You keep moving my heart without yourself knowing

"Actually, we don't really know how to skate. Can you teach us, Minho-ssi? If that's okay with you, of course" Victoria asks on behalf of the group with a hopeful smile. On the other hand, Yuri scoffs in disbelief after hearing her ridiculous suggestion. Who does she think he is, a skating instructor?! She snorts from afar, still watching over them

"Oh, I'd love to help out, but right now I'm trying to spend some quality time with my future fiance. I'm very sorry, Victoria-ssi" he kindly refuses and bows slightly in respect. The girls suddenly become astounded

"O-Oh, yo-you're getting engaged already?" the girl called Sulli stutters in embarrassment, while the others clear their throats in awkwardness. Who knew he's getting engaged this young?

"Yes, my girlfriend just excused herself for a bit to answer a call" smiles Minho proudly. He can feel a thrilling sensation when he mentioned Yuri as his girlfriend. Now that he said it, he just remembered what's taking Yuri so long to get back to him. He squints his eyes to the entrance of the ice rink, looking for Yuri. But turns out Yuri is already standing there, eyeing on him

"Oh, there she is!" Minho exclaims, slightly pointing at her

"I'll excuse myself. It was nice meeting you three. Have a great night!" Minho once again bows respectfully to the group and he quickly skates over to Yuri. Seeing that Minho is approaching her, Yuri just crosses her arms and keeps on a stern face

"Hey, Yul. So, what did Uncle Kwon say??" Minho asks her as if nothing happened. Knowing the naive Minho, of course Yuri is not surprised. He's just too clueless to notice her serious expression

"Let's stop now. I'm tired" she mutters, ignoring Minho's question just now. Without waiting for his response, she turns her back towards him and exits the ice rink once again to take off her skates. Minho just blinks his eyes while dazing at Yuri who's getting further away from him. He doesn't think much and just shrugs his shoulders.

***

In the fitting room, Minho has done changing back into his actual shoes. He gets up from the wooden bench and returns the skates he used just now onto the rack provided. He looks at Yuri to find her still struggling with the skate on her right foot.

"Stupid shoe! Why can't I take this off?!" she mutters annoyingly to herself, but loud enough for Minho to hear. He just keeps watching her silently from the side with his hands in his pockets

"Aish, seriously! Get off, you piece of junk!!" she curses at the lifeless object. The skate seriously pisses her off even more. Minho raises his eyebrow while staring oddly at Yuri. She really has a bad temper, he thought

"ERGH JUST GIVE ME MY FRIGGIN' FOOT BACK!!' she finally shrieks out in fury. She explodes by violently stomping her trapped foot over and over onto the floor. Minho slightly jumps in fright of her aggressive behavior. Luckily nobody is inside the fitting room except the two of them

"Yah, Yul... What's the matter with you?" whispers Minho while approaching her. He takes a glimpse around to make sure there aren't any people yet coming into the room. If she keeps doing this, he can die out of shame

"What's wrong? Why are you getting upset over such a small thing?" he utters out cautiously so that he won't piss her off even more

"Just shut up and mind your own business!" she glares up at Minho. She continues to push the skate off of her foot as strong as she can, but it just won't budge

"Enough, alright?? Here, just let me help you" Minho quickly kneels on one knee onto the ground, trying to level with her. As soon as he tries to get his hands onto the skate, Yuri harshly pushes them away

"Just go away! I can handle this on my own!" Yuri scowls at him, looking straight into his eyes

"Yul! Can you just sit still?! I said let me help you!" he yells, trying to be patient with her. All the screaming seriously make his ears hurt. He sighs heavily and bows his head to have a look at the skate. Yuri can't help but breathe in and out, trying to hold in her temper. After a quick look, Minho finally found the source of the problem. The shoelace at the end actually got tangled up, explaining why her foot couldn't get out because of the compression. He reaches his fingers in to untie it. He twists it up a little and finally be able to loosen up the entire lace. He gently pulls the skate off of her foot

"There, all done!" he lifts his head up to grin at her. But Yuri only rolls her eyes in return. She quickly grabs her heels beside her and recklessly wears them onto her feet. She gets up from the bench and stomps her feet towards the exit, leaving Minho behind kneeling on the ground. Minho frowns his eyebrows of her attitude. What is wrong with her? He wonders in confusion.

***

The night is not getting any younger, and Minho and Yuri are still wandering among the crowd, but a bit distant from each other. Minho has been trying to catch up to her but Yuri continues to ignore him and keeps dashing forward, always resulting him being left out at the back. Minho doesn't get it. Why is she getting mad all of a sudden? Didn't she have fun with him just now at the ice rink? Not wanting to be treated this way any longer, Minho gathers his courage to grab her hand and pulls her out of the crowd to have an appropriate conversation.

"Yah! Let me go, Choi Minho!" Yuri struggles against his strong grip. However, Minho just ignores her and continues to pull her forward, looking for a quiet spot. He finally stops his tracks and turns to talk to her

"Yul, what is up with you? Are you mad at me because of the shoe incident??" frowns Minho. He really can't stand seeing her acting like this

"Just forget it. I'm out of here" she murmurs while shrugging Minho's hand away from hers. She's about to head back into the crowd but Minho is faster. He grabs her arm to make her face him once more

"I'm not letting you leave unless you tell me what's wrong! Did I do something wrong?? I thought we were having fun just now!" exclaims Minho. If Yuri could just tell him what he did that was so wrong, he would just simply apologize right away, as long as she stops treating him like this

"Fun?? Oh right, you seriously had a lot of fun flirting with those girls just now" she utters sarcastically. This rotten jerk! He was clearly flirting with another girl when I wasn't around! Minho frowns his eyebrows

"What are you talking about? No I wasn't!" he argues in denial

"Don't fool me! Those girls only complimented you a little and yet you were smiling all brightly at them like an idiot!" she emphasizes. She crosses her arms and rolls her eyes away from him

"I was trying to be nice! Look, they were just asking if I could teach them how to skate-" Minho tries to explain the previous situation to her but Yuri cuts his sentences

"JUST asking?? They were obviously trying to flirt with you and you were dumb enough to exchange conversations with them! Duh, that's what girls do, Minho! It's the oldest trick in the book!" she exclaims, feeling so irritated of him. What else is he clueless about?!

"Wait, so you were watching us the whole time?" Minho raises his eyebrow in curiosity

"Why?? If I didn't, were you going to keep flirting around with them? You told me you've never dated in your life yet it seemed as though you knew how to get along with the ladies!" she scoffs and rolls her eyes. She feels so annoyed when she remembered the way Minho smiles brightly at them

"Don't tell me... Are you jealous of them?" Minho chuckles, sort of getting the possibility. If not, why else would she bother acting recklessly like this? Isn't it?

"No I'm not! Don't even dream about it!" she protests against his assumption. She is not jealous. She's just angry when she remembers his confession to her last week. He told her that she's the first girl he ever dated yet just now he looked as though he had no problems interacting with girls. What a player, she thought

"Then what's the problem? I clearly told them I was waiting for my fiance. Did I say it wrong?" he asks again. Yuri remains silent and rolls her eyes once more. Minho chuckles silently. She is kinda cute when she's like this, he thought

"Alright, I got it. I'm sorry, okay? Now can we please stop fighting?" Minho gives in, trying to persuade her. Knowing very well that she has a bad temper, he decides to stop teasing her

"Look, let's just grab something to eat, okay? Aren't you hungry?" he asks her in a soft voice, trying to divert her into another topic

"Forget it, I'm not hungry" she mumbles in a low voice. But suddenly, Minho can hear a grumbling sound coming from Yuri's tummy. Yuri is startled and she glances down. She clears and covers her stomach in embarrassment

"Aigoo... So my Yul is indeed hungry, huh?" Minho pinches her cheek softly. Yuri stares at him in surprise of his sudden skin ship. Don't know why, but his affectionate touch kind of cools down her temper. Minho chuckles at her cuteness. He pulls her back to join the crowd. He spots a food stall selling delicious-looking takoyaki. He rushes over with Yuri following behind him

"Excuse me, one takoyaki please" Minho orders with a smile. The vendor nods and prepares his order in no time

"Say "aaa~"" he picks up a ball of takoyaki to her the moment he received them. She glances at the takoyaki in hesitation

"It's okay, I don't want it" she refuses while gently pushing his hand away

"Why? Didn't you love takoyaki? Aunt Kwon told me they're one of your favorites" he pouts while gazing at her with his big, round eyes. Yuri is a bit surprised. He even asked my mom what I like? Why does he keep making me feel this way? Yuri wonders to herself. By doing the simplest things, he keeps moving her heart without himself knowing. Yuri stares at him in guilt. She feels terrible for doing this to him. If only he knew what she's planning on doing

"Come on, Yul. Say "aaa~"" Minho holds out the takoyaki in front of her, trying to feed her once more. She hesitatingly opens and takes a bite of it. She chews it slowly

"How is it? Delicious, right??" he eagerly asks her. Yuri nods slowly and looks away to get ahold of herself.

No, she can't do this. She has to get rid of the guilty feelings inside of her. Get back to your senses, Yuri! Minho is sweet but so what? Donghae loves her too, and she knows that he can make her even happier. Yes, I can't forget my purpose. Dad said he'll only hand me the Castle Hotel if I agree to get engaged with Minho. That's the deal. As soon as we did, I'll just get him to leave me and Donghae and I can finally be together. He'll make me happy, with or without Minho in my life.

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I know it's late but I really need to wish all my awesome subscribers a Happy New Year! It's been a few days already but the excitement of the new year is still on! Are you?? ^^ 2015 had taught me a lot of valuable lessons (good and bad) and it was a great year for me because I gained many realizations in life - from negative experiences, mostly. But still if you choose to see it from another perspective, you'll find the positivity beyond it and thus become an important lesson for one's self growth and make you wiser. So for 2016, my hopes are no different. I hope 2016 will also be a good year for us all and I wish each and every one of our resolutions will come true. <3