Taerae looked around the class, observing the current situation. Most of the students couldn't stay still in their place since it was currently the English class, and the teacher was reported to be absent today.
Not knowing what to do alongside with the boredom that was taking over, he slowly placed his head on the table. Taking a short nap during the teacher's absence is undeniably the best thing to do.
Before he could close his eyes shut, someone knocked on his table. His head perked up to see Ricky standing right in front of him.
Taerae slightly raised a brow, questioning as to why the man was standing there.
“Let's talk somewhere else” short and stern, Ricky instructed.
Taerae was too lazy to even know what was going on inside Ricky's mind, but he can't just ditch his friend for a nap.
Without saying a word, he got up from his seat and walked out further without waiting for Ricky. He could feel his stare was burning through his back though.
Both of them stopped as soon as they reached a place where there was no one there other than them. The atmosphere was heavy, or is it just Taerae?
“Now, what do you want to talk about?”
“You like Haseul, don't you?”
Though a little bit taken aback by the sudden attack, Taerae tried his best to keep his composure. He dared himself to look at the taller man, “Yes, do you have any problem with that?”
Ricky scoffed, the sarcastic smile spread on his face. “Obviously I have a problem. The girl that you're having a crush on, is my girlfriend. Should I repeat? My–”
“–your girlfriend, yes I got it, Ricky” Taerae interrupted, showing that he has no interest of hearing him speaking bullshits anymore.
“And I oppose you also know, that your relationship with her is not real. You'll end up hurting her anyways, so why are you up my ass now?”
Ricky heaved out a sigh as he slicked his hair back. Though what Taerae said was right, he still would put his ego on top and not lose the argument.
“We're friends, I never thought you'd have any interest in my leftovers”
Right after Ricky finished the sentence, Taerae looked at the man standing in front of him in disbelief. It feels as if he wasn't talking to the Ricky that he used to know. How could his friend changed in a blink of eye? He knew Ricky was always a guy who loves to mess around with girls, but never to the point where Ricky would downgrade them.
But now that he did, Taerae couldn't help himself from throwing a punch on his face.
Not intending to stop, Taerae was completely blinded by anger. Ricky who was on the floor struggled to fight back as Taerae keeps throwing punches onto his face, worsening the wounds.
“Taerae! Taerae!!”
He didn't stop.
“KIM TAERAE!! STOP IT!”
His fist was held up mid air, before he was pulled away from Ricky.
He was heartbroken by Ricky's remarks about Haseul before,
but now his heart shatters into pieces as he saw Haseul came running to check up on Ricky with tears pooling in her eyes.
Oh and should he mention how she glared at him with bloodshot eyes?
At that point Taerae was sure,
Haseul hates him.
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Taerae hissed in pain once the cotton pad came into contact with the wounds on his knuckles. He then slowly averted his gaze towards Yunseo who was kneeling in front of him, treating his wounds.
“I left you alone for two hours and this happened” Yunseo sighed.
“She hates me now”
Again.
And again.
Does his world really revolves around Haseul only?
“I'm pretty sure her anger will not last long. Especially because she has known you for a while now”
“That doesn't help. What if she truly hates me now?”
Getting tired of hearing him repeatedly speaking out his worried thoughts, Yunseo decided to not say a thing and looked at him dead in the eyes.
“...what...?” Taerae questioned, weirded out by the way she was staring at him.
Yunseo tightened the knot of the bandage wrapped around his knuckles, “Let's go get an ice cream” she got up, walking away leaving Taerae dumbfounded. He followed after nevertheless.
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“So, how do you feel?” Yunseo asked the guy who's currently sitting beside her, holding a cup of ice cream which is yet to be eaten.
Taerae chuckles to himself, “Terrible”
He bites on the ice cream aggressively before instantly hisses due to the cold sensation. Yunseo could only shake her head watching Taerae, handing him a tissue afterwards.
With his head hanging low, Taerae kept on thinking. If he could rewind time, he definitely would stop himself from beating Ricky up. The whole situation was just distressing, and Haseul encountering them at the wrong time just made it worser.
“Do you want to know a secret about me?”
He tilted his head at the sudden question, “Huh?”
Her lips formed a sweet smile, “I'm only telling you this because I like you”
Those three words were like a drop of bomb, making Taerae's heart explode; mainly because of the shock. But Yunseo seems too relaxed for it to be an actual confession. Does she not know how meaningful those three words could be?
Not wanting to take it too serious, Taerae tried to brush it off. “W–What's the secret?”
“I'm able to erase someone's memory”
“So you're saying you unlocked a new skill?” Taerae tried to supress a laugh at his own joke.
“I'm being serious. Do you think I'm joking?” She gave him a sharp glance. It was obvious that Taerae was doubting her.
“Well, I don't know. Even if you can erase someone's memory, what does that gotta do with me?”
“I can help you erase all of your bad memories. Isn't that just nice?”
From the way she was talking, it looks like she wasn't faking it. Besides, she's a Cupid. Of course she's capable of consuming the non-humane ability. Taerae was starting to believe her.
“Are you really going to erase my bad memories though? Because if you're going to do so, then please make me forget about the fight that I had with Ricky just now”
“Actually, no”
Her reply crushed Taerae's hope. He was really hoping that he could forget about the fight, and most improtantly, about the way Haseul was looking at him with eyes full of hatred. The scene just kept replaying in his mind, like a broken caset. It's annoying.
“I'm not going to erase anyone's memory... For now” she mumbled. It wasn't her intention to upset Taerae, but she really can't erase anyone's memories for the meantime.
If she could, she would erase all of his bad memories so that he could go on and live his life accompanied by the good memories only.
But there's another secret that shouldn't be told to anyone. And no matter how much Yunseo trusted Taerae, she decided to keep it to herself only.
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CUPID | ZB1 김TAERAE
FanficIn which a cupid was sent to a boy named Kim Taerae in order to help him with his love life. . . . . . Bro I wrote this for fun bcs I got this silly little ideas so it is in fact were badly written. Also the writing is not that serious and the humor...
