hindsight | haerin x danielle | daerin

chapter 4

HAERIN'S POV

"I'm home,"

My voice echoed throughout the four corners of the living room. Such a big profound house and yet almost no one comes home.

I sighed. I love to be alone but I also want someone to be alone with me. My parents were never really here, if they are they'll only nag at me until my ears bleed.

Our house is huge but it feels suffocating somehow, it's like I couldn't breathe from all the space here

Maybe, I'll just review my notes in a nearby cafe or playground

It hasn't even been a minute yet when I turn the knob and walked away from the house, I need some fresh air.

I reached the playground and sat on a swing, I brought my things with me as I started highlighting and reviewing the important parts which I know will come out in the finals

My cheeks and legs were itching and the sun is setting, I turn on my flashlight and saw plenty of mosquito bites on my legs, I probably have one of my cheek too

I decided to continue at home eventhough it's lonely and kind of eery there, I don't have a choice.

I stood up but was surprised when Danielle came out of nowhere

"You scared the shit out of me," I hissed, I lost my cool.

She's staring at my face or more like my cheek, oh is the bite that bad for her to notice?

"Come with me, let's review in a cafe." She said nonchalantly

"I thought you won't bother me?" I scowled, I stared at her eyes trying to see if she's joking or not but all I could see were dark eyes staring back at me.

Danielle tilted her head like she's examining me, there was an expression of longing for a second there but it vanished just as quickly as it appeared

"I'm not, I just need a companion, plus you look like you'll be the bugs dinner if you continue to study here,"

We fell into silence, I was contemplating. Maybe, I kind of need a distraction right now.

I searched the other parts of her face that would give away if she's trying to prank me or not like a slight raise of her eyebrows if she's lying but all I could notice is her calm and perfectly curved brows.

I immediately looked away from it.

Unfair. Her eyebrows look good. But I wouldn't cave in, there must be something that would tell me that she's joking or she's gonna prank me like she always do

So my eyes scanned her face once again. I saw a perfect chance.

Her lips twitched

I stared at her lips for awhile and then I snapped.

"Let's go,"

"Took you long enough," She replied

There were no people as we silently walked our way to a cafe. We never really talked at school, we bicker a lot but these days I'm focusing on doing my things rather than give her what she wants.

I've always wondered why Danielle hated me.

She's never said it but I know she does.

"What do you want to drink? I'll pay," She offered

I opened my notes as soon as we sat on a table, "Anything would be great, I'm not familiar with the drinks."

She nodded. This is too unusual, if one of our batchmates sees us here, they'll make a fuss out of this

"I'm sorry about earlier, I didn't do it on purpose if you think so," Danielle's not looking at me, her eyes were darted outside when nobody's there

I shrugged, "It's fine. It already happened."

Silence.

"Can I ask you a question?"

"You're already asking," I replied

She chuckled, "Do you belive in time relocation?"

"Time travel? No." I responded and went back to reading my notes

"Why? Do you believe in it?" I added

She rested her chin on her hand, "Yes."

"Don't tell me you want us to debate over this and right outside the classroom too," I shake my head but now that she's got my attention, let's do this

"You're exactly right, so why don't you believe in time travel?" She asked while grinning

"Because humans have been alive for trillions of years and not one has come out nor proved the success of time travel. Most are a bunch of hoax," I replied

"It is possible though, it may not be now cuz we lack the technology and knowledge but it will be in the following years," She replied

Our drinks came and we were distracted for a second there

"Why do you say it's possible?"

"Speed of light. If someone somehow made something that can run like a speed of light, we will be able to go into the future. That's time travelling. Also, we can travel if we're transported outside the space time continuum," She sipped on her coffee while I hear her out

I found some lacking in her reason, there are too many holes.

"First of all, how can someone make something like a speed of light? No one can do that. Not even close to it, it's basically impossible. And you just said we can go into the future by it but how about going back into the past? And how are we going to be transported outside the space time continuum if we can't even make a technology that will be possible for time travelling?"

"I still believe it's possible. Nothing is impossible in this world, Haerin. I can literally make something that will operate through the laws of physics and make me transport it outside the space time continuum where there's no past, no future, non existence," Danielle's really into it. I wonder why.

"And how are you going to do that when I'm smarter than you," I smirked

Then cleared my throat, "And you're well aware of the butterfly effect, for sure. So even if it's possible.. time travel will only complicate things,"

Danielle only smiled but she didn't say anything about my remark instead she said

"I don't hate you."

My throat went dry. Since when did we talk like this? We were never close and we don't greet each other outside school

"I don't hate you too," I replied though I find how unusual this is

"I know," Her voice sounded in pain and before I could even say anything she stood up, paid for our drinks and left me alone

Danielle Mo is not acting like herself.