|Let's Talk About Sincerity|

After a few moments, they both headed to Honey Lou's place since they needed to get ready as soon as possible for school lest they get in trouble for skipping.

"It isn't really necessary to do this..." Dan hesitated to enter the girl's house because they weren't friends, to begin with.

"It's 100% okay!"

"Please, come in." she led him inside and gave him everything he needed, moving along with the flow, after finishing in less than 3 minutes, Dan wandered around the house, exploring various rooms right before waiting in the kitchen where she wouldn't mind him.

'This place is too cold.' he considered.

Honey appeared in the kitchen after taking her time upstairs, in her bedroom, and preparing herself for school which is in 30 minutes.

She had a tray filled with the cheese-ham sliced bread fresh from the oven but on that very day, she made it very sweet rather than cheesy for no reason and placed it on the counter as she packed it into two separate containers.

Seeing as she was running out of time, she hastily left the kitchen and then, ran back upstairs to dry her dripping hair.

She passed by the living room where the male decided to move.

He glanced at the other, finding her quite attractive with that after-shower look, and could not stop but follow his gaze on her.

Once Dan regained himself a bit, he continued chilling on the sofa, waiting for the girl to be done. And then, Honey came down at about 6:20 AM.

All set to leave, searching for her fellow student but he had already gone out with their lunch, she called for him.

"Are you already out there?"

"Yeah, I am." he loudly replied to the girl, Honey followed after the boy, taking one of the containers that Dan was holding before leaving him all confused.

He simply shook the thought off, walking away.

"What exactly is this?" he questioned, taking a small look.

'Is it that thing they were telling me?'

Soon enough, the two of them arrived in silence, entering the school together side by side as other students had their eyes on them once they passed by.

"Why are they together?" the first one wondered.

"Isn't he going out with Jihyun?" the second had gossiped to another, and it continued throughout the entire school that whole day or so...

'What is going on with everyone?' Honey had asked herself.

The rumors started spreading and reached the school's staff, teachers, the School Director, the media, and especially their friends.

The girl noticed the guy beside her, walking as she realized the issue.

--Kim Young's Point of View--

"Have you seen Honey-girl?" Haesu asked another time, this is getting annoying, I didn't expect her to be this troubled being concerned about her sister...

"She will come today, I'm telling you for sure." replied as I motioned her to sit next to me, the others were just minding their own business but were all worried about Honey as well, it didn't seem normal for that kid to just not attend any class.

"Honey is unpredictable, she'll get all excited for school and then just skip her classes." Haesu added and she kept on whining about how her sister was ignoring her.

'She is still the Haesu we know.'

"Just wait for a little more, don't panic." honestly, where is Honey?

There isn't anything going on with their family, right? Such as going bankrupt or losing a relative at all, could Honey be sick though?

Whatever it is, I am pretty sure it is nothing bad or any danger to her.

"Hey, did you hear?"

We overheard a crowd gossip about something as they gathered around though I somehow feel not so sure about this, whatever their topic is...

It seems like a new couple has been born around here.

"Aren't Dan and Jihyun dating? Why is Honey with him? And alone."

They said, Haesu suddenly became outraged after hearing another rumor about her younger sister getting involved with her friends.

She got up and approached them, slowly but frighteningly, they noticed her presence and faced her in a straight line as if they were in the military.

'But seriously, what is going on? Did we hear correctly??'

I followed Haesu before she could even pull another fellow student's collar, they all seemed terrified by the sudden burst, luckily, I was there to save them...

"Haesu, stop it! Let's just go." I told her as I gently pulled her back from the crowd, holding my girlfriend tightly and strictly repeating the words.

'You better control your temper.' of course, Haesu shrugged the thought off and prevented herself from doing anything that might end our relationship.

We both stopped by a vending machine, she took a seat as I inserted my payment while picking her favorite drink which is lemon juice in order to calm this tiger right here.

You must give it something it wants at the moment, to tend to its heart and control it.

'This will surely cool off her temper.'

"Here." I offered her the beverage, sitting beside her before asking.

"Now answer me... Why'd you go out there and burst out? You said that you would handle things smoothly." reminding her of the promise she swore from a while back.

"I am sorry, Young." she looked at the floor, regretting her choices, I was already convinced by her apology, saying from the silence there was between the two of us.

Without a doubt, she admits her mistake even when she says it isn't bad, my girl would always put on a facade, and having someone like her by my side is no joke, I have to restrain her every time just for her to be less regretful and punished for her wrong deeds.

'It's the very reason why I'm her mate.'

It isn't unrighteous to help someone, however, deceiving them is beyond the boundaries of a friend so eventually, one day I'll have the chance to come clean with her...

'The fact that she's not the one.'

But for now, I will only focus on helping her heal the wounds she has and reconcile with her enemies before telling her the truth about my feelings.

I leaned on Haesu's shoulder, sighing from the extreme feeling of guilt.

Or was it because I was nervous?

'After all this, I don't think it'll be a good ending.'

--Song Ji Eun's Point of View--

"What is going on with these dummies?"

I remarked out loud while taking Jihyun to her class yet all these blockheads are such bothersome to me.

Why do they keep on gathering in the middle of the school corridors?

They are gossiping to be exact, can they even prove if it is true? 'I don't think so.'

I stood there with my arms crossed for a little while before shouting at them as my voice echoed all around the halls.

Jihyun tried her best to convince me to stop but I was so full of this false information spreading throughout the entire school.

"Will you shut it or let me slit all your throats??"

"Haven't you heard? Dan Nevuerra is dating someone new and I expected you to be the first to know about this issue since they are your friends..." Min Seo stated while giving me an unsure expression plastered on her face filled with makeup.

I also noticed that Jihyun was surprised by that.

'No way am I letting that happen, Cho Jihyun and Dan Nevuerra are perfect together, and I am going to keep it that way for as long as we live.'

Within my thoughts, I made a promise to my friend who is also like a younger sister to me, the both of us walked straightly towards class 2-D.

I really should not have done that right in front of Jihyun.

She will be heavily depressed by all of these rumors spreading around the school that she has already been replaced by someone new, and the term 'new' literally means someone 'new' in school which is Honey Lou...

I should discuss this seriously with Dan because if anything bad happens to Jihyun.

He'll be sorry!

'They've known each other for 3 years now.' she can't just come here to ruin it for them!