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"are you kidding? you look so cute." he said giggling, staring at the phone's screen.

she wanted to be swallowed by the earth in that moment and she felt the embarrassment covering her face.

he pulled the phone in one of his pockets and smiled at her. "should we talk about our lives?" he asked, they spotted a lookout point r in the distance.

it was a long metallic rail placed strategically in the border of the hill. when you reached it, you could see the mountains and the lake in the distance. it was definitely a beautiful scenery.

"sure... what do you want to do in the future? once you graduate?" she asked, holding onto the metallic rail. kihyun leaned on it, right next to her.

"i might work on my father's business. i'll probably start from the bottom since it's the natural thing to do... so i plan to work hard to get a higher position."

she stared at him with a surprised look. he laughed. "what? did you think i was going to work as the president right away?"

boki nodded slowly and kihyun laughed again, shaking his head. "no. my father wants me to work hard and earn the position myself and i see it makes perfect sense, so i accepted the challenge."

in that moment she thought how cool kihyun was. with that she realized he was not only a spoiled brat, like lots of people thought. he was hardworking too.

"that sounds cool. i never imagined."

he stopped laughing and then flashed a sad smile. "ah... you hear a lot of opinions around, don't you?"

"no! no no—not at all – she said moving her hands as a negative sign – i never- but she stopped talking once he looked at her with an obvious face.

"please... you don't need to lie to me. i know what people say."

"i am sorry." she said looking away.

he shrugged. "it's fine. i guess i kind of deserve it."

boki turned to look at him with curious eyes. "why would you say that?"

he remained silent for a few seconds and then sighed. "i was a spoiled brat after all and i always wanted things to work out in my way... i hurt a lot of people so... i deserve it." he said now chuckling.

"well... i don't think you deserve it if you're now aware of the things you did wrong in the past."

he stared at her with sweet eyes and then sighed. "thank you. you're the first person who had ever said that to me."

she felt her heart racing at the thought of kihyun being sad over what people talked behind his back. "does it affect you?"

"what thing?" he asked.

"people? talking behind your back?"

he opened his mouth to say something but then quickly shut it. instead a big heavy and tired sigh was released from his perfect lips.

"maybe... sometimes i want to believe that i don't mind... and sometimes i don't but... then some people say something and then i realize i actually care."

she stared at him with serious eyes, listening to his confessions. "i guess it depends on who it is."

"how is that?"

he pressed his lips on a thin line. "i guess... i don't care what a stranger thinks about me... or people who is not close to me."

she nodded. "but i do care what my family and friends think about me. the people i care about too." he said staring into her eyes as his traveled slowly towards her lips.