Luhan's POV

Making my way up to the room I felt that I was a little rude to the maids that greeted me, but my brain couldn't help but continue thinking about Joe's assumptions in the car. Upon opening my door the first thing I'd usually see was the window, but not anymore after that fight we had two days ago. Shuffling my way to the bed, I lean on the headboard with a pillow in my arms and unconsciously bring upon my thinking face. 

Me. In love with Jewel...
I mean, it's not impossible. There are some days where she would look beautiful in her uniform and that's hard cuz everyone looks the same in theirs. Her long black hair came into mind, along with her twinkling eyes and petite pink lips.. 
No! Wait, maybe I do. 

I grab my laptop from the desk beside me and search 'What does you've been hit mean?'
Immediately multiple results came up and scrolling through, I found one that shocked me a little. 

The answers of people that replied to the exact same question said
"Love, You love him/her already, you feel different"
"You two are more than friends."
"Attraction, makes your heart beat faster :)"
"You've been hit by Cupid's love arrow."

No way I was in love with Jewel. If I was she'd kill me! 
There's no chance of us getting together, but hey that thought isn't impossible either. 
I needed a female's assistance. I pressed on the intercomm that was from my room and called up Joe's wife Nari. 

It didn't take long for her to reach my quarters and ask me, "Do you need my assistance my dear?" 

"Yeah.." I paused, "It's about a girl." 

I felt super awkward to bring it up to her for the first time ever, but I knew she was trustworthy since they were one of the employees that have stayed loyal to the family. Hearing me want to talk about this to her, I found that she couldn't help but squeal on the inside and grab a hold of both my hands. "So tell me what's in your mind."

"What I don't understand is, I have this feeling where I always want to be with her, I want to talk to her, I enjoy being around her and in my mind I think that's a normal way of thinking when you have a friend right?" 

Nari smiled and looked intently into my eyes, "Sweety it's normal. Some call it first love or even puppy love and some say that it's our hormones raging in us during these pubescent years. But what's important about this, is to experience it. Luhan you will learn so much, especially about yourself."

"Then-Then what do I do about it?" 

"Hahaha Luhan you are adorable experiencing this first love. I've never seen you this innocent about this considering you've dated so many girls already." She rubbed her hand against my back, "What you need to do is make a move on her. Pursue her and show her that you care about her."

"But the thing is.." I fidgeted with my fingers, "She doesn't want me to be her friend anymore. She wants the two of us to be strangers."

There was a change in her facial expression. She was now confused about what I just said, but ended up pulling herself together to continue to give me advice, "Apologize to her because that's all a girl will ever want. Then you can make your move."  

Ten days have passed to be exact. Ten beautiful days where I tried to speak up to Jewel, but nothing happens.
I'm not the Luhan everyone knows me to be. I'm weak, conscious, and nervous about confronting a single girl. Biology and gym were the perfect subjects to talk to her in some way, but she'd end up being concentrated on her work that she gives off such an intimidating aura. Like if I mess that up she could slaughter me. 

Hanging out with her new friend Sunhee kept her busy that she didn't mind Chanyeol not being around her at all. I suspected that him and her were the tightest of friends but I guess these conditions have made her care less if he hung out with me. 
Nari and Joe's advice about apologizing was much harder than expected that I reverted to just avoiding the advice in general, take matters into my own hands. 

Yeah.. And those matters are to ask Chanyeol for assistance. 
All I really want is to be friends with her again and that's it. No more and no less. 

"Look Luhan. I'm gonna help you make a move on my best friend Jewel." Chanyeol bragged about his skills and talked about himself as if he was being interviewed for a job. "Pushing you two together will be easy as pie." 

"Dude there's no point since you haven't even been talking to her." 

"First thing you gotta do is make ammends with her because she's hella pissed at you. Like literally just you're overall existence fills her hate fire." He pointed to all of me. Is it sad to say that I feel really hurt that it's my existence she loathes?
My goodness Chanyeol even you want me to say sorry to her! It's difficult okay.  

"Chanyeol how many times am I gonna tell you that she's not my type. I only like to cuz when I do, the face she makes amuses me. Its hella funny!" 

He shook his head and laughed at my oh-so convincing words.
Yeah if that wasn't even Chanyeol and just anyone they wouldn't believe me either.
I wasn't sure why I wasn't able to tell him exactly how I saw Jewel. Maybe it was because he was her bff and he'd tell her.

"Okay sure~" He cooed as he stood from the cafeteria table, ready to head over to the food selection to get his lunch. "You were even texting me the first time she's seperated from you saying 'oh how is she? is she okay? do you think I can sit there and just pretend I didn't notice her with you? God, she looks pretty cute in my jacket' Pffftt you don't like her my ! Dude you're a terrible liar!" 

Damn it. He had a point. I bit the bottom of my lip, forgetting that I sent him that kind of text.
No one would do that if they didn't like anyone. I'm an idiot.

Watching him walk away from our lunch table I took out the notebook from my bag and opened to a page where I wrote Jewel's name all over it first period today. Second period I began drawing her at the corner of the page and I was almost finished. To complete it I needed to add her eyes, nose and her lips.
I let out a sigh. 

I hate myself for not being able to hide my emotions but also acting like a jerk and thinking its a way she would like me. I'm as dumb as a brick. The statement 'Girls love bad boys' is false people. Do not become a bad boy. 
I drew a couple more hearts to relieve this stinging pain in my heart and it worked just a bit. 

Speaking of Jewel she was seated on the wall to the right of me with Sunhee. I've never seen her so happy even while Da Hye continuously tries to ruin her life. If someone could take a picture of me right this moment as I stare at her, I'm pretty sure that would be enough evidence to prove that I was smitten for her. 

Click! 
The sound of a phone camera clicked right in front of me and snapped me out of my gaze. 
Turning to the sound of it, I roll my eyes to find out that it was Chanyeol with the biggest and most dorkiest smile he's ever pulled off. He takes a seat and points at me in extreme happiness. 

"What the heck you were barely gone for a minute!" 

"Oh what's that?" He picks up the notebook from in front of me and grasps it tightly within his hold. "Jewel's name? With hearts around it?! Oh she is so not you're type." 

"Give it to me Chanyeol seriously." I asked calmly but he wasn't going to budge. "Seriously."

He spoke to himself like a crazy guy and moved around the chair like a maniac. I wasn't able to tell if I was talking to the exact same Chanyeol as before. "What is this? Oh my goodness I was right, you do like her!" 

"Okay okay give it." 

"No. Only if you tell me you like her."

"First you gotta give me the notebook and then I'll admit it." He gives it back with no hesitation. At this point I could run away from him and burn the notebook so that no one else could see it, but I guess it was time to say, "Okay you're right.. I think I am in love with Jewel." 

"AYAYAYAYAY!!!" He bursts out in a shimmy of extreme satisfaction, embarrassing the living heck out of me. Seeing him this way almost had me cringing but I shh-ed him down and grab a hold of his arm. "I'm sorry, it's just too much for my feels to handle." 

"It's okay.. but dude why is it that whatever I do to her there doesn't seem to be any effect at all? I'll try to make my move but she's got a quick bad-temper. It gets hard to court her." I paused and looked around the cafeteria, "Because when it comes to me I'm always the one that's being pursued by all the girls." 

Chanyeol face palmed and released a heavy sigh, "You narcissist. Dude you're pursuing her by teasing the heck out of her so of course she wouldn't like you. Hello~ You're a stranger now. My best friend is not someone that's looking for a guy to talk trash about her. You're style is bull crap!" He nudged me in the head, "I'm gonna help you get her crawling back into your arms my way. So just trust me okay?" 

"But you've never even dated..." 

"Shut up Luhan you need my help whether you like it or not!" 

He was right. There was no time to waste.
Turning over to look back at Jewel, we made our first eye contact since and my heart flutters. 

"Operation cobra is on the go!"

The dance part of gym class had been backtracked by Mr. Yang in order for the gym students to help take part in the decorating of the school festival. With only a week left for the biggest event in the school year besides graduation, we were all hectic about getting things done properly and eventually have them turn out perfectly.
Students that were taking event planning were trying not to stress themselves out when they need the construction students to build stands, the fashion students to make worker's outfits and aprons, band to be ready for a performance etc. 

On the other hand, no one was managing the anti-bullying segment beside me and Luhan so during gym, I would go off to the stage and sit by the stairs with books on how to do well on public speaking.
Sunhee had a study period for the last period of the day and rather than studying, she decides to stick around me and chill around. 

"Girl you know you don't need all of these books to do good on stage." Sunhee pushed away a couple of the books aside, "My hero had the most brilliant speech about why a person shouldn't bully them just for their looks or whatever so now that you're going to talk about it again just let it flow like you did against those kingkas."

"I can't do that Sunhee I have troubles on stage." I flipped to the next page. 

"Oooh someone's not afraid of bullies and instead is afraid of being under the spotlight." Sunhee waved her hands in the air, "Girl that's nothing! You're already in the spotlight. Did you hear that there's this new article about you?"

People I am getting way too much attention here. This better not be involving some other dude they think I'm attracted to or else someone in the school newspaper is gonna get it! 
"No what's it about?"

"The headlines are 'School hero: Wonder Woman finds herself a new Superman?'" 

Yup somebody's got to go. Plus Superman is supposed to be with Lois lane and not Wonder Woman.
A pair of hands placed themselves over my eyes making me blind for a second. 
"Who is this?" I grab a hold of them and feel it to guess who it could possibly be. They were soft, but the knuckles were a little rough with bumps from what I assume are cuts, "Is this Taehyung?" 

"The one and only." He said charismatically as he took of his hands and sat beside me on the step, "So what are you up to?" 

"Practicing my speech to my loyal subjects once I'm crowned queen." I joke around, "But uhh why are you not in class again?" 

"Well if you must know I just saved a neighbours cat down the block so that just means I'm off the hook. No need to go to Math." 

Taehyung wasn't what those kingkas thought he was. There definitely was news about him beating up a bunch of dudes from our rival school but it was only because he was saving a boy from getting beat up. Just like he did with me. 
Most teachers assume that he's a bad guy for not attending class or disobeying the school dress code since he had his buttons opened and wore a graphic shirt underneath, or simply just looking he was a bad guy. 
But they were wrong. He continued to do good deeds in order to avoid being in school. Kinda weird but he helps the community so no questions about that. 

"You know you should really go to class sometime today, there's still an hour left~" I tried to convince him with a little nudging here and there but he didn't budge. He'd grab one of my textbooks and open it to some random page, lie down and place it over his eyes. 

"Nope not a chance Jewel." 

I sighed and just continued to mind my own business. From below I could see Sunhee making actions where she would propose that she lift his shirt up while he sleeps just to see if he has abs or not. I bit my bottom lip to stop myself from laughing at her but she wasn't going to take no for an answer. 

'Why don't the two of you get me more books from the library. You know, to spend time with him.' I mouthed slowly, and to my surprise she understood everything. 

She squealed in her position and shook my body whilst standing up, 'Thank you!' She mouthed then grabbed Taehyung's hand to drag him of the stage. "Come on Taehyung let's get books for Jewel."

"Wait what?" He questioned in confusion and just went along with whatever she had planned.
He was probably going to sleep in the library anyways. 

I rearrange my seating position into a more comfortable one and grab the next book from the pile. Reading, reading, reading there's nothing more I could do than read. Well actually looking at the people hanging decor along the walls, I decided that it's okay to give myself a little break and help out. 

They were hanging streamers and a couple of school pictures from the beginning of the school year. 
We were always trying to promote that this was the best school and Seoul and if it wasn't, then why would there be the word 'International' in it. 

"Hey guys do you need help?" I asked. 

Some guy pointed out my label and because I didn't know him so well, I didn't smack him in the head. 

About 30 minutes in I didn't think it was hard setting up decor along the walls but that was my mistake. I'd forgotten this gym was huge if it weren't for the stage making it look small. I pant a little and because of that, it was a warning to get out of there and don't overstrain myself. 

Getting down from the ladder I wave the committee a goodbye and swivelling my body back to the stage, I bumped into someone. My clumsiness got the best of me but what surprised me the most was that I was soaking in orange juice. 

"What the-" I look up to see Luhan holdng two glasses in his hands and a worried expression on his face. The orange juice in the glass was now half full and I could feel the stickyness on my stomache, "Luhan what the heck! You're doing this intentionally aren't you?"

He didn't utter a word but I thought I heard Chanyeol somewhere in the room say 'Dammit Luhan' 

These two were planning something and I wasn't gonna like it. I push him aside with force and walking to the stage I find that my books were suddenly gone. 

"Where are my books?" I ask out loud, searching for them around the place. 

"I-I have it Jewel." Luhan spoke up, "It's in my bag. I was thinking of putting them back in the library since the bell is gonna ring soon." 

"Look I don't know what you're planning here but just stop okay?!" I walk up to him and force myself not to stomp on the way there. Staring into his eyes I grit my teeth as I say, "Give me my books, I'll put them back in the library myself." 

   Author's note   
Awww guys Luhan is trying his best to show he cares for Jewel but nothing's working for him! The best way to get her back is to apologize bud that's all!! Ahahah he is cute though with the innocence he has because she's starting to turn out into his first love. Uyyy~ And what about that text with Chanyeol, he was desperate enough to pretend to sit beside her as if she wasn't there? Then drawing and writing Jewel all over his notebook? Damn he's got hit pretty hard my friends. CHANYEOL WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG!! YOU GUYS WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG! I knew my readers are smart :) 
Hehehe what do you guys think of the two new characters I've added? Sunhee and Taehyung (V)? Do you guys like them or no? Oh and I making Jewel too harsh? Please tell me in the comments down below, plus subscribe and upvote! Bye guys ♡