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" 𝘠𝘶𝘯- 𝘰𝘬 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴?? "

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘕𝘢-𝘳𝘢'𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵.

𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 , 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴.

𝘕𝘢-𝘳𝘢'𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘭, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 ....' 𝘞𝘩𝘺?....𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴?? 𝘞𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦?... '

𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 , 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳.

" 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶?? "

𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘕𝘢-𝘳𝘢'𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘰 , 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺.

" 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦?...𝘈𝘮 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦.."

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦.𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘰 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘫𝘰𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵.

" 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨- "

𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘢-𝘳𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘕𝘢-𝘳𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 , 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭.

𝘛𝘰𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩.

" 𝘠𝘰𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘰𝘯-𝘮𝘪 , 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺....𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘰𝘯-𝘮𝘪,...𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘫𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘦𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳.....𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦.."

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘢𝘵 𝘕𝘢-𝘳𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘬.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘕𝘢-𝘳𝘢'𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘫𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰.

" 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘸𝘰....𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨??...𝘋𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯.... 𝘐'𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦. "

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 .

𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘰 𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘶𝘯-𝘰𝘬 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘩𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘰𝘬 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘥.

..........

" Why am I thinking about this again?.... "

Na-ra sighed heavily as she caught herself thinking about the past after the match with Hwan .

Her hands hung on the cherry blossom hairpin that is broken into pieces from slipping through her fingers while her mind was not awake.

" This was your favorite hairpin..... "

Young-hee muttered as she took the broken hairpin in her hands trying to attach it but, oh well it was long gone.

" oh come on Young-hee, it's just a hairpin. I can just buy a new one. "

" but still you used to wear this one everyday..... "

Young-hee caressed the hairpin like she was going to part with it after one more look while Na-ra scoffed at the girl partially in disbelief.

" Young-hee -yah, you need to have attachments with people and not with objects!!"

" I do- "

" Someone who is not me! "

The silence spoke more words between the two as the girl kept quite in defeat, until it was broken by a knock on the door backing with a familiar voice.

" Na-ra, are you here?..... "

Seo-yul.

Yup it's definitely that airhead's voice.

Na-ra didn't even think for a minute as her body involuntarily hid behind the dresser as if it do any help.

" Who need to have attachments with what now?? "

Young-hee sarcastically scoffed by the girl's actions as Na-ra mouthed her to stop talking . However the girl obviously had revenge for those words that hitted her to the core seconds ago .

The girl's lips curved as she came up with a strategic devious plan playing in her mind and by that smile on her face Na-ra knew.

She's SO screwed.

" OH YOUNG LADY~ IT SEEMS THAT YOUNG MASTER SEO-YUL IS HERE TO SEE YOU~ WHY ARE YOU NOT ANSWERING HIM? ~"

Young-hee shouted with her lungs satisfaction clear in her face and Na-ra could swear not only seo-yul, the whole songrim would have heard her.

Na-ra who felt utterly betrayed,couldn't even curse the girl with words which she didn't even knew existed at the first place.

" Na-ra.. I want to ask you something...Do you have some time?..... "

Another question sprung across the room and seeing that the girl is not even standing up or replying, young-hee took the initial as she walked across the room wide opening the door.

Young-hee could swear that she literally saw boy's eyes held full of stars only to die down seeing it's not the person who he thought would be .

" Young lady, do you need me to invite him inside or - "

" I'm here. "

In a flash second, Na-ra was in front of the boy with pink flushed cheeks across her face trying her hard not to stare at his face which brought back a specific unforgettable memory.

" Annddd my job here is done! "

Young-hee clasped her hands in her successful mission as she bowed to the two before she sped away, leaving the two alone.

" ... What Do you want to talk about?... "

Na-ra questioned staring at the ground or anything rather at his face knowing where her eyes will be focusing on.

" I.. I want to um...do you..."

The boy trailed off his words as he felt his words seems to stuck on his throat while his heart beat was running rapidly to merely ask a question.

" WOULD YOU LIKE TO ACCOMPANY ME FOR A WALK!! "

The words came out sudden and higher than the boy wished to be. He shut his eyes mortified while his breath was taken aback after the question, anticipating for an answer from the girl who looked taken aback .

" I.. Uh.... Yeah, why not?!? Just-just a walk right!?!? "

Hearing the positive answer , the boy Vaguely smiled at the ground While the girl walked in front fanning her face trying to keep out the pink blush to appear again by the rapid heartbeat.

......

It's been a hour since they talked about anything. ANYTHING. The girl kept distancing herself from the boy like trying to be away from a plaque, while boy kept trailing behind the girl like a lost puppy and somehow their path forged to the town and as if it wasn't completely chaos enough a specific someone entangled with their path.

" Mu-deok?? What are you doing here?? "

Na-ra confronted the girl who was scanning the duo as if she was analysing something between them until, the same smirk that played on young-hee's complexion passed on to her.

" I was just here for an errand.... But why are you two together here without Master dang-gu??..."

Clearly knowing the meaning behind the girl's words Na-ra scoffed trying not to be misunderstood while the boy was quite oblivious..... Like always ...

" Dang-gu have some unfinished business.....which I don't know what it is suspicious enough.....And I'm just here for a walk that's all!! "

Na-ra defended herself but with that tone.... It was far away from defending.

" Yes... I understand. "

Mu-deok playfully replied with a hint of sarcasm while all this time the boy was too focused on something else that passed by them.

" Na-ra , wait here. I'll be back. "

With that words without even hearing back any reply , the boy walked back from the two girls who looked equally confused by his actions.

" So~...."

Mu-deok turned back to Na-ra back to tease her more, since the girl was blatantly flustered for a fact.

" So what?!? ... right!! My umbrella!! Where is it?? "

Desperate need to change the subject Na-ra came up with the last night lended umbrella in her mind while the latter looked quite confused at first.

" Ah that..... It was torn away so I thrown it away. "

" Whaaat?? That was my favorite umbrella.... "

Na-ra sulked up a little , clearly acting so the girl could feel bad and ...she did.

" Yes? Oh, I'm sorry.. I didn't knew it was your favorite umbrella..... "

" It's okay........ Just buy me a new one!! "

" Yes?!? "

Mu-deok who was clearly thrown off by the girl's request scratched her nape trying to think how to escape from the girl, who turned on her hyper squirrel persona regardless by the girl's clinging to her hands . However In the end mu-deok brought a umbrella for the girl who took it enthusiastically.

knowing that if she spend another second with the girl she would be Penniless, mu-deok quickly parted her ways in an hurry and as if on cue the boy who disappeared earlier came back running.

" Where did you disappeared in a hurry?? "

Na-ra inquired the boy who looked too suspicious for a second until his sheepish smile brought up to his eyes.

" I just wanted to buy something,...but a woman already brought it before me so I needed to negotiate with her to get this, that's why it took me a while..."

The boy brought his hands towards the girl, holding a pink and white mixed cherry blossom intertwined hairpin to her view while the girl couldn't take off her eyes from it even for a moment.

" ...pretty.... "

The girl muttered like a low whisper under her breath taking in the beauty of the crystal like hairpin while the boy's smile widen hearing her single word.

" You weren't wearing your usual hairpin today,So I thought.... Can I?.. "

The boy politely requested glancing on the girl's hair as Na-ra took a second to read the guy's unfamiliar gaze trying to decipher it.

The girl turned around step by step as the boy slowly caressed her each strands of her deep brown chestnut hair with subtle hues that only time brought .

He carefully placed the hairpin securely, taking a second to retreat his hands as the girl turn back only to met with the close proximity they had now.

As if the world made silent all of the things around them .only muffled chatters and rattles were the only thing the two heard as they're eyes were connected with a deep exchange of words that two couldn't decipher yet.

Yul's eyes slowly looked around the girl's face as if ,he was trying to memorize it so he could never forget even in his sleep.while the girl's eyes slowly fell onto the parted lips of the boy, feeling a soft stroke on her left cheek .causing to yet again flashing a particular memory through her eyes as she quickly stepped back, clearing her throat while the boy did the same catching himself falling too hard.

" Th- Thank you! We should uh.. We should go back now..."

" Yeah, right! "

Agreeing with the girl while still feeling a flood of disappointment without even knowing the cause the boy walked beside the girl with no questions.

But still trouble always finds the way to the girl no matter where she was.

........

Walking back , the two met with a commotion in an alleyway and Na-ra who is an certified curious girl , walked to the commotion only to met with some bandits harassing a blind girl who was pleading for help while everyone around them just kept watching .

" Someone help me!! "

Without wasting another second Na-ra step in as she beat one of the bandit's hands by her umbrella prying off the girl's hair while everyone around them looked stunned at the girl while yul stood beside her not stopping her rather looking out .

" How dare you drag a woman's hair like that?.... "

Na-ra's eyes were cold and firm just as her words , even the warm breeze around them felt chilly at the moment .

" I have a reason for doing this, so please just go on your way young lady.. "

The bandit eerily voiced out clearly partially intimated however partially irritated too seeing the nobles in their way.

" I cannot see, and do not even know who they are! Please save me!!"

The blind girl who was in the ground pleaded with her hands as Na-ra's eyes softened at the girl.

" You little- "

The bandit raised his hands trying to attack the girl on the ground however just as he raised his hands Na-ra hit the guys arms with her umbrella and kicked him away while the other bandits catched him before he could hit the ground.

" There are so many idiots who think they can just stomp on the weak and be superior... "

Na-ra muttered under her breath as she reminisced about her little fragment of past relating to this situation.

" GET THEM !! "

The bandits who was clearly angered charged at her while yul who was only standing beside her joined the little play.

The two beaten up the bandits with very light hits until Na-ra got annoyed and pointed her umbrella like a sword to one of the bandits who seemed like their leader who's eyes widen in shock with realization.

" They are mages.... Let go!! "

By that, the bandits ran away from the scene knowing it's best not to interfere any longer while yul turned to Na-ra scanning her from head to toe.

" Are you okay?? "

Na-ra nodded with a warm smile adoring her face as an reply . She turned her head to the blind girl who was in an awe until now, however she quickly put back her facade as an blind,which gone unnoticed by the two.

" Are you okay? Can you stand?? "

Na-ra stooped low to the ground checking the girl if she had gotten any serious injuries as the girl, slowly stood with her help.

" Thank you... You both..."

" No, it's okay... But are you okay?? Would you like to come with me to treat those wounds??.. "

Na-ra gently asked while glancing at the girl's lip's corner where a beed of blood coloured .

Na-ra letting out a sigh took out her kerchief gently placed to the wound, which the girl flinched in her touch.

" Thank you for your concern... But it's just a minor injury, I'm okay. "

Na-ra Nodded with complete understanding placing her kerchief on to the girl's hands which she hesitantly took , I mean who in their right mind would leave with some stranger who just they met right?..
( 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 . 𝙸𝚏 𝙷𝚠𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚒𝚗- 𝚑𝚢𝚞𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚖𝚎 100000% 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚏𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜.)

" They look like dangerous men. You should ask the authorities for help. "

Yul who was silent until now suggested as Na-ra nodded her head in agreeing with his words.

" We can take you there if you want to. "

" That is all right. I do not need their help. "

The girl completely turned off their help not wanting to pry the two more than she has as she moved to try to find her cane which was broken by the bandits.

" Your cane is broken... Here. "

Na-ra held the girl's hands as she placed her umbrella, while the latter looked partially confused and stunned by her actions.

" This is an umbrella... You should use this as an cane for the time being. "

The girl slightly bowed in gratitude before she walked away from the two. While the duo didn't even for a second thought that this encounter would be changing their lives upside down......

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