Rejection

He heard her pleading voice and tears falling freely from her cheeks, Seojun's heartfelt beat. He stood still, looking at Karin with his eagle eyes, ready to eat. The mind begins to be divided, chaotic, and out of control. Should he stop?

The wet eyes were clear, looking at him as if his confidence would soon disappear if he continued any further.

"Do not touch me!" Karin was surprised when Seojun jerked her hand, holding Seojun's hand. The man immediately stood up completely.

Karin immediately wiped the tears that blocked her view. Unexpectedly, Seojun suddenly left just like that. He came out, slamming the door to this room hard enough to shut it again.

"Phew..." Karin breathed a sigh of relief; she immediately changed her sleeping position to a sitting place and glanced at her wet clothes scattered on the floor.

Before Seojun returned to this room, Karin had to change into new and more closed clothes. Usually, when he wants to sleep, he wears a tank top and thigh-length shorts, this time, he wears a training shirt and a slightly oversized plain shirt. While the dirty clothes were wet earlier, he put them in the dirty clothes basket so that the next day he could wash himself along with Seojun's clothes.

"Do I have to sleep in this room? Together with Seojun? The bed with Seojun?" Karin muttered, standing in front of Seojun's bed, looking at her confused before moving her head towards the sofa in this room, until her smile started to break when an idea flashed quickly.

"Sleeping on the couch is my ninja way of avoiding that guy." Karin smiled as she took only one pillow and her knitwear which she would use as a blanket to warm herself.

***

"Wake up! Wake up!"

Jungho, who was enjoying his rest session, was disturbed because suddenly Seojun came to his room brutally shaking Jungho's body.

'Bruk!'

"Ouch!" Jungho screamed as his body slammed down from the soft mattress, having to kiss the tiled floor.

"Seojun!" Jungho opened his eyes forcefully. The sleepiness that welcomed him seemed to have lost his appetite to return.

Casually, Seojun immediately replaced Jungho's position. He fell asleep in a place facing the ceiling of this room. Jungho noticed something strange about his master. His expression was unreadable, but as if hiding his anger, it was evident that his hands were into fists.

"What's wrong with you?" Jungho asked calmly, not wanting to be an easy target for Seojun when he felt offended if he said the wrong thing.

Seojun looked at Jungho with an undefined face. Swallowing saliva slowly, Jungho showed his innocent face.

"Damn it!" Seojun also broke his eye contact with Jungho. He cursed. I don't know what the problem is. Jungho still doesn't understand the situation. So he was silent, waiting for the following sentence that would come out of Seojun's lips.

"He turned me down! When all the women wanted me, he was crying. Begging me!"

'Oh, so Seojun is still upset because of Karin?' Jungho thought, who then understood where this conversation was going.

"Maybe he's not ready. You have to understand Seojun," Jungho finally said.

"I never stop when I'm excited. But tears are like a spear that stops me," said Seojun. I threw Jungho's pillow there, landing on the cold floor.

Jungho could only silently enjoy the sight in front of him. Fortunately, there are no dangerous sharp objects in this room. Otherwise, Jungho's life is in danger.

"Look at you, and I won't let you go a second time. I'll come back for your promise." Seojun returned to his monologue while Jungho grimaced while scratching the back of his head that didn't itch.

"You like Miss Karin?" The curious Jungho asked.

But because Seojun's state was in a flustered mood, it seemed that the timing was wrong and didn't get the honest answer, thus getting Seojun's killing stare.

"Uhm, sorry. I'm just curious," said Jungho, grinning with his sweet bunny teeth.

"Shut up! Today I will sleep in your room. You go, find another bed!"

'Huh, why is that? Luckily you are my boss and my best friend; otherwise, I might kick you,' Jungho thought.

"Why are you still here?! Get out!" Seojun ordered, which raised his voice as if yelling because Jungho was still standing where he was.

"Yeah, I'm out. If you need anything, tell me."

Inwardly, while walking out of his room. Jungho hopes his room is still neatly arranged until the morning comes to pick him up. If not;

'Bruak!'

'Prang!'

'Bugs!'

"Get rid of me! What is my room so?" Jungho grumbled with a pounding heart, and he looked towards the door to his room. His guess was correct. He just thought of it; Seojun immediately threw a tantrum.

***

The next day, Karin woke because she fell from the sofa and fell to the floor, which looked so cold. The sunlight was trying to enter the room, but Karin felt that she had been alone in this room since yesterday.

How not, the condition of the room is the same as last night. Karin memorized the location of the blanket, bolster, and one pillow that was still left on the bed there. So, where is Seojun? Did the man not sleep in this room last night?

Karin was stunned until she didn't realize the bedroom door was open and Jungho was standing there. "Sorry Miss, I surprised you," said Jungho. Without closing the door to his room, he walked inside.

"Oh, it's okay." Karin hastily stood up from her sitting position, still on the floor. He tidied up his appearance while watching Jungho, who was walking towards the closet, opened Seojun's wardrobe and seemed to take something.

"Where's Seojun?" Karin better asks Jungho, who incidentally still looks neutral.

"You sleep on the couch?" Jungho, who had taken some of Seojun's clothes, looked at Karin and asked back before answering the girl's question.

"Yeah, I think the guy will return to the room, and I don't want to sleep in the same bed with him," Karin replied, looking so honest.

"Oh, it's only right that he moved into my room last night. Then, you take a shower and get excited because I'll be the one to prepare Mr. Seojun's needs this morning, Miss." Jungho said calmly, then smiled kindly before closing the closet door.

"Thank you, Jungho." Karin nodded politely, and she saw Jungho shake briefly and walk away from this room. She was leaving Karin looking tired. The girl sat back on the sofa with a blank stare, and she felt helpless. He looked at his cell phone, which he couldn't hold for the past few days. Karin misses her mother so much, and she hasn't contacted the woman since dropping her off at the airport.

"Mom, Karin misses you." There was a debate in Karin's head, and she felt powerless because giving up so easily had given her whole life to a stranger.

Is the choice correct? Karin let out a long sigh. Karin doesn't know where to go to get a better life whenever she feels insecure. Inside his head, a negative voice spread that he was nothing. But how precious is Mama in her life? What makes him continue to believe that one of the strengths to live these days is him.