Chapter 08

My smile that should have grown bigger I was hiding right now, I was at great luck because of the wound I got accidentally while helping him. Wait, help him? That guy didn't even ask for my help at all, I was right, right?

Whatever it is, I don't care anyway, the most important thing now is that I feel I'm in an advantageous position. I took a closer look at the details of the man's face, it turned out to be more handsome if I looked closely like this. This is the first time I can breathe clearly his scent.

"Stop looking at me like that" his cold voice made me flinch, I blinked a few times before taking my eyes off him. Shame, really, but I still feel I have to do it again so as not to lose.

I almost winced when he pressed it, whether he did it on purpose or not, most importantly it was a way to stop the bleeding.

I forced my brain to work to find a topic to get rid of this awkward situation, I've actually been thinking about something that's been bothering me lately. Then, with one gulp of saliva to wet my throat, I began to speak.

"Why did you throw the food away?" I felt his movement stop, he resumed cleaning my wound after a few seconds.

"For you to stop doing it." I feel sad to hear it again.

"Why?"

"Stop wasting your time on useless things, you won't gain anything by doing that every day."

Useless he said? Hey, you should know that I always wake up very early in the morning just to prepare it all for him. Why didn't he feel grateful just once?

"I enjoyed doing it—"

"Why did you do it?" Alaska cut off my unfinished words.

"Because—I like you," I wasn't really sure at first to say how I felt, but I don't think this is a bad moment to say it either.

He stopped, not because of what I said, but because he had finished treating my hand. Hey dear Alaskan lord, at least give me an answer to what I just said.

I saw him starting to clean up the box containing the first aid medicines, he got up but my arm which he had just bandaged I used to hold him.

"Answer me," he let out a small sigh.

"Remove your feelings, I don't like you at all."

It hurt so much, I started to let go of my hands from his fingers, looking down to hide the wry smile I didn't intend for him to see. The steps seemed to have gone away, I sat myself back in the chair then buried my face in my palms.

I'm not crying, after all it's still in the early stages. I'm just a little frustrated after getting rejected. Then, did he think that I would just give up? Wow, his mind must be wrong if he thinks so.

Crying is indeed one way to vent sadness, but I think I rarely cry these days, the tears only come when I remember my father, the rest maybe because of my schoolwork which piles up in the middle of the night and is endless. Now is not the time to cry, my journey to chase him is still long, this is just the beginning, of course he still doesn't have the same feelings as me. I'll make him like me to the end for himself to decide. As a human being who does not escape his carelessness, I can only fight on my own feet.

Ting!

My cellphone received a message notification, I immediately reached into it and made my eyes sparkle after knowing the name of the sender.

From : my lovely brother

["Don't take a taxi home, I'll pick you up today."]

Wait, pick me up? Isn't he still in Canada?

To : my lovely brother

["Don't lie to me, damn it! I don't want to end up like a fool who keeps waiting by the side of the road."]

Not quite a minute after I sent the message, he had already replied.

From : my lovely brother

["If you don't believe me, get out now, your class is over, right?"]

My eyes sparkled again, I actually got up and ran outside ignoring the stares from some students who were looking at me because they were smiling to themselves looking at their cellphones.

A little information, the guy who just texted me is my cousin, I think of him as my older brother. He is nice, he loves me and vice versa, but because he always bothers me, then I assume that he is a monster in the form of a handsome man.

"Oh my God!" I flinched when I hit someone, I was almost outside the faculty building, but I had to get stuck when I found the brown drink from the person I hit turned out to be on his alma mater.

I covered my mouth in disbelief, I was really shocked, especially when I saw his eyebrows almost together in anger, making me unable to make any sound other than widening my eyes.

"Sorry, please forgive me, I didn't—"

"You're saying it wasn't on purpose? Damn you, you put me in a bad mood in an instant! I feel like— Aakhhh! Damn it!" The man had already taken steps to grab my face, but he failed when he realized that the human standing in front of him now was a woman.

I closed my eyes, waiting for what would happen next. However, I didn't feel anything other than him screaming in annoyance.

"You don't blame everything on me, you should be able to dodge too!" I was suddenly annoyed because he was the one who cursed harshly, he thought he was the only one who could? After all, he was also wrong.

"Shit, you still want to defend yourself?" I suddenly shrunk when I saw his hands clenched into fists, then I chuckled nervously while shaking my head hard. Please, I want to save myself now from this fierce man.

"It's a good thing you're a woman. Otherwise, your face wouldn't have formed!"

Honestly, I don't care.

He took off his wet alma mater, saw the nameplate and the major I could immediately guess that the man was from the informatics engineering major.

"Wash it clean and take it tomorrow, watch out if it's not." He just walked away from there after folding his long-sleeved shirt up to his elbows. I didn't call him handsome because he was scary.

Luckily he only told me to clean his alma mater, that means, he's still a man who has a sense of empathy.