______ stared at the message and then at Jieun.

She let out a sigh.

Jaehyo returned from the bathroom.        

“aISH!~ Why me?!”

"What do you mean, ‘why me?’?! I’m the one who is constipated..." he mumbled.

______ gave him a weird look.

"Disgusting!"

He just grinned.

"Were you talking about me?"

"Arrogant much?" ______ scoffed. "Puh-lease!~"

"Ne, Jaehyo-ssi, I was just saying that you two would be a great couple."

"I know, right?!"

"Yah, Shireo!"

"Yoseob Sunbae already invited me as his date to a party thing. I think Junhyung Sunbae is hosting it. You should bring Jaehyo-ssi. It's in a few days."

"Sorry, I'll be busy for  few days." Jaehyo said. "I can't chaperone."

"Chaperone..." ______ muttered. "Boy, I'm a few months older than you."

"Someone has to take care of you."

She sighed.

"Awww...see?! You two are perfect."

'Why is she being so pushy about this?' Jaehyo thought.

He eyed Jieun suspiciously.

"You HAVE TO come! Even if Jaehyo-ssi is busy. You'll have friends there." Jieun begged.

She grabbed ______’s hands, giving her those puppy dog eyes.

‘Aish…you’re cute. I GET IT!’ ______ thought. ‘You’re probably not a bad person, but I’d rather not be around you.’

______ pulled her hands away.

“Will you come? PLEASE?!”

"You should go. You can have a break." Jaehyo whispered.

"Arasseo. Well, we have to be somewhere..." ______ said. She just wanted the conversation to be over. '...and I don't want to talk to you. AISH! I WAS SO HAPPY, NOT THINKING ABOUT YOSEOB-SSI, WHILE HANGING OUT WITH JAEHYO! AISH! IM SO MAD! Where did she even come from?!?!’

"Ne, I have to feed you." Jaehyo said pulling ______ in the opposite direction. "The samgyupsal is ALL Jaehyo's though."

"No way." ______ whined.

When they were walking away, he looked over at ______.

"Yah...Didn't she seem a little pushy...to you?" he whispered.

______ shrugged.

"I don't know. I've only met her ONCE before."

"Well, she's right about one thing."

"That is...?"

She raised her brows at him.

"We should SO date!"

"YAH!”

"Am I right?"

"Shut up!" she giggled. "No!~~”

"That was...a bit harsh."

"Eewwwwww!~~~"

"Ewww?! Yah!"

"I'm HUNGRY!~~" she skipped off ahead. “All I’m thinking about is FOOD! I don’t even see you right now.”

Her phone vibrated.

She took it from her purse to check it.

 

itzmeys

Will you reply to me please? You're worrying me!!!

 

I just ran into your girlfriend. Sorry I couldn't reply sooner.

 

Somewhere, Yoseob stared at the message.

He was so confused.

He blinked, continuously, trying to figure it out.

"Girlfriend? What girlfriend?! I have a girlfriend?" he asked himself.

Blink.

Blink.

"Mwo...?" Yojin said, coming up next to him. "Oppa, are you talking to yourself again?"

"WHAT GIRLFRIEND?!" he whined. "I wanted HER to be my girlfriend!!~~~"

"You have a girlfriend?" she exclaimed out of shock.

"Not that I know of!!!” he shouted back.

"Who said you do?"

Yojin leaned over to look.

"______!" Yoseob whimpered.

"Her? Is it her?” she teased. “Is Unnie the ‘girlfriend’?”

"Ani...I'm confused."

He messed up his hair out of frustration.

"Nado..."

"Psh, well, we're at the mall. Can we have some fun instead of whining?!"

"You just whined, when you said that."

"So what?! Your drama with Unnie is sooooo tiring!~” Yojin stomped her feet childishly. “YAH, Oppa, You and Kikwangie Oppa got into a fight! Don’t you remember?!”

"Yeah...a week ago. Get over it." He growled.

"MAN UP!"

"I AM a man!!"

Yojin stared closely at his lip.

"Cheongmal?" She teased. "You’re a man, aye? Are you wearing concealer?"

"Shut it!" Yoseob yelled, pulling a mask over his face.

"YAH!! Is that MY concealer?!?!"

He just shrugged.

"Yoseob Sunbae?!" Jieun called, from across the way.

"Jieun-ah." he blinked. ‘Where did you come from?’

"Oh..." Yojin grumbled. "Oppa...."

"Sunbae, I just ran into ______-ssi!!~"

"______-ssi?!" he repeated.

It only took the mention of her name for him to light up.

"Ne, about ten minutes ago!"

Yojin put the pieces together and stifled a laugh.

Now, she understood what ______ meant by ‘girlfriend’.

"I GOT IT!!!~" she randomly shouted. "Omo! That was it? Waaaaaaa!~~"

"What's wrong with you?" Yoseob asked, giving her a weird look.

"Nothing." she laughed.

Jieun looked at Yoseob.

"So, she said she'd go to the party with Kikwang Sunbae." She lied.

"M-Mwo...?"

"Ne, the party you invited me to..."

Yojin glared at her cousin.

The invisible daggers were flying, straight towards his face.

"What...?" she said through gritted teeth.

"I....Yeah..."

"Well, it would be nice to go with her, right?"

"Um..."

They heard laughing from behind.

Yoseob turned because he knew that laugh.

"YAH!~" ______ shouted. "What happened to feeding me?!~~"

"They need to go hunt down the pigs for the samgyupsal!~ How can they NOT have pork belly? They ran out?! Where’s my phone? I need to write a BAD REVIEW! How could ANYONE run out of samgyupsal…and still be in business?!?!"

______ rolled her eyes.

“AISH! You’re are SO LOUD! Ahn Jaehyo is the most OVERLY DRAMATIC person…IN THE WORLD!~” she announced.

“I’m loud?! YOU are loud!” Jaehyo pointed his finger in her face. “What is yakiniku with samgyupsal? Can you tell me?”

______ shrugged.

"Well, they had an abundance of cucumber kimchi. Your FAVORITE!~” she put emphasis on the word, ‘favorite’, just to piss him off.

"You want me to die?!"

"Ani, you're not allowed to die. EVER, Arasseo?! "

"Don’t try to force cucumbers on me, then! It's poison."

She hugged his arm.

“Arasseo!~” she said in a baby voice. “If you leave me again, I’ll force feed you cucumbers. That’s a promise.”

“I guess I can never leave then, hmm?” he chuckled. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Jieun. “Yah, I think she is stalking us…”

“Who…?”

'He's tall...and handsome.' Yoseob thought.

"Unnie!!!" Yojin squealed.

______ turned around, releasing Jaehyo’s arm.

"Yojinnie...?"

"UNNIE! Did your photo shoot go well?" she asked.

"Of course." ______ giggled.

"I think I have to fart. I'm going to try to crap again, Arasseo?"

"Oh, you are so thoughtful!~" ______ said in a baby voice. "Thank you for the update, Sweetie."

"Aah, Cheonmaneyo!~" he said. He held his stomach and whimpered. "What did I eat?"

He took off towards the bathroom.

______ smiled at Yojin.

"Nugu?" the younger girl whispered.

"He is NOT a blood relative, in case you were wondering. He's just THAT weird. I lost my appetite." ______ frowned.

Yoseob stared at them.

Seeing ______, like that with another guy, caused him to jump to conclusions.

He clenched his fists tightly.

"Yoseob-ssi..." she whispered.

"Jieun-ah..." he said ignoring ______. "You want to be my date?"

"Ne."

"Geurae."

Yojin wanted to face-palm so hard.

'Oppa...you are SO STUPID!!!' she thought. "Unnie..."

______ sighed.

"Are they dating?" she whispered to Yojin.

"Ani." Yojin panicked.

"Could've fooled me."

"What about that guy? The tall, gorgeous one?"

"He's a friend. Jaehyo is a friend that I hadn’t seen in years! I was happy to see him again.”

"Aish, I can't believe Oppa would ask her out, right here. It was HER that you thought was his 'girlfriend', wasn't it?"

"Isn't she?"

Yojin shook her head.

"ANIYO! Oppa just liked her a lot."

"I can see that. It seems like she likes him too. Hmm...I...think I should go find my friend. I'll call you, Arasseo?"

"Okay..."

They exchanged a hug and separated.

"She left?" Yoseob asked.

"Jieun left too?"

"Ne..."

Yojin smacked Yoseob’s back, as hard as she could.

“OUCH…YAH!!!! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!?!!”

'Unnie is so sad that Oppa asked that girl out, RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER, and he doesn't even see it.'

She sighed.

"Why do you keep sighing?" Yoseob asked, rubbing his back. ‘Why the heck did she just hit me?!’

"I just...I don't get you, Oppa." she sighed again.

"Wae?"

"Unnie already thinks that Lee Jieun is your girlfriend. I don't think you're helping yourself, very much."

"I don't think that ______ is even interested in me…like that." He frowned.

Yojin rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, well...Lee Jieun wasn't interested until you were interested in someone else. She never gave you a chance. She said she didn't see you as a man."

"Maybe I'm not a man. That guy must've been ______'s type. If she wants a man, I'll never be it. She told me to not get too manly...that must mean that she isn't interested. Why not try it out with Jieun?"

"Uh...MAYBE, because you're not interested in her, anymore?! DUH!"

"I could be." He said softly.

"No! I know you, Oppa. I know my Oppa better than anyone else. You are only shy and nervous around a girl that you like. You used to be way too shy to talk to Lee Jieun, but now...you're not. You don't look at her the way you look at Unnie."

"AISH! What do you want from me?" he snapped.

"Date her."

"If she's not interested in me...I can't. I don't want to be rejected by her. What will happen to my, nearly non-existent, confidence then?"

"So...you just assume that you'll fail...."

"Yeah, have you seen her?"

"Unnie is the most gorgeous person I have ever met. I mean inside AND inside too. Oppa is one of the warmest people I know. I thought you're match."

"I'm not good looking enough for her."

Yojin pouted.

"Oppa, people say we look, nearly, identical. Are you saying that I'm ugly?"

"No..."

"YOU are so stupid! You were jealous...so you asked Jieun out, instead? I have no words for you,"

He sighed.

"I like her so much, what am I supposed to do?!"

"Um...isn't it obvious?!"

"There is kind of a HUGE height difference. I mean, between me and that guy she was with."

"So what?! If that was the case, why would you be worried about Unnie with Kikwangie Oppa? You and Kikwangie Oppa are the same height."

"..."

"I just don't understand."

"Yeah...neither do I."

Yojin made a face.

"Babo! Babo!!! BABO! OPPA IS A BABO!!!!"

That evening, Yojin decided to visit ______.

She was still so pissed at Yoseob and worried about ______.

She walked up to the house and rang the doorbell.

"NOONA!!~~~~~~" a cheerful voice came from inside.

"Changhyunnie!" she giggled. "Annyeonghaseyo !"

"Annyeonghaseyo!!!!~"

He buzzed her in.

Yojin entered the house and looked around for ______.

"Changhyunnie, where is your Noona?"

"I made her take a nap. I think she just woke up."

"You made her take a nap?"

"Mhm...My Noona looked tired and sad about something." he frowned. "I told her to sleep it off."

'She’s probably still sad about Oppa.' Yojin thought.

______ came out from her room.

She had the phone on her ear.

"Yah, I don't need you to comfort me. Just go take care of your girlfriend." She teased.

"My girlfriend? I have a girlfriend?”

"Mhm. Wait…what was her name, again?” she thought about it for a while. “Hmmm…what was it? Dell? No, is it Apple? HP?"

"Harry Potter?!" Jaehyo exclaimed.

"Yeah, Harry Potter is your girlfriend." she said sarcastically. "You really are a nerd."

"Well duh! Books are my best friends."

"Mhm...and your girlfriend is a robot."

"I thought my girlfriend was Harry Potter?"

"Aigoo..." ______ sighed. She looked. Over and saw Yojin standing there. "Oh, Yojinnie?! Uh...Dum Dum Head? I'll talk to you later."

"Ani, I'll be on the toilet."

"Disgusting. I’ll let you go then, be with your OTHER girlfriend.  I'm hanging up!~~ BBYONG!~~" she laughed, ending the call. "Yojinnie? What are you doing here?"

She stepped closer to the younger girl.

"I wanted to talk to you about...my Yoseobie Oppa." Yojin said shyly.

'Oppa?' Ricky thought. 'Hmm..that must be her cousin's name?! YES!!! I got the name!!! I can ask Yojin Noona about him later.'

“I don’t want to talk about him, right now.” ______ whispered.

“But…’

“No…you can stay for dinner though.”

Yojin sighed and did just that.

She didn’t mention Yoseob again.

‘Hmm…I guess it really has Unnie down. She must like Oppa a lot. She can’t even talk about him. Poor Unnie…”

After dinner,______ left to take a quick shower, Ricky moved over to Yojin.

“So…Yojin Noona.” he grinned.

Yojin smiled and ruffled his hair.

“Yes? What is it, Kiddo?”

“______ Noona won’t tell me about your cousin.” He pouted.

He crossed his arms over his chest.

Yojin smiled.

“Aww...Changhyun-ah, Unnie will kill me, if I tell you.”

Ricky sighed.

“I’m feeling left out.” He whispered sadly. “______ Noona PROMISED…that I would have a say in who she decides to date. I just want to know about him. I want to know if he’s good enough for my Noona. You don’t need to tell me everything. I just need to know…enough.”

Yojin nodded.

“Arasseo, Changhyunnie. Just…don’t tell  ______ Unnie that I told you, PROMISE?”

She held out her pinky to him.

“I promise!~” he said hooking his pinky with hers.

“Stamp it!”

“Stamped!”

He pressed his thumb to hers.

“Alright.” Yojin said.

She began to tell him, a few things about Yoseob.

She didn’t want to go too overboard.

 

 

 

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Awww...Yoseob, wae so stupid?!?

Well, on the brightside, Ricky is finding out more about Yoseob ♥♥