"Then the final task happened" The anger which was dissipated until now was back on Kiaraa's face.

"And that angered you because?"

Kiaraa gave a brief information on the task before taking out her anger, "That bastard suddenly leaned towards me to kiss me"

"You should have punched him then"

Baek Ma-Ri was teasing her as she could feel Kiaraa's frustration.

"Don't smile" Kiaraa got angry.

"Sorry, that was very unprofessional of me" Baek Ma-Ri apologized and turned serious.

"For the first time in my life, I felt attracted to a guy who is not inside the television or on the big-screen or inside a webtoon or some manga or an anime. Which means for the very first time I liked a real human being"

Kiaraa agitatedly said and grabbed one pillow, which she started crushing.

"Kiaraa, calm down"

"No, I can't. I was waiting for him to kiss me and then he suddenly moved away"

The pitch of Kiaraa's voice increased.

"Why did he move away?"

"That stupid Ian interrupted us" Kiaraa crushed her pillow imagining Ian this time.

Baek Ma-Ri chuckled, "Then how is it Song Ji Hun's fault? You two were interrupted so he moved back"

"No, I am not agitated because he moved back. I am furious because after that he acted all cool and pretended like nothing happened" Kiaraa almost shouted.

"What did you wish he did instead?" Baek Ma-Ri calmly asked her.

"He could have said, 'Let's continue later'"

Baek Ma-Ri couldn't help but smile, "Do you think that would be appropriate?"

"Why not?" Kiaraa frowned at her counsellor.

"Why would that be appropriate?" Baek Ma-Ri asked her instead.

"We both wanted to kiss each other so we should"

"Okay, after that what he did?"

"He kept acting all normal. That bastard even went ahead and solved the clue. That made me so angry"

"Why did it make you angry? You too were serious about the game, right?"

"Because.." Kiaraa hesitated in saying so but she eventually did, "Because I felt that almost kiss affected me more than it affected him. I was more into it than he was and I made a fool out of myself"

"Kiaraa, can I share something with you? Not as a counsellor but as a friend?" Baek Ma-Ri calmly asked the girl.

"Hmm"

"Speaking from my experience, men and women are so different that even the way they handle a few emotions varies. Just because he focussed on something else does not imply, he was not affected. We can't be sure what's going on in his mind"

"I don't care" Kiaraa was not ready to listen to anything, she was very embarrassed of what happened.

"Then what happened?"

"I ignored him and I intentionally ruined our treasure hunt by killing some time until we cross the deadline."

"He didn't get angry? Given what you told me, he too is competitive like you. Right?"

"I don't know, I didn't bother myself" Kiaraa was not ready to accept that Song Ji Hun was calm in spite of her attitude.

"Then?"

"Then, we went our ways and at the end while leaving he told me he wishes to talk about what happened between us"

"Oh, he did?" Baek Ma-Ri was surprised as Kiaraa's anger made her feel that guy ignored everything.

"Yeah"

"How did that make you feel?"

Kiaraa took a deep breath, "Honestly? I felt relieved. Until then, I was questioning myself if what happened was a dream or what? I wondered if all of this was just in my mind and he didn't even try to kiss me. So, when he acknowledged it, I felt relieved that I am not crazy and didn't imagine all of this"

"So did you two, talk about it?"

"No. This Sunday we will"

"What will you say to him?" Baek Ma-Ri asked her.

"I'll say it was just a stupid momentary thing and I don't care about it."

"Is that true?"

Kiaraa went calm thinking deeply for a while before nodding her head, "Hmm, I was attracted to him only for a minute and it was a momentary thing. I am not like Aera, who is crazy about him. I'll rather check out my favourite anime characters"

"Kiaraa, do you mean it?" Baek Ma-Ri again asked her.

"Yeah, I don't want to eye a guy my sister is so crazy about" Kiaraa seriously replied.

"So, you are sacrificing for your sister?" Baek Ma-Ri was a bit surprised as this was the first time Kiaraa was taking Aera's feelings into consideration.

Kiaraa laughed as if she just heard a joke.

"If I like and want him then the point of sacrificing would come. I don't care about that guy even a bit. Yes, I was attracted to his intelligence but come on there are much smarter guys in this world. I'll leave this one for my sister, I am anyway not that interested in him"

Baek Ma-Ri could see Kiaraa indeed meant these words and was not lying or faking it.

So, she didn't pursue Kiaraa to do otherwise.

These sessions that are being conducted are for Kiaraa to learn everything by herself and to know how to make her own decisions in the right way.

"Are you feeling better now, Kiaraa?" Baek Ma-Ri asked her as Kiaraa calmed down and stopped torturing the poor pillow.

"Did he really stop because of Ian?" Kiaraa's question sounded more like she was trying to recollect that moment and was asking herself.

So, Baek Ma-Ri didn't utter a word and let Kiaraa compose her thoughts.

"Or did he look at Aera, who was sleeping behind that tree and realized his feelings for her and stopped? Does he think I am easy just because I silently gave consent to that kiss? Does he now think of me as some lowly person?"

Kiaraa shot some back-to-back questions which made Baek Ma-Ri smile as Kiaraa, was acting just like any teenager.

After Kiaraa muttered a few questions to herself, she looked at Baek Ma-Ri, "I will get over this guy, right? I mean it was just a one-day attraction. It is not a big deal"

"Hmm, you will have such minor crushes on many guys in the future" Baek Ma-Ri casually assured her.

Kiaraa sighed in relief, "Thank goodness, I don't wish to involve myself with someone like Song Ji Hun"

"You never have to do anything that you don't want to, Kiaraa"

"Thank you" Kiaraa finally smiled as she felt much better after talking out all her feelings.