If I Could Dance With You Again

IICDWYA: 23

Chapter 23

Staggered. 

Aaliyah was feeling comfortable and uncomfortable with the way they were in. She didn't know, but somehow she felt safe with Soonyoung. But she felt danger with herself. 

Na. I am in definite danger, she said in her mind. 

She squirmed, determined to escape the cage she was suddenly in. Unknowingly, she would put herself in more danger. Her left hand which was supporting her body glided into one of the papers on her desk making her crumble as it abruptly slid off the table. She gasped in panic. 

She almost got laid on the desk. Luckily, Soonyoung was fast enough to hold her waist to hold her. "괜찮아 (gwaenchana)? Are you okay?" Soonyoung said in worry. He also panicked when Aaliyah almost had an accident. If he did not hold her on time, she would have hit her head on the desk already. 

Aaliyah was thankful. But she also noticed that it got worse. Soonyoung was also leaning into the table, his weight was supported by one hand on the table while the other was holding onto her waist. 

If it was a bit near a while ago, this time, it was already so near. There was not enough air for her to breathe. She could feel his fresh mint breath fanning into her face. Her face must have been beet red. But it was not what she got worried about, but the way her heart began to pound weirdly. 

"Aali, are you okay?" Aaliyah hearing Soonyoung brought her sanity back. 

She nodded as a motion response meeting his eyes. She doesn't want to talk as it would be more dangerous. They were so close to each other that she was panicking inside.  Aaliyah wanted to turn her head. However, she didn't want to look wimpy. It suddenly became a competition. 

She calmed herself and cleared her throat. She stared back with the same intensity. "You're squishing me, Soonyoung-ssi," Aaliyah commented. That was when she thought Soonyoung would distance himself. 

Instead, he was bold enough to also pull her back to stand. Slightly, she pushed Soonyoung. 

Did he give me a sly smile? That was not possible, Aaliyah began debating in her head. 

"My phone," Aaliyah stretched her hand when she told Soonyoung. 

The guy hesitated. However, her hand hanging made him feel bad so he returned the phone to her. "Please don't read it yet," Soonyoung pleaded. 

Aaliyah was insensitive. She knew that, but she felt him today. She knew that it would affect Soonyoung. There was embarrassment, and she was sure of it. "Okay. Fine. I won't. Here," Soonyoung was dumbfounded when the lady gave in and surrendered her phone. She was now handing her phone to him that easily. 

"And since, I am giving my phone. Aren't you here for something?" Aaliyah told the guy. She crossed her arms on her chest, testing if the guy was really just there to see her. 

"I am here to see you and if you are not busy today..." he hesitated. Aaliyah waited. "Can I take you somewhere?" Soonyoung ask. 

"Sure," Soonyoung was astounded to hear an abrupt answer from the lady. He knows that she is a very busy person, and she would not take sudden invitations. However, she did today. 

Normally, Soonyoung would wait until all her classes are finished. But Aaliyah agreed to his invitation in the middle of the day. 

Aaliyah was astonished by the view of the road they began taking. It was the sea. It was a coastal road and she liked it. It is bringing her back to her last vacation. "Areumdawo," Aaliyah heard while she was staring at the sea from the car window.