𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗙𝗨𝗟 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 ━━━ 박성훈

27. overworking

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Hyerin's POV

I tiredly tried eating my lunch at the canteen but had no appetite so just skipped it. In exhaustion, I kept my head down on the table closing my eyes to get some rest. I overworked myself too much in the past few days. But it helped me not think so me being the stubborn girl I was, did everything that would keep me distracted from everyone else.

But I didn't give up on pacifying my grandfather though. I still went to his house on weekends. Well he wouldn't let me in so guess it was useless all along. Almost falling asleep I abruptly woke up at the sound of my alarm telling me I had work. Yes I took extra shifts so I was working on week days now as well.

Gathering up my stuffs I held my head for a while not being able to handle the headache. Hurrying to the cafe I noticed how busy it was today. Sunoo and Niki were working their asses off. "Noona quick!" I immediately nodded getting to work.

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Sunghoon's POV

I sat there on one of the corner chairs wearing a mask and a cap so that Hyerin wouldn't recognize me. Bet she wouldn't be able to notice me anyways seeing how busy she was. I felt bad seeing her work so much even though she was very tired at the moment. Getting distracted, I heard a customer shout at one of the staff workers Niki.

"I asked for a bubble tea! What are you doing here with this plain latte?" She screamed as the young boy trembled in fear and bowed a couple times. "Who do you think you are? I'm paying for everything and you give me this shit?" I was about to go interfere since it was completely unfair to act like this but stopped myself when I saw Hyerin get in.

"I'm sorry ma'am. Maybe we got the order wrong-" but the lady angrily shook her head. "Listen girl. Just because I'm in this shitty cafe doesn't mean I'm a freeloader like you. I've work and your useless actions are making me late okay?" Hyerin just looked down apologetically. "I'm sorry ma'am. We can get you a refund-"

But the woman went out of her limit as she threw the cold latte all over Hyerin's uniform causing everyone to gasp. "I'm not cheap like you. Keep that money and remember your position." She went to the counter and angrily slammed on the table, looking at Sunoo. "Tell the owner to not keep such shameless workers." And she left.

I looked back at Hyerin who had her eyes down as I noticed her tiny nails dug into her skin. The girl was very angry but couldn't do anything. "Noona.." she ignored Niki and crouched down to clean the wet floor. "Niki just go help Sunoo. I'll clean it." She coldly said as Sunoo gestured the young boy to get back to work.

I took off my mask and approached the girl. Crouching down I grabbed the cleaning towel as she immediately understood it was me and froze on her spot. I noticed her watery eyes as she bit her lips controlling her. But she quickly grabbed the clothe and rubbed the floor on her own before walking out of the place.

"I'm gonna go get some fresh air."

Not disturbing the girl I stood at a distance just staring at her actions. She tiredly sat on the bench and covered her eyes with her hands before letting out the tears. "Can people just stop behaving so badly with me?" She cried out as I felt sorry for her. Hyerin was going through so much.

She sniffed and rubbed her eyes before leaning towards the bench and looked at front, just staring blankly for a while. Until her nose started bleeding. She panicked making her head look up at the sky and held the tip of her nose as I quickly ran up to her.

Hyerin's POV

"Here." I barely looked at the voice and grabbed the tissue controlling the blood. It's been a while since my nose bled and I obviously knew the reason why it happened. Stoping the blood I noticed Sunghoon sitting beside me

"You'll get sick at this rate Hyerin. Stop pressurizing yourself." I sighed standing up ignoring the boy's suggestion. "Don't tell me what I've to do Park Sunghoon." Knowing he probably felt guilty for everything, but I didn't care about that. What's the point of feeling guilty later on after doing something wrong? Nothing would change anyways.

"Why?" I didn't reply and continued walking but Sunghoon kept following me.
"Don't ignore me Hyerin." I closed my lips in a straight line not wanting to even start a conversation with him until he finally got triggered. "Lee Hyerin I'm serious." He pulled me closer to him as I lost my balance causing my arms to land on his shoulder.

He saw my exhausted eyes wanting to just give up with life now and softened his look. "I'm sorry. I never wanted this to happen." He painfully caressed my cheeks but I scoffed and glared at Sunghoon. "Doesn't seem like that. And I guess it's fair. I made a joke out of you and you did the same to me."

"You aren't a joke to me Hyerin." I felt both our hearts beat faster as I stared at his truthful eyes, quickly avoided them and struggled to get out of his tight grip. "Let me go Park Sunghoon!" But he brought me closer as I looked down not wanting to meet his brown orbs.

"I won't. I will never let you go."

My heart hurt at his replies. I couldn't understand if he was being honest or still playing with me. It was confusing my entire sanity. I shook my head and once again tried moving away. "Stop this act. It's too much." My voice said slowly as it slightly cracked making me gulp looking away.

"It's not an act. I really do care for you. I do.. I love you Hyerin. I really do-"

"Stop it. Please.." I pushed him as a tear fell off my eyes. I wiped my tears, a bit embarrased for starting to cry in front of him for such a petty reason. Sunghoon looked at me and frustratedly sighed feeling bad and guilty. He came closer and cupped my cheeks once again.

"Please forgive me. I'll fix everything." I held his hands and shoved them away from me as I angrily breathed and let my orbs contact with his ones.

"How? How will u fix everything? I don't think I'll ever get to rank 1. I'm not good at my work. People hate me anyways. I'm lonely like I always was. And now.. now grandpa isn't talking to me as well. And it's all because of that freaking plan of yours. You ruined everything. And you say you'll fix everything? No Park Sunghoon. Not everything can be done in a jiffy. Not everyone is good at everything like you are."

I kept shaking while walking backwards. Tightly closing my eyes I turned around leaving the tall guy all alone and ran to the cafe.

Sunghoon stood there clutching his hands into a fist, angry at himself. He wanted to throw himself away for doing such wrong things but sighed and let the girl run away from him once again.

"I promise you Hyerin. I'll bring your life back to normal. And you'll accept my feelings for you."

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Eh just fyi Sunghoon iS nOt stalking Hyerin lemaolemao