𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 /GXG/

🔹️Affections issues

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CHAE WON
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When Akari asks me to skip class, I can't help but...

Never mind!

The months are passing quickly.  today, the day is rushed. It's past five in the afternoon. It's still raining outside. It's the end of the second class period. Akari and I are in the dorm.

''What would your parents think? Have you ever stopped to think about the possibility of telling them about us?'' I sit down on the corner of the bed.

''I think about it almost every night. I've been wanting to tell, but I don't think the time is right.'' Akari, lying face down on the bed, writes lines of music in my notebook of unlined sheets.

''Maybe you should give them some tips to see their reaction.''

''It's complicated for me.''

''It's complicated, but if you think about it too much, it's going to complicate things. Your parents like me.''

''But I don't know how they will react. And it would be nice if you took it easy and waited a little longer.''

''I'm not pressuring you to do anything, but you can test their opinions. Like: ask a random question.''

''That's not how you acted with your mother, was it?'' Her tone is sarcastic, a little bitter.

''No.''

''My plans include having autonomy and so whether they accept it or not would not depend on their opinion, but as long as I live with my parents, I can't.'' Akari presses the pen against the paper, and the red line becomes very strong.

''I'm just afraid of a scandal.''

''Scandal?''

''When they find out about us, it will break the news.''

''Oh my! This has already become something I can not ignore.''

The girls even scribbled on my uniform shirt while I was in PE. They stuck mean notes with offensive messages in my locker.

Akari tells me not to read it, but I can't and I end up reading this: GIVE UP BEING GAE OR YOU'LL GET FUCKED OUT!!

It shouldn't be a bad thing about me, but either way, it is.

The rain slants and falls diagonally, wetting my bed a little. Akari sneezes when a strong wind blows. I get up and close it.

''You didn't answer me who called you earlier today. Was it your mother?''

''Yea. Who else?

''What did you talk to her about?''

''Mom asked how my grades are doing.''

''That is all?''

''ㅡYes.''

''Did you pull away from me because of that?''

My mouth is already dry.

''Yea.'' I turn and Akari is looking at me, biting the tip of her pen.

''She also said she would pick me up on Christmas Eve.''

''Uh, please, let's cut this topic.'' Akari gives a disappointed laugh and goes back to writing.

''What's up?''

''I thought you were going to spend Christmas with me. That's all!'' In a sudden movement she sits up in bed, legs crossed, hugs them close to her body.