Chapter 11 - Chapter 10

"But how am I a threat to the Luterains? " Hwa-Young asked, wearing a confused expression.

Cain looked at her as if she's dumb.

"What do you mean 'how'? Do you seriously not know? " Cain scowled, his nose turned up, an arrogant look on his beautiful visage.

Making Hwa-Young flinch.

Cain wasn't annoyed, it's actually quite the opposite. He's happy to see her beautiful face again, he just doesn't know how to say it.

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘐 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦?

Cain thought, looking off to the side in bewilderment.

"Oh..... Oh! " Hwa-Young exclaimed as sudden realization dawned upon her.

"Took you long enough to realize. " Cain scoffed, looking back at her with a pointed look.

"Yeah....I'm sorry for asking you stupid questions. I probably should end it here, I've already wasted a lot of your precious time. " Hwa-Young stammered out in embarrassment, fiddling with the end of her sweatshirt while looking out the window, to be greeted with the dark night sky, illuminated by the light of the moon and stars.

Cain didn't focus on what she was saying, his mind was too busy admiring her, how enchanting she looked with that blush on her soft and pale cheeks, the way her plump pretty lips moved.

When his brain finally registered what she said, his eyes became as wide as saucers, he wanted to continue talking, he had a lot to say but-

"Wait, I have-"

Before he could utter a full coherent sentence, she had already ended the call.

He understands that she must be busy but he still thinks it's his fault she ended the call early.

Things have always been pretty formal between them.

He knows she has social anxiety and yet... He still acts like a jerk.

Oh~how he wished he could say how much he adored her without his pride getting in the way.

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Hwa-Young layed down on her bed beside Yeona who was taking a short nap.

She now understands why the Luterains offer for something like this.

𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘊𝘢𝘪𝘯'𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳....

𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘔𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴. 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴...┐(￣ー￣)┌... 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘉𝘶𝘵... 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱, 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘹 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴?.... 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦- 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺, 𝘔𝘳. 𝘑𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 "𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵" 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴.. . ..𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘶𝘯. (눈‸눈)

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Hwa-Young took a few sips from the mug in her left hand as she copied info from a few websites and pasted it on to her assignment page with her right hand.

What? You really thought she was gonna write a 20 page assignment all by herself? Yeah no honey, we work smart here, not hard.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯'𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘳𝘺𝘢𝘯'𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴, 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘴. 𝘍𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵..

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.

Hwa-Young thought, taking a few sips from the warm mug of tea in her hands after finishing the assignment.

The steam causing her reading glasses to fog up.

.. . .. . . 𝘐𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥?

She frowned, blowing air up at her glasses to clear the fog.

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘖𝘭𝘥𝘮𝘢𝘯. 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭.

She thought, finishing the tea and turning to look at Yeona's sleeping figure.

She got up, heading to the kitchen to rinse the mug.

𝘐.. . .. . .. . 𝘐𝘧 𝘐'𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.. . .. . 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.. . 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦....𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱?.. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴....

But her train of thought sudden stopped, she did a double take. Her hands putting the mug up in a cabinet after drying it.

𝘓(・𝘰・)」ᵂᴬᴵᵀ... 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳?

She wondered, bewildered while brushing her teeth.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 ┐(￣ー￣)┌.

She thought, brushing it off, using a towel to dry her face after washing it.

. . 𝘌𝘸𝘸𝘸.. . 𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘧𝘧... .. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦....𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦.... 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥, 𝘪𝘵'𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴... 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘮....

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦... 𝘈 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴..... 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘴𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺... 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳... 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘩.... 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺.....

She mused, sliding under the covers and turning the lights off.

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{Three days later, Hea Dam Private High School}

𝘑𝘪𝘸𝘰𝘰'𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵...𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯... 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦...

Hwa-Young mused, staring at the empty seat where was Jiwoo supposed to be.

𝘏𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥............ 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥.. 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘨𝘰 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮?... 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?... 𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵..... 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥?.... 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?....

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭.... 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘑𝘪𝘸𝘰𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮.... 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴.....

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘰.... 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘨𝘰, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘺? 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮...

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥?.... 𝘈 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘣𝘪𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴.....𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦... 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮..... 𝘖𝘬𝘢𝘺... 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺..... 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘬𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘺.......𝘏𝘮𝘮....

That's when Yeona caught her eye.

"... Jiwoo's been absent for a while now... Is he okay? "

Yeona muttered from beside the mass murderer, concerned for the cat lover.

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵! 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦? 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘠𝘦𝘰𝘯-𝘺𝘦𝘰𝘯! 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨!

"We can go visit him if you want.. "

Hwa-Young offered in monotonous voice, her expression blank.

"Really?? ! ! " Yeona exclaimed, her hands pressed to her chest, lightly bouncing up and down in excitement.

"Yeah..... " Hwa-Young replied dryly, her arms crossed over her chest.

"◡̈⋆ⓎⒶⓎ!(*'∇')ﾉ" Yeona cheered, bringing out a note book and jutting down all the things she needs to put in the care basket.

Hwa-Young sighed, staring at Yeona as the latter muttered about what type of snacks Jiwoo might like with the ghost of a smile painted on her lips.

Which immediately vanished the moment the brunette looked back at her.

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{ Outside Jiwoo's house}

"*ding! *"

"Coming! " Jiwoo shouted, speed walking to the door.

"Hwa- hwa-Young?...And Yeona?" Jiwoo spoke, eyes widened.

"Hey.... (;-_-)ノ" Hwa-Young greeted, waving awkwardly before rubbing the back of her neck and looking off to the side, making Yeona giggle.

"◡̈⋆🄷🄴🅈(*'∇')ﾉ! Glad to see that you're doing alright. I was so worried that something happened." Yeona greeted, a big warm smile on her soft pink lips.

"Here! " Yeona said, bringing a basket up for Jiwoo to take.

"You guys didn't have to..... Co-come inside please. " Jiwoo invited, taking the basket from Yeona's hand with a surprised look painted on his visage.

~~~~~~~~

The cats hissed in warning the moment they stepped in but all their aggression melted away when Yeona flashed them a warm welcoming smile.

"Have you been practicing force control? " Hwa-Young inquired, sensing the energy in the atmosphere.

"How-how did you-" Jiwoo stammered, falling into a state of panic. His anxiety flying through the roof.

"Don't worry! Me and Yeona are both awakeneds. " Hwa-Young interrupted, nervously rubbing the back of her neck.

"L(・o・)」ᵂᴬᴵᵀ Jiwoo is an awakened too? " Yeona asked, turning her head to look up at them from her crouched position on the floor, her hands caressing the cats.

"Yeah.. " Both Jiwoo and Hwa-Young said simultaneously.

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"So, how did you know? " Jiwoo questioned, sitting down on one of the sofas.

"Well.... I kinda walked into you and Jisuk fighting. " Hwa-Young drawled nervously, lying through her teeth, taking a seat beside Yeona who was busy befriending the cats.

"You mean that white haired guy?..... You saw all that. " Jiwoo mumbled, looking down at his lap.

"It's okay, losing is part of being an awakened. Plus, I think I heard that you guys were going to have a rematch. " Hwa-Young assured with no emotion in her tone, competing in a staring contest with a certain overweight tabby cat.

Yeona stared at Hwa-Young and Jiwoo, confused as the kittens rubbed themselves against her, meowing as if they were trying to greet her. She returned the affection by petting them on the head, taking her time to give each of them equal amount of love.

"Btw... Have you seen Wooin, Jiwoo? " Yeona asked.

"Wait... You know Wooin? " Jiwoo inquired.

"Yeah! He's that tall guy with glasses right? I heard that you're friends with him. He's been absent for a while now and the professor is worried. " Yeona responded, a light blush dusting her cheeks.

Hwa-Young quirked a brow at this.

𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨?

"No. I haven't seen him in a while either and I don't have his number. So, I unable to contact him. " Jiwoo replied, getting up to take empty glasses before heading to the kitchen.

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"Goodbye! Take care! " Yeona said before walking off.

"Bye..Hope you don't mind us watching your fight, this shorty right here" Hwa-Young whispered, pointing at the brunette who was busy admiring the sky.

"Needs some direction about what to do and what not to do in a fight.." Hwa-Young said, finally breaking eye contact with the overweight tabby cat to follow behind Yeona.

Taking the latters hand in hers before disappearing behind the corner.

"Okay? " Jiwoo didn't really know what to say to that.

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"That white girl.... . She's weird. " Kayden thought out loud.

"How so? " Jiwoo inquired, locking the door before taking off his shoes.

"I don't know.. . There's just something familiar about her aura. It reminds me of Y/N." Kayden spoke, using his hind leg to scratch behind his ear.

"Who? "

"It's none of your business. "