"Noona, sorry." we finally arrived back at our home, and my little brother kept saying sorry for nothing. He didn't even tell me why he apologized to me.
I waved him goodbye to get my phone fixed.
"I'm hungry..." I mumbled to myself walking down the street walking past Rick's house, but I only glanced at his house since I didn't want to be hurt again.
"Anna, where are you going?"
"Fix this phone...again." I replied to the guy who was suddenly behind me, he had the same face as Rick, the only thing I could recognize who are who was their hair.
Rickie always had his hair down, and Rick had his hair styled every day.
"Let me fix it for you."
"Ah okay." we sat on the bench, I ate the snack that Rickie gave to me, it was strange for that guy to buy me such a thing, it was even my favorite snack too at that.
"When did your phone crash?"
"Hmm...this morning??"
"Are you sure it's not glitching or anything last night???"
"Emm...Last night, I slept without touching my phone at all."
"Then are you drunk last night?"
"Why're you asking me too much today?? Just fix it already."
This guy...why is his face red? Is it too cold for him with the thin layer of clothes?
He should wear more layers, seriously, he really didn't know how to take care of himself, unlike his brother.
I put my scarf around his neck and leaned back to the bench drinking the chocolate milk.
"My brother will go abroad soon."
"Ah...I know that too."
"Do you love him???"
"No...no...no, of course not. We...we're just a friend." I really didn't want to be a homewrecker, he already had someone in his heart, and telling his own brother might be risky.
"Then do you have someone in your heart??"
"Just fix the phone, idiot."
Who cares if I have someone in my heart? That certain someone will go away very soon.
"What if this idiot loves you...?"
Huh???
"Are you having a fever?"
"I love you, why can't you figure it out??! You messaged me you love me, and now you're acting like you didn't do it..."
"Wait...wait...I messaged you???"
"Yeah, look!"
He showed me the text on his phone, and I figured everything out after that. I'll spank that brat's butt when I come back.
"It was my brother."
"Ah...seriously. This is embarrassing." he covered his face, I was in awe to know this guy has feelings for me since every time we met each other, we...
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End of flashback.
"Why--why do you love me???
"Do you even need the reason to eat?? It's the same as that."
"...Rickie, don't be upset...okay??? I...I..."
"I know...but--but I have a suggestion."
"What?? What suggestion???"
"That guy didn't love you right, I bet he's one of our classmates and he's so stupid not loving you back. And I love you so..."
"So...?"
"So why don't we become a couple?"
"I don't understand."
"Seriously, you're such an idiot. I don't even know why I fall for you. We can become a couple and then we started...you know...learning from each other..."
"Your face is red."
"So what's your answer???"
It felt really wrong to date my crush's little brother?? How am I gonna fall for this guy if his face was the same as the guy I love?
Rejecting him should be the best since it won't hurt him later on...
"I know...I know you don't want to hate me, but I promise...I...I won't be hurt even though you reject me later on."
Did he read my mind?
"...alright then."
"Really??"
"Hmm..."
"So you're my girlfriend now."
"It's really sudden but oh well, it is what it is."
"How about we go on a date tonight??? I need to wear something special for our date. Wait for me, I'll pick you up."
"A date already??" I chuckled seeing how excited he is.
"Of course, it is our first date."
Why am I feeling nervous about this??
"Here's your phone. I fixed it."
"Thank you...Rickie."
I didn't know if I made the right choice or not. Why do I feel like something ominous is going to happen?
...
At Rickie's house,
He ran upstairs to his brother's room and shouted loudly going through his brother's closet telling him all about the things that happened, "I don't know about the text message or anything, but she finally become my girlfriend."
"...ah really?? You must be so happy." Rick on the bed got up being startled with his eyes widen staring blankly at his little brother.
"Of course, I love her for so long. You'd better find a girlfriend for yourself too, man."
"Are you borrowing my clothes again??"
"Yeah, ahh...I'm excited for tonight. What should I wear though?? The black one or the white one??"
"Hahaha...who cares about such a thing?? Just wear whatever you want."
"Eh...but I don't want to look bad in front of my girlfriend."
"The black one suits you better."
"Alright, bye dude."
Rickie left the room with Rick's clothes, Rick got up from the bed to close the door and then collapsed on the white bed.
"As long as he's happy..." he started blankly at the paper of enrollment in New Zealand, and then glanced at the picture in the frame.
A tear fell down from his eyes when he looked at the girl in the middle of him and Rickie...it was Anna.
"I'm his big brother...I'm fine..." he threw the phone that he uses to call Anna more than a hundred times on the floor.
His shoes hung on the wall filled with dirt, he wore them to run after the bus to get an answer from her, to ask her if she really loves Rickie...and now...he didn't need to ask her any longer since he already got the answer.
Rick wiped his tear and packed all the clothes inside the luggage even though his flight was tomorrow afternoon.
The lovely night after Christmas wasn't much beautiful.
He closed the curtain shutting all the colorful light from shining into his room.
...
At Anna's house,
"Noona, it's our parent's journal."
"I'll read it after I come back." Anna put on her heel quickly as she could as the bell at her front door kept ringing nonstop.
She rushed to open the door after saying goodbye to her brother, after all the confession things, she forgot to spank her brother for going through her phone.
"Your boyfriend is here~"
"What's with this rose??? You didn't have to..."
"It's our first day as a couple." Anna accepted the single rose from Rickie then took his hand leaving the house.
She had no idea where Rickie intended to take her because he told her to close her eyes.
She felt the gust of wind fluttering her hair as the speed of the motorbike kept increasing, it felt like they were riding up the hill.
Her hand hugging Rickie became tight, his warmth reassured her to not
"You can open your eyes now."
"Woah..." her eyes were full of sparkles seeing how beautiful the city was from where she stood, the colorful light made her heart pound as it was very beautiful.
"Is it pretty?"
"Hmm...it's pretty."
"I read it on a site. I figure you might love this."
"Thank you for bringing me here, I really love it." Rickie smiled at Anna, his hand eager to hold hers as she looked so beautiful at that moment even with her usual clothes.
"You must be hungry...urgh...let's have dinner. There's a local shop up here." to his surprise, Anna was the one who initiate first as she reached out to hold his hand tightly as they walked to the local shop Rickie pointed.
"Let's go, you must be hungry too." his heart didn't listen to her, he was nervous about Anna hearing his heartbeat at that moment, he put the other hand on the left side of his chest to calm it down.
They entered the small shop without looking at the sign on the door.
To be continued...!