PURSUE {Park Jihoon & Kang Daniel}

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"What?" Charlotte looked at me while choking on her coffé. "Why aren't I married?" To clear her throat she coughed a few times.

"Well I didn't expect that question." She said and blinked continuesly.

"Not that you have to be married at your age!" I told her to clearify what I meant. "Just, don't you have time for a relationship while you work?"

She chuckled. "I wish I did, but at the same time I don't." She said and paused for a second before continuing. "I suppose I was about your age, or perhaps a few years older, when I made a huge mistake in my life that I deeply regret."

"A mistake?" I asked. "What mistake?"

She smiled but the sadness was visible. "Do you have anyone you like, Anna?" I avoided eye contact with her and didn't answer. When she noticed me doing that she gave away a quick smirk and nodded her head slowly. "I see."

"I must say that I've had some real guy problems." Her sad smile returned. "I've always had big plans for my future but there was one time that I was very unsure about everything." She said.
"There were actually not just one person I shared the coming problem with, but two."

At this time she had my full attention. "What do you mean two?" I almost whispered as if I figures it was a bad thing. Could she possibly have been in the same situation as me?

"There was one boy, his name was William and I had met him in my second year of high school. He had tranfered to my class and was quite popular with the girls." She rolled her eyes. "Cliché I know." I agreed with that. A mysterious, handsome guy transfer to class and everyone loves him.

"I wasn't one of those girls though." She added proudly but then sunk down in her chair. "I didn't bother. I was considered an odd kid when I was in school." She said and scratched her head. "I didn't act like them, liked what they liked or dressed like them. Which I am still glad about because they were straight up ugly pigs who only talked shit about everything and everyone." She wanted to say more but she stopped herself. "No, I'm sorry. 'You should only talk about people the way you want them to talk about you'." She spoke a known saying and I sighed in agreement. "Treat others like you want to be treated. I know that one." I told her and she smiled. "Good, continue following it. But Just so you know. I did dress better than them to be honest."

"But what about him?" I asked now that I was curious and didn't want her to stop telling me about her past.
"Oh right." She replied and got back on track.

"As I said I was different and as it usually is the odd ones get treated differently. To cut it short I was bullied." She said and when she did I felt so glad that I had a friend I could rely on. "Was everyone on you or.." I asked while trying not to bring back her bad memories. But it didn't seemed like she cared about the fact that she had been bullied.

"Not him. Not William. Another cliché thing no?" She said and giggled. "We didn't talk for an entire year even though we literally sat right beside each other in the classroom the whole time." Her hand grabbed the cup and she drank the last drop of her coffé. Then she scanned the empty cup like she wasn't sure if she should order some more or not. "All this talking makes me thirsty." She mumbled.

She stood up from her chair and was about to walk over to the counter when she turned towards me.
"Would you like a refill as well?" She asked me but I shook my head and told her that I didn't need one at the moment.

Five minuites later she was back with a bigger cup of black coffé and wore a pleased grin. I bet she really loved coffé.

"Why didn't you two talk?" I asked as she sat down comfortably again. "Was he ignoring you or something?"
"No no no." Charlotte took a sip and regretted it when she burned her tung. "Nothin lite thath." I barely made out her words before she got up quick and ran for a glass of water as well and then returned. "Nothing like that." She continued.

"I didn't think he even knew I existed until he and I had to do an assignment together." She took some deep breaths and carefully drank her water. "We sat in a room by ourselves for the group assignment and I figured that It would be easier if I just told him what to do and then I would do the rest. But when I said that to him he interrupted me. He said that I didn't have to do it all myself."

"So?" I said and raised an eyebrow. "Isn't it obvious that you should share the work?"

"It wasn't for me." Charlotte replied. "I had had the impression of him being like all the other guys. Childish and unserious."

I nodded after her every sentence to show that I listened and was interested but my neck began hurting so I stopped and massaged it with my hand. "But you didn't fall for him for only that reason right?" I asked.

"Who said I fell for him?" She striked back. "It was him that after that lesson came up to me every day and disturbed me while I was busy with homework."

"Really?" It felt like my eyes grew a bit bigger and I stared at her and waited for more. "Did he like you?

"I don't know if he did at that time." She answered and blew cold air at her hot cup. "But we became good friends and he brought me to many places and we did many fun things together." The corners of her lips curved upwards and she stayed quiet for a while when she at the same time stared out the window.

I didn't want her to space out in thoughts though so was going to ask her another question but before I could she shuddered and turned back to me. "I think that I developed my crush on him around that time. But I didn't confess to him, since he was still so popular with the girls." I could see a frown form on her face but I didn't bother. "It might have worked out in the end if he hadn't brought his best friend with him once." Charlotte said.

~To be continued~

Of topic but do u
like HP? If u do, in what
Hogwarts house do u belong?
I'm in Griffindor~

Do u remember Hairy Pote
with British accent XD