Secret Mission

A gloomy smile appeared on my face.

"Hey.. not this one" Ji Hoon whined.

My eyes glistening with tears fell on his suave countenance.

"I want your smile, the one, only Ha Na has." he stopped for a while, then further continued "the appealing one, the one which has the calibre to heal any wound."

I gazed in awe at him, fascinated by how good he is with words.

"That endearing smile of yours, which reigns your face all the time, without you even realising about its presence. A smile that conceals your pain, your sorrow."

He took a deep breath and said "The one and only, which makes my day."

Ji Hoon definitely has a way with words, I am entirely lost in his maze of words. My heart is fluttering, I am trying my best to stop myself from blushing. I don't know whether he mean all of this or just saying these sugar coated words to amuse me. But the tension I feel in his voice makes all of this so realistic. I don't want him to ever stop, I want him to keep going, keep saying things like this forever.

"So ma'am can I get the pleasure to see your smile and to fulfil one of my wishes." he said in a pleading voice, which made me giggle.

"Yes, that's the one I wanted to see" there is a praise in his voice.

I gave him a wide smile and asked "Are you now satisfied sir?"

Then we both giggled.

We both lying down, my head on his muscular arm, and all we are doing is giggling and stargazing.

"You are such a fool" I mentioned

he grunted "What?"

"Obviously, just look how you wasted one of your golden opportunity by asking me just to smile."

"That's what matters the most at this moment" he said in a very natural manner, I wonder, how many times is he going to melt my heart.

But he himself ruined this moment by saying "don't worry babygirl, I still have two more chances"

I snorted.

It's already midnight but neither of us is willing to go back home.

"Don't you think you should go home, your mom will be worried?" Ji Hoon asked

"She won't be at home, she has to work whole night and I don't want to be all alone at home so it's better here" I responded.

He nodded

"You?" he turned leftwards to face me, instead of the sky, I elucidated my question "don't you have to go home?"

"I am already home"

What that means, I pondered but couldn't understand so I asked him "what's that supposed to mean?"

"Nothing!"

I snorted at his reply.

I know he won't answer, he only give replies when he feels like, if he doesn't want to he won't, no matter how much you try to persuade him. He is secretive and a bit distant but I still feel safe with him.

"Do you remember my mum?" I asked curiously.

"Of course"

"That day.. in the hospital.." he stopped me from continuing by keeping his index finger on my lips and said "don't ask anything, you'll ruin this beautiful night"

I blinked my eyes twice, to show my agreement. Then he removed his finger.

I don't want to waste my energy and time in trying to convince him to answer because I know he won't, so I guess it's better to let it go.

I pointed my index finger towards the moon and said in a feeble voice "That moon looks lonely"

"Just like me" I completed my previous sentence.

Ji Hoon shook his head in disapproval and swirled his index finger around the moon and stars and said "You're wrong, that moon isn't lonely , look, it has stars all around it, and these stars enhances the moon's features, just like you, you're the moon surrounded by stars like me, like your mum, like In Na."

I am amazed at how your way of thinking can change your entire point of view, his words filled with positivity, toppled my negative thoughts. He is indeed a star in my life, the brightest one, the one which shines the most in the darkest night.

I am basking under the moonlight, with a handsome hunk beside me but then the thought of that video gave me a shudder, "Ji Hoon, how did you delete that video?"

"What video?" Ji Hoon asked with furrowed eyebrows.

"That video, the one Yeji recorded while bullying me, Ji Hoon you assured me that you have deleted that video, you did so, right?" I sat straight as I said this, my back stiffened because of the fear of that video.

"Umm.. actually, I had no idea about the video"

"Jung Ji Hoon!" I shrieked out without waiting for him to complete his sentence.

"I had no choice, you were so inexorable, unwilling to come out. So I lied" he said in one breath.

"Are you out of your mind" I shouted "Because of you I suffered all these bullying and you augmented my misery by hiding the truth"

"I am sorry!"

"They warned me that they'll upload that video if I'll ever be with you. My life is already a mess, that video will make it a clutter"

I put my hands on my head not knowing what to do next, as if the world's ending.

Ji Hoon came closer towards me, I slanted my look.

"We can fix it" his eyes, beaming with hope.

"How? It's not possible, we can't do anything" I said helplessly

"I have a plan" Ji Hoon said with a smirk on his face.

"What plan?" I scoffed

He whispered his plan in my ear, and my eyes widened at his plan.

"Ji Hoon.. isn't it risky?"

"So what? Just trust me"

I hesitated, but as I have no other choice, I agreed "I am counting on you, please don't disappoint me"

"I won't, try to believe me, and just start this venture with me"

I nodded

we both bumped our fist, ready to start our secret mission.