✿ CHAPTER 7 ✿

"Yah! Stop tickling me!" I tried to stop myself from giggling but failed when my childhood bestfriend, Kim Somin kept on tickling me. I could've just run away but she sat on me.

"Aigoo... It's been a long time since I heard you laughing." She said, getting off me. It sure had been a long time though. I haven't seen her for 10 months now and come to think of it, it's almost a year. We're not in the same school, that's why. We've been friends for 12 years.

We met in the hospital. Both of us were only 5 years old and we have different purpose of going there. I was there because my mum was pregnant to a baby boy but after a few days, we discovered that my baby brother was stillborn. I was upset that I ran out of the room and little did I know, I bumped into a little girl who was about my age.

"Why are you crying?" She asked innocently. I didn't answer but instead I sobbed into my sleeve. She pulled me into a hug and told me that everything is going to be alright. I also learned that she has stage 1 leukaemia. At that moment, we've become friends and I was happy that she likes me just the way I am.

"Do you want to go out shopping for clothes?" She asked me, sitting next to me on the sofa. I turned away from the Tv and looked at her. "Why would you want to go shopping for clothes when you have enough clothes in your closet?" I said.

"You're just lazy." She poked my cheek. "I'm not lazy, I just don't want to do anything that I'm not into." I groaned. Somin and I are completely different. She's quite bubbly and dorkish but really smart when it comes to studying.

"Besides, my tutor would be here any minute now." I added. I saw the pout on her face. "But it's the weekend, don't you have a break from studying?" She questioned, leaning her head onto my shoulder.

"Mum is kinda worried that the tutor haven't come for lessons all week." I told her. She gave me a weird look. "You mean he cancelled lessons for the whole week?" She asked, I nodded.

"Why?" She asked again. 

I gave her a cheekily smile before shaking my head. "Nothing."

Before she could ask more, the doorbell was heard. Mum rushed to the door to open it. "Ah... You're finally here." Mum said. I saw Jihoon walking in and headed to where we were. He stopped his track, eyeing at Somin.

I turned my head to Somin and saw her also staring back at him. What's going on? I faked a cough to get their attention. "O-oh, Somin? What are you doing her?" He asked. Somin looked uncomfortable as she stood up. She turned to me before saying, "I'm going home now."

She ran out the house. I was trying to stop her but I was too late when I heard the sound of the front door shut. I turned my head to Jihoon, who was looking rather confused and nervous at the same time.

"You know her?" I asked him.

"Let's get started with our lesson today." He said before walking upstairs, ignoring my question.

I groaned, dragging myself to the study room.

Today's lesson had started. I was busy with some equation that Jihoon had taught me. Though, I can't say I understand it. The whole time he was explaining, all I heard was 'blah blah blah'.

"Are you done?" He asked, trying to look at my answers. I ran my hand through my hair and groaned. "No," I sighed, shaking my head. I was flustered. Jihoon stood up from his seat, causing me to winced. I looked up to him and saw him walking to my side. He was standing beside me as he concentrated on my work. It was uncomfortable for me and not to mention awkward which made me nervous.

"That's not right," he spoke, grabbing the wodden pencil from my hand. He slowly explained the equation again. It took me awhile to catch up but after a few more explanation, I finally got it.

*****

"The answer is 6," I answered Jihoon's question. We were having a maths quiz and I am pretty sure my answer is correct.

"What? Wrong, it's 12," unless Jihoon has another answer.

"Nope! It's 6!" I exclaimed, not giving up on my answer. I might not be a pro in maths but I'm sure with my answer. "Go and look it up."

He sighed, taking his calculator and typed the numbers on it. "It's twel-" he stopped when he saw the answer in his calculator. "Y-you're right. It is 6." He uttered, disbelieved.

"Hah! I told you, didn't I?" I smirked.

He groaned, throwing his head back. "Alright. Let's not get too excited over that."

He was about to continue the lesson but I stopped him. "Let's take a break for today. I'm tired of learning."

He looked at me, probably shocked. "Wait, no! We can't take a break now," he took out a paper from his bag. "I brought you another test."

I gave him a disgusted look. "I hate doing your tests," I pointed out. "Besides, you've give me 4 quizes today. I'm tired."

He rolled his eyes. "Do I look like I care? Just do it."

I scoffed before taking the paper from him. I smirked when something came up into my mind. I looked up at Jihoon, who was staring at me the whole time. He was giving a question look when he saw me smirking at him.

"I wonder if my mum knew about-"

"Aish, are you seriously going to keep up with this?" He clenched his teeth, glaring at me.

A smirk still plastered on my face as I nodded my head. "Let take a break or else,"

"Fine!" He exclaimed, standing up. "I hope you're having fun blackmailing me. I'll find a way to get you back." He whispered the last part before storming out the door.

Well, that didn't went well.

*****

"What are you doing out here?" I heard a familiar voice behind. I turned my head and saw Wonwoo standing under a tree, resting his shoulder on it. I was sitting on a bench next to the tree while drawing an unusual bird.

"Oh, Wonwoo. It was just you. I thought it was someone else." I laughed. He grinned at me before taking a seat next to me.

"What are you doing?" He asked, looking at my drawing. "You drew this?" He pointed at the small book that I was holding.

"Yeah.. I draw whenever I'm feeling bored," I told him as I continued with my drawing. "Just like right now, I'm bored talking to you."

"Well, you don't have to be mean." He pouted.

I laughed, closing the book and put it in my bag. "What are you doing here?" I asked.

"Well, I was just taking a morning walk before class starts until I saw you sitting here alone," he scanned the whole place. "This is a beautiful place, though. Do you come here often?"

I shrugged. "Well, maybe. I only come here when I come to school too early."

"Oh.." He said as his eyes trailed around the place.

Well, this is awkward.

I heard him taking a small breath and was about to say something until someone interrupted. "Oh, Song Nari. I've been trying to find you everywhere." Both of us whipped our head to the person's talking. It was Jeonghan.

His smile vanished when he saw Wonwoo, so was Wonwoo's. Jeonghan walked his way to us. "Uhm.. Mrs Eun wants to see you in her office." He told me, ignoring Wonwoo. I groaned. "What now?" I asked.

Jeonghan shrugged. "I don't know."

I sighed before standing up from my seat. Jeonghan gestured me to follow him but Wonwoo grabbed my wrist to stop me from doing so. "I'll walk you there." He offered. Jeonghan smacked Wonwoo's hand away from my wrist, replacing it with his hand.

"It's fine. I'll walk her. Besides, Mrs Eun wanted me to bring her to her office, remember?" Jeonghan pointed out, dragging me away from Wonwoo. He was standing there, glaring at Jeonghan.

"Why does Mrs Eun wants to see me?" I asked Jeonghan when we got into the building. Jeonghan let go of my wrist and turned to look at me. "She doesn't." He told me.

"But you said-"

"I know what I said. I only said that because I don't want you talking to him." He said. I gave him a confused look with a mix of annoyance.

"Why?" I asked.

"Because he's bad for you. He's a bad influence." He answered. "What do you mean bad influence? I was never good in the first place." I spoke.

"That's why I don't want you to hanging out with him. I don't want you to go all bad when you're not that bad." He said before walking away.

I rolled my eyes in annoyance before heading to class. The bell rang as soon as I went in. Everyone rushed to their seats. I saw Wonwoo talking to Mingyu before looking at me. He looked serious.

Class finally starts.

*****

My room was quite dim. The only light I could see was the moonlight from outside my window. The curtain was slightly open because I was always amused by the stars and the moon yet I hate it when it's morning.

I was laying on my bed, looking outside the window. I released a sigh before slowly closing the curtain before going to bed, the moonlight was still visible through the curtains. I was about to close my eyes and the last thing I saw was a shadow, some kind of a human figure. There must've been a person standing beside my bed.

Wait, what?!

I shot my eyes opened and sat up. I turned to the figure that made the shadow and saw a woman with long hair, covering her face. "Aaahhh!!!" I screamed, turning on the lamp on my nightstand.

"What's wrong, Nari?!" The woman pulled her hair back as her eyes glued on me with confusion on it. It was mum. I groaned, throwing my head back. "Mum, don't scare me like that!" I cried.

Her hair was wet. It seemed like she had just got out from the shower. "I'm sorry, honey." She said, taking a seat next to me on my bed. "What are you doing here?" I asked, hugging my knees together.

"I'm just here to check on you," She smiled. "And also, how's that Wonwoo guy doing?" She asked, smilling cheekily.

"I don't know. Why would you ask me about him?" I spoked with a slight annoyance in my voice. She woke me up just to ask about Wonwoo, who wouldn't get annoyed by that?

I sighed before saying, "Look mum, I'm tired. Let's just talk in the morning." I told her. I could see her pressing her lips together then said, "alright."

I hope I wasn't being too harsh on her.

*****

'Have you eaten yet?'  I read the text that Wonwoo sent. I smiled as I read his text while typing, 'Sorry, I don't do breakfast.'

I put my phone in my uniform pocket beneath my jacket. It was pretty cold outside that I sneezed almost every minute. I walked downstairs and saw my mum in the kitchen, making breakfast.

"Morning, hun." She smiled, placing a cup of coffee on the table. "Here." She pushed the cup to me.

"Morni- Achhoo!" I covered my nose to sneeze. "Sorry, I meant to say morning." I chuckled before letting out another sneeze.

Mum looked at me, worriedly. She then ran up to me and placed her palm on my forehead. "You have a cold, Nari," She told me. "I don't think you'll be able to go to school today. You should rest."

I simply nodded my head. Who wouldn't want to skip school for a day? I felt a sudden vibration from my back pocket. I took out my phone and saw Wonwoo's text. 'That's not good for you! You should eat! I'll go and buy you something to eat.'

"No. You should stay away from your phone and rest." Mum snatched my phone away from me.

"But mum-"

"No buts. Go to your room and res-" she was about to continue her sentence but my phone vibrated in her hand. "Oh. It from Wonwoo."

"What did he say?" I asked, reaching for my phone but mum refused to give it to me

"He said 'where are you now?'" Mum read the text.

"Give it to me." I demanded.

"No. I'll give it back when you are feeling better. I'll just text Wonwoo that you are not coming to school," she typed on my phone. "... and ask him if he could take care of you for the day." She whispered but it was loud enough for me to hear it.

"Mum!" I groaned.

"Just go upstairs and get some rest." She said. I sighed before dragging myself up to my room. I changed into my pajamas then jumped onto my bed. I was feeling a bit dizzy so it didn't took long for me to fell asleep.

I woke up with a sudden wetness on my forehead. I slowly opened my eyes and saw a familiar male figure sitting on a chair right next to my bed. He was putting a wet towel on my head.

"Hi." He smiled.

"Wonwoo?" I was about to sit up but he gently pushed me back to lay down.

"Rest." He simply said.

"Aren't you suppose to be at school by now?" I questioned but he kept quiet, ignoring my question. He was searching for something in his bag. "Here." He spoke, giving me a sandwich. "You should eat breakfast."

I gave him a half smile before taking the bun from him. "Thank you." I mumbled. "Let me guess. You're here because my mum told you to take care of me?"

"Not quite," he said, lifting up a brow. "She just told me that you have a cold. So I decided to go and visit you, and somehow take care of you."

"You don't have to take care of me, Wonwoo. I can take care of myself," I said, sitting up. "Besides, you have to go to school."

"I'd skip school for my first kiss." He said. I don't know why but I felt a sudden anger when he spoke that. I think it was because of the word 'first kiss'. It's annoying to be called his first kiss when it's not on purpose.

I put away the wet towel on my forehead and glared at him, earning a confusion look from him. "Stop saying that! I am not your first kiss! And I will never be your first kiss!" I yelled, causing him to flinched. "It's bad enough that I took your first kiss. It was an accident. An accident! Stop being so clingy just because I accidentally kissed you."

His shock expression turned into a cold one. He stood up from his seat and went out the door. "Don't forget to eat the bread." He said, before slamming the door behind him.

Oh, boy. What have I done?

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Lol she messed up xD

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