9 We Can't Be Together

Ever since that day, I have rarely come to school and face him. I perceive that our date would be perfect but I'm wrong. It's a disaster. I couldn't believe that he neglects my feelings to protect me. But to whom? I couldn't tell that it's unrequited love since we both want each other. 

However, none of those are helping me and it's hurt if he keeps shoving my feelings. 

"Minsoo, you are spacing out, like 30 minutes. Are you okay?" Jungmin implores as he settles down my coffee. 

"You haven't come to class either. What's wrong?" He asks then. I've been absent for two days and I'm not prepared to encounter him.  

"Was it about Taehyung?" I nod as the outer cup touches my lips and drinks it.

"Don't worry about it, okay? Just go to class and avoid him." 

"I can't avoid him. The majority of my schedules are the same as his." 

"Just go to the class, okay? Mother asked me if you are okay and I can't lie about it. Don't make our parents worried, they are in the other state to accompany our grandmother's health, so they're expecting us to be responsible, and being in class is one of those." I respond with a nod.

"I will attend my class tomorrow." He replies with a smile and gives me an embrace. 

"That's the spirit." He mumbles and goes to his room. My face leaning towards the table. I release a deep sigh before closing my eyes.

"I hope Youngjae will be there to stay with me," I say to myself. 

My eyes travel to the window and notice a figure outside. I stand up and saunter outside to check what it is. 

My eyes sparkle when seeing Youngjae, leaning his back underneath the tree. However, why is he standing there and not greeting me? 

I blink in a second, Youngjae is nowhere to be found. My eyes wander and have a chance to see him but he isn't there anymore. 

"Where on earth is he? Did I hallucinate?"  I ask as I cross my arms. 

"Minsoo! What are you doing? You are supposed to eat not to stand here with bare feet." I turn around to face Jungmin, who's ranting beside me. 

"I just saw Youngjae, so I got outside to invite him inside. He just disappeared." His eyebrows form a frown as his eyes wrinkle. 

He grabs my wrist and pulls me inside. He signs me to sit down. 

"Youngjae is in Korea to visit his relatives." He confesses. 

My eyes narrow, suspiciously glancing at him. How did he know that since they aren't close? 

"No, we're not friends or something. I heard it from somewhere, so it's impossible for you to see him here." He replies to my untold query.

"But I saw him standing on the other side of the road," I exclaim and stick to my belief, from what I saw. 

"Fine, I won't argue but don't blame me if you can't see him on the campus because I told you what I know." He sighs and wanders upstairs. Leaving me alone. 

"I know what I saw, " I murmur as I finish my coffee.

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Attending the class is worse than staying at home, Taehyung keeps ignoring me when I  greet him or ask him. 

I pull him closer and confront him. He's glancing at me with a stern look. 

"Taehyung, just talk to me! I thought you want to protect me? But ignoring me is not helping at all! We are just hurting each other!" I exclaim, forgetting that there's a student in the hallway. 

"Minsoo, please not here. You are disturbing other classes and the students." He implores as he grabs my wrist and pulls me somewhere but I remove it. 

"Just tell me what's wrong. Why are you doing this to me? You are punishing me when you're shutting me off." His fingers run through his hair as he bites his inner cheek. 

"You remember what I told you. This entire thing will never be right. Why don't you just accept the fact that we can't be together?!" 

"I... I can't." I murmur, avoiding his eye contacts. 

I feel tears run down my cheeks and instantly, wipe it all before glancing at him.

"Don't push yourself to me because it's not going to work. I can't have you so don't even try to pull me close to you." He lets out before turning around—walking away from me. My teeth clutch my inner cheek to stop my emotions but it doesn't work. 

My tears shatter all over my face without thinking that other students are watching me. I snap into reality when feeling their eyes on me. I take a deep breath, wipe all the tears, and strode to the cafeteria. 

My eyes wide when seeing a familiar face beside Taehyung. 'I recognized her from somewhere.' I say to myself. 

My lips form a smile, striving to hide my pain and greets them. I sit in front of him and give him a smile. 

I glance at her, perceiving that I've seen her before. 'She's the young woman from last week.' My heart throbs, clutching my fist and attempting to stop my tears from falling. 

I look down to hide my face. 

"I didn't notice you and Amia got back together, as I perceive, you two broke up last week before the show," Seojun announces. 

"I guess it's fate to get back together, right babe?" He mumbles with a flirty voice. 

The girl giggles and hugs Taehyung on his side and glances at me. I roll my eyes.

"Who is that girl babe?" 

"It's Jungmin's twin, Minsoo," Mingyu says. 

I give her a smile and offer a handshake.

"Nice to meet you Amia." I sternly say. She gives me a warm smile as she accepts the shake hand. 

 Suddenly, I unwrap my hand around her when there's a strange aura coming from her hands. My chest begins to clutch and run off the cafeteria, ignoring their voices. My feet lead me near from the bench. 

My fist grasps my chest to ease the pain, sadly it doesn't work and my tears fall down my cheeks as the pain is unbearable. 

"W...what is h...happening?" I ask myself, trying to use my last breath. 

I look up when hearing heavy footsteps towards me and there, I see Amia wearing a smirk on her lips. She knelt down to level my height as she wipes all the sweats that cover my face. 

"That is what you get, my little princess." My face is distorted with turmoil. Clenching my fist on my chest. 

"W...what are you d...doing t...to me?" I stutter.

"Oh, nothing. Don't blame me. You are controlling your feelings not me, princess, and If you are raging because Taehyung chooses me than you. It is not my problem. I am here to warn you, princess." 

"D... Don't call m...me princess. I... I'm not a princess." I whisper.

"Aren't you? Oh, I forgot. 'He' erased your memories. My bad! Anyway, I'm warning you to leave Taehyung alone, or else, you don't even know what will come next, my princess." She walks away but her laugh echoes inside my ear. 

After a few minutes, the pain inside me slowly disappeared until I could easily breathe. I look up to see the clear sky 

All of a sudden, my head begins to ache. I grab my bag to search for some painkiller. My tongue touches the medicine as I drink my water in a split second. 

[I saw a beautiful man with his shiny white wings in front of me. I walked closer to him to reach his wings and caress it.  "You are beautiful and your wings. So shiny and soft too." I giggled. He knelt to reach my height and peck my cheek and smile. "You are such a sweet girl, princess."]

"What… Is that my memory? Why did they call me a princess?  And his face was blurred but his wings... Is that an angel?" I ask myself, striving to process the memory I gain.