondering why he was asking something she already answered
"I told you already, I had a dream-"
"Aera. I know you. You are someone that would never start liking someone over something so trivial, the dream might have been the trigger but tell me the real reason, your real first interaction."
"Oh, he was one of the few people one of my old crushes in high school interacted with, I observed him for a while planning to get close to him to get info on my crush."
'Hmm, so she got a crush on him after seeing his hidden quirks, this will be a tough one to deal with.'
"Okay, I'll come up with a solution in a month."
The blonde man stood up from the ledge and dust off his pants "Don't kill yourself over him. You scared the living shit out of me."
"Christian."
"Hmm?"
"Thank you for helping me out." Aera didn't know how, but Christian always healed her broken heart, he was the friend that mended all the pieces and she was the friend that came back with her heart broken few months after
Her, him and her sister had been a trio for as long as she could remember and she wouldn't trade it for anything
"No need to be so sentimental sweetheart"
Just right when she was starting to appreciate him
"𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁."
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"Tell me about her."
"Hmm?" Jinwoo looked up from the document he was filling out to see jin-ho leaning on his desk, curiosity shining in his eyes
"I already told you..."
"You told me about your relationship, not about her as a person." Jin-ho brought out a note pad from God knows where "as you self proclaimed best friend I shall now jot down things about every girl you date."
Sung jinwoo knew he'd be bothered about her till her answered so he sighed and gave in "shoot."
"What's her name?"
"That's easy, Aera."
"No, her full name."
"Umm..."
"How long did you guys date?"
"Umm... 3 years?"
Jin-ho jotted down his observations
Aera:
1st gf, he seems to not have really been interested in her. He's doesn't remember her full name after 3 years+ together which leaves one wondering why he dated her in the first place.
"Describe her"
"She had brown hair, I don't really remember her eye colour but she was a nice person I think."
Unsure of her personality, doesn't even remember her eye colour, would he recognize her if she dyes her hair?
"What did you like about her?"
"Umm..."
"Why did you date her?"
"Oh, she asked me out."
So he never really liked her, he just couldn't find a reason to reject her when she asked him out, poor girl.
"How did you meet?"
"I remember this one, she had a crush on this guy I hung out with in highschool, so I guess we met because she was trying to use me to get to know him?"
Oh man, I should make a fan fic about this on wattpad, it'd totally blow up. "I'm dating my crush's bestfriend."
"Last question, did you ever like her?"
"Well I guess I found her a bit endearing..." jinwoo scratched the back of his head thinking of a way to explain properly
Yep. He never liked her
"Well that's all the questions I had."
'If someone like this can get a girlfriend, there's definitely hope for me' was what jin-ho thought as he closed his notebook titled "Boss's girlfriends."
𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗶𝗺, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲.
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A/n: next chapter will be the council meeting and I'll try to slowly add the plot of solo leveling, tune in next time.
P.S: Sorry, I had accidentally published the half finished chapter instead of drafting it.