maple's pov :
next morning , i woke up with a thin layer of sweat on my forehead. this was always normal for me. ever since..... ever since well my life turned upside down. though this time i did not wake up trembling after my dead sister visited me in my dreams again . perhaps it was the weather.
cold water soothed my skin as i cleaned myself like a cat in the shower. getting appropriately dressed , i rushed to the address Noah texted me this morning. he told me to meet him infront of a cafe.
the sun had every thing sparkling.it was pleasant and rare. The morning sky was cocktail-blue , Clouds , latched to the unending sky. right in front of the small shop , there he was standing boastful , black hair, piercing brown eyes, his mouth—he was
beautiful, exquisite. A fallen angel. my guardian angel. he walked towards me , giving me a polite smile, and that look , the look of approval , like he was happy to see me. i really was not used to this . "you're here !" , he said , his voice giving me electric shocks. the wind blew past us , acknowledging our sweats. i stuttered and came to a halt, like a broken car. it was like the words were refusing to just come out . " chill out kiddo - i am not going to eat you " , he said as if reading my mind and ruffled the hair on top of my head walking inside the shop.
why does he keep doing that. ruffling my hair. He probably sees me as his younger sister, I thought to myself.
My life from that moment on went miraculously amazing. Noah helped me get a job with a good pay and a room at the same Cafe. He had to pull a few strings but it was nowhere near how grateful I was. He was also was part timer there. Over the years we helped each other, shared sorrows, cosplays, jokes, laughter and some one sideed love which was from my side obviously. It was there in the tension between us back from when we first met and still existed every time he would glare at me showing off his side profile. I wasn't alone though. Every girl we knew drooled over him. But he. Ignored every single one. Except me. For I guess I never crossed the line or he probably thought of me as incapable of even thinking about being with him. Not that he ever made me feel out of his league.
Pretty soon, I was relentless-ly trying to get over it, until crossing paths with issabell. It was in an instant, our bond. I remember, when I was on the bus, really late for my shift, some lady had slpet the entire way on my shoulder. When I had to get off, I gently tapped her head, excusing myself. We exchanged a few polite smiles and headed our ways. That day onwards, every sing day to my shift on the bus, that same lady would wait for my shoulder eagerly. She would say" u know I miss your shoulders so much in the 8 am meeting" to which I would giggle .
And that is how I coped.
Last night when I woke up next to Tae Jun. I just felt so triggered.
'bitch, you said you would wait for him even in your grave'
'what happened to I am only his'
'loyalty exists you know'
'sinner!'
My thoughts blamed me.
'it was a mistake. The one I would never repeat'.
We had our meal. Honestly the food was delicious but it just was my heart that destroyed everything.
'poor Tae, he probably doesn't even know what happened'
'you even made him a sinner'.