Sick | Mark Tuan

Chapter Eight

Chapter Eight

A Ra's POV

  "So A Ra, why are you here alone at night?" Mark broke the silence between us by asking me that question. "Is that my cap you're wearing?" He continued asking while stepping closer to me.

  I was still very shocked to see him standing there in front of me. I was too stunned to say anything logical at that moment. All O could do was nod at his question. Mark chuckled a little at my actions. I probably looked stupid standing there in front of him.

  "You don't look stupid," he said. "OK, maybe you looked a little stupid when you were talking to yourself just now," he continued through his laugh.

  He has one of those contagious laughs. Once you hear him laugh, you will end up laughing with him; that's exactly what happened. It took us some time to calm down and stop laughing. When we finally calmed down and stopped laughing, we just kept smiling at each other, not doing anything else. It wasn't awkward or anything like that even though there was nothing being said between the two of us.

  "Honestly, the cap isn't the only thing that's yours," I said in a quiet voice. "This jacket is the jacket that you left behind at the hospital the other day," I admitted to him while playing with my fingers and avoiding looking at him.

  "Don't you have your own jacket? You shouldn't be wearing clothes that are too big for you," Mark grabbed my hands to make me stop playing with my fingers while he said that.

  Before I could even look up to look at him, he said something else, "If you wear clothes that are too big for you, no one would know that you have a nice figure."

  I was surprised when he said that. For starters, no one has ever complimented me in that way. The only compliments I'm used to hearing are compliments like 'Oh that girl is so hardworking, she's going to make a good wife in the future' or 'That girl is really something, how does she keep her number one spot for her whole high school life' or things like that. I've never heard anyone complimenting my body or figure. Mark was the first person to compliment me in that way. I was seriously thinking that he would scold me for wearing his clothing items without his permission.

  "A Ra... Kim A Ra... Are you still with me? Are you going to faint again? A Ra, why are you not responding to anything I say? A Ra? Kim A Ra?" Mark held the side of my arms and shaking me slightly to get my attention.

  "I'm not going to faint Mark," I chuckled at his comment about me fainting.

  I pushed his hands off me and start to take off his cap and jacket so that I could return it to him. "I'm sorry that I can't return your mask that you left behind. It's at home right now. I didn't expect to see you here today," I apologized to him while taking off the jacket.

  The moment I start taking off the jacket, I could feel the cold wind blowing harshly into the night. As soon as I start to take off the jacket, I started to shiver. I tried to keep my shiver under control but I guess I failed since Mark stopped me from taking off his jacket and told me to put it back on.

  "Why don't you keep the jacket and return the cap for now? You can return the jacket to me along with the mask the next time we meet," he suggested while making sure I zipped up the jacket properly.

  "When exactly is that? The next time we meet, I mean," I asked him. I know he's an idol and I'm sure idols are busy all the time. I don't think we would ever meet coincidently like this again. It would be a miracle if that were to ever happen.

  Mark took out something from his pocket before placing it onto my hands. I looked down and realised that he placed his phone onto my hands. I gave him a confused look and kept looking at the phone then back at Mark again.