Ae Rin couldn't hold it anymore and whispered into her ears in a muffled voice,
"Hey...um..don't hold this against me, but, are you..prehaps..a gay?"
The "girl" jumped and stood up in surprise,
"What!? No! I AM A BOY!! You are so dumb and weird! And what are you even doing here!? Where are theㅡ!?"
Ae Rin ignored his comments on her and rolled her eyes.
His eyes were wide open with shock and surprise as he looked down at his body.
" h-how!? Where are the bruises?"
Ae Rin smirked, "There were no bruises on you to start with. I just came here to have my lunch and I saw you lying on the floor. After 5-10 minutes, you woke up. That's the whole story."
She can't let others know her abilities! She HAS to hide it. How badly she wanted to be praised, but fate is against her. How pittiful!
"Really? Here I thought you saved my life. I must be crazy, to think that a slender girl like you would be able to fight against a gang. I was about to thank YOU for saving my life. I guess i should be thanking my fate." The boy scoffed at her and walked out of the door.
Ae Rin's face reddens with anger but she manages to calm herself down. "Fate, my foot!! It was me, ME, who saved you! You goddamn idiot! Why did I go out of my way to save him?!" She thought to herself frustatingly.
The door creaks and opens again. She turns around to look who came in and finds Seo Yoon looking worried.
"Hey! What were you doing here for so long, having dinner or something? I was so worried since you didn't come back to class. Lunch break is already over!"
How could she say her what she was going through this whole time? How could she say that she was "healing" someone? That's just impossible for anyone to understand! How badly she wished that the guy whom she saved would just die already! Everything was so frustating for her! No one in her whole life insulted her in this way. There was no such time when she was called "weird", "dumb"
She sighed and headed back to her class.
Soon the classes ended and students were heading back home.
Ae Rin had her audition coming up tomorrow and so, she wanted to work hard for it and practise. She decided to stay at the class alone and practise.
She took out her guitar and sat on a chair. Playing a melodious music, she sang a sad and touching song which she was supposed to perform for the audition. She was interrupted by someone standing at the doorway and staring at her.
It was HIM!
"Why out of all people did I have to see HIS face again? I m sure he is here to annoy me again." She thought to herself as she ignored him and continued with her music. But she was too distracted because he just kept staring at her.
Annoyed, she stood up and asked, "Why are you here? If u wanted to meet someone, then he/she isn't here. Everyone left already."
Ae Rin noticed that he seemed to be surprised for some reason. She then asked, "Is there something wrong?"
"You...want to be an idol?" Asked the boy abruptly.
She nodded and asked him the same question. He too, nodded in agreement. Ae Rin asked him several questions which led to a 20 minutes conversation.
They chatted for a while and he revealed that he isn't very good at socializing with others and apologized to her. He told he was going to the audition as well.
Ae Rin headed back to her home and plopped onto her bed and smiled.
"He isn't so bad after all!"