With You [Sequel to Alone]

1.5

*PARK'S POINT OF VIEW*

I walked to the ice cream shop and sat at my usual table, waiting for the line to get shorter. I was focused on playing games on my phone, when out of my peripheral vision, I saw a figure sit in front of me.

Park: "Go away, Lin. I don't like you at all. Please leave me alone."

Lin: "Yeah, yeah whatever. I need you to do a favor for me. Just one favor."

Park: "If it includes me buying you ice cream, I refuse."

Lin: "Don't be stupid, Park."

Park: "What do you want?"

Lin: "I want you to fake confess to me. Act like you're really in love with me. Just for a few minutes."- I laughed hysterically at her.

Park: "WHY IN THE NAME OF GOD WOULD I DO THAT?!?!"

Lin: "Two reasons. One, I'll pay for your ice cream. Two, I'll never talk to you again."

Park: "So, all I have to do is pretend that I'm in love with you for 5 minutes?"

Lin: "Even less if we're lucky. Please!!!"- She started begging me. She looked ugly when she pouted.

Park: "Fine, but just stop making that face. You look like a constipated fish."- Her face lit up as she sat across from me.

Lin: "Okay, go!"- I reached over to her hand and gave her the same speech I had practiced giving Ari while she was asleep.

Lin: "Oh my god, that's horrible, Park. I'll be there for you if you need me. Remember that."- I nodded and looked into her eyes like I had only done with Ari.

Park: "I wish I had the courage to admit this earlier, but I really care about you, Lin. I really love you."- IT FELT SO WRONG TO SAY THAT OMG MY MOUTH FEELS DEAD INSIDE!!! Out of the corner of my eye I saw a girl run out of the shop, crying. I quickly let go of her hands. "Who was that, Lin?"- She only gave a devilish smirk before walking out of the shop.

V: "ARI WAIT I STILL WANT MY ICE CREAM!!!!"- I heard V shout in the direction that the girl went.

Park: "That was Ari?!"- He nodded.

V: "Mhm. She was supposed to buy me ice cream, but I guess something upset her. She's probably at the graveyard visiting her grandma."- I sped off before he could comprehend what happened.

 I followed her from close behind, but not so close that she noticed me. I heard her say things to her grandma about me. She was awake? I messed up big time... Ripping me out of my thoughts was the sound of her angelic voice singing La Vie En Rose by Louis Armstrong. At the last note, she broke down into tears. I had to do something. I tried comforting her, but she pulled away quickly. She then proceeded to yell at me for 5 minutes straight. When she walked away I felt my heart being ripped out of my chest.

Her never seeing me again meant never feeling her soft hands intertwined with mine. It meant always seeing her fall for other guys while I was sitting in the background. It meant never feeling our perfectly matched lips touch ever again. It meant having to watch her get bullied, and have her resist even the littlest of my help. She would be beaten and broken, and I wouldn't be able to help. She was lost, and didn't want to be found.