First and Maybe the Last

[Jiyong’s POV]



The whole day we stayed at her room hugging each other while lying down… I don’t know what’s been bothering her but as long as I’m here she’ll be protected… I don’t want her to worry about everything because I’ll be the one to take care of things… I just want her to lean and rely on me…



We only leave the room if we have to eat… at least I manage to push her to eat because today she’s being stubborn not to even eat… the maids weren’t saying anything about our actions… well I don’t care what they think now… I just want to take care of Dara…



“Oppa… I can eat by myself you know…” she said as I was going to feed her



“I know but you’re weak now… let me take care of you” I said while smiling



“They are looking at us…” she said pertaining to the maids around us



“So what…? Let them watch… now say ahh…” she pouted first but then gave up in the end



After eating we went back to her room and lied down again… I told the maids not to disturb us and they did… this mansion kept all of our secrets to when our secret started but hopefully not until it ends…



The next day I was surprised that Dara is back from being lively again… I asked her about her sudden change and she just told me that she really had a great rest from yesterday….



We used the family’s car today with someone who’ll be driving us… we sat at the back holding each others hand tight but still the ride was quiet… she’s really acting strange today… after we arrived she then let out a big sigh… I looked down to her and saw her looking at me…



“Oppa… do you want to skip school today…?” she said wearing a big smile



“But we just skipped yesterday…” I said then I saw her frown a little.



“Never mind…” then she let out a forced laugh… when she was about to walk ahead I pulled her wrist to stop her



“Let’s go..!” as I dragged her outside the campus



“Wa-wait… where are we going..?” she said as she struggled



“You said you want to skip… now let’s go…!” I said as I started running… I looked back at her and saw her sweetest smile.



After running for a while… we rested on a bus stop… I don’t have any idea where we’ll be going but as long as I’m with her I don’t care where we’ll go..



“Oppa where are we going now…?” she asked me as she panted



“I don’t know either…” then we began laughing



Then after a while a bus came and we looked at each other and thought of the same thing… we rode the bus that we don’t even know where it’ll be heading…



Honestly, it’s our first bus ride and we had a hard time paying because we don’t know how… throughout the ride all we did was to laugh… the other passengers were looking at us maybe because they’re wondering what were we doing there instead of being at school…



When the bus arrived to who-knows-where, we immediately got off still laughing because we don’t know where we are… I held her hand and started walking around… I looked up to the sky and saw a very fine day… she noticed what I did and did the same thing too… then we began spreading our free arms as if we’re flying… when we saw ourselves doing the same thing we began laughing again… we were like fools but we didn’t care…



I felt really free today… I really wish that we both can fly so that we could escape the obstacles we have right now…



[Dara’s POV]



This is what I want… being carefree of everything around us… as long as I’m with him I feel very secured, I don’t care where were we or what we do but as long as I did all of those things with him… I’m already contented… but I know everything has it ends… I know that I’m already being selfish for wanting him just to fill my happiness…



“Oppa… I’m tired already” I said after we took a long walk around the place we don’t know



“Then we better find a place to rest…” he said but then he took off his bag and gave it to me and then he bowed down



“What are you doing…?” I asked



“Hop on to me…” he said still bowing down.



“What..! I don’t want to…!” I said as I pouted and giving his bag back to him



“Nah… don’t be stubborn… you said you’re already tired now hop on…” he said



“But it’s so embarrassing…. Plus I’m wearing a skirt…” I blushed then he stood up and faced me.



“Oh.. I forgot about that…” he said then took off his blazer and wrapped it around my waist… then he bowed down again



“No oppa…! I still don’t want to… it’s so embarrassing..” I said as I crossed my arms above my chest



“If you don’t hop on this minute… you’ll really goanna get it from me…” he said in a serious voice… I got scared because it’s the first time I heard that from him… so I slowly hopped on his back as he held my butt tightly…



“Good girl…” he said then he chuckled



“I hate you… it’s so embarrassing…” I said as I hit his shoulder softly… then he chuckled again



“Oh… you don’t hate me… you love me… hold on tight so you won’t fall my princess…” I blushed with what he said… but I held on him tightly... I started to see people looking at us so I buried my face on his neck because of so much embarrassment while all this time all I could hear is his nonstop chuckling… I hate it when he teases me.



After a while he stopped… so I brought my head up again and saw that we stopped on a park… he bent down again and I got off… I saw him stretched so I felt a little guilty…



“Oppa… I told you not to carry me… look at you now…” I said as I massaged his back



“Nah… I’m fine… I didn’t know that that petite body of yours is carrying a great weight…” he said then laughed… I pouted again and pinched his back



“Ouch…! I’m just kidding… I would never get tired carrying you around…” he said as he turned around to me and wrapped his arms around my waist and landed a kiss on the tip of my nose then next was my lips…. Then we heard some chuckling somewhere so we immediately let go of each other and glanced at our side…



We saw a bunch of kids watching us having our moment… I totally blushed and hid at the back of oppa while he scratched his head… the kids were still chuckling until they’re teacher called them so they immediately ran off leaving us totally embarrassed…



“Oppa… we have so many embarrassing moments today…” I said as I got out from his back laughing



“As long as I’m with you I don’t care to be embarrassed..” he said as we both sat down on a bench



“Yah..! you’re so cheesy oppa…!” he just chuckled and looked afar



“What do you want to do next…?” he said



“I want to eat ice cream” I said as I wrapped my arms along with his, I saw him smiled



“Let’s go… I saw an ice cream shop earlier when we made our way hear…” he said as he stood up and grabbed my hand.



We went to the ice cream shop and ate…. We were like children feeding each other with ice cream… I don’t mind being childish with him… after we ate… we just stared at each other for a while… I felt like we’re the only ones at that moment… I thought that what would happen to me once I never see his face again… maybe I should just die if I can’t be with him… but that would make me weak… and I know Jiyong wouldn’t like that…



I really love him so much…. I would never get tired staring at him… I want to wake up every morning seeing his face as much as I want to see him before I sleep… But that would always be a dream… everyone would get hurt if I insist what I want… the last person I would want to see in pain is him…



“Oppa… I want to go back to the beach…” I broke off the silence



“Now..?” he said surprised



“Yes oppa…”



In the end he agreed and so we rode a bus again going to our destination… good thing that oppa knew what bus to take… he said that we would take a while and told me that I could sleep first… I leaned my head on his shoulder as he leaned his head on mine… our hands were intertwined with each other tight as we both dozed off…



We arrived at our destination after some hours… just like the first time we went… the sun was also setting… we went to the beach and watched as the sun set…. Maybe this would be the last time I could watch it with him… he hugged me tight as if he knew what I’m thinking…. I suppressed myself from crying because I don’t want to appear weak to him for the last time… After a while, we went to the house we stayed back then… laid ourselves on the bed still hugging each other…



“Saranghae Dara-ah…” he said as he kissed my lips softly then my forehead… maybe I’m still weak that I can’t help myself not to cry… but still I don’t want him to see me crying so I buried my face on his chest as I cried..



“I love you too Jiyong-ah…” It’s the first and maybe the last time I’ll be calling him in his name…



‘Mianhe…. I love you so much’ I thought while crying



After a while we both fell asleep….



[Jiyong’s POV]



I woke up when I felt the sun’s warm rays in my face…. I rubbed my eyes and stretched then I looked beside me just to see that Dara wasn’t by my side anymore… I chuckled thinking that maybe she’s trying to make breakfast again… so I immediately stood up and went down in the kitchen…



“Dara…” I called to her but she’s not around… I looked for her around the house but I couldn’t find her… I started to panic until my phone rung… I picked it up and it was Butler Choi telling me to go home...



“I need to find Dara first…” I don’t care if he’ll think differently but I shrugged it off



“Master you don’t have to look for her anymore” he said on the other line



“What do you mean..?” I said as I stopped on my tracks



“Master, the Lady already left the country…” he said



I dropped my phone upon hearing what Butler Choi said… my knees went weak…. The greatest fear that I want not to happen already became a reality… I knew something’s isn’t right but still I let my guard down… Why did she listen to them…? Why did she let them take her away from me…? Tears started to fall down as I felt my heart sunk…



“Dara… why did you left me…?” I thought loudly as tears kept on pouring down…