White Lily

Chapter 5

There is nothing much really. His house looks tidy and clean. What caught your eyes was the altar at the corner of the room. There is a picture of a man. 'I wonder who he is...' You stare at it for quite some minutes before you hear footsteps approaching you. "That is my old man.. Let's move to my room.." he tried to be as friendly as he could but it just ended up sounding really awkward and end up demanding. Hurriedly getting up and following him, your eyes looked around inside his room before sitting down and pulling out your books and notes. 'His room looks clean and tidy too.. How unexpected..' you glance at him. That glance ended up turning into a stare as you watched him tie up his hair into a ponytail. 'He..doesn't look..that bad.. Wait what??', you quickly looked away as you felt something throbbing inside your chest. Did your heart throb?? Why would it be??? You are startled a little when you notice he is already sitting across you "Oi.. You okay? What's wrong?". "H-huh? A-ah yeah.. Um how about we start with math? Since it will be the hardest one.." You could feel your cheeks felt slightly hot, the desk isn't that big. It made your knees and his end up touching each other a little, which made your heart start to panicking without reason. Time passed as you were busy teaching him as best as you can. Now you know how he ended up needing to repeat a year, "Baji-san.. You..how did you making it this far all these times?". He could see the respects that slowly left your eyes.

Hours passed, there you are checking all his answers while he sits there nervously. He nervously sits there fidgeting, waiting for you and your pen to stop moving. "Baji-san.." you slowly looked up at him as you sighed, he looked up at you with a nervous expression. He even looked like he was holding his breath. Your face brightens "You did it!! You finally solved them!! Well, there are some that we need to work out but this is good enough to pass". His face lifted up as he fast got up and scream "UUUUWWWOOOHH!!!! HELL YEAH!!!". You nodded your head as small tears escaped your eyes, all those hours beating those math to his thick head. You somehow feel a bit proud, 'So this is how it felt when a parent saw their child grow... ah.. How satisfying..' You thought to yourself while watching him seem happy. "Get up, l/n. Let's celebrate! Let's eat some peyoung" he showed you such a big happy smile, enough to make you dumbfounded. Never could you have thought he could smile like that, not a scary nor a smirk that is thirsty for a fight. A sincere happy smile, that made you think this boy is handsome. That smile, that damn smile surely made your cheeks blushed and your heart beating like crazy.

Where are you now? You are in front of the convenience store, sitting on his bike and eating peyoung. "Ah.. here.. " you hand half of it to him. "You could just finish it. Don't worry about me, l/n", you shook your head as you handed it to him. "I'm quite full.. ", you give him a small smile. "No wonder you are this small.." he mumbled as he started eating. Your eyes widened when you saw him using the chopsticks you were using before "Ah Wait, Baji-san-". Too late as the boy already started eating, "hm? Whut izit?". Your face turned bright red as you shook your head and looked away while drinking your water 'AAAAAA is that indirect kiss??? Omg omg omg calm down me!! CALM DOWN!! Oh god please don't let him notice...'. "What's wrong? Your face is really red.. Hey, ya ok?" He looked at you worried. "A-ah yeah.. I-i think it's just because it's cold.." you nervously chuckled. He looked at you confused "Cold? Your face turns red if it's cold??". Ah how you want to kill yourself when realised what you are saying, of course your face won't turned bright red if it's cold. But to your surprise, you feel something warm and a bit heavy over you. "Wear it.. Since it is quite cold tonight...", your eyes widened a bit as you felt his jacket start giving you some warmth. "Thank you.." you softly said with a small smile. That seems to catch him off guard as he quickly flees "I-i'm gonna get something.. Do you want anything else from the store?". He quickly turned his back facing you, making you unable to see what expression he had "A-ah I'm good..".