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“Have you seen Jiho oppa?” You asked Hyo Won without having second thoughts. Hyo Won gave you a look, “No. You should know where he should be right now. Why are you asking me?” “Huh? Ah…haha. I was just asking. O-of course I—” “Then that’s good. If you knew where he is, why are you asking me? Are you playing some kind of trick here?” Hyo Won raised a brow in suspicion.

“Whaa—No! N-never mind then! Bye, Hyo Won-ah!” You dashed off and quickly disappeared from her eye sight. “She’s being weird. That girl.” Hyo Won sighed as she slid open the door and went into the class.

You looked around as you leisurely walked along the school corridor that took you towards the school gym, “Where could he be?” Truth is, you were looking for Zico. You didn’t know why but there was something bad going on yesterday. Well, according to your intuition, something bad did happen and it was up to you whether you choose to believe it or not.

After fruitless 20 minutes, you sighed dejectedly as you flopped down onto a long bench nearby the school garden. “Jiho oppa, where are yo—huh?” At the exact moment, you spotted someone sitting on the big branch of a shady tree. True, everyone could do that but this person seemed familiar. *Could it be…Jiho?*

You rushed to the particular tree, not wanting to miss this chance. Once you arrived in front of the tree, you looked up and to your relief, it was indeed Woo Jiho. A small smile crept up upon your lips. “Jiho oppa!” You shouted, hoping that he could hear it. After a while, his eyes popped open and instantly, his gaze landed onto the smiling you beneath him.

However, the usual sweet smiles that he would always give you when he saw you…weren’t there. In fact, it was replaced by a deadly glare blending with a hint of sadness and…agony. “What do you want?” He coldly replied with those blank eyes that he used to put on when you first met him but this time, with a little bit of confusion.

Instead of minding those icy looks, you decided to ignore it and put on another warm smile, “I was looking for you. What are you—” “It’s none of your business. Can you just leave now?” He cut you off with another dark glower. *None of my…business? What happened to him?* You wonderingly stared at him in bewilderment, “What’s wrong with you, Jiho oppa?”

“Nothing’s wrong. Leave me alone. Why are you here anyways?” He questioned with an annoyed tone. “I came here to see you. I always do—” “Well, from now on, there’s no need for you to do that. I’m tired of it.” He shifted his gaze away from you. This time, you couldn’t help but feel a bit disheartened. Why was he like this? *Does he not care about me anymore…?* Your eyes began to water.

In order to see whether he still cared about you or not, you chose to blurt out the question, “Do you still love me?” Hoping that he would come to you and pull you into a warm embrace and whisper to you that he still loves you, you closed your eyes. But instead, you heard a laugh, as if this matter was funny. You finally opened your eyes to see Zico laughing. It didn’t sound natural at all. In fact, he somewhat forced himself to laugh.

He halted to a stop and jumped down, landing safely on the ground, not changing his empty eyes into those warm and affectionate ones that he used to show you, “Listen carefully, Han ~~~~~. I don’t love you. In fact, I’ve never loved you from the first place. I only tricked and used you, you know?”

Hearing his words felt as if thousands of pangs were stabbing your weak heart with his venomous words. How could he change just like that? What happened exactly? All these times, he had been playing a trick on you? In fact, was this really the reality? The cruel reality? Your lips felt numb. You couldn’t move it at all. You were hurt, deeply hurt.

You didn’t fight back. How could you fight his words back after those hurtful words that came from his own mouth? Instead, you stood on your current spot with tears that were ready to spill out any moment. Now you realized, reality does hurt. As if you weren’t hurt at all, Zico added with a somewhat…trembling voice, “We’re different. I’m a monster and you’re a human. I was born to hurt people and to kill people, not to fall in love with a weak human. It was wrong after all. We were never meant to be together. You should leave. I don’t want…to see your face anymore.” He turned around and took a step forward which was opposite of yours.

“You’re better off without me.” Was the last words that came out. Even if he hurt you deeply, your heart still didn’t want to let him go. By the looks of it, he didn’t mean that at all. It was as if he was forced to do that. Crystal-like tears kept sliding down your cheeks until a voice appeared out of nowhere, “Why are you crying, young lady?”

You looked up only to find a guy with a somewhat familiar face, smiling at you. “Did that young man just now hurt you?” He asked. You opened your mouth and were about to say something when he continued his sentences. “Are you somehow curious over his sudden change of attitude? Don’t worry about it. I can tell you if you are willing to follow me.” He grinned.

Speechless, you looked at him. “Then I’ll take that as a yes.” He held out his hand. Without even having second thoughts, you reached out and followed him to wherever he would be taking you. He smirked secretly when you were willing to follow him.

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Confusion, troubles. Okay, I'm getting dizzy now. Enjoy. I'm sorry if it's boring. >____<