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Lee Taeyong, he's someone she always considered one of her closest friends. That's why she did not want to loose the boy. Even if that meant keeping her crush a secret from him- it was not as if he realized her feelings for him. No the smiling boy often mistook her flirting for being friendly.
If only he knew, then he could gently turn her down. That was what was going through her mind, if only she had the answer to the question if he liked her back. Maybe then she could actually move on.
Right now she was busy feeding the bunnies, the fresh arrival that needed some peace and quiet to get used to their new environment. It was one of the fun parts about her job. She loved seeing the new animals arrive and spoil them a little before they were put in the store.
"Ah how I wish that I was a bunny myself, no troubles and nothing to worry about" she mumbled while petting a dark brown bunny, it was smaller then the other's since it kept being pushed away from the food bowl, "you remind me of myself, I let myself get pushed around and I don't know why. Our strength is weak, but what people don't know is that deep inside we're the stronger".
A smile decorated her face when she noticed how the little guy was sniffing her hand, "I wish I take you home with me to piss off my roommates, believe it or not but I need your help little furrball".
"Or you could just ask me to come over and teach them a lesson" a deep voice replied.
She felt as if she was caught with her hand in the cookie jar, turning around with a guilty look on her face.
In front of her was Taeyong, the only guy she wanted to see.
"Hi" she said shyly as she got a flashback of him with the other girl in the bathroom.
He was just smiling at her, walking towards Norway to put his arm around her shoulder. "Were you talking to the bunnies again? Ah you're so cute" Taeyong chuckled, using his free hand to pinch her cheek.
"Ah no I'm not" Norway quickly replied as she looked the other way, afraid that he would see her pink cheeks. If he did he would start wondering why her cheeks are pink in the first place, she didn't want to risk getting rejected in front of the one thing that loves her back- bunnies.
"It's cute that you talk to bunnies, sometimes it's better to talk to something that doesn't respond to you. Just to clear your mind and get things off your chest" he points out, "who's pushing you around Nor, or is Hansol still claiming you as his girlfriend. That guy really doesn't get the point of boundaries".
She only nodded.
"Maybe I need to come over then".
Norway quickly shook her head, "no there's no need in kicking Hansol's ass, plus he's way taller then you so he'll just make fun of you".
"I meant as in pretending to be your boyfriend so he'll back off, maybe when you are in a relationship he understands that it's really over between you two".
"Maybe you're right, about the relationship thing. I could give it a try".
Taeyong retrieved his arms from her shoulders, eyes focused on the bunnies. The sight made her smile, to see that even the tough Taeyong can melt by the sight of bunnies.
She moved away from him as she went back looking for her small friend- who now fought it's way into the food bowl to munch on some of the dried snacks. It was a sign to her, that she has to fight for what she wants and to stop letting people walk all over her.
From that moment she knew that she had to stop Hansol's clinging and to not let Yuta get to her. She's not some toy they can just play around with.
Norway did feel embarrassed that it took a bunny to make her realize that she should change.
"If you want to use me, then just give me a call. I don't mind staying at your place" Taeyong broke the silence.
She turned around to face him. Even though her heart wanted to accept his offer and let him pretend to be her boyfriend, her head said no. She knew herself well enough to know that she would get pulled into the pretending so much that it would break her once it's over.
"No it's okay, it's a battle I have to fight on my own" she told him, "anyway did you feed the fish yet?".
Taeyong nodded before letting out a soft cough, "yeah they looked happy after I was done feeding them".
"Did the lid fell off again? You overfed them again didn't you?" she questioned him.
She saw how he awkwardly rubbed the back of his neck, which was more then enough of an answer for her.
A soft chuckle escaped her lips, it had been something that quite often only happened to Taeyong.
"Don't judge me, I even tried to fish some of the food out of there but instead I caught a goldfish. Please don't tell our boss that I killed the fish again".
"No need for me to snitch when we have security cameras" she told him, immediately after seeing how the poor boy let out a frustrated sigh, "but I could tell him someone else didn't properly put the lid on the fish food".
Taeyong looked up with a smile, "I can always count on you, I don't know what I would do without".
Feeling thankful he pulled her into his embrace with a smile, which made it hard for her not to blush. Every time he touched her she felt like jelly and him being her friend was hard for her since he was always affectionate with her.
She wrapped her arms around his waist and rested her head on his chest.
"I don't know either" she whispered with an sad undertone.
