When Xin Xiamu ca out to et Li Qiao, he’d have never even thought that his life would take this strange turn. Even when his head scread that Yu Kim didn’t love him like that, he still wanted to fight with those thoughts. Now, his heart was wavering.
Seeing Li Qiao here was not a coincidence at all. He’d asked his aunt to confirm about Li Qiao’s location before he drove to here. It was his misfortune that the mont he was going to go up to him, he heard the words he wasn’t supposed to.
His thoughts were distorted while he felt dizzy. He took deep breaths to calm himself but it didn’t work. He drove around the city aimlessly. From the morning till the sunset, he kept wandering around and when he parked the car, Xin Xiamu realized he was under Yu Kim’s condominium building.
Closing his eyes briefly, he mustered up his courage and went up to the 8th floor. Ringing the doorbell, he waited patiently.
The door was pulled open to reveal Yu Kim’s small figure wearing an oversized sweatshirt along with shorts. "Xiamu! What brought you here?" She was pleasantly surprised by his sudden visit and seeing the sullen look on his face, she felt strange. "Is everything okay?"
Yu Kim gave him a way to enter and he walked inside the apartnt with a heavy heart. "Yeah! Everything is okay. I just wanted to see you. Is there sothing wrong with wanting to et my best friend at this ti?"
Yu Kim smiled at him and replied, "Obviously not! I just never saw that serious expression on your face. So, it kinda scared a bit."
Xin Xiamu tried to pass a smile but it ca out rather stiff. He sat down on the couch while Yu Kim brought so water for him and sat opposite him with her laptop in her lap. Clearly, she was busy but Xin Xiamu wasn’t planning on disturbing her work. He sat there silently observing her expressions.
"Kimmi, do you know what Qiao Ge’s allergic to?" Xin Xiamu decided to go roundabout since he didn’t have the courage to ask straightforwardly.
"Hmm..." She didn’t lift her eyes from the laptop screen and answered, "He’s not allergic to anything as such but he has so grudge against peanuts."
"Do you rember what I’m allergic to?" He asked again and secretly hoped that she did but he wasn’t very lucky today.
"Mmmm... I can’t seem to recall." She kept scratching her head trying to rember but to no avail.
"What do you think about as a person?" He asked another question.
"Xiamu, you’re my best friend. Obviously, you’re the best. Also, you’re such a nice and caring guy that I sotis think that your future wife would be damn lucky. You’re successful and handso, co from a beautiful family. What else one can ask for?" Yu Kim replied in a single breath but she didn’t know that her words made Xin Xiamu feel bitter in his heart. She evaluated him like he was a stranger.
"What about Qiao Ge?" It took a bit of struggle to get his voice back.
Yu Kim looked up from the screen and sighed out. "He is... amazing?" She chuckled lightly and said, "Were you expecting sothing like this? No way! I won’t say it at all! He’s the biggest jerk I have ever co across in my life. He’s bossy and domineering. A total tyrant. Super picky with his clothes." Her face softened as continued to say, "But that’s what makes him so different and real. I can see the way he loves his mother and you can’t even fathom his love for his best friends. In short, he’s perfect!"
Xin Xiamu felt his heart bleeding but he couldn’t even dare to shift his expressions. While he was dying inside, he had to look at her with a beautiful smile on his face.
"Kimmi, do you love my cousin?" He couldn’t believe that the question actually ca out of his mouth but he couldn’t deny the fact. He was the one who had spoken.
Yu Kim was startled as she averted her gaze. "I’m your best friend. At least, I never thought you’d hide this from ." He had figured the answer already from her deanor, what was he doing? Perhaps, his heart still was in denial.
"I love him but he doesn’t love at all." Xin Xiamu was stunned to hear her voice that seed to be piercing his heart. "He always either avoids or runs away from . I don’t want to force him but he doesn’t even want to be close to him anymore. And it’s hurting now." Seeing the tears in her eyes, he ca close to her and patted her head.
"I think you’re wrong. I know my cousin. If he has let you stay with him for this long then that ans he feels sothing for you. He’s a bit dense in the PDA departnt." he was trying to comfort her.
Today, he realized another thing; there was nothing more painful than watching the one you love cry before you for another person. It was tornting!
"I hope you’re right. Because I thought I’ll be fine staying close to him but now, the idea of seeing him with another person is scaring ." Her anxious expression made it difficult for Xin Xiamu to breathe.
As her childhood friend, Xin Xiamu stayed for an hour comforting her before leaving her apartnt and when he got in his car, his restraint was broken as he dropped his head on the steering wheel with ragged breathing and tear-filled eyes. He wanted to talk to soone but he couldn’t since there was nobody whom he could tell that his own fiancee has just told him how much she loves his cousin.
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