Summer gone

How..?

How did he find out?

Was I too careless? Was I too obvious?

I have to deny it, right now.

“That’s-“

“Now don’t say that it’s not true. I know you like him,

Kim Mingyu”

What now?

He won’t tell Seongheo right?

“Ahhh stop glaring at me, I might puke what I just ate”

I just accepted defeat and let out a sigh and asked.

“Fine, I admit I like him. How did you know?”

He just laughs off a bit while shaking his head.

“Anyone who spends more time with you two

will eventually know it right away”

He walked up closer to me. Fixed his hands

by crossing them infront of his chest.

I can’t say a thing now,

 I know what kind

of games this jerk will pull off.

“Mingyu-ah, the first day I saw you,

I thought you were some emotionless nerd,

but you can’t suppress your emotions at all when Seongheo

is around.

Can you?”

How does this person with the possible IQ of a peanut

figure such a thing out in just a few days.

I am pretty sure I was very careful with anything I say

or how I act around Seongheo.

“I can’t read minds, but if you’re mentally scolding me

in your head, stop that.”

“Why? You want me to scold you in real life?”

“Yah, Mingyu-ah you don’t realise the power I hold right

now”

He is right. This is Im Jonghi we are talking about.

If I don’t behave he might even tell Seongheo about it.

“Then, tell me what I can do to stop you”

Again that annoying laugh.

 Does he think he’s

some movie villain or something?

He is the villain in my movie.

“Stop laughing and tell me what I can do to shut you up”

“First, take care of that attitude. No more being mean to

me”

“First? There’s more?”

“Oh Oh don’t worry it’s just the beginning”

“Yah, is this a new way to entertain you?”

“Yeah, you can say that, and oh! Start using the honorific”

“What honorific? I am older than you idiot”

“You are? Well you do act like a grandpa”

Am leaving.

I turned my heel to walk when

 he just grabbed my

collar and pulled me back.

“YAH! Are you planning to kill me?”

“I will if you walk off on me again”

“This brat”

He let go of my collar and let out a deep sigh.

“We have classes, so I will let you go for now”

I just kept one of my hands on my neck, that moron pulled

too hard. It hurts.

He fixes his uniform as he put his hands inside the

pockets and walked away.

“I will bother you later, hyung!”

I hope you fall down the stairs and never return.

How relieving that would be.

But, he does know about it. What am I supposed to do?

Is he really going to tell Seongheo?

He won’t...at least I can make sure he doesn’t.

 Or else I might

lose the only thing that kept me close to Seongheo.

Our friendship

I don’t want to ruin it like I did last time.

I don’t mind even if he doesn’t share my feelings.

I don’t mind if he will never be into someone like me.

I have all the rights to spend time with him,

I have all rights to approach him when I need it,

I have all the rights to be his personal diary

and listen to everything he ever has to say.

I don’t have any higher expectations or ambitions.

So, I just can’t let anyone steal all of this,

it’s the only thing that kept me hanging on for so long,

or else I would have just-

Even thinking about it is exhausting.

I just hope he doesn’t do anything, or at least

I have to keep up with his requests.

This is such a pain, I already have so much in my plate,

and he really had to throw some inedible rocks into

it.

I started walking towards the class,

still stuck with everything that just happened.

So deep into my own thoughts that

I never felt the presence of another person besides me.

“It’s my first time being ignored by Kim Mingyu”

I turned my head to see him picking up his pace walking

right next to me.

Yeah, I didn’t see him there before cause my head was way

too occupied.

“It wasn’t intentional”

“Then why? Is something bothering you?”

He was looking at me when he asked that,

maybe he thought my expression would say something if my

lips didn’t.

But I said nothing, nor did I make an obvious look.

 I just shook my

head and he bought it.

“Really? Guess you are just sleepy again

since you fell asleep during lunch period;

You should go to bed as early as possible.

You stay up so late and then again wake up so early and I

just-

UGHH”

He messes up his own hair.

“You will hurt your health if this went on-“

I couldn’t help it.

His face was just too funny.

I just burst out laughing at that place.

While he stood there staring at me with confusion.

“Wait what was so funny in that? I was scolding you!”

I stopped and just gave him a nod.

“I will make sure to sleep early now, Mr. Park”

Look at that face; he is so proud of himself.

He just let out a bold laugh while keeping his hands-on

his waist.

His hair is a mess.

It was so adorable I couldn’t hold my laugh back.

I don’t want people to think he just went off the bed.

I just reached my hand out to fix his hair.

His hair is longer than before. Deep black and soft.

You can clearly tell he takes good care of them.

He bends down a bit more.

I wish I could do this every day.

Touch him without

having the fear

of being caught

while doing so.

Take care of him,

without having

anyone judge when I do.

Fix every little

mistake he makes.

Watch every step he

takes.

Sigh, dreams.

So unrealistic.

I took my hand back and turned away.

There are more people around us.

 I hope they don’t

get the wrong idea out of this.

“It’s fixed now, let’s go”

“Huh? Oh? Yeah class, let’s go”

“A “thank you” could work”

“Wah you are just like my mom, her gestures towards me

changes within seconds”

“Messy things distract me, idiot, I was not dolling you

up”

“I know I know but still”

He mumbles as he sat down.

“Still what?”

“The teacher is here eomeonie”

(Eomeonie: Mother in Korean)

 This nut head.

That’s how the classes end.

I want to return back home right away but I can’t.

I still have to teach Jonghi.

But...he may have forgotten about it?

I turned around and saw him laying his head on the desk;

he probably slept through the whole class.

I still have my chance I can escape this,

I will tell him something urgent came up later.

I quickly grabbed my stuff and started to walk out.

Yeah! Freedom!

I celebrated at the wrong time.

 This moron likes

to pull my collar so much.

“Were you trying to escape Kim Mingyu?”

“Yes”

“You know you can’t, right?”

“That’s why I took the risk”

“Too bad you can’t”

He just tugged my bag and dragged me back to his desk.

I hate this.

“Yah, don’t tell me are staying back at the classroom”

I questioned him as people left the room one after

another.

And am guessing Seongheo left too.

Seongheo, leaves early for his club work.

“Are you stupid? Of course not. We are going to visit the

library”

“And you call me stupid, we can’t we whisper in the library

how am I supposed to teach you anything? Telepathy?”

“Fiiine fine Mr. Kim, we can visit a cafe then”

“I hate noisy places; you can’t read in a place like

that”

“Then

             How

about my house?”

He hung his bag around his shoulder as he turned his head

and looked at me with a raised eyebrow.

“Sure”

Better than busy places, and I can still kick him if he

tries anything.

“Let’s move Mr. Kim”

He wrapped his hands around my shoulders but I removed

them immediately.

“Stop calling me that and don’t touch me’

“Salty, but you let Seongheo do that”

“Shut up”

“As you wish, your majesty”

I will throw him off the bridge if he continues being

like this.

We walked out of the school and waited for our bus.

“You were late this morning”

Just to break silence cause it’s getting weird and

awkward just him standing there with a frowning face.

 The heck was he

thinking about making him frown like that?

“Huh? Oh yeah. I forgot to drop my little brother off”

“You have a little brother?”

“Yeah, don’t act so surprised. Don’t you have any

siblings?”

“No”

“Huh?? Then what about the guy that visited you on-“

“That was my dad”

“Whaaaaat? He looks sooo young”

“Yeah, I hear that a lot”

“He doesn’t even have a single grey hair on his head”

“He dyes his hair”

“Oh? But that doesn’t explain the good looks and young

skin”

“He travels a lot, so he probably visits various care

centers”

“Hmm makes sense, but one more thing”

“What?”

“He looks so young, fit and handsome...what happened to

you?

“What?”

This jerk-

Well the hell with him, I am still too young to care

about how the hell I look.

I saw our bus stopping right in front of us.

I stood up and walked in as I said.

“Says the one who has a face no one appreciates”

“Wait- Hey! A lot of people call me handsome!”

“Really? Can you name some?”

“Of course! Well there is my- uhh mom, my little brother

and my grandma!”

“You- never mind, I don’t want to hear your naggings

later”

We were already walking through our streets.

We walked past my own house, the gates are still closed.

Guess they are not back yet.

His house is not that far from mine.

Basically two turns and a few houses.

He stopped standing in front of a small iron gate.

 I can clearly see

his off-white painted two-story house.

“It’s not much but, Su casi, mi casi”

he says as he opens the gate for me to enter.

“It’s mi casa, su casa idiot”

I told him as I walked past him by entering the house first.

“At least I tried”

I clapped my hands as I looked around.

“Bravo, Im Jonghi Bravo”

He just scoffs but asks.

“Your eyeballs gonna pop out,

 never seen a house

like mine before?”

“I have, but this one is cute”

He just cupped his own face and started acting cute,

“Like me?”

he asks looking at me blinking his eyes from time to

time.

What sins have I committed before to deserve this?

“Cuter than a baboon’s bottom”

I said dropping down my bag on the couch before I sat

down myself.

He’s obviously was not happy with what I just said.

Any who.

“English, let’s start off with that”

“Sure, am already good at it though”

“And still failed the easiest test”

“The time given was not enough”

“2 hours for 10 questions”

“I was thinking for the first half”

“Sigh, Im Jonghi we still have a long way to go”

“I know.... but it’s fine because I have you with me”

He said that with his cheeky smile.

 I miss my home.

2 hours, and we are still stuck on the same passage.

“Try watching some English movies,

they will help you a lot,

oh wait not movies you should watch cartoons”

“What? I can barely understand the words in

Korean cartoons how am I supposed to understand

English???”

“I don’t know, that’s your problem.

Just do it. Now stop pouting you look ugly and

pick up the pen and write down the words-“

Right before I could say another word, my phone rang.

I looked at the user name.

“Yes?”

Jonghi stopped and looked up at me curiously.

“No am not, am out. Okay...I understand I will be there”

I just kept my phone down and let out a sigh before

Turning my head back to him, he was still looking at me.

“Stop staring and start moving your hands”

“Who was that?”

“No one”

“Your parents?”

“....yeah it’s them”

“They are coming back today? Why are you still here then?

You should head back home”

“Its fine, I don’t wanna go”

“But you might get in trouble for that”

Now or later, it doesn’t matter;

 it’s going to be

the same words in the same tone anyway.

At least they should smile a bit while

saying all the meaningless blabbers,

which might make it less unbearable.

“Get up I don’t want you to get in trouble because of me”

He stood up, stretching out his hand to me.

Why is he helping me when I don’t need it?

I turned away and continued writing

. I don’t want to explain anything to him, he won’t

understand,

cause it just doesn’t make any sense.

“Yah, Kim Mingyu we can study later okay?

I..I can learn the new words huh?

 I will watch the

movies as you said, just go back”

“Do you want me gone that bad?”

He quickly shook his head.

“That’s not it; it’s just your parents...”

I got from my seat and picked up my bag too.

“I know, I know about my parents,

and you should not worry about them”

“I am not worried about them, am worried about you”

Is he being serious?

What is there to worry about?

It’s nothing serious or dangerous in not going back on

time.

“You should not”

I walked out of there, as he followed me behind.

“Want me to drop you off?”

“Don’t be ridiculous am not a kid”

“I know, I don’t want to drop you anyway, I was just

being nice”

“Nice my foot, and continue your study am going”

“YES SIR!”

“Stop being noisy too”

“YES SIR!”

Idiot.

I hope this road never ends.

Right I won’t be mad if someone

just comes up and kidnaps me right now.

I looked around.

Disappointed,

No one is here.

No one, why is this world so cruel at the worst timings

ever.

There it is.

The hell.

I can already see the car.

I opened the door and walked in,

They were seated on the couch;

I guess they haven’t noticed me yet.

I slowly walked up to them and bowed.

Mr. Kim with his low voice asked immediately.

“Where were you?”

“Classes”

“You don’t have classes at 2 pm, they start

from 5 pm and ends at 9 pm. Are you lying to me right now?”

I just shook my head, but I don’t think he bought it.

“Tell me the truth, where were you?”

I just lowered my head.

What am I supposed to answer?

I can’t really tell them where I really was.

“Kim Mingyu, I don’t want to raise my hand today”

“You will anyway”

Yeah, that was his limit.

I can already feel my left cheek burning up.

Am too used to all of this, this was nothing compared

To everything else he ever did.

“You still won’t tell us”

Another one, on another cheek.

But Mrs. Kim was fast enough to stop him.

“Please stop, I think he has his own reasons”

He freed his hand which was in the hold by her.

He gave me the frown face and continued.

“Since when we ever taught him to keep secrets from us?

You better tell us everything before we assign another

man behind you”

But you already did that.

Why are you asking if you just know everything?

This is so exhausting.

I just want to leave.

They all left the room.

It was all quiet and peaceful again.

I just dropped my bag on the couch and made my way out of

the house.

I don’t want to breathe the same air as them.

Why do they even come back when all they do is

make some unnecessary fuss around?

I hope it doesn’t swell up like it did last time,

 it looks very ugly

and obvious.

Seongheo will question about it all the time,

and won’t stop until I tell him the reason,

then he will start making unnecessary assumptions

 and even get

worried and blame himself for not helping me,

 it’s all the same

cycle. One time he even insisted on talking

to my parents. Hm, now imagining that is quite scary and

impossible, because I can never let them meet, not even

by mistake.

It won’t be a good scene to see them standing

infront of each other, I can never what Mr.Kim might do

to him.

It would be better if I just put some ice on it before it

swells.

I just let out a sigh, ready to go inside.

Not until,

I looked up.

“Mingyu?”

Ironic.

Speak of the devil.

There he is, the devil himself.

I can’t even hide it anymore, he saw it.

“Oh? You just got back?”

No answer.

His eyes, I can tell.

He wants to know.

But, he can’t help it,

it isn’t his problem and I can’t drag him into this.

“Look it’s getting late you should-“

“Again?”

“Yes, I know, it happens all the time’

“And you’re okay with it?”

“Of course not”

Honesty, cause I know he wants it.

“You won’t do anything about it?”

“What can I do?”

“Come to my house”

Huh?

“My house..........let’s go”

To be

continued...

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