I walked around the house looking for Minnie and Shiyeon but to no avail. How could they just disappear? I don't have a good feeling about this. Maybe they left me behind. I should get going then.
I picked up my stuff and headed to the door, but before I could leave Alec approached me. "So how was the party? I hope you had fun." She asked.
"It was fine. Thanks for asking." I replied.
"So, I saw you talking to a senior in his third year. Are you guys dating or what?" She asked.
I really don't like being involved in gossip, but from her question it's obvious that rumors will soon start spreading.
Nevertheless, that should not be an issue since that sukeki guy can remove the memory from everyone that came to the party.
I think I should make fun of my situation while I can, once I met with him again I'll ask him to remove everyone's memory.
"Why do you ask?" I asked Alec.
"Well, we saw you guys kissing, plus the whole long convo thing... Not to mention how he said 'You're mine' before leaving. Did you guys just meet today? Or has it been going on for long?" She asked, her curiosity was well evident.
"Oh! Yes, we are dating. We just met this night but everything about him was magnetic. He was also drawn to me, after all I'm his type and everything." I bragged.
I wasn't even thinking anything through. I was just letting the words run free out of lips. Well, who cares? It can be fixed, right?
(Next afternoon)
I think the alcohol got into me yesterday. I don't even remember much of what happened with my conversation with Alec. I don't even know how I got back to my room last night.
I met our last roommate this morning. She's more like a total snob.
(Flashback)
I woke up feeling a bit hungover.
My head hurts! My back hurts too! It feels like I got hit by a bus or something. My body was aching all over.
I got up, groaning a little from all the pain. Then I noticed a lot of boxes in the room. I also noticed an unfamiliar girl in the room.
She must be my roommate. I should greet her.
"Hey. I'm Seoul. I'm your roommate." I said as cheerfully as I possibly could.
She looked at me from head to toe. Then she looked away. Is there something wrong? I smelled my clothes to check if they were alright.
"I didn't ask your name. You may leave now." She spoke without even sparing me a glance.
(Reality)
"...Seoul? Are you even listening to me?" Minnie asked.
"Oh... Sorry. I'm still a bit hungover." I stammered. I can't even recall how long she'd been talking.
"Oh okay. It's fine. Let's go to the cafeteria." She said as she held my arm and basically pulled me all the way to the cafeteria.
"You should seat over there!" She pointed at a table as she pulled me over there and forced me to sit down.
"Shouldn't we order something?" I asked.
"Why are you asking me? Last night you said that your boyfriend promised to buy lunch for you. You also said he promised to have lunch with you. So where is he?" She asked.
What?! What on earth did I say last night? It will be really embarrassing if he doesn't show up. The bigger issue is that there's a high chance that he doesn't even know about what I said.
"I'll leave now. I'm having lunch with Shiyeon, Alec and a few other girls. They must be waiting for me. They're also excited to see your boyfriend come to see you today." She said as she pointed at the others.
Gosh! It would be so embarrassing if he doesn't show up. What do I do now? I don't even know his name! How could I lie about dating someone who's name I don't know? What is wrong with me.
I sat there for more than ten minutes in total awkwardness. I noticed that people started to gossip. I'm sure that even those that didn't attend the party must be wondering why someone is sitting all alone, in the middle of the cafeteria.
They must have already heard by now, since rumors spread fast. What would make this even worse is if he denies dating me publicly. What was I thinking? I didn't think this through at all.
I bent my head in shame as I tried hard to hold back my tears.
Seoul just calm down. You can pretend that someone called you and leave the room and if they ask later, just tell them he called you and asked you to meet up elsewhere.
Should I just do that instead? I mean. it's better than sitting here feeling all awkward and everything. I think I should just go with that plan.
Before I could do anything I heard girls squealing frantically. I looked up and saw him standing there with a food tray in his hand. He dropped it on the table and sat down in front of me.
"Why makes deals and promises about me without even informing me?" He asked, a little pissed as he forced a smile. A tear slowly trickled down my face. Why am I crying?
"Are you... crying?" He asked.
"No." I sternly replied as I hurriedly wiped off the tear but more just kept rolling down.
He leaned in and wiped my tears off with his thumb.
"You'll be fine. No need to cry." He said as he smiled reassuringly. I stared at him for some time, mesmerized by his beauty which I had certainly failed to notice last night. His pure black hair complemented his skin tone. He also had beautiful eyes, not to mention those perfect lips.
I finally snapped back into reality.
"I'm fine." I said as I pulled my face away and wiped all my tears away.
"Why did you bring only one food tray?" I asked, thinking of a way to get the conversation going.
"I'm not hungry. I'll just watch you eat." He said in his usual dull tone as he glanced around the room.
"R-Really?" I asked, a bit nervous. He chuckled a bit.
"Must you watch me tho?" I asked, a bit flustered.
"Why? Can't I watch my girlfriend eat lunch?" He asked as he laughed a bit.
"I see... but... Why did you even agree to pretend that we're dating?" I asked a bit curious.
He stared at me a bit shocked. "Tell me all that you can remember about last night." He instructed.
"Hmm... I remember you telling me about you being a sukeki, and then I remember meeting Alec, but I can't recall most of what we talked about. Although, I do recall telling her that we were dating, but I don't recall telling her about eating together." I explained.
"Do you remember us talking about peaches?" He asked, visibly on edge. What is he even talking about?
"Peaches? Like the fruit? Or is it the song? When did we talk about peaches?" I asked, visibly confused.
"We talked about it twice. The first time when I told you what they were, and the second time..." he paused as he looked around, visibly nervous.
"No. Its nothing! Just forget about it." He said as he forced a smile. Why is he acting so strange?
I probably shouldn't bother much about it. I should just be grateful that he showed up.
I picked up my chopstick and started eating. We sat there in awkward silence. It was awkward that we were even avoiding eye contact.
"I do have a few questions for you." My voice finally broke the silence. I dropped my chopstick on the tray and sat up.
"What? Oh! Go ahead!" He replied a bit on the defensive side.
I haven't even asked any questions yet, so why is he on the defensive already?
"What's your name?" I asked.
"Oh! Those type of questions." He said visibly in relief then he sighed.
"My name as of now is Taeyang. I've had several names in the past. My original name is Lee Yeon." He explained.
"Oh! They're both pretty names." I complimented. He stared at me for a while in shock, I couldn't even tell if he was blushing or not. He suddenly cleared his throat.
"A-Any... Any other questions?" He stuttered.
"How old are you?" I asked.
"I'm 21 in this school. In reality I'm 1221 years old." He said as he winked at me.
"Woah! That's a lot," I said as I Iaughed a bit.
"Anything else?" He asked.
(A few hours later)
I just finished with my last class for the day. Throughout the day, people kept hovering me and asking if I was dating Taeyang. Alec also told me that I was definitely one of the popular girls now.
If I'm being honest, I don't really care about being the most popular person. I mostly only care about not being among the least popular.
I walked out of class with Minnie and Shiyeon. They kept talking to each other but my head was in the clouds. I couldn't even hear what they were talking about. I was too busy wondering what exactly I had done yesterday.
Why don't I have any recollection of anything. I'm not even sure that I was that drunk. I'm not even sure if I was drunk at all.
Maybe I should ask Min and Shiyeon. After all, there is still a chance that I was actually drunk last night because some people act differently when their drunk. Not everyone has the same reaction. It's possible that I'm the type to loose the memory of what was done when drunk.
Nonetheless, Min and Shiyeon should have had an idea of what I did last night, except if they were drunk as well.
"Do you guys know what I did last night?" I asked as I stopped walking and faced them.
They stared at each other then stared at me.
"I actually don't know cause you weren't with us for most of the night. But all I remember was your boyfriend bringing you back to the dorm cause you were asleep. Shiyeon and I brought you in took you to bed." Minnie explained and Shiyeon nodded.
"Was that all? Did he say anything when he dropped me off?" I asked.
"Hmm... I do remember him saying something like he had to keep you away from them. He said they were after you and what you had." Shiyeon explained.
What I had? What do I have? What was he referring too? Something's not right. I need to talk to Taeyang.