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Hyeori looked at her cell phone, while stroking Sooho’s head, who was asleep on the hospital stretcher.
It turns out that not only was the blow to his head the problem, but he had an injured arm, so they had to put it in a cast, the boy complained all night before falling asleep on the girl’s chest, who was grateful that he was a heavy sleeper because otherwise ge probably wouldn’t have even let her get off the stretcher.
Her eyes lifted when she heard the door open, smiling when she saw Sieun, but erasing it when saw the girl with pink highlights enter with him. The girl bowed shyly, making Hyeori stop stroking her boyfriend’s hair and wave at her while she put away her cell phone. — Hello, I’m Youngyi. You are Sieun’s girlfriend, right?
Hyeori raised an eyebrow at that, looking at the boy with a smile before looking at the girl. — Yes, honey, I was waiting for you, is everything okay? — Sieun looked at her, blinking and looking at Youngyi and then back at Hyeori, not knowing what to say before she laughed, making the boy sigh a little. — Sieun and I are friends, don’t worry. See this big guy here? He is my boyfriend. — Hyeori caressed the boy’s head again, laughing as she saw him move closer to her touch.
Sieun didn’t say anything, he just touched Sooho’s shoulder, waking him up suddenly. — What? — Hyeori took his hand, making him look at her, smiling at him as she squeezed his hand. — Ah, I didn’t think I could see the sun at night. — He smiled more, earning a giggle from the girl.
— Are they always this… Sweet? — Sieun looked at Youngyi, who looked at the couple with some disgust. Sieun looked at the couple too, looking down not knowing what to say, it didn’t really bother him much, maybe he had just started to get used to it.
— Well… She wants to apologize. — Sieun said, looking at Sooho’s sleepy eyes, who looked at the girl once Hyeori finished adjusting the small bandage that needed to be changed on his cheek.
— Hello. — she greeted.
— Well, it doesn’t look like she’s here to apologize. — The boy said in a murmur due to the pain in his throat from the medication they had given him for the pain.
Sooho didn’t like taking medicine.
— I’m sorry. — she said before sitting on the empty bed next to Sooho’s, next to Hyeori’s chair, who looked at her with a warm smile before seeing Sieun.
— How did it go? — She asked once she helped Sooho sit on the bed, who pulled her so that she sat next to her. The girl sat up straight, as she always did, making Sooho look at her for a second before returning his gaze to the two teens in front of them.
—I’m not sure if it’s a good thing, but Bumseok’s father took care of it, we are no longer part of the case, however, Kim Gilsu was arrested.
Hyeori nodded, stroking Sooho’s back as she looked at the ground thoughtfully. — Is his father the president or something like that? His secretary, or whatever, came by a while ago and she offered to pay the hospital bill. I refused, but now that I think about it I should have said yes.
— His father is Assemblyman Oh Jin Won. — Sieun said, making Hyeori raise her eyebrows and look at him.
— Wow, he wasn’t lying when he said he had money. —The girl said, laughing, touching her wound when she was hurt by the sudden movement of her face.
— When can you leave?
— Oh, it’s just a minor fracture, so I can be discharged tomorrow — Sooho raised the thumb of his casted hand, smiling tenderly when he said that.
— So, can I sleep here today? — The girl with pink highlights said to Sooho, making him look at her girlfriend, who raised an eyebrow before looking at him, smiling at him, making him copy her action.
— Hyeori was going to sleep in that bed, but she can sleep with me so, whatever you want. — The boy said, hugging his girlfriend when she laugh at seeing the girl so excited when Sooho told him that.
— I wasn’t planning on saying this, but… You really were great that night in the parking lot, I still get goosebumps. “I’ll cut your throat if you keep saying stupid things” oh! And today when…
—Hey, don’t praise my girl so much, okay? — Sooho complained in a serious voice, taking Hyeori by her waist, making her smile, stroking his hair as she put her arm around his shoulders before thanking Youngyi.
— Don’t worry, I belong to Sieun. — The girl hugged Sieun next to her, Hyeori wanted to laugh at the boy’s expressionless reaction, who simply looked at the couple in front of him with boredom.
— Are you dating? — Hyeori asked amusingly, earning a giggle from Sooho, making Sieun sigh.
— Obviously not. — The boy separated from the girl before she took him again by his arm to lean on his shoulder. He made a small movement, wanting to push her away from him.
— Obviously yes. We even share each other’s locations.
— We don’t do that, should we? — Sooho looked at Hyeori with a tender and excited smile.
— You spend next to her all day, I don’t see the need to share a location if you have her by your side all the time. — Sieun said before complaining and pushing the girl off of him, now placing his eyes on Hyeori, who was laughing at the curse Sooho let out at the boy when he finished speaking. — And that is the main function of that application.
— You should date, you look good together, total opposites. — Sooho said jokingly, but with some sincerity in his words. They were just like them, opposites in many ways, although he doubted that Sieun would like a person as outgoing as Youngyi, he never ruled out possibilities.
At first, he hadn’t believed he had a chance with Hyeori either, and here they were, together. — Let’s go on a double date someday.
— I don’t want to go to that house of terror, much less with you.
Sooho opened his mouth, looking at Hyeori before looking at him, who had a grimace on his face, as if in disgust. — When you have a girlfriend, you will understand why I didn’t refuse to enter that house.
— What house of terror are you talking about? — Youngyi’s voice made the trio look at her before Hyeori denied.
— Sooho you have to rest.
— No… Wait… Didn’t you see how he saw me? Like I’m the disturbed mind in this relationship
…
Hyeori woke up scared when she heard the crash of something. Sooho and her had managed to fall asleep after Sieun said goodbye to them, wishing him a good night, they watched him leave before Sooho continued complaining that now the boy was going to think that he had been the one with the idea of getting into that abandoned horror house, however, she managed to calm him down, and in the end they both fell asleep, Hyeori on his chest.
Sighing and leaning back into her boyfriend’s chest when she saw Sieun being the cause of his sudden awakening, next to a bag of food on the table in front of them.
Sooho woke up, looking at the bag as well. — What is it?
—What you longed for so much. — The boy said, even with that aura in his tone, Hyeori took the bag in her hands, laughing knowing what reaction Sooho would have.
— What is it? — This said in her ear, Hyeori uncovered the container, revealing the seaweed soup Sooho longed for, he looked at Sieun as if he had given him the best gift in the world before his expression changed, looking at him with a grimace and some distrust. — What’s the matter? What do you have planned, idiot?
—What? — Sieun asked, looking away from Hyeori to see her boyfriend frowning.
— I mean, what’s wrong with you? You are so… Affectionate… Your eyes, how you behave, how you speak, how you stand and your face… feels terribly strange, scary.
Hyeori listened to everything he said until she decided to hit the boy gently in his stomach. — Yah, idiot, Sieun is giving you the seaweed soup that you wanted so much, you should thank him that he didn’t go to sleep and he let you starve like I would have done.
Sooho looked at her with his mouth open. — You couldn’t let the love of your life go hungry, you never have, you won’t.
The girl raised an eyebrow before seeing Sieun, covering the food, she was going to put it back in the bag. — Sieun, give this food to the nurse on duty.
— No, no, no, love, I was joking, I-I know you would, give me, give me. — Sooho asked, taking the bowl from the girl’s hand, mumbling as if he were a little child.
The girl denied, and was going to thank Sieun before making a surprised face upon seeing Sieun. Sooho noticed this and almost yelled at him in indignation upon seeing the smile on Sieun’s face. The boy sat on the bed next to Youngyi while Hyeori laughed at her boyfriend’s expression.
— Eat. — The boy indicated to Sooho while he was looking at him from top to bottom before Hyeori took his face so that he could see her and opened his mouth, already with a spoonful of soup in her hand, she put it in his mouth, sighing, Sooho smiled, nodding before looking at the other dishes the boy had brought for him.
— Sieun… You should eat some too. —Hyeori said, cutting the hamburger that he bought her into two parts, offering him half of it, he refused, however, the girl continued to insist. — Yah, it is rude to reject what your elders offer you.
— I’m older than you.
— When you were born?
— May.
— Day?
— 29
— Oh, you’re his nonna! — Sooho laughed, even more so when he saw the confusion on Sieun’s face. — Hyeori is from May 21. You are her little Dongsaeng.
— Oh, dongsaeng, don’t make your nonna angry and eat. — The girl said, stretching when she saw that he was not moving, she grabbed his face like she had done with Sooho, making a face at him to open his mouth, he looked at her for a second with those big brown eyes before obeying, Hyeori put a piece of hamburger in his mouth for him to bite, with a smile, the girl left it in his hand this time. — Okay, baby, finish it.
Sooho laughed at the nickname her girlfriend had given the boy before returning to his food. Sieun chewed while watching the girl help Sooho eat the meat he had brought with the soup and scolding him when he started to get too into his mouth.
And for the first time, he did not dislike that, he did not dislike being with so many people, he did not dislike hearing them talk about meaningless things and for the first time, it did not cause him discomfort to laugh with them when someone told a bad joke.
For the first time he had forgotten for one night that he had to study, he had forgotten the pressure that he put on his shoulders.
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— You’re going to choke, Ahn Sooho. — Hyeori said when she saw the amount of rice he put in his mouth. The boy had refused to let her help him with lunch, claiming that a missing hand was not going to stop his mission to eat what he had not eaten in the hospital.
— Are you going to eat all that? — Sieun asked with some surprise when he saw the amount of food he had on his tray.
— Yes, and then we’ll go to the snack bar, right, honey? We’ll go with Bumseok. — The boy said with his mouth full, making Hyeori look at him with narrowed eyes as she chewed her food.
— Yes, it’s true, let’s all go, it’s on me.
— No, don’t do that, It’s on me this time. I feel like a freeloader. — Sooho said, before taking another bit of food in his mouth, Hyeori grabbed his wrist when she saw the small corn ball it had.
Sooho was allergic to corn.
— You see? Don’t just swallow, love. — She said when the boy put the food in his mouth and then left a kiss on her cheek, leaving a little bit of rice on her skin, which Sieun noticed, passing her a napkin so she could clean it.
— Are you free this weekend? I found a pretty good restaurant, let’s go together.
— Ah, I like good restaurants. Let’s go. — Sooho managed to say excitedly as he chewed, Hyeori nodded before taking a sip of her drink.
— How can you talk about food when you’re already eating? — Sieun asked, impressed to see the boy eating as if he hadn’t eaten in years.
— Don’t you talk about life while you live? — The boy remained silent at that, making the other two laugh a little as they continued eating.
— Hey, what’s with Youngyi’s part-time job? — The boy asked, making Hyeori look at him, deciding to respond when she saw her boyfriend almost choking on the rice and meat.
— She has an interview this weekend. Mrs. Oh needed to hire someone, so we gave her her information, she called us yesterday and said she had the interview this weekend. — Hyeori shrugged, taking the drink that Sooho was giving her to help him open it.
— Who is Youngyi? — Bumseok asked, making Sooho swallow to answer him.
— You know, the girl who hit that bully in the head. —He gestured with his casted arm and Bumseok nodded.
— Ah… And did you already know her?
— No.
— He’s staying with Sooho temporarily. — Sieun explained, making the boy look at Hyeori immediately.
— Do you agree with that?
— I trust Sooho, and if anyone tries anything, they saw me threaten a drug dealer… So… I’m not worried. — Sooho looked at the girl, before leaving a kiss on her cheek, laughing with joy when she laughed a little when she felt his mouth, which was full of rice.
Sooho, this time, wiped her cheek with his fingers before turning to his bespectacled friend. — You don’t know, Bumseok, but I don’t plan to stop seeing the sun for now… Or ever.
…
— Your birthday is soon. What should we do? — Hyeori asked as she walked with Sooho, Youngyi, and Bumseok down the street.
— Ah, spending time with you and one of your seaweed soups is enough for me. — The boy said, putting his arm around her shoulders. —Although we can do something else. — The boy said, looking at his girlfriend with a suggestive look, which made her laugh softly, nodding, which made Sooho open his mouth with a surprised smile.
Wow, it was going to be a good birthday.
— Oh, that’s right. Should we do something big? — Youngyi said, making him look at her and complain before repeating what he had said to his girlfriend.
— Is your birthday soon? — Bumseok asked, making the trio look at him and nod.
— It’s Saturday of next week. — Hyeori told him with a smile before she was almost pulled by Youngyi, who excitedly told her about a party hall.
— What did you and Sooho do on his birthdays before?
— We were going to Busan or Jeju. —The girl said, shrugging her shoulders as Sooho nodded, remembering the time they both almost drowned on the beach.
— And you, didn’t you want to save money? You said you’re studying for exams, why would we spend so much on that? — The boy said as they entered the cafeteria, Hyeori smiled at the cashier before ordering her strawberry lemonade and Sooho’s Americano.
— Lemonade in a cafeteria?
— Hyeo doesn’t like coffee. — Sooho responded before taking his girlfriend’s hand. — Shall we go find a table?
— Shouldn’t we help Bum-
— No, it’s okay, go, it will take a while. — Bumseok responded, making Hyeori nod before walking with her boyfriend towards the tables.
Youngyi walked with them, and Hyeori held her boyfriend tighter to prevent the girl from trying to pull him to her side again. She didn’t dislike Youngyi, on the contrary, apparently she was quite energetic, just like Sooho, however, that wasn’t what bothered her, it was the fact that she wanted to be stuck to him all the time.
And maybe it wasn’t with those intentions, but Hyeori didn’t like that.
Sooho noticed that, looking at the girl’s body expression, how she had suddenly become more tense. — Ah, sit here, Sooho. — Youngyi called, pointing to the seat next to him, the boy felt his girlfriend tighten her grip on his hands, frowning at both girls’ reactions, he let go of his girlfriend’s hand, seeing her visibly tense before putting his arms around her shoulders.
— Yah, we have to get a table for five, Sieun is missing and a seat for Bumseok. — he said before nodding and starting to walk around the place looking for a table with those characteristics. — My sun… What’s wrong?
—Uhm? — She turned around, seeing how Sooho was looking at her with those dark eyes shining with concern. —It’s… We talk about it at home.
— Are you sure? Because we can excuse ourselves for a moment and go to…
— No, it’s okay, just… Don’t let Youngyi drag you like that… No… I don’t like it. — She said with some shyness, and the fact is that both talked and said what they did not like on the other’s attitude or the other’s actions when they got upset, however, the fact that this was about jealousy, made her feeling a little shy, because they had never had a conversation like that, at least not her.
Sooho was usually the most jealous, but he never went to extremes, he was more the type of boy who observed, analyzed, thought about how he felt and decided to have a talk with the girl, wanting to let her know his thoughts about that person’s interaction with her.
He wasn’t the typical guy “he’s a man, I know how he thinks” “the way he look at you” no, it was more about feeling, the boy wasn’t insecure about himself, he didn’t distrust his girlfriend, but he was insecure about his social distinctions.
That was why when she asked him to please go shopping with her or to a coffee shop in the rich neighborhood where she lived, and she met friends, who were just as wealthy as her, it made him wonder if the girl really deserved to be with him.
“I can’t give him what they could give her” that was his thought, however, it was something that he had never said to the girl, he always preferred to stay with that phrase, make it his goal, because even though the boy had no the fortune that all those boys that Hyeori knew had, he couldn’t imagine the girl holding someone else’s hand, he couldn’t imagine the girl’s beautiful sun-colored eyes looking at someone else.
That was why that phrase had become his motivation.
I may not have what they have, but I will work hard to give you everything they could give you and more.
That was his goal.
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