Chapter 10 - What day is it today? (2/2)
”What?”
”Did you have to go this far?” He chokes on his words. ”I thought that I lost you.”
”What?” I ask for the second time. Why is he pretending? ”Kang Si An, don't act with me.”
He hugs me, burying his face in my hair. The sound of his heartbeat is loud and clear. I realize that my heartbeat is irrationally fast too, synchronizing with his heartbeat. I don't understand this. He is playing a game.
”What are you playing?” I push him away. ”Kang Si An, it's you who have -”
”Yes, it's me.” He looks at me with tears in his eyes. ”It's my fault. I should not have pushed you to tell me your secrets. I understand that you have your secrets. You left me and even faked your death to get away from me. Kwon Kyu Ri, you fooled the entire nation.”
What is he talking about? It's going above my head.
”Dong Min called me that you were found. When I reached that place, I saw you like that...” His eyes wander on my body with deep fear in his eyes. He cups my face. ”You are alright. You are in front of me. That's all that matters.”
”Kang Si An, I don't understand.” I frown at him. ”You want to kill me.”
”What are you saying?” He flicks my forehead and chuckles. ”I know that I have said that a lot of times, but I never meant it. I can't imagine hurting you. Kyuri Ah, it is you who keeps hurting me like this.”
”It doesn't make sense.” Nothing makes sense to me anymore.
”Why are you are disappearing?” Kang Si An tries to grab on to my arm, but he hands pass through me.
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”I heard that you are her close friend.” The store owner greets Kang Si An happily. Kwon Kyuri's boyfriend is a star. His store is really famous now. His sales have gone up. How lucky he is!
Kang Si An puts his hands in his pocket. At this moment, he wants to go back home and sleep. Thanks to certain someone, he couldn't sleep last night. Now, he is looking for her here and there. He doesn't even know her name. It's not that he is interested to know her name.
”Did she come here?” Manager Jeong asks the store owner. ”She isn't picking up her phone.”
”No.” The store owner picks up the lunchboxes and a phone. ”She forgot these here. Take this with you. She must have gone back to the dorm.”
”Oh.” Manager Jeong shows her best smile. ”Do you know where the dorm is?”
The scent of lemon pickles. Kang Si An scrunches his nose. He hates pickles. He puts the lunch boxes in the car. Manager Jeong looks exhausted. She has been on a call to release an article. Nothing is in his hands. He decides to snoop inside the store girl's phone. Maybe, he can find something that might help him.