To The Stars With You

☆ Tell Me ☆

Chapter 8: Tell Me

He looked at me.

And then he looked at the tear on my cheek.

And I swear I wanted to cover my face and just run.

Was I not pathetic enough?

To love others without loving yourself...

... and then go home where nobody sees and let everything all out...

I think it was just pathetic of me.

Pathetic truly was the word.

I wiped the tear away hurriedly and averted my eyes.

I didn't want him to see me in this state.

And so I forced a smile.

"Jumin..."

I let out an awkward laugh.

"What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at work?"

He didn't budge.

Then, with his eyes still fixated on me, he sat down opposite me, sharing the table.

I grunted softly.

A great opportunity to hide behind my laptop screen.

But for some irritating reason, I wasn't able to hide my face behind the laptop.

No matter how low I bent - without falling off the chair - I was still able to see his face.

It was either the fact that he was too tall, or the fact that my laptop screen was too short.

Damn it. Knew I should have gotten a bigger portable laptop.

"Seven, stop trying to hide behind your screen."

I jumped.

Was I being that obvious?!

I coughed.

"So... what brings you here?"

I waited for his response, of course, that only came after a very long pause.

"... You told me to take breaks."

My eyes widened, and I looked at him in surprise.

I did.

But he actually...

My gaze was downcast now.

He... remembered...

My cheeks turned a little pink.

And he must have noticed, because he reached out a finger to tuck a stray strand of hair behind my ear.

I got the feeling he didn't really care about the hair, really, but the gesture.

"You... look cute when you blush."

Even though my eyes were no longer on him, my cheeks immediately flushed red, and I think I must have looked like a freaking strawberry.

Or a can of Phd. Pepper.

I was just red.

Very red.

And he noticed.

He didn't say anything this time, only chuckled softly.

I rolled my eyes.

I'm not cute...

... though if anyone else said so, I would have nodded eagerly with a smile and sprang up and danced around.

But it was different when he said it.