A Girl’s Advice

,So, what’s your dream?”

At Aria’s question, Ross slowly turned his head and looked at her. Despite his blue eyes, he looked at her with a gaze that warmed her heart, and Ross answered.

,Protecting what’s precious.”

Luna, who felt a flutter upon hearing those words, had been lost in thought ever since. She couldn’t tell if Ross’s words were directed at her, like his gaze, or if he was just saying them without any particular meaning.

The club members went to the island behind the closet to play. In the empty clubroom, only Luna’s sighs, filled with worry, could occasionally be heard.

She was too afraid to ask Ross, fearing that she might be getting her hopes up for nothing.

Luna didn’t have any close friends besides the club members, so she couldn’t confide in anyone or get advice.

Luna, who was reading a book about romance she borrowed from the library, slammed her forehead on the desk with a sigh.

,What should I do….”

The borrowed book was full of advice about what to do after you start dating, so it was of no help to Luna right now.

Ttok-ttok-

Someone knocked on the clubroom door, reaching Luna’s ears as she worried.

Luna got up and opened the door, and there stood a beauty with a face like a work of art created by God.

Flavia, shining her emerald green eyes, greeted Luna brightly.

,Oh, hello? I’m Flavia, the top student of the Magic Department in the second year. I came to see Doryeon-nim, is he inside?”

,Do, Doryeon-nim?”

Luna asked back in confusion, and Flavia smiled and replied.

,Ah, he’s not Doryeon-nim yet. I mean Ross.”

Luna felt a strange feeling at Flavia’s appearance. Luna sometimes got a strange feeling when looking at people, just like she felt a warm spark when she first met Ross. She felt a similar spark with Flavia as well.

It wasn’t like a strong fire that burns something to ashes, but rather a feeling that makes you feel hot? It was similar to Ross’s, which warmed her heart, but it was a different kind.

The familiar feeling eased Luna’s wariness of the slightly unfamiliar person, and she shook her head and replied.

,Ross went out today.”

Flavia made a disappointed expression at Luna’s answer.

,Really? That’s too bad. But haven’t we met somewhere before?”

Luna, flustered by Flavia’s sudden question, rolled her eyes and tried to remember Flavia, but she couldn’t remember at all.

,Ah, that’s right. You were with Ross at the ball.”

,Ye, yes….”

When she recalled the memory of the ball, Luna’s face turned red with embarrassment.

He came to find her alone in the dormitory, held her hand, danced with her, and watched the fireworks show…. That day was the best day for Luna, and it was the day she realized what her feelings for Ross were.

Luna didn’t remember meeting Flavia because she was so focused on the hand Ross was holding, wondering if her left hand was uncomfortable.

,So, are you Doryeon-nim’s girlfriend?”

Flavia asked abruptly, and Luna’s face turned bright red and she flinched in great embarrassment.

,Eh…? Th, that’s….”

Flavia, seeing Luna’s hesitant words and extreme reaction, asked Luna in a whisper with an interested look.

,Wait, shall we go inside and have a chat?”

The fact that she was a second-year senior and the strange pressure that Flavia exuded made it impossible for Luna, who was very shy, to refuse the offer.

In the end, Luna pursed her lips, took a step back, and stepped aside so that Flavia could enter the clubroom.

***

Flavia, who was looking around the clubroom, found the bed and sat there, and Luna, who had no choice but to sit next to her, eventually confided her worries to Flavia’s persistent questioning.

,Heung, you’re wondering exactly what Ross’s feelings are, right?”

When she confirmed with a smile, Luna nodded her head slightly with a reddened face, as if she was embarrassed to have revealed her inner thoughts.

Flavia heard from Roel that his younger brother had created a club, and she came to the club thinking of filling it with necessary items and building up some favorability, but she thought it was lucky that she met Luna instead of Ross.

,Ross probably already has a bad image of me. In that case, the only way to restore my image is to target those around him.’

Flavia, with a sly smile full of ulterior motives, decided to give Luna advice, thinking that if she helped Luna and Ross date, Ross wouldn’t object to her marriage.

,Luna, what do you think is the way to confirm a man’s feelings?”

Flavia really wanted to help Luna, who looked like a cute puppy with her red face and pursed lips.

,H, holding hands, maybe…?”

Could they really be only one year apart? Luna was so cute that she felt a wicked desire to pinch her cheeks hard.

,You can hold hands with anyone.”

Flavia said that and took Luna’s hand. Luna flinched greatly and looked at her with surprised eyes, but soon lowered her gaze.

Flavia, feeling endlessly lovely at the sight of her shriveled up, chuckled and whispered softly.

,The most sure way to know a man’s heart is….”

Saying that, Flavia leaned her upper body towards Luna little by little, bringing her artistic face closer, and closed her eyes very slowly.

Flavia, feeling Luna trembling slightly as she got closer from the hand she was holding, chuckled and opened her eyes and said.

,Do you understand what I mean?”

Luna pondered for a moment at Flavia’s question, then answered in a cautious voice.

,Are you telling me to ki, kiss him…?”

Flavia was very embarrassed by Luna’s appearance, who was trying to learn hard even while being shy. Flavia, feeling that she wanted a lovely younger sibling, explained enthusiastically.

,No. A woman shouldn’t kiss first. You show the man that you expect a kiss, and make him think of a kiss in his head by closing your eyes to the man who is flustered by the woman’s sudden action!”

Flavia told her how she had her first kiss with Roel, and how she made Roel kiss her. Flavia, who had been talking proudly, let go of Luna’s hand and leaned her upper body again, bringing her face closer to Luna and whispering.

,Even if a woman who wasn’t interested does this, the man gets excited, but what if a woman who is even interested sends a signal that she wants to be kissed? There’s no male beast who can stand this.”

Luna’s eyes lit up and she licked her dry lips with her tongue at Flavia’s advice, which was based on her own experience and given in a firm voice.

If Luna had a tail, she would have been wagging it hard from side to side.

,But if you suddenly bring your face close, the man will be like, what is this? The most basic thing in all relationships is the atmosphere.”

Although her relationship with Roel was her first, Flavia was a girl who dreamed of love and had read hundreds of romance fantasy novels before entering the academy.

,The most important thing is a situation where a precarious feeling is maintained and you are silent and conscious of each other.”

Flavia spoke in a slightly lower voice, recalling the situation she wanted to have with Roel, and Luna swallowed hard and asked back.

,Si, silence…?”

Flavia nodded and pointed at Luna with her finger.

,Let’s assume you’re Ross and I’m you. If you’re talking to each other as usual and your fingers or body accidentally touch…?”

Flavia, who used to imagine falling into this situation with her ideal type before falling asleep while reading romance fantasy novels, recalled it once again and lightly brushed Luna’s hand.

,If you become aware that you are a man and a woman due to the sudden contact, you deliberately shut your mouth and try to make eye contact as if nothing happened, but avoid it as if you are embarrassed, and forcibly raise your head again and repeat it.”

Luna put down the romance-related book she was holding in her left hand and looked at Flavia, wiping her palms, which had become inexplicably sweaty, on her uniform.

,And then, you approach very carefully.”

Flavia leaned her upper body towards Luna and brought her face close again.

,You tilt your chin up, closing your eyes slightly, as if asking for a kiss.”

Luna’s gaze naturally went to Flavia’s red lips, and she felt dizzy at the thought of Ross and her kissing.

Flavia asked with her lips close enough to touch each other’s breath.

,Have you ever kissed?”

,N, no. It’s my fi, first time….”

Luna was very embarrassed because she had never even imagined kissing someone. Flavia, seeing Luna’s appearance, who was stiffening her neck as if she was nervous and didn’t know what to do with her head, raised her hand and massaged her neck.

,Okay, there’s no need to be nervous. Relax your neck, that’s right. And like this….”

Just as she was moving Luna’s head slightly with her hand to show her the angle where their noses wouldn’t touch each other so that it would be easy to kiss.

U-dang-tang-!!!

Luna and Flavia stopped practicing kissing at the sudden sound and turned their heads to where the sound came from, and they saw Aria, who had fallen out of the closet.

Aria, whose face was inexplicably red, got up from her seat when she made eye contact and muttered to herself.

,Ah, that’s right. I left my book! Ha. Ha. Ha.”

Saying that, she put someone who was trying to get out of the closet back in with her hand.

,What, what’s wrong? I need to go to the bathroom!!!”

,Shut up and go back in!!!”

At Kane’s cry, Aria hurriedly went back into the closet and shouted.

Flavia, who had never thought that there would be people in the closet, asked Luna in disbelief.

,Why are those two in the closet?”

,Yes?! Ah, ah, that’s….”

Luna shouted urgently, thinking that she shouldn’t tell them about the island behind the closet.

,The, the two are dating!”

,Huh…?”

,Th, that is…. From the closet now….”

While Luna was rolling her eyes trying to make excuses somehow. Flavia grabbed Luna’s fidgeting hand as if she understood everything.

,You were watching over them? Well, I was on the rooftop with Roel when I was a freshman…. Ahem, I understand enough as a senior.”

It seemed like she was misunderstanding something strange, but Luna had no talent for lying, so she had no choice but to nod her head with tears in her eyes.

No matter what Aria and Flavia misunderstood. Flavia continued to give Luna advice about men, and Luna listened to it for a long time.