[Hellion Brothers : Book#3] Gaia's Aegis

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A/N : There's gonna be some internal monolog in this chapter and most probably in more chapters ahead, I just like to think that because D.O is so quiet, he likes to talk to his conscious instead (oh and his conscious likes to call him Kyungsoo)..... >_<

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The girl looks as equally surprised as he is when she recognizes him. Her eyes go round, her egg-shaped face flustered, and she's stammering when she says "Y-you're the Seoul college guys"

"Yeah, that's me.." D.O can't help the smile that escapes his lips "I can't believe we meet again here of all places, so much for you won't ever see me again huh?" D.O remembers Haru's last words toward the girl back at the village's market.

She furrowed her brows "Are you sure you're not a stalker?"

D.O chuckles "Did my first impression really that bad?"

She nods.

D.O clears his throat to disguise his laughter "I'm sorry" he said "I swear everything is just a massive coincidence, I'm not a stalker"

"Why are you here then? This is university's girls' dorm" she suspiciously asks.

"I have a very close friend that lives in this building, remember the girl that saved you from me?" D.O amusedly adds. The girl still doesn't look convince but she nods again anyway "Well, her name is Lee Haru and she's in this building and I came here often to visit her."

The girl still styles her hair like the first time D.O met her-- the cute messy hair bun--, she wears a blue denim onesie with a big cartoon apple embellished in her chest that reminds him of a gardener, a very rare attractive female gardener that is.

She now shuffles her feet in the awkward silence that ensues.

"So, where should I bring this box to?" D.O slowly questions, afraid that she might get the wrong idea again, in this kind of time D.O always regretting his straightforward nature and his inability to lighten up the tension.

"Ehm....fourth floor"

This coincidence is just getting better and better D.O muses, internally debate whether he should mention that Haru is also on the same floor or not, but because the possibility of mentioning it would raise more suspicion against him, D.O instead just said "Alright, then let's go we haven't got all day"

She walks slowly to the elevator and D.O follows suit, she seems still unsure if she should accept D.O's help or not. Nevertheless, in the end, she went on the silent elevator ride with D.O and leads the way to a door with a number 405 stick on it. D.O puts down the box in front of the door and straightens his back "Listen... I'm sorry that I made you uncomfortable somehow. I never had any intention for it to be that way, just to make you sure that I'm not stalking you, I'm gonna walk straight to that room at the end of the hallway there, number 408, that's Haru's. You can watch me get inside there from here if that will give you some kind of reassurance. And if you still don't trust me then you'll free to avoid me if by chance we meet again in the future, because like I said before I often visit her here. What do you think?" D.O ends his proposition.

When she nods her head once, D.O bids his goodbye; walks straight to Haru's door without turning his head back and get inside.

Haru's already in the kitchen with Chanyeol, the tinkling of the utensils and the sound of them chatting can be heard faintly from the front door. D.O toes off his shoes slowly, recalling the awkward moment that just happened while heading into the kitchen, he doesn't realize he got a smile on his face before Haru points it out "What's so funny?" she said.