Dara woke up when she felt that Chaerin got up from the bed. She pretended that she is still asleep; she is just listening to her surroundings.

She heard the bathroom door closed followed by the sound of flowing water. “She must be taking a bath now.” She thought silently. She’s debating to herself if she will wake up already or to continue pretending to be asleep until the other girl would finish whatever her morning ritual is.

She decided to pretend sleeping but still listening alertly. She heard the bathroom door opens. A scent of lavender spread all over the room as Chaerin got out of the bathroom. “Even her scent is so invigorating” Dara thought as she subtly inhaled deeper, collecting the scent of Chaerin inside her

After a few minutes Chaerin finished dressing up. She went beside Dara, thinking she was still somewhere in dreamland. Dara felt Chaerin came closer to her side of the bed. She felt her kneel infront of her. She can sense her breath “Gosh she smells really good” Dara trying to calm herself before Chaerin could notice that she is already awake.

Another wave of electric current rushed through Dara’s body as Chaerin’s fingers touch her skin while tucking away stray strands of hair from her face.

“What is she doing? Is she gonna?” Dara suddenly becomes nervous but still pretending to sleep,

but then she heard Chaerin’s voice “Hey, My Cute Grumpy Girl, I am really sorry okay.” Chaerin whispered “It’s just I really like you so much. Please don’t be mad at me for so long okay. I can’t live with that, it will drive me insane. I promise to do anything to make you forgive me and eventually like me” Chaerin giggled at her last three words

Chaerin stood and head out of the room. She took one last glance at Dara then closed the door.

When Dara heard the door closed, she waited a few ore moments then decided to open her eyes. She is holding her chest because she feels that her heart is gonna jump any second out of her chest and follow Chaerin outside. She was touch of Chaerin’s words. “She likes me. But do I like her too?” Dara ask herself

“My heart beats this crazy whenever she is around, does this mean I like her too? But can it be possible?” Dara took a sit on the bed, she started to stretch up. “I’ll think about that later, I have to clean up now” she said getting up from the bed and walked towards the bathroom.

Dara took a quick shower, and then went out of the bathroom.

She was drying her hair when someone knocks on the door “ Who is it?” She asks making her voice louder

“Delivery, ma’am. We have something for the person who occupies this room” Shouted back at the other side of the door

“Delivery? Who could it be from?” Dara whispered to herself.

“Okay wait.” Dara took one last look on the mirror then opened the door.

“ Goodmorning” greeted a middle aged man to Dara

“ Goodmorning too” Dara greeted back

“Flower Delivery for Ms. Dara Park?” said the man smiling

“Yes that is me” Dara answered looking at the flower held by the man.

Her eyes widened when she saw that it was not just an ordinary flower. It is a blue rose, a specie of roses which is so rare. She hasn’t seen one in her whole life. Just now.

“Here ma’am, three blue roses for you” the man hand her the flowers still smiling

“Thank you” Dara said taking the rose very carefully

“You are welcome ma’am, now if you would be so kind to sign your name here as a proof that you received the flowers” the man said pointing to a papers attached to a cardboard

“Sure” Dara took a pen and started signing

The man spoke “the one who sent you that must really be in love with you” Dara stopped and looked at the man with a confused face

“That rose is the rarest. My boss doesn’t usually sell that because that is very precious for them. The one who sent you that must have gone through unimaginable persuasion, because knowing my boss and how she loves that roses, she won’t sell that easily, she is a tough one to crack.” The man said smiling wider

Dara smiled shyly, and then continued signing “there. Uhmmm...do you know who sent it?” Dara ask

“I am sorry. My instruction is just to deliver; I have no idea who sent that.” The man said apologetically

“But I believe there is a card in there, maybe it was written there”

“Is that so… okay, thank you again”

“Okay” the man said then left

Dara closed the door then went to sit on the edge of the bed smelling the rose. She smiled when she saw a small card. She took it carefully then read the content silently

My Cute Grumpy Girl,

Dara smiled at the term, she hates it but at the same time loves it

You are just like these blue roses, very rare and very special.

I know we always encounter each other in a not so good manner. We always end up fighting.

But that does not stop me from liking you.

What happened last night, please let’s talk about it. I will be waiting for you at the Hotel’s cafeteria.

Don’t distance yourself from me. I will be waiting.

Please remember, you are my Blue Rose.

Chaerin

Dara couldn’t stop smiling as she finishes reading the card. “She is so sweet”

She smelled the roses again, trying to gather all the courage she has to go downstairs and talk to Chaerin.

She is thinking on how to face Chaerin when she heard a loud sound of screeching tires outside followed by a loud explosion. “Boom!”

She was startled; suddenly her heart began to pump faster and faster. She couldn’t understand what she feels; she feels that something is wrong. She looks at the roses she’s holding “ Chaerin!” she burst out

She hurriedly stood up and ran outside. She went downstairs, almost tripping going down the stairs. She was clutching her chest with her left hand while the other is holding the roses tightlty, making her hands bleed because of the thorns.

Her eyes roamed around the lobby as she is looking for Chaerin. Everyone was running outside to see what happened. She ran to the cafeteria where Chaerin said she would be waiting. She was looking around, intensely scanning the cafeteria but Chaerin was not there. Suddenly her breathing becomes heavy, she can’t almost breath.

She ran back to lobby and ask the receptionist “excuse me, have you seen a blonde girl here earlier?”

“The one with the long hair and cat eyes ma’am?” the receptionist ask back

“Yes, yes that’s her” Dara exclaimed

“Yes, she was at the cafeteria while ago, I think she is waiting for someone. But a few moments ago I saw her went out”

What the receptionist told her is not helping at all to calm Dara down. She just became more suspicious, as negative thoughts flooded down her system.

“What happened out there? What was that explosion about?” Dara ask tensely

“ I don’t know ma’am, I will radio the security to ask some information on what happened” the receptionist said then started to radio the security

“Permission to break, this is eagle one to eagle two”

“Go ahead eagle one this is eagle two” said the man the other side panting

“Yes eagle two, what is the situation there, what is the explosion about?”

“There was an accident out here in the parking eagle one, a trailer truck lost control and collided with a car parked in the area”

Dara is listening intensely at the conversation

“Are there any casualties eagle two” the receptionist ask with a worried expression

“Roger that eagle one. There was someone standing at the trunk of the car when it was hit by the truck”

“Do you have any info on who is that?”

“Negative eagle one, the car is totally wrecked, the medics is still retrieving her body out of there yet”

“Her? So it is a female?"

“Positive eagle one, a blonde girl”

Dara’s heart stopped upon hearing the description of the victim. She dashed outside to the parking lot without even saying any word to the receptionist.

Her heart feels like being torn apart, her tears starting to fall “Hell no, this is not happening. It can’t be you. Please it can’t be you” she cried while running

There were already police officers and ambulance at the parking area. The accident area is already secured with a police line. Her heart sank deeper when she saw that that is where Chaerin’s car is parked.

“No!” she shouted still clutching the blue rose in her hands

“Wait Miss! You can’t come any nearer” the police officer blocked Dara

“Officer. Please, that is our car, my friend, is she there?” Dara ask almost breaking down

“ Is your friend a blond girl?” the officer asked

“ yes” Dara said crying louder

“ I am sorry, but she is already dead when the medics arrived. No one can survive that kind of impact.”

“ no, you are lying” Dara shouted back. She pushed the officer then ran towards the stretcher who now contains a body covered in white cloth full of blood.

“mam, you can’t be here” the medic said trying to stop Dara

“ let her be” the police officer said to the medic Dara hurriedly removed the cover. Her world seemed to stop spinning when she recognized the person lying in the stretcher, lifeless.

“ Chaerin!” she screamed so desperately “No please! Please stop joking around. I know this is just one of your jokes. Okay, I give up, you got me here. You win” she said crying harder

Everyone was looking at her with pity.

“Please, open your eyes. I am not mad anymore. I don’t hate you. In fact I like you. There I said it, I like you too. So please wake up now.” She is shaking Chaerin’s body so hard

The medics couldn’t take the scene anymore, it was just so heartbreaking.

They pulled Dara away from the stretcher. She is struggling desperately

“ma’am please stop. She is already gone. We couldn’t do anything to revive her.” The medic said trying to stop Dara

“ No. she is just pretending. She does that all time. You’ll see she will wake up soon.” Dara said still struggling from the medics hold her voice sounded with desperation

When they realize that she wouldn’t calm down, the medic injected Dara a sleeping drug

After a few moments, the drug started to take effect, Dara felt dizzy, her eyes becomes heavier and heavier

“ Chaerin please. Chaerin. Chae- her voice slowly faded then everything went black

When Dara opened her eyes, she was back in their hotel room. She looked around looking for any signs of Chaerin. She was not in the room.

Her heart started to beat faster and faster again. She remembers what happened, it was clear in her mind, but she couldn’t differentiate if it is just a dream or reality.

She wished it was just a dream, a nightmare. She immediately rushed outside.

At the lobby, everyone was looking at her weirdly. She was looking around not minding those looking at her.

She went to the cafeteria. She was hoping that Chaerin was sitting there on one of the tables waiting for her. After scanning the room, she couldn’t find Chaerin.

“No. it is real. Everything is real. She is gone. It was not a dream” she whispers to herself.

She was about to cry when someone tapped her shoulders from behind “ Goodmorning Miss Cute Grumpy Girl” said a cheerful familiar voice

She turned around and saw the very face she wants to see. It was Chaerin with her most beautiful smile.

She was staring at Chaerin. "Please tell me this is not a dream, please, let this be real. She prayed silently

Chaerin snapped her fingers in front of Dara’s face when she saw that Dara is spacing out

“Hello, someone there?” Dara was brought back to her senses.

She frowned when she saw Chaerin giving her that weird look, same look that the people in lobby were giving her.

“What is with that look?” she asked confusedly

“You, What is with your look?” Chaerin said pointing at Dara her voice teasing

“What look?” Dara said raising an eyebrow

Chaerin grabbed Dara’s hand and lead her to the comfort room

“That. That look” Chaerin gesturing her hand from Dara’s head to her feet making Dara face the mirror . her hair was sprouting everywhere in her head, her eyes swollen, probably because she is crying in her sleep beacause of the nightmare she just had, she looks like she just got out from the bed.

“ Oh !” she cursed out loud. She got out of her room a while ago without tidying herself up, thinking that Chaerin is dead.

Now everything is so clear to her…Everything that happened, the accident, Chaerin dying, it was all just a nightmare.

Chaerin gave out a hearty laugh. Dara covered her face from embarrassment. She immediately combs her hair with her finger, and then washes her face in the sink.

Chaerin was just looking at her thinking if she should talk now.

After cleaning up, Dara looked at Chaerin suspiciously, because her right hand is in her back.

“ What is that?” Dara said pointing at Chaerin’s hands

“ What?” Chaerin answered acting innocent

“ okay if you don’t want to show me, it’s fine” Dara said bitterly

“ aissshh. Here” Chaerin said while scratching her nape, showing Dara 3 Blue roses

“These are for you” Handing Dara the roses Dara’s eyes widened in disbelief.

Three blue roses, just like in her dream. Her heart gave her a warning beat.

“No, I don’t want that get that away from me” she shouted then shoved Chaerin’s hand.

She remembered in her dream when she received three blue roses from Chaerin, She lost her. And she doesn’t want that to happen for real. She walked out of the comfort room, leaving Chaerin dumbfounded.

After a few moments, Chaerin sigh “ it’s okay Dara, I know it’s my fault. It’s okay for you to be mad, but I won’t give up” she gave one last look at the roses then tossed it in the trash can.

If only Chaerin knew why Dara suddenly hates blue roses, she might be jumping up and down right now.

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Okay!okay! i already practiced dodging anything that is thrown to me #stones, pitchfork, phones, anything!aheheheheh# so bring it on! I'm ready! ahahahahaha

mianhe it's just the author( that would be me) is in a crazy teaser mode today!!!muahahahah*evil laugh*

Am i so bad?ahehehehehe....