"Do you like me?" that's what Hyun asked before she stepped into her house.
"Me? I like you of course…you're my best friend!" she punched his shoulder and he went in with a gloomy face.
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"He's really weird…if he asks that question again, my heart will drop!" she shoved her face into the pillow. Her cheeks were blushing and she's imagining if they were in a relationship. It must be very happy~
Next week has arrived and it's the day when Hyun and Nayoung need to present their drama scene in front of the class.
"For real…I hate this…" she said, after a few minutes surrounded with anxiety.
"Hmm…" Hyun kept focusing on the drama in front of the class.
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"Jinseo, put these corpses away. I hate when it's in front of me…" the drama between boy and girl kept going.
The class cheered when they heard that kinda extreme dialogue.
"Under your command Sir. I'll chop it into 13 pieces and burn it…" a girl saluted him and after a while, he didn't hear her footsteps walking away.
"Hina, are you—" he turned around and saw she's holding a gun that pointed directly to his forehead.
"What are you—!?" Jinseo held the gun but Hina managed to push him down and pointed at the back of his head.
"Don't play with the gun if you can't take the bullet…" she said and shot his head.
Everyone was cheering and clapping. The class became crowded and the teacher gave a big clap to them.
"That's a good action! I like it!" the lecturer said and both of them stood on their feet and bowed.
"We worked for that!" Jinseo said proudly and Hina giggled.
"I like the plot twists at the end, you guys are really good at bringing the genre. I can give you full marks in this!" he praised.
All of them clapped and both of them went back at their seats.
"Okay next, Nayoung and Hyun! They'll bring a modern romance! Come in front" the teacher invited.
Both of them stand on the stage, facing each other.
"And…action!" the teacher sitting back at the chair.
With an emotional face, Hyun looked deeply into her eyes. There's an emotional expression that he can't tell.
"Mianhae, Hyun-ssi…I can't be with you…" her head lowered as their fingers crossed each other's.
"What do you mean? I thought we promised to be until we reached heaven?" he frowned and he tucked her hair.
"But my condition wouldn't let us do what we want…I got cancer and there's only two months left, it's been confirmed and I'm afraid, I'll leave you alone…" she wrapped her hands over his arms.
Her head laid on his chest. His hand ribbed her back.
"If that's what fate wants to tell us, let's just get along with it, okay?" he looked into her eyes and wiped her tears on her cheek.
"But I can't, I know it'll be very painful to see you alone. I want to be with you for the rest of my life…" she holds his palm.
"Then be with me for the rest of my life, if you can't…let me follow you…" he said.
Other students were biting their nails and blinking. Why did it feel like watching a kdrama?
"No…maybe death will not accept you now, and so do with life that pushes me away…" she's sobbing.
"Let's make memorable days until the last breath of yours, okay?" his eyes started to glassy and she nodded, agreed.
He grabbed her cheek and pulled their faces near each other. Nayoung was quite shocked to see his action as it wasn't what they were planning for.
All of them were hoping and moving forward to see the scene from Hyun but he did a plot twist by putting their forehead together.
Most of the students were stunned and freezed, they're hope to see a kiss scene wasn't that high.
"I love you…" Hyun said with shut his eyes.
Nayoung didn't know if the words were real or just for the scene because it's not in the dialogue. But she went along with it.
"I love you too, I love you more…" she said and their eyes met.
Hyun couldn't hold it anymore and shoved her lips onto his. She stole his first and he stole her first.
Everyone was cheering like crazy after being given a fake hope. They clapped and whistled to both of them. Nayoung and Hyun let go of each other and they went back to reality.
"Woah! That's so realistic!! I can feel the emotion and it's kinda a real feeling from both of you! Amazing!" the lecturer gave a round of applause.
"Thank you seonsaengnim…" both of them bowed.
"But I'm wondering if that scene just now was real! I mean, feelings towards each other, love! Right?" he asked the students.
They rapidly nodded.
"You misunderstand us, we're just brought the character. There's no more relationship than friends…" Hyun explained before she could even open her mouth.
She looked at him with her heart teared apart. There's one feeling where she can't even tell how hurt his words are to her heart and feelings.
"Ouh! Maybe you guys are good friends! There's a strong bond between both of you, but everything was great, keep your good job!" he said.
Both of them sitting back at their place, Nayoung still stunned with what just happened. She felt that moment was just a few seconds and she wants a bit more time to stay in it.
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"Okay! I love and am happy with all of your performances! From action, romance, suspense, thriller, horror and more! It feels like I am in a theater…I hope to see all of you being part of a theater movie for this year but it's just an option~" he announced.
The bell rang and everyone went out. This time, Hyun went out without waiting for Nayoung. He's acting weird all day long and it makes her curious about what happened to him.
"Yah Hyun-ssi! Why are you rushing?" she asked.
"I want to go somewhere…don't follow me…" he ordered and it made her stop right away.
"Are you going to work tonight?!" she inquired but he just stopped a while and started to walk again without answering her.
"I take that as yes…" she mumbled.
Nayoung turned back and walked to the dance hall, alone. She decided to practice alone for tomorrow's night. At the night event for the last semester, each of the partners will present waltz as a main dance and can be followed by at least one extra dance such as tango, foxtrot or quickstep.
"I'll present to him a tango!!" she said with courage.
For hours, she practiced alone and suddenly heard someone clapping after she finished her dance.
"That's great! Congrats!" Seoknam entered the hall, he spotted her at the hall's door since she started dancing but didn't disturb her.
"Seoknam-ssi…since when you're here?" she asked.
"Since I heard audio from outside of the hall, I was walking through the path~ you were practicing?" he walked near her.
"Yeah, we're gonna have an event tonight right…so our department needs to present a waltz dance and an extra ballroom dance as our final marks," she explained.
"What kind of waltz can I know?"
"Viennese waltz~ it's a ballroom dance…"
"I know~ you already got a partner?" he was playing with the pen on the table.
"Yeah! Hyun was my partner…" sorrowfully she said.
"Ouh, that guy…do you know that thing about him?" he asked with thousands of suspense to make her curious.
"Huh? What things?" she was clueless, there's less rumors she heard about Hyun but most of it just about relationship rumors, there's no more.
"A secret that he keeps…" he added.
"What is it?" she asked.
"A few weeks ago, I saw him, but the demon version…it had wings that lit up like a burning fire. There's also one more demon that was with him. I saw he had sharp fangs and his eyes were devilish" he explained dramatically. With all of the expressions, Nayoung was frowning.
"That's totally nonsense! How can he become a demon?~ are you knocking your head somewhere?!" she laughed out loud with tears.
"If you don't trust me…I'll show you…"he said with a serious tone, his eyeglass shining with siren eyes behind it.
"Okay, I'll follow you but if you lie, treat me to lunch tomorrow!" she pointed and smirked.
"Deal…" he smirked and made a pinky promise with him.
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It's 8 o'clock and she's waiting for him to come to the restaurant.
"Are you waiting for Hyun-ssi?" Joowon asked.
"Ye— eh! Who wants to wait for him!!" she denied even though that's what she was about to admit.
"Okay then, I know that admitting was hard but you can give it a try at least~" he teased.
"Who wants to give it a try?!" she stands and reddening was all over her face.
"The cat was already out of the bag~" he made his poker face and faced her, proudly.
"Both of you were noisy…the customers will run away…" Hyun entered the kitchen suddenly.
"Ouh! Hyung! You heard our conversation just now?" he excitedly asked.
"No…and I don't want to know…" he ignored.
"C'mon hyung~ I got hot news~" he winked at Nayoung.
"Yah! Joowon-ssi!!" she snapped.
Both of them went to the back kitchen and closed the door. Luckily there's no one in there.
"Where are you just now?" Joowon changed to his serious tone.
"At the portal door, I still can't get through it…" Hyun told him.
"There'll be no way for you to get back into the hell palace except finish your studies here…our magic wasn't that strong." he explained while leaning at the wall.
"I can't believe that I was in the stage of incubus power…it's very limited!" he grumbled.
"Yeah…so…can I have a taste? Hyung~" he winked at Hyun and walked towards him.
"You're really not a picky one right?" he asked in annoyance.
"Nope~ cause I'm full of curiosity~" he grabbed Hyun's shoulder and groped it.
"Don't even try it…" Hyun pushed his hand aside and went to get an apron.
"C'mon Hyun-ah~ just—!!" before he finished, Joowon accidentally slipped and grabbed Hyun down with him.
Joowon was laid on Hyun's chest and Hyun almost knocked his head on the floor. They looked at each other's face and suddenly, Nayoung opened the door. All of them meet each other's eyes.
Nayoung was so shocked that she accidentally dropped the tray. She looked away and bowed immediately.
"S-sorry for d-disturbing!" she closed the door.
"Nayoung-ssi!" Hyun called her but the door shut immediately. He roughly pushes Joowon aside and chases her out.
"Did I just be a green tea in someone's relationship?…" he was stunned while widened his eyes.
"Nayoung-ssi! I can explain!" he grabbed her wrist and she brushed it away. Nayoung gets into the toilet and he can't step into it.
"Nayoung!" he called but there's no response.
Meanwhile Nayoung was in the toilet, facing the sink's mirror with tears flowing down from her eyes. She's wondering if he saw that just now, her teary line in the eyes. Probably not…
After a while in the toilet, she walked out and Hyun pinned her down at the wall. his face was facing down before slowly looking deeply into her eyes.
"Why are you running away? I was trying to explain…" he started.
"You don't need to explain, I know that was an accident…" she replied.
"Then why are you running?" he continued.
"That was so awkward that I become embarrassed~" she tried to put on a smile.
"I see…by the way…" he let go of her from the pinned.
"For tomorrow night, can you get another partner for the dance? I can't join the event, something comes up…" he told her without feeling guilty.
"Ouh…Haha, don't worry~ I also can't attend because the boss wouldn't give me the permission…" she replied with her heart screaming inside. Lying to him so that he'll not feel bad or hurt herself without her realizing?
"Okay, then, see you the day after that night's event…" he walked away just like that.
She slowly sat down and hugged her legs, just now was the most hurt moment she ever felt. Why does he need to lie? Why can't he just tell the truth?
Is it because she told him that she hates demons? Did he think that she's gonna hate him even though he revealed himself?
"I know everything Hyun-ssi…I know…" she mumbled while her head laid at the wall and the tears flowed down again. Will it ever stop. After day by day, she keeps that feeling for him but he's totally lost to her words that 'she hates demons'.
He didn't even try to confess.
"Did I need to move first?" she shoved her face into her arms.