• Qri’s POV

I arrived at school, greeted by my admirers in the campus. I grinned and acted like a famous person and went to my first class. I scoped around the room, looking for someone. But then, I reacted. She wasn’t inside. Could she be late? Could she be sick? Could she-

*BAM*

I got out of my thoughts and looked up to see Eunjung, his big hand on the top of my desk. I grumbled and raised an eyebrow at her.

“What?!” I asked.

“This is my seat, Qri. Step off.” Eunjung said.

“Now why would I do that?” I asked, smirking.

“I sit next to Hyomin, Qri.” She said again.

“I sat here before you did. Now I’ll be sitting next to her, which reminds me…where could she be?” I said.

“Secret…” Eunjung mumbled.

I gritted my teeth and stood up, grabbing Eunjung’s collar. Eunjung struggled a bit and I was shocked of what I can do. Who knew I was a girly yet feisty princess?

“Tell me.” I demanded.

“Why would I? You should be ashamed of yourself. You hurt Hyomin yesterday,” said Eunjung.

“I didn’t. You got into my personal life, Eunjung. She was MINE to begin with.” I said back.

“Are you sure of what you’re saying? Well, she said that she doesn’t want to talk to you.” Eunjung said again.

“How come you’ve gotten so close? I swore to myself that you wouldn’t even get to look at her!” I said, gritting my teeth in fury.

“Ha! It serves you right for not treating her like a decent person!” Eunjung said and I let go.

“If you would’ve treated her decently, you wouldn’t have argued with her then making her mad at you.” Eunjung said.

“Now…” She pushed me aside.

“…step aside. I’m sitting next to Hyomin this time.” She finished.

• Hyomin’s POV

*ACHOO*

‘Great…’

I grabbed my nearest supply of tissues and blew on my nose. I also coughed and felt my body so weak that I couldn’t get up on my bed. Youngmini was sleeping on her bed, already fed and full. I sighed and lay down. I had this cough and cold just this morning. I tried to get up but I was so weak. I also sigh of the missed activities I’m going to get because of my absence and it irritated my head. I grabbed my blanket and decided to get some sleep…

*RING*

I reached for my phone and grabbed it. I viewed the caller and it was an unknown number. I wonder who could it be. Maybe it’s just Qri.

“*sigh*…is this you, Qri?” I grumbled, unrecovered from the incident yesterday.

“Hyomin-ah?” I gulped for it was Eunjung.

“Ah, hey, Eunjung-ah. I’m sorry for saying that.” I apologized, my face so red.

“It’s alright. I got your number from one of your friends. I wanted to call you to see how you are doing.” Eunjung answered.

I sighed and smiled. At least Eunjung cared for me…and not that Lee Qri.

“I’m fine, Eunjung-ah. Umm…can you do me a favour?” I asked her.

“Sure, Hyomin-ah. What is it?” She asked back.

“Can you tell my friends to tell the teacher that I won’t come to school?”

“Huh? Why? Are you sick? Is there someone there watching you? How about I come there-“

“It’s alright, Eunjung-ah. I just…I just have something to do.” I answered, not wanting her to worry about me.

“Okay. Do call me if you need anything.” Eunjung said.

“Okay…” I said, hanging up.

• Qri’s POV

Class was over again and I grew worried for someone. I wondered where she was the whole day. Why didn’t she go to school?

“Ham Eunjung!!” I yelled, calling her.

And there was her, cleaning up her desk and getting ready to go home. Eunjung heard me and faced me.

“What is it, Qri?”

“Don’t keep your secret about Hyomin from me. Tell me where she is!”  I demanded.

“I won’t. Save your breath, Qri. I’m going to see her.” Eunjung said.

Eunjung left the room. I gritted my teeth in anger again. I hastily packed my stuff and went hastily outside. I went straight inside a bus, going to her place. Luckily, I arrived fast. There was her landlady and I greeted her.

“Aren’t you that gorgeous lady who visited here before?” She asked.

“Uh, yes…good afternoon.” I bowed.

“Is Hyomin around?” I asked.

“She’s in her room, I think. I haven’t seen her leave the house,” said the landlady.

“May I see her?” I asked again.

The landlady nodded. I thanked her and went inside, going to Hyomin’s room. At first, I didn’t barge in, knocking the door, hoping for Hyomin to answer. She didn’t answer for the past two minutes. I knocked twice this time and waited but still she didn’t answer. I stood up, sighed, and decided to barge in. I held the doorknob and thought it was locked…but it isn’t.

‘I’m barging in.’ I thought and opened the door slowly.

As I glimpsed at her room, there she was, sleeping. Youngmini was at his bed and instead of barking at me, he wiggled his tail. Maybe he was happy to see me. He ran towards me and I leaned in to pet him.

“Hi boy…what happened you your master, now?” I asked.

I carried him and he snuggled onto me. I didn’t care about that and petted him. And then I saw Hyomin again. That’s weird. She shouldn’t be snuggling to her blanket for it was a hot day today. I put Youngmini back to his bed and went closer to her. She saw a box of tissues and a glass of water by her drawer and she realized the reason of her absence.

‘Jeez, this girl…she shouldn’t be here all alone.’ I thought again.

I held her forehead and it was heating. I cussed a bit and went to get a bowl of hot water and a cloth. I damped the cloth and wiped Hyomin’s forehead gently. Next, I wiped her neck and I couldn’t help but blush, seeing Hyomin so beautiful. I soaked the cloth and placed it at her forehead. I checked the place and it was a little disorganized. I went to clean the whole place up, made another batch of food and water for a hungry Youngmini, and went back to Hyomin. She was sleeping peacefully and had a smile plastered on her face. I smiled as well but then…

“Hyomin…I’m sorry for yesterday. I didn’t mean to yell at you and be so harsh to you. Will you ever forgive me?”

But I knew it wasn’t going to happen. I’m a very delinquent princess in school and I can’t hurt this little damsel just because of my actions. I sighed and decided to leave her to sleep.

“Qri…”

I jolted. I turned around and there was Hyomin, waking up. I gulped. She can’t see me like this.

• Hyomin’s POV

“Qri…”

My vision was a bit blurry when I saw Qri. I was also confused. Is this real? I find it hard to believe. There’s no way Qri would come here.

“This is just a dream~~ I was never here~~”

I became one with the real world and I didn’t see her.  I yawned. Maybe it was just a dream. But…why does my heart want her to see me, care for me, and to be here with me right now?

*RING*

I heard my phone and checked the dialler. I thought it was Qri. But it was just Eunjung.

“Hello?”

“Hey, Hyomin-ah. Are you inside your apartment?” She asked.

“Ne. You can ask the landlady to get in.” I said.

“Okay. One second?” She asked me again and I hummed in agreement.

She hung up and I waited for her to come. As I heard a knock on the door, I called to let her come in. Eunjung got inside and my Youngmini growled and barked at her.

“Youngmini...she’s a friend too.” I said to him.

He wailed and stopped barking. I got up and went to hold him when Eunjung rushed to me and guided me.

“Yah, you shouldn’t get up like that. You might faint or something.” She said worriedly.

“I’m sorry. Youngmini was just protecting me. He’s such a sweet puppy.” I answered, putting him back down his bed.

“It’s okay.” Eunjung said as I saw her put a paper bag down.

“I brought some goodies since…I wanted to see how you are. Why were you absent a while ago? You missed the whole day.” Eunjung said and we both sat down by the bed.

“I had a cough and cold. But it seems it’s gone now.” I answered her.

“Hey…” Eunjung mumbled and she inched closer towards me.

I wondered of the sudden assault that I grew nervous. I felt my face heat up and my heart beating so fast. I saw her inching so close to me. I thought she was going to kiss me…but…

“…what’s this? There’s a cloth on top on your forehead.” Eunjung said and I felt something free out of my forehead.

“Did you put this to yourself?” Eunjung asked again.

“I didn’t.” I said and it hit me.

I saw Eunjung with a distressed look. I didn’t look any longer and thought about this cloth. Did someone get in here? Youngmini would’ve woken me with his bark but why didn’t I see anything? And then as my thought went further…could it be Qri came here to see me?

“Hyomin-ah?” I heard Eunjung, getting me off my thoughts.

“Sorry? Are you okay, Eunjung? You seemed distressed.” I told her.

“It’s nothing. How about you and I eat some goodies that I bought?” Eunjung said, getting some pastries and hot coffee from the paper bag.

I thanked her for bringing some for me. Then, Eunjung and I started to eat. I only ate a few since I was newly relieved from the cough and cold. Then again, I drank some coffee, relaxing my sickly feeling. I was very grateful for Eunjung for bringing these for me. However, I wonder of my cold feeling for her efforts…

“Hey, I took some notes for you. They’re incomplete but I wanted you to catch up to what we did today. I’m really sorry if they’re incomplete.” Eunjung added, giving me her notebook and I hugged her.

“Thank you, Eunjung-ah. Thank you for all this…” I said as I was very grateful for everything she did for me.

“Do you need anything else?” She asked me, hugging me back.

“No. This is fine. You need to go. It’s almost dark.” I advised.

“If you say so…” Eunjung agreed.

She unpacked all the goodies and placed them on my dining table. She carried the paper bag back and still checked on me if I was fine. I assured her one more time and she left. I couldn’t help but giggle of Eunjung and her efforts. I sighed and lay back to bed. I looked at my side table and noticed something by the door. I wondered what it was and stood up, going towards the door. I saw a notebook. I grabbed it and took a scan at it. I had an idea and took a look on Eunjung’s notebook, comparing both notebooks. The notes were almost the same but I saw a difference: the mysterious notebook had more complete information than Eunjung’s.

“Hm? I wonder who owns this…” I mumbled.

Now that I’m well, I grabbed both notebooks and went to my desk to copy notes from both resources. While note-taking, I thought of the mysterious person who came here. Now, not only I have a goal for my studies, I also have a mystery to solve. By tomorrow, I will make sure that I find out who he/she is. Tomorrow, the real work begins!

So this has been my update. I'm really sorry guys. I've been busy with uni TT

I will be posting a blog soon about my future plans here (stories etc.). This story won't be ending soon and 'A Lover's Wish' is still processed based on its plot. 

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