Becoming Number One with Confession Attacks - Chapter 6

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#6

Sonnet continued watching the rest of the match.

She had expected it to be noisy, difficult, and boring, but surprisingly the game rules were simple and it was quite tense and interesting.

Plus, since her seat was close to the arena, it felt incredibly vivid.

Then horses crowded around Aiden. This time it was so tight there seemed to be almost no room to escape.

No matter how well he handled horses and played Madu, it seemed like even Aiden would lose the ball this time.

Still, Sonnet couldn’t take her eyes off him. She was curious about what he would do.

The surrounding horses were almost within touching distance of Aiden.

Aiden suddenly turned his horse’s head to the side and stopped. The people who had been chasing closely were startled and stopped their horses.

The sound of whistles blowing shrilly from around grew louder.

Aiden swung his stick roughly without hesitation. Despite the considerable distance, the ball went into the goal.

Cheers erupted once again. The sound of drums mixed with the shrill whistling created a powerful noise.

Though it was loud, her ears didn’t hurt. Whether it was due to the wide arena or because her ears had already adapted.

Aiden slowly turned his horse while turning his head. His gaze suddenly met Sonnet’s.

Sonnet felt as if her breath had stopped for a moment. Seeing her freeze like that, Aiden gently lifted the corners of his mouth.

Around them, the sound of drums mixed with women’s screams rang out.

Sonnet looked around in confusion. Come to think of it, the seats on both sides of her were empty.

When Sonnet looked forward again, Aiden chuckled and rode his horse away.

‘Is he serious?’

Sonnet became genuinely curious. Why he was treating her this way.

Everyone else disliked her, so why did Aiden like her?

Sonnet stared intently at Aiden. He made no mistakes.

Watching him, he hit the ball perfectly and skillfully rode his horse without ever falling off.

Looking at Aiden now, she almost forgot the fact that he had beaten someone nearly to death.

Enough to understand why the girls were so enthusiastic and even the men liked him.

With cheers spreading ear-splittingly, people around shouted Aiden’s name.

The match ended.

Without even looking at the scoreboard, she could tell that Rosefield had won.

Aiden laughed with a nearby teammate, struck his stick, then rode his horse toward the spectator stands.

The cheers grew even louder. Aiden stopped precisely in front of Sonnet.

He immediately took off his hat. Along with his sweat-dampened hair, his eyes were incredibly vivid. As if he had something to say.

Sonnet stood up as if entranced.

Since she had confessed after all, she felt she should show some signs of liking him, so she approached close to Aiden.

As soon as their bright blue eyes met, he lowered his head.

The moment his breath touched her cheek, light flashed from around them. It was instantaneous.

Sonnet looked at Aiden with wide eyes.

Aiden smiled pleasantly and rode his horse to where his teammates were.

Leaving behind a mint scent.

Sonnet stared blankly at Aiden.

Light kept flashing around her. Come to think of it, there were many people with cameras around her.

Someone even let out a scream.

As if they had seen something they shouldn’t have.

No, as if they had seen some strange spectacle for the first time in their lives.

Sonnet’s face turned pale as she hurriedly grabbed her bag.

She roughly pushed through the people with cameras with her arms and escaped. Her mind was completely blank.

Strangely, her cheek still felt the lingering sensation of Aiden’s breath.

Sonnet put her hand to her cheek and walked quickly.

‘Apple pie-like Aiden.’

Sonnet muttered what was, by her standards, the worst curse she could think of.

Apple pie was one of the things Sonnet despised most. She had a memory of eating freshly baked apple pie and burning her palate and tongue, then getting severely sick.

It seemed like his mint scent was following her more and more.

Sonnet walked even faster. Only after completely exiting the arena could she breathe properly.

Sonnet exhaled with difficulty. Her breathing came out erratically as if she had run until she tasted blood in her throat.

As she stood there dazed, she remembered when Aiden had lowered his head earlier. His breath touching her cheek closely, and that mint scent.

Sonnet’s eyes widened as she hurriedly moved her feet. She bit her lower lip tightly.

‘Isn’t this harassment?’

But thinking about it, from Aiden’s perspective, it wasn’t.

After all, Sonnet was the one who had confessed her feelings first.

Plus, Sonnet had said the confession wasn’t a joke.

Even though for Sonnet, it was just a lie.

Sonnet felt like crying.

She hung her head low and almost ran to the dormitory.

As soon as she entered her room, she locked the door, threw her bag on the floor, and buried herself in the bed.

While pounding the bed with her arms.

‘This wasn’t supposed to happen.’

Especially not showing it off like that in front of others.

With all that blinding light flashing around, surely…

‘It was photographed.’

Sonnet couldn’t lift her face while even kicking her feet.

Apple pie-like Aiden!

As his curse welled up in her heart, more force went into her feet. The bed swayed helplessly under her thrashing.

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The next day.

Sonnet opened her door as usual.

Then suddenly something came pouring down in front of her feet.

After taking photos of Sonnet without permission, they had written things like ‘Does this make sense?’ in red pen, along with profanity, and on some photos they had drawn large X marks over Sonnet’s face.

Sonnet frowned as she picked up the things that had fallen below. Among them was a newspaper.

It was the school newspaper.

On the front page of the newspaper was a huge photo of Sonnet and Aiden.

It wasn’t just any photo, but one capturing the moment when Aiden and Sonnet were kissing.

That alone was embarrassing enough, but the headline went even further, decorated with phrases like ‘Sonnet is my victory fairy!’

Sonnet crumpled up the school newsletter.

Not satisfied with that, she tore it to shreds, gathered up the notes and newspaper pieces to throw them away, then left the dormitory.

Just as she was leaving the dormitory, murmuring sounds arose.

Just as Sonnet was lifting her head, a mint scent suddenly hit her.

Aiden looked at Sonnet with a gentle smile.

Seeing his perfectly fine and pleased expression made her anger boil, but she held it in.

After all, all of this was something Sonnet had brought upon herself.

‘I didn’t know the confession I made to Aiden would come back like this.’

Then Aiden spoke.

“Did you eat breakfast?”

Sonnet spoke without even looking at Aiden.

“I don’t usually eat breakfast.”

Her voice was as hard as emotionless stone.

“Are you going to Professor Sereld’s audiovisual lecture today?”

It was a pleasant voice, low but with subtle energy.

Sonnet walked past Aiden with her head down.

In his hand, which she caught a glimpse of as he passed by, was red wrapping paper.

It looked like jerky sold near the women’s dormitory.

Aiden walked alongside Sonnet with a smiling face, matching her pace.

“Why did you leave first yesterday?”

“….”

“You said you liked me.”

Aiden’s arm touched Sonnet’s shoulder.

At the sudden contact, Sonnet stopped walking. When she turned around, Aiden raised the corners of his mouth as if he had been waiting for this.

“Was it a lie?”

Despite his gentle tone, his eyes sparkled sharply as if observing every detail.

Sonnet barely composed herself and spoke.

“It wasn’t a lie, I was just too flustered yesterday.”

“Yesterday, I felt like I won thanks to you. The weather was really nice too.”

Aiden stared intently at Sonnet. His face bore a subtle smile, and his bright blue eyes had a strangely captivating quality.

He had a charm that made people want to speak only the truth, no matter what they said.

‘I definitely resolved not to fall for Tester.’

Sonnet quickly came to her senses.

Then again, it wasn’t strange that Aiden couldn’t understand Sonnet’s behavior from his perspective.

She had confessed her feelings one moment, then suddenly acted like she was keeping her distance.

Aiden naturally stepped in front of Sonnet, blocking her path. When Sonnet hesitated, he made a gloomy expression.

“Ever since you confessed, it feels like I’m having unrequited love.”

Sonnet was momentarily speechless. Her heart raced as Aiden stared piercingly at her. He looked straight at Sonnet and said,

“It feels like I kissed you just because I liked you alone.”

Seeing Sonnet freeze up, Aiden’s face completely relaxed and took on a cheerful expression.

He affectionately leaned his face against Sonnet’s shoulder.

“I’m not the only one who likes you, right?”

His gaze as he looked back was strangely persistent.

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