Chapter 36


It was weird, but all I could see were white light rays coming from every corner, they were penetrating, yet somehow, it didn't hurt my eyes, and I even felt like I could dance around.


Everything was just white, perhaps, was I in heaven? Is this the heaven that no one knows about?


I tried to pull my feet and bring myself somewhere, but with the one step I took, Dokyeom suddenly came right before my sight.


And strange enough, I could feel both the corners of my lips lifting, and in some way, he looked so attractive wearing a light brown trousers under a white plain shirt.


He took a couple of steps closer to where I was. I should be flustered or something, but it felt so natural that I was even thinking that I expected something like this would come.


My eyes strayed and that's when I saw how the place changed, we were now in a field of grass and the blue sky was extremely beautiful with the white fluffy clouds scattering.


"Hiah.", It was Dokyeom's voice who called for my name. And with that sweet voice of his, he instantly became the only one I could see.


"I'll take care of you..", he said, and his eyes looked so precious. "..not because grandpa asked me to, but because.."


All of a sudden, I could hear loud ringings. I looked at the sky but it was still peaceful, I looked around me yet  there was nothing in that field but the both of us. We were in the middle of nowhere, yet I could hear loud familiar ringings just beside my ears.


"..I like you.."


The very moment I heard those three words, I immediately diverted my eyes back to him, however, there was nothing anymore, he wasn't infront of me any longer, and everything was pitch black.


I instinctively brought up my right hand and reached for my alarm clock to turn it off. Those ringings from the alarm clock seriously just makes me want to be swallowed by the land.


I reached for my face and brushed all the hair that was  scattering on it.


'..I like you..'


I could hear a voice in my head and it somehow sounded like someone I meet almost everyday.


'.. I'll take care of you..'


'.. because I like you..'


My eyes instantly shot open as I realized where it all came from. In the field — Dokyeom — him talking — and the sudden ringings.


What the hell was that dream all about?!


I found myself immediately sitting up by how every bit of those happenings in my dream coming inside my head, and the worst part is, they wouldn't stop.


I heard people tend to forget most of their dreams, but why am I remembering almost everything?


That dream contained a scenario that a more than friends people would do, but I don't even like him, why am I suddenly dreaming about romance with him?


I grabbed my forehead and tightly held it. "And there's no way he likes me, Me!? Yeah.", I nodded to myself and smiled to convince myself that what I'm assuming is right. "There's just no way."


"Knock knock..", I instantly threw away my hand and looked up to see Lily standing by the door with her disgusted look. "Are you going insane? I think you are."


I briefly looked away, screwing up my face. Great, not only did I dream something weird, my captious younger sister saw how I got overly dramatic by that weird dream.


"Mom said to wake you up.", I faced her. "And said that you should go downstairs as soon as you do."


"Alright, fine.", I said in a guttural tone of voice.


"But it's not that late yet, so you can take your time doing what you were doing just now.", She chuckled with a teasing look.


I threw a pillow on her. "Oh get lost.", But before she could even be hit by the pillow, she already closed the door, and that's how the pillow devastatingly hit the door and landed on the floor.


I lazily plopped myself back on the bed. I just had the first minutes of the day, but I already feel like I'm dead. "Good morning.", I sarcastically greeted myself with a forced smile before grabbing a pillow and stuffing it on my face to shout for whatever reason.



"Good morning!", I tend my eyes at my side and saw Hong Joshua with a toothy grin now walking beside me in the middle of the school's building hallway.


I briefly raised my eyebrows at him with a slight nod. "Oh, hey.", I can't even raise my voice for a teensy bit.


"I see.. what happened to you this morning?", I looked at him for a few seconds before I shook my head and looked infront again after realizing that I can't tell him what really happened, because apparently, it's one of his close friends that's on my mind.


"Nothing.. I just didn't have enough sleep."


"You sure do hold a lot of grudges, even at your lost sleep."


"I sure do.", I forged a smile as I face him to return his constant chuckling. He sure has been provoking me since that day he told Alliza that I was loud. That feeling when you want to wrap your hands around someone's neck but you can't, because you just can't.


"But, hey uhm..", I started and he appeared like he was genuinely going to listen to whatever I was going to say. "Do you think dreams will happen? If you dream about something, you think it will happen in real life?"


"Well..", he held his chin with his forefinger and thumb, staring above looking like he was thinking so hard. "No, they don't."


I don't know why I got so disappointed. I don't even know why I got my hopes up. "Why?", I asked, trying my best not to seem like I was really disappointed, because I shouldn't be in the first place, and until now, I still don't know why.


He thrusted out his lower lip while he shook his head. "Because I've been dreaming about something, and it hasn't happened in real life.. yet."


"What did you dream about?"


"You."


I instantly diverted my eyes to him, my eyes rounding. I must've just misheard it, but why do I still hear his voice in my head saying you?


"S—Stop with the jokes.", I looked elsewhere to distract myself from him.


"I thought you'd laugh.", He snickered. I didn't misheard it, he did say you but he didn't mean it. Why the hell am I even expecting?


I faked a three seconds laugh. "You good now?"


"Yeah. It didn't sound genuine, but atleast you still laughed."


"Whatever.", I rolled my eyes as I walked fast to leave him. But guess what, he followed and eventually went back beside me.


"Why'd you look so surprised though?"


I squeezed my eyes shut. He noticed it. I don't even know what excuse am I going to tell him now.


"I saw a ghost behind you."


"And you expect me to believe that?"


"Yes..?"


Before he could possibly interrogate me more, we finally arrived at our classroom. I immediately ran towards my seat and left him at the doorstep.


Who knows how and what could I answer him if he continues to ask me about the same thing.


"You okay?", Dokyeom asked. I didn't even realize that there were other people surrounding me now until Dokyeom started to talk.


"Yeah, I'm good."


"You seem like you're in a rush."


I faced him, and hell, I can't look at him without remembering the dream I had earlier.


"N—No.. I.. I just uh.. I thought I was running late. So.. I kinda walked way more faster than I should and.. and uh.. I really thought our first subject teacher is already here, but it turns out.. he.. he wasn't.", I forged a chuckle. I didn't even realize that I already spew out those useless nonsense things. It might be too impossible, but I just want to disappear for a moment.


I took a few glances at him, and everytime I do, I instantly recall those annoyingly vivid scenarios from my dream.

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