6. 'Mine'

*Song Meng POV

I say to this girl 'I will protect you' then curse myself internally. She must be so confused right now. She doesn't know who I really am, she only knows my reputation. And when she asks what I mean by that my response is no better. Really? 'I meant what I said.' And worse of all, after, she makes tells me to stay away, leaves, and then I can only stare at her back once again and contemplate how to destroy myself. My mind goes almost blank. 'She wants me to stay away.'

"Song Meng, what are you staring at? A girlll?" Wu He's voice snaps me back into reality. The reality that the girl I am supposed to protect is walking away from me and never wants to see me again.

"Nothing" I counter, "just lost in thought again." At that moment, a curvy girl I don't recognize hesitantly walks up to me.

"Senior, could it be that you were staring at me? I've thought of you for so long" She gushes, and I sense the pink coming off of her in waves.

"I'm sorry, I was just looking in that general direction." I say. Wu He laughs at this but attempts to cover it up with a harsh cough. I sigh "I'm not interested in you." She walks away into her group of friends who attempt to comfort her.

"Heartbreaker." Wu He says, still trying to contain his laughter as we walk away towards the male dorms. "I must retain my reputation as the ice prince, right?" I say nonchalantly. 'Liar', I say to myself, there is only one girl on my mind right now and she's not interested.'

We get back to the dorms and I immediately change into gym clothes - ready to pound out my frustrations in blood, sweat and tears. Just to take my mind off of school, drama, heartbreak and her.

The gym is empty as everyone is getting to their second period. Wu He has decided to accompany me and ditch his second period (again). He seems to sense that there is something off with my mood as we immediately head to the punching bags. He holds the bag for me as I deal with my thoughts in silence. After several minutes of me taking out all my anger on the punching bag I unconciously start to vocalize my thoughts.

"Why do I have to stay away. I must protect you." Wu He raises his eyebrows but stays silent. "I can't get you off my mind. I've already failed once and can't risk getting you into danger. I can't give you up again." Wu He is listening intently now but I don't even care.

"Why. Won't. You. Freaking. Talk. To. Me" I eventually raise my voice and stop hitting the bag, instead, leaning against it. I am sweaty and both physically and emotionally exhausted.

"Who is she? Who is the lucky girl? Is this why you wouldn't take any of my surprises before?" Wu He asks with a smirk. "If someone could disrupt the cold heart of the ice prince, I must meet them soon." Darn it, I knew this interrogation would come.

"It's an old assignment" I say with a shrug. Wu He's eyes widen. He knows that I only ever had one assignment and why I never got another one. He knows what happened to me when I failed that assignment so naturally he is curious.

"Qin Shan." He says in almost a whisper, but I hear it. I don't have the pride to answer which tells him that he is correct. I brace myself for a multitude of questions to arise.

"And she doesn't want to see you or talk to you. That's rough man." He elaborates, taking in all of this. "I didn't think it was possible for a girl not to want our school's ice prince." He breaks off in shock.

"Shut up." I say coldly. I don't want to think about this girl any longer. I might as well just follow her wishes and keep on going on in life. Completely ignore her. Deep inside, however, I know this is impossible.

We finish up in the gym and exit, walking back along the path through the main square back to the dorms. Then all of the sudden, I see her again. She is running across the square, crying. Her long, dark hair is fluttering in the wind behind her and she is wiping back tears spilling at a rapid rate. I almost start to run and reach out to her. It hurts me to see her crying. Second class is not over yet, so something must have happened. I start to walk in her direction when Wu He grabs my shoulder and pulls me back into my senses.

"She's the one right?" He asks, curious. "So, are you going to go to her and comfort her? Or are you going to stay away like she asked you to? She looks really pitiful right now." Wu He says watching her run across the still wet ground. I freeze, thinking of what she said earlier.

"I still consider her my assignment, and it's my job to make sure she is safe." I mutter, angry at myself for being so impulsive again. I want to be the person that she runs to when she feels sad and lonely. Especially here, where there are so many dangers, she should come to me so I can make sure I do my job right this time. To make sure I protect her fully.

"Okay go but don't fall in love" Wu He says jokingly but his words bounce off of me and I take off. It's too late to stop now. I have a mission to achieve and a goal in my heart. Whoever hurts her will regret it, because I want to protect her and furthermore, I want to make her mine.