I'll Be Waiting For You

|Fifteen|INCISION OF HEART

Yerin woke up when the glint of the sun touched her face.

"Good morning, sunshine!"

She abruptly gets up and looked shocked when Younghoon suddenly appeared in front of her. He's holding a flower in his right hand while stroking its stem.

"What are you doing here? Are you watching me while I'm sleeping?" She stood up while scratching her messy dark long hair, she looked at him lazily while her eyes are still half-closed.

"I'm waiting for you to wake up. Here. I picked this flower for you," he handed her the flower with a glamorous fragrance.

"Oh, thanks."

When she smelled the flower, she felt dizzy and it made her flabbergasted. She even touched her head because she can't think properly.

The smell of the flower left her reeling and feels like she would pass out anytime. She fell on her knees while catching her breath. She noticed Younghoon laughed aloud.

"That's right, Yerin. Die! Die!"

How stupid of her to not notice that the flower Younghoon gave to her is the one that has poison— the flower that Eunbi prevented her from touching. Now, she's struggling as she wanted to scream but her energy disappeared and it took her strength.

"Ahhh!!!"

Yerin suddenly gets up and roams around.

"Am I dreaming?" There's no Younghoon appeared in his sight and her mind agreed that that's just some kind of dream. But it scared the hell out of her. Younghoon wants her to die. He'll kill her, not now but some other time.

Her heart is accelerating with the thought of it though it hasn't yet recovered from beating fast because of her bad dream.

'Good thing that's just a dream. Gosh, I thought I'll die here right away.'

With the thought of it, she wants to leave. She wants to stay at Eunbi's place but they'll get confused and they might suspect them as lovers. Nah 'cause love can wait.

After numerous thoughts, she decided to stay in this place. In this case, she can help Eunbi. She can help her secretly.

A soft knock on the door startled her. Her eyes darted on it and saw that it's Younghoon. The sight of him made her feel anxious.

"Good morning, Yerin. Wanna have a walk later?" He asked while a cup of coffee's in his right hand.

"Where are we going?" Not showing any tension but deep inside, she wants to scream and get out of this place immediately.

"At the market."

She wants to say no because she's scared. She's scared of his hidden monstrosity. But she snapped out all of her thoughts and said, "Sure, I'll go with you."

"Okay, get ready." He said and already left her room.

She knew that she'll only regret it later on but this is just the best thing to do right now. A little show is not that bad.

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Yerin and Younghoon are now walking to the market. Some people are also walking, they are passed by a group of men who are doing some stuff. Too much legwork. There are also women who are walking with fancy garments and some men are surrounding them, which seems like protecting them from any danger.

When they arrived at the market, they saw the simplicity of humans who are making their living. There are also children here who are helping their parents. She can see the willingness in their eyes to make a progress in their living. If only she could help them.

Yerin didn't care about people like them in the real world. She only thinks about herself, her happiness, her own will. She didn't think about the growling of their tummies, she doesn't want to help those who are in need. But now that she witnessed how other people tied themselves up to the ground just to provide food for their family, she now fully understand the essence of wanting a good life.

This isn't far from the markets in the real world where you can witness a frenzy of shouts, chaotic and loud people, and the frantic atmosphere in the whirlwind of the faint glimmer of light and color. There are several products here, from the cute little things up to the ornate enormous things. She went to the fabric section of the market and stare at the silk, satin, bedsheets, etc.

Meanwhile, Younghoon went to her and handed her a small keychain but a more traditional type of keyring, it has a duck design and its color is yellow. "Hey, look."

"Aigoo, it's cute!" She took it while giggling.

"You like it?"

Yerin nodded while her eyes are still focused on it.

"Well, you can have it. I already paid for it."

"Really? Thank you!" Though she's still wondering why he gives her something like this. Her smile is something that Younghoon would treasure.

They're already walking and decided to eat something. Yerin is happy for the keyring, she's already pleased even in little things like this. Even in the real world if Eunha gives her something like food she's satisfied and happy with it. She's the type of person who appreciates a small good deed from someone.

"I also bought one for Yewon, she likes something like that."

She suddenly remembers that Younghoon gave Yewon something like this when the day they first met and the day when she first came to their house.

All of a sudden, Younghoon holds her hand while they're walking. He even intertwined his finger to her as if he's claiming it as his. Yerin is shocked and thought that he's being nice again but she can't stop thinking about her dream. And now she's wondering if that dream will fall into reality. Younghoon seems harmless man, no one would think that he's on Helios' side. Yet.

She wants to take away her hand from him because the atmosphere is getting uneasy. But she just can't, of course.

"Yerin..." His eyes are glued on the road, not even glancing at her. There's a hint of sweat in his temple, proof that he's utterly nervous. Yerin noticed it when she looked at him.

"Yes?"

"I like you."

She stopped walking making him also stopped and looked at her in the eyes. "You're gorgeous in your own way. Your bright personality caught me. I like your guts. I like you, Yerin." He barely scratched the back of his head.

Yerin couldn't say any words. In 'Astilbe', Sojung is Younghoon's one great love since the beginning. He doesn't entertain other girls for her, he wants Sojung and Sojung only. But now, things changed. And the thought that he's one of the villains here makes it more complicated. How can a rogue man like her?

Meanwhile, they didn't know that Eunbi is also there. She heard Younghoon's confession and seems like Yerin is still hook in Younghoon's words as she didn't notice that Eunbi is beside them, staring at their intertwined fingers.

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