Ace of Aces [ txtzy ] DISCONTINUED ⚠⚠⚠

chapter - 15: the anonymous letter

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Beomgyu splash his face with tons of water as he stares at himself in the mirror. Yeonjun and Taehyun shows up behind him and made sure the restroom was empty before they could talk.

"So ...," Yeonjun began. "How was it?"

Beomgyu was startke enough much to today's events. "W-what?"

Taehyun smirk, "how was kissing Shin Ryujin?"

Beomgyu dug his head as he had to hid he was blushing. "Her lips were soft."

Yeonjun suddenly squeals slapping Taehyun in the shoulders making the boy frown. "Ouch, hyung~ "

"Let's go back," Beomgyu suggested and went ahead.

Yeonjun and Taehyun exchanged mischievous grins before following him.

Soobin placed the yogurt before her. Lia mumbled a small 'thank you'. Right now they were outside in the school's deserted garden probably trying to breathe away from the eventful events of today. But Soobin was glad Ryujin acted like that, because Lia was grinning while possibly thinking of what happened.

"she's smiling."

"Why are you smiling?" she asked curiously, looking brighter now.

He smiles and ruffles her hair, "because you're smiling."

A faint brush of pink swept pass her cheeks but she looked away. "Oh. Look. There's a bird nest!"

Yes, there was. It's not everyday you see a bird nesting peacefully in the middle of a chaos. Soobin mumbled 'pretty' but obviously who would find a birds nest pretty unless it was that girl who sat next to him. Lia didn't noticed thinking he probably meant the birds.

"I just realized." she says out of the blue.

"What?"

"I haven't answered to your confession."

Soobin move his shoulders to face her, "so?"

She smiles at him. "I like you too."

He might've mentally did a back flip as he couldn't suppress the smile creeping up.

"But ...."

He appears monotonous at her 'but'.

"I'm comfortable with our current relationship, just two people who likes each other. I'm sorry if I disappoint."

Soobin forced a laugh, monotonous, "I- I understand."

Of course he wouldn't. Lia smiles sadly before continuing on sucking her straw. Soobin sat there in silence. He was disappointed, not on her but on him. Maybe he didn't pursue so much it failed to reach her, he thought.

"Or maybe I confessed at the wrong time."

He mentally sighed.

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Yuna did not mean to deliberately sneak through the files. It was her homeroom teacher who assigned her for cleaning duty today at the restricted section of the school. The teacher even made her swear she won't tell anyone she came here and that she shouldn't look through anything. Just clear the tables and leave. But did she? No. It's only normal for a teenager to go against her promise.

Yuna secretly stash the particular file inside her blazer, which surprisingly hid quite well. A smile lift her cheeks. She knows the girls at the other section's been investigating her death and that they'd fine this useful.