Chapter 466: Chapter 466
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Although I had expected that response, it was striking me dumb once I got to hear it. As if a metal ball was on my heart, my chest felt heavy and made me quite hard to breathe.
However, instead of expressing that pain, I put my hand on my chest, exhaled deeply, and said to myself, âKeep calm and carry on anyway. The person in front of me isnât just the one whoâs been dating me for half a year but also Yeo Dan oppa whom Iâve known for almost my entire life.â
Considering the close relationship between our families, we still had so many days to spend together afterward. Thus, we should make this end positively.
Keep saying to myself that way, I soon furrowed my brows again. How could we end our relationship in a good way? I mean, what on earth was actually a so-called good ending?
I wasnât even used to dating someone yet, but now I had to break up for the first time in my life even in a good way. How could we possibly do that? Could someone tell me how was it supposed to work?
At that moment, Yeo Dan oppaâs words returned.
âIâm sorry. Whatever it is, itâs me who has done things wrong, soâŠâ
I lifted my head in a daze and tossed a question.
âWHAT?â
âSo please donât tell me that you want to break up.â
After his last words resonated around my ears, I just blinked swiftly at a loss for words.
But didnât he just say sorry when I asked him if he had feelings for me? If he now spoke that way out of the blue, what was I supposed to do thenâŠ?
That was when he continued speaking as if he couldnât stand anymore.
âIâm aware that Iâve been behaving quite off these days, but please donât say that you wanna break up with me. If thereâs anything that hurts you or makes you uncomfortable, just let me know⊠Iâll do my best to fix them.â
ââŠâ
Still looking at him in perplexity, I flickered my eyes a couple of times then detached my lips.
âOppa,â I uttered, âIâm not trying to get angry at you. InsteadâŠâ
His face obviously brightened at my remark.
I continued, âThen why did you say sorry at my question before when you arenât trying to break up with me because you donât have feelings for me?â
Rolling his eyes, he hesitated to respond for a second. Yeo Dan oppa then replied, âThatâs because⊠it sounded as if youâre regretting our relationshipâŠâ
âEh? When did I say like that?â I asked.
âBut just nowâŠâ Keep rolling his eyes, Yeo Dan oppa seemed like he was slowly retracing my words. He uttered, âWhat you just said now⊠if you didnât fight with other kids⊠if you werenât feeling that painful, you would have not dating me. Isnât that what you meant?â
Feeling dumbfounded, I asked, âWhat are you talking about? Itâs rather me who thought that you asked me out even though you had no feelings for me since I was in that kind of situationâŠâ
Squinting his eyes, he spoke determinedly, âNo, never.â
âUh, um, I see, yeahâŠâ
As soon as I realized I had completely misunderstood the entire situation, a feeling of relief spread out from my chest, and at the same time, I felt shameful.
While I took a step back involuntarily, Yeo Dan oppa stuck his hand out as if he felt confused about those moves.
Anyway, I just got him wrong but also couldnât ignore his hand, so I just let him pull me closer and faced him at a very close distance. Feeling bewildered for a moment, I suddenly uttered, âUm, aside from thatâŠâ
âHuh?â asked Yeo Dan oppa while lowering his head to me.
I continued, âIf youâre aware that youâve been a little off, that means something has been disturbing or distracting you, isnât it? Tell me what that is. Just donât stand still wordlessly like earlier.â
âThatâsâŠâ
The look on Yeo Dan oppaâs face, which looked bright just until now, changed obviously again. After hesitating for quite a while, he barely opened his lips.
âHow can I say that when you and your friendsâŠâ He couldnât end his words with a look of frustration.
Staring at him vacantly, I tossed a question.
âWhen me and my friends? What do you mean?â
Raising his hand, Yeo Dan oppa even covered his face. He then concluded his words in a voice full of shame.
âWhen you and your friends had a fight⊠that sort of felt like a chanceâŠâ
ââŠâ
âPerhaps you⊠you would have accepted my confession just because youâre in a tough situation at that time. I kept thinking that wayâŠâ he said.
âAh, hold on, hold on, oppaâŠâ I intervened in his words in a fluster.
Yeo Dan oppa was gazing at me blankly like a poor dog in the rain.
I uttered, âWhy do you think that way when youâre too perfect for me? I mean, if you confess your crush to someone, no matter who she isâŠâ
Then at the moment, what Lucas said to me before flashed through my head. I shut my mouth.
âWhat made you like him?â
âNo, Iâm not talking about those general things.â
âHey, arenât you thinking, âAm I be able to meet someone better than this one?â something like that?â
Recalling to that extent, I said to myself, âNo, not those things, but I must tell why I canât help but love himâŠâ When I opened my mouth with that thought in mind, Yeo Dan oppa began to talk again.
âBut⊠this is also my first time dating someone; even though Iâm older than you, Iâm sorry that Iâm not so good at leading our relationship well⊠and the friends I have are all out of their minds, so Iâm also sorry that theyâre driving you nuts whenever you bump into themâŠâ
âUh, well, just because of those trivial thingsâŠâ I replied. If we were supposed to feel sorry for our lovers just by those things, I would have dozens of reasons to apologize to Yeo Dan oppa.
At that moment, he uttered, âAnd the sorriest thing isâŠâ
âHuh?â
âI have so many problems like these that make you have such a hard time⊠but my feelings for you wonât let us break up at allâŠâ
ââŠâ
âIf you let me know what part of me have troubled you, Iâll fix everything no matter what it is⊠so please⊠please say anything except that you wanna break up with meâŠâ
Yeo Dan oppa stared at me, again, like a poor dog in the rain. As soon as I quietly sighed, he asked me, âWhy are you sighing?â
âAh, no, this is just⊠a sigh of reliefâŠ? I just feel a little vainâŠâ I replied then thought while looking at his yet anxious eyes, âOh, geez, now I canât even heave a sigh at my own will.â
But that didnât last long either. Suddenly raising my head, I beckoned at him as if I had something to whisper to him. Though he wondered why I reacted that way, Yeo Dan oppa lowered his head meekly. Then at the moment, I kissed him out of the blue.
Being frozen for a second, Yeo Dan oppa soon opened his eyes wide in surprise then uttered in a trembling voice.
âWhy are you⊠suddenlyâŠâ
I replied, âTo ease your mind.â
âEase my mind?â responded Yeo Dan oppa while still looking dumbfounded. He added, âI⊠I thought youâd get angry at me.â
âAngry? Why?â
He continued, âBecause I spoke that way⊠as if I wished you and your friends to fightâŠâ
âCome on, even if you want that to happen, we wonât be really picking a fight you know.â
Then I found the look on his face turning enigmatic. I quickly added, âAnyway, I sincerely thought that you had no interest in me. Thatâs why you never asked me whom Iâve been hanging out with or whom Iâm staying with right now.â
âNo, no, thatâs becauseâŠâ he replied urgently.
I tossed another question, âIf you have feelings for me, donât you wonder about those things?â
âThatâs because⊠once I realized such thoughts that I told you earlier⊠as I kept thinking about the things that I usually wouldnât do at all⊠I didnât feel normal; I became scaredâŠâ
I stared at him absentmindedly.
He kept on speaking, âI wasnât sure up to what extent I can interfere. Unlike before, everything around you except Yeo Ryung bothers me and lingers in my mind, but I canât try to control all of them you know⊠since itâs obvious that my standard isnât normal. If you get to know this, I was scared if I might freak you out or make you feel very uncomfortable.â
âThatâs whyâŠâ Listening to his words quietly, I, at last, opened my mouth. â⊠Thatâs why you stopped having an interest in me, asking me questions, and didnât even try to bring them out at all.
ââŠâ
Keeping his mouth shut in silence, Yeo Dan oppa looked somewhere else. I showed a slight smile at him.
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