LETTER [정원]ᴇɴ⁃

4

"What are both of you doing?

"Yang Jungwon..."

My heart almost dropped after I saw him. I thought I would die on the spot because of the heart attack. What should I do? Did he hear about my conversation with Sunoo before?

I'm dead. What if he starts to scold me now?

I took a glance at him, and my heart started to flutter again. Ah-

How can I stand still when I saw the person I loved in front of me now? He was really standing in the same space as me and breathing in the same air as me, making me really nervous now. It's been 3 years, and now I finally got to see him this close,

I can't believe this. It really happened in my life...

" I'm going first."I closed my eyes and took a deep breath before taking a step away from Sunoo while my eyes were still locking on Jungwon.

I'm feeling quite glad because he doesn't recognize me, and at the same time, I'm disappointed with him because he doesn't seem interested in getting to know me, the real me who was his classmates back then.

I walked passed him, walking down from the stairs with a heavy feeling.""I'm Soo Ah."I immediately stopped from walking as I heard Sunoo calling my name.

"You are not free yet." he continued and showed me a smile, a teasing smile. I smiled at him back because I don't want to show him my nervous face, so I will not get caught.

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Jungwon POV

"Soo Ah."Sunoo finally spoke up, ignoring me who was waiting for him and staring at the girl seriously, making me curious about his action.

Im Soo Ah?

Her name was familiar to me too and her face...

I hate it when I don't remember her. I know there was something that related to me with her. But how did Sunoo know her? He was staring at her since we arrived at the cafe, and he also followed her from behind. His action was really strange. I looked at Soo Ah, trying to remember who she is, but, sadly, I don't know her at all.

"Why are you following her? She can't even change her uniform because of you." I said to him, and we walked together, walking down from the stairs. "I guess, I will often come to this cafe." Sunoo replied to me, and he let out a chuckle while searching for Soo Ah again after arriving at the downstairs. Meanwhile, I am walking straight towards the door without taking a glance at her for the last time, avoiding meeting Hana because I don't want to go to this cafe anymore. Seeing her made me a mess, I don't want to ruin my life because of her again.

It's really hard to move on from her, I still have feelings for her. I really hate myself for being too weak in love.

"Yang Jungwon!" We stopped on our way and turned our body to face the person who was calling for me from behind.

Lee Hana.

I set my gaze on her, waiting for her to speak, causing my heart to pound fast when her eyes met mine. "How are you?" She asked me and took a step closer to me, but I took a step away from her and took a glance at Sunoo, as if to give me space for a while. He nodded as if to respond to me and walked towards our building – I stayed silent, didn't respond to her.

"Yang Jungwon... It's been a long time." Hana continued and showed me a smile with teary eyes. "I thought you wanted me to act as if we didn't know each other." I replied to her coldly.

"Jungwon, I hope you are good with your life.

"I am really good with my life now. I am really happy. Do you think I will not be happy anymore when you leave me? No. I'm really glad that you left me. You made me find my own happiness."I cut her off, holding myself from getting mad at her.

"Honey, I'm really sorry.

"Don't call me honey. I'm not your boyfriend anymore." I cut her off again and was about leaving her, but she suddenly hugged me from behind, bursting into tears on my back.

My eyes widen with her action, and I was more surprised when I saw Soo Ah looking at both of us in shock. She wiped her tears and quickly ran away after she saw our scene, holding herself from crying again. Why did she cry? What if she spread about Hana and I on the internet?

"Hana, let's focus on our own life and mind our own business, acting as if we didn't know each other. I don't want you to ruin my life again." I let go of her hand from my waist and left her alone without taking a glance at her.

I am scared if I suddenly felt guilty for treating her coldly, so it is better if I pretend as if I didn't care about her.

Soo Ah...

Where is she?

I walked along the hallways searching for her, wondering if she was still here. I am really worried if she really spread it on the internet. So I need to catch her before everything goes worse.

My step suddenly stopped when I heard the sound of someone crying in small hallways, sitting on the ground while wiping her tears.

It's her.

Im Soo Ah.

I quickly grabbed her hand making she gasped in surprise and let go of her after I brought her to a safe place.

"You know me, right?" I asked her seriously, and she sniffed her nose quietly, slowly nodded her head as if to respond to me while avoiding my gaze on her.

"I'm begging you. Don't tell anyone about what you saw before. Don't spread it and just shut your mouth if you want me to live happily." I said to her softly, grabbing her shoulder to make her look at me with her puffy eyes.

"I'm not. That type of person..." She replied to me, shaking as she seemed scared of my action towards her. So, I slowly let go of her and fake coughed, taking a step backward from her.

"Thank you." I said to her and was about leaving her, but I immediately stopped from my way as a sound of sobbing came from her and tears escaped from her eyes again, causing me to be worried about her for no reason.

"Why did you cry? Is it really scary for you?" I asked her anxiously, and she ignored me, taking a deep breath before her eyes met mine.

" It's not scary. It's hurting me."