Chapter 1113: Like Me A Little Bit
Following the principle of being a good person to the end, Hyson helped Amiah sit down on the bed and even went to get some water for her from the fridge. It was only when he brought the water that Amiah recalled how she stupidly forgot that there would always be water in the hotel room and yet she sent her best friend to get her something to drink.
She could still blame it on her drunkness but wondered why Sora was suddenly so stupid along with her? Did she have such a big influence on her own best friend? Her drunkness also reached her?
"Well..." started Hyson as he looked around, seeing that there seemed to be nothing else he could do. "I should leave now."
"Wait!" said Amiah. She drank the water and soothed the itch in her throat. She pressed the cold water bottle against her hot face as she looked up at him. "Can you stay for a while? I have something to talk to you about."
Hyson suddenly regretted being a good person. He didn't even have to think to know where this was gonna go. After all, he had been avoiding this for so long.
"Do we have to?" he asked as if struggling to resist.
"I won't eat you," she said. "I won't take that much of your time. So, please, stay."
Since she said 'please' so nicely, Hyson stopped struggling and turned around. "Alright. I'm here."
Amiah looked at his face silently for a long while not knowing where to begin. But since she was already drunk and fearless, she decided to pierce this paper window between them that had been making her restless for so long.
"I like you," she told him straightforwardly.
Hyson didn't look surprised to hear that. He touched his nose and looked around, not knowing whether to be polite here or be himself?
"Thanks, I guess?" he responded.
Amiah laughed at his response. "That's it?"
"What else?" he asked. "What else do you want me to say?"
"I don't know. Give a better reaction. An honest one, maybe?"
"I heard you're fragile. My best friend warned me to be nice. I don't do things that my best friend asks me not to do."
"But I want an honest reaction," she said. "Don't worry about my fragility. It's not as bad as you think."
Hyson licked his lips and nodded his head before saying, "Okay then. My answer is that I don't like you."
Amiah suddenly felt like she shouldn't have told him to be honest. He didn't even mince his words and told her to her face that he didn't like her. Did he even realize how much that could hurt someone's self-esteem?
But thinking about it again, if he really minced his words would he really be the Hyson she knew? Not really.
"Ouch! That hurts," she said bitterly.
Hyson was observing her expressions and saw the reddened corners of her eyes. It seemed she was about to cry and he pursed his lips when he realized that. But honestly speaking, if he was asked the same question again, his answer won't change. He wasn't that generous.
"If you're afraid of hurting then you shouldn't have asked me to be honest," he said. He took a deep breath and decided to be patient as he crouched down in front of her and looked up at her. He gently wiped the tear that fell from her eyes and said, "I don't know what you even like about me. Why don't you tell me? I promise I'll change."
Amiah's laugh escaped through her tears as she slapped his hand away softly, "You're still in the mood to joke. I'm serious."
"So am I," he told her. "I really don't like you."
"You can stop repeating that," she said in frustration. "It's almost like I don't deserve to be liked. Am I so bad?"
"I don't know," he replied honestly.
"What?" she asked in confusion.
"I don't know if you're bad or not," he elaborated. "I wouldn't know that since I don't know you for that long. And even if I have any opinion, what does that matter? It won't change your worth. My opinion is my opinion. It doesn't define your worth."
Amiah's tears suddenly fell even harder when she heard that. How was she supposed to respond to this? This man knew how to be mean with his words but at the same time, he really made her feel motivated to keep going.
She had been very clear about her life but it messed up when she came across him. For the first time in her life, she hit a wall when her production was halted all because of him. All because someone was willing to protect him and also to get revenge for him. She was repeatedly told how or what she had been doing wrong since he came into her life.
But every time he stood in front of her, despite his prejudice he never treated her badly. He was such a complicated person that she wasn't able to figure him out. And it only now hit her why Sora told her she couldn't handle someone like him. She really couldn't. She could barely even understand him. How was she able to handle him?
"If I'm not bad, can you like me a little bit?" she asked. In fact, it looked like she was pleading.
It actually made Hyson see her in a different light and he felt a little pity for her. He smiled soothingly at her, "You're lowering your worth by asking me to like you a little bit? Why be happy with the bare minimum when you get the stars and moon? Maybe not from me, but someone else might be willing to offer it to you. So, why are you doing this to yourself?" He rubbed her tears again as he added, "I don't think it's worth the deal. It really isn't worth it at all."
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