Becoming Number One with Confession Attacks - Chapter 34

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#34

 

Sonnet was about to answer for a moment, but then told a lie instead.

 

“I already bought it.”

 

“When?”

 

“Earlier, while walking here.”

 

In truth, she hadn’t thought that far ahead because of Aiden. Aiden looked at Sonnet intently before speaking.

 

“Isn’t there anything you want to do after the exam?”

 

“I’ll go to the charity gala.”

 

“No, not that.”

 

When Sonnet turned around, Aiden stared at her with meaningful eyes and said,

 

“I’m asking if there’s anything you want from me.”

 

Sonnet’s heart suddenly throbbed for some reason.

 

Aiden seemed to want Sonnet to need him. That appearance, as if trying to find usefulness in himself, somehow made Sonnet’s heart ache.

 

Sonnet tried hard to compose herself and turned her head away.

 

Why did she keep finding such desperation in him, whom she despised so much? Was she perhaps still expecting something from this relationship? Finding herself pathetic, Sonnet frowned and only looked ahead.

 

Aiden didn’t speak to Sonnet anymore after that.

 

Sonnet decided to think only about the exam, trying hard to ignore her confused feelings.

 

She forced only the thought that she must not fall below second place into her head.

 

When they arrived in front of the women’s dormitory, Aiden suddenly embraced Sonnet tightly. It was so sudden that she couldn’t even avoid it.

 

Aiden held Sonnet close and stayed that way for a while, then slowly pulled back and kissed her cheek.

 

Sonnet flinched and stepped back at his breath that touched and scattered gently.

 

Toward such Sonnet, Aiden smiled and said,

 

“Study hard. Come to me if there’s anything you don’t understand.”

 

Sonnet nodded with a dumbfounded expression and creaked her way into the dormitory.

 

Unlike her coldly hardened expression, her heart pounded violently. Sonnet’s fists trembled.

 

‘Aiden, like apple pie.’

 

Sonnet wanted to cry.

 

Her nose stung and tears welled up. Even so, Sonnet didn’t shed tears.

 

Because she knew what his purpose was. That’s why she shouldn’t be shaken even more, yet she kept trying to find meaning in his actions. Even though she knew it was all lies.

 

***

 

Until the day of the exam, Sonnet almost avoided Aiden.

 

Still, they ate lunch together, and around that time Aiden seemed to roughly understand Sonnet’s mood, so he didn’t bother asking for reasons behind Sonnet’s cold treatment.

 

Aiden seemed to think Sonnet had become sensitive because of the exam.

 

It was rather fortunate.

 

Sonnet wanted to speak first before he used her at the charity gala.

 

She needed to deceive Aiden appropriately until she could put an end to their relationship at the right time.

 

After that, she wouldn’t have to sit together with Aiden and listen to lectures, wouldn’t have to eat carrot sandwiches while looking at the lake side by side, and wouldn’t have to walk affectionately down sunlit streets with him.

 

Not only that. There would be no more affectionate embraces from Aiden who insisted on escorting her to the dormitory.

 

It truly couldn’t help but be a refreshing matter. Yet somehow Sonnet felt increasingly melancholy.

 

She was just returning to being alone as she always had been, but her mood became endlessly depressed as if rejecting that.

 

It was around the time they reached the front of the women’s dormitory.

 

Aiden suddenly held out something wrapped in thin brown paper in front of Sonnet.

 

When Sonnet stood blankly with no intention of receiving what he offered, Aiden personally placed it in Sonnet’s hands.

 

“It’s chocolate, and eating this will make you feel a bit better.”

 

While Sonnet stared blankly at the chocolate in her hands, Aiden kissed her cheek.

 

“Do well on your exam.”

 

Aiden smiled brightly.

 

As if he truly supported everything about her from the heart.

 

Sonnet felt something rising up inside her for a moment.

 

It felt like receiving someone’s encouragement after a long time.

 

Along with surging emotions, hatred and affection mixed together, bringing confusion to its peak.

 

Sonnet barely endured that confused emotion by biting her lips hard.

 

Sonnet didn’t even say thank you and hurriedly entered the dormitory.

 

The tears that had already been welling up since climbing the stairs flowed down as soon as she entered her room.

 

Sob, tears came from being overwhelmed from below. Sonnet buried herself in her bed and cried.

 

‘Aiden, like apple pie.’

 

You’re really trash. Because he knew Sonnet’s heart better than anyone.

 

So she wanted him to know this feeling. She wanted him to know to his bones what it felt like to be betrayed by someone you love.

 

***

 

The day of the exam.

 

Aiden didn’t appear in front of the dormitory.

 

Sonnet thought it was fortunate and headed to the classroom. In the calm atmosphere, Sonnet solved all the problems without missing any.

 

However, several problems in the latter half were very tricky.

 

‘This will determine the rankings.’

 

If it hadn’t been for the notebook Aiden had given her, she wouldn’t have been able to identify the traps.

 

It was a difficult problem that was weak for Sonnet who relied on formulas, but thanks to Aiden’s notebook, she solved the problem.

 

But even after leaving the classroom, Sonnet was uncertain whether she had applied it correctly.

 

The problems were that tricky.

 

‘Professor Dorideus’s problems would be tricky, he said.’

 

Aiden was right.

 

Sonnet took exams for four days like that, and overall the problems weren’t easy this time.

 

Most of the exam problems were mainly content she had seen in Aiden’s notebook, so those were the majority of problems she could solve.

 

Some problems were content not even in Aiden’s notebook, but Sonnet already knew those parts, so they weren’t too difficult.

 

Around her, there were students crying that this exam was difficult, and some were getting angry.

 

“Why make the exam this difficult?”

 

“Exactly, if they were going to make it like this, they should have told us in advance.”

 

After taking the last exam, Sonnet finally admitted it.

 

‘Aiden deserves first place.’

 

Even though it wasn’t his major, he was good at deducing the core content this major wanted and understood quickly.

 

Sonnet envied Aiden who was born with everything, while bitterness filled her heart.

 

‘In the end, having everything.’

 

Aiden was far too greedy.

 

Fortunately, she wouldn’t have to feel such emotions anymore. Sonnet never encountered Aiden once while taking exams.

 

Originally they took exams during lecture time, but this time there was a Madou match schedule, so players competing in matches took separate exams.

 

It was quite fortunate for Sonnet. If Aiden had been there, her mind might have been distracted during the exam.

 

Sonnet walked trudgingly toward the dormitory with an empty heart.

 

Around the time the sun was almost setting, street lamps lit up one by one as Sonnet passed by.

 

Sonnet walked firmly, stepping on the light from the lamps. It was when she stepped on the last light.

 

“Sonnet.”

 

Her heart stirred at the familiar voice.

 

When Sonnet stopped and looked up, Aiden smiled happily and stood close.

 

“How was the exam?”

 

Aiden’s eyes were so vivid.

 

Everyone had returned frustrated by the difficult exam, but in Aiden, not even a trace of such frustration could be found. Sonnet’s pupils rippled faintly.

 

“It was average.”

 

Sonnet felt her pride was somehow hurt, so she couldn’t speak honestly.

 

“Then you’re going to get first place this time, right? I found it quite difficult this time.”

 

“You did?”

 

“Yeah, I probably got a lot wrong.”

 

“Still, it seemed like almost everything from your notebook came up on the test.”

 

“I don’t know. I really wonder how my grades will turn out.”

 

Did Aiden really mess up this exam? Sonnet momentarily found herself secretly anticipating the grades, though she didn’t think Aiden would have completely bombed the test.

 

‘At worst, he’d probably just drop one rank.’

 

As she thought this and tried to enter the dormitory, Aiden quickly blocked her path.

 

“Let’s have dinner together.”

 

“….”

 

“The exam is over, after all.”

 

Sonnet couldn’t figure out what words to use to refuse. She kept racking her brain when suddenly words came to mind.

 

“I have something urgent to do.”

 

“What is it?”

 

“Tester asked me for a favor this time. I need to help him with that.”

 

Aiden’s face hardened strangely.

 

“I’ll help too.”

 

His gaze was subtly persistent. As if he was forcing her. Sonnet shook her head.

 

“It’s something just the two of us can handle, so you don’t need to come.”

 

“What kind of work is it?”

 

Aiden took a step closer.

 

He didn’t take his eyes off Sonnet. He looked at her persistently as if trying to find out what it was about.

 

Sonnet stepped back while quickly thinking of a reason that wouldn’t make him worry about it any further.

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