After attending all my classes for the day, I was super tired. I wanted to go home, have a proper bath, lie down and enjoy my most romantic novel. Before that I was planning to swing by the coffee house. Clare, Tara and Lexi's classes must be over by now. I will just text them to meet me in the coffee house.
I was walking towards the coffee house while checking my instagram feeds. Suddenly, my head bumped into someone and I fell on my butt on the ground. "Ouch", it was my reflex. My hands were on the ground to have a proper support so that I don't slip. My butt was hurting like hell. I opened my eyes and looked above who that idiot was. When I saw him, there he was standing like a log of wood, not even looking at me properly and not even bothering to help me to get up.
"Hey, you stupid Sanhyul, can't you see you idiot? Don't you have eyes or you have donated them while you were donating your brain in a hospital?" He was just standing there glaring at me as if trying to make a hole in my head. I could imagine laser beams shooting from his eyes towards me.
I was trying to get up but my hands were slipping on the floor. He was still standing there looking at my failure attempts. Why God? "Dude stop ogling, give me your hand and help me to get up. I guess my pelvic bone is broken. What are you, a mountain? Help me now, you mountain man." I am now frustrated with all my failure attempts and in a lot of pain. Finally, he extended his hand towards me and helped me to get up.
"Thanks, you dumbhead", I got up and as he was going. I held his hand to stop him "where are you going? Aren't your classes over?" He was standing there silent looking at our hand. I left his hand. It was slightly awkward. "I thought you were going home. I guess you are going for basketball practice." He still didn't answer me and walked away. I was just standing there looking at his back.
"This idiot, why does he always have to be like this?" This is Kim San Hyul. He is my neighbor and most notorious kid I have ever seen and that includes my cousins too.
Our families are very good friends and since the day we moved in, there isn't any single day when he hasn't bothered me to his heart's content. When we were kids, whenever I used to go to his house, he used to pull my braids or my pig tails or my pony all the time. On my birthdays, he would blow my candles before me or smash my head on my cake while I blew my candles and would run away. He never misses a chance to irritate the hell out of me. But, he also scares my bullies away and always keeps me safe from them. Once he told me and I quote, "there is no fun watching others bullying you. I should be the only one to torture and irritate you". Sometimes I try to understand him but he is too complex for me to understand. I don't know what to do with him. Sometimes he teases me alot but whenever I find any difficulties in my studies, he is always there to help me. He is like a rubik's cube to me. I can never figure him out, but I still get curious about him.
"Let it be," I said to myself. I sighed and left the campus slowly to the coffee house. Thank god the coffee house is near our campus or else I would have cried my eyes out while walking. I love this coffee house. It has an amazing vibe. It has a small library corner with a nice comfortable couch which I love the most and I have read most of the books here. It has delicious food and some days they have acoustic evenings when local artists perform here. I love those evenings a lot. Whenever I don't feel good, this cafe is one of my 'go to' places. Clare knows it pretty well.
Here they come. Clare and I ordered our usuals but Tara and Lexi are a little different. They like to experiment. Some days we get lucky and some days I just stop looking at Clare's expression while tasting their new dishes or drinks just to be on the safe side. Who would want their taste buds to go numb? I was limping a little due to the incident. I told them everything. Lexi gave us a lift in her car even though it would make her take the long route to her home. Clare helped me to reach the door of my house. She insisted on taking me to my room but I stopped her as it was already late and I wanted her to reach home. I gave her a hug and goodnight kiss and she left. I was opening my door and I saw Sanhyul was coming towards me and there was something on his hand. I hope he doesn't throw that on my face to bully me. He wouldn't, right? But there is still a little chance he may. He came towards me and I greeted him. "Hey, my most favorite person. What do you want now? Are you here to tease me about my limping? Please, don't. I am in too much pain and I can't handle more. You can swing by tomorrow during breakfast and you can pour out your heart content then."
He suddenly put his finger on my lips to shut me. "Are you done? If yes, then shut up." His finger was still on my lips. I am totally annoyed now. He took my hand and handed me a spray. I checked it. It was a pain relief spray.
"Just spray it before going to bed. I guess it will help. I use this one mostly on my injuries" he said and left.
I was still standing there shocked. Unbelievable, am I hallucinating?
I shouted from my porch. "I am so grateful. Thank you, your highness" He didn't look back but waved at me. From his porch, he looked at me. So, I smiled at him and went inside my home. What the hell was this? He is so confusing. I can't wreck my brain anymore.
"Bou, I am back." I shouted and went inside my room to take a hot bath. Maybe I will feel better.