Moon Star (Moonbyul x Xiumin)

Chapter 30

"OMMA!!!"

I glared at Xiu Min, who was covering his eyes with his hands and peeking through the holes between. Not long after that, he screamed again and closed his eyes with a deep frown.

"Yah, if you're that spooked out then let's just not watch this." I muttered, sighing as I fixed my eyes towards the screen. I've already watched IT by myself a lot of times before, but not once have I screamed as loud as him. I knew he can be easily frightened, but I didn't expect him to be this frightened.

"It's okay. I'm fine!" He nodded his head like head like he was going to convince me but of course I was not the least convinced. "We have only 25 minutes left, right? Let's just watch until the end!"

I crossed my arms, wondering if he could last for the next 25 minutes. Thank goodness he already finished his food before the scarier parts appeared or he'll probably make a mess in my living room.

I stared at his face that was being lit by the screen's dim light, since he asked for the lights to be off to make the movie more dramatic.

I could practically see his lips trembling softly as he glued his eyes on the movie.

Why did he even want to watch this? He's shaking so bad and he still has the heart to keep watching?

But come to think of it... I somehow think he's doing this just to make me forget our awkwardness. We used to be fine, cursing at each other and even laughing when one of us were annoyed. We threw sarcastic comments and joked about it despite being new to each other. When I counted how long I knew him, it hasn't even reached 30 days. Not even a month!

But he felt so damn familiar already.

I smiled, recalling the times before that night happened.

I could still remember everything very clearly.

The moonlight, the silence, the crazy heartbeat, the heated cheeks and the kiss.

That unforgettable kiss.

It made me stare at Xiu Min's lips as he focused on the movie.

There was this sudden urge to feel its soft touch against my lips again. The feeling of holding him and crashing my lips with his without worrying what he would think of me. The feeling when I close my eyes to enjoy the beautiful moment of our lips uniting.

Oh my gosh, Moon Byul.

Know it or not, accept it or not, you know you're going crazy because of him. You know your heart is slowly being taken by a human being named Xiu Min, and no matter how strong you deny it, your heart will never lie to you.

You know beneath that crazy throb of your heartbeat, all you want was to protect him and take care of him.

Oh damn, how did this all happened?

How could he make me open my heart when I thought that no man could ever do that?

Why am I even allowing this to happen?

"Byeol, I'm scared." I snapped out from my little monologue when I heard Xiu Min whispering as he looked at me. He slowly looked away and covered his eyes again.

Without further thinking, I stood up and went over to his wheelchair. He uncovered his eyes when he felt his body being pulled upwards and was baffled to see me lifting him up.

I carefully helped him stand up, just like I did before in his room. He was obviously startled and puzzled, but I just stayed quiet as I helped him sit down on the sofa where I was sitting alone.