"What's the matter with him?!"
"It was just a plant tho!" Yumi mumbled as she watched Jin left the garden.
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The next morning,
Yumi joined her father, stepmother, and stepbrother to breakfast.
It's been a while since her father started to join them during breakfast or even dinner, he comes home earlier than usual, but Yumi did not think too much about it.
"So, have you already found a tutor?" Dimitry asked without looking at his daughter.
Yumi froze, " Yes, I have already found a tutor," She replied.
Dimitry nodded his head a few times, " That's good then," He said.
"When will you start the tutorial?" He asked again.
Yumi gulped!
"Uhm..." She doesn't know what to say, because she doesn't know when they can start the tutorial!
Jin hasn't even agreed to her yet!
She can't tell her dad about Jin, he might order him to refuse me, "We haven't talked about it yet," Yumi said.
This time, Dimitry looked up to his daughter, "Don't you think you're wasting time?"
Yumi did not reply, she just stayed silent.
It's obvious that her father is pressuring her!
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Yumi paces back and forth in her room.
'What should I do to make him agree?'
She failed on her first attempt, the same as her second attempt because she destroyed his favorite plant!
She thought that helping Jin in the garden would make him appreciate her, and she thought that she can finally make him agree, but she failed!
She only makes things worst!
She only made him mad!
'Come on Yumi!'
'Try to think about a solution!'
Yumi sighs!
'I made him mad because of the---' She froze!
'Wait!'
'If I made him mad because of the plant, then, can I woo him with a plant too?'
Yumi flicked her finger!
Yes!
That's it Yumi!
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Jin held his bike as he walks to the gate. Today is the weekend, but he has to go to school for a group project.
"Jin!"
Jin stopped on his track when he heard someone called him.
"Hey!" Yumi suddenly popped out in front of Jin.
"Come on! I want to show you something!" She said while panting.
Jin just looked at Yumi with his blank expression.
"Hey!"
"Are you not coming with me?!" Yumi tried to call Jin's attention.
"Aish!"
"Let's go!"
Yumi grabbed Jin's wrist and she brought him to the garden!
"Surprise!" She said with a wide smile on her face as she gestured her hand to the plant which looked the same as Jin's favorite plant!
Jin just knitted his brows.
"I bought a new one, I saw how you become upset when I ruined your favorite plant, so I bought a new one to replace it!" Yumi said, but Jin doesn't seem moved.
"Hey, don't you like it?" Yumi asked.
"You don't have to buy a new one, I don't own that plant anyway," He said coldly.
"Hey, is that all you can say?"
"I've put so much effort to find the same plant as this!" Yumi complained.
"I did not ask the Young Miss to buy a new one," Jin replied before he turned to leave, but Yumi doesn't want to give up!
"Alright!" She suddenly said in a loud voice.
"I know what you want!" She added.
Jin just stopped in his track, but he did not turn back to Yumi.
"I-I'm..." Yumi seems to struggle to say what she wanted to say!
Jin did not move, he waited for Yumi to finish her word.
"I'm... I'm sorry!" Yumi finally said, which made Jin stunned!
He thought he heard it wrong!
Jin turned to Yumi with his doubtful expression, "What?" He asked.
"What did you say just now?"
'Did the proud Young Miss has finally realized her mistake and now, she is apologizing to him?' Jin asked inside.
Yumi couldn't look at Jin straight to the eyes!
'Ugh! Does he really have to make me repeat it?!' She complained inside.
'This felt so awkward!'
'She never apologized to anyone before!'
"Oh, I think I am just hearing things," Jin said when he did not get a response from Yumi.
He was about to turn against Yumi, but Yumi spoke again,
"I said I'm sorry!" Yumi said.
Jin looked at Yumi,
"I'm sorry if I have offended you the other day by asking your price and I'm sorry if I ruined your favorite plant." Yumi continued.
Jin pursed his lips to suppress his smile,
"This plant is my peace offering to you," Yumi said.
"Is that so?" Jin still acted stern, even if he felt like someone is tickling him inside!
This is all he wants!
He wants the Young Miss to realize her mistake and be sincere by asking for an apology!
"Y-Yes," Yumi lowered her head.
Good thing her friends weren't here!
Otherwise, her image is ruined!
"Alright!" Jin spoke. "Apology accepted!" he added.
Yumi instantly lifted her gaze with her surprised look!
"Really?!" She blurted out!
"Yes," Jin replied.
"So, this means that... You will also agree to be my tutor?!" Yumi asked excitedly, but her excitement is instantly ruined when she heard Jin's reply!
"Nope!"
"N-No?!" Yumi repeated!
"Why?!" She asked.
"I thought we're okay now!"
"Young Miss..." Jin revealed a faint smile, " You only apologize to me, it is different from asking for a favor,"
"A-Asking a favor?!" Yumi repeated!
She thought she can finally convince him, but this guy is giving her a difficult time!
"If you have nothing else to say, I shall take my leave now, Young Miss," Jin said, but Yumi blocked his way.
"If I ask you nicely, would you agree to be my tutor?" She asked.
"Hmmm..." Jin rubbed his chin as if he is trying to think, " Let's just see, it depends on how you approach me," He said.
Yumi sighs!
"Alright!"
She gulped before she spoke again, "Could you be my tutor?" She asked plainly.
Jin just looked at her.
"I think, there is something's missing, Young Miss," Jin said after a while.
Yumi knitted her brows.
'Something's missing?' She repeated inside as she tried to think about what could be missing.
"Uhm..."
"P l e a s e?" She added in a faint voice.
"I'm sorry, but I couldn't hear what the Young Miss is saying," Jin said.
Yumi closed her eyes tightly!
She pursed her lips as she tightened her grip!
She felt like she can burst at any moment, but she tried to suppress her anger!
'Calm down Yumi, you can't be rude to him, remember, you're asking him for a favor,' Yumi reminded her self.
Yumi took a deep breath before she opened her eyes again.
This time, she showed her sweet smile to Jin, and she looked at him with her pitiful eyes,
"I said... Could you be my tutor, please?" she said with her pitiful expression, like a child asking for a piece of candy.