Chapter 308 - GETTING HER FORGIVENESS
THE next morning, although Yu Jiao had managed to calm herself, she still wasn't able to sleep properly. Maybe she wasn't just comfortable with the new environment she was in or maybe her body was just not used to the overly soft bed under her. But only she knew that it was still all because of what happened last night.
If she could, she really wanted to turn back time to the time when Luo Yan invited her to sleepover and used everything she had to refuse him. But things had already happened. There's no use crying over spilt milk. All she could do was bravely face the consequences.
She sighed. She looked at her phone that she placed on the bedside table and saw that it was only six in the morning. Maybe she could just go home like this, so as to avoid the embarrassment of facing Luo Ren. She would just message Luo Yan later. And then she thought, wouldn't that look like she was running away? Like she was greatly affected by what happened.
Although that was true, for some reason, she didn't want Luo Ren to think that her mentality couldn't handle something like that. She cringed. That kind of thinking made her look childish. As if she didn't want to be on the losing end. But what were they competing exactly?
She just shook her head and stood up from the bed. She took the pair of shirt and jeans and went to the bathroom. After a quick shower, she dried her hair and wore the clothes. Both the shirt and the jeans were a bit too big for her. She simply folded the waist of the jeans to fit her. When she was sure that it wouldn't fall off from her, she walked out of the bath. She wore her glasses and the jacket of her gym clothes. Then she made the bed. She picked up her backpack and put her phone in it. She looked around the room and after making sure that she didn't forget anything, she went out.
She just walked for a few steps when one of the doors on the second floor opened and Luo Ren walked out. Yu Jiao's steps paused in mid-air and she couldn't help but stare at the person in front of her. He was wearing a fitted dark-blue long-sleeved polo tucked inside gray slacks and paired with black leather shoes.
Seeing him, for some reason, her heart started beating abnormally. As if it would jump out of her chest. Then slowly, she felt her whole face heating up. She quickly looked down so he wouldn't notice it. What was wrong with her? Was this because of what happened last night? Did that mean that she was just being shy? Somehow, that possibility made it even worse.
Like Yu Jiao, Luo Ren also stopped on the spot when he saw her. He stared at the tall teenager. Her black hair was still as messy, as if she didn't bother combing it. Half of her face was still covered by those tacky glasses. The clothes that she's wearing was obviously a size bigger than her, except probably for her jacket. Which was not surprising, considering that those clothes originally belonged to Luo Jin. This showed that despite being taller than some teenage boys her age, her frame was still smaller than those said boys.
But if one only looked at her like this, they would certainly assume that she was a boy. Just like he did. Which really bit him hard back in the ass.
Luo Ren couldn't see Yu Jiao's expression because of her glasses. Once again, he felt the urge to remove those glasses. Then he saw her suddenly looking down and he just felt like he had been hit by something. Did she not even want to see him? Was the sight of him really that hard to look at? Could she not even bear to look at him?
He felt panicked. As if something inside him was shouting that he should fix this immediately. And so, he did. No time was better than now.
"Good morning, Yu Jiao. Could I please speak with you?" he started.
Yu Jiao felt entangled. Because she was sure that the other would definitely talk to her about what happened last night. She wanted to say 'there's really no need for him to speak with her'. But when she saw the serious expression on his face, she could only nod.
Luo Ren took a couple of steps forward and stopped when he was about five steps away from Yu Jiao. Then he bowed, his body in an almost perfect 90 degrees.
"I'm sorry for what happened last night. It was my fault for not knocking. Please know that I didn't do it on purpose. I hope that you could find it in your heart to forgive me. I would understand if you can't. After all, I probably caused you a great deal of trauma. I just hope that it wouldn't affect your relationship with Yan Yan."
Yu Jiao was startled by Luo Ren's solemn apology. She already knew that he would apologize, she just didn't expect that he would do it so sincerely. That he wouldn't even hesitate to give her a formal bow. She would not go far as to say that she was traumatized. She was shocked, yes, embarrassed, rightfully so. But not to the point that she would get nightmares over it.
Looking at him still bowing, she had a feeling that he wouldn't get up unless she forgave him. Since he already apologized, it would be to narrow-minded of her to not forgive him. After all, what he did was not something so heinous.
She took a deep breath and said, "I-I accept your apology. So, let's just f-forget about it."
Luo Ren straightened his body. Finally, he breathed out a sigh of relief. But hearing her say that they should forget what happened, he felt like he couldn't. Of course, he wouldn't admit that to Yu Jiao. She just forgave him, he didn't want to get to her bad side again that soon after.
"Should we shake on that?" he said, stretching out his hand to her.
Yu Jiao looked at the other's hand. Before she could think more, she found herself already reaching out to that hand. When their hands touch each other, she felt like the warmth emanating from his hand traveled from his palm straight to her heart. Making her a bit breathless.
Luo Ren felt almost the same. He could feel some calluses on her palm. A sign that she was used to hard work. He didn't think that it was something that a girl should be embarrassed about. No hard work was embarrassing. It made him admire her even more.
This moment ended when someone suddenly cleared his throat.
Both turned their head to the source and saw Luo Jin leaning on his room's opened door. "If you two are done with whatever 'this' is, could you let me pass?"
The two quickly let go of each other's hand. Then Luo Jin passed by between them and walked towards the stairs. Luo Ren and Yu Jiao looked at each other at the same time.
Then they both burst out laughing.