"No, you're just making me happy. I'm nothing compared to you."Colin tickled me because of my words.Terrified, I screamed and ran around the yard. Cooperating with me, Colin chased after me. He was neither quick nor slow. He accompanied me to have fun.When I was around Colin, I was always treasured. It was as if I was still the innocent girl I was back then.For two consecutive days, both of us had gone to every corner of this place. I had imprinted these beautiful landscapes in my mind and taken many pictures.When I returned to the dormitory, I wanted to sketch out these landscapes I couldn't get enough of with my pencil. In that way, they could last forever.Good times always passed quickly. Colin helped me fasten my seatbelt. When he was taking me back to the dormitory, I looked out to see the lakes and mountains. I didn't want to leave this place.I couldn't help but wipe away my tears. Colin also used his sleeve to wipe away my tears. "If you like it here, I'll bring yo
Jasmine was pretty and gentle. Colin wouldn't kick her, right? If he did that, she would definitely cry."Of course, I know this. You just need to pass this letter to him. I'll take care of the rest. I'm sure I can make him fall in love with me."When I was holding the love letter in my hand, I felt as if I were carrying a heavy item. I felt tired.I didn't want to pass the letter to Colin, but I was afraid that Jasmine would be sad. So, I had no choice but to agree to it.Queenie saw me enter with my right hand raised. She thought something was wrong with me and asked, "Why are you raising your hand? You look funny."I glared at her. Ignoring her, I placed the love letter on the table. It depended on Jasmine's luck whether or not Colin would see it."Have you gotten a love letter? Let me see who's so affectionate!""Don't touch it." I slapped her hand away. "Jasmine wrote this for Colin."Queenie's jaw dropped. Trembling, she pointed her finger at me. "Ah… Luna, how are you so
"Colin, I have two gifts for you, as good things come in pairs. I have prepared one of them for a long time. The other is the icing on the cake."With a smile, Colin nodded. His gaze was gentle. "What gifts have you prepared for me?"I laughed dumbly while holding onto my purse. Dotingly, Colin rubbed my neck.Because Colin liked to ruffle my hair, I had been embarrassed many times in school as my hair was messy. After I was ridiculed by my schoolmates, I told him to change this habit.Colin couldn't refuse me. After gaining my permission, he changed from ruffling my hair to rubbing my neck.For some reason, I realized Colin liked rubbing my neck more than ruffling my hair."Alright, Lulu, don't leave us hanging. Hurry up and take them out. Don't you see that Colt is staring at your purse?"While making a beat with my mouth, I took out a rectangular box with a red ribbon. As if it were a treasure, I handed it to Colin. "Happy birthday, Colin. I hope you can live a long life and
Everyone cheered again. All of them were saying that Colin wanted to read the love letter alone because he wanted to take his time to appreciate it. He didn't want them to know what was written inside.Colin didn't refute. Happily, he looked at me. The stars in his eyes shone. His smile was extremely beautiful.While everyone was happy, someone ruined the mood.Queenie sighed. She shook her head and said, "I advise you to look at it now. If you look at it later, you may be upset.""What do you mean? Is it…" Hector walked over to Queenie. The latter exchanged glances with him.Queenie shrugged her shoulders and glanced at me.Standing next to Colin, I suddenly remembered Queenie's words that night. I realized that his birthday might not be a good time to give him the love letter. I felt regretful.Unfortunately, it was too late. Colin noticed my uneasiness or seemed to have thought of something. He let go of my hand and pulled out the love letter. He opened it and read it.All o
Zoey was worse. She didn't look at me at all. She kept talking to Aaron about me. Her disdainful gaze angered me.At critical moments, my best friends were useless.I felt sad. It felt as if everyone was targeting me. What did I do wrong? Could someone give me a hint?Even if a criminal received a death sentence, he would know which law he broke. It didn't make sense that I offended everyone just by passing a love letter. What did I do wrong?Confused, I returned to my seat. Staring at the table full of food, I didn't have any appetite.Colin remained silent with a straight face. He continued to drink alcohol and did not stop.Everyone pretended to be busy eating. The atmosphere at the table became heavy and uncanny.Bravely, Eden brought up topics to lighten the atmosphere. However, he was stunned by Colin's gaze. In the end, he pretended to be mute and focused on eating.During the meal, Colin didn't even spare me a glance.I knew Colin was angry at me. It was the first time
I couldn't do anything about other people ignoring me, but I was sure Colin couldn't continue to ignore me.The texts were sent one after another."Colin, were you happy today?"Colin, do you think my gift was too cheap? Is that why you don't like it? I'll buy an expensive one for you tomorrow. What do you want?"Colin, that restaurant's food is delicious. I want to eat there on my birthday, too."Colin, why are you angry? Can't you tell me the reason? I'm too stupid. I can't think of it."Colin, why didn't you want to go karaoke? I practiced songs for you."…I sent more than ten messages, but I didn't receive a single reply.Since he didn't want to reply to my messages, I could only call him.When I called him, I realized his phone was turned off.It seemed that Colin was extremely angry this time. But I didn't do anything I shouldn't do.I thought about it until 11:00 pm, but I still didn't know how I angered him. Maybe he was on his period, so his mood wasn't stable. I
At that moment, I panicked. Pulling out my phone, I called several people. I called everyone close to Colin whose numbers I knew, but no one picked up my call.Not wanting to give up, I called Aaron and Eden repeatedly. But none of them picked up.Were they pretending to be missing?Did something happen to Collin?At once, I ran to the studio in the research institute, passing through corridors and gardens.When I arrived, I realized the door to the studio was closed. No matter how many times I knocked, no one responded.I couldn't find Colin anywhere.My world was crushed.Defeatedly, I returned to the dormitory. Without eating anything, I went to sleep.There were no classes in the afternoon, so I slept until 5:00 pm. When I woke up, my stomach was rumbling.Colin said that he wanted me to gain weight and that I shouldn't skip any meals.I admitted that I was doing it on purpose. I wanted to starve myself. Since Colin wanted me to gain weight, he would do something if he k
"Right? I feel pity watching her pretending to be strong.""Why don't we help her? I feel bad seeing her in this state.""There are some things she should figure out herself. Besides…"I accidentally stepped on something. The sound alerted Queenie and Zoey. With foam on their faces, they were stunned."I came back to take my phone. I'll be leaving now. Queenie, Zoey, I'm fine. You guys don't need to worry," I said calmly with a smile.Actually, I wasn't really upset that Colin no longer cared about me. I just felt empty.It was fine, though.It was just a reenactment of the past. If I could persevere through the first time, I could do the same again.Besides, Colin and I did not promise each other anything.I thought that he must have found out Lilac was his family after calling his parents. As an outsider, he had already done a lot by taking care of me for such a long time. I shouldn't be greedy.I didn't blame Colin, as it was my fate.There were four cafeterias for studen