Love, Not War (Book 2)

Chapter 137

"Oh God, I'm not telling you to quit Felix." Jisung groaned. "I'm telling you to not commit to this thing for life or you may get hurt. The person who did this blurred you which means she's going to bear the brunt of everything. If you keep involving yourself with her, you're going to ruin your family's reputation. Think about it."

"To hell with that." Felix spat. "How can my family's reputation come before her own? Look at what they did to her for fucks sake. How can a girl live that down? If I'm the one, I'll never want to leave the house again. I'll hate me forever and fuck."

He groaned, leaning against the wall. "Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck! Everything was so perfect. We had a great night and I thought our relationship was going to grow further but this shit has only put us to the very bottom. Fuck I don't even know what to do."

"You should stay away from her for now  Give her time," Jisung suggested.

"But how much time? I'm dying here Sungie." He slid down the wall, and sat on the floor, drawing his legs to his chest. "I badly want to see her. Prove to her that I never betrayed her. I didn't shoot that video."

"Do you think she'll believe you, Felix?" Jisung asked. He squatted beside Felix and brushed back Felix's blonde locks so he could see his face. "Only you and I know that you were the one in the video. You also used to be a playboy. Do you think she'll believe anything you say? I still suggest that you let everything go.

"I can't Sungie. I just can't." Felix said. "You have never been in love so I don't expect you to understand how I feel about her."

Hurt marred Jisung's features but Felix's face was down so he didn't see. "Never been in love huh" he huffed quietly.

Felix realised what he said may have offended Jisung in some way. "Fuck, Sungie I'm sorry." He groaned. "I didn't mean it that way."

"Nah it's okay," Jisung said with a wave of his hand as he sat on the floor beside Felix. He could never be mad at Felix for too long. He reached out, held Felix's hand, and intertwined their fingers. "You're right. I can't understand how you feel. I don't think I can ever understand but know that I'm with you no matter which decision you take okay? I'll stick with you. Through thick and thin."

Felix looked at Jisung and he couldn't help but laugh. "Dude that sounded so corny."

Jisung smiled but he was serious. "I mean it, man."

"I know," Felix said. He withdrew his hand and held it out in the form of a fist. "You're my best bud. My brother. I trust you."

Hearing that, Jisung felt a tad guilty but the feeling left as quickly as it came. He forced a smile and they did a fist bump. "Back at you. Brother." Pronouncing the last word was as hard as swallowing sand for him. Still, he ruffled Felix's hair and stood up. "Cone on. Let's go home."

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"What are you doing here?" Aera asked angrily. Felix had entered her room uninvited. She had forgotten to collect the house keys from him. "You're the last person I want to see. Get out. Now." She pointed at her door, waiting for Felix to leave but Felix remained standing by her reading desk.

"I won't leave. Not until you listen to me." He said. He sat down on her pink chair, making his point. "You've been ignoring me for 3 days now. I know I'm supposed to give you time but I've already run out of patience. We need to talk."

From how determined Felix looked, Aera already knew he wasn't going anywhere without talking to her. She wondered why he was adamant to explain himself after she already knew what he had done. "What do you want to say? More lies?"

"I've never lied to you Aera. I love you and I would never hurt you."

She scoffed. "Yeah, I bet that's what you said to the numerous girls you dated before. You know what, a lot of people had warned me to stay away from you. Even your own friends. They told me you were a heartbreaker but you were so sweet to me that I decided to give you a chance. Maybe you weren't as bad as they made you out to be but you turned out to be even worse. I don't know what to say to you right now. I don't even want to look at you."

She turned her back to him, making her point.

Felix sighed, running his fingers through his blonde locks. He really didn't know what to do and his energy had been depleted by all the over-thinking, anxiousness, and lack of sleep. He stood up and walked towards her, stopping just a few inches away from her body.

"I didn't do it." He said softly. His voice was low and weak. He sounded exhausted. "I would never do that. Do you think I'm the kind of person who would put so much time and effort into pursuing you and then ruin things like this right after? I agree that I used to play games with girls and I hurt them without a care for their feelings but this is different, Aera. You're different. I've never felt for anyone what I feel for you."

"Then why did you do it?" She asked. "Why?"

"It wasn't me. I swear it." He answered. He raised his hands and placed them on her shoulders, rubbing gently. When she didn't pull away, he took it as a sign and hugged her tight.

It seemed like the hug broke the dam of tears Aera held back for she turned around and hugged him back even tighter as tears ran down her cheeks like a waterfall.

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