What Actually Happened.....(2)

Rue shivered from the chills after hearing 'The Charming Boy', she didn't know his name that was why she called him that instead. Her voice which he never heard such a voice before, rather this was their first conversation... How could he put this to words... It was extremely pleasant to hear.. Not that he was having dirty thoughts.

He couldn't face Aster. Up until now, he still had no idea who the girl was. He couldn't see properly since looking from the corner of his eye was a bit blurry. Sure boy, was deadly embarassed. After all, he just did that and he didn't know there was an audience.

He couldn't get away from this situation.... So he thought, he would face it his own way. He gathered all his courage, taking a deep but silent breath. He turned around—facing the girl with his eyes closed and a troubled smile on his face.

"You see... Whatever you're thinking—" He paused. He was stunned. Why? Because he finally saw the girl, it was none other than Aster. He felt, rather lucky..mixed with a bit of an embarrassment. He took a sigh of relief.

Of course he knew Aster. She was his classmate after all. Though, she was seen to be a gloomy, cold and very serious person and to Rue's eyes she was almost close as a robot but never did Rue badmouth her. Well, in his thoughts, yeah he did. He couldn't really say his thoughts out loud because that would ruin his reputation. In other words, he was a two-faced...

'This is.. our first conversation.. and it happened to be when I was in that state... That's so uncool...' He thought.

He shook his head. Looking at Aster once more—he felt relieved than he was earlier, knowing his reputation would not fall. Though, he wondered if Aster would fall for his charm. Which she wouldn't.

Rue smiled—a smile that every girls fell for and was actually trying to make Aster one but... Aster didn't even seem to be interested nor moved to what he had just did. She was giving him a blank expression.

'As I thought, she's weird..' Rue said in his mind—trying to read what Aster was thinking but couldn't. He dropped his smile because it wouldn't work on her.

Aster could read his thoughts very well through his facial expressions. Well, she didn't mind it. As long as she had the trump card.

"I will not beat around the bush, Charming Boy—"

"I have a name and it's not Charming Boy. It's Rue." Rue pointed out with a forced smile. The name disgusted him and hearing it cringed him.

"Ah. Is that so. Well then, Charming Boy—"

"I told you, my name is Rue.." He muttered with his hand on his face—was heard by Aster but continued to speak as if she didn't hear him.

"—I won't beat around the bush.. Be my boyfriend." Aster stated with a straight face. She was serious but other than that, her facial expression couldn't be read.

Meanwhile, Rue's soul would be seen leaving his body. He was so shocked that he couldn't comprehend what she was saying.

'She didn't ask me to be her boyfriend. She told me to be her boyfriend!' Rue said in his mind.

Rue shook his head and looked at Aster's eyes as if she was crazy. Aster was just about his shoulder, dark black haired in a neat bun with huge shaped like circles glasses—her skin was white as snow, so fragile that she could break easily. She seemed to have a clear skin but, to Rue's eyes... She wasn't appealing..

Rue sighed. "Look. I know you like me, but I don't feel the same way so I can't be your boyfriend." He said in a gentle tone but deep in his mind, he was cursing her to just leave and pretend nothing happened in the bathroom.

Then, Aster's eyes filled with disgust. "You seemed to be getting the wrong idea here, Charming Boy. I'm not confessing to you."

"..What was that then?" Rue asked.

"I'm blackmailing you, stupid." Aster deeply sighed and shook her head while her hand on her forehead as if saying, 'i-can't-believe-you're-stupid'.

Rue looked done with his life, 'Why is she admitting she's blackmailing me!?!' thought in his mind.

"You can't say 'no' after all. If you don't want the whole students to see you as a pervert then do as I say." Aster stated.

Rue was silent for a second then he smirked. "And do you really think people will believe you?" He said with a confidence.

Aster lifted her arm that leveled about her shoulder. Her hand seemed to be holding something. Rue's eyes looked at the object and saw what Aster was holding. A phone.

Rue, in fear, backed away a little. "I have someone I like so I really can't be your boyfriend." He said as if rapping. His voice was almost croaky as if something was stuck in his throat.

"Well? Are you guys together?" Aster asked.

"...No.." Rue answered, avoiding Aster's eyes.

"Then that's good. Tell her I'll be borrowing you for a bit."

Rue, again, his mouth fell open. He couldn't utter a word knowing Aster had a trump card.

'But... What if it's just for show..?' Rue suddenly thought in his mind.

"Your blackmailing isn't really very persuasive, you know? How a—" Rue's sentence was cutted off when a sound was played in a loud volume from Aster's phone. It was that squishing sound.

Rue, for a second, was wondering what was that strange sound. But then, his face turned as if he saw a ghost, he panicked and his heart felt like jumping out of his chest. He was flustered.

"O-Okay, fine! S-Stop it!" Rue shout-whispered to Aster but Aster didn't seem to be listening and found Rue's expression to be entertaining. Rue, very desperate, he moved closer to Aster, pinning her on the wall with his manly hands. Aster tried to struggle but failed, she was too weak, her body felt heavier. Her arm was hung up—the one holding her phone by Rue's left hand and the other hand of Aster was pinned by Rue's right hand.

Aster didn't seem to be faltered. Her heart didn't seem to skip a bit. It was if like she wasn't human. Usually, a scene like that would make anyone's heart race if they were in her position. At least a sense of being harassed like that, would make you nervous. But she didn't.

Meanwhile, Rue, realising he had done something he shouldn't had done. They were so close to each other that they could feel and hear their breaths. Rue, since he was tall, his head was above Aster's head and was facing the wall. However, Aster was facing Rue's broad chest.

For sure, doing this was a first time for Rue, he also didn't know what had gotten to his mind. A scent caught his attention. A sweet yet strong pleasant scent from Aster. You could say, it was a very addictive scent. Her hair smelled like strawberries. He was lost in his thoughts.

'So she..smelled like this?' Rue said in his mind.

"You're not only a pervert but you're also creepy, I see." Aster blurted.

Rue's thoughts were instantly interrupted. Realising he had done that to Aster, he backed away instantly. His face showed he was displeased but also cringed with the thoughts he was having. He also realized that the sound was gone. He sighed in relief. He glared at Aster, he finally saw her as a threat. He could just ruin her by rumours but then again, it might backfire him and he didn't want that. More like, something inside him was making him drawn to Aster. He shook that feeling.

Aster's arms fell back to its place as if she didn't put any force to it at all. She just let it fell. After all, she had no strength to let out. The only thing that she could rely on on standing up was the wall.

"You—"

"..3 Months... Just 3 Months.." Aster cutted Rue's sentence. His eyes widened a little bit in surprise. He didn't talk back because it seemed that Aster was going to say something again.

"3 Months, be my boyfriend." Aster said in a low voice. For some reason, Rue heard a desperate but also a faint of sadness in her tone. He looked deeper in her eyes and there was a sign of curiosity but also mysterious. The girl he thought was a robot, could express those emotions as if it was hard for her. The girl he thought was cold, was showing him these faint emotions. He wasn't imagining, he knew this was real because he could see it with his naked—eyes.

It was new to him and he thought, he wanted to know Aster a bit more and know what she was thinking.

"I know for the fact you're not doing this because you like me—"

"Absolutely." Aster replied right away.

Rue looked at her as if saying 'you-don't-need-to-point-that-out.'. But then, he looked for those emotions he saw earlier but nowhere to be found on Aster's features. It was as if, gone in the blink of an eye.

"...For what reason are you doing this?" He asked in curiosity. Rue's thoughts of Aster were slowly changing.

"I want to know what love is. Everything about love and you're going to show them to me." Aster replied.

Rue couldn't believe what she just said but the desperation she was showing was what drove him to believe her. Still, hearing them from Aster cringed him hard.

'3 Months, huh? Well, it's just dating her and all, right? After that, it's done.' Rue said in his mind.

Rue who thought today was another wonderful day was completely destroyed by someone he never thought he would have a conversation with.....

This is the start of their Sweet Pea.