Jaekyung's new look

The Dull One

"You're mean."

L bit back a laugh as he looked at Jaekyung from the rear mirror. "No I'm not. It was a perfectly reasonable side of my bargain." he told her. "At least I didn't ask you to wear a chicken costume and start dancing didn't I? I bet Chaekyung agrees this is a good idea."

Chaekyung grinned and nodded at Jaekyung enthusiastically. "This is an AWESOME idea, unnie!" she cheered. "I've always wanted to dress you up prettily and let the boys ogle at you. You can hardly imagine my delight when I received L oppa's call to ask me to dress you up! I was elated!"

Jaekyung sent both her sister and L looks. She sighed and shifted in her seat. "I'm not ready to do this." she squeaked. "I don't think I can." she murmured. "I think I saved one of the last shirts under my bed when you evil people threw away all my other clothes. I'll go change."

"No way." L stepped on the accelerator suddenly and Jaekyung jerked back into her seat. He grinned at her from the rear mirror and shook his head. "Nah ah this is your punishment from me. You have to go through this."

"For how long again?" Jaekyung leaned her head against the window dejectedly. "A day? Two days?"

"Forever." Chaekyung and L echoed together.

L looked back at Chaekyung and sent a smile, putting his palm up. Chaekyung gave him a high five and giggled merrily. "Forever, unnie. You have to wear pretty dresses like this every single day. I'll be watching!"

Jaekyung sank down in her seat and squeezed her eyes shut. "You guys are mean. MEAN." she muttered.

L chuckled softly, watching her from the mirror as he drove them to school.

He had been looking forward to Monday a great deal since he had demanded for Jaekyung to change her look. He had known what he wanted all along, it was this. He had been imagining her in a dozen different dresses and tried asking Chaekyung what sort of clothes she chose for her unnie, but the bullet gun mouth Chaekyung was tight-lipped on this one.

And when Jaekyung finally walked out of the house just moments ago, he felt as if his heart had stopped beating.

She was wearing a pretty white cotton blouse paired with a light blue high waist skirt. Chaekyung had thrown Jaekyung's plastic glasses away and actually dragged her sister to a hair cut to trim her hair that she didn't bother tending.

Her brown soft hair now cascaded down to her abdomen, looking longer now that they weren't in knots. Her fringe was cut into side bangs and L had the pleasure of seeing her whole face without hair covering half her face.

She looked absolutely adorable.

However, L thought the most adorable thing about her entire get up that day was that uncertain look in her face. There were girls that knew they were pretty and they flaunted it at every chance. There were girls that thought they were pretty when they weren't. There were girls that were pretty and thought they weren't. There were average girls that knew they were average.

Jaekyung fell in the odd catergory of knowing she was somewhat pretty and trying to do everything she could to hide that face up. It was all beyond L.

What L aimed through this wasn't to make her more beautiful, though he had to say she really was from the fact that he couldn't stop sneaking glances at her through the mirror.

No. What he wanted to do was for her to be herself, to not hide behind that facade. Because he could tell she didn't really adore that other donned, he could tell she wanted to be pretty sometimes when he caught her looking at dresses and clothes through the glass cabinets.

This was the real Jaekyung, he only just uncovered her.

 

 

 

"Oh. My. God." Sungyeol's jaw dropped all the way to the ground, no kidding. "Pinch me."

Hoya did the job without being asked twice and he pinched Sungyeol's arm hard. Sungyeol shrieked in pain and whacked his hyung's head. "So hard?"

"You didn't specify how hard you wanted it." Hoya grinned.

Sungyeol didn't even bother to be angry with Hoya and his eyes were wide as he stared in front. "Everyone. I think I've died and gone to heaven. I see a fairy." he mumbled.

All eyes turned and widened in unison.

"Oh. My. God." There were choruses of these three words as L made his way towards the Infinite boys together with Jaekyung on his right and Chaekyung on his left.

Chaekyung giggled lightly as she saw everyone's astonished expression and smiled brightly. She really did a great job making over her sister. Or rather, helping her sister to look herself again.

L looked down at Jaekyung who was ducking her head and trying not to make eye contact with anyone and he bumped shoulders with her. "Hey. Be yourself. You're pretty and they're looking, so let them look." Jaekyung looked up at him with curious eyes and L couldn't help but redden slightly.

Damn. When she was looking at you like that your brain just malfuntioned.

Jaekyung bit back a smile and continued walking, her head not hung that low. Did he just say she was pretty? Jaekyung never knew how much a compliment could make her happy till then.

Jaekyung was gaining attention from everyone. She wasn't strikingly pretty like Chaekyung was. Her beauty was subtle, it was her charisma, that gentle charisma that attracted people to look at her. The striking difference from before and after drew everyone's attention and they couldn't help gasp.

Some were even taking pictures and posting them on their social media profiles, exclaiming to everyone.

Chaekyung grinned at her sister. "Charm the socks off everyone, unnie. Make those who bullied you in the past hang their heads down in shame. Fighting!" she gesutred and she darted off to class.

The Infinite boys approached Jaekyung with their jaws wide open. L couldn't help but feel proud but disturbed at the same time. Why must they look at her as if they were wolves or something?

"Hi, I was wondering, are you Lee Jaekyung?" Dongwoo asked politely.

Jaekyung burst out into laughter at Dongwoo's tensed and awkward face. "Hahaha what happened to you Dongwoo?" she chuckled. Dongwoo's eyes widened and he snapped his face to the others. "She knows my name!"

"Are you dumb?" L shook his head. "She's Jaekyung. The very same one." he nudged her, grinning.

"OH MY GAWD I can't believe I actually ate pig organs soup in front of this beauty!" Sungyeol blurted. L shot him a look, shaking his head. Sunggyu looked Jaekyung up and down and gulped. "Wow. Just wow."

"Hyung I think my jaw is officially not a part of my body." Sungjong muttered as he gaped at Jaekyung.

Woohyun's eyes finally tore themselves away from Jaekyung and he eyed L. The guy was smiling at Jaekyung the whole time, looking like a love sick fool. *Oh . Oh oh . I think this might be true.* he swallowed.

Sungyeol pushed L away and conveniently between the two of them. He slung an arm around Jaekyung's shoulder and grinned flirtatiously. "Jaekyung, I believe I haven't shown you my manly charms before. Do not be misled by my funny moments, I am actually manlier than that stupid Hoya hyung over there." he thumped his chest.

"Hey!" Hoya frowned.

L scowled as he tried to get back beside Jaekyung. "Dude stop staring at her like you want to eat her up, you're going to scare her." he tried to push Sungyeol away.

Sungyeol dodged easily and led Jaekyung away. "Jaekyung ah, let's go to class oh?" he wriggled his brows. Sungyeol made a face at L. "You've already gotten a girlfriend! Stop trying to steal the other pretty girls around and give your best friend a chance!" he pretended to complain.

Jaekyung looked up at Sungyeol curiously and Sungyeol winked. Jaekyung looked back at L and saw him absolutely fuming and she stifled a giggle. "You don't need to be wary of Sungyeol, Myungsoo. He's a nice guy." she pretended to pat Sungyeol's shoulder.

"See? The lady agrees!" Sungyeol whisked Jaekyung off before L could catch up. L gaped and his hands twitched, really feeling like slamming the fists into Sungyeol's face.

"He's your best friend. Your best friend." L reminded himself. "Don't kill him."

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"And you know what happened next girls?" Kim Junki smiled flirtatiously at his own group of fangirls.

"No oppa what happened?" they asked curiously.

"Well let me tell you that ugly girl was hilarious!" Junki guffawed. "She actually tried to..OH MY FREAKING GOSH!" he jumped up from his seat. "Lee Jaekyung?"

Jaekyung had been laughing at Sungyeol's jokes when she came into the classroom when a shrill shriek made her look up in surprise. Her eyes met Junki's and his widened, scanning her from top to toe. "Lee Jaekyung. Wow." he muttered, gulping.

Sungyeol rolled his eyes and patted Jaekyung's head, plopping himself on his seat. The rest of the Infinite boys made their way in, making it a point to glare at Junki before they sat down. L almost gave Junki the finger but decided against it, it wasn't good to be too crude when he was the principal's son.

Jaekyung wanted to go to the back of the class to sit at her usual seat when L grabbed her wrist. "Don't." he shook his head. He looked beside him at a girl called Juri. "Juri, can you switch seats with Jaekyung?"

Juri looked absolutely delighted that L was talking to her and she hardly heard what he was talking about. "SURE!" she beamed.

L blinked hesitantly. "O...kay...so...can you shift over to her table now?" he gestured.

Juri blinked and finally got what he was saying, but she had already agreed. She sulked and made her way to the back of the class and L tugged Jaekyung to her new seat. She looked at him curiously. "I liked my old seat."

"Yeah? I like you beside me so there." L made a face.

Jaekyung pinked, trying hard to keep the sides of her lips straight and from curling upwards. She took out her book and tried to read but she was aware the whole class was looking at her and talking about her.

She was especially aware of the gaze from the far left of the class. She risked a glance and saw Junki positively drooling at her and she ducked her head down, only letting herself grinning when her hair covered her face.

*Hah in your face.* she smiled.

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