Not Him

37

“after this where are you going?” ask Jiyoo while tidying up her books. College is over, and they can go home now.

Hyunjin shook her head, her face looked moody. “noah, maybe I'll see Kyuhyun before heading home.”

“Kyuhyun?” jiyoo's brows furrowed in confusion, Hyunjin did not tell her anything yet. A lot of things happened yesterday.

“lain times I'll tell you. I go first, Jiyoo-ya.” Hyunjin immediately left the classroom and left Jiyoo who was still putting on a confused look. “YA! just as he would.” Jiyoo muttered annoyedly.

Hyunjin walked over quickly, he had already sent a short message to Kyuhyun to meet. He can't be late.

“aw!” Hyunjin screamed stifledly as she accidentally hit the back of the person in front of her. He was not focused because he was in a hurry, so he did not pay attention to the road in front of him. The man turns around, and Hyunjin is a little surprised to learn that the person is Lee Hyukjae, the person she finds herself with Donghae on campus. He slightly moved to the side, and his guess was correct, there was Donghae near Hyukjae.

“mian sunbae.” He said while bowing briefly. Without waiting for any answer the girl immediately turned away, ignoring Donghae's piercing glare at her. It felt awkward, after what had happened to the two of them before this. Hyunjin needs a little time to keep her distance from Donghae, she wants to be able to forget her bitter story with that namja. Although he told Donghae himself not to stay away from him, of course he did not have enough courage to be ordinary with Donghae after what happened. I can't pretend that everything is okay. It takes time, maybe after a while everything can recover as before.

“you okay Donghae-ya?”

Donghae nodded briefly with a faint smile, hinting at his best friend that he was fine.

Hyukjae looked at Donghae doubtfully, he knew what had happened to his best friend. It must have been painful, and he knew Donghae was trying to hide his pain with his fake smile.

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“Kyuhyun-ah!” Hyunjin shouted the name of her lover from across the street, waving her hand with a wide smile. He did not want Kyuhyun to get angry because he arrived late. There are important things he must say, do not let their time wasted just because of meaningless fights as usual.

Hyunjin crossed the road while running, not caring about the several vehicles passing by. It's very hasty. A car almost grazed him, and it made Kyuhyun's breath almost break to see him.

“YA! CAREFULL!” Kyuhyun shouted from across the street, furious at the stupidity of the girl he loved. But the girl even grinned casually, as if the thing just now was not an event to be feared. Does that girl not love life? Kyuhyun continued to mutter annoyedly looking at her. Hyunjin was even able to show off her sweet smile once she got to Kyuhyun.

Kyuhyun glared sharply, but the girl in front of him instead smiled widely.

“Stupid!” Kyuhyun hit Hyunjin's head slowly with his fist. The girl immediately grimaced –even though she did not feel any pain at all. He will be angry, feel unacceptable every person who touches his head - let alone to hit him - but not so considering his quarrel with Kyuhyun will certainly be endless.

“what if you get hit dead?” Kyuhyun was still upset, actually he was just afraid that something bad happened to Hyunjin earlier.

“what matters is that I am still alive now.” said Hyunjin casually, unconscious due to the act was Kyuhyun almost died on the spot due to a heart attack.

“ish, you were always so sloppy.”

“already, let's sit down! I want to say something.” Hyunjin pulled Kyuhyun's arm towards a garden chair. They are in the park right now. They sat down, but Hyunjin remained silent. Kyuhyun kept staring at her sharply waiting for roughly what thing Hyunjin would say to her. Kyuhyun hopes that's important, because the girl already made him ditch in working hours. Maybe he will get angry by manager Park once he returns to the cafe later.

“don't look at me like that, you make me nervous.” Hyunjin turned her face away, she bet now that her cheeks were definitely red. For some reason, but even now he still feels pounding every close like this with Kyuhyun.

Kyuhyun tried to hold back his laughter hearing Hyunjin's confession. “why do you have to be nervous? Am I not namjachingumu?”

Hyunjin turned around, and became even more nervous when she saw Kyuhyun's face so close. Ah, why did he realize that Kyuhyun was really so handsome? Even for him now, this nearby namja was many times more handsome than Robert Pattinson.

“ya! why are you even quiet? don't let you be fascinated with me.” Kyuhyun smiled mischievously, making Hyunjin's face even more red. The girl immediately turned her face in the other direction.

“i don't want to joke, Kyu. There's something serious I have to say.” Hyunjin said annoyedly, but still unable to turn her face back.

“look at me if you want to talk.” Kyuhyun moved Hyunjin's head to look at her. Hyunjin looked over, but her head was down. In his heart he cursed Kyuhyun, why did it make him pound even more? Oh, he hopes Kyuhyun can't hear the beating of his heart.

“what do you want to say?” asked Kyuhyun gently, trying to be patient.

“if speaking clearly chagi!”

Hyunjin raised her face, looking annoyed at Kyuhyun who could not understand her situation. Didn't Kyuhyun know he was nervous about it? Kyuhyun's soft tone, plus the call, made him even more nervous.

Kyuhyun laughed loudly, satisfied that he had managed to make Hyunjin not wince.

“Yes! you laughing at me?” Hyunjin hit Kyuhyun hard on the arm, but he stopped his laughter, not wanting to make Hyunjin even more upset.

“well, now tell me what you want to tell me.” Kyuhyun said after putting on his serious look.

“appaku want to meet you.”

“MWO?” Kyuhyun looked surprised. Meet Hyunjin's father? Oh.. how is this? it doesn't seem ready.

Hyunjin nudged his arm slowly, “if you don't want to be okay, I'll tell him you can't. I'll find a good reason.”

Kyuhyun immediately shook his head, “aku is coming. Tell me, when does he want to meet?”

“rearn?” Hyunjin narrowed her eyes, looking at Kyuhyun uncertainly. Kyuhyun just nodded. Why can't Hyunjin see the seriousness?

Hyunjin nodded in understanding, though hesitant but she knew Kyuhyun was earnest. Didn't Kyuhyun have to meet his parents sooner or later?

“all right, so when does your dad want to see me?”

“How about tonight? All of you come for dinner.”

Kyuhyun stunned, “so fast?”

Hyunjin was just about to open her mouth to talk, before Kyuhyun directly cut her off quickly. “ alright, tell her I'll come tonight.”

Hyunjin stand up, “I wait for tonight. Just be careful if you don't come, I can boil my app.”

“nde, I'm definitely coming. I can't let you be a boiled duck.”

“Mwo? The duck? Yep! brazen you.” Hyunjin punched Kyuhyun on the shoulder, causing him to complain of pain. Hyunjin's punch was pretty good too. “already, I went home first. You too, do not let you get fired for skipping work.” Hyunjin chuckled, knowing for sure Kyuhyun had quietly left, manager Park couldn't have given such an easy pass. Hyunjin remembers asking the man for permission when he was leaving with Donghae, he did not allow it at all, until Hyunjin mentioned Donghae's name and Park's new manager happily let him go.

“hahaha. Yes already, there go!” Kyuhyun turned over Hyunjin's body and encouraged her to leave.

Hyunjin turned around, while grunting in annoyance. “Yes! you kicked me out huh?”

“I want to see you go. Until you're far new I'll leave this place.”

“well, fine, I go.” With a heavy heart Hyunjin walked away, but only a few steps did she turn back. The girl walked back, still unwilling to take Kyuhyun out of her sight.

“Yes! watch out for the tree behind you!” Kyuhyun shouted loudly, making Hyunjin instantly turn around. But too late, his head had already hit a tree.

“who put a tree carelessly here?” agony panicked. The girl stroked her forehead which hit the tree. From far away Kyuhyun laughed to see it.

A little boy who saw it pulled his mother's shirt while saying softly, “oemma, noona it's weird.”