“I should practice…” You thought to yourself as you headed to your room. You passed by Hana and Eun Hee as they were getting ready to go to bed. You greeted them and wished them a good night as they headed to their own rooms.

As soon as you closed your door, you heard your phone ringing and you looked at it to see who it was. It wasn’t a listed number, meaning that this call was from outside of Korea.

You answered the phone and the other line was silent. You said hello once more and there was still no answer so you decided that it was best to hang up. But as soon as you were about to click the button, you heard someone on the other line.

A deep masculine but familiar voice called out your name. Your eyes widened. You would never be able to forget that voice; it was the voice that you once adored listening to.

“Aaron…” You whispered. There was a small nervous chuckle on the other line and your heart was pounding really fast. This was an extremely unexpected call.

Nothing was spoken between you two. A minute must have passed before he said something.

“Brenna and I miss you.” Your heart constricted painfully. He had the nerve to call you to say that? What? Did he want to rub it in your face that he was still with her? That he still very much loves her?

“I don’t.” You bit out. You were still bitter and hurt over their decision to lie to you and treat you as if you were a fool.

“-----, I know what we did was wrong. But can you blame us? ------, Brenna and I love each other very much. I would have hoped you would have been understanding about this and support us.” You’re heart constricted painfully when you heard what he was saying. Did he really just call you to cause you more pain? And dammit you were doing so well in forgetting about them too.

“I would have understood if you both decided to tell me truthfully. I would have supported you if you didn’t lead me on. I wouldn’t have left if you didn’t give me false hope that you would have felt the same about me.” Tears were falling down your face as you continued to tell him what was really in your heart.

“And to make it worse, you two were my best friend. I would have thought that you guys cared about me enough to tell me the truth and not continue to hurt me.” The other line was quiet as you tried your best to stop from sobbing.

And you thought you were over them. You angrily wiped your tears. He just had to call you and make you remember the things you were running away from.

“------ I’m sorry… When I found out that you liked me, I would do my best to like you back. I thought if I forced myself to like you, I would forget about Brenna, but I couldn’t. I’m so sorry I gave you a false impression on those few times. I really am sorry.”

You’re eyes widened as you heard what he said. “You… you knew I liked you? How?” You asked in a small voice. You never told him and made sure it was a completely hidden secret.

“I-I heard one of your conversations with Brenna. But ---- that’s not the reason I called. I called to tell you we miss you. Please, I beg you, we beg you, forgive us. It’s not the same without you. Please come back.” You laughed at that. He was selfish. They were selfish. How can they expect you to go back and act as if everything was the same, as if you were not in pain while watching them together?

“You guys are really selfish.” You hung up the phone before you could start screaming. Staring blankly at the phone, you couldn’t help but give a teary smile. *God let me forget you. Please let me forget you.* You thought as you laid down in bed, trying to will yourself to sleep.

“Slow down -----.” Aaron laughed as he watched you eat ramyum. You ignored him as you focused all of your attention on your food.

With a start, you felt hands fixing your hair and piling them up on top of your head.

“At least be careful with your beautiful hair. Wouldn’t want it to get soaked in ramyun now do we.” He smiled affectionately at you and your whole face turned red in embarrassment.

--

“You look really beautiful in that dress -----. I hope you wear it often.” You tried hiding the huge smile his comment gave you, but failed and it showed through. *I’ll definitely wear it more often for you Aaron.*

--

“God-----! How can you be so inattentive!” Aaron screamed at you. His face was scrunched up in worry as he stopped you from walking across the street. The lights were still green and a lot of cars were passing through. You didn’t notice because you were too busy texting Brenna on your phone.

“I’m sorry Aaron. I really didn’t see.” You said apologetically. His anger calmed down as he snatched your phone away from you.

“You are getting this back when I get you home. I can’t risk having the chance of you getting hit again.” He took your hand and led you back to your house. Throughout the whole walk he never once let go of your hand. It was the best walk home you ever had.

--

“Here, I know you’ve wanted it for a while now.” In his hands was the new album by 2ne1. You were saving up money to order it online but was disappointed when it sold out.

You took it, touched that he would do this for you.

“Thank you so much. How did you get this?” you asked as you stared amazingly at the album.

“Ah it was nothing. It really wasn’t too much trouble.” His friend laughed at him and lightly punched his arm.

“Don’t lie; I know you spent the whole night on ebay bidding for it.” Aaron blushed and you couldn’t help but adore him even more.

--

You and Aaron were both laying down on the grass resting after a stressful finals week. You turned to look at him and his eyes were closed with a small smile on his face. Suddenly he opened his eyes and caught you staring at him. You quickly averted your eyes, trying to make it seems as if you were not staring at him. You peeked back at him and he was still staring at you.

“What? Something on my face?” You asked him, embarrassed to be stared at so long by him.

“You really are a beautiful person.” He said seriously. He had a soft smile on his face.

--

“I really am glad to have met you -----. You really are one of a kind.”

You abruptly sat up from your bed with a sat up from you bed. You were holding in your tears, doing your best to not make them fall.

“I’ve cried enough for him, for them. I need to stop. They are not worth this.” You rubbed your eyes hard, wiping away the wetness from your eyes.

*Were those times fake? Were all the things he said meant for Brenna?*