{A/N: I reposted this bc my typos and grammar are so bloody my eyes hurt. LMAOOOOO}

“Oh? Woohyun oppa! Happy New Year,” the locker door slammed shut and Seolhyun watched Woohyun smile. His face painted a happy curve that reached his eyes. His whole face lit up and she felt her hear clenching in a painful knot.

Woohyun answered and she stared as his mouth moved inanimately. She swallowed the lump in and turned her back against the two.

Jinhee’s voice reverberated through her ears and irritation hit her. She fought it hard to lunge back at them and pull Woohyun away.

Seolhyun sighed. She really hates Jinhee.

“Yah, Jang Seolhyun why are you ignoring me?” Woohyun poked the girl once more. It is halfway recess time and Seolhyun never uttered a single syllable. He kept blabbering nonetheless but his lame attempts to conversation were always ignored.

He cut the chase and decided to ask her. “Yah, look at me” his arms reached for hers and he shook it hard.

Seolhyun glanced at his way briefly then returned staring at her food.

“Jang Seolhyun, I can’t believe you. I greatly believe that I am way cuter than that cake. Why don’t you stare at me instead?”

Hoya, who was sipping his juice spit it all through his nose. Woohyun’s words just overwhelmed him too much.

“What are you—“Everyone in their radius resorted into muffled laughs but Hoya chuckled the hardest.

Seolhyun lip her bit to stop herself from laughing with everyone. She sighed continuously but she can’t help it. She smiled too that was immediately noticed by Woohyun.

“You smiled!”  He almost shouted but the sudden ringing of school bell got Seolhyun up her feet.

She strode away wordlessly, leaving the hopeless guy in a cheeky pout.

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The last bell echoed through the entire school but Seolhyun could not care less. She’s currently burying herself with fiction, searching her imagination with the colorful yet witty pages of The Little Prince.

The last word of the book dropped before her eyes and she gently closed the book. She wipe a few tears with her finger and dazed to nowhere - a constant mannerism whenever she finished reading.

Her eyes looked over the window and she panicked when she saw darkness looming over. Seolhyun immediately checked her phone.

7:30 PM. 7 text messages. 9 missed calls.

She quickly gathered her things and headed for the exit. It was dark and she’s getting scared every passing minute. Silent prayers were being recited in her head.

“Boo!” A scream shocked Woohyun up to his nerves. He knows that he is the one to surprise her but seeing her reacting like that scared him too in a way. She’s just so uptight most of the time that acting a little wild for the first time is an utter surprise and delight.

 How he loved her face.

“Why did you do that!” Seolhyun almost screamed while hitting Woohyun with her bag.

Woohyun tried stopping her uttering his apologies but his grin made Seolhyun more aggravated.

“I waited for you here,” he uttered silently and that made her sop.

It’s true that he waited for her and her heart fluttered by the idea of it.

She grunted and walked away. Woohyun caught up and continuously .

“Seolhyun ah.”

She liked the way her name sounded in his lips, it was sweet and supple like long, languid milkbaths after a hard labour.

He cleared his throat and softly released his words to the air. He wants to do it gently so she would not doubt him. Woohyun wants her to open up more and embrace herself more. He wants her to know that failing one dream does not means failing life. He wants her to embrace him and feel that her feelings were true. That to all the lies that he had ever said, loving him was ever one of it. Loving Jang Seolhyun, for him, is a universal truth.

They were now outside her front door. The trees still lighted up by Christmas lights, wind blowing through their hair.

"Seolhyun ah, whatever it is that I did to make you stay away I'm sorry. I don't know what exactly is it but atleast I'm apologizing for whatever cause."

His face inched hers and their eyes. The two  wordlessly savored the moment as if their lives depended on it.

Seolhyun gently closed hey eyelids  but the time she opened them, Woohyun was already walking away, smiling brightly.

Woohyun laughed as she saw her reaction. He waved away, turned and clasped his palms together to produce some heat.

He grinned wider. He dropped off his 8th letter and how hewished she’ll read it.

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“Jang Seolhyun, we've come down a long way now and I'd like you to know that I've never been sure to anyone except you.

So Seolhyun ah, Will you do the honor to be my girlfriend? Please? Pretty please? I'll say please till you agree. Call me. -Woohyun"