Cherry Blossomed in Love

Chapter Nine

I am now staring at myself in front of the mirror, particularly in my violet cheek that I slapped hard awhile ago.

"Gosh, it's so big," I murmured while checking it out. I don't know but I'm half relieved that it wasn't a hand-like bruise or else I'll never want to walk out again with it on my face. But I'm kinda overthinking that it'll make my parents worry as well.

"Sakura? Are you good?"

"Yes, yes! Sorry. I'll be there in a minute!" Third's knocks brought me back to reality and I decided to just wash my face first. Maybe I'll just request for an ice pack later when I'm out.

As I stepped out of the comfort room, I saw Third being busy preparing the teokkboki he ordered. He's carefully separating everything to the table as if they are fragile and might get broken in a mistouch. His eyes were intently focused to where he's placing the stuff, including how he arranged the positions of the chopsticks, how he carefully removed the tupperware's cup while avoiding to create a stain from its sauce. It's as if he has his full thoughts thinking how it'll look completely appeasing despite just having a... teokkboki.

"You know you could actually melt a candle with your stares." I snapped out of reality and found Third facing at my direction and I realized that I've been checking him out... AGAIN! Like for Pete's sake, Sakura. You're such a creep!

"No, I'm not! It's just that, uhm... I was in awe watching you being too hyperfocus on putting the teokkboki and cheesecake on the table," I said and giggled as I saw how my sudden tease affects him. He turned his head on his side and had his hand behind his nape, and now flaunts me this reddish ear of his.

Stupid it may sounds but those cute little gestures found its way to carve my lips up, and God knows how I wish I could forever witness those.

"Hahaha okay! Okay. I'll stop. I'm getting hungry anymore and the smell of the teokkboki is not helping." I gave up and decided to sit beside him.

As I sat down, I felt a sudden tingling the moment our arms made a contact with each other... and I know he felt it too as he suddenly flinched and straightened his back. I gulped myself in, wondering if it's possible for this limerence to end, as it is getting harder and harder to breathe normally whenever I'm near him and my heart is not just as helpful as my mind. Seems like I'm an enemy to the both of them.

I was cut off from my own world when I heard Third coughs. My hands hurriedly reached out to get water and gave it to him. He chugged it all at once and he started wiping his lips and laughed. "A-Are you okay?" I worriedly asked. Staring at him giggling on the side as if someone threw a joke.

"Yeah, yeah. It's just that, the teokkboki is so spicy that it went down the wrong hole of my throat," he replied. I felt relieved with his answer and I started laughing as well.

"Well, I didn't know you're this weak to spices, Mr. Third," I teasingly said. He just shrugged his shoulders and ate anyways. "I CAN handle my spice. Psh. It really just went down my airways instead of my foodways." I wasn't looking at him but I could feel his eyes rolling up as he spits those words and I swear, he sounded so girly at that time which just made me laughed again.

"Okay, okay, Mr.! Just as you said," I responded.

Few minutes later and we were busy munching at these rice cakes when a noise suddenly created. I looked up at him putting down his chopsticks strongly enough to create a sound.

"Aren't your bruise hurting? Because it looks like getting darker and it's making me worried." I suddenly felt a pain on my cheek when he asked me that and all of a sudden, I felt numbed as I chew. I also found myself creating sss sounds as sweats start forming on my forehead.

I realized it late that the teokkboki is too spicy that it feels like my face is burning, making it worse for the bruise on my cheek. "O-ow..." I murmured in pain and tears started racing down from my eyes. "Shit. Shit. Shit." Despite the sudden pain, I saw how Third panicked and called for a nurse. I cannot say anything or do anything but with the chaos feeling of pain and burning on my face, my eyes had its gazed at Third's hands which were on my hand while my free hand is clinging onto the side of his hospital gown.

And all of a sudden... the pain subdued and only the beat of my heart was all I could ever feel at that moment...

Will us be possible, Third?