Astonishment (1/1)

I waited for the next period bell to ring before I made my way down from the rooftop. I had gathered all the courage I had in my heart, and I was determined to face whatever was waiting for me downstairs.“Let’s do this, Hani. You can face anything!”I took a deep breath, and with clenched teeth, I opened the rooftop door.And I came face to face with Joon. He was standing with his back leaning against the wall on the very top of the stairs, arms crossed.Was he waiting for me?He saw me at he door, he straighten up his body, and smiled.“That took you long enough.” He said. “Joon, what are you doing here? How long has you standing there?”Did he perhaps hear my conversation with Junhyung?“Long enough. How are you? Are you okay?”He was now in front of me, scanning me from head to toe, and he finally locked his eyes on my eyes.“Your eyes. You were crying, weren’t you, Hani?” His hands cupped my face, his thumbs swept my cheek, right under my eyes, left and right. His hands were warm, I bet my face was too, and all the trouble I had in me seemed to disappear at that right moment.“Joon.”How pathetic was that? I was too awestricken by his touch, all I could utter was his name. But he just smiled upon hearing his own name coming from my quivering lips, there was gentleness in his eyes that made me felt so protected. “Hani, may I ask you a question?”He still had his hands on me, but they were moved to my shoulder. He looked at me deeply, as if he was trying to read my eyes.“The rumors, are they true?”“No! Trust me, Joon, they’re not true!”I fervently shook my head, and I felt his clasps on my shoulders became tight.“I trust you, Hani, I trust you.”He pulled me in his grasp, hugging me tight, his hands move up and down my back, he knew I was on the verge of another panic attack.“I trust you, Hani.” I felt my eyes became warm again. But I couldn’t cry now, I shouldn’t cry in front of him. I wanted him to know that I was strong enough to face this. I let myself free from him, and he seemed surprised by my action.“We should go down now, the class has already started. You didn’t answer my question just now, Joon. How long has you standing here? Did you miss your class because of me?”“I… Well, I met Junhyung when he was coming down the stairs, and he told me that you were up here, alone, and that I should go and check up on you. I don’t know why, but Junhyung looked worried, but it’s hard for me to believe that Yong Junhyung is actually worried about you. I mean, even though everything that happened is connected to him, but he is never the kind of guy that cared about these kinds of things. But I went up anyway, and I thought you wanted to be alone, so I waited here until you came out.” “Wait, are you saying that Junhyung told you that I am up here?”Why would Junhyung do that? When I just broke his heart? And when he knew that my heart belonged to Joon?“Yeah, I guess he did.”That stunned me. Junhyung again left me in astonishment. I felt guilty knowing that Joon missed his class because of me, but above that, I felt even guiltier for Junhyung, now that I knew he told Joon to check up on me, just after what I did to him.“But I’m glad he told me that. If not, I had no idea where to find you.”But yet, Junhyung managed to find me. “I’m okay now, Joon, so let’s go to class?”I was ahead of him, rushing down the stairs.“You must be feeling better, you are all perk up for class. I’m relieved.”He was smiling, we were trotting down side by side.“Yes, I am, Joon, and thank you for coming up for me. Let’s go, we are already late.”“What class is it, for you now, Hani?” “English.”