Sigh.

Why is it raining again? Aish! Stupid! Stupid! If only I agreed on Minho, I wouldn't be stuck here, alone, in the rain. Remembering how stubborn I was earlier really frustrates me.

"Minho, you go ahead. I still have something to do in the library."

"I'll wait for you." Minho responded.

"No, I'm okay. It would take long. You go ahead."

"No. I'll stay. It's about to rain. I brought an umbrella with me. Let's just go home together." he insisted.

"Minho! Seriously, just go ahead." You've already done too much for me. I'm already being such a burden to you.

"But-"

"I swear I'll go home immediately when I'm done. Satisfied?" I assured him.

"Call me." he made a threatening look.

I nodded. He just stared. "Aish! Seriously! I could just wa-"

"Minho!! It'll rain soon! Now go before it pours." I shooed him away.

He had no choice but to leave. He was about to walk back again, but I narrowed my eyes and signaled him to just go. He sighed in surrender and did a "Call me" move.

I waved at him till he was totally gone from my sight.

Sigh.

I hate rain. It reminds me of the day my loved ones left me. It was raining when he left me. It was also raining when I woke up one day and saw 2 letters from my mom and dad and realized they left for good. They all left without a word on a rainy day.

I chuckled. They're all the same, aren't they?

Every time the rain poured, I felt weak. It's like the rain is snatching away my strength and everything. The only thing it leaves is emptiness.

Sigh.

I shook my head to clear up my mind.

It's already almost 6:00, and I'm still at the school. If I wait for the rain to stop, it'll take me until tomorrow. The sky was so dark. There was no sign that it would stop soon.

I took a deep breath and started to run.

As if fate teased me, the rain suddenly started to pour harder.

Aish!!!!

I searched for a place to escape the heavy raindrops and saw a store. I tried to open the door, but it was locked. Geez! Great! Just great! I have no choice but to stay where I was till the rain subsides.

It was getting colder by the minute coz the wind started blowing savagely. I hugged myself tightly.

I was already feeling hopeless when I suddenly heard cussing and sighing.

Omona! Is there somebody here? What if it's a rapist? A kidnapper? A murderer??

I searched for the perfume spray on my bag for defense, just in case. I walked towards where the sound came from, slowly.

I stopped at the corner of the store. I took a deep breath and gulped before finally turning in the direction of the sound.

O.O!!!!!

"Pervy????" I shockingly said.

Pervy turned at me. He looked so annoyed. The rain really annoys a lot of people, doesn't it?

Pervy suddenly furrowed. "What did you call me?"

"Hah?" I gulped. "What are you doing here?" I tried changing the subject.

"Sight-seeing. Tsk!" he answered with sarcasm. He never answers properly.

"I thought you were with Minho and the rest."

He glanced, then turned away. "Then you thought wrong." he snorted.

Whooooooooooooosh....... (sound of wind blowing)

Aigoo.. I automatically hugged myself.

"Brrrrrrrr.." Geez. It's cold. I'm still wearing my uniform, so I don't have any blockers for the cold wind except for my uniform.

Pervy glanced at me again and made a "Tss" sound. Uwaaaaaah!! I'm sure he's not feeling as cold as I am coz he has a jacket. Guess he already went home, seeing that he's no longer wearing our uniform.

Whooooooooooooosh...

"Brrrrrrr.." Aigoo!! I'm gonna freeze if the wind won't stop blowing.

If it was Minho here with me, I'm sure he'd offer me his jacket. But he wasn't Minho! He is pervy. What would you expect from a se-

Oh! >.<

I was suddenly pulled from where I was standing. The coldness I felt earlier was replaced by warmth. And there was an arm wrapped around me.

*Duug...Duug*

Shoot! What was that...?

* Soomeul gotdo chatji mothae naneun piharyeogo aesseo bwado Geobujocha hal su eopneun nege gadhyeobeorin na *

I didn't have time to process that weird feeling coz something suddenly rang. I felt him take a deep breath as he took his phone from his pocket. I felt it coz my head rested on his chest.

"Yeoboseyo?........Yeah, I know.......How did I know?...... The moment I arrived home and saw it empty I knew you couldn't come home..............Ne.......Of course......Bye."

Again, he sighed. I wonder who called. I know whoever called him saddened him. I suddenly remember his face when I saw him sad(A/N: see chapter 6). I wanted to look at his face so much, but I didn't want to be so obvious, so I just stayed in my position.

Whoooooooooooosh.....

I flinched at the sudden blow of the wind. He might have noticed it coz he tightens his arms around my shoulder. I took it as a chance to squeeze myself closer to his warm body.

Geez!!! This is so not me! I wanted to pull myself away from him, but his body's warmth was so hard to resist.

Without realizing it, I started closing my eyes. I felt so comfortable, warm, and safe....

*Duug..duug.....Duug..duug.....*

There it is again. It seems to come from my body. But what is this? I don't recognize this kind of feeling.

I was so engrossed with my thoughts that I didn't notice the heavy raindrops turn into silent ones.

Pervy cleared his throat and suddenly pushed me away.

"Move away! Your ugliness might be contagious!"

=_=' Aish! He was the one who pulled me in the first place! Tsk!

I removed my death glare from him and realized it was already dark. Omona! What time is it already? I looked at my wristwatch and discovered it was already past 6.

Sigh. It's late already. But the rain hasn't stopped yet. If only I have an umbrella with me. I sighed again.

From the corner of my eye, I saw pervy remove his jacket and cover it above his head. Maybe he's going since the rain is already manageable. He's gonna leave me alone. T-T

"Let's go."

"Eh?" I stared at pervy, shocked.

"Aish!" he grabbed my arm and placed me beside him. He adjusts his jacket to cover the both of us.

"Hold onto my shirt." he ordered.

"Eh?"

"Don't you have anything else to say except for Eh?" he complained.

I pouted. Insulting me has become his hobby already. >.<

He suddenly grabbed both my hands and made them hold onto his shirt.

*Duug..Duug* >.<

He let go of my hand afterward, and we started walking together.

>///<

"Where's the way to your home?"

"Eh?"

=_= -->his face.

I know why he has that kind of face. I just said "eh" 3 times consecutively.

"Hurry and talk! It's raining, and it's freaking cold!" he hissed.

I don't know why I haven't yelled back at him. I just pointed out the way to our apartment. When he dropped me by the door, he had already begun to walk away, but I called after him.

"Wait!" he stopped.

"What? Are you gonna say thank you? Keep it. I don't need your thanks." he was about to walk again.

"Wait! Stay! I'm just gonna get something." I opened the door and was about to get in but stopped. I turned at him. "And I'm not going to say thank you." I said before finally getting in. I didn't know if he'd stay, so I hurriedly took our umbrella. When I went out, he was still at the door.

"Here." I pushed the umbrella to his chest.

"You let me wait for this? Tsk! I don't need that." then he darted off.

"YA!"

"WHAT?" he snapped.

"Take this! It's starting to rain hard again."

"I said I don't need that." he started walking again. It's not like I care but-Aish! He's gonna get himself sick!

I took a deep breath. I don't think if this will work, but.....

"FINE!" I yelled for him to hear. I stepped out the door, left the umbrella beside it, and stayed in the open, letting raindrops pour down on me.

He stopped and turned to me.

"What.are.you.doing?" he furrowed.

"Same thing you're doing. Getting myself drenched in the rain."

He just stared blankly at me.

"I know you don't care about me, and I am really being childish right now, but still...if you don't take the umbrella, I won't get in and just wait here till the rain stops." I tried to say confidently.

Geez. What am I doing?? For sure, he'll just leave you alone, Jewel!

"You're right. I don't care." then he started walking away.

See? He really did leave. T-T

The heavy rain started to pour again. Damn! I can't go back. I said I'd stay here, so I'll do it. I'm a one-word woman. I just sit down and bend my head down to cover my face from the rain.

>.< It's cold. I just hope the rain will stop soon.

Oh! It stopped!

I raise my head to make sure, but I still see heavy raindrops before me, but nothing's pouring down on me.

I looked up and saw an umbrella covering me from the rain.

"You really are stupid, aren't you?" you probably know who it is, right?

I just chuckled.

"Get up! Get in and dry yourself before you catch a cold."

"Nah." I shook my head.

"Stupid and stubborn. Tsk!"

"Look who's talking."

Silence.........

Then I heard an annoyed sigh.

"If I said I'm taking the umbrella, will you get up?" he asked seriously. I just stared at him. "Fine! I'm taking the umbrella! Now, get up!" he ordered.

I was taken aback at what he said. I tried to get up but ended up landing on my butt. The ground was slippery. I bend my head coz of shame. Aish! Now I really look so stupid! >.<

Then I heard an unfamiliar sound. I looked up and saw pervy laughing. I really should be mad, but...he's laughing! He's actually laughing.

I had already seen him laugh but was too annoyed to notice his laugh. His laugh rings in my ear like bells and chimes.

*Duug..Duug*

He stopped laughing when he saw me staring at him. He cleared his throat.

"What are you looking at?!" he snapped.

Oh! I shook my head to erase my latter thought. What am I going to say? Aha!

"You look uglier when you laugh. Don't do that again." kekeke. Nice one.

"Tss! Get up!" he carelessly grabbed my arm to pull me up. He dragged me into the door. "Now, get in!"

I shook my head. "I need to make sure you use the umbrella."

(KEY'S POV)

Geez! This girl is annoying!

"I'm using it now, don't you see??" I pointed at the broad-opened umbrella I was holding.

"I still need to make sure."

"Aish! I'll use the umbrella!" I said, but she doesn't seem to believe me. I'm really going to use it anyway.

I'm the type of person who never makes any promises. I swore to myself that I would never ever make any promises to someone anymore again, but-

"Alright! I swear! I promise I'll use the umbrella. Happy?" Wow. Did I just make a promise?

She was taken aback.

She turned away, and when she looked at me again, there was already her fake smile that I hadn't seen for a long time until now. Wha-What did I say??

"Don't promise. Just do it." she said while smiling that smile I hate, but I could feel the bitterness of her words.

She opened the door. "I'm getting in now. You should get going. Bye." she was waving while waiting for me to leave. She isn't her usual self. She wouldn't wave at me like that if she was.

I watch her get in till the door closes, then walk away.

Don't promise. Just do it.

I chuckled upon remembering what she said. Yeah right. Promises.