CHAPTER 3: School Festival (3)

Gyaaa!!! What the heck is he doing?! There are a lot of people here isn't he embarrassed doing that?! I was so shocked I suddenly slapped his arm. "You brat! What do you think you're doing in public?! So shameless!" With my face blushing, I stood up and sat on a different bench ignoring him while I ate my pancake. Gosh, this pancake is soo delicious! The strawberry syrup has the right amount of sweetness and a little bit sour? But even if the food is good, it's still hard to swallow when I feel like everyone is staring at me!

"Noona, I'm sorry don't be mad ok? How about I share my food with you as an apology? This is really delicious, here say ah~!" He was smiling and held the food in front of my face trying to feed me. I glared at him and ignored the food he was trying to feed me. Hmph! I will not be swayed again! Just don't look at his smile then I will be able to tough it out.

"Noona~, my hand is getting tired! Please accept my sincere apology?" I looked his way and was about to retort when… I saw his puppy eyes begging me to accept his apology and he looks like he was being bullied by me. Uh oh! Big mistake! I looked and now I got caught by his trap! He really knows my weakness, I accepted defeat so I just open my mouth and bit the pancake from the fork. "Ummm… It's really delicious! Even though it has chocolate chips and the syrup it's not too sweet!" I was really surprised at how good the pancakes are, even though the ones making it are just high school students. Seeing that I'm not mad at him anymore, Mingyu is in a good mood again and all smiles.

"Noona, now that we're done eating how about we try the game booths?" Mingyu asked after he cleaned up the trash and threw it in the rubbish bin.

"Hmmm… Well, we can try the shooting game? I just saw a cute To**ro stuffed toy and I want it! Let's hurry or someone might get it!" I hurriedly said and before I knew it, I grabbed his hand and dragged him to the shooting game. The game is simple, just shoot the target to get the prize, pretty easy right? For the gun, it has 5 cork bullets, so I have 5 chances to get the price. The thing is, I suck with aiming targets! Also, the target for the To**ro toy is a small thin metal leaf! What the heck is this!? Isn't this cheating?! Might as well say that you don't want anyone to win any prizes! Still, I can't give up! I aimed at the target, then pull the trigger… Miss! Darn it! Still, have 4 more chances. I can do this, fighting!

After using the remaining 4 bullets, I ended up in defeat! I sadly looked at Mingyu with teary eyes. Mingyu looked at me and sigh, he smiled at me and patted my head as if consoling me. He then walked up to the male student and paid for another round. His face serious, aimed at the target, took a deep breath and pulled the trigger. Wah! He hit it! Just one try and he hit that stupid target! "Minmin you're so awesome!" I was so happy I just called my nickname for him and jumped to hug him. He was surprised by my sudden attack that his ears immediately turned red. "Noona, other than the stuffed toy do you like anything else from the display?" I was so happy I didn't make a comment about him blushing from my attack. I just let go of him as if I didn't hug him and looked at the other prizes. "I'm satisfied with this, but you can get the small To**ro plush toy. Oh! And those snacks!" I pointed at the chips and chocolate snacks that are on display.

He nodded and then turned serious again then aimed at the targets of the prizes that I pointed at him. I just stared at him stupidly, when he is this serious he really has a different vibe. He's really cool and I can't help but fall for him again. I know I shouldn't be feeling this way about him but this damn heart, it's going rogue again! Well, I liked him since we were kids! I remember in middle school, even though we go to different schools he still hangs out with me and when my friends commented that he was always around me and that the reason must be because he likes me, I was so proud and acted like it was true, because I also thought the same, so I didn't deny it…

But, one day, I saw him walking home with a cute girl from his school… She was so pretty, slender and tall, they look so good together, they were laughing and playing around… The girl even held his hands! That's when I realized that I was so full of myself and was delusional, reality really gave me a hard slap on the face and feeling shameful of my self, I just took a detour going home so that they won't see me. Since then I reflected on all the things that I did and say… I really want to kick myself for acting like I'm someone special to him, like in a romantic way, but in truth, I am just a childhood friend and nothing more. And when my friends ask about my progress with him I made it clear that we're just friends and nothing more. I reiterated that I was just like an older sister to him and don't want any rumors since I don't want to ruin our friendship. I tried to kill this feeling I have for him so to not get any hopes up just to be devastated seeing him going out with his girlfriend. So now, I will try to keep this feeling from festering for me to contain it again.