from cemetery and rested myself on the couch. The words that the old man said to me was still lingering in my ears.

Be kind.

That's the key to be remembered even when you're not around. Maybe I should had practice it a long time ago.

I heaved a sigh and rubbed my face with both my hands gently. Aera was nowhere to be seen. Maybe she was still asleep.

I think I should go upstairs and cuddle a little bit more with her. It would be great. So, without wasting any time, I got up from the couch and slowly walked to my room since she slept in my room last night.

I wasn't thinking about anything when I was walking. Until I remembered about the mysterious wound on my left arm. I stopped and pulled up my sleeve to see if the wound was still there.

Surprisingly, it disappeared. I didn't see anything on my arm. There was nothing. Where did it go?

I had been questioning myself. How can a wound disappeared just like that? Is it even possible? I don't know.

Relieving a deep sigh, I walked past my room and got into Aera's room instead. I planned to cuddle with her but I didn't know why I suddenly felt like checking her room. I barely visit her room so why don't I do it now, right?

My hand made its way to the doorknob and opened it. Once the door was opened, the sunlight flashed on my face brightly. Why do her room was so bright? Unlike my room that was covered with thick curtains.

Casually, I walked into her room and sat on her bed. The bed was big but not as big as mine. Maybe it was one of the reasons why she loves to sleep in my room. I think I need to get her a new bed. So that she'll get more comfortable.

Then, I turned my head to the front and I saw my painting was hung on her wall. I gave her the painting because she admired it so much. I don't what's so special about it but she seemed like loving it so much. It was only a picture of a boy holding a red rose. Nothing much to impress.

"Jimin " a girl voice suddenly called my name and I turned to the right, where the voice came.

"Aera " I smiled at her.

"What are you doing here? I thought I was cuddling with you. Instead, I hugged the pillow " she rolled her eyes to show that she was mad. I let out a small chuckle and patted the bed. "Here, sit with me. " I said and she just nodded.

"Why? " she asked after sitting beside me. Looking at her morning face, making my heart fluttered. "Did I ever tell you that you look so cute before? " I asked, still had my eyes on her.

Getting awkward by what I said, she turned away. "Why'd you say that out of the blue? " she asked shyly.

"Because you're really cute. " I said gently as I took her head and put it on my shoulder. Wrapping my arms around her, I pulled her closer. She giggled softly and snuggled on my chest. "Why are you being such a sweet talker right now, hm? " she asked.

"I'm not, Aera. I'm just telling you the truth. You're really cute. For real. " I said. Why it was so hard for her to just accept the fact?

"You're talking nonsense " she still denied the thing I said to her. "Btw, what were you doing in my room? " she changed the topic. I stopped caressing her hair and looked down. "I was looking at the painting I gave you. I can't believe that you hung it up on your wall. You make me feel special " I smiled.

She suddenly frowned and pulled herself off from me. Then, she crossed her arms. "What are you saying? You are special. Even without me, you're still special. Everyone thinks you're special. It's just you who think you are not. So, please stop thinking nonsense. I don't like it " she stated seriously.

I stared at her for a few seconds and bursts out laughing. Confused by my sudden laugh, she looked at me and raised her eyebrow. "What are you laughing at? I didn't make any jokes. " she started to get mad.

"No, you look cute when you're nagging. If I know you'd look that cute, I'll always make any trouble just to see you mad at me " I joked to see her reaction. I thought she would sulk or start blabbering at me. But she didn't. Instead, she just stared at me.

"You know what? I nag because I love you. I don't want to see you thinking negative about yourself. Because you're a absolutely star for me. Some precious that I'll never want to let go " she said, making me stopped. She said she won't let me go. It has a deep meaning. I knew it. It was sincere from her heart.

I didn't know what happened to me but I couldn't open my mouth. I can't even utter a word. What I could was smiling genuinely at her.

"I love you, Park Jimin "

"Sir, are you coming to work, today? " Jimin's secretary asked him through the phone call.

Jimin, who was fixing his tie sighed and answered him "I'm getting ready now. Tell all the staffs to be prepared because I'll start the meeting once I get there. "

"Alright Sir. I'll wait for your arrival at the main door. If there's nothing else, can I end the call? " he asked and Jimin hummed in response.

He put his phone into his pocket and took his things. Then, he was about to walk out from his room. But not until he noticed that Aera was sitting beside his desk. "Aera? Since when you are there? I didn't notice you " he said

The girl who was busy scanning his whole room finally looked at him. She just realized that she was caught doing unbenificial things. With a grin, she answered him. "I came in 10 minutes ago and you didn't even notice me. So I just sit here " she patted her seat.

"Well, that's fine. But I saw you were looking around my room. What are you searching for? " he still had some time to chat with Aera even he needed to attend a meeting. But there's no harm since he's the boss.

Aera closed her wide opened mouth and cleared her throat. "Actually, I just realized that you don't have any mirror in your room. I'm just- wonder why. " she stated and looked at Jimin.

"I still remember when you went out of control and you broke the mirror by yourself. It was amazing that you could break such a big mirror. But, since then, you don't even replace the mirror with a new one. Why? " she asked without thinking any deeper. It might make Jimin felt uncomfortable.

Jimin frowned after hearing her question. He didn't expect that Aera would ask him that. He thought she didn't pay any attention about his room. He sighed and looked up at her.

"It's because I don't need it to be in my room. For me, it's not necessary. " he answered, relaxed. His face had no emotions on.

"Then how can you know if you look good or not? Well, all of us need mirror to see our reflection. So that we'll know if we're looking good or not. " Aera said.

Jimin clenched his jaw and shoved his hands into his suit pockets. "Actually, some people don't need mirror to see if they're looking good or not. Besides, I'm always looking good so there's no problem if I have no mirror " he answered.

"And.. " he added to make Aera looked at him.

"I hate seeing my own reflection. Why? Because instead of showing how good I look, it keeps showing me my weaknesses and how bad is myself. It never shows me any goods. " he said and walked out from the room. Aera was surprised when he suddenly left her like that without saying anything. She started to get worried.

"Did I say something wrong? Or did I hurt his feelings? Duh, I shouldn't ask him those stupid question! " she pinched her mouth. She got up from the seat and ran out to chase Jimin but he was already gone. Heaving a deep sigh, she sat on the couch and stared at the marble floor.

"I'm sorry, Jimin. "

Aera was doing nothing since she was jobless. But at least she has Mrs Song and Uncle Seon to accompany her and talk with her. So she wasn't that lonely.

She had spend almost 2 hours talking to Uncle Seon about life. And now, it's time for her to get into her room because Uncle Seon needed to do his works. He needs to make sure he had done all the chores before Jimin got home. He didn't want Jimin to be in a bad mood just because of him.

He wants to be the best employee of him. + he secretly wants to be the one who'd console him when he's upset and the one who will be by his side all the times. No matter how hard the situation would be, he'll always be with him.

"Let's see what I can do now " Aera sighed as she rolled herself on the bed. Feeling bored by always watching the television, she decided to open her laptop. She wanted to make some clothes designs. She may has no work now, but designing always have been her passion. She can do nothing to forget her designer world.

She clicked on the Microsoft Word and started designing some trending designs. It's so obvious that she enjoyed herself while putting on some decorations on her designs. She loves that the most. It had been a week she stayed at home without doing nothing so it really helped her to ease her boredom away.

As she was busy with the design, a notification from KoreaNews popped up on her phone noty. Her hands that was busy sketching a blouse stopped and she looked at her phone with a glance. But then, she ended up opening the news because it was about Jimin's dad.

KoreaNews

Our beloved President, Park Junghwan was seen at Seoul's Orphanage. The Orphanage owner, Ru Uhji stated that the President gave them some money for the orphans. Thank you, President!

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Aera furrowed her eyebrows and nodded slowly. "Such a good hearted person he is. Yet, Jimin still hates him. I have no idea what's their problem. Yes, he may neglected him but I'm pretty sure he has regretted all his mistakes. Why can't Jimin just forgive his dad? " she mumbled and turned off her phone. She shrugged and decided to just continue with her sketching. She didn't want to interrupt his family business. She was afraid she might hurt his feelings again as she did this morning. She still felt so bad about what happened between them.

Jimin reached home after struggling for the whole day at office. Now, it's finally time for rest!

He parked his car under the porch and walked into the house. Tiredly, he took off his shoes and arranged it on the shelf. Usually, it was Uncle Seon's task. But since he wasn't there, Jimin just did it by himself.

On the other hand, Uncle Seon was actually watering the plants at the garden. But when he heard some sounds in the house, he decided to go in and check.

He was surprised when he saw Jimin was already home and he was already sitting on the couch. He felt so bad because he didn't wait for him at the front door today.

Lowering his head down, he made his way to him. "You come back early today, Sir. I thought you'll be home a bit late today. I'm so sorry for not taking your things in the car. You needed to carry it by yourself. I'm sorry. " he apologized because Jimin did his work.

Jimin shook his head and smiled. "It's okay. Not a big matter " he said.

Uncle Seon knew that Jimin had change his personality from a cold hearted person to a warmer one. But it was rare to see him smiling at him. But just now, he just did it. Uncle seon was absolutely happy when Jimin smiled at him.

"You've such a beautiful smile, Sir. Hope to see you smiling all the time. " he said what was in his heart. Jimin loved his comment. "Thank you. " he said.

"Btw, where's Aera? She'll wait for me usually. Is she's at her room? Why's this house is so quiet? " he asked, looking around to find her figure.

"Oh. Ms Aera is in her room now. She just got in a few minutes ago. " Uncle Seon answered. A grin showed up on his face and he nodded his head. "Okay then. I'm going to see her now. You can do your things or go rest yourself. You must have been so tired after working hard the whole day, right? Just rest already. " Jimin said and he patted Uncle Seon's shoulder gently.

Uncle Seon just smiled and him and nodded. "Thank you, Sir. " he said and walked away to his room.

Jimin went up the stairs and walked to Aera's room to see her. He missed her already.

As he made his steps to her room, he saw her shadow was near to him. So he stopped on his spot.

He wanted to know what Aera was doing so he tried to peek on her secretly. To it happens, he needed to hide behind the wall.

Quietly, he stepped closer to her room and tried to see what she was doing. At first, he thought she was doing something funny or dumb. But actually, she was not.

There, he saw Aera was standing right in front of her mirror while staring to her reflection. No- she wasn't staring at it. She was trying to study her own reflection.

"Jimin only sees weaknesses in his reflection. But why don't I? " she sighed.

"I have been studying my reflection for two hours. Yet, I still don't know how to see my weaknesses. " she sighed.

"Maybe because I haven't really know myself yet. I don't know what's my real weakness. " she shook her head. She didn't notice that Jimin was right behind her wall.

To be true, Jimin started to feel bad. Because of him, Aera wanted to find her weakness. That's not necessary. For him, no one should know about their weaknesses. Because it'll make them feel bad, worst and unwanted. It'll leads to insecurities.

Exhaling his breath, he walked into Aera's room. "Why'd you do that? " he asked directly as he stood in front of her. Aera didn't know that Jimin was already home so she startled a bit.

"Since when were you here? " she asked.

Jimin put both his hands on his waist and shook his head. "That's not important. Now, tell me why did you do that? " he asked Aera.

Aera had no idea about what he wanted to know because she didn't know that Jimin saw her previous actions.

"Do what? " she asked, clueless.

Jimin scoffed. "Why are you looking for your own weakness? Are you insane? None of us want to know our weaknesses but you're different. What's your motive? " he asked madly.

"Is it wrong to know about my own weakness? There's no harm with that, okay?" she talked back to him.

"You're just wasting your time. No one wants to know about their weakness. All of us want to be seen perfect. Knowing your weaknesses will just destroying your life. You won't enjoy your life because you'll feel you're not good enough. Please, don't do that to yourself. Just let me be the only one. I don't want to see you sad or feeling insecure about yourself. I want you to see yourself as a perfect person. " he confessed.

The girl in front him just blinked her eyes as both of them were staring at each other. Actually, Aera didn't know what to say to him after he shot her with those words.

She knows he meant it and he has experienced it before. Because Jimin is a wise man. He doesn't want people he loves to get hurt or feel like he feels. Just let him hurting alone. That's is life motto.

A deep sigh was relieved by Aera. After a small smile showed up on her face, she held Jimin's hand and looked up into his dark hazel eyes. His eyes pierced into hers as if their eyes were trying to talk to each other. Eyes have their own language.

Usually, she'll only see his desperate soul seeking for help. But now, she doesn't. Since Jimin changed to a warmer and soft hearted person, she never sees that cold soul of his. His eyes weren't trying to ask for help anymore. Instead, they were trying to tell Aera that she means everything to him. She means the world to Jimin.

She smiled. "You don't need to mad at me. I know you love me. You don't want to see me getting hurt, right? " she asked softly and rubbed his hands gently.

"Of course. Who in the world wants to see their beloved ones getting hurt? No one will. Especially me. " he stated.

Realizing that her heart flutters, she gave him a happy look and hugged him. "But you shouldn't hurting yourself too. You need to love yourself before others. That's how love works. " Aera said, but there was still a smile on her face. She knows that she's so lucky for having Jimin in her life. There are so many girls that want to be his girl. But she was the chosen one to stay by his side. Knowing the fact, she felt so blessed and thankful. Nothing could describe how grateful she was.

"Jimin, make sure you love yourself. Okay?" Aera asked.

He sighed and nodded his head. "Yes. I do" he said. But his eyes didn't seem like he was telling her the truth. He lied.

But I love you more than yourself. I'd rather to give my life just for you-

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