Becoming Number One with Confession Attacks - Chapter 2

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#2

Reclaiming first place after three months of longing for it.

Just the thought of it made Sonnet willing to write a love poem on a large cloth and confess right away.

Of course, it would be fake, not sincere.

As long as she could get rid of Aiden Rosefield, it didn’t matter whether the confession was sincere or not.

Sonnet immediately ran to her dormitory room.

Thinking of the love confession message she would write in embarrassingly bright red letters on a large cloth.

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The next day, Sonnet woke up early in the morning and headed to the classroom. A large cloth was wrapped around her arm.

The classroom was completely empty since it was early morning.

Sonnet spread out the cloth she had brought.

[Aiden! From the moment I saw you until now, I’ve been thinking about you for 91 days, 10 hours, and 17 minutes.

I want to be with you forever and love you.

Go out with me!

Even if you won’t date me, I’ll never forget you until I die.]

The message written in red letters on white cloth looked like a curse.

Sonnet smiled wickedly.

Surely Aiden would get goosebumps seeing this cloth.

She deliberately wrote the time in detail to increase the burden, and finally added the phrase “go out with me” to give it a feeling of being trapped like a rough command.

‘With this much, forget studying—he’d hate even attending the same school, right?’

She hoped he would be so startled that he’d want to avoid her.

Sonnet was confident this plan would succeed.

Even to her, with her bad reputation, this sudden and curse-like confession felt creepy and burdensome.

Sonnet smiled brightly and secretly celebrated this perfect strategy in advance.

She hummed while spreading and attaching the cloth widely on the wall where it would be most visible from Aiden’s usual seat.

The cloth was somewhat heavy and kept falling each time she tried to secure it, but it was no match for strong adhesive.

When she finally finished attaching it and stepped back.

The sound of chatter was heard as the door burst open.

A moment of silence fell.

Everyone who entered the classroom looked at the banner written in blood-red letters with dumbfounded faces.

Satisfied with their shocked reaction, Sonnet smiled contentedly and sat in the seat next to where Aiden often sat. Now she just needed Aiden to come.

Murmuring around Sonnet grew louder.

“Is she in her right mind?”

“She’s not in her right mind. Who would accept such a blunt confession?”

“Exactly, that’s not a confession, it’s a curse.”

“She’s something else. I thought she was really crazy, but I didn’t know it was to this extent.”

The more Sonnet heard such words, instead of feeling bad, she found herself grinning.

Every time others called her a weirdo or crazy person, she felt hopeful that Aiden would have similar feelings.

‘He’ll definitely be disgusted and hate it.’

Sonnet hummed inwardly while looking out the window.

Come to think of it, today was a day with morning horse racing practice.

In the distance, people who had just finished their match were walking toward the main building.

Aiden was among them.

He was easily noticeable without even trying to look for him.

His black hair, damp with sweat, gave off a strangely handsome atmosphere, and his obviously tall height and broad shoulders clearly had a different build from others.

Even from a distance, his distinct features, confident and upright posture, and noble attitude and atmosphere made it not entirely incomprehensible why he monopolized popularity in an instant.

‘He is handsome.’

Sonnet honestly admitted it. She had eyes too, after all.

There were definitely many students around Aiden.

Aiden naturally became popular as soon as he came to this school.

Aiden ‘Rosefield.’

Along with the wealth felt from his surname, he wasn’t arrogant unlike other high nobles and had a good personality. His reputation was decent too.

There were quite a few girls who confessed to him, but Sonnet would probably be the only one to make such a sudden, burdensome, curse-like confession.

Most female students approached Aiden shyly or naturally hung out with him.

Nevertheless, Aiden didn’t date any girls.

Many girls approached him, but since he was tall, had a good body, was handsome, and came from a good family, probably no girl caught his eye.

There were rumors that he was engaged to a princess of the Roster Kingdom.

Sonnet didn’t think beyond that. Actually, Aiden’s engagement had nothing to do with her at all.

Sonnet looked at the letters attached in front with anticipation.

The bright red, large letters visible from far away looked possessed by evil spirits even upon second viewing.

‘He’ll definitely hate it.’

Sonnet only thought about that and didn’t doubt any other scenario.

Because of the bad reputation she had built up so far.

Looking out the window with a happy heart, the group that finished horse racing was no longer visible.

They must be coming up to the building now.

Sonnet was nervous. No, thinking about it, it seemed closer to excitement than nervousness. She felt pleasant pounding in her chest.

Sonnet waited with a subtle smile, thinking only of first place.

Around her, the murmuring toward Sonnet didn’t stop.

“Did she go crazy from studying too much?”

“Leave her alone. She’s always been like that.”

“Still, she’s even bothering Aiden now.”

“Aiden will just ignore her.”

“If you ignore her, won’t she cling even more?”

Sonnet agreed inwardly. How well did the people around her know her.

Of course, it was partly because she revealed her true nature without hiding it.

Then the door opened.

The murmuring toward Sonnet gradually became quieter, and heavy footsteps echoed.

Sonnet strangely found herself focusing on that sound.

The footsteps seemed to gradually merge with the sound of her heart beating.

Thump, thump, thump.

The neat yet steady sound grew closer and closer.

A strangely pleasant excitement enveloped Sonnet’s body.

The moment Sonnet slowly breathed in, she smelled mint.

Sonnet instinctively felt it was like mint from the Itar Region. It was her favorite mint origin.

Before she knew it, the surroundings became as quiet as a snowy night. She felt a cool yet heavy presence.

Sonnet forgot to breathe and looked to the side.

As she slowly turned her head, Sonnet flinched slightly for a moment.

It was because Aiden’s face, which she faced directly, was surprisingly handsome.

The black hair falling on his forehead gave off a captivating atmosphere, and his deep blue eyes were beautiful enough to be drawn into.

Sonnet had always watched him from afar. Even then she thought he was handsome, but Aiden seen up close was damn perfect.

An awkward silence flowed. Aiden’s eyes looking at Sonnet were indifferent yet persistent. As if watching for her next action.

Sonnet ignored her nervous feelings at some point and smiled brightly.

“Go out with me!”

Instantly, a “gasp” sound rang out. Everyone seemed to be focusing on this scene.

Somehow the surroundings were very quiet. Quiet enough that she could feel the sound of her heart beating.

Sonnet looked at Aiden with an excited heart, naturally thinking he would reject her and be disgusted by her confession.

However, Aiden smiled with his eyes in a gentle way.

His face, which had been coldly indifferent, was suddenly colored with warmth.

He leisurely pulled his chair over and sat right next to Sonnet. Then he looked straight into her eyes.

Just as Sonnet’s eyes, facing him like this, began to widen with bewilderment.

“Sure.”

He said casually in a pleasant tone.

For a moment, Sonnet felt as if a bell had rung loudly right next to her ear.

…Sure?

Why?

…Why on earth?

“…I said I like you?”

Sonnet spoke rapidly because she couldn’t understand.

Was she being played? Thinking this couldn’t be sincere, and believing no one would like her, Sonnet looked at Aiden with a suspicious expression.

A gentle smile curved at the corners of Aiden’s lips.

“Yeah, me too.”

It was insane.

Sonnet couldn’t say anything, her mouth hanging open at the completely unexpected response.

Aiden just kept smiling brightly like sunshine.

Sonnet wondered if she was dreaming.

Aiden suddenly stood up from his seat and headed toward the banner, saying:

“If the professor sees it, he’ll definitely say something, so I’ll keep that.”

When Sonnet just stared blankly without responding, Aiden smiled and said:

“As a memento.”

Sonnet’s eyes widened in bewilderment.

‘Is he crazy too?’

She definitely hadn’t expected this kind of reaction. This wasn’t how it was supposed to go.

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