ALWAYS

XXXVII

She glanced outside through the window of the car...her forehead's creasing as she bit on her inner cheeks... she shifted her gaze away from the window... looking down on her lap, watching her hands gripping on the fabric of her dress... she then sighed, which earned a worried look from the old driver she's with...

The car has been parked in front of her campus for a while now... keeping herself in silence since she left the mansion raised curiosity to her driver... the old man watched her through the rear-view mirror...would put a slight smile on his face whenever he would see his young miss pout then sigh...

Seeing them together last night was like an answer to their prayers... finally a time seeing them not arguing and finally seeing his young master giving such affection towards his wife... just by observing them these past few days, seeing a vast change from his young master, he knew by then that something's forming between the two... such a pity for they're both holding back... may it because they are both oblivious to it... but a big part was because one of them is still compelled with his past... he may look unfair for not feeling sorry for Tzuyu, but seeing Rosé and Jungkook happy and especially being together just like last night... may the heavens punish him for wishing that Tzuyu would just let the two and find herself another man that would love her more than Jungkook did.

"Miss... aren't you going to your class yet...? You might get late on your first period..."

Rosé looked up to him... anxiousness written all over her face that made the old man got more curious about what's holding her back to go to her class...

Rosé let out a faint smile as her gaze dropped once again and bit on her bottom lip...

'You didn't do anything wrong... so why are you this afraid, Rosé...?'

She asked herself... only to sigh on her own thoughts...

'Will he really be there...?'

Her sad gaze landed on the window once again, watching the students passing by her car... thinking about what her husband told her yesterday...

And as if Mr. Lee heard her thoughts... finally getting the situation, a warm smile crept on the old man's lips...

"The young master even called me a while ago... telling me to drop you off to school early so you won't be late... he said he'll just see you there..."

The old man simply said not looking at her through the mirror... that made Rosé looked up, with clear hope and joy in her eyes... before her gaze shifted to the side and finally, a smile crept on her lips... the old man peeked on her and it warmed his heart to see the change in her mood... he then shook his head with a smile on his face and headed out to open the door for her...

'Kids these days, really... making simple things so complicated than they should be...'

He thought as he guided her out of the car...

Rosé then flashed him her warmest smile and startled the old man when Rosé suddenly hugged him tight.

"Thank you Mr. Lee..."

She whispered before she let go of the old man... Mr. Lee nodded and reached for her head and gently tapped it like a father to his daughter...

"You shouldn't worry too much about things... it would make you grow old fast..."

He teased, which earned a light chuckle from Rosé... "Arasso... I better go now Mr. Lee..."