Round 4: Hello Appa!

Round: 4

 

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 THE SCENARIO

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ONEW'S MOVE

 

 

 

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JONGHYUN'S MOVE

 

 

You stand in front of your mirror and smile approvingly at your cute yet simple outfit. You’re wearing your favorite khaki short shorts with tights underneath, a tank top and a comfortable, dark green sweater.

“Today will be a great day!” You nodded at your reflection in the mirror.  

It had been an awfully long time since you had last visited. The happiness you felt bubbling in your heart was making your tummy flutter in anticipation…or maybe it was just because you were hungry.

You giggle softly at your silliness and make your way down the stairs and into the kitchen.

 Before you could even walk into the kitchen, a mouth watering smell came out to greet you. Stopping in your tracks you take in a big gulp of air, swooning from the delicious smell of bacon and eggs. You love bacon and eggs…and they smelled simply amazing!

“Mom!” you say enthusiastically walking into the kitchen, “good morning!”

Your mom turns to look at you with a smile on her face, “Omo…you’re really excited this morning. I wonder why that is?”

You giggle and move to the table, taking a seat and looking longingly at the plate of warm food in front of you.

“You know why I’m so excited today” you say jokingly.

Your mom laughs as well, “Yes I do know, and after you’re done eating you can help me pack the brownies I made for you. ”

You look up happily and smile, “Alright. ”

Your mom always made some kind of treat when you went to visit; they all loved your mom’s cooking.

You sigh in content and grab your fork, grinning, you pick up a piece of egg and begin to eat.

“Mmm~ it’s delicious!” You say chewing happily.

Your mom smiles and looks over at you.

“By the way Yumi, did you see that boy who lives next door? He looks about your age, short, good looking…”

You stop chewing and look up. She was talking about Jonghyun. You feel your cheeks burn a little as you remember the talk the two of you had had in the park that night.

“Y-yeah I know him, he’s in my class” you say quickly.

You didn’t like to hide things from your mom, but you knew you would get into trouble if you said something about your secret meeting.

Your mom doesn’t seem to notice, “Oh that’s wonderful! How about you take a few of the extra brownies over to him and introduce yourself as his neighbor?” She asks excitedly.

Uh oh. You knew perfectly well that when your mom got like this she was trying to match make you with a “nice, good looking boy”. Still, you don’t mind taking brownies over to Jonghyun, because you know that no one was at home to cook for him.

You feel slightly sad at the thought but quickly shake your head. There was no reason to be sad, because it was a good thing that you were helping him! And…it wasn’t as if you were excited to see him or anything…

“Yumi?” Your mother asks, noticing your sudden silence.

You look up at her and smile, “of course I will. ”

After you finish eating and helping your mom with the dishes and packing the brownies, you make your way out of your house.

“Bye mom!” You call out from your front door.

“Bye Yumi! Haven fun today and make a new friend!” Your mom replies.

Somehow the way your mom says friend makes you think that she’s talking about Jonghyun. You’re probably right.

You shut the door behind you and walk down your lawn towards Jonghyun’s house, holding a plate of brownies in your hands and a box of them in your small back pack for later.

You stop in front of Jonghyun’s front door and look down at your outfit again. Suddenly, for some odd reason, you feel a lot more self conscious about how you look. You shake your head and bring a hand up to knock on the door.

Waiting for a few seconds, seeing that no one was opening the door, you quickly turn around and start to walk away. For some extremely odd reason, a sense of disappointment washes over you.

“Yumi?”

You stop in your tracks and turn back to find a fully dressed Jonghyun staring back at you, a confused yet happy expression on his face.

“G-Good morning Jonghyun” you say nervously.

Why were you so nervous?

He smiles at you and you feel something grow warm inside you. He had a nice smile.

“Are those for me?” He asked suddenly, pointing at the plate of brownies in your hands.

“They’re for you and your sister” you correct him.

His expression softens as you hand him the plate. He looks at the brownies appreciatively and you suddenly feel really good inside, making a mental note to thank your mom for them.

“So where are you off to today?” He asks, looking your outfit over.

You decide whether you should tell him the truth or not, he wouldn’t think you’re lame would he?

“I’m going to my old neighborhood to volunteer at a day care centre” You say happily.

You loved the day are centre and you loved kids, so there was no reason for you to lie. Jonghyun looks at you and smiles.

“Kids huh? I thought you’d be good with kids. ” He smiled again as if he was planning something.

“Can I come with you? Kids love me”, he said enthusiastically, “and I love kids too of course” he added.

You look up at him. You’re caught off guard by this, and you didn’t expect him to volunteer to go with you.

You fiddle with the strap of your back pack, unsure of what to say.

“Come on Yumi” Jonghyun insists, “this way ill get to know you better and I can help you out at the same time” he admits truthfully.

You think this over carefully. He definitely made a valid argument…he had told you so much about himself, it was common courtesy to let him get to know you too, you decide. Besides, you were friends, so there should be no problem.

“Sure” you say flashing a kind smile.

Jonghyun seems happy about this, “give me one second” he says, disappearing behind the door and emerging a few moments later with a dark jacket for himself.

You can’t help but look him over. He looks effortlessly dashing in his black skinny jeans, grey V-neck sweater and black jacket. You tear your eyes away as he looks towards you, you’re sure he caught you staring.

“L-Lets go!” you say enthusiastically.

Jonghyun chuckles and nods, falling into step beside you.

 

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“Yumi noona!” A voice calls to you as you and Jonghyun walk in through the day care doors.

You look up happily and smile at Yoogeun, one of your best friends here. He was the most sweetest and adorable child ever. You look beside you at Jonghyun and can’t help but stare.

On the way here he was telling you how he knew how to manage kids well because he basically raised his sister, but actually seeing the pure look of childish joy on his face let you see him in a completely different light.

He looked like he was trying hard to keep his cool exterior in tact, but the bright smile on his face gave him away.

You seemed to be learning more and more about Jonghyun everyday and each second he was becoming nothing like you once thought him to be.

He looked down towards you and smiled and you can’t help but smile back.

“Go on, you go play with the kids and ill talk to the supervisor and let them know we’re here” you say.

Jonghyun nodded and walked off in the direction of the child proof fencing, opening the playful gate and walking towards the kids. You tear your gaze away from the odd yet cute sight and walk off to find the supervisor.

You recall the woman as one of the newer supervisors, Yuri, yet she still recognizes you. You greet her hello and sign in for both you and Jonghyun.

“Is that handsome young man over there your boyfriend?” she asked innocently.

You let out a giggle. That was outrageous, Jonghyun as your boyfriend? “No, he’s just a friend” you say shyly.

Yuri looks genuinely surprised at this, “well that’s too bad” she says thoughtfully, “I think you’d make a cute couple. I mean, he seems to get along with the kids almost as well as you do”, she said pointing towards the play pen.

You laugh again at the silly thought, thanking Yuri for the help and make your way back towards where Jonghyun was.

As you look ahead, you see Jonghyun running around with the kids, chasing and paying with them, an innocent expression of elation on his face.

This surprises you a lot. Jonghyun seemed to genuinely be having fun, and the kids loved him already and you had only left him for a few minutes.

You can’t help the giant smile on your lips as you walk towards Jonghyun. He picked up Yoogeun and held him above his head, smiling as the infant made a squealing sound of delight. You’re about to call out nervously, but can’t help but watching shocked as Yoogeun leaned in and placed a quick kiss on Jonghyun’s lips.

You’re absolutely shocked. It had taken you forever to get Yoogeun to like you. In fact, he was known to be the shyest child there, and he almost never kissed anyone. The fact that even Yoogeun liked Jonghyun right off the bat really made you wonder.

Jonghyun put Yoogeun down and looked towards you, eyes wide and face shining. “Did you see that? He just kissed me!” He yelled excitedly.

You can’t help but laugh at how utterly adorable he was acting because of Yoogeun’s kiss.

Taking your laugh as a sign that you didn’t believe him, he leaned down towards Yoogeun again, “give me another kiss Yoogeun, right here” he said, pointing to his lips.

You can’t help but laugh again as Yoogeun turned around and ran away, leaving a pouting Jonghyun behind.

“Well he kissed me…you missed it. ” he mumbled.

You laugh again at the expression on his face.

“You really do like kids don’t you?” You ask softly.

He grinned at you, running a hand through his hair, “They love me more”.

He winks playfully and you can’t help but blush. You turn around and walk off towards the other kids. Oh how you missed the kids here. They were so innocent and adorable…you absolutely loved kids!

However, wherever you went Jonghyun followed. You didn’t know how, but he managed to always pay attention to both you and to the kids.

He made them laugh and took care of them when they cried. He played with them and never seemed to grow tired.

Finally, it was time to hand out the brownies and then be on your way home. Hours had passed by and you hadn’t even seemed to notice because of the company both Jonghyun and the kids were keeping you.

You had been here many times, but you never remembered having so much fun, so much fun, that your cheeks hurt from laughing, but you could tell that the children were getting tired and you too were getting tired.

You bring out the box of brownies that your mom packed for you and hold it out to Jonghyun, who held a few napkins in his hands. He took a brownie and placed it on each napkin, handing it to each of the children.

However, that wasn’t the reason why you were doubled over in laughter yet again. Before handing each of the children a brownie, he leaned down and leaned his cheek forward and only after each of them gave him a small kiss did he hand them a brownie.

You learned today, that Jonghyun was truly the skinship king. You watched amused as it was Yoogeun’s turn, and Jonghyun leaned his cheek forward.

Surprising you, Yoogeun runs towards you and into your arms, ignoring Jonghyun, who stood up with a betrayed expression on his face.

“Yah! Yoogeun, we’re supposed to be on the same team!” He said with a pout on his lips.

You pick Yoogeun up as he giggled in content. Surprising you even more, he leaned in and placed a soft kiss on your cheek. That was the first time Yoogeun had ever kissed you!

You smile down at Yoogeun and kiss his forehead, leaving him squealing happily again.

Jonghyun snorted, “Look at this kid…getting girls to kiss him just because he’s cute. ”

You laugh, “Jealous are we?” you ask, sticking out your tongue.

He looks up at you and smirks, “what if I am, will you give me a kiss?”

It was your turn to snort and turn away, trying to hide your blush, “fat chance!”

You hear him chuckle, “here” he said softly.

You turn around to look at him. He held a brownie up to your mouth as if expecting you to eat it, a soft smile on his lips.

You feel your cheeks grow warmer and quickly take a bite. The brownie tasted amazing, but you were to embarrassed to take another bite!

You turn away and make your way to the door, waving goodbye to the children and to Yuri.

In the slightly fresher air outside, you hope your cheeks were back to their normal color.

Phew! Being in there with Jonghyun was making you really nervous, especially when he was feeding you the brownie, your heart had leapt up to your throat!

You look behind you, as Jonghyun quickly walked towards you.

“We’re leaving already?” He asked grinning knowingly, “The kids looked like they still wanted to play. ”

That grin made you feel so helpless. It was as if he was always teasing you!

“Well ill come with you next time again, and you have to give me a kiss for the brownie just like all the other kids.” He said smirking, walking on ahead of you.

You feel that familiar blush creep up to your cheeks. What was that supposed to mean?!

Aish Jonghyun…some things looked like they would never change.

You laugh under your breath and run to quickly catch up to him.

 

 

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Ready? 

 

  It's time to choose.

 

Who did it better?

 

VOTING CLOSED.

 

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