“So… are the both of you… under some reconciliation?” L said interestedly. He was beside her, while putting some food on his plate from the buffet set of the cafeteria.

 

“None of your business.” Yoona responded boringly while putting some Caesar salad on her plate. She was next to L who was still looking for another food, but he paused for awhile and looked at her.

 

“You’re really not telling me what happen, right?” L said irritated while looking at her coldly.

 

Aigoo! Do you think you can convince me by the way you were looking at me? Psh! No you can’t!

 

“Are you done with your food?” Yoona asked him, changing the topic and showing to him that she doesn’t have the plan on telling him what happened between her and Yonghwa.

 

L still looking at her coldly then his sight dropped on her plate. Then, suddenly L put some food on her plate.

 

“Yah! What are you doing?” Yoona exclaimed, she tried to turn her tray away from him but it was too late already, because L held her hand where she was holding, to stop her from turning away from him.

 

“You think you can escape from me? And first of all, I’m not the kind of guy who wants to mix up in someone’s business.” L said and finally he stopped from putting food on her plate and looked at her still in a cold sight.

 

“But… right now, it is our business!” L firmly said at her, he moved his head pointing to the direction of a table near the glass which separates the in-and-out of cafeteria, he was trying to do the lady’s-first manner, and Yoona obeyed him.

 

“Wait! How come my business becomes “our”?” Yoona asked him sarcastically. She was in front of him while putting her tray on the table. Instead of L telling her why it became “ours”, he just gave her a cold glared.

 

“Fine. Fine. Fine!” Yoona said giving up. She really doesn’t want to argue with him right now, not because she was afraid to be defeated by him, but because she’s just not in her mood to start a fight with him. Yoona looked at her plate, she was planning on eating a small amount of food because she doesn’t have the appetite right now, but now, her plate contains a not-so-many rice with prawns and fish on it plus she didn’t even noticed that L put some dessert and apple on it, plus a fruit drink.

 

WOW! How… thoughtful he was? Is he on drugs right now? But… I cannot put all these food on my tummy right now and what’s on his mind to add some food on my plate without my gracious permission.

 

“Who told you to add some food on my plate?” Yoona said irritated, while she was still looking on her plate in disbelief.

“So, are you planning to do hunger strike in front of me?” L said plainly while he was enjoying his food.

 

 “Its dinner and I don’t have any appetite right now.” Yoona said, spearing a chop of fish from her plate and taking it to . But L didn’t even responded, until they ate silently to their table.

 

“Who said she doesn’t have any appetite right now?” L said and let out a smirk on his face. He wiped some food on his face using napkins.

 

“It’s because I don’t want to waste some food.” Yoona said pouted and wiped her face. When she looked at him, she saw L who was looking at her like he was been waiting for her to tell about what happened between her and Yonghwa earlier. “How long would you stop asking me about what happened earlier?” Yoon asked him, impatiently.

 

“Until you would tell me.” L said sarcastically. “Sometimes, you need to give out before you could get your benefits.” L said calmly, he took a sip from his mineral water.

 

“Benefits? What are my benefits if I tell you?” Yoona said, trying to get what he was meant.

 

“You could use my influence.” L simply said.

 

“Yah! You told me that you would help me, but as I can see-” Yoona said at him. She remembered the night when L told her that he would help her in moving on from Yonghwa but then, her mind shifted from the scene where he was flirting with some other girls at the library.

“-- you’re not helping anymore.” Yoona said firmly. But instead of expecting some argument from him, he was just looking at her boringly and then, he stood up and walked headed to the door.

 

“Ya-Yah!” Yoona exclaimed and she followed him. She chased L who was walking first until she reached at on his side.

 

“You know what, I cannot understand you anymore. You were willing to help me but you’re just walking away from me. What kind of person are you?” Yoona said with a little bit confused and anger on her tone. L stopped from walking and she also stopped and they face each other. L looked at her with his eyebrows furrowed which shows that he was getting in his nerves from what she just said.

 

“I wanted to help you because you were stuck from a 2-years relationship with a boy who even doesn’t give you a damn explanation why he broke up with you.” L firmly said, while slowly raising his voice. “And how could I help you if you were not telling anything about what happened to the both of you. I cannot… I cannot just do anything without any damn basis.” L continued.

 

“And now, you were telling me that I am not helping anymore. Then now… who is really not helping?” L said and now, his voice dropped but she could still hear the offended tone of him which made her to feel guilty.

 

I am.

 

“I just need you to trust me.” L said but now his voice was like he was begging her to trust him and just completely trust him.

 

Yoona slowly bowed her head down, that it hits deep in her ego. Until she noticed that L walked away from her and she couldn’t do anything to stop him from walking because she knows that she was just offended him, she just could saw his back walking away from her.

 

Could I let myself completely trust to someone who is a player, the person who I really avoided the most?

 

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The exam was over. Yoona and her friends decided to go their respective rooms. Yoona went to her room with Hana who was been her roommate.

 

“I really don’t know why Sungjong called a meeting at 4PM. He doesn’t even think of it that after exams is the time were everyone is relaxing and make fun of their time? Aiiish!” Hana complained and frowned from what the President of Student Congress announced earlier.

“Yah! Sungjong is a very nice guy among from his friends.” Yoona said and then she noticed that Hana was giving her a deadly glared.

“Fine, all of them are nice guy, but Sungjong is different from them. And maybe, there are things that really to discuss between the congresses.” Yoona said trying to calm her friend down.

“I hope so, because if it is not important then, I’m going to make him regret.” Hana said like she was cursing from what she could heard from Hana’s voice. Then they arrived at their room and do their individual things.

 

Yoona dropped her body to her bed and closed her eyes while thinking about what happened last night between her and L. She heaved a sigh. She was thinking that there’s nothing wrong if she could try to trust a player right now, because she knows that somehow, she really needs his help. And first and foremost, there’s really nothing wrong if she could be friend with a player.

 

Right! That’s right. I need to try to trust him. But right now, my mind is not functioning anymore, and it badly needs to sleep. So maybe, I should sleep first before doing anything.

 

Yoona woke up from her 2 hours of staying in her dreamland. She stood up and went to the bathroom to do what she needs to do and went out after. She noticed that Hana wasn’t there anymore.

 

“Maybe, she already went to the meeting.” Yoona murmured. She went directly to her table, searching for something that she could do for her free time, but she found nothing. So she went back to her bed and sat on the edge of it. She saw the dirty clothes on the laundry basket of her, so she decided to do her laundry. She got her laundry basket and went to the laundry building.

 

There was a separate small building for their laundry, but still, there was a division between the laundry room for the girls and boys. Yoona went to the girls’ laundry room and completely she separates her colour clothes from the white ones and she put it on a separate washing machines and she switch it on at the same time.

 

While waiting to her laundry, Yoona sat on one of the bench which were placed outside from the laundry room, but it was still inside the laundry building. No one was there aside from the two security guards who were on duty.

 

“Psh! Wealthy people are lazy enough when it comes to laundry. That’s why I can barely see some students who were going here.” Yoona said while pouting on her lips. She could feel the peaceful and silent atmosphere in it. Like you couldn’t hear the people who were talking, laughing from each other, the whistle from the coaches, the yell from the cheer dancers, the scream of fan girls especially Infinite’s fan girls, the voices of the athletes who were shouting from each other and etc.

“Hmmm… it’s good to be in this place.” Yoona exclaimed and she took a deep satisfying breath. She leaned against the wall and closed her eyes; she was experiencing the care-free feeling from the place until her phone rang.

 

Yoona opened her eyes and looked up into the caller id and she was shocked when it was L’s name registered on it and then, she answered the call.

 

“Hello?”

“Yah! Where are you?”

“Wa-wae?” Yoona could hear that L heaved a sigh.

“No-nothing. I’m hanging up.”

“WAIT!” Yoona could feel that L put back his phone on his ear.

“I’m—I’m at the… laundry room.”

“Bwoh? Why are you there?”

“Duh?! What would you suppose to do in the laundry room?”

“Anyway, I’m hanging up.” And L disconnected.

 

“Aiish! Does he really want to die?! Aiiish!” Yoona exclaimed, she was still holding her phone facing on her, like she was just having a fight with her phone.

“He was asking me but then… he would just hang up. He really doesn’t know how to feel. HOW EMOTIONLESS YOU ARE! He couldn’t even just say hi or… how are you or… or anything. Aiiish! I don’t know why he became a player when he doesn’t know how to become a human with his attitude. Psh! Maybe, I was still lucky that… that I was just his friend.” Yoona said irritated while she was still in her position.

 

“So… that was a friend’s deed? Talking behind from her friend?” A voice from out of nowhere came out. Yoona pulled down her phone in front of her and she got shocked when she saw… Kim Myungsoo!

 

L walked towards her and sat beside her. He was still wearing his jersey uniform, looks like they just finished their practice. Yoona got surprised when L smells like he was just came out from shower, thinking that L just finished their practice. He still smells like a baby, like his sweat was a product of a baby cologne brand in the country.

 

“Wha-what are yo-you do-doing here?” Yoona stuttered her words from nervous she was feeling right now. She doesn’t know why she became nervous all of a sudden when she smelled L’s scent.

 

“Just roaming around. You’re brother is killing us, you know. I just want to have some break for a moment.” L calmly said, like there’s nothing confrontation happened last night between them. He was looking outside but then he shifted his sight towards at her.

 

“So, your practice didn’t yet finish?” Yoona asked him curiously and L nodded still looking at her. Yoona looked away from him and looked down into her phone which she was holding.

 

“Yah. I just want to say that…”

 

“Your apology not yet accepted.” L suddenly exclaimed. Yoona looked at him in shocked while L was still looking at her teasingly.

 

How—How come—did he knew—that I would say sorry—at him? Does he know how to read a mind? Or did Sungyeol infect him from his mind reader ability?

 

“Let’s just talk about it next time. I just want to have some break from your brother’s evil doings, could we?” L asked her nicely. And maybe not for the first time, but as far as she could remember, L asked her nicely.

 

“Yah! You could go to your room if you want to rest or… or flirt with some other girls.” Yoona exclaimed and she pouted. L looked at her like her words were funny and unbelievable.

“Players could relax themselves by… you know… flirting with someone, right?” Yoona continued and L let out a huge laughed from what she said, that made her surprised.

 

Whoa!~ Did I said something fun? But it feels so good that… that seeing him laughing. It’s like, he was an angel who was laughing from the heaven and it sounds… so great.

 

L put her hand on his stomach indicating that he laughed hard and that made Yoona smiled. And L looked at her still giving his laugh but when he saw Yoon who was looking at him smiling at him sweetly, his laugh turned to smile.

 

She could see that L was smiling at him, a genuine smile that really comes from deep inside of him or maybe, comes from the alienated side of Kim Myungsoo. But Yoona could really tell that L was something, like he was really true that time. And it was something to be happy about because for some reason she made him laugh like that.

 

Holy cow! Was he smiling at me? Does he eat something… magical? Oh please! Tell me what did he just ate earlier so that I can buy it for him just for the sake that I could saw him smiling like this to me. Or I am just so paranoid about his changing personality? I hope, he is not a heavenly-handsome-hot-guy who has a bipolar disorder.

 

“Yeah. And I’m doing it.” L said still wearing his most gorgeous and y and heart melting smile.

 

“Bwo-bwoh?” Yoona exclaimed and got shocked from what she heard. And she could hear the pounding of her heart on her chest, like it was going to come out and run for a hundred miles from the laundry building.

 

And another thing that could Yoona gone crazy was when L moved and lied on the bench and made her lap being his pillow. And that was for sure, Yoona’s cheek went red and again, her system malfunction because of the electricity that she was experiencing from her lap. Like, she was going to explode from something and she could really feel her heart was pounding hard, like it was going to burst out from her chest.

 

“Ya-yah! Wha-what are yo-you do-doing? What do-do you mean that-that you was doing it?” Yoona said with all her might not to be obvious how she was nervous right now and how her system went crazy because of what he was doing. She looked down, trying to analyze his face and how he end up like that at her.

 

Did he mean… he was flirting at me… right now?

“I’m doing what could players do. And I told you, just give me a break. Let me sleep in your lap for about 15 minutes and just wake me up.” L simply said at her, looking up to her.

 

“Bwoh? Why me? You could ju-just flirt with some-some other girls out there.” Yoona exclaimed.

 

“You’re also a girl. And don’t worry, after this I would accept your apology.” L said and he finally closed his eyes and drifted to his dreamland.

 

---

 

Yoona got her clothes from the dryer and put it back in the laundry, and then, she got her some other clothes and put it in the dryer, she turned it on.

 

“I thought you left me.”

 

Someone from her back talked and she knew who it was. Yoona rolled her eyes and heaved a sigh and still didn’t respond. She was about to lift her laundry basket from the table when a hands covered her hands on each side of the laundry basket and she could feel from her back a someone’s chest.

 

“A-ani. Psh! It sounds like you’re a bit worried.”  Yoona said, trying to crack a joke while covering her tension from their position. She could just hear a smirk from him.

 

L totally put her laundry basket on the floor, Yoona turned and looked at him who was behind her earlier. “I mean… I di-didn’t intentionally… ummhh… I was just joking earlier.” Yoona said confessing.

 

“It’s okay. Anyway, I need to go.” L calmly said.

“Umh. Okay.” Yoona responded lowly. L was still on his position looking at her thoroughly while she was busy folding her finished clothes. Before L could completely turn his back at her, Yoona called his attention.

“Umh. Myungsoo-ah… thanks by the way.” Yoona said and lends his jacket, L get it from her hands.

“Oh you’re welcome.” L said and smiled at her. “I’m going, bye.” L completely said and he went off.

 Yoona heaved a sigh and she went back to do her laundry.

 

Yoona just got in her room with her finish laundry and she arranged her clothes in her closet, until her phone beep and its from Hana.

 

Yoona, I need your help. Could you help me?

Sure. What is it?

Umh. I really don’t know who I would ask for help about this but I just only think of one person who I know could do this very well and that’s you. Umh. Would you mind if you would make a banner for your oppa’s team? This is for their final play-off this upcoming Saturday.

Umh. But how about the designing committee? You know, they are the ones who really could help you.

I know. But… I am the designing committee. I mean I am the president of the designing committee.

Bwoh? I thought you’re the VP of the Student Congress?

Slash VP. Sungjong just assigned us right away today and… anyway, would you help me or not? I need a quick answer.

I would. When would I make it?

Anytime, as long as before Saturday. Anyway, I’ll talk to you later with details when I’m at our room. Bye!

Okay, bye.

 

And they both hang up. Yoona heaved a sigh.

 

“There’s nothing wrong in helping someone who is in need. And it would be a great help for distracting myself rather than thinking what would I do about my poor-little-damn-feelings for Yonghwa.” Yoona said in herself.

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