35 Don't Want To Be A Coward 2

Yumi may seem not to care what Alicia said to her, but she fell in deep thought when she reached her bedroom.

Yumi sat down on her bed blankly, 'Could it really be?' She asked inside.

She remembers Alicia words just now, 'You have a special feeling for that person,'

Yumi sighs, those words echoed in her mind.

She unconsciously put her hand on her chest.

'My heart flutters every time I see Jin, I feel like there are butterflies on my stomach...'

'Did I just fell to my own trap?'

Yumi closed her eyes and she shook her head, 'Nope!'

'That can't be,' She said inside.

'I can't be the only one to fall!' She added.

Her heart and mind are in chaos right now!

"Ugh!"

Yumi messed her hair. She felt like her head is going to burst!

But then, she suddenly froze as an idea popped into her mind!

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Jin is heading to the servant's quarter when Yumi suddenly popped out of nowhere!

"Woah!" Jin was startled and he almost jumps out of fright when he saw the fierce look on Yumi's eyes with her messy hair almost covered her face!

"Y-Yah! Are you trying to give me a heart attack?!" Jin asked nervously.

Yumi did not reply, she just continued to look at Jin fiercely as she slowly walks closer to him!

"H-Hey!" Jin blurted out as he stepped back, " W-Why are you... L-Looking me like that, huh?!"

"Y-You seem like you're going to eat me alive!" Jin said as she stepped back nervously.

Yumi revealed a smirked which made Jin more nervous!

"Yah! Yumi! Are you possed by an evil spirit?!" He asked with his eyes wide opened!

Yumi stopped in her track, "What?!" She frowned.

"Why?!"

"Do I looked like evil now?!"

" Have you ever looked at your self in the mirror?"

"Your hair is messy which almost covered your face and your eyes looked scary!" Jin complained.

"Tsss!" Yumi scoffed!

"Don't tell me you're afraid of a ghost?!" She commented.

Jin just blinks his eyes.

"Oh my!" Jin's silence is like a confirmation to Yumi, " So, I am right!"

"You're afraid of a ghost?!" Yumi's expression seems like laughing!

"I was just startled by you, I am not afraid of a ghost!" Jin denied.

"Whatever!" Yumi said.

"Why would you suddenly pop out of nowhere like that anyway?"

"It's none of your business!" Yumi replied.

"Aish! Why won't you fix your hair first?" Jin suggested.

It really distracts him seeing her like that!

It reminds him of the horror movie in which the ghost came out from the television with its hair covering its face!

"I won't!" Yumi refused.

"Aish!" Jin twitched his mouth.

He didn't wait for Yumi to fix her won hair.

He made the first move, he walks behind Yumi and without saying a word, he held her hair and started fixing it.

Yumi's body stiffened when Jin started to fix her hair!

She didn't expect for his action!

She can feel his hand caressing her hair and there...

That familiar feeling is there again!

"W-What are you doing?" Yumi asked in a faint voice.

"Trying to fix your messy hair so that you won't look scary," Jin replied.

"O-Oh," It's the only word that Yumi was able to blurt out.

She is speechless and she can't explain what she felt inside!

"You should not come out with a messy hair like this, otherwise you'll scare all of us," Jin said as he braids Yumi's hair.

"D-Do I really looked scary?" She asked.

Jin froze and then he smiled, "I haven't seen such a beautiful ghost tho," He said as he continued what he is doing.

Yumi was about to smile, but then she froze...

'Nope!'

'I should not show him what I feel inside!'

'Yumi, don't be too overwhelmed by this guy's praises!'

'He might be just trying to flatter you!' Yumi reminded her self!

"What is this?" Yumi spoke sternly, " Have you forget when you said I am nor pretty?" She reminded Jin.

"And also, you were so cold to me and now you're trying to flatter me?!" She added.

Jin froze for a second before he was able to speak again.

"I am not trying to flatter you, I am just trying to keep your self-confidence," Jin replied.

'Tsss...' Yumi twitched her mouth!

'This guy is so annoying!'

'So, he really didn't mean it when he said that I'm beautiful?'

'Did he just said it so that I won't lose my self-confidence?!'

Yumi annoyingly stepped away from Jin.

"Hey! I'm not done braiding your hair!" Jin complained.

"Whatever!" Yumi said sternly.

"Hey, why are you mad at me now?"

Yumi looked at Jin with her fierce look again which made Jin become anxious again!

"W-What now?" Jin asked anxiously.

"Why you don't find me pretty, huh?!" Yumi asked as she narrowed her eyes.

'Is it because he doesn't like me back?'

'They said, no matter how you looked, when a guy likes you, you will still look beautiful in his eyes! That's what the saying says, Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder!'

"Hey, Y-Yumi, what is this now?"

"Are you trying to play a prank on me?"

Yumi just continued to look at Jin fiercely.

'I have to check if he likes me or not,' Yumi said inside.

With that thought, Yumi started to step forward to Jin.

"Y-Yumi..." Jin blurted out as he stepped back again.

"Don't move!" Yumi demanded which made Jin to stopped in his track.

Yumi hurriedly approaches Jin, and without saying a word, she plugged her ear into his chest!

"I just want to check on something!" She said.

Jin gulped!

His body stiffened and his heart beats faster!

The girl he likes is only an inch away from him!

He can smell the flower scent of her hair and he couldn't help but closed his eyes as he sniffed her hair slowly!

"Hey!" Jin snapped back to his senses!

He opened his eyes when Yumi spoke!

"Do I make your heart flutter?" Yumi asked, her ear is still plugged into Jin's chest.

She felt his fast heartbeat but she is not sure if it was because of her.

"W-What are you saying?" Jin asked back, pretending that he is not affected by their closeness!

"Hey, I can feel your heartbeat," Yumi said as she moved away from Jin's chest.

"Tell me, is it because of me?" She asked as she looked at Jin.

Jin cleared his throat and he avoided Yumi's gaze as he spoke, "Nope!" he said.

"You scared me and almost give me a heart attack, that is the reason why my heart is beating fast now!" He lied.

Yumi's gaze turned cold.

'So, that means, I am the only one who feels this way,' She said inside.

'I am the only one who likes him but he doesn't feel the same for me,'

"A-Alright," Yumi tried to suppress her tears.

"Don't misunderstand my action, you don't have nothing to do about it," She said and then she turned and left.

Yumi hurriedly walks to her bedroom before Jin could see her crying.

She doesn't know why, but she just wants to cry!

Maybe because now, she knows that the person she likes doesn't like her back!

'Ugh! Her plan failed!'

'She failed in making him fall for her!'

'Instead of him, she was the one who fell to her own trap!'

Jin stood still to the spot where Yumi left him.

He lied because the truth is...

He likes the Young Miss, but he chose to suppress his feelings because he is afraid that she might just laugh at him because of their life status and even if she happens to like him back, it will only make things complicated between them!

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Z Grand Hotel

"Good morning, sir!" Evo greeted Dimitry as soon as he entered his office.

"This the proposal for the Hotel's renovation, " Evo said as he gives the files to Dimitry.

"Thanks," Dimitry replied.

"And also, Mr. Ralph Monterde of Monterde Furnitures International is asking for an appointment with you, sir" Evo added.

"I heard their furniture were famous even abroad, we can make a deal with them for the hotel's furniture after the renovation," Dimitry said.

"I will re-schedule your other appointment for this week, sir," Evo replied.

"Ennn..." Dimitry nodded.

"You can leave now," He said.

Evo turned to leave, but he turned back when he remembers something,

"Anyways, sir,"

"Why?" Dimitry looked up to his secretary,

"Uh..." Evo seems to have the second thoughts,

"I know this is not necessary, but I think you should know about it," He said.

Dimitry put down the files on his table, "What is this about?" He asked with his knitted brows.

"I think... I saw the Young Miss in the same restaurant where we were having a meeting with some of your business partners the other day,"

"And?" Dimitry waited for Evo to continue.

"And I think I saw her with the son of Mr. Ralph Monterde."

"What?" Dimitry knitted his brows.

"I think...They eat together during lunch that day," Evo replied.

"They eat together..." Dimitry fell in deep thought and Alicia's word the other day flash into his mind, 'This is the stage that they started to like someone,'

"Ah, he must be the one," Dimitry mumbled.

"Sir?" Evo thought Dimitry was talking to him.

"Ah, nothing," Dimitry replied as he looked up to Evo, "Just call Mr. Monterde, tell him I am inviting him and his family over dinner next Saturday evening," He said.

Evo was a bit startled, " Dinner on Saturday evening?" He asked doubtfully.

"Yes," Dimitry replied.

'Yumi will surely like it,' He said inside.

(A/N: Oh-oh! Dimitry mistakenly thought that Troy was the one Yumi liked,)