There was a huge fire on your neighborhood yesterday. Because the wind was strong, the fire grew bigger and bigger, it damaged a total of four houses including your household. Left with nothing, you and your mom struggled to find a new home since you lost everything in just a night. No friends, no comrade, you are an introvert in the class who don’t know where and who you will ask for help. So your mom decided to go back to her hometown to ask your relatives. Afraid you’ll skip your study, your mom asked a friend to keep you on their house while she is away. You have no choice but to agree to be in someone’s care for maybe one week? One month? Or for longer tome you thought it might be.
“Don’t be shy (y/n),” your mom’s friend welcomed you with big arms. “Feel at home.”
There is nothing wrong with Mrs. Choi: she is kind, thoughtful and she treats you like her own daughter. But the real problem starts with her son, Choi Seungcheol. He was your classmate since kindergarten, and until now you both studying in highschool. He is famous in your class; because he is handsome, outgoing and a football player of your school. Let’s not skip the fact that he is a guy who loves to annoy you since you were kids. Yes. He was and is an annoying childhood enemy.
“Wow! Can’t believe we are going to live under the same roof!” Seungcheol exclaimed while you are taking the path on the way to your new room together (or should we say, he is following you from behind).
You stood straight in front of your room’s door, not saying anything as if there is no one around you.
“That means I can annoy you 24/7. Isn’t that sounds exciting?” he giggled like a little kid.
You put your luggage down after a deep sigh. Calm down (y/n). This is just your first night with him. You can’t back down already.
Seungcheol leaned his hand on the room’s door as he stared at you from a closer view. “We can go to school together. And ride bus together.”
You glared at him. Taken back by your glare, he raised his brows while showing his infamous gum smile. “Right?” he even added.
“Can we act like we didn’t know each other at all?” you said in low tone.
His smile faded away. Seungcheol crossed his arms and leaned his back on that closed door. “That will be hard. I knew you since kindergarten. I’ve been bullying you since then. And I am the only who had the guts to talk to you in school. You have no friends because you never speak except if you are reciting an answer for each lessons. In short, I am the only one who witnessed your different reactions and heard your voice that long. Especially your annoyed reaction when I am near. That means I am an important person in your tiny world.”
If you’ll say you hate him right now, you thought he will feel even more happy. So you just shook your head and opened the door.
“Yah!” he exclaimed when he almost fall down because you suddenly opened the door. Whatever. You went inside and locked the door. “Hey! Let’s see each other tomorrow! Goodnight! Dream of me!”
Tomorrow morning, you woke up really early and ate the bread, you bought in the convenience store last week, before going to school.
No one knows about your situation. Simply because you choose not to let them know. Who cares? You have no friend so there is no need to put a drama.
While you are sitting on your desk, eyes looking outside the window and disregarding the noise around, someone put a box of strawberry milk above your desk. When you noticed it, you looked around to check who gave you that milk. Yet no one is tending on your way. Everyone treats you like an invisible, that’s what you think of. So who is it? Who will show you this kind of gratitude?
