
Not only did Daehyun's heart seem to jump out because it was happy to get my invitation, but the time also jumped a year later because the time we both went through was so sweet. Finally, I can also feel the saying, "Sweet love started in school" with him who is already my girlfriend. Girlfriend who is handsome, cool, understanding and spoiled when alone. The sweet taste that Daehyun gave me, managed to make me forget my feelings for Yongju. But on the contrary, Yongju's heart still can't move on, even though it still has to release me resignedly.
The sound of the school bell rings to mark the end of this year's semester. All the students walked out of their respective classes and ran towards the school hall, where the third graders gathered to receive their graduation diplomas. Similarly, I was the one walking leisurely towards the school hall. Arriving at the hall, I circulated my gaze looking for the figure of Daehyun, but I had trouble finding him in the middle of a crowd like this. With my height of only 165cm, I set my foot to look forward.
Sreth! Suddenly a hand pulled my hand. Junghwa who came out of nowhere, pulled me to the front row. Just now that I wanted to protest at Junghwa, I heard Jiwon's voice in the middle of the hall after the principal declared their graduation. "You ready?" jiwon shouted a warning to all the third graders there, "let's jump!" another shout that was immediately accompanied by all the third graders who jumped with their hands raised to the top to throw their graduation hats in unison. The entire hall became boisterous with shouts full of their energy.
"Hana, I graduated!" jiwon shouted again as she waved her hand at me, as she saw me standing in the crowd of her underclassmen. I replied with a smile seeing the happiness of my friend. However, I still have not found my girlfriend in the middle of that crowd. From afar, I gestured to Jiwon, asking for Daehyun's whereabouts, but Jiwon did not understand the gesture I gave.
Yoke! Yoke! The sound of a microphone that is taped with the finger makes all the attention directed to the source of the sound, not least I. Then, I saw Daehyun smiling while all attention was on him. "Consider everything! I want to announce something. Next week, I'll have my engagement party and everyone here is invited. I'll send you all the invitations. So, I hope you guys can be at my party," he said with a chat. The entire hall was back rowdy, whereas he got off the stage casually. With that aesthetic, my handsome boyfriend took off his hat and graduation cape and threw it in any place. He walked towards me who was still standing in the crowd with a smile so handsome. As for me as always, just fixated on that deadly charm.
Junghwa who was standing next to me clasped my hand more and more unconsciously until I felt pain in my wrist and pulled my hand. He who had just regained consciousness, released his hand. "Noona, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it" she said feeling guilty. "What's wrong with you?" I was confused, but he had not yet answered the question, again my body was suddenly drawn forward. This time, it was Daehyun who pulled my waist to get closer to him and away from Junghwa.
Then, without me expecting it, Daehyun kissed me cheek-friendly in front of everyone after saying, "Junghwa, you and Yongju were also invited to our engagement party." Except for Junghwa and Jiwon who did know about our engagement, everyone there was surprised by this news because before this, we agreed to keep our relationship secret at school.
"Everyone, tell me it's not real!" said Sooyun who could not accept it, "how could the two of them!" he said again, staring intently at me and Daehyun. "Do you really not know? Aren't you Jiwon's boyfriend, his best friend? Does Jiwon not know either?" ask Sooyun's friend. "Look, they seem very close. Have they been pretending not to know each other?" said another friend of Sooyun.
"Only you girls don't know! I'm sure all the male students at this school have known that they've been dating for a long time!" sahut one of the students who stood behind Sooyun and his friends. "really. Almost all the boys students in this school got a warning from Daehyun and Jiwon that they should not approach Hana, but should also keep their relationship a secret!" said another student.
"What?! But why?" sooyun said with his friends. "For all dreamers who dream of becoming lovers must both raise their hands and surrender!" sahut Jiwon who came to Sooyun. Jiwon deliberately said it because even though she knew Sooyun was still expecting Daehyun, she still hoped that after knowing the engagement of Daehyun and I, Sooyun would change and accept it sincerely.
"Why didn't you ever tell me that?" sooyun asked Jiwon. "Well, if I told you, what would you do? Bothering Hana? Or seduce Daehyun again?" whispered Jiwon in Sooyun's ear. He looked at Sooyun with a hard-to-understand look. For him it is difficult, Sooyun is the girl he really likes, Daehyun is the best friend he loves and I am such a good new friend to him. "Don't think of disrupting their relationship. Be aware, Daehyun has already thrown you away," he said grudgingly. Sooyun laughed a little hearing that. "It's not me, Jiwon. But it should be, you're the one who realized that I dumped you a year ago. Didn't I tell you, I want us to break up. But why do you still claim to be my girlfriend?" sooyun snapped in annoyance, then left Jiwon.
Come back to me, Daehyun and Junghwa. Daehyun pulled me out of the hall with my hand, leaving the whole hall still staring at us both in disbelief and Junghwa who was silent as he clenched his hand. "Since when?" Junghwa. From the beginning, Junghwa knew that Daehyun and I would be engaged, but I never told him that I had been officially dating Daehyun since a year ago. Although my relationship with Junghwa grew closer, like that of a brother and sister, I chose not to tell him for fear that Junghwa would tell Yongju and further anger Yongju. However, this time, I was prepared to accept whatever reaction Yongju had when he learned of my relationship with Daehyun because after all we all knew what the end would be like.
Meanwhile, during the year of dating Daehyun secretly, I had already thrown away my worries about my own heart. Slowly, but surely, Daehyun managed to steal my heart from Yongju. Not only with her charm that always makes me flutter, but also her change of attitude towards me that becomes more appreciative of me. Daehyun also kept his promise to me to be loyal and not to be in contact with any girl.
***
In the afternoon, from Junghwa school, he headed straight to Yongju's apartment to tell him first of all about my engagement to Daehyun, but he hadn't said it yet, Yongju already knew about it. Seojun, who came first, brought with him my engagement party invitation to Yongju's apartment, saying, "i'm back in Korea because I have to attend Daehyun and Hana's engagement party next week."
"Since childhood, I've always dreamed of being a hero who would hold his hand, like the game we used to play as kids" Yongju said with a can of beer in his hand. "But now that we've grown up and time has passed to the end, I still haven't managed to win it" she continued, staring out her apartment window. Junghwa and Seojun, who were in the same room as Yongju, threw a glance at each other, then sighed as they heard their brother's curse.
"If I could, I'd like to go back to the past, where there were only the two of us playing together, with no one to bother," yongju continued before gulping down the contents of the can in his hand. "It was a time where a 10-year-old foolishly sang the theme song for his favorite superhero comic in front of his daughter's master that the beautiful princess laughed and stopped crying" she said with a laugh. However, his laughter stopped as a clap landed on his shoulder. "I want to go back to that time, hyung" said Yongju as he lowered his face, then he closed his eyes and shouted out all his emotions.
Seojun patted his sister on the back, "Yes, yell as much as you can if it can let go of everything in your heart! Just let go of everything" he said. "Nothing's gonna change, Yongju. The reality remains the same. You'll never be a hero to Hana. Learn to accept that!" seojun continued, trying to calm his sister.
Meanwhile, Junghwa climbed onto the sofa he was sitting on and surprised his two brothers by jumping like basketball players while throwing Yongju's basketball into the ring available in the room. "What are you doing? Do you want to ruin my couch? I just bought it two days ago. Stop, Jung! Get down now!" yongju said he reprimanded Junghwa's jumping up and down on his new couch.
Instead of reprimanding her, Seojun laughed at Junghwa's behavior because he recalled a memory a few years ago, when little Junghwa often took a trampoline from the corner of the playroom and jumped up and down in the air. "Let the baby! Junghwa likes to jump around whenever he gets upset. That way, he will forget his frustration and replace it with excitement at every jump, as if he feels he has everything he does not get with it" Seojun said.
"Hyung, everything may be different from what hyung dreamed of when he was a kid, but haven't the three of us met? It's okay to lose one person, but find two heroes like me and Seojun hyung!" junghwa said breathlessly after stopping jumping. "The three of us are heroes, hyung. Hyung is first a handsome doctor and is valued by many women, second hyung is a famous rapper and his brother is an idol, although still in training!" he said sillyly imitating the style of one of the superheroes.
"Now, look at me jumping on stage, I'm the one who's going to be the hero of the new generation!" junghwa jumped off the couch and ran towards the two hyungs, hugging them both. "Let go! Why are you hugging me!" yongju snapped while pushing Junghwa. "Oh, I think hyung wants to cry again. So, this hero is willing to lend him his shoulder. It's!" he said, mellowing Yongju. "Yes, yes, the hero is still in training! Who used to be small and immature, who liked to make the sound of jumping on trampolines while crying, and who was angry like crazy!" ledek Seojun on Junghwa.
"That was it, hyung! Now, the place I jump in must be on stage. Hyung, just look, I'm going crazy on stage!" sahut Junghwa with his manyun lips. "Now, don't just talk about it! It's time to spread your wings and go, superhero! Don't you have a schedule to fill out the show at the television station this afternoon?" yongju reminded and managed to make the misfortune hero go away leaving them with his manyun face.
***
"I don't think that's any of your business! If you came here just to ask all that, you better just go home. I'm gonna take a break!" said Daehyun who looked annoyed and immediately moved towards her room. "Wait on! I know, you must have been forced! Do I need to help you break this engagement?" sooyun said as he directly approached Daehyun, even holding her back by pulling her hand. "What did you say?" daehyun asked in disbelief at his hearing earlier. "Hey, why do I have to cancel my engagement? Who are you to speak like this!" it was in front of Soyun.
"But, don't you not like Hana? He's also Namgil's ex, your own cousin! How good is he compared to me!" sahut Sooyun lost his control in front of Daehyun. "What! You you? Who are you, huh? You're my best friend's boyfriend. Why are you taking care of your girlfriend's best friend's engagement, huh? Go there! Crazyhead!" said Daehyun who was intending to continue his steps. "But we've slept together!" sooyun said quite loudly. It even made some servants who were not far from their place, until it turned towards Sooyun and Daehyun.
Daehyun immediately turned around and immediately grabbed Sooyun's arm, then dragged her roughly out the door of her house. Daehyun did not care about the reaction of the servants in his house because no one would dare to go against him. "No matter who will try to stop me, I will continue my engagement. You only sleep once with me, and then what do you want?" he said so coldly after throwing Sooyun out the door of his house. "You want me to take responsibility? You daft? It was you who gave yourself to me! I never wanted you!" he continued, calling one of the security guards at his home.
"Did Hana know all your behavior? You're a jerk, Daehyun! I'll tell Hana who you really are! I'll make you sorry, Daehyun!" sooyun said furiously. While Daehyun just grinned in response to Sooyun's threat. "You think I'm scared?" daehyun asked as she approached Sooyun who was trembling withholding her anger. "Even if you threaten me once with this, I won't regret it. Let's see if you dare to do it!" daehyun.
"When we do, I'm not the first! Guess what, Jiwon? Ck, I sure don't! Surely Jiwon also got second-hand goods like me!" daehyun said while looking at Sooyun so lowly. "Excite him from here! Don't ever let him in again!" daehyun's orders when the security he had just called, were already standing in front of him. Daehyun returned to his room in annoyance, while Sooyun was devastated by the humiliation he had just received from Daehyun.
Daehyun slammed the door of her room hard. "Hana also knows that I've changed! Ever since I knew Hana, I was no longer Daehyun the killer of girls!" muttered. "But, does Hana know everything, huh? What if Sooyun exposes all my past to Hana? What if Hana believes in Sooyun, then cancels the engagement?" he suddenly seemed frustrated imagining it.
"No! I can't let that happen!" he thought again as he hurried to contact his man to watch over Sooyun so as not to let Sooyun approach me. "I don't want to lose it because only Hana confronts me like a plain piece of white paper and meets her resurrects a different me" she said in her heart, smiling as she looked at our photo together on her phone screen.
***
That night, Daehyun invited me to go to his family's club, which he made his graduation party with his classmates. On the way there, "Oppa, is it really okay?" I asked Daehyun again. "Hmm?" he focused on driving. "Is it okay for us to party at the club tonight? Aren't we old enough?" I said as I looked at Daehyun beside me. Daehyun glanced at me at a glance, then smiled as he said, "calm down. Appa allowed it."
"Does the school have no problem with us partying there?" my many. "As long as the school doesn't know! But even if they know, can they find a problem with Appa?" daehyun replied casually. I stopped asking because I felt free. "Calm down, don't worry like that! It's gonna be beautiful gone, you know!" daehyun said as he pinched my cheek gently with anxiety.
"What are we going to do here?" ask me innocently when the car that brought us has arrived at the destination. "Party! What else do you want?" daehyung asked confusedly looking at me. "I mean, are we gonna have a drink? We're not old enough yet, we can't get into the club, we can't drink alcohol, we haven't." I was cut off because Daehyun kissed me on the lips. The habits he does every time I change are chatty, frowning, nagging, or sulking in front of him. Then, after doing so, Daehyun would show his boxed smile in front of me.
"Honey, this place belongs to Appa. No one would dare to drive us out. Then, in addition to alcohol, there are also other drinks here. If you don't like going down to the dance floor, we'll just sit and look at the others. Okay?" said Daehyun softly. I also nodded slowly to answer. Doubtfully, I removed the short coat I was wearing before we got out of the car. "Come, we're in!" take Daehyun who was originally busy removing her seat belt, then turn to look at me.
Instantly Daehyun was surprised to see me because without him knowing, I hid a plain black mini dress model sabrina that made my chest more prominent, behind the coat I was wearing earlier. "Who gave you that shirt?" daehyun asked after he turned his face the other way. "I chose it myself. Wh why? Ugly, huh?" I asked while pulling down my dress that was lifted because it was too short. Daehyun glanced at me as I sat down uneasily. "If it's bad, I'll just go home!" I said sulking. "It's not bad, but if you wear clothes like this, it's the same as letting oppa go to an innocent dream" he murmured while watching my body.
"Opa! We are small!" I said as I realized Daehyun's gaze was focused on my chest area. Quickly, I crossed my arms in front of my chest, but I instead panicked when my thighs were again exposed. Daehyun laughed seeing it. "Yes, we're kids, but isn't that childhood when we can't wait to grow up like trying something new out of curiosity?" god Daehyun with his eyebrows raised, but his hand threw my coat that I had taken off earlier on my thigh.
"Wear and do not take off the coat because only oppa can see it!" daehyun continued, gently stroking the tip of my head, then got out of the car. "Thank you" I said slowly as I started wearing the coat again. "For what?" he asked me to open the door for me. "Because every day is filled with joy with oppa!" I replied as she gently kissed Daehyun's cheek as she bowed her face after I asked. Daehyun smiled with my sweet treatment, then turned her head towards me. "So, can oppa be the only one in your heart, like oppa that stops in your heart?" asked Daehyun and I smiled, cupped his cheeks together, then kissed his lips in response.
"Come, down!" daehyun said after smiling and extending his hand to me. Daehyun and I entered the club that had been prepared for the private party of the owner's son with his friends. "We're here!" jiwon shouted at the loud sound of the music, waving her hand at me and Daehyun. We also approached Jiwon's desk which appeared to be with some of her classmates.
"Where is Namgil Hyung? Didn't he come?" ask Jiwon. "He said he would come. No way, he didn't come because we were friends. Maybe it's too late, Daehyun," said Jiwon casually as she drank an alcoholic drink in her hand. "You're drinking alcohol?" asked Daehyun who noticed it. "Why? Your employees provided it on the table" Jiwon said. Daehyun glanced at me who was just silently staring at the drinks on the table. "Why? Don't you want a drink tonight?" ask Jiwon. "Ah, I forgot that there's Hana!" he smiled as he smiled at me.
"As usual, Hana's beautiful! Wanna?" chirp Jiwon again while offering me a drink in her hand. The plot! Daehyun snapped his best friend's head and said, "you're drunk, huh?" I looked at Daehyun angrily for making Jiwon stroke his head in pain. "Who's drunk? I just had a few sips!" jiwon Protest. "How about we bet? Who gets drunk first, he loses and has to buy food later! How, you dare? Come on, beat me! If you're ready, put your hands up high!" jiwon said, handing over the glass in Daehyun's hand. "Don't tell me, you're scared because there's Hana!" ledeknya who was frustrated because Sooyun who left him. "Let's get it started!" sahut Daehyun who felt challenged and did not want to lose.
The battle of the two also began, without even without my permission who was pouting beside Daehyun. Irritated, I left the two behind and chose to join some of the girlfriends I knew at school. I don't know how long it has been, I had a conversation with some friends who also came here, until I forgot about Daehyun and Jiwon's whereabouts at their table. I was busy going here and there because of some school friends who wanted to ask me about my relationship with Daehyun and I just answered them as briefly as possible to just appreciate their questions.
Feeling sultry, I removed the coat I was wearing while intending to return to Daehyun and Jiwon's table, but while crossing the dance floor, suddenly the room lights went out and to prevent bumping into someone, he said, I also stayed in place. Sreth! Suddenly from behind, two hands coiled around my waist. I who had frozen, finally breathed a sigh of relief when the lights came back on and found Daehyun who was hugging me.
"What's a drunk oppa?" I asked as I smelled a strange smell coming from the breath of Daehyun that was blowing near my face. Instead of answering, he turned my body to face him. "Spread your shoulders!" his orders while pulling my waist and making my body stick to him. "Wiggle your body, empty your head, come, we party, baby," he whispered, kissing my lips.