NOT THE LOVE OF DREAMS
Chapter 25's

Arriving at the apartment parking lot, I called Rama to ask for help bringing Aidan into my apartment.

" Why Love?" Rama asked as soon as he arrived at the basement parking lot of the apartment.

" Aidan was drunk to the point of not being aware. Please take me to my unit?" My love for him.

" Why don't you take her to her house?" Rama asked and helped me get Aidan.

" You may bring me there Rama, who will have my script with Aidan to unravel. He's drunk because of me...."

I almost said everything. Fortunately, I stopped before everything was said.

" What am I doing?" Ask Rama.

" Sus...  L'm.. I'm the same Aidan fighting a misunderstanding." My answer.

I went to my unit. He put Aidan on my only bed.

" Do you think Aidan should be in my unit?" Ask Rama.

" Gapapa already, just here. He if drunk likes to vomit, sometimes messing up later you become uncomfortable." My word.

" You know Aidan well?" Rama asked as if he was insinuating.

" eoh? Oh.. Just because he never took care of her drunk." My answer is a little nervous.

" Oh yeah sorry I didn't bring any food. You haven't eaten yet?" I distracted Rama.

" Gapapa, I also ate ramyeon." The answer.

I walked into the kitchen and drank a glass of cold water.

" Love?" Call Rama who is suddenly in front of me.

" Uhuk.. Uhuk.. Uhuk..." I choked in surprise.

Rama helped me pat the back of my neck slowly.

" Beware of Love. Slowly drink it."

" Hey.. Ye.. Uhuk.. You're the.. Uhuk.. You're the one who ngaggetin me loh." My protest was still coughing.

" Hehe. Sorry sorry." He said as he helped me close the bottle and put it back in the refrigerator.

" I want to talk seriously about you Love. Can you?" Ask Rama.

I had suddenly become worried ever since Rama said that he wanted to talk seriously.

" What the hell is that? I'm being gini-degan." I still try to joke.

Rama suddenly held both of my hands. My heart beats unbecoming. Why would Rama do something like this?

" Do you know why I went to Korea?" Ask to open talks that he said were serious.

" Make me meet, right?" I joke. I think he wants to see me. There is no particular reason because for people who are sultans like Rama, things like Indo Korean back and forth are not difficult to do.

" right. I did go to Korea to see you but.. More precisely I want to pursue my love, I don't want to lose you again." he said that surprised me. Did he express his feelings for me? Does Rama like me?

" You mean?" I don't understand.

" I like you the same Love. Ah not that I love you Love."

DEGH'S.

This afternoon Aidan expressed his feelings seriously to me and this time Rama? Someone I like about High School also expressed their feelings for me? Shouldn't I like Rama's declaration of love? Doesn't that mean Rama has the same feelings as me? I don't know why I don't feel happy at all.

" You're kidding Rama? Don't giveprank me that dong." I'm still trying to think positively, lest Rama just pranking me. He liked it that way before. I let go of his hand and prepared to leave but suddenly Rama pulled my arm and took me into his arms. I was so surprised I didn't know what to do.

" I'm seriously Love. I really like you. What would I do to go all the way to Korea to find you? After you left, I realized how I felt for you. Your father said you left because you avoided me, right? You like me too, right?" Cecar Rama's.

It is true what Rama said. I liked him from High School even to college. And during that time I always saw Rama changing girlfriends. She always showed off her boyfriend to me without knowing that I was hurt every time she did that. And when I got the chance to work for a foreign company, I just took it without thinking much more. I thought I'd be able to forget Rama if I wasn't around him. But it turns out I still had a hard time with it even when I had erased my old contacts and completely disappeared from Rama's life. To neutralize my feelings at that time, I focused only on my career. And I'm grateful that my career has been so good at STAR FOOD, but I haven't dated in all that time.

And at this moment when my heart began to waver with Aidan, Rama came again carrying the phrase of love that I had dreamed of. Maybe if I'd just accepted it first. But.. I don't even understand how I feel about him right now. Do I still like Rama? Or do I like Aidan? Why is it so hard to say that I accept Rama's feelings?

Rama took off his arms and held both of my shoulders. He stared into my eyes intensely.

" Hey? I really like you Love. You want to be my girlfriend?"

I couldn't even answer when Rama actually asked me if I wanted to be his girlfriend.

And even more startling when suddenly I saw Aidan standing behind Rama with teary eyes.

" Aidan?" Call me who then breaks away from Rama and approaches him.

Aidan threw his eyes off me.

" Aidan's? Loe don't misunderstand." I unconsciously said that. I held onto his arm but Aidan immediately broke away from me.

" I'll go home first." His words were cold and then walked away from me. I caught him when he suddenly went into a daze and almost fell.

When he stood up, he immediately brushed my hand away.

" Where are you going Aidan?" My hand reflexively prevented Aidan from leaving but once again Aidan brushed off my hand and he immediately left me without me being able to prevent it anymore.

I slumped to the floor when Aidan disappeared behind the door. My eyes are starting to glaze over. I don't know why I was so stupid not to go after Aidan when I wanted to reveal all the things I felt to him even though I didn't know yet if this feeling was love.

I forgot that Rama was here with me. I held on with all my might to not cry.

Rama approached me and helped me stand up.

" Do you like Aidan?" Ask Rama.

I shook my head intending to answer I did not know my true feelings for Aidan. But somehow to say to Rama even my lips are not able to say it.

Seeing my agitated face, Rama immediately pulled me in his arms and it made me sob.

" Oh, that's it. You calm yourself first." Rama said as he patted my back gently.

After he calmed down, Rama took me to sit on the sofa. He brought me a glass of water.

" Drink first so you'll be calmer." Said Rama who I immediately followed but I only drank a mouthful.

" I'm sorry Rama, you've been writhing me in my rich state. You must be worried too, right?"

Rama just smiled.

" On your feelings..."

I hesitate to be frank with everything I feel right now.

" You don't have to answer now if you're not ready." Rama.

I finally abandoned my intention to be honest with Rama. And after that Rama took care of me without asking much questions. When I told him to go back to his unit, he even said that he would wait for me to fall asleep and he would return to his unit.

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