The Sky and You

Chapter 22: A long winter night

There was an awkward silence as Belle sat on the passenger side of Keun Suk Oppa's car. In her mind she was debating whether she made the right decision about going with him. But alas, she doesn't feel any animosity towards him. She felt so comfortable unlike when Kurt Oppa invited her to ski. That time they even took a bus instead of taking his car but that night, she was there sitting comfortably next to a man she just met a few days ago.

Her mind was swirling with questions. Like why did he have that expression when they first met at AP Shop, why does he look mad and sad when she saw him at the pedestrian crossing? Or what might be her answer to his question in her dream? Could she have said yes? Or was it a no? Curious. She was really curious, every bit of her is anxious for the answers.

Earlier, her friends called her. She could just imagine the shock on their faces when they found out she was gone from the hotel. She decided to tell them she wanted a quiet time alone to write her novel. She knew her friends didn't buy her story but couldn't do anything cause after all they knew how she is, when she had set her mind on something they couldn't stop her.

At dinner, they were still very quiet. She could feel Keun Suk Oppa stealing glances at her while she pretended to be so busy with her food. She on the other hand couldn't stare at him for so long, she felt like it would be dangerous for her heart.

The man really is so charming. She likes the shape of his lips, the curve of his smile, or just the look of his deep brown eyes. He was so beautiful. She finds herself biting her lips.

"I see your still biting your lips. So which is it, nervous or excited?" he asked all of a sudden, amusement was in his eyes.

"Ha? Which what?" she felt her cheeks blushed, she got caught.

"You were staring at me while biting your lips. So? Falling for me?"

"Of course not..." she was high pitched, "actually I am dismayed."

"Dismayed? why?"

"Because its unfair... how could a man be more beautiful than a woman," she said, trying to look convincing with her argument.

He ended up laughing so hard with what she said. She found his laugh so beautiful too. She liked it so much, it sounded so familiar with her, like it was music to her ears.

"So tell me, how come a celebrity like you, spent some time with ordinary girls like us, even gave us a tour?" she asked after a while.

"Well, we just accidentally met at the resort. I was skiing with my friends when you and your friends saw me. It happens that you were a fan of mine," he said pointing a finger at her. She look aghast.

"Really? me?" she asked. She didn't know, her friends never told her, much more there was nothing in her things that says she likes him. As far as she could remember, she had always been into anime and Seshoumaru from Inuyasaha and Byakuya from Bleach topped her male anime crushes. Though recently, Park Hyung Sik was the only living man who managed to avert her attention and she started fangirling over him.

Come to think of it, ever since high school I love writing diaries, but 3 years worth of it was missing... could it be... did my friends hid it too? she thought. There is a fat chance that in those 3 years, he was mentioned in those diaries. So that's why I was drawn to his billboard in Shibuya, that's why his laugh sound so familiar. It make sense.

"Yes you," He said as a matter-of-factly. "I remember you even asked me to sign your coat that time." She couldn't believe it, she was horrified.

Did I really do that? she was thinking of that when suddenly he laughed once again.