Ceo's favorite idol (open Ending )

Chapter 22

Zee pov

I get in the house a few minutes after nhu and immediately go to our room. I see nhu curled up in bed he still had the head scarf on. I skim the room looking for a place where he might have put the papers but everything looked undisturbed. I crawl beside and see that his eyes are fully open. "Why aren't you asleep?" I ask him but cringe at how harsh that came out but lucky he doesn't respond he was lost in his own world day dreaming. "Nhu why aren't you sleeping" I ask him very gently this time. "mmmm.." He slightly hums and turns towards me looking at my face intensly. "what happened to your forehead" I point out the slight scratch on his forehead. "nothing" he says wrapping his arms around me. I saw him bump into the gate so I already knew I just wanted to see if he was going to tell me the truth. I guess not.

Look, I'm not angry, OK? I never doubted nhu's loyalty or honesty.i trust him with my LIFE.  But Anna... she's a different story. She's shady and manipulative, and I don't trust her one bit. That's why I wanted to see those papers she gave nhu. I wanted to make sure she wasn't trying to pull a fast one on him or us. You get that, right? I tighten my hold on my him. I wish he would open up to me.

He's too nice for his own good. He always stands up for the people who hurt him. Like Toss. He never told me what Toss did to him. And now Anna. He shuts me out whenever I try to help. Maybe he doesn't trust me enough. Maybe I haven't been clear enough about how I feel. I'm his... I don't know . But I want to be more than that. Tomorrow, after his show, I'll ask him to be my boyfriend. I'll do it at the beach, where it's romantic. I smile to my self and sleep as well.

I could tell Nhu was not in the mood to talk this morning . He was very distant and gave me dry cold responses. I still excused his behavior though maybe he was just nervous about this show. He barely looked at me as I wished him good luck for his show. "See you later," I said, hoping for a kiss or a hug, but he just nodded and gave me a weak smile. I felt a pang in my heart. I knew he was acting like this because of something Anna had told him, but I didn't want to make a big deal out of it. I didn't want to argue with him before his show or ruin the day for us. I decided to let him have his space and hoped he would feel better soon. "See you at the beach tonight right?" I sneakily ask. He just nods and leaves to get his last touch ups done. I felt like crying or shaking him till he told me what's going on but I just let it. For now.

My mind was racing with a million thoughts as I tried to work. I wondered what Anna and Nhu spoke about . I feel like whatever it was it made Nhu act thus way towards me. Did they know something I didn't? Was Nhu losing interest in me? Should I still tell him how I feel today or wait for a better moment? What if he says no? What if he says yes? I felt like tearing my hair out from the stress, but I just kept looking out of the window, hoping for some clarity.

I drowned my self with work to clear my head of thoughts of nhu. It worked so well that when I checked the time it was beach time.
I was super excited to join the others at the rental house where they were getting ready. I had prepared a surprise picnic for me and nhu with all his favorite snacks. "Where's nhu?" I asked someone nearby. "He's on the mini bus with the rest of them" he said. "But we always drive together. Why would he go on the mini bus?" I wondered out loud. He just shrugged and grabbed his stuff. I ran outside to the mini bus and saw nhu sitting there. I tapped on his window. "Hey, what are you doing on the mini bus? We always go together." I tried to sound cheerful, but I felt hurt. "Yeah, I just wanted to be closer to the others , P'zee. See you there." He closed the window in my face. That was bad enough, but calling me by my name? He never did that before. I felt like crying as the mini bus drove away.

I hop in my car and try to calm down. Maybe he just wanted to hang out with the others. Ever since we came to Korea, I was always with him when he wasn't working. I cling to him every chance I got. Maybe he needed some space. I didn't realize that I was suffocating him because I never felt this way about anyone before. So maybe I was too clingy. I tell myself as I follow that ugly mini bus slowly.