Becoming Number One with Confession Attacks - Chapter 47

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#47

 

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To commemorate his glorious first place victory, Sonnet came to a nearby restaurant with Aiden.

 

Despite being quite a spacious restaurant, it was quiet without a single person in sight.

 

When Sonnet looked around puzzled, Aiden wrapped his arm around her shoulder. His large body pressed close against hers as if sliding into place.

 

“I wanted to be alone with you for once.”

 

Aiden gently curved his lips upward as he guided her to their seats. A female waitress was already waiting, having prepared everything in advance.

 

As soon as they sat at the table he led her to, Aiden began speaking.

 

“Graduation is in a month, right?”

 

“Yeah. Why?”

 

“I think it would be good to have our wedding around then too.”

 

“Wedding?”

 

Sonnet asked back in confusion. Then Aiden laughed nonchalantly.

 

“Why are you so surprised?”

 

The reason was simple.

 

Sonnet had only thought about dating Aiden, not marriage. She just liked him and wanted to be by his side, but marriage right now?

 

Sonnet wanted to simply enjoy these good moments with Aiden.

 

When Sonnet couldn’t answer easily, Aiden’s expression strangely hardened.

 

“You haven’t even thought about marrying me?”

 

Sonnet couldn’t immediately respond to Aiden’s question.

 

Aiden’s expression gradually cooled. Before long, a chilly atmosphere surrounded them.

 

“It’s not like I asked you to marry me overnight.”

 

“….”

 

“From the beginning, I wanted to tell you at the charity gala that I wanted to marry you, and I thought you would have noticed by now.”

 

Sonnet felt unnecessarily sorry toward Aiden.

 

Come to think of it, it was strange that he went to the Military Academy back then, and sometimes he would talk about the future, saying what he’d like to do if they lived together.

 

Besides, he had also mentioned that Military Academy cadets marry early….

 

Even so, Sonnet couldn’t readily agree to marriage with Aiden.

 

“We have to think about your father and what people around us think.”

 

Now Aiden and Sonnet had cleared up all their misunderstandings, but their surroundings remained the same. The way people looked at commoners too.

 

Aiden chuckled.

 

“Don’t worry about those people. They won’t be of any help to you anyway.”

 

Even hearing that, Sonnet didn’t feel very comfortable. She had definitely been in a good mood until entering the restaurant, but after hearing about marriage, she felt stuffy and uncomfortable as if she had indigestion.

 

She felt Aiden’s gaze for a moment, then he spoke.

 

“I’m going straight to Meridian after graduation. It’s been noisy over there lately, and I have to go for the commander position.”

 

It was a calm, low voice.

 

When Sonnet focused and looked at him, Aiden poured water for her as he spoke.

 

“Once I go to Meridian, I don’t know when I’ll return. If war breaks out, it could take more than five years.”

 

Sonnet felt heavy as if a stone had been placed in her heart.

 

She had already been secretly worried because Aiden was so interested in war, and now it had become reality.

 

When Sonnet remained still with a gloomy face, Aiden said.

 

“Even if I die, if you’re my family….”

 

Sonnet immediately looked up at Aiden.

 

“Why would you die? You said that wouldn’t happen.”

 

He chuckled.

 

“I said ‘if.'”

 

“Still, don’t say ominous things for no reason.”

 

“Sonnet.”

 

“Yeah?”

 

“You’re worrying this much now, but you don’t want to marry me?”

 

“It’s too sudden. I just want to enjoy good moments by your side.”

 

“Nothing will change even if we marry. Rather, we can stay together more if we’re married.”

 

Aiden’s eyes shone vividly. A subtle expectation could be seen in his slightly raised lips.

 

Sonnet couldn’t easily speak.

 

When she was crying and reconciling with Aiden, she had thought “whatever happens, happens,” but thinking about it now, reality was at stake.

 

Most of all, she would enter the research institute right after graduation, and right now she wanted to work more than get married.

 

“Aiden.”

 

Aiden calmly met Sonnet’s eyes.

 

“I think marriage is too early right now. When I graduate, I’ll go straight to the research lab and be busy adapting to work there, and if you go to Meridian too….”

 

“So in the end, you don’t want to marry me?”

 

“I’m saying I need time.”

 

Aiden had a hardened face. As if all expectation had drained away at once, coldness flowed across his face. Then the food arrived.

 

Only then did Aiden relax his expression and curve his lips upward.

 

“How much time do you need?”

 

He looked at her affectionately, but his gaze was persistent as if demanding an answer. Sonnet thought for a moment before speaking.

 

“I don’t know. Not right now.”

 

Aiden let out a light sigh.

 

“You don’t know what I’m worried about.”

 

“….”

 

“I don’t think there will be anyone else like you, so I just want to marry you quickly.”

 

“….”

 

“I’m also concerned about while I’m away.”

 

A strange displeasure settled in his eyes. Only then did Sonnet laugh.

 

“I’m not the type to have wandering eyes.”

 

While Aiden stared intensely with hardened eyes, Sonnet somehow felt better.

 

“You were the only person who liked me too.”

 

“That’s exactly why.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“You know you’ve changed a lot since dating me?”

 

“Me?”

 

“You hardly ever smiled before.”

 

“…How do you know that?”

 

Aiden picked up his knife. He skillfully cut the meat with blood slightly flowing as he spoke.

 

“Did you think I wouldn’t have known about you all this time?”

 

Though he spoke lightly, Sonnet found those words particularly striking in her heart.

 

Come to think of it, Aiden had strangely acted as if he knew her from before.

 

There had been more than one or two puzzling moments.

 

“You don’t even know that the kids around you went crazy seeing you smile?”

 

“Huh?”

 

“That’s why useless guys tried to get close to you.”

 

Sonnet was dumbfounded. She had never thought of herself that way.

 

While she wondered if Aiden was just mistaken, he took her plate and replaced it with his own plate of cut steak.

 

When Sonnet looked at the neatly cut steak, Aiden said.

 

“That’s why that bastard was hitting on you too.”

 

“He was originally a bad guy.”

 

Aiden raised his gaze.

 

When she flinched at his coldly hardened eyes, he relaxed his expression.

 

“Because his character is bad, that’s why he did such things. Trying to do something to you.”

 

“That’s true, but still, you helped me.”

 

“I’m worried that something like that might happen to you again. At least I’m relieved that you only showed it to me.”

 

“….”

 

“It makes me uncomfortable thinking about other guys.”

 

“I really only have you.”

 

Sonnet muttered quietly. Whether he heard it or not, Aiden smiled, lifting one corner of his mouth.

 

He gestured toward Sonnet’s untouched plate.

 

“Try it. It’ll be delicious.”

 

Sonnet couldn’t readily pick up her fork. Aiden watched Sonnet for a while before speaking.

 

“You’re not thinking about marrying me and living together right now, are you?”

 

Sonnet looked up. Still, Sonnet couldn’t find other words to say.

 

She definitely liked Aiden, but marriage was a different matter.

 

When Sonnet couldn’t continue speaking, Aiden relaxed his expression.

 

“Let’s take it slow.”

 

“….”

 

“You’re going to marry me anyway.”

 

Aiden gestured cheerfully and gently cut his meat.

 

‘Will I really get married?’

 

Regarding that matter, Sonnet couldn’t be certain. When she had accepted him, it was simply because she liked Aiden.

 

Aiden changed the subject to something other than marriage. Her school life and friends around her.

 

“No one’s bothering you?”

 

“No.”

 

“If it weren’t for the commander position, I would have graduated with you.”

 

“Your dream is important.”

 

“Aren’t you bored without me?”

 

Aiden had a gently smiling face. Sonnet thought he knew her better than anyone.

 

“Yes.”

 

When Sonnet answered glumly, Aiden said with a smile.

 

“That’s why you should marry me.”

 

“We can live together without getting married.”

 

A strange light flickered in Aiden’s eyes.

 

“Do you want to live with me right now?”

 

Sonnet was startled and asked.

 

“Don’t you have to live in the dormitory at the Military Academy?”

 

“Or I could get a place nearby and live with you. Sleep in the dormitory.”

 

Sonnet’s face hardened.

 

“Never mind. It would be hard for you.”

 

“Not being able to see your face these days is harder.”

 

Aiden’s face was dark. Sonnet had nothing more to say.

 

Actually, this issue had been coming up ever since Aiden was accepted to the Military Academy. Back then, Aiden hadn’t brought up marriage and had only suggested living together.

 

Sonnet had said they should continue staying as they were.

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