WHELVE ↠ NA JAEMIN

↠ C . 19

Taeyeon's popularity rose exponentially.  It was against her liking but she made up her mind to proceed to carry on ignoring the stares. I mean what else can she do? 

It was lunch, Taeyeon told Dasom to go to the canteen alone because she had somewhere to go. After Dasom left the girl made her way towards the school rooftops as told. During the first period a note was passed onto her. Someone asked to meet her. Taeyeon guessed it might be someone confessing his feelings for her.

After becoming close to the Dreamies many boys noticed her. She always kept her head low so not a lot of people perceived her. But now everyone knows her as the girl who is friends with Dreamies. And yes since then many began to confess. Personally she hated it. 

The wind was strong and brushed through her free strands. She fought against the wind taking small steps towards a figure sitting down on a bench. Instantly, the boy stood up after hearing her footsteps.

"Was it you who sent me this note?" she asked shyly raising the piece of paper. The boy nodded and began to take a step closer to her. Her eyes narrowed trying to remember who he may be but unfortunate for her she has never seen him before. Probably from another class - she thought.

"I really like you! Please be my girlfriend" Taeyeon gazed at him unfazed. She wasn't a fan of confessions especially when she doesn't know the person. What were they expecting? Her to say ok. She's never seen them in her life. Doesn't know what kind of personality they have, their age or even their name. She internally screamed preparing for her same old reply. Sorry I am not interested in having a relationship. Her lips parted ready to speak but she was cut of by a voice far behind her.

"For goodness sake! Be quiet!" Both the boy and Taeyeon flinched by the deep hoarse voice. Her eyes grew wide after spotting the perpetrator. 

He was lying down on a bench a little further down the rooftop garden. The boy ruffled his hair and stood up from his sleeping position. Slowly he painfully turned towards the girl making way towards her.  Taeyeon froze in her position confused by what he was doing. He stood right in front of her staring down into her brown orbs. 

"She doesn't want to go out with you so leave" without speaking another word the boy scurried off in fear.  He glanced back towards the girl whose eyes didn't leave him. Jaemin rolled his eyes and bent down towards her level. "Didn't I tell you to keep your eyes to yourself?" Taeyeon scoffed. He tilted his head amused by her expression and she faced away from him.

The boy walking towards the ledge of the rooftop leaning against it. Her eyes followed his every step until he pulled out a cigarette and lit it. He placed it between his lips taking a deep inhale. The boy furrowed his eyebrows when he felt the item being brushed off his lips. The girl threw the cancer stick on the floor and stamped on it, putting the heat off.

She didn't know what took over her, where the confidence came from or why she even did it. Jaemin gritted his teeth holding in his anger. His hand placed back into the box pulling out another cigarette but before he could even light it Taeyeon grabbed it out his fingers. "Give it back!" Jaemin commanded

"No!" she grimaced

Frustrated the boy closed in towards her, grabbing her by the collar. She would be lying to herself if she said his gaze was not intimidating. His eyes were dark and ominous. No light was shining. "Give it back or I won't hesitate to hurt you"

Taeyeon smirked which made him take a step back in confusion. "Hurt me and I will tell my brother" Jaemin clicked his tongue"You're becoming more confident" the latter shrugged her shoulders. 

"It's not good for you!" she blurted out, Jaemin looked at her in surprise. Nonetheless, he snatched it out of her grip harshly. "Why do you care?" he spat out. Deeply he did want to know why she would care about his health. It's not her place. 

"I can say the same to you. Why would you care if someone was confessing to me?"  He was taken aback with the sudden question. He couldn't come up with an excuse to his strange behaviour before. He looked away from her gaze and faced at the scenery from the rooftop. 

"You were irritating me." he smirked, "And I was saving the boy from dating an idiot like you." Taeyeon mouth fell ajar, a little offended by his comment. 

The boy chuckled and puffed out a cloud of smoke. He glanced at her to see Taeyeon's nose scrunched as she swayed her hands in front of her face in the process of trying not inhale the toxic products.

Purposefully, Jaemin exhaled a puff of smoke on her face to piss her off but it didn't go as he planned. She began to cough vigorously. He looked away chuckling thinking that she was exaggerating but she didn't stop coughing. 

Her coughs became uncontrollably and she began to choke. Her legs became weak and frail, she collapsed down onto the ground gripped onto the material shielding her heart.

Bewildered the boy kneeled down to her level, tilting his head to see her at a better view. The girl messily fiddled with her blazer pocket searching for something. As soon as his eyes laid on a blue item, Jaemin threw away his cigarette. 

Her tiny fingers shook out of control, she was loosing grip. Watching her struggle the boy let out a sigh.  Kindly he helped place the inhaler closer to her lips so she could take a deep breath. Eventually, she calmed down when her respiratory system became stable.

Jaemin didn't say a word. A slight bit of regret filled his heart. He pulled her arm aiding her to stand on her two feet.

"You should've said that you have asthma."

"E-even if I did it's n-not like you would've cared or stopped smoking"

"You're right. I won't stop smoking. But I'm not that of a dick to smoke when you're around" he truthfully spoke. She was dumbfounded.

I thought he was just rude and cruel. I guess there is some humanity within him.  She thought to herself.