SANA'S POV

Tae didn't go to school again. I knew that since this morning. I am getting lonelier and lonelier because of our situation.

I tried talking to him, but he ignores and shuts me away. I tried every little thing that is possible, but nothing worked because he's still pushing me away.

I don't know why is his attitude like that. I don't know if it's because of our fight or because of his grandma.

My friends must've noticed that I'm quiet around them, so they tried making me happy. They never mentioned Tae's name. I thank them for being sensitive.

Mark told me that what he did is just a dare. All those sweet messages and gestures are all because of a dare that was given to him by his friends. He explained that he got lost on a basketball game, so they gave him a dare. He wants to prove to them that he still has the charisma he has around girls, so he agreed to do the dare.

I thanked him for being honest. He wished that if we could still be friends and I said yes. Everybody deserves a second chance, though.

"Class," our homeroom adviser entered our room. We all stopped what we're doing and lend our ears to her. "I have an announcement to make." She paused. We're all anticipating. "Momo and Hobi are chosen as the school representatives for the upcoming out of town competition."

"What?!" Momo's face looked shocked. On the other hand, Hobi's face is blushing. I knew it. He has a crush on Momo. "Why me?! I'm not that good!"

"Stop joking, Ms. Hirai. We all know that you're an ace when it comes to dancing." Miss said. We all laughed at her while Momo just pouted. "Mr. Park would like to talk to you guys. You'll be busy for the whole month of December."

"Alright." Hobi stood up and Momo followed him. Miss said to continue on what we're doing and exited.

*

Jimin came to me with his phone on his hand. I looked at him weirdly. Why is he handing his phone to me?

"It's Mr. Choi, the owner of the coffee shop. He wants to talk to you." I took it from him and talked to Mr. Choi.

"Hello, seonsaengnim?" I greeted him.

"Is this Ms. Minatozaki?"

"Ne, seonsaengnim." I answered him. "Why are you finding me, seonsaengnim?"

"I want to know why Mr. Kim Taehyung isn't going to work. Do you know why?" He asked me.

"Yes. His grandma passed away two days ago. He's still mourning." I explained. "I'm sorry if he's absent."

"Oh, I would like to send my condolences to him." He said in a sad tone. "Please let me know if he will still continue to work or not, so I could hire another person to replace him."

My heart sank. Tae will lose his job, "Noted, seonsaengnim. Thank you. I will let him know."

"Okay. Thank you, too. Have a good day."

"Thank you, seonsaengnim." I told him and ended the call. I gave Jimin his phone.

"What did he say?" He gossiped. I chuckled and hit him gently on his chest. "Ouch! What was that for?"

"Why gossip?" I asked him and he just pouted. Cutie Chim. "He just asked if Tae would continue working in his café. Just that."

"Oh," he nodded. "Are you going home alone?"

"Yeah." I nodded. "I don't need you to go with me." I wore my bag.

"C'mon, Sana. Tae will be mad if he sees you going home alone." He wriggled his eyebrows up and down and smirked. He's convincing me.

"Alright." I rolled my eyes.

"Wait! I'll just call Chae." He ran towards Chae. They talked for some time and then Chae and Jimin walked towards me. "Let's go!" Jimin said and we went home since our class is already dismissed.

*

I opened my room and saw Tae inside. He's holding a cake and he's smiling. At last, I saw him smiling again.

I walked towards him and asked, "What happened to you?"

"I-I'm sorry," he said sincerely. "F-For all the trouble I caused. It's me why we fought. I shut you away, even though I shouldn't. I just realized all of my faults when I heard you cry last night."

My eyes grew big, "Y-You heard me?!"

He chuckled, "Yeah. I did." He then sighed. "I didn't notice that I am hurting you so much. I am really sorry."

I was touched by his speech and wiped my tears. "You really are a troublemaker."

"Yes, I am." We both laughed. "I'm sorry, Sana. I love you. I won't hurt you again."

"I'm sorry, too. I became too worried of you. It's just that...I love you so much and I can't bear seeing you like that. I want you to cheer up at least." I told him. He's crying as well, but he's smiling.

"I'm so blessed to have a girl like you in my life." It's like he's saying his wedding vow right now, so I chuckled. "I love you."

"I love you, too." He kissed my forehead and we shared the cake that he's holding. He told me that Mina helped him to bake that.

"Let me sleep here." He said as soon as he finished our meal together. "Please." He pouted and hugged the life-sized teddy bear that my parents got me.

"No, Tae. This is my room. People might think something bad." I told him. It looks like he got what I meant but...

"I don't care what people will think of us! Please~" He made a sad face and damn. He's really cute!

"Sleep on the floor." I told him. He smiled and nodded. My gosh, Kim Taehyung.

"I'll just get my things." I nodded and prepared myself to bed.

He came back with his pillows and a sleeping mat. He placed it on the floor and comfortably laid on it.

"Good night, my squirrel." He said while smiling.

"Good night, too, my alien." And we both slept.

*

My sleep was disturbed because my phone rang. It's dad, so I answered it.

"Dad?" I greeted him with my morning voice. "It's 4 AM... it's too early to call."

"I have something to say, princess." He said.  "Me and your mom is already preparing our house in Japan."

I woke up all of the sudden. I became interested, "And then?"

"Aren't you excited, princess?" He said with a hint of joy in his voice.

"Dad... about that." I sat on my bed and leaned on the headboard. "Can we... stay here in Korea?"

"Why?" I became scared of his voice. "Don't you want to go back in Japan? What's keeping you from moving there?"

"Dad, I want to stay here in Korea." I told him, unsure of my statement. "There are more opportunities waiting--"

"Sana, I don't want to hear your explanations anymore. We're moving back to Japan and that's final." He said with conviction.

"But... dad--"

"For once, Sana, could you follow your parents? We've been giving you enough already, so listen to us this time. We will go back to Japan after your graduation." He said with finality and ended the call.

I have never been that afraid of dad. I am so afraid of him that the words I want to say didn't come out from my mouth. I didn't get to say all of I want to tell him because of fear.

*

The next day, Tae and I went to school together. I told him about what Mr. Choi said to me and he decided that he'll go to the café later.

When we stepped inside the room, everybody looked at us and rejoiced because Tae came to school. His buddies played with him, while I chatted with the girls.

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