“Why are you being so preoccupied when you should be having fun?” Sinb said with a worried smile on her face as she pull me out of my thoughts 

I have been thinking about the nightmares that I have been having ever since I fell for Sinb. It’s begun to become worse ever since my encounter with Eunha at the rooftop. 

I have been seeing myself inside it with pain and bitterness written all over my face as I look at someone. Someone whose hair was shoulder length and has a fringe that covers her eyebrows, but her face... was all blur and somewhat... familiar? Like I’ve seen that face structure somewhere, but I just don’t know where

But the most devastating about that dream I kept having is that there seems to be a message that it’s trying to convey but I can’t seem to figure out what that hidden message is

I have though about asking Eunha if she or Kyung have something to do with it but I have seen her since the last time. Have she given up on convincing me to back out from my decision?

If that’s the case, that was too fast. She gave up easily, not the Eunha that I’ve known who persist and persevere to achieve something that she wants or that have given for her to accomplish

Or maybe... she was called back by Kyung to report if she manage to convince me to stop what I’m doing together with a mortal

I weakly smiled at Sinb, trying to show her that I was fine. Trying to hide the fact that many things had been going through my mind

“Sorry about that. Was just wondering where Eunha and Yerin had been up to. We haven’t seen them for a long time”

“Yerin is obviously with Yuju. And for Eunha... not sure. She hadn’t been attending class ever since the last meeting at the cafe”—She stood up from her seat and stretched out her arm—“Well, we already arrived at our destination”

I looked at the window and saw that the hotel the students would be staying for the school trip was just right in front of us.

Before I could stand up by myself, I felt her soft hand grab mine and suddenly dragged me towards the outside, with her acting like a kid who’s having a vacation to a place she had always been wanted to go.

She had a bright smile, was trying not to let out a squeal of excitement as she pull me outside of the bus

“Okay! Listen up, students!” The principal said as the students gather around her, carrying their luggages

Mrs. Kwon, the principal, opened the folder she had always carried ever since the school buses were traveling towards the designated location for the trip

“So, you’re probably excited on who will be your roommate for this trip, right?” She ask enthusiastically while the students just stared and turned their heads towards their fellow schoolmates as they murmur

“Well, our roommates would probably be the same as our roommates at the dorm” A female student interrupted the almost buzzing sound of the murmurs that were coming of the others. The girl who said it had her hair in a ponytail and has a fringe, she was tall like me. But not as tall as me.

To be honest I wouldn’t mind if that would be the arrangement of our rooms. It would be Sinb who I would be sharing the same room after all

Mrs. Kwon left out a sigh of disbelief and glared at the unknown girl “Don’t spoil the thrill, Student Council President, Choi Yuna”

We all laughed at how sarcastic the principal had said it and how it sounded like she doesn’t know what she would do with the girl

“There’s no fun in that”—A familiar voice said amidst of the laughter. I turned my head and saw Yerin having an unimpressed expression—“Why can’t we choose our own roommate even just this once?”

“Because if we let you do that, you would probably choose to go with your girlfriends and boyfriends. For the ones who are in a relationship”

“But Sinb and Sojung are roommates and they’re in a relationship”

They all turned their heads towards us and Sinb immediately let go of her hand from my hold. I suddenly felt a pang in my heart when she chose to let it go instead of holding it. Because I would keep holding it, if I were her

“W-well... i-it’s not the school’s fault that they became a couple after being roommates”

Sinb remained quiet and looked like she was embarrassed by the stares that were given to us. I reached out for her hand and squished it once they turned their heads away from us to tell her that it’s okay because I’m here.

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The school trip was held at a vintage and classic place, where there were many bizarre stuffs such as the male performers at the streets dancing with only a garment underneath and nothing on the top. Their dance was like they were having a ritual but that’ll probably just their cultural aspect.

Musical performers playing ukulele, bamboo flutes, acoustic guitars with a parter singing beside the guitarist, were all over the streets

I wasn’t and am not fond of listening to classic or tribe music but Sinb kept pulling me towards the different performances. As I observe Sinb’s face, I couldn’t help but smile because she was adoring and humming along the music as she wave her hand in rhythm.

“Liking the music?” I asked

“Yeah, never heard these kind of music before”

“You haven’t gone to places such as this?”

She shook her head and averted her eyes from the performer to look at me “No. I haven’t really gone to places that teenagers usually goes. Like the beach and amusement parks itself. I’ve wanted to go there but being an orphan, I hadn’t had the chance to”

“I though Yerin’s parents took you in?” I asked with my head creased

“Yes they did. But they were always had been busy and had always went to business trips. The only places they usually take us are to the mall and parks”

She then interlocked her hand onto mine and we started walking down the streets

We talked about her childhood and dang... I didn’t know how bad it was. Apart from losing her parents from a car crash, she wasn’t able to travel places and became an introvert due to the trauma that had caused her and Yerin was the one who picked her broken pieces and brought it all back together

No wonder she fell for her childhood friend

“How about you?”

I was taken aback from the question and avoided contact to look at the sky for me to be able to think about stuffs

“We’ve been dating and have known each other for a while but... it seems like I barely know who you are, Sojung. Yet you know a bunch of things about me”

What exactly is there to tell aside from me traveling to the mortal world and shooting a matched couple? She would think I’m crazy if I say that, moreover, I would be braking another law. Breaking the most important rule is enough for me 

She nudged me at the side and said “Hey” with a cute pout along with her glare

“Sorry, about that. What do you wanna know?” I asked casually as if I had any humanly memory that I could share

“Hmm... let’s start with the basics”

“By the basic, would that be if I have any sibling. What’s my favorite color. What’s the occupation of my parents?” She chuckled at my statement and slightly punched my arm

“Why did you have to said those? But... yes, yes, and yes. That would be the basic questions that I will ask” i clapped in hand forcefully that it made a loud sound that made a loud sound

“Okay. Yes, I have a sibling—a younger sister. Favorite color... red” Because it represents love and also me, as a cupid

“What about your parents?” I took a glimpse of her and exhaled the replied “Doesn’t have one”

Her eyes widened and gasped as she heard my answer. Shocked by what I had answered. She probably have thought they died from an accident or something

I haven’t met my parents to be honest. I was only found in front of Kyung’s house door during a stormy night with a note left inside my blanket saying that my parents are entrusting me to Kyung’s care

And Yewon? You can’t even call her my sister nor step sister because we don’t share any blood at all. She just grew up with me and we became close as real sisters, she was the daughter of our head... Kyung that is.

A few people knows that I was just some child whom Kyung picked up, a child from the outside, they say. They all thought that I was tho first daughter they had. A daughter they had kept as a secret because they had me at a young age

But no, that was all but a facade to hide the truth. To protect me from any discrimination and to make the citizens accept me, knowing that my father is Kyung

No. I don’t call her father nor does she call me her daughter. She calls me as a niece in reality, when it’s just me along with Umji. But Eunha is the only cupid that knows the truth about my identity of being an outsider

“But I do have an uncle who treated me as his own, and for the younger sister. She’s not my real sister. She’s the daughter of my uncle” I said reassuring her that I grew up completely fine and I wasn’t a depressed child because I had no parents

She remained quiet, almost like quiet because she was sympathizing that I had no parents to grow up. It felt uncomfortable, having the one you love taking pity of you.

I looked at the time and saw that it was near curfew. Seven in the evening was said to be the curfew for the first day because they wanted us to rest from the exhausting travel that we had and the next two days wouldn’t have any curfew to let us enjoy the rest of the trip

“Bi, It’s already 6:55. We’re gonna be late for curfew” I said anxiously because who would want to do paperworks for just missing the curfew time? I hate paperworks that most in both being a human and a cupid

“You’ve got to be kidding me? Why does the time goes by so fast?”—She groaned in annoyance and looked around—“And the hotel is so far away. I doubt we’ll reach it within just five minutes”

“That’s why”—I reached for her hand and grabbed it—“We’re gonna make a run for it”

We both dashed off heading towards the direction of the hotel. It was tiring but so much fun because I was running off with her, Hwang Eunbi

We were both laughing at first due to how ridiculous we looked like it public. We might as well be called as the couple who were running away if not for our I.D. laces wrapped around our neck

As we turn at the last intersection of the street that is supposedly to be heading towards the hotel, I’ve crossed into a woman with wearing a maroon ed coat. As we’ve got past through her, I suddenly felt cold and a familiar aura lurking around her

I stopped from my tracks to turn turn so that I could see who it was but the moment I turned my head, she was gone. Vanished into thin air, just like a ghost

“What are you doing? We’ve only got two minutes more before curfew, Sojung” Sinb said pulling me to run but I was too frozen and stiffen at the spot where that woman and I have crossed path

“D-did y-you see the woman that we’ve crossed path with?” I asked with trembling voice and I could still feel the coldness passing through me

“What are you talking about? It’s only have been us who’s in this street”

“B-but”—she cut me off—“No buts. I don’t want to do paperworks so you better get a grip, Sojung”

That can’t be... I clearly saw a woman pass through us...

“Sojung, I’m gonna leave you if you don’t act properly” She said sternly making me shake my head to remove the woman in my thoughts

I need to call and inform Eunha about this, she might know who that was 

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Author’s Note: Who could be that mysterious woman? Or was Cupid just hallucinating? And who would’ve thought that Cupid was just found outside Kyung’s house

(Btw, kindly also check out my new fic > Cherish < It’s a WonHa pairing fic^-^)