𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡 ;ʰˢʲ 『English Version』

Chapter XIX

The smile on Aera's face could not be erased, walking towards her tent, she thought about everything that had happened a few minutes ago, Seojun had offered to leave her in her tent, but she refused, saying that the principal used to hang around the place at night and if he saw them together, it would be a problem.

Aera felt, somehow, confused, another part, something in her heart didn't feel calm.

Suho maybe.

Suho had been the boy who had been with her in the moments when she needed someone the most, she wasn't going to deny that she had grown fond of the boy, and to a certain extent, yes, she came to love him, but to her, it was evident that her heart had never beaten the way it did when Seojun was around, and although the boy made her nervous, and made her feel at home, the feeling never felt like when it came to Seojun.

And that made her sad because, in her head, she started thinking that, perhaps, she had only started dating him because she wanted to forget Seojun, and it was a problem for her because Aera wasn't that kind of person, she didn't like to hurt others, not in such a heartless way.

Being so deep in thought, the girl didn't even realize that there was someone else walking towards the tent, when their bodies collided, they both fell to the ground due to the sudden slamming of bodies, Aera looked up immediately, seeing a face, familiar, in front of her.

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"I don't understand, why hide you like that?" Aera asked Jukyeong, yes, Jubal had turned out to be the same Jukyeong, although she already knew it herself, but she never fully thought about it.

"I... I asked the guys who bullied me at my previous school, why did they hate me so much?" She began, making Aera look at her more carefully, feeling quite interested. "They said it was because I'm ugly".

"Ugly". Aera muttered to herself, not understanding where that came from, yes, the girl had acne and a severe redness problem that she could treat with a dermatologist, but it was not to be considered ugly.

"They didn't like my face, just because, but when I started putting on makeup, the looks I got from people were... different".

Aera understood that, she had never been rejected because of how she looked, so, she couldn't really say that she understood her, that she understood what she had gone through, but she did understand what she meant when she said that people treated her differently after seeing a different part of her.

It happened a lot when they found out who her parents were.

"Ah, it must have been hard for you too, right? Don't get caught". She murmured, looking at the girl with a small smile, putting her hands in the pockets of her jacket.

"I was afraid that if people saw my natural face, they would move away from me". Aera nodded, fear could be heard in her voice, of course, it must be difficult. "I'm a loser, aren't I?"

"No, of course not". Aera quickly and sincerely denied. "We all hide things so we can look better in front of other people or simply because we don't want to be judged, there's nothing wrong with what you did". The eldest said, remaining silent for a second before leaning back on the bench where she was sitting, looking at the sky. "It's incredible".

"What?"

"For so long I thought that Suho was seeing two girls, Jukyeong and Jubal". She said with a giggle, lowering her gaze to see how the girl next to her seemed to tense up and get nervous at that, playing with her fingers, it even looked like she was about to cry. "I'm glad it was just you, Jukyeong, and I know you've been wanting to ask me a lot of things about our relationship, but just know that... There is no longer a relationship with Suho, we are good friends, no more than that, not anymore".