by: @hapigurl_

I'm currently resting here in the clinic. It's boring, yet the nurse does not allow me to go to my classroom, saying that I badly need to catch up with our subject. Someone told her to not let me go out of the clinic and to make me rest for a while.

Seriously? It's not like I will die if I walk.

I yawned, "Nurse, let me go, please."

"Aniyo, you can't. You're injured," she said, looking at me with a serious look. "May I ask you?"

I looked at the nurse curiously, "Yes? What is it?"

"Are you close with Taehyun?" She asked

In my dreams, I think.

I shook my head, smiling at her, "We're not close. Why did you ask?"

"Nothing." She quickly replied, giggling as she ran back to her office.

After a couple of minutes, I noticed her walking out of her room. She gave me a phone, so I frowned. "What is this?"

Instead of answering my question, she just smiled at me and pointed to the screen of her phone. I looked at it and I saw my sister's name. She's calling! Before I could answer the phone, I glanced at the nurse, and it seemed like she got what I wanted her to do, so she rolled her eyes as she walked out.

I answered the call, "Y-yes?"

"Lee Chaeryeong! Where the hell are you?She said, angrily.

I scoffed, "What now, Mom?"

She yelled.

"Because I don't want to be with any of you!" I yelled back, having difficulty stopping my emotions, "I'm sick of being with my own family! I'm sick of being with all of you! I'm sick of staying in your house!"

It seemed like the nurse heard me, so she quickly opened the door of her office, but I signaled her to go back to her room. I'm glad that she closed the door when I told her to.

"How dare you yell at me?! What kind of daughter are you?! You shameless girl!" My mom shouted over the phone, and that made me cry.

If I go back to that house, I am not going to be happy. They are making me suffer and making me feel like I am a maid who needs to obey everything they want me to do, even if I am tired, unstable, sick, or even if it's dangerous for me. They will lock me up and they will hurt me.

"I can't! Please, stop finding me!" I said as I turned off the phone and put it back on the side table.

I wiped my tears away as I looked at the door. I saw Taehyun, who's now looking at me without showing any emotions at all.

I looked away, "Go away."

"You're crying, am I right?" He asked as he entered the clinic. His voice sounds different. It's soft. He sat beside me as he offered me his handkerchief, "You can cry."

I just looked at it, but I got startled when he scratched the back of his neck with a hint of annoyance, so I asked him, "W-why?"

"Sigh! You're not going to take it?" He asked, and I had no choice but to take it and wipe my own tears, "What's the-"

"Why are you suddenly acting like that? Acting like a good friend?" I asked, looking at his handkerchief.

I heard him sighing, "Okay, fine. I came here to give this bag to you. You can go home now. Bye." He said as he stood up and prepared to leave me.

"Wait!" I called him, so he stopped walking and said, "I can't walk. How can I go home if that's the problem?"

"Lee Chaeryeong," he called, letting out a heavy sigh.

"No, no! I know that I caused you a lot of stress or trouble. I mean, I don't... "

"Stop acting like a slow-witted person. Don't you ever act like that again, especially in front of me," he said.

I looked at him, "Sorry..."

He said, and that made me stop and look at him in shock. I can see his eyes trembling, but he still looks at me and says, "I hate it. I hate someone who acts cute in front of me."

I was too stunned to speak. I don't know what to say because my heart keeps beating so fast as if it's going out of my chest. What's wrong with me?

He grabbed my bag,"Do you want me to carry you like a bride or will you stand up there and try to walk until we reach the parking lot?" He asked me in his serious voice.

"Yes." I replied, rolling my eyes as I was trying to stand up slowly.

I saw him slinging my bag to his shoulder and looking at him from the back made him look so good and attractive. I can't believe that someone can look so cool and handsome with their back.

"You can hold your bag. Let's use it as your guide so it can prevent you from falling," he said.

A silence came between us. We just walked and no one tried to speak. I want to start a conversation because it's getting awkward, but I can't. He might get upset if I talk.

"Why were you crying earlier?" He suddenly asked, making me look at him.

"N-nothing. I just suddenly felt the pain in my sprained leg," I said. Obviously I'm lying, so I just smiled.

"I see," he said, making me feel at ease.

Thankfully, he fell for it-

"You're such a bad liar," he whispered, loud enough for me to hear it.

I looked at him with annoyance, "What?"

"Just walk, stupid," he said.

We're finally here at the parking lot. He didn't even ask me anything; he just put my bag inside his car.

"Are you sure that you are going to take me home?" I asked, but he ignored me.

"Why are you so slow to not understand what I am doing?" He sarcastically asked, holding my head to protect my head from bumping into his car while I was getting inside.

"Sorry," I sarcastically said, rolling my eyes.

He walked to the other side and entered the car. He just drives silently, and it's too awkward to be with him alone in his car. No one tried to speak at all, and no one tried to open the radio.

Until we finally reached my home. I was about to open his car when I saw another car in front of my apartment. I looked up to see the rooftop, and I saw a girl there. If I am not mistaken, it's Chaeyeon unnie, my sister.

"Why?" Taehyun asked.

Instead of replying, I just shook my head and looked down. I closed my eyes, thinking of what I should do to get away from her. Why is she here?

"Hey, I told you. You look like a loser whenever you look down," he said.

"I don't care!" I whispered, almost shouting.

"Why?" He asked again, so I signaled him to look at the rooftop, "Oh? What's wrong with them?"

I sighed, "Let me stay here for a while."

"Hey, answer me," he said.

"My family. They want me back," I said.

He nodded his head, "You should be happy, then. Your family wants you back."

"As if you knew." I scoffed, shifting my gaze to the window.

"Then let me know," he simply replied, as if it's easy to open up about my family problems.

"Who are you to say that?" I asked, completely annoyed by him, so he stopped. I looked away and he did the same thing, too. I hate it when someone wants me to talk about them.

I heard him sigh, "Fine. So what do you want me to do then?"

"Take me somewhere," I said.

He didn't answer. I thought he would be mad because he looks so serious right now. I can't even see any emotions in his face right now.

"If you just wanted... to be with me for a little while," I added.

"Of course." He said as he started the engine and drove away.

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