Chapter: Keeping Distances...

"So....does that mean he loves Aera?" Hyun Soo thought as a memory flashed in her mind of the conversation she had earlier with Aera...

"He once said...that he wants to be more than friends with me." Aera chuckled.

"Though he was quite hesitant still...I understood him. At that time I wasn't able to answer him as I was in a great hurry. My plane was ready to take off and I had to leave, but I guess now...I can answer him." Aera looked at the front driving carefully while she smiled slightly and her eyes twinkled with that thought...

"No, Hyun Soo No!" Hyun Soo rolled to the other side of the bed as she made it clear for herself.

"He loves Aera and Aera loves him, it's crystal clear. So...don't meddle."

Ordering herself she took in a deep breath as she closed her eyes,

"Now you have another reason to keep distances from him."

Mumbling this she sighed and eventually fell asleep.

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"Aunt Sang Hyeon?!" Do Yun exclaimed being aggravated as he opened his eyes and saw her standing.

"Why? You were expecting someone else?" Sang Hyeon pouted as she sat beside him.

Do Yun sighed as he looked at the ceiling once again.

"Why are you still here?" He asked in a monotonous way.

"Because I'm curious." She quickly replied earning a frowning stare from Do Yun.

"Do you...love her?"

She straightforwardly asked making Do Yun roll his eyes and sigh to look back at the ceiling.

"Answer me!" she tugged his sleeve making him look at her being annoyed as he closed his eyes.

"Tch!" He exclaimed.

"Silence is...considered as a yes-" Sang Hyun proclaimed dramatically being interrupted by Do Yun.

"I don't love Hyun Soo!"

Do Yun sat up alright as he glared at her.

"But...I didn't mention who?" Sang Hyeon chuckled.

Do Yun sighed deeply as there was nothing he could do. He was now trapped in Sang Hyeon's trick and her questions.

"Since when do you love her?"

Do Yun facepalmed and shook his head lightly while Sang Hyeon continues with her rapid-fire.

"Was it love at first sight? Or...or was it after that day? Huh?!"

Do Yun laid back and slid into his bedcover covering himself from top to bottom. From inside he could still hear Sang Hyeon questioning making his blood pressure increase but he wasn't angry with her, he was a bit embarrassed and annoyed by those questions.

He himself wasn't quite aware if he loves Hyun Soo or not. But he rather preferred to be quiet about it as he didn't want to make her uncomfortable by his unsure confessions. Lately, he has been already observing Hyun Soo making distances with him, the reason behind it was unknown to him but still, he respected her decision and didn't bother to invade her personal space.

Sunk in his thoughts when he fell asleep God knows, but a sudden knock on the door of his room made him open his eyes,

"Do Yun, wake up." A sweet voice filled his ear.

He removed his blanket from his eyes only to find Aera standing there, As soon as he saw her, a sudden disappointment filled his mood and he closed his eyes and covered himself again with the blanket with a slight sigh.

"What happened?" Aera asked as she tried to remove the blanket from his face but instead, Do Yun's grasp made it difficult for her.

"Wake up, the cafe is also already opened now."

"What?" He finally removed the blanket from his head and looked at Aera with widened Doe shaped eyes.

Aera nodded with a smile, "That's why I'm asking you to wake up."

"It means everyone has come?" He mumbled.

"Hmm?" Aera questioned as she bent a bit down to hear him say it again but instead she got hurt when her forehead bumped into Do Yun's as he tried to wake up in a hurry all of a sudden.

"Ah!" She cried slightly as she rubbed her forehead, "Hey, you..." She wailed again as she sat on the bed beside him.

"Does it hurt a lot?" He enquired and looked at her with worried eyes.

"Why aren't you hurt? Is your head made up of steel or something?" Aera complained.

"I'm sorry I didn't know you were about to bent-" He paused for a second.

Aera looked at him who glared back at her, "Why?" She questioned pouting her lips.

"Why on earth you did so?"

"I?" Aera confirmed and Do Yun nodded.

"Because you said something barely audible." Aera sighed frustrated.

"I? When?"

"Earlier...after asking if the cafe was open," Aera explained.

"Ah! That..." He nodded.

"What was it again?..." Aera went forward with her ear to let him whisper.

"What is this? Move aside!" But instead, Do Yun motioned her to move with his hands in a teasing way.

"Stop it, will you?!" Aera said as she smacked his arm making Do Yun chuckle.

"Oh god! Does it hurt Aera?" Do Yun teased her again making her stand up.

"Huh!" She sighed.

"I am not gonna stay in this room anymore, also...Hyun Soo needs me she is working alone." Aera left with a pouty face.

But hearing Hyun Soo' names made Do Yun's smiled fade, had got sunk into his thoughts and sighed once again. He stepped down from his bed brushed his teeth in the small sink present in his room in a corner and made his on the threshold of the cafe.

From there, he could see Hyun Soo working hard while a strip of her apron kept falling from her left shoulder as it was tied loosely from behind and she didn't have enough time to ask someone to correct it or correct it herself.

She was quite irritated that she finally took a five-second break to correct it but that was when she felt two hands approaching her from behind. She tried to turn but Do Yun ordered quickly,

"Stay still, I'll redo it."

Hyun Soo quietly nodded and let him tie it again. After some seconds Do Yun released his hands and said, "It's done."

"Tha-thank you!" Hyun Soo awkwardly said and turned to make a coffee from the coffee maker ignoring him.

Do Yun kept standing there looking at Hyun Soo who was trying her best to ignore him and maintain her distance from him when Aera called him out.

"Huh?" He looked at her who was standing on the other side of the counter.

"Try this!" She exclaimed as she raised her right hand which was holding a square lunchbox.

Do Yun went towards her immediately and inquired it with narrow eyes,

"Hey! Why are you looking at it that way? It doesn't contain a bomb!" Aera snarled.

"Who knows if this is my last meal?" Do Yun teased her again making both of them chuckle.

"Let's check it out then..." She said and Do Yun nodded as they went towards a table.

Sang Hyeon sitting far away in a corner of a cafe maintaining some bills could clearly see Hyun Soo' expressions. She could see how hard Hyun Soo was trying to avoid Do Yun but seeing him with Aera also made her bit low spirited.

Observing her dilemma Sang Hyeon shook her head lightly in disappointment and mumbled.

"Oh my! These kids can never be happy like this..."