Splash of Love | j.hs au

Chapter 11

The librarian gave you a weird look. Well, if they didn't offer to help you would have been lost! Is the request of "finding ways to confess" weird? Still you smiled and said, "It's for research."

The librarian was confused by your request. "I'm not sure we have any types of books like that but I think you could try romance books? They're towards the back in row Q." They pointed towards the section.

Thanking them, you headed off to the area. When you first entered the library, a new kind of smell hit you. It felt sort of warm and comforting. You looked on the sides of the books, each one had different names to them. Hm, which one should you start with?

After spending almost the entire day there, you stretched out your body. It was tiring work but you think you got some good ideas from these books. You took a look at the ten pages covered in your writing. Okay, maybe only a few parts were readable since sometimes your writing was messy. You need to work on it later. These stories gave you some ideas even if you're not in some futuristic world or where a story was of two vampires fighting over the protagonist. You kind of liked that one and may just have to rent that book.

You put the books on top of the shelves as you were instructed (yeah, you got told to do that by the librarian and you're not even sure how they saw you) and closed the notebook, you were ready to leave. Happily, you walked outside and noticed the evening was closing in on you soon. You walked home, keeping the notebook tight to you - or so you thought.

You must have not been paying attention since you bumped into someone. You apologized immediately and realized it was Ae Ri. "Oh, hi Ae Ri!" You greeted her. Even though you're not sure if she was not with Hoseok, you still had to be nice!

"Hey." She gave you a tight-lipped smile and bent down to get your notebook. You must what they call it... an unlucky moment since your notebook decided to be open to a page. She narrowed her eyes a bit. "You're taking notes on how to confess?"

"Oh yeah!" You replied. "I'm not experienced in that so I was studying."

Ae Ri handed you the notebook without another word. "You're not confessing to Hoseok, are you?"

"Huh?" You stared at her, wide-eyed. How did she know?! Was she a supernatural creature?!

"Don't bother." Ae Ri said. "He doesn't want to date anyone right now. You should give up before you try it." You couldn't get a word in as she walked off. You simply watched her go until you couldn't see her anymore. Some part of you is wondering if you should take her... words? But another part of you is saying that Hoseok was part of the reason you came upon land to see him and you wasted this to not confess?

You know what, you're still going to do this. With new determination, you walked back home, ready to look through your notes and decide which one was the best one.

Since there were so many ideas that you thought that were good, you just couldn't decide! So thinking that it was a good idea, you brought the notebook with you to work. All morning, you've been thinking of the good and bad things of each idea. Except you had to stop at the first two ideas since you couldn't remember all of it! When lunch came around, you excitedly took your notebook and waved to Hoseok and rushed out the door. You brought along your lunch (it was a small snack) and took a seat at a bench. There you got to work.

On a fresh new page, you started listing everything out that was good and bad. Every once in a while, you had to think if Hoseok would like this. This was a lot harder than trying to find food in the abyss of the sea. "Hm, I don't think he would like it if I had a party this fancy and came into a helicopter like this..."

"Why would you come in a helicopter?" A new voice appeared and it scared you.

You turned your head so fast that it hurt a bit. It was Jimin! "Please don't scare me like that!" You quickly shut your notebook cause although if you told that random librarian you were researching does not mean you can tell Jimin about it!

"Sorry." He apologized with a smile. "But who would not like it if you came in a helicopter? That would be pretty cool." Jimin took a seat right beside you.

"No one!" You lied. You know that you could probably trust Jimin but the thought of just saying it was embarrassing!

Jimin laughed. "Okay, okay, I understand. Though I can help you out if you want to confess your feelings."

That did sound good to you but you're not sure. Ugh, Jimin could help you out with this whole thing since you're thinking some of the ideas sound good but they don't at the same time. Nope! You can't ask for help!

"No thanks." You said. "It just feels a bit... uh, a bit shy?" Your brain did not think of the right word, did it?

"Did you mean 'embarrassing'?" Jimin replied, giving you a friendly smile.

"Yes, that!" You just thought of that word earlier, how could you forget? "Sorry, I forget words."

Jimin shook his head. "You're okay. We all do that sometimes." He really was so nice! "Ah, well I have to go class." He stood up.

"To your university?" You asked him.

Jimin nodded. "See you later and we have to hang out sometime soon!" You waved as he left and now you were alone. It was a bad idea as the weight of confessing to Hoseok came back to haunt you. This was going to be so fun! You just have to make sure that you know when to do this whole thing.