Apology (1/1)

The next morning, you woke up as usual to do your household chores. Unfortunately for you, it was your duty for that day to wake the "young master" up. You warily opened his bedroom door and crept to his bed side."Young master, it's time to wake up." You whispered in his ear. He didn't even move an inch. You poked his arm with your finger. "Hey, wake up."He still didn't move a single bit. After a few more attempts, you were starting to get agitated and impatient. He was literally sleeping like a log."HEY! DONGHAE! WAKE UP RIGHT NOW!" You shouted into his ear."You forgot to add the oppa behind my name." Donghae stated, still with his eyes closed."So you were awake all this time huh?" You looked at him with utter annoyance.Donghae finally opened his eyes and sat up. "So what if I was? You sounded so cute when you were so exasperated just trying to wake me up." He grinned.You stomped your foot in irritance and rolled your eyes. "Just get up now would you, I have better things to do than stay here with you.""Alright alright, wait for me, we'll go to school together." Donghae said while walking to the bathroom, and shut the door.*Go to school together?* You blinked at that thought.Donghae gobbled up his breakfast, and as soon as he was done, he grabbed your hand and dragged you out of the house."Ouch! I'm not done cleaning up the dining table yet! I need to go back and finish it up!" You argued."Leave it to the other maids. Hurry up and get into the car or we'll be late." Donghae tapped his feet.You glared at him, pouted, and reluctantly got into the car.While Donghae was driving, you turned and stared at him, "could you stop making me ditch my duties just for your sake? I get paid for a reason you know. I'm not supposed to just shove my duties to other people and expect to receive the same payment as them.""You aren't ditching your duties." Donghae stated while keeping his eyes on the road."What?""One of your duties is to serve me, and that's exactly what you're doing. Stop complaining and being rude to me or I'll really fire you. Anyway, I have something to show to you before class." Donghae smirked at you and turned back to look at the road.You immediately shut up. Obviously, you couldn't risk losing your job. *And, what is it that he wants to show me?*The both of you got out of the car once you arrived at school. Donghae instinctively grabbed your hand like before and that caught you by surprise. *Where is he planning to bring me?* He was walking towards the Junior High classrooms and you suddenly came to a realization. *Is he bringing me to see him accept the junior girl's confession!?* Your eyes widened in shock.In fact, Donghae DID enter the classroom where the junior girl was in. He walked towards the girl and finally let go of your hand. The girl looked up and her eyes brightened up the moment she saw Donghae. She smiled widely and bowed to him, "Good morning Donghae oppa."To everyone's surprise, Donghae wasn't a jerk and didn't scoff or roll his eyes. He replied with a smile as well, "Good morning."This made you even more nervous. You were already expecting Donghae to accept her confession like you had imagined. You heart sank at that thought.Meanwhile, Donghae was seemingly feeling uncomfortable. He took a deep breath and said, "I'm sorry."You stared at him incredulously, and the girl's eyes widened as well. Everyone around gasped and there was widespread murmuring. "Did the kingka just apologise!?" "To a junior!?"He glanced around and continued, "I'm sorry for my rude behaviour towards you yesterday. I'm sure I must have hurt you a lot. But I was just trying to get my point across that I cannot be with you, and that there are certainly many better guys out there than me."You looked at him and could instantly see the uneasiness in his eyes. You felt so proud of him because you knew it wasn't an easy feat for him to apologize to anyone, much less a junior. Moreover, he had apologized in front of an entire crowd."Thank you for the apology Donghae oppa. I was hurt, but I'm ok now. Thank you." The girl cheerfully replied, bowed and sat down at her seat again.Donghae nodded and left quickly. You couldn't really tell what he was feeling, embarassed? You decided you would ask him after school. After school, you rushed to the carpark and waited for Donghae at his car. You were excited to meet him because you wanted to praise him for being so gentlemanly. However, when Donghae came out from school, he looked so down and dejected, with his eyes glued onto the ground. You glanced at him curiously, but he didn't even bother looking up to say hi to you.He unlocked the car doors and got into the car. He waited for you to get in and the moment you got in, he sped out of the carpark. You were taken aback by his behaviour. *What is wrong with him?*Like before, right after he had parked his car, he left the car without saying a word and immediately went up to his room. You didn't know why he was acting this way, but you knew you still had to praise him for his behaviour earlier on.You slowly made your way up to his room and gently knocked on his door. "Donghae oppa... Donghae oppa..."But to no avail, he didn't answer you. You didn't care and opened the door, only to see Donghae curled up on his bed staring into space. You couldn't believe your eyes. *What on earth happened to make Donghae act this way!*You went over to his bed and tapped his shoulder. "Donghae oppa, are you alright?" However, he didn't respond.You figured he probably wasn't going to respond to anything you said, so you decided to just continue talking and leave after you were done with what you wanted to say."Donghae oppa, I don't know why you're so down now. But I just wanted to say that you looked really manly and cool just now when you apologized to the girl. It was such a gentlemanly act and I totally did not expect that from you. So for whatever reason you are upset about, just remember that you were awesome back there, and I'm sure everyone else did, too."You got off the bed and made your way to the door. At this moment, Donghae suddenly sprung up."You really think I was cool?" He asked, making you jump in surprise because you didn't know he would respond.You turned around and nodded a few times with a smile.Just then, Donghae smiled, which made you smile even more! You walked back to him and asked, "So why were you so sad just now?""Well, ~~~~~~, you should know I have always been cocky and never apologized to anyone. It was so hard for me this morning to say those words of apology to that girl, especially since she was just a junior. I thought I looked weak and lousy, and I didn't want to be viewed that way. Especially not to you." He looked at you sheepishly.You giggled. "Ok so now that you know I found you cool, are you alright?"Donghae rolled his eyes, "You think the Kingka could be THAT sad over something? Obviously I'm fine now."Now you rolled your eyes as well. "You're definitely fine, and back to your cocky arrogant self. Ok, I'm going." You made your way to the door again."~~~~~~!" Donghae called. You turned around. "~~~~~~, the reason why I brought you today to be with me when I apologized to the girl, was because I wanted to show you that I am making the effort to change to become a nicer person, and to be a real gentleman. I hope you see that." Donghae smiled weakly.You beamed. "I do."And you left the room.