Becoming Number One with Confession Attacks - Chapter 18

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#18

Sonnet paused for a moment.

“…You’re so inexperienced when it comes to relationships, purely innocent. …Once you fall for someone, you fall head over heels.”

It was because she suddenly remembered what Tester had said. When Sonnet couldn’t bring herself to speak, Aiden held her close and gently pressed his lips to her neck.

“The truth is?”

When Sonnet turned her head away, Aiden repeated her words and drew out his question.

Even if she was innocent when it came to relationships, even if she fell head over heels once she was hooked, she could still come to her senses later.

After all, Sonnet hadn’t forgotten her goal of being first place.

So she wanted to be honest with Aiden, at least. Since he had helped her.

“Actually, I went to look for your bracelet.”

“Bracelet?”

Aiden’s voice rose slightly. It seemed like something he hadn’t expected.

Sonnet confessed honestly.

“I heard your bracelet was more valuable than I thought, so I put it in my dormitory drawer, but then it suddenly disappeared. So I went all the way to Malere to look for it and spent the whole night searching through furniture to find it.”

It sounded simple when put into words, but Sonnet had actually suffered quite a lot.

Aiden slowly pulled away to look at Sonnet.

“You spent all night looking for that bracelet?”

Aiden’s eyebrows furrowed as if he couldn’t believe it either.

“Even though I stayed up all night struggling, I did find it in the end.”

Sonnet didn’t want Aiden to talk about the bracelet anymore. She didn’t want to think more about her stupid mistake.

Aiden was silent. With an indifferent, hardened expression, he stared at Sonnet’s face for a long time.

Though she could hear the sound of people chattering noisily, it didn’t sound very loud, as if it were coming from far away.

The mint scent spreading around Aiden felt both subtle and intense. When she exhaled, it seemed like Aiden breathed it in directly.

A tense silence flowed between them. Sonnet looked at Aiden with a subtle feeling.

Aiden slowly closed his eyes and then gazed at Sonnet.

“Do you know why I came here?”

His voice was low, similar to darkness. It wasn’t loud or quiet, but it heavily stimulated her ears.

Sonnet looked at him and shook her head. She thought it might be because of his mother’s memorial day, but she wasn’t certain, so she didn’t open her mouth.

Aiden continued speaking without taking his eyes off Sonnet.

“Because it’s my mother’s memorial day.”

“….”

“When this time comes, I feel so suffocated I could go crazy.”

His breath at the end of his words was heavy. Like a lament.

She had thought he had everything and could do whatever he wanted and move the world as he pleased, but he too had suffocating feelings in his heart.

Sonnet knew that feeling better than anyone. Feeling suffocated and like she could go crazy was something that had always happened to her.

She had felt that way when seeing her family before coming to the prestigious academy, and also when Aiden had stolen first place from her.

Sonnet unconsciously moved closer to Aiden. She didn’t hesitate and hugged Aiden.

When Sonnet’s arms wrapped around his waist, Aiden also naturally leaned his face against Sonnet’s shoulder.

“Strangely, when I’m like this with you, I don’t think about those feelings.”

Aiden’s voice slowly tickled Sonnet’s ear.

Aiden said while hugging Sonnet’s waist tighter.

“I hope you won’t abandon me.”

Sonnet’s heart suddenly stung. She didn’t know what to say in response to such unexpected words.

More than anything, it didn’t seem like something he should be saying.

“As long as you don’t abandon me, I won’t have reason to abandon you either.”

His words felt subtly firm yet cruel. Though there was clearly a condition.

“So if I abandon you, you’ll abandon me?”

“Yes.”

She felt a strange wall. Contrary to his words, he held Sonnet’s body tightly without any gaps as he continued speaking.

“I don’t want to be abandoned again by someone who doesn’t love me.”

“….”

“I don’t want to waste time on it either.”

She could feel a strong tone in his low voice.

Seeing how he came to a place like this to ease his heart on his mother’s memorial day, and how he didn’t want to be abandoned again by someone who didn’t love him, she wondered if it was related to his mother.

Sonnet was curious about what kind of relationship Aiden had with his mother, but she didn’t ask further.

Anyway, it seemed like Aiden had also said what was in his heart, just as Sonnet had.

If she pressed further, it would probably make him uncomfortable too. Just as she would be sensitive if he asked more about the bracelet, she thought Aiden would feel the same.

Suddenly Sonnet hesitated.

‘I’m being considerate of Aiden.’

In the past, she would have asked without thinking about others, but now she was considering even Aiden’s inner feelings.

Sonnet couldn’t tell whether this change was bad or good.

What was certain was that being in Aiden’s arms at this moment felt good. Even though the environment was unpleasant.

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Sonnet couldn’t quite remember how she had returned to the dormitory last night.

She had left that pub with Aiden, had dinner at a nearby restaurant, and drank alcohol there. And when she woke up, she was in her room.

It seemed like she had unconsciously drunk a lot because she felt like she had shared something deep in her heart with Aiden. Anyway, she had gained trust in Aiden.

Sonnet lifted her blanket to check. Her clothes were the same ones she had worn yesterday.

‘Nothing happened, right?’

Usually Sonnet didn’t have occasions to drink, and she had never drunk with multiple people, so she didn’t even know what her drinking habits were like.

She was a little worried, but since she had safely made it to her room, she figured it was fine. Though Sonnet’s head was throbbing, she felt like she had been neglecting her studies, so she pulled herself together and checked her schedule.

Fortunately, she only had two lectures today, so it wasn’t busy.

Moreover, there was a week-long holiday starting after today. For a moment, Sonnet’s mind went blank.

‘I didn’t even know it was Larne’s Blessing Day.’

Larne is the grain god. It was a day when families gathered together to celebrate the grain god’s blessing for a week, but Sonnet planned not to go to her family this time either.

Her hometown was far away to begin with, and it had been quite a while since she’d gone home because even if she went, they would just tell her to stop studying and help with farm work.

Sonnet hurriedly changed clothes to make it to her morning lecture on time.

After attending all of today’s lectures, she would have to go around looking for a room to stay in for the week.

‘I wonder if there will be any available.’

There might be rooms available since everyone was supposedly going to their families in their hometowns, but finding a room was still difficult because many people often stayed in this area.

Sonnet hurriedly went down the stairs and left the dormitory.

As soon as she opened the door, she saw Aiden. He was waiting, standing right in front where he could see the dormitory entrance. Leaning against a tree.

Aiden had been chewing jerky, but as soon as he saw Sonnet, he approached her. With a face showing a faint smile.

It was completely different from the face she had seen at yesterday’s fight scene.

His neat black hair without a strand out of place and his shirt without a single wrinkle.

He had returned to being a member of the Rosefield Family attending this school. In his hand, she could see a light green juice cup.

As soon as Aiden stood in front of Sonnet, he held out the juice. Looking at the container, she could see the school logo – it was juice that was only sold during lunchtime at the student cafeteria.

“It’s kiwi juice. You drank a lot yesterday.”

Perhaps because he was from the Rosefield Family, it seemed easy for Aiden to obtain school food like this.

“Thank you.”

She accepted it, but she was curious about what happened yesterday. Aiden didn’t seem to be drinking hangover juice and appeared to remember yesterday’s events very well.

“I didn’t make any mistakes yesterday, did I?”

Aiden just chuckled without answering. That reaction scratched at Sonnet’s heart even more.

“Did I?”

“No.”

His tone was subtly drawn out. Aiden looked at Sonnet as if there was something. Life sparkled in his eyes.

Sonnet’s mind went blank for a moment. She said urgently.

“Tell me if I really made a mistake.”

She only looked at Aiden, and he smiled warmly.

Just then, the wind blew and Aiden’s hair scattered naturally. He looked particularly good with the summer sunlight. Enough to stare at him as if enchanted.

“You didn’t.”

As soon as his cheerful voice spread, Sonnet turned her head forward. Aiden naturally walked alongside Sonnet.

Even though it was morning, there were already many people around carrying large luggage bags or walking by with busy, happy expressions.

Everyone seemed to be in a good mood about going back to their hometowns. Sonnet watched them indifferently.

“Are you going to your hometown this time?”

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