"You're done? Let's go?"

Aera shook her head to her boyfriend, stroking his arm with a small smile. "No, you... You haven't finished, eat calmly, I'll go get some papers from the principal's office, I'll see you in the classroom, okay?" The girl finished, leaving a small kiss on Suho's cheek before leaving the place, leaving the boy there, confused.

She didn't want to tell him that she was going to look for Seojun because she needed her cell phone. She didn't want to create a problem that would be quite difficult to solve.

Aera arrived at the living room, bumping into Jukyeong, who was carrying a bag from a store, which looked expensive, although she doubted that its contents were from that store, because it was a makeup store, in her hand, the shorter one looked at her and quickly hid the bag behind her back, making Aera confused. "Is it for your friend that you thank for his help?" Aera's malicious smile made Jukyeong smile a little nervously, seeing the girl smile warmly, she swallowed hard. "Well go, I'll go look for Seojun".

She couldn't see the brunette's expression of confusion upon hearing that name, when she left the room in a hurry when she didn't see the boy in that place, walking through the hallways, looking for Seojun or one of Seojun's friends.

Aera's eyes fell on a large, thin figure, smiling, she approached quickly, taking the boy's arm before he walked away. "Jinsak". she called, releasing the boy once he turned around, the taller one looked at her with wide eyes in surprise.

What would little Sinag want for this one to be talking to him?

"Hello, Aera... Is something wrong?"

"Yes... Ah... By chance, have you seen Seojun?" The girl asked, the boy raised his eyebrows, blinking rapidly before asking what she had said, trying to know if he had understood correctly. "Have you seen Seojun? I have to talk with him".

The boy passed his eyes down the hallway, almost as if asking for help, they fixed on Aera once again, nodding, the boy smiled at her. "I think I saw him go with Chorong to the roof".

Aera smiled gratefully at his help, bowing slightly. "Thanks Jin, see you!" she said goodbye before walking excitedly towards the roof, happy that she wouldn't have to go hallway after hallway to find the boy.

Her hands pushed the door to the roof, feeling the cold wind hit her face and hair, looking for Seojun, she didn't find him, so she decided to move to the other corner of the roof, thinking she would find him there, she didn't find Seojun, but she did find Jukyeong.

The girl thought about whether she should leave or not, however, she did not have time to think when she heard the door in the other corner open, walking quickly and almost falling to the ground due to some boxes that were lying on the floor, she hid behind from one of the walls that separated the place, deciding to be a little nosy, Aera leaned a little so she could observe those present.

She wanted to know who this mysterious boy who liked strawberry ginseng was.

Her brow furrowed completely when she saw Suho standing in front of the girl, who even fixed her hair when she saw him enter. She couldn't hear the conversation well, so she decided to move around a little, trying to understand what the boy was doing in that place with Jukyeong.

Was that the guy she wanted to thank? Thank him for what? Had he helped her with something and she didn't find know it? Well, it's not that she had to know everything he did, but the thought that the girl had even thought about buying him strawberry ginseng, which was her boyfriend's favorite, made her feel a little uncomfortable.

What's more, how does she know that Suho likes strawberry ginseng?

Aera only watched as Suho took the gift bag in his hands, not being able to hear much of the conversation, but the mere fact that he had accepted the gift had bothered her, in addition to her, Jukyeong, who knew about the relationship between them. They both had, she was giving her boyfriend a gift, she didn't find it pleasant.

Well Aera, maybe she's really thanking him for something.

Although on the other hand, she could understand that she liked Suho, well, there were many girls who liked her boyfriend, and that was not what bothered her at all, what bothered her was that this one, being her friend, was doing that kind of thing for him. Come on, she's my friend and yet, does she want to steal my boyfriend or something? Why does she have to give him a gift? Feeling that new, bitter feeling run through her body again, she decided to just turn around and leave the place.

She didn't know what had happened, she didn't know what Jukyeong's intentions were, she didn't know if Suho was going to fall for that, she didn't know anything, but for the moment she was upset, upset because she didn't know anything, upset because of that new feeling in her chest. It was really irritating, and she just wanted to get away from them, from both of them.

"...Then why do you act like we're friends? Listen, I don't care what world you live in, come back to reality, I have a girlfriend and she's your friend, so have some respect for her and our relationship".

Suho said, turning around to walk towards the exit, being stopped by the girl again, this time, she grabbed his arm, which he immediately released. "Wait... Are you saying we haven't seen each other outside of school?"

"I don't know if you're trying to get my attention, but don't touch me again". The boy finished, turning around again, leaving the place, he was on his way to the stairs when he felt a body collide with his.

Suho's eyes lowered, widening a little at the sight of his girlfriend's recognizable dark hair, and he was going to stretch out his hand to touch her arm, however, she simply walked away, passing by him, hurrying down the stairs, like she was running away from something. Suho looked at that action with confusion, determined to know what had happened to her. "Aera... Aera stop". The girl did not listen, following her path as if nothing had happened, but going down the stairs even faster. "Jang Aera". That made the youngest stop for a second, sighing as she listened to Suho's heavy footsteps approaching, until they mixed with accelerated ones.

Aera's gaze went up, noticing how Jukyeong was going down the stairs, asking Suho to stop, the boy did, looking at her with wide eyes in annoyance, they went down to Aera, who just ran her eyes over both of them before snorting and lowering her head and going down the stairs while shaking her head.

Suho dropped the bag in annoyance, almost pushing the girl holding it, walking down the steps until he was standing in the hallway, looking to his sides, the boy grimaced in frustration, not knowing where Aera had gone. "Did you see where Aera went?"

The taller one asked a boy passing by, who nodded, pointing to his right, Suho thanked before running in that direction, stopping his steps when he saw the scene in front of him.

On the other hand, the girl walked down the hallway towards the classroom, or that was her destination before her body collided with another person's, Aera's eyes rolled as she saw those sharp eyes looking at her curiously and his thin figure standing in front of her. She was going to walk past him before the boy put his hand on the wall, stopping her again. "Little Sinag, what's the problem?"

"None, get off".

Seojun smiled at that tone, wanting to continue bothering her, he sighed almost sadly, looking ahead with eyes shining with malice. "None? Two teachers just greeted you and you ignored them, did the little ray of light get covered by ugly clouds or what?" The girl opened her eyes in surprise upon hearing that, looking at Seojun with some concern before looking next to her.

"Did I really ignore them?"

"That matters? Something is wrong with you". Seojun pointed out, putting his hand on her forehead with some force, making the girl stagger a little, but she managed to stop by his arm, holding it with some force due to the push she suffered.

Frowning, Aera only saw how he stretched his lower lip, with a grimace, as if he were concentrating. "What are you doing?"

"Taking your temperature". The boy responded in an obvious tone, now running his warm hands towards her cheeks, squeezing them a little, making her pout.

"Let her go". Seojun's eyes went up to that voice, the cocky smile disappeared from his lips, deciding to lower his hands from the older girl's face, because yes, the girl was older than Seojun by a few months, but still, she was his elder. "With what right did you do that?". Suho said in a serious, annoyed voice, approaching his girlfriend and taking her arm so he could get her away from the other boy, with whom he did not have a very pleasant relationship.

And he didn't expect to have one anytime soon.

"Now I have to ask for a signed right to be able to check if the little Sinag of Saebom is okay?". Seojun put his hands in his pockets, looking down at Aera, who seemed to want to get rid of her boyfriend's grip. "I'm not sure how your relationship works, but I think the one who has all the authority to tell me not to touch her is her". Seojun said, noticing the couple's discomfort, moving his eyes from her to the boy before sighing, he wasn't going to get into other people's relationships. "But it's fine, see you later, Sinag".

Aera saw the boy walk to the other side of the hallway, noticing his disinterested halo, but his tense back gave her to understand that he was not as disinterested as he looked. The girl let go of Suho's grip, without strength, only tugging on her hand reluctantly before returning to her pace, walking behind Seojun, who was heading to the same room as her. "Aera".

"I don't want to talk now, Suho... We'll do it later, okay? I have classes".

Suho stayed in the hallway, watching as his girlfriend walked into the room where she would have classes in a few minutes, sitting in front of Seojun, who said something to her before she denied and took out her drawing notebook. The brown-haired boy locked eyes with the taller one, who looked at him with a raised eyebrow before smiling evilly on his lips, and leaning back on his table, like he always did.

And he didn't know if he was doing it to upset his patience, or if it was really a fixation of his, but his hand took the girl's chair again, as if making sure that she wasn't going anywhere.

And he didn't like that, Suho felt annoyed again.

* * *

"Problems in paradise, beautiful sinag?"

"Damn it, Seojun, don't appear like that". The girl jumped with some terror when the boy suddenly appeared in front of her, she was leaving the building, and she was clearly not prepared for someone to jump in front of her way like that, and judging by the boy's proud look, she could tell that he had achieved his goal, which is why he had been waiting for her.

"Oh..." He pointed at her with his eyes open, stretching out his arm like his long thin finger, scaring the older girl when his finger almost hit her face. "Yes, you are upset".

"What are you taking about? Now, stop bothering". Aera complained, and began to walk to leave the place, being followed by an amused Seojun with a little smile, as if he were a child who had an evil plan or something, he was almost jumping next to her.

"I talk the truth. You don't curse unless you're upset... And from what I could see this morning..." Seojun stood in front of her with a jump, Aera put a hand in front of her to avoid colliding with his chest again, which made him take her hand without much force, but keeping it close to him while he himself leaned forward, staring at her and smiling and then whispered. "You and Suho are not in the best moment of your relationship".

"Like all, have problems, Seojun". The boy smiled when he heard that tone, not believing a single word, much less with that calmness that she seemed to have.

"Let me guess... Although it's difficult, it can't be a girl because..." The boy saw how Aera's eyes strayed from his, he opened his mouth before gasping heavily. "Is a girl...? Was Lee Suho seen with a girl?"

Aera just looked at him with displeasure before wanting to pass by him again, however the boy, with amusement on his face, did not let her, blocking her way once more, still with her hand in his. "So jealousy is what has you so... Sensitive.

"Idiot". She muttered.

"I'm surprised, really," Aera narrowed her eyes, she felt that he was making fun of her, especially because she had never accepted feeling jealous with anyone, it was a new feeling for her. Pushing the boy to let her go on her way home before Suho came out and had to think of something not to talk about it at that time, she cursed under her as she felt the shame growing in her. "My little ray of light, jealous of a girl, that's new... I didn't think I'd ever see it".

"Shut up, your little ray of light has been boxing since she was ten and she's not very happy". She muttered, making Seojun raise his hands in surrender, stopping when he saw Suho standing near his motorcycle, he looked at them with a serious look and could swear he was red with anger, that only made him feel good.

That's right, that's how it feels.

"I'm just saying..." Aera stopped to listen to him when she noticed that more serious tone, this one returned his gaze to her, now his eyes looked at her with that beautiful sparkle that she remembered, much more when he smiled at her a little, she knew that this time he was not joking with her. "You don't have to be jealous of a girl, I think you're pretty aware of that, Aera".

With that, the boy smiled at her once again, saying goodbye with a small wink, he went to his motorcycle, knowing that the girl would go on her way when he saw Suho in the place, he arrived at his means of transportation, without saying a word he got on it before putting on his helmet, however, as he was about to start, a hand grabbed his arm tightly, making him look in that direction as he felt the strong squeeze.

"What are you trying to do?"

"Me? Why do you ask?" he played dumb, pulling up the protector of his helmet to get a better look at Suho, of course he knew what he meant, but he knew how to make him angry, he wanted to make him angry, it had been his goal since he got off that plane. Suho looked at him seriously, he knew him, they used to be best friends, and he knew that he was trying to annoy him. "Do you say that for your girlfriend? Aera... She doesn't have grude, not like you".

"Grudge? Am I really the one holding a grudge?"

Seojun swallowed hard upon hearing that, it had sounded almost mocking and he didn't like it, pulling his arm away from his grip, he turned his gaze straight ahead with the discomfort starting to itch on the back of his neck. "You should go fix your problems with your girlfriend, before she finds someone to fix them with, don't you think?" He said, winking at him before slamming the protector off his helmet, leaning over to start the motorcycle and accelerate out of the scene.

One more second and he was able to deliver a punch to his face.

Suho looked in the direction where Seojun's motorcycle had gone, frowning at those words. Fix them with someone else... Seojun wasn't referring to himself, was he?

* * *

"Aera?"

"Uhum... Hello". Aera greeted Suho, who was surprised to hear the girl's call, already knowing that it was her house number. He kept it on his cell phone in case an emergency ever happened. "Are you at home?"

"Oh, no, is something wrong, are you okay?"

Aera swallowed with a grimace, scratching her forehead with her peach-colored fingernail, she opened her mouth. "I... I wanted to talk to you". Aera had always been a very proud person, especially when it came to fights or arguments, no matter how small, it was very difficult for her to have the courage to be the one to apologize first, even if she accepted her guilt, it would always be a problem to say I'm sorry. "I wanted to talk about what happened today and... Say sorry, I guess".

"Can't we talk tomorrow?"

Aera felt her brow pucker and her fists clench at those words, had he really said that to her? "What did you say?"

"I'm... Kind of busy now and... I do want us to fix this, baby, but... Could it be another time?" The girl was going to answer, thinking that maybe, he was doing something important, she wanted to be empathetic with him, she knew that things could happen suddenly, however, she was going to, if it weren't for that voice she heard just before she answered "I'm not late, right?" and even though Aera hadn't been able to distinguish the owner of the voice, she knew it was a girl.

And she thought about it, it wasn't Soojin, because she was easily not allowed to go out at this time, besides, that somewhat squeaky voice was nothing like hers, so her options were two.

Jubal or Jukyeong.

That annoyance grew back in her, and without saying anything else, she hung up, not wanting to hear anything more from him that night, even his voice would make her sick at that moment. Her mind flew to the conversation she had with Seojun that very afternoon, his last words had left her thinking all night.

"You don't have to be jealous of a girl, I think you're aware of that, Aera."

In some way, that had made her feel good, of course she didn't have to be jealous, she was Jang Aera, perfect grades, promising future, daughter of successful parents, future fashion designer, certified as a lyricist at seventeen, she was a good catch.

But there was something, something that just didn't leave her alone, and she didn't know if it was Jubal or Jukyeong, she didn't know if it was the fact that Jukyeong proclaimed herself her friend and was after her boyfriend, she didn't know if it was Suho seeing other girls secretly from her, she didn't know what it was. She didn't know, and that made her feel even more upset.

Her thoughts were cut off by the doorbell, Aera's bored steps reached the door, opening it without much desire, meeting a pizza delivery man, the girl raised her eyebrows when she saw him standing there and the man smiled at her in greeting. "Miss... Jang Aera?"

Aera's eyes narrowed, she hadn't ordered pizza, however, she just nodded. The man did so too before handing her the delivery with a smile. "Ah, excuse me... I haven't ordered any pizza...

"Oh no? Well then..."

"Wait... Is it already paid?" Aera pointed to the box in his hand, the man nodded, then Aera smiled. "Then it's fine, I'll keep it, thank you very much, have a good night".

"Miss... This was delivered to be given with the pizza". Aera took the paper in her hands before saying goodbye to the man and closing the door.

At least something went well in her day, free pizza.

The girl put the box on the table, opening it with excitement and ready to take her first piece, being surprised to see how it had small sun-shaped pieces of pepperoni and ham. Her hands felt the paper that the delivery man had given her, curiously, she opened it, finding a pretty but somewhat messy handwriting.

"Don't let an ugly cloud cover your pretty light, My little Sinag, enjoy the pizza. Ham and pepperoni. Your favorite, I still remember it."

PS: You owe me $7.50.

Aera laughed a little as she finished reading the note and looked at the pizza again, smiling a little tenderly when she saw the little suns made of pepperoni that were spread all over the pizza, her cheeks felt