"How is it? Is anyone here?"
According to the letter, the person who needed Cupid's help was behind the cafeteria. This empty lot was usually used for "forbidden" school activities. However, on Fridays, it was generally emptier than usual, and sometimes, there was no one in sight.
"The deep smell of cigarette smoke is still here… tck." Why did that person choose this place for a meeting? Cupid hated places with the smell of cigarettes, it reminded him of those bad memories, a stench that Cupid didn't want to remember.
"I think, 'cause this place is empty so, they choose to meet here." Heos nodded thoughtfully: "The rooftop is closed at this hour, we can't go up there so, I understand why they would choose such a place."
"I don't."
"You brought your bag with you?"
"Just in case." Cupid said, then walked into the empty yard. Cupid beckoned, telling Heos to stay outside.
Before coming here, Cupid also said, well, if you want, just follow me… be a witness for me if anything happens.
Heos wondered if Cupid was the god of love or the god of gangsters. Why did he have to bring his bag and Heos here with him if he only needed to meet someone who needed help with love?
Then someone gently walked out from the corner of the wall nearby.
"Uh…?" Heos squinted at the other person: "Huh? That girl… isn't she from the B section?"
"Hi. Are you the one who gave me this letter?"
"Yes, it's me."
"So. What do you want from me?"
"Uh…" The student hesitated: "I don't need you to be here under the identity of some Cupid of love. Just a normal Cupid is fine because…I want…I want…"
"Want…?" Cupid tilted his head, wondering.
"Want to get close to the person closest to you."
"Uh…" Cupid raised his eyebrows: "Who…?" Heos? Has he been clinging to Cupid suspiciously lately? Isn't he…
"N…Nova! I want to get close to Nova!"
"Huh?!"
A very loud sound of surprise came from the corner of the empty lot.
"Who's there!"
"Oh…Not to worry about. He won't hurt anyone." Cupid immediately reassured the girl: "There are many "bad" things happening here, so if something happens, I can ask that person over there to jump in to help me. He's a…very gentle person so..."
Cupid's mouth turned sour after said the word "gentle", he really hated it, but if he didn't say that, the other party would panic and run away.
He tries to continue the conversation: "So, you mean that no matter who I am, the person you want to target is Nova? And I will be the easiest person to help you get closer to him?"
The girl nodded shyly. Cupid glanced at Heos and he was nowhere to be found… well, let's settle this problem first.
"Okay. I will help you out, but everything has its conditions."
"Uh! I know…we have to exchange numbers to text each other. I have to tell you about the situation and… listen to what you say… right?"
"Wow…" Cupid was quite surprised. She… had done some research firsthand: "Okay. Give me your phone number. When you get home tonight, tell me everything from beginning to end. Only when I know the situation can I help you, do you understand?"
"Okay! Thank you very much!" She said excitedly
"Ah… one last rule…" Before the two parted ways, Cupid gave out the final condition: "I'm not sure that my help will definitely lead to a happy ending. I'm just a person who gives advice, so if you two don't end up together. Please, never blame it on me."
"Yes, although I don't know if it will work, but I'm glad that someone helped! Thank you very much."
"Hm…"
It was a really bad day, from being followed by Heos to being asked for help by others.
Cupid didn't want to do this hard work in the first place. His dream is to have a peaceful life. He doesn't like school very much, but he has to go to school, but what can he do...
Cupid turned around and left, walking near the school gate, he found Heos hiding in the bushes nearby.
"Heos. Earth calls Heos."
"Ahh!" Heos turned his whole body back "Oh…C…Cupid…"
"Why did you shout so loudly just now, almost scaring that girl away."
"Nothing… just a little surprised. Who would have thought that a classmate from class B would fall for Nova?!"
"Uh…" Cupid shook his head in frustration: "Actually, this kind of thing rarely happens, it's because Nova himself doesn't voluntarily flirt, it's just that he looks too gentle in school. I told him to get rid of that personality… tck. Well, whenever something like this happens, just remind the other person that Nova isn't into anything else except…" When Cupid was about to say "just studying", he suddenly remembered that Nova had fallen in love with someone from class A…
"Other than…?"
"Nothing. I'm going home first."
"Hey! Wait!"
"What?"
"No…just…wondering. Are you really planning on pairing those two together?"
"Uh…" Cupid felt that he had no obligation to tell him about Cupid's plan, so he just said, "If Nova wants to, I'll let him. If no, then no."
Although Heos's face couldn't relax at all, Cupid couldn't care less and went straight home.
"I finished making dinner! Why did you come back at such a late hour today? Did something happen?" Nova turned his head to look at the door when he heard it open. Cupid had said that his mother was a bit busy this afternoon and would be home late, so Nova decided to run over and cook something for Cupid before going home.
"Nothing much, someone asked for another silly matchmaking."
"Oh… again?"
"Focus on your exams, excellent ones."
"I know, I know, teacher Cupid."
Once Nova had left, Cupid picked up his phone:
It's me! Thank you for accepting my request!
It's not much of a big deal. Well, let's get started, tell me, how did it all start…
"Sorry." Cupid rolled his eyes and looked out the door: "This person… has already fallen for someone else."
-o-
The next day, in class A-1
"Heos. Heos." The person at the above table kept calling out but didn't hear a response, so he got angry and hit Heos hard on the head.
"Liu! It hurts! It hurts…" Heos groaned, holding his head.
"Because you didn't answer my call you idiot, what gotten into you?"
"Uh…it's nothing, it has nothing to do with you…"
"If this happens again next time I call you, it will have something to do with me."
"Sorry, okay?" Heos then put his hand on his chin and looked out the window.
"It's already break time. Aren't you going to grab something at the cafeteria?" Liu put a lollipop on Heos's table and stood up, preparing to leave: "You've been looking bored since morning, where did that hyperactive Heos with such excess energy go?"
Heos just sighed and didn't say anything more.
This made Liu even more angry, and he hit Heos on the head again.
"It hurts!"
"Stubborn…" Liu took out a lollipop, bit it for a while, then asked: "Something to do with class A-2 again?"
Seeing Heos flinch, Liu secretly laughed because he had hit Heos at the right spot.
"Heos…haven't you been running out the door every time break comes?" Liu moved closer to Heos: "To…meet someone?…right?"
"I-I…"
"Why did you run to class A-2's door instead of going down to the cafeteria?"
"No! No…just…just there to borrow something…hahaha…"
"Borrow something? Borrowing something that taken you such a while?" Liu raised his eyebrows and continued to ask: "Or…" He suddenly remembered that Heos wanted to approach Cupid during gym class, did he often run over to that class to meet Cupid?
"Nothing! Stop talking nonsense!" Heos stood up and angrily ran out of the classroom.
Heos wasn't hungry yet, so he decided to go check out class A-2. He had some questions that needed to be answered, and Heos believed that Cupid would answer those questions of his if he could resist his coldness.
God of Love…
When he first heard that title, he found it ridiculous. God of Love…really existed? It sounded so far-fetched.
And…it is truly something fiction…
Since the second day that Heos tried to talk to him, Cupid always rejected that title with all his might, even Cupid himself didn't want that nickname to belong to him.
"God of Love, huh?…if you want me to answer your question, it's best not to believe in those ridiculous rumors."
"About you being the angel of love? Why not? Isn't it because of that title that you've caused a stir in the entire school?"
"They are just rumors, none of them are true." Cupid frowned: "From the beginning, the thing called love is not something magical. Everyone will experience it, what I give is just advice based on my experience. How is it, disappointed?"
"Ah…no. I don't really care much about that whole angel of love stuff so…I think it kinda silly, hahaha."
Tipping his head slightly to the side, Cupid's mouth slightly raised, as if he was about to smile, but if you looked closely, you would realize that he was not smiling at all. In a low voice, Cupid said: "The person you are looking for is not me, I know."
"H…huh?! Of course not you! But I really really need you to give me a hand."
"I'll consider it."
"Wait what?!"
"What…?"
"You don't need me to explain…like…why do I need your help and all that stuff?"
"No? I already know what you want from me."
As Cupid nods his head slightly, Heos opens his eyes wider, a smile occurs on his mouth: "Amazing…! That's so cool, how did you…"
"You're too easy to read…"
"Hey!"
"You seem to be a determined person, I give you that. Since you passed my standard…no, you never did but, since you passed someone else standard, I'll let you go your way this time."
Seeing the lollipop in Heos's hand, Cupid gently extended his hand and nicely asked: "Give it to me, as a reward. I will answer one of your questions if it is within my ability."
"Huh…oh…this one?" Liu's lollipop was given to him, but it's fine, Liu still had a lot of lollipops. So Heos put the candy in Cupid's hand.
"Go ahead, ask."
"Ah...after what you explained, it makes me wonder, why did you become a god of love? If it wasn't voluntary then...how did you become like this."
"That…" Cupid went silent, closed his eyes for a bit, then continued: "A secret."