WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?

"Ri- Rica! Your face!!" The girl in front of Rica sheirked, while covering her face, as she saw red coloured rashes appear on her blemish free face, in horror.

Rica too covered her face with her plams and rubbed it, as her face was both itching and burning. It was so uncomfortable and beyond sufferable.

 

The next second, she thought of something, before she hurriedly took out her small mirror, and looked at her face, with widened petrified face. Her whole face was reddened, and it was getting swollen little by little. "M- My face!" Rica exclaimed before she covered her face with her palms, as tears spilled from her eyes. "N- No way! What's happening?"

Just then, she saw the boys from the senior class entering the class, and she rushed to an empty seat at the back of the class, to not be seen by Ben or any of his friends. "Hide me! Hide me!" She whispered to her friends. While she mentally prayed that Ben doesn't notice her. It was the only time that her prayers were the opposite of the usual.

 

Ben entered the room, and he looked around, before he found Dove, and smiled. He looked towards her, and smiled before walking towards her. "Good morning, Dove. How are you?"

Dove flashed a sweet smile and she said, "Senior Ben, I fine. How are you doing?"

Ben came to stand in front of her desk, while Rica who was already seething in pain and in anger peeked her eyes to look at them. And she curled her hands into fists! That bitch! I warned her to stay away from my man! But unlucky her. Her pretty face was now ruined and all she could do right now was hide!

 

Dove saw him take a bouquet of flowers that his friends passed him, and he passed it to her, and said, "Dove, I came to hear that you were bullied by someone! Why didn't you tell me?" He said with concern in his eyes. 

And seeing the exchange between them, most of the students, who were looking at them gasped among themselves. "Hey! Didn't Rica yesterday make a fuss out there that Dove was trying to approach Senior Ben and seduce him? Why does it not seem to be that case?" They whispered. "Yes, it looks as if he is the one who is keeping track of her, and approaching her!"

"Exactly! He even brought her flowers." 

 

Rica who was sitting not far from them heard those gossips, and she dug her finger nails on her palms. H- How come Ben is the one who is giving her flowers! Didn't she say that Dove was the one who was circling around Ben? Don't tell me that he too fell for her? Rica thought spitefully.

 

Dove too looked at the flowers in surprise and then at Ben, who winked at her cheekily and wiggled his eyebrows at flowers meaningfully. And as if understanding what he was trying to say, Dove raised her eyebrows and chuckled subtly. She then smiled at him politely and shook her head, "Thank you so much for worrying about me, Senior Ben. But I cannot except these flowers. I have already told you that I am not looking for any romantic involvement with anyone right now."

 

To which, Ben shook his head head and said, "This is an apology from me. I heard that you were bullied because of me." Dove lowered her head pitifully and shook her head, "No need, senior. I very much appreciate your concern. But I cannot accept these flowers. After all, you have a lot of admirers, who really admire you a lot. And they wouldn't like it. Especially Classmate Rica. She likes you a lot. And I don't want to hurt her feelings anymore, by accepting these."

 

The whole class fell into silence. Everyone's prespective towards Dove seemed to change after hearing what she said. So she wasn't the one who was chasing Senior Ben but the other way around. And even after getting bullied by Rica last day, she was still thinking about her feelings, and not wanting to have a bad blood between them!