29 ♥ Yearning Heart
Hearts are Made to be Broken
♥ Sunggyu ♥
"Please consider my request, Howon," a voice catches my attention when I am going to walk pass a corridor after the fifth day of exam week. "I'm serious. I really am."
I take a peek of the scene carefully. Jiyeon, a teacher for modern art department, is pleading Hoya for something. Hoya looks troubled. He rubs the back of his neck awkwardly, "I'm sorry, Park Songsaenim, but I... I'm not thinking about having a relationship right now."
A confession! Oh, and a rejection.
So it's true that Hoya is really popular among female teachers and students here. He's not this popular during college days but everyone knew him as Choi Eunye's best friend.
Woohyun once told me that many girls have confessed their feelings to him just to get rejected in the end. Come to think of it, I don't think he had a relationship back then as well.
"Really?" Jiyeon pouts and looks at him with uncertainty. "Is it really not because you're with Eunye?"
"Eh?" Hoya's expression changes slightly and I focus my hearing when I hear her name is mentioned.
Jiyeon crosses her arms, "I've heard the rumor. Choi Eunye, the heartbreaker, who took requests to break someone's heart. Did she do the same when you two were still at college?"
The question actually makes my heart clenches. It's not her who broke someone's heart years ago; it's me who broke her heart, leading her up to this path.
"Park Songsaenim, I will really respect you if you don't jump into your own conclusion," Hoya warns her with serious look. "I will not let someone despise my best friend."
He then excuses himself, leaving Jiyeon with dropped jaw because of his reaction. Even I'm surprised with his cold answer.
Best friend, huh?
"I have no intention to be more than just friends with you."
Once again Eunye's words echo in my head. Even though days have passed, I still haven't gotten used to her honest answer for my indirect confession.
Do I really have no chance anymore?
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♥ Eunye ♥
It's almost five when I have finished checking half the answer sheets. I decide to continue the other half tomorrow since I have a place to go today.
Three days ago I have met up with my family and they have returned to States. I was really curious about what my brothers handed to Hoya but, thankfully, I managed to hold my urge to interrogate them.
However there is one thing I still haven't done yet. My mother will celebrate her birthday two days after mine, which means it will come less than two weeks.
I remember she said that she wanted something that could remind her of our family. That's why I want to go to a department store to look for the gift.
When I head out from the staff room, my eyes find Hoya sitting behind his desk, drown between the answer sheets. He looks really serious and I find myself smiling because of him.
I still haven't talked with him despite knowing that he cares about me a lot. I know I can't blame him for not talking with me first because he doesn't want to make me mad again.
Hoya is too nice.
Maybe that's why I fall for him and that's also the reason I never realized it sooner.
Ever since the day I knew him, he rarely talked about another girl. He always told me what's the best, protecting me from the bad, and be there for me whenever I need him.
I guess I felt like I had him already so I was enraged when he believed Bora more than me.
It's jealousy and I'm not supposed to feel that way. It's all one-sided feeling from the start. All I wanted is his love for me but I never realized it.
Because I was happy when he told me that I was not supposed to break others' hearts. Because I actually hoped he would be the one to stop me. Because I didn't want him to stop caring about me.
It's simply because my heart yearned for him.
"Congratulations! You just received two free tickets for the movie premiere today!" the cashier tells me. "You can only use the tickets today."
I just paid for a mug which could be written with names on it. I put up her name along with mine, my father, and my brothers' names. It's quite expensive and I just got the special gift because it reached the applied price.
"Two tickets...," I look at the tickets while walking out from the store. I know that there is a cinema upstairs and it's a drama movie.
Maybe it's good to try watching a movie alone.
"Huah," I gasp when I see the elevator is almost closed. I am at the ground floor while the cinema is on the highest floor and I don't want to wait for the elevator again. "Wait!"
Someone holds the open button from inside, letting me to step in at the right time, "Thank yo-"
My eyes widen in shock when I see who just helped me.
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♥ Sunggyu ♥
"Is there no action movie?" I look at the movie posters one by one. "Drama. Romance. Horror. Seriously..."
Tomorrow I will have reunion with my college friends and I'm the one who will be the person in charge to buy the tickets for movie. So, here I am now, alone at the cinema.
To be honest, I'm not really all excited for tomorrow. A part of me can't stop wondering if Bora will also come for the reunion.
What kind of face I can put in front of her? Can we talk again like how we used to do? On top of all, do I still have feeling for her like what Eunye said?
I don't know. I really don't know. Eunye's statement actually makes me confused with myself.
"I guess drama will do then," I heave a sigh and start to line up in the queue. I start to count the participants for tomorrow and prepare the money.
"Have your friend came, Eunye?" I hear a familiar voice from my back. I frown once upon the name. "Are you two going to watch movie together?"
I quickly turn around and find Eunye is standing right behind me. Right next to her, I see the girl who has broken my heart one year ago.
"Bora...," I unconsciously blurt out her name. I cover my mouth quickly and blush madly. What are they doing here together?
"Sunggyu Oppa!" Eunye suddenly exclaims with a bright smile, breaking my eyes contact with Bora. "Here you are! Did I make you wait?"
What?
"Oh," Bora mumbles vividly. She looks awkward somehow. "So you're with Sunggyu..."
"Eunye, what-" I was going to ask for explanation from Eunye but she quickly interrupts my words by turning to Bora and asks where her friend is.
"Ah, actually I think you know him, Eunye," Bora smiles sweetly; a smile that never changes. "Let me give him a call first. He must be-"
"Bora," a male calls out her name as he just walks in. My eyes widen in shock when I see who just called her. "Sorry, I'm late."
I guess Eunye is as surprised as I am. She even takes a step back due to the sudden appearance of her best friend, "Hoya?"
"Eunye?" Hoya stops his step when he is standing right next to Bora. "Sunggyu Hyung? What are you two..."
"I met Eunye accidentally at the elevator. I had no idea that Eunye was going to watch a movie with Sunggyu too today," Bora mutters calmly. "What a coincidence, right?"
There are awkward silence between us and Bora, who definitely has no idea about what happened, clasps her hands with excitement, "Doesn't it feel like a double date?"
Double date?
More likely super awkward double meeting.
I don't even know what I must say now.
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