Will We Be Together?

WWBT Chapter Eighteen

These past 3 weeks had been the hardest week for Yoona. Three weeks full of rehearse, rehearse and rehearse. Because they just joined when the contest almost started, they had to work extra hard to catch up the.

Her heart ached almost every time. Sometimes she just lost her conscious in sudden and in a really short time that no one ever notice, well, except Luhan. He noticed when Yoona was about to fall when she was doing a spin, fortunately he caught her just in time.

Thinking of Luhan made her sigh in desperate. Luhan had been ignored her all the time. Not really ignoring, Luhan only talked to her if he really needed it. About stuff he needed, of course, Yoona's condition. But he never took his eyes off from Yoona. He always watched her back and always be behind her when she needed him. And he only talked things like: "Eat your medicine," or, "Don't you dare to stand up, just do nothing." It had hurt Yoona a lot. She'd rather be beaten up or yelled at by Luhan than to be ignored by him.

Even when they rehearsed, Luhan always wandering around her and pretended like he didn't care about Yoona. Like right now.

He was busy talking with Changmin but he never put his guard off. Once in a time he would took a glance on Yoona. In a normal condition, Yoona would've been touched by his action. But this was different. His glance wasn't the soft and caring like what used to. His glance was like a sharp arrow. And when he shot it to Yoona, it was like ripping her to pieces. She was almost tearing up every time Luhan did that.

"Yoona-ssi, are you okay?" a soft voice snapped Yoona. "You look pale."

It's not that Yoona didn't realize. But she tried not to mind it and put her makeup thicker.

"I'm okay," Yoona said as she gave Jin an assuring smile.

Jin still looked doubtful but he nodded and walked away to rehearse.

'You must be strong now! It's almost your turn to get on that stage and fulfill your dream! So be strong, at least for just this moment!' Yoona encouraged herself.

Just then, she noticed that Luhan was standing in front of her. Her heart started to race.

"If you can't make it, don't," he said with a low tone as if he was going to kill her.

Yoona gulped. Cold-sweat rolled down her forehead. She didn't know whether it was caused by her aching heart or by Luhan's tone and his murderous look. Probably both. "I can do it," she managed.

"You're as pale as the dead," he said with the same tone but added with angriness.

"I'm fine," she said. Her voice was harsher than what she intended.

"Try a spin," Luhan challenged as he folded his arms in front of his chest.

Yoona gulped again. Well, she knew she couldn't do it. She couldn't even move this time. But she had to do it. So, she forced herself to straighten her body and do a spin. Of course, it was a failure and she would've been fallen face first if it wasn't Luhan catching her. "See, you can't even do an easy spin."

"I can. I just need more time to regain my strength," Yoona defended.

Luhan helped Yoona to stand on her feet before waved his hand coolly and walked away. "Whatever," he said carelessly.

Yoona smiled as she watched Luhan's back slowly disappear in the panicky crowd. 'He is impossible,' she minded. She leaned herself on the wall as she sighed and put her hand on her chest. 'Be strong!' And then, their turn was up. Yoona inhaled deeply and prayed in silent before marched up to the stage.

It was a miracle that she managed to pull out her best and didn't make any mistakes. She could see her father-who came just to see her performance-sat and smiled proudly at her. She also could see Luhan's mother waving playfully at her.

'It wasn't that bad,' she said in her mind. She was smiling in satisfaction when they walked down the stage. Changmin was blabbering some kind of compliments. But Yoona couldn't hear what he said at all.

Her vision suddenly blurred. The entire world was like spinning. She forced herself to walk away and she managed to go to an empty hallway. She leaned herself on a table as she put her hand on her head, hoping her headache would go away by that. She could hear Luhan's voice shouting at her but his voice became fader and fader. She raised her head to see Luhan and that was the last thing she saw before everything turned black.