Heechul's POV

 

this, I'm going to tail their asses.

 

Five minutes after leaving my house I turned right back around and exchanged my jacket with one that had a hoodie. Securing my dark shades over my eyes and the hood of my black sweater firmly over my head, I kept myself hidden from view right across the street from hangeng's house. If he thought that he was going to get rid of me that easily then he must not really know me at all.

 

Yeah, in my fit of anger I had said that I didn't give a if they ran off to get married but the truth is...I did care. I don't know why but it bugged the hell out of me that Hannie-wait did i really said hannie?, oh well i guess it does fits him- didn't even want to introduce me, his best buddy, to his friggin' date. What's worse is that it was bugging me that I was bugged about it. , I crunched my face, did that even make sense?

 

I didn't have time to think about it, Hannie, (yeah im gonna start callig him that but not directly, cause its sounds gay in SO many levels) had just stepped out his house talking to someone from the inside. I stepped back a little more to make sure that he couldn't see me, waiting for whoever the hell he was talking to to step out into view. When another figure finally came out, I squinted.

 

What the hell? No ing way!

 

I could feel my eyes growing as big as saucers from behind the dark glasses. What the ? I swiped the glasses off my face just to make sure I was really seeing what I was seeing. Yup, I wasn't mistaken. He was Hannie's date? HIM? You've got be ting me.

 

Choi Siwon? CHOI SIWON!?

 

I resisted the urge to face palm. Okay...now this was a low blow. It had nagged me to know that he wasn't attracted to a guy like me like there was something wrong with my type or something but this...THIS was a slap in the face. No, a punch to the gut because he would prefer a guy like Siwon...SIWON, to me. ME. The Awesome Kim Heechul!! Compared to Choi Siwon, a.k.a Our Class President a.k.a Shisus and also known as the king of DERPS!! 

 

Where can you see a DERP Shisus?! Look for him and you'll see, he has more derp that kyuhyun. I scrunched my face.

 

And Hannie was dating this horse? This reading bible horse of a derp? Un-freakin-believable!

 

I jumped up and swore under my breath when my cell phone went off. Still glaring at Hannie's direction, I answered after three rings. "What?"

 

      "Hey, heechul," kyuhyun's voice said from the other line,

 

"yah it's hyung to you!!"

 

"yeah sure anyway where are you? We've been waiting for you and Hannie hyung to show up. We're already by the movies."

 

"Change of plans," I snapped, eyes following the two's movement. They were walking towards hannie's car, saying stuff I was too far to hear.

 

      "Change of plans?" He parroted. 

 

"What? Why? What happened?"

 

Hell, I couldn't tell him that hannie is going out with shisus. Instead I said, "Something else came up. I'll explain it you guys when Monday comes." I hung up before he could question me even more.

 

      Grabbing my bike, I waited til Evan drove away before following.

 

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~Hangeng's POV~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heechul was following us.

 

It was painstakingly obvious that it would take a blind man not to notice him. I'm sure he thought that he was doing a good job concealing himself, trying to blend in with the crowd or hide behind objects but sadly...he wasn't.

 

      "Uh," my date cleared his throat beside me, "I think your friend is following us."

 

      "I know," I said, putting the book I had been studying back on the shelf. "Ignore him."

 

Siwon cleared his throat again, glancing uneasily over my shoulder where I knew Heechul was trying to hide himself behind some book shelves and failing miserably. He seemed to be the only one who thought he wasn't. 

 

That idiot.

 

"He keeps glaring at me."

 

I sighed. "Pretend he's not there."

 

"Kind of hard to do the way his eyes are shooting daggers at me."

 

I rubbed the back of my neck tiredly, a habit that formed whenever Heechul was involved. "Do you want to go some place else?"

 

      "Think he'll follow us again if we leave?"

 

Yes. I did. 

 

"Doesn't matter. We can just keep pretending like we don't see him."

 

"Does he really think that those shelves are hiding him?"

 

"Forgive him, he's an idiot." 

 

Unfortunately he was my idiot.

 

Siwon frowned as we continued down the isle. "I don't really want to leave the library yet. I still wanted to show you some books I liked but..." he trailed off, glancing behind him.

 

Reluctantly, I looked behind me and caught heechul still trying to hide behind shelves, standing perfectly still as if acting like a statue made him less visible. Guess he wasn't aware the the shelves were thin enough to show exactly where he was standing. Plus I could see a clear view of his shoes peaking out from the corner.

 

Pabo, I thought. You're going to have to do better than that, Heechul.

 

      "Maybe we should call him over," Siwon as always, suggested kindly, "have him join us instead of following us."

 

I crossed my arms. "andwae."

 

Greg blinked. "andwae?"

 

I shook my head. "Let's just finish out our date without him having to tag along with us." Heechul forced to hang out with siwon? I shuddered to think of the disastrous outcome. It was better to just have him watch us from the distance.

 

      "Uh, no offense, hyung, but he's kind of already tagging along if you really think about it." 

 

"siwon i told you don't call me hyung if were on a date" i said he scratched his head. 

 

"I guess I wouldn't mind if he just joined us."

 

Yeah, well I minded. Siwon didn't know Heechul like I did. As hot headed as he is, Heechul would just end up opening his big mouth and say something that would make Siwon regret ever inviting him. No, it was better for Heechul to stay right where he is. And I voiced exactly that.

 

Siwon frowned again then shrugged. "Okay, if you say so. Still, if looks could kill...hey, what exactly did you tell him about me?"

 

"I didn't," I answered honestly.

 

"Huh? You didn't tell him that you were going out on a date with me?"

 

"I told him I was going out on a date...but I didn't mention with whom."

 

"Why?"

 

I sighed. "Because he's an idiot."

 

"That's harsh."

 

I shrugged. "Come on, let's go somewhere else. Didn't you say that you wanted to go to the Greek museum?"

 

He grinned at the very mention of his favorite topic. Ancient Greek. "Yeah, lets go. Hey, did you know that God..."

 

I tried to listen to him as we made our way out the library, very much aware that Heechul followed us. From the corner of my eye I could see him flattening his back against a wall, or crouching down by a garbage can as if it was big enough to hide him. What did he think he was? A ninja? Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? I rolled my eyes. He's so hopeless.

 

"Let's just walk there," Siwon said, breaking out of his Greek topic, "it's not far."

 

"Yeah. Sure."

 

We arrived at the museum ten minutes later. After paying our entrance fee, we walked right in without bothering to see if heechul followed us inside. "Aw ," I heard his voice say as we turned the corner, "where's my damn wallet?"

 

That moron. He forgot to bring his wallet? I chuckled. That was so like him to forget something important. Now he couldn't come in because he didn't have any cash on him. I chuckled again, shaking my head. Honestly, what am I going to do with that guy?

 

"Err," Siwon began, glancing unsurely at me. "Should we pay for his way in?"

 

Was he kidding? "No," I shook my head. 

 

"Let him wait outside." Out there he couldn't bother us and ruin things. I liked Siwon, we had a lot of things in common, being calm is one. Put aside the whole shisus thing. Besides, it wasn't easy finding a same partner. I thought that maybe if I gave him a chance, I might even come to love him someday.

 

Because being alone hurt.

 

I chuckled at my sentimental thoughts. It's not like me to feel sorry for myself but sometimes I couldn't help but feel alone even in a room full of people. My family...my friends. Even Heechul. Being around him made me feel even more alone. I'm still regretting the day I told him I was gay. I shouldn't have told him but part of me wanted to see his reaction. Hoped that he would understand.

 

I was wrong.

 

I stared at the greek statue. Siwon was reading the history about it from the plaque connected to the case but I was barely listening. Instead I studied the statue and imagined instead being the statue instead of it. Yeah...that's how I felt sometimes. Locked in a case with no one to understand. The world could view me...but will never be able to touch this suffocating isolation.

 

My thoughts strayed to heechul and I shook my head. He was the last person I wanted to tell my feelings to. Knowing him, he'd just ask demanding questions about why I was feeling this way. And that was a topic I really didn't want to discuss with him. If he couldn't accept my ual preference then how can he accept the reason for my heartache?

 

How could he accept that he was the very reason for it?

 

I laughed softly at myself. In love with your own best friend...how very cliche.

 

"hyung?" siwon called to me, "hey, you okay?"

 

"Hmm?" I glanced at him, snapping out of my reverie. "Yeah, I'm fine. Are you ready to go to the next one?"

 

We stayed in the museum for about a full hour. Siwon was the one who was mostly engrossed with the artifacts but I trailed obediently behind him, silently wondering if Heechul gave up on waiting and went home. I wouldn't be surprised if he staked outside and waited like some stalker. He was so stubborn.

 

"I'll never get bored going to this museum," siwon was saying as we walked out the exit. "Greek history is so fascinating."

 

"Hmm," I agreed, glancing around. Well...guess heechul did go home. I tried not to be disappointed about it but failed miserably. He was an idiot...but like I said...he was my idiot.

 

"Uh, Hangeng hyung," Siwon nudged my shoulder and nodded ahead of us.

 

I looked up in time to see the diva queen I mean heechul stalking towards us with determined strides. And he did not look happy.

 

"Finally," he snapped when he reached us, 

 

"how long did you guys plan to stay in there? God, I almost gave up on waiting." siwon was about to say something but I quickly stopped him 

 

I lifted a brow. "I see that you didn't."

 

He glared at me then settled his eyes on Siwon. He sneered. "You've got to be joking right?"

 

"What do you mean?"

 

"You're going out with this, guy? Seriously?"

 

I sighed. "That's none of your business, Heechul."

 

"Of course it is! I'm your best friend."

 

My eyes narrowed, starting to get really ticked at his attitude. "And I told you to stay home."

 

"You can't tell me what to do! And I don't like this." He pointed to siwon  

 

"I don't like you going out with this guy!"

 

I rubbed my forehead. I could feel a headache forming. "Heechul, stop saying something so selfish."

 

"I can't accept this," he hissed, 

 

"why did you chose him and not me?"

 

I froze. What did he say?

 

"How come he's your type and not me? What's wrong with me?"

 

I looked at him carefully. "Heechul, do you know what you're saying?"

 

"Of course I do, jackass."

 

No, he obviously didn't. What he said sounded suspiciously like a confession and he wasn't even aware of it. Did I have some hope? Did I dare to?

 

"I don't get it," he grumbled, crossing his arms and glaring at Siwon

 

"What's so special about him?"

 

Oh, Heechul, I thought ruefully. What am I going to do with you?

 

"Okay," I patted his shoulder, 

 

"I understand. Why don't you go home and I'll meet you there."

 

His jaw clenched.

 

"I'm just going to drop Siwon off and will be right back. Then we can hang out. I really don't want to get into a fight with you anymore."

 

"Yeah, but-"

 

"heechul," I stressed, using a tone of voice that I knew he couldn't argue with. I pointed to the direction of his house. 

 

"Go." I learned a long time ago that in order to make a hot headed stubborn guy like heechul obey you, you needed to be very firm with him. Like a rascally cat, you had to show him tough love or he'd walk all over you.

 

"Fine," he muttered, shooting another dark glare at poor siwon before walking away to his bike. I had a sudden comical image of him with cat ears hanging down in dejection, tail swaying.

 

"Well," Siwon cleared his throat. 

 

"I'm glad I'm still alive."

 

That made the two of us.

 

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