Red Flag In Question | Winrina

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| Winter Kim

They say, I'm like my Mom.

Every feature, every mannerisms, even the personality, I think I got it from her. I was the carbon copy of 'The Taeyeon Kim'. And honestly, I didn't mind that.

My Mom has always been my idol.

I looked up to her when I was a kid. And still, until now, I'm looking up to her. She's an inspiration, one of my reasons why I love singing. She's someone that I want to be like when I grow old.

But when I told her that I want to be like her, this is what I heard,

"Don't be like me. No matter what, don't do what I've done."

I didn't understand it at first. Does she not want me to become successful like her? Does she not want me to have a great passion for singing?

It was vague. I didn't understand. My Mom is a great person, so why is she not allowing me to look up to her?

If there's anything, one thing that she told me to do, It's in these words:

"Always treat a girl right, Winter."

My Mom is my idol. Whatever she says, I will do it. When she said those words to me, I knew I needed to comply.

Always treat a girl right.

That's how it started.

Everyone knows me as Winter Kim, the charming singer of Kwangya Academy. I was popular back in high school. But I am even more popular now. A lot of people know me, a lot of them admire me.

I am popular, and being popular means having a lot of people who will want to be friends with you. Yeji was my very first girl friend, and she was also the second girl that I treated like a princess.

-The first was my other Mom, Jessica Kim.

Going back, Yeji became the first girl that I took care of-platonically, of course. Although she may look fierce and cold, she's actually a big softie inside. That made me want to spoil her so much more.

I knew Yeji wouldn't be the only girl that I would treat like that-and I was right.

Kang Hyewon, a senior.

I met her because of Ten. She said she wanted to be friends with me, and I happily accepted it.

I did what I needed to do, and that is to treat her right.

Well, I thought I was actually doing it right. I was so happy that I got another girl friend other than Yeji.

But that thing happened.

Kang Hyewon fell for me.

She confessed that she likes me. She said that she was so touched with how I treat her and thought that I like her too, which led her to ask this question:

"Do you like me too?"

I don't.

I can't.

I can't see her as anything more than a friend.

She mistook all my actions for something else. It wasn't my intention to make her fall for me.

So with so much politeness, I said no.

No, I don't like her.

No, my actions are not what she thinks they are.

No, I don't want to be in a relationship with her.