Chapter 4: A Little Trouble

Derrick finally got off the stage and walked towards Vesa who had just put down his glass. He approached Vesa with a complicated expression and made everyone in the building unable to take their eyes off Derrick. 

"Tell me, Vesa. Where did you get this watch?" Derrick repeated, clutching the watch. 

Derrick's father and his wife followed his son and stood behind Derrick. 

Vesa was about to answer but then Alea nudged his arm. She said, "Answer it quickly, why are you silent?" 

Vesa rolled his eyes in annoyance. That girl was really very rude. 

I was about to answer but you cut me off instead, Vesa thought annoyed. 

"I ...." 

Vesa's words were cut off again. 

"Jesus, what has this friend of ours given us? Oh my God, my friends. Vesa gave Derrick an old watch. Is that second hand? You're crazy, huh. How can you give your friend a second hand?" Sebastian shook his head in disbelief. 

The young man deliberately cut off Vesa's words which he thought were unimportant. The man looked at Vesa condescendingly and everyone started shouting as if they agreed with Sebastian's words. 

Derrick ignored his best friend and instead said, "Vesa, don't you want to answer my question?" 

Vesa sighed and glanced to his right and left waiting to see if anyone would interrupt his while he was talking. After making sure no one else wanted to talk, he answered, "I accidentally saw you throw the watch away when you were so angry and I took it. I wanted to return it straight away because it might be valuable to you but because I saw your watch was broken so I tried to fix it first before handing it over to you. I'm so sorry if you don't like it." 

Derrick fell silent and Sebastian then burst out laughing. 

"Crazy. So you gave Derrick's watch that he threw away? You are. You really are a disgrace. Gosh, Vesa. I don't know if you're really that pathetic," Sebastian said again. 

Alea who was laughing too said, "You're right, Sebastian. Vesa had absolutely no intention of giving Derrick a present. The truth is, the junk watch that had been thrown away was returned again. You're shameless, aren't you?"

Alea sneered. 

Junk watch? Derrick thought. 

His heart heated up hearing his friends say that. Derrick unexpectedly by his friends instead said, "Shut up, you guys!" 

Derrick then drew closer to Vesa and immediately hugged Vesa. Everyone in the building was shocked when they saw Derrick who even looked so happy while hugging the young man. 

"Vesa, thank you very much. Thank you. Just so you know, this watch is my grandfather's most valuable legacy to me. At that time I was angry with him and then I threw it away. I regret throwing it away and trying to find it again but I can't find it. I've been so frustrated looking for it, but it turns out you've found it." 

Derrick let go of his embrace and then he gripped the watch with a bright smile on his face. The young man even looked happier than when he received gifts from his other friends. 

"Thank you for keeping it and fixing it for me. This is the best gift I've ever received on my birthday today," Derrick said sincerely. 

Derrick's parents also thanked Vesa. The watch was not a luxury watch but it meant a lot to Derrick because it was the last gift from his grandfather before his grandfather died. 

Alea and Sebastian were speechless after seeing all that. Derrick then behaved even more friendly throughout the party to Vesa and this of course made Alea very annoyed with the young man. 

She who still couldn't accept it then had a cunning plan and got out of the building. She looked for Vesa's shabby car and then walked towards it. 

"Okay, then safe driving your car, Vesa Araya." Alea made Vesa's car tire flat. The girl smiled cheerfully and went back into the building. She pretended to be like she didn't do anything.

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Vesa sighed in annoyance when he saw the flat tire of his car. He thought of a way to solve the problem and immediately contacted the nearest repair shop but unfortunately no one wanted to fix the car tires because it was late at night. 

Most of his friends had gone home and only a few people were still in the building. Vesa then intended to call his grandfather but considering his old grandfather, he couldn't bear to bother him in the middle of the night like that. 

Alea who saw Vesa confused of course smiled sweetly and then walked over to the young man. 

"Uh, what happened to your favorite shabby car? Wow, did the tire leak?" Alea asked in her relaxed tone. 

Vesa tried hard to make himself patient. 

"You shouldn't have come to this event earlier. Why are you trying to force yourself to attend a party that doesn't belong to your class?" Alea said and she again brought their social status. 

Vesa really didn't understand why his beautiful classmate who he also liked so disliked him that much. He tried to think about it, but the young man thought that he had never done anything wrong to her. 

"Do you have a very much leisure time that you take the time to talk to me even in the middle of the night?" Vesa said calmly. 

Alea glared. "You. Who do you think you are? Accusing me like that? Completely ignorant." 

Vesa didn't want to respond anymore so he stuck his head out and looked around for the building clerk. He would leave the car in the building and would pick it up tomorrow morning. 

"Vesa. Why are you so annoying?" Alea said again. 

Vesa was tired but the handsome young man turned his head, "Alea, don't you hate me so much? So wouldn't it be better if you never talk to me again? Why do you always bother me?" 

Alea was so shocked that she didn't know how to respond. 

"Could it be that this is just your excuse when in fact you like me but pretend to hate me? Is that so?" Vesa urged as he looked at the girl with a sharp gaze that made Alea flabbergasted. 

Alea was still silent and unable to get the words out. Her throat was so tight that she couldn't make a sound. 

"What's all the fuss in here?" asked Derrick White had just exited the building and was walking towards them. 

Derrick was surprised to see Vesa and Alea glaring at each other as if they were having a big fight. 

"What happened? Are you two fighting again? Alea, are you bothering him again?" Derrick accused which immediately made Alea turn to her best friend. 

Derrick White was staring at her intently. 

"Oh no, Derrick. Do you want to defend him now? Do you consider him a friend now?" Alea asked with a look of disbelief.