II

Jiyeon's POV

"Thanks." I shyly took my clothes from him, accidentally gracing over his fingers in the process of doing so. I put on my clothes and looked in the mirror. A plain white shirt and jean shorts. Perfect. I wrapped a towel around my wet hair and exited the toilet.

"I'm done." I informed Ten, who was sitting on the ground in front of the television. He never sat on the bed or sofa after returning home from a long day. He told me before that he didn't want to dirty the bed. He's always so adorable. Ten looked up at me with his puppy eyes again and smiled his sweet, gentle smile. "I can tell." 

Great, there I was thinking that something nice would come out of his mouth. That smile was the exact opposite of what he said. I rolled my eyes and playfully kicked him on his thigh. Unexpectedly, with his fast reactions, he grabbed my foot and nearly caused me to fall. 

"Damn." I grabbed the top of his head to steady myself and tried to wiggle my foot free. Ten looked up at me, once again, with that eye smile of his. Oh, that look. That all too familiar, playful look of his. "Don't you dare-"

I hadn't even finished my sentence when Ten started to tickle the sole of my foot. I shrieked in laughter and begged for him to stop. He always uses my weakness towards tickles against me. Ten laughed at how I couldn't bare the tickles. He moved his hand up my leg and grabbed my thigh.

"Come here." He laughed as he pulled at my leg. I fell onto his lap, leaving him laughing even more. He stopped tickling me and attached his arms around my waist, just like how he always did. It was as though his arms were attracted to my waist, he always rested them there. He pulled me into his embrace and rested his head at the crook of my neck. For a moment, I felt my heart skip a beat. If Ten knew that I liked him, would he be as comfortable with me? I guess I would never ever tell him how I felt. Being friends like that made me feel happy enough. This friendship satisfied me just right. I smiled in return as I hugged him back.

"What do you want, koala?" I asked. He chuckled and brought me into a tighter hug. Sigh, this boy is always so clingy. I patted him on his back a few times before peeling myself away from him. I brought myself to my feet and stretched a hand out for him. He grabbed my hand and brought himself to his feet as well. He towered over me by almost half a head when he stood so close to me. 

"Your legs are sandy again." Ten pointed to my feet. I looked down to see.

"Ugh, Ten this is all your fault." I dusted the grains of sand off of my legs.

"How is it my fault that you couldn't resist sitting on someone as hot as me?" He attached his arm around my waist once again and brought his face down to meet mine. He teasingly looked into my eyes and winked playfully. I rolled my eyes again and pushed his face away from mine with my palms. 

"More like you couldn't resist touching me." I retorted as he straightened his back and walked away to get his clothes.

"Hmm, maybe you were too tempting." Ten joked. I knew he was just kidding but I couldn't help but feel a blush creep up my cheeks. I could never get use to this playful boy. 

"I'll be out soon." Ten closed the toilet door and I faintly caught the end of the sentence.

"No, rot in there." I sarcastically replied as I plopped myself on the bed. I picked up my phone and scrolled through Instagram, catching up on my friends' life back in Korea. Against my will, I scrolled past a picture of Ten and this other girl that I barely knew. I recognised her as one of the girls that shared a lesson with Ten. In the photo, she had her head against Ten's shoulder and Ten had his arm draped around her shoulder. Both of them were smiling brightly. The girl's caption was 'Missing my oppa.'. I couldn't help but let out an airy laughter. I felt a little monster growing inside of me. A green little monster called jealousy. I was more than aware that Ten wasn't my man. Hell, he was just my best friend. I knew that I was not in a position to be jealous, but I just couldnt help it. 

I stared at the photo for another second before opening up the comments section. I felt another stab to my heart. Ten had commented on the photo. He had commented a ':-)'. He was friendly with many people and girls were not an exception, but there was just this part of me that didnt feel all too happy about it. 

The second and third comment were from two other girls, most probably good friends of the girl in the photo. They both commented 'Last long.'. It irked me badly. Firstly, they weren't even together. Secondly, why the heck did she even post this photo? Thirdly, why did that bastard comment a freaking ':-)'? I rolled my