One week passed so quickly and they were now back…. They arrived together hand in hand but quickly released each other when they stepped inside the mansion… Reality hits them… They are back from being ‘cousins’ in front of the public… The maids noticed the happiness from them and can’t help not to be happy also for at least the gloomy mansion lightened up a bit… they are already used to the ‘cousins’ being close with each other… but since they arrived from their trip, they are much closer than before… but seeing both of them happy with each others company, the doubts they’re feeling about their relationship turned out to be gratefulness for what they’re seeing…
[Dara’s POV]
I felt so tired after we arrived so I quickly went to my room to lie down and rest… I cant help not to blush and giggle whenever I see the ring oppa gave me…. It fits me perfectly and just to think that he just bought it without me trying it… maybe this is really for us…
I took off the ring to examine it… it’s just a simple ring with some engravings… but what caught my attention was when I saw oppa’s name engraved inside it…. My heart fluttered when I saw it… I wonder if my name’s also engraved on his ring….
I tossed around my bed once I wore the ring again… I felt so much happiness the entire past week… memories of us together kept on rewinding on my mind… and I can’t help not to let out a chuckle whenever I remember those times….
I don’t care about anything anymore… oppa gave me so much happiness which I don’t want anyone to take it away from me… I’ll stay strong facing anything as long as he’s by my side….
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“Oppa my hand’s getting sweaty already… plus can you focus on driving when you’re holding my hand… we can get into accident by this…” I said as I tried to pull my hand from his grip… he just chuckled and tightened more on his grip…
“Just stay still… or else we’re really going to get into accident…” I sighed and just let him do his thing… I rested my other hand on the window beside me… the day looks so beautiful…
After a while we arrived at school… but before I got out of the car, oppa pulled me in and then pecked on my lips… he smirked after he did that..
“Oppa..! We’re in public…!” I hit him lightly… and he chuckled again… he really liked teasing me…
“Don’t worry, no one saw us… now, we better go or else we’ll be late for class…” we both got off the car and quickly parted our ways towards each others room…
As I was walking towards my room, I noticed that students were watching me… I quickly touched my face checking if I have something on it but there’s none… I felt uneasy as I noticed some of them whispering with each other while staring at me… I paced quickly towards my room… I felt something’s not right with the way they’re acting…
The atmosphere inside the room was just like outside… once I entered my classmates began whispering with each other… I still don’t know what’s happening… I tried to approach one of my classmates but she stood up from her seat and avoided me…
I felt scared thinking if I have done something wrong… I bowed my head and proceeded to my seat… then two of my classmates approached me one of them was holding a piece of paper… she slammed it on my desk and when I glanced on it I was surprised with what I saw…
It was the picture of me and oppa hugging and kissing my forehead while we’re on the hallway the day before we went to the beach….
“Ho-how… did you…” I stuttered… tears were starting to form in my eyes as I looked at the pictures in front of me…
“So it really is true huh…” one of the girls said while smirking… I couldn’t speak… words were trapped inside me… as I felt breathing hard…
“Why can’t you explain… at least make it clear… oh, that’s why you’re really close with each other huh… and that’s why your cousin doesn’t notice us because he already has you..!” The other girl began poking me… I stayed glued on my seat… as tears fell down my cheeks…
‘This isn’t happening…’ I thought…. I finally stood up and ran outside… I heard one of my classmates called me ‘slut’ before I completely got out of the room…
I wanted to escape… I can’t believe this day will come… I ran as fast as I can… I don’t know where my feet dragged me… I just want to escape…
[His POV]
Students were staring at me the whole time I made my way towards my room… I’m kinda used to attention but today seemed different… when I looked back at them they would turn their gazes away… some of them were even whispering with each other…
When I arrived at my room, Hyuna quickly approached me with a worried face… she dragged me outside the room…
“Oppa where were you…? Something happened here after you left… after you and Dara left..! I couldn’t even contact you..!” she said as she panted.
“What are you talking about…? What happened..?”
Then she showed me a piece of paper with the pictures of me and Dara.
“Who took these..?!?” I got mad easily and to think that Dara maybe saw it already
“I don’t know oppa, after you left these pictures suddenly appeared and spread throughout the campus… maybe a student caught the two of you and took some of your pictures… I immediately contacted you but I can’t get through you…Oppa, what if Dara saw these”
I didn’t think twice… I immediately ran and left Hyuna… Dara may already saw those pictures… I went to her classroom but she wasn’t there… her classmates quickly began whispering to each other when they saw me… I don’t care about them, I don’t even care who took the pictures and spread it… I just want to see Dara, maybe she’s crying right now… I don’t want her to be hurt by this…
I looked for her everywhere… students were eyeing me with disgust on their faces… what if Dara also saw these… I can’t believe this is happening right now…
I found her at the school’s chapel… sitting and hugging her knees on the corner, crying… I quickly approached her bent down and hugged her… I hate hearing her crying, it pains me… especially when it’s about us…
“Dara-ah… I’m here already… don’t cry anymore… please..” I said as I caressed her back… she rested her head on my shoulder… she’s shaking so hard so I tightened my embrace on her.
“Oppa… what will we do… they all probably know about us… oppa I don’t know what to do…” she said as she cried hard… I could feel my shoulder’s already wet because of her tears…
“Ssh… it’s just a picture… they’ll not know anything as long as we tell them about it… just let them think what they want to think… please don’t let them get into you… princess… be strong, it pains me seeing you like this.. please…” I tried facing her to me but she kept on bowing her head…
“Dara-ah… look at me… I love you we both promised each other that we don’t need anyone and the two of us is already enough for each other… don’t let other people get into us… just let them be…” I held her hands, kissed them and caressed it into my cheeks.
She began to stop crying but she’s still shaking… she looked at me and her eyes were all puffed from crying… I wiped her tears and I kissed her forehead to make her at ease…
“Mianhe oppa… it’s just that I got scared when they suddenly came up to me and asked me about us… mianhe…”
“It’s okay… but did they hurt you…? Don’t let them lay their filthy hands on you… they don’t have any rights… I’m going to kill them all once they hurt you….” I caressed her cheeks and kissed her lips gently.
“No oppa… they didn’t… but what am I going to do now?”
“We have to go back there… we have to stay strong… arasso… I’m always here so don’t worry… I’ll protect you…” I hugged her tight again… she already stopped from shaking and all I could feel is the warmth our body shared.
“I love you…. I wont let anyone… anything get between us… I’ll protect you… all you have to do is to stay strong for me…”
“I love you too oppa… I promise I’ll stay strong…” as she buried her face on my chest
I looked up and saw the image in above of us… I forgot that we’re in a chapel…
‘Is your punishment already starting…? Are we really not meant for each other…? Please let me experience all of these punishments alone… I’m much stronger than her… I don’t want to see her in pain… it’s all my fault for selfishly loving her… please… all I want is her happiness’ I thought as I gazed upon the image above us..
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I accompanied her back to her room… students were still staring at us… she kept her head bowed down as I held her hand tight guiding her towards her room…
When we arrived… there’s no teacher inside… when her classmates saw us, the room got noisy because of the mixed whispers her classmates shared… it angered me… but I kept myself composed in front her…
Dara… I’ll come pick you up later… promise me you’ll be strong… arasso..” I tried to smile at her to make her relaxed… and good thing she smiled back at me even though it’s forcefully…
“Arasso… see you later oppa…” she said with her weak voice… I hugged her one last time before she went inside her room… I stayed for a minute leaning my back on the wall of her classroom, hoping that she’ll get through this day… after that, I went back to my room…
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[Dara’s POV]
The day was so painful… but I have to bear with it for I promised oppa I’ll stay strong… I know that he’s also hurt by what’s happening.. I don’t want to add more on his pains…
My classmates kept on glancing at me… some of them were throwing deadly glares at me… most of them were oppa’s fangirls…. I tried to focus on the lessons but it was really hard… the teacher went out to take a call, then they started again…
“Do you think they already did ‘that’?”
“Maybe she’s the reason of her cousin’s break-up with Hyuna”
“I thought she’s innocent but she’s just like any other sluts… she even tempted her cousin”
The whispers were deafening… after one there’s another… do I really deserve this…? All I did was to love him… is loving him really this sinful…?
Bam!
I glanced back and saw one of my classmates slammed hard on her desk as she stood up… I can see that she’s really mad…
“What’s wrong with you people…? If you want to say something to her then say it in her face…! And not talk behind her back…! All of us don’t know anything and yet you people are already jumping onto conclusions…! You’re all just making everything worse…! I can’t stand this anymore… can’t you even think that you’re already hurting Dara without even knowing the whole truth… see yourselves in her place… please, let’s not do this to her…shut your mouths and just keep it all yourselves…!”
She glanced at me… I could feel tears were starting to form again… but I tried not to cry… after that, she sat down… and exactly the teacher came in…
‘Bom… thank you…’ I thought to myself as I faced the board again…
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After the class… I immediately followed her…
“Bom… thank you about earlier…” I said as I reached for her hand… she held it tight with her other hand while the other rested on my shoulder.
“You love your cousin don’t you…? I already know it from the way you two were close with each other… I know it’s wrong and I don’t have any plan to spoil the both of you… It just irritates me to see someone suffer from those judgmental people… all I could say is that you should have prepared yourself for this and I’m sure there’ll be a lot to come…”
“I know… that’s why I am thankful that at least someone understands me…”
“Well... it’s just that there are a lot of people who have shallow minds… and I’m not one of them… if Seunghyun’s here I bet he already beaten up those BEEP for making you cry…” we both chuckled upon remembering Tabi
“Yes, probably he will… but maybe he’ll also got mad at me knowing that I love my cousin…” I said as I looked down…
“You know that Seunghyun’s not like that… he’ll even support you I’m sure… he loves you so much for him to hate you…” she said as she chuckled again…
“Thanks again Bom… I’m really happy that at least you’re here..” I said as I hugged her.
“You’re welcome…stay strong… that’s the only thing you could do right now..” she said as she released me…
“I know…” We bid goodbye to each other.. I went back to my room and found oppa waiting for me… I smiled as I saw him… he smiled back… but sadness could be seen in his eyes…
“Dara-ah… let’s go…” he grabbed my bag from me and carried it in him… he held my hand so tight… and we walked outside the campus in complete silence… there were no students anymore… but I really don’t care anymore if someone would see us…
I stopped from my tracks which caused him to stop too… he glanced back at me confused with my sudden move… I broke the silence…
“Oppa… I’ll be strong… don’t worry about me anymore… it’s true that we must not care about what other people think about us… All I want is to love you… and there’s nothing wrong about that right…? I’ll stay strong for you… we could face any obstacles as long as we’re together…” I flashed him the greatest smile I could show… he looked at me for a moment… and then he suddenly hugged me which made me gasped…
“You don’t know how much you made me so happy… I thought you’re going to break up with me… please don’t ever do that okay… we can get through this… I promise… just always stay by my side… I will protect you… just don’t leave me… I love you so much…” he tightened his hug on me... I don’t care if my bones will break from our hug… I don’t care if my blood won’t circulate…. For his warmth gave me so much strength…
“I promise… I won’t let go…. I’ll never leave you oppa…”
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