"Thank you for today, Soo Ah." Jungwon patted my head like a puppy, made me giggle with his cute action to me. I know we are not dating, but after what he did to me today, it made me feel as if I had a boyfriend, a caring and lovely boyfriend. No words can explain how happy and lucky I am right now. People will call me crazy if I tell them about what happened between Jungwon and I today because he was not this type of guy when we were in high school because he was really cold and harsh to women, especially his fans back then.

"Be careful." I said to him and smiled at him while watching him, slowly leaving me.

"Jungwon-ah!" I called for him and, gladly, he stopped before turning his body to face me who was looking at him nervously.

"Take care and don't be sad anymore. I hope the pain will fade away from your heart. So you will be happy again. If you are sad, don't hesitate to tell me, and I will lend my shoulder to you."

It's sudden to say that, but I'm really happy as I got to tell my concern to him rather than keeping it in my heart for a long time while watching him get hurt because I want him to be happy in his life again.

He smiled at me while waving his hand at me before leaving me for real.

"Sometimes, I wish I were Lee Hana. So he will often think of me."

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SUNOO POV

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She has not replied to my message since this morning and did not call me back even though I had called her many times. She made overthinking of her all the time. Is she having trouble? Is she sick? Is she okay? I am very concerned about her, so I decided to practise all night long while waiting for a message from her and didn't stop until she finally replied to me. The members were already leaving the building and going to the dorm. They also asked me to follow them, but I refused, saying that I wanted to stay here longer as an excuse when the truth is I was actually waiting for her...

I'm sweating a lot, feeling exhaused and almost faint, but it doesn't stop me—I gasped for breath and coughed as I forced myself to dance again and again, but finally, I gave up. I am really tired, and it is slowly killing me inside as I can't breathe properly. I turned off the music while wiping my sweats and drank a bottle of cold water to heal myself from getting mad again.

At that time, Jungwon suddenly went to the practice room and was surprised to see me who was still gasping for breath. We looked at each other for a minute, thinking what actually happened to him because I thought he was already going to the dorm with the others,

"Where are you going?" I broke the silence as he sat next to me, facing the mirror for no reason. "I'm sorry." I met Soo Ah."He replied to me with hesitation, which made me shut my eyes, holding myself from overthinking again.

" Are you talking about Lee Hana with her?"I asked him, and he just bit his lips, trying to avoid my gaze on him."What?"Are you?"I asked him coldly causing him to look at me surprisingly as I started to raise my voice at him for the first time, "Yes, but we were not talking about her for who-"

Before he could finish his words, I quickly grabbed my jacket and left the room, leaving him alone in the practice room. While trying to hold myself from getting angry.

I don't want to get mad at him because of this. So it's better if I just stay away from him and shut my mouth until I finally feel good. It must be a really good day for Soo Ah as she got to go out with Jungwon after a long time of dreaming, but when Jungwon said that he also talked about Hana to her, I wonder how she feels right now. Maybe her happiness slowly faded away, and it will make her sad again. The fact that she needs to face every scene of Jungwon and Hana after this, I don't think she will feel happy in that way or she will give up on him. I don't want it to happen because it is already hurting her inside, and her smile will disappear day by day.

I'm really worried about her. I think it will get worse when they finally become friends. What if Jungwon finds out the truth about her? What if Jungwon starts to have a feeling for her? He will be hella mad at her after this, and she will get hurt again and again.

I wish I could stop Jungwon from talking about Hana to her. I don't want her to get hurt in this way because I know how much she loves him. The sincerity of love in her eyes when she met Jungwon really showed me that she adores him so much. She was also really scared when she begged me a few times, hoping I would not tell Jungwon about her.

They should not be friends in the first place

And sometimes I hope...

She will be with me.

So, Jungwon will never know the truth.

When I finally arrived at the cafe, the cafe was already close. It drives me crazy in real-

I really want to meet her now.

And now I realize that..

I really care about her.

I will protect her from getting hurt, so she will smile at me again.