Someone Better

"You're indeed very prideful," commented Amiah in a low voice.

"Can't be helped," Hyson shrugged nonchalantly. "I'll still take this time to tell you to be nicer to yourself. And don't think my rejection is the end. It could be a new beginning. So, if you have anything you want to say or even hit me just to vent, you can do it. But after this night, let it all go. If you took the sorrow of tonight with you to tomorrow, it won't do you any good."

"Are you worried about me?" she asked.

"I am. You are still Xian Ge's sister. That's the only reason I was avoiding you so much. I didn't want to hurt you. But you didn't take the hint."

"I did," she told him. "I knew what your answer would be."

Hyson frowned uncertainly when he heard that and questioned, "And yet you confessed?"