Apologies and Confessions (1/1)

Chapter EighteenApologies and Confessions I heard footsteps coming closer to me and I looked over. "Zelo, how did--"It wasn't Zelo. It was Daehyun.I looked away, kind of embarrassed. Why is he here? I thought Zelo was coming back."Surprised aren't you?" he said, forcing a laugh that I didn't believe at all. "Um. . . ." I wasn't really sure as to what to say, so I just kind of stood there as I stared at him with wide eyes. "I'm sorry, LaeJoon-ah," he blurted, getting straight to the point. As he stepped towards me, I stepped back. He gave me a look. "What?" he asked. "What's wrong.""Please . . . don't come near me." I looked away from his blazing gaze as I backed up some more and hit the wall. "Are you afraid of me? Why are you afraid of me?" He advanced closer as he whispered the words, hurt obvious in his voice. "Please stay back. Please." I couldn't help but be a little scared. I thought Zelo would come, but it was the liar who ordered someone to almost kill me. I would be crazy to not be scared. "LaeJoon-ah," he said as he stopped walking and stood in front of me, his eyes a little watery. "Please hear my explanation. You may think it's ridiculous, but please hear me out." He paused as I said nothing. "Please.""Stop saying please," I demanded, my voice a lot stronger than what I felt. "If I want to hear it I will ask you to tell me.""But--""What right do you have to say please?" Gaining confidence, I lifted off of the wall and walked towards Daehyun, making him back up in uncertainty. "You order HaNi to beat me up and you lied to me! All the crap about the 'pages' was a lie! That kiss was a lie! Every word you spoke to me was a lie--""None of it was a lie!" he shouted, causing me to stop talking. "I do want you to forget about Zelo. I don't want you to be an open book because I know you'll get hurt. And I do like you." He paused to see if I wold say anything. I was silent."I like you a lot," he continued. I couldn't really form any words except, "Really?"He nodded. "Yes, I do really like you. And about the whole HaNi thing . . . I just wanted her to scare you so you'd tell Junhong and he wouldn't believe you and you'd hate him forever. I didn't think you'd forgive him so easily.""What's wrong with forgiving? You should be happy I forgive easily. That means I may be able to forgive you.""But I don't think you will," he said as he put his head down and mumbled something unintelligable."Why won't I?" "Because Zelo may have hurt you, but he never lied to you." He looked back up and into my eyes. "I did that."It made me hurt to see him hurt. I couldn't live, too knowing I caused him to hurt like this. "Then I'll forgive--""Don't forgive me," he said, his eyes watery. "Don't you dare forgive me. I don't deserve your kindness whatsoever. And you know that.""But Daehyun--""I know you like Junhong. I know it. You and him are the only people who don't know it." He turned around so that I couldn't see his face, but I did see his arm reach up towards his cheek, as if wiping something away. "I don't like--""Quit lying." He laughed bitterly. "Don't be like me."A minute passed with us like that: Daehyun standing there, his back to me and me standing there, looking at his back. I didn't know what to do. I'm pretty sure I couldn't forgive him, but I sure did want to. Even if I did want to, I couldn't because he doesn't want me to. He doesn't want my forgiveness he--"I just came to say I was sorry. Junhong told me to come and tell you.""Dae--""Sorry," he said and then he walked off to the end of the hallway. He looked back and shot me a forced smile before disappearing behind the wall. Everything hit me at once and my legs gave out, making me hit my body against the floor. Everything's a mess. Do I really like Zelo? "LaeJoon--"I looked up and saw Zelo looking at me with big eyes. "Are you okay? Did he hurt you? I'll go beat his--""Don't," I croaked. He was already at my side and he held onto my arm. "Don't?""Just let him be.""He didn't hurt you?"I sighed. "Not on the outside." He stayed quiet as he looked down and gently pulled me into his arms. And with that one movement, I cracked. I bawled into his chest and hung onto him like my life depeneded on it. "I feel so bad!" I cried, soaking his shirt with my tears. He  didn't ask me why or question me, he only stroked my hair and tucked my head under his chin like he had done not too long ago. Even though he wasn't saying anything, I felt like he was telling me everything. He moved his head downward to kiss the top of my head. "Daehyun . . . said . . . that I like you." I quickly burried my face in his chest, embarrassed by what I had just said. He chuckled. "Well . . . do you?" My heartbeat quickened at the sound of his words. "I-I don't k-know. . . ." "Well," he started, the smile completely obvious in his voice. "Tell me when you do know."It made me smile: the fact that I don't have to hurt anymore. "But do you like me?" I asked, feeling warm and fuzzy inside. "Let's see." He pulled me back and looked at me. He looked over all of my face before landing back on my eyes. "Yes," he answered. "I do.""You . . . do . . . ?" I honestly didn't expect that. "How do you know you like me?" He looked into the air and put a finger on his chin, like he was thinking. Then he looked at me again. "When I was with HaNi . . . all I could think about was you. When I chased after her and saw her crying . . . I only imagined how you felt. I couldn't think straight whenever I wasn't around you. No matter who I was with, every though I had lead back to you. 'Is she eating okay', 'I wonder if she needs anything', 'Is she cold' . . . things like that. Everywhere I went, I worried about you only. HaNi never crossed my mind.""Then how come you didn't believe me when I said she did that to me?" He leaned forward and wiped a stray tear off of my cheek and he smiled softly, looking me in the eyes as he held his hand to my face. "I didn't want to believe it was true, but deep down . . . I knew it was. I didn't really want to like you because I thought you liked Daehyun." He paused and narrowed his eyes. "Do you?"It was clear. I didn't like Daehyun like that. Daehyun was there for me, but after he kissed me, I was only forcing myself to believe I liked him. My heart wasn't with him . . . and I think he knew that. That's why he just gave me up . . . he knew he wouldn't win against Zelo. I nodded. "I think I do."He bent forward and I closed my eyes, ready to feel his lips on mine, but I actually felt his soft lips on my forehead. They lingered there for a couple seconds and then he pulled forward again."What are you doing?""I already fell on you and kissed you, but I never got to kiss you like that: the best kind of kiss." He smiled and pulled me towards him. Even though the ground was cold, my whole body was hot as I sat next to Zelo, me in his arms.   Okay... I have a question for everyone who reads this:Should I make more or keep it as it is and call it the end?If you could answer that, I would be more than glad! Thank you for subscribing and commenting. On my free time, I will be glad to fix the mistakes, but I am just going to get the story out right now :)