ｗｈａｔ２ｄｏ | Treasure Asahi

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"Noona? Asahi hyung is here." I tensed up and sat properly. The door opened widely and Asahi went inside the room.

"What do you need?" He sat at the chair beside my bed and looked directly at my eyes.

My heart started to beat faster so I avoided his gaze.

For the past few years, I've hidden my feelings because I was mad. I was mad but my feelings for him stayed.

"Junghwan told me that you remembered something..."

"Asahi..."

I looked at him and his eyes are glistening with hope. His eyes are making me feel like I'm such a bad person.

"I... love Hyunsuk."

That's right. Hyunsuk is the one that I love the most now. He's the one that stayed by my side. I can't...

"Areum you don't love him!"

I covered my ears and shook my head but he grabbed both of my hands. He made me look at him, but my vision is blurry because of my tears.

"You're just thankful towards Hyunsuk."

"Stop..."

"You're just scared that he will get hurt!"

"That's not it..."

"You shouldn't love someone out of gratitude!"

"I..."

The door suddenly opened and my eyes widened as I saw someone.

Hyunsuk.

"So what if she love me because she's thankful? Isn't that a good start?" He walked towards us and smiled.

"Let's have a deal."

"A deal?"

"Both of us will get to spend time with Areum. Then if she choose you, then I'll back off. And if she choose me, you'll do the same thing."

Asahi stood up, reached out his hand and they shook their hands together.

I don't feel too good about what's going to happen.

"I'll come back tomorrow, Areum." Asahi left and Hyunsuk sat at the chair beside my bed.

"Hyunsuk, why did you do that!" He ignored my question but instead, he ruffled my hair.

"How are you feeling? Do you want to eat something?"

I shook my head and looked away from him.

"Hey Areum... Please don't get mad at me..."

"What if I ended up falling in love with him again?"

He didn't answer me which made me look towards him. He suddenly smiled and held my hand.

"Then I'll accept it. Because it will make you happy."

My eyes started to water and I pulled him towards me to hug him tightly.

I'm scared... I'm scared to lose him.

I'm scared because of what I'm feeling right now.

I'm not feeling sincerity in his words.

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I'm sorry for not updating these past few days. It's because I was trying to finish my modules and have a lot of free time so I can update more frequently.