Chapter 16

Eyes, the window to the soul
Dara's POV

I was currently sat in the empty class room -since there was still half an hour of lunch left-, staring out of the window as I thought about my bestfriend. 'I hope she's okay...' I need to cheer her up some how... Hmmm... I took my phone of my bag and started to surf on the internet. 'What does CL like...?'

'FASHION!' was the one thing that constantly came up. Well I'm already attending a Jeremy Scott show with her, what else could I do? I was lost in thought, trying to come up with a good idea when--

"Hey Dara-ssi!" I blinked and looked up to see Jaejoong smiling at me from his seat in front of me. I had been so absorbed in my thoughts I hadn't heard him come in.

"Hey Jaejoong-ssi," I greeted him back, giving him a small smile, before my eyes flickered back to my phone. 'What to do.. what to do...?'

"What are you looking at so intensely on your phone?" he asked, I looked to see that he was still watching me. 'Well that's a bit nosy...' I thought before shaking my thoughts away. Jaejoong was only trying to be nice and strike up a conversation. Besides! Now's your chance to make some friends since jerkface isn't here!

I slipped my phone into my bag and offered him another smile, "Nothing really, just surfing the net for ideas to cheer up my bestfriend," I replied.

He nodded his head in understanding, "Well that's really nice of you, I wish I had a friend like you," he said wistfully before giving me a bright smile that almost blinded me.

"Aww, I'm sure you have lots of friends Jaejoong-ssi!" I protested.

"You could say that, but no one who I'm really close to," he shrugged, then his eyes lit up, "Oh yeah! I forgot, the class is coming together again for a meal since some people couldn't attend last time. Are you in?"

Yaaay! Another opportunity! This time Kwon Jerkface Jiyong isn't here to stop me! "Sure!" I replied happily, "Time and place?"

"Oh, I'll pick you up if you'd like? Around 6PM?" he offered, 'Well that's sweet of him!' I thought.

"You live in the girl's block of apartments right?" he asked. Okaaaay, slightly creepy.. but still sweet! I nodded at him.

"Great! So I'll pick you up at 6!" he confirmed, giving me another one of his bright smiles.

"Where are you going at 6?" I heard Jiyong ask me, as he sat down beside me.

"Nothing that concerns you!" I snapped, still annoyed at his earlier teasing and how he had tricked me into calling him the 'O' word, which by the way, NEVER AGAIN!

"Oh, I was just inviting Dara-ssi out for another class meal," Jaejoong politely answered.

"Oh really? Well since it's a class meal I suppose I'm invited too? Right? Jaejoong-ssi?" Jiyong replied bitingly. I looked at him to see him glaring at Jaejoong who was looking around nervously in an attempt to avoid Jiyong's eye contact. I elbowed him in the ribs. What the hell is he playing at?!

"Uhh, y-yeah.. I-I guess." Jaejoong replied nervously. Nooooo! Great. Just great! Now I had to spend the third conescutive night in a row with Jiyong! I seriously can't catch a break can I? I know, I know! The mission. Well come on! I just wanted one teeny tiny break from him! Especially after all that teasing!

"Good." Jiyong replied shortly. Jaejoong was about to turn back around when Jiyong spoke up again, "Oh, and don't bother picking up Dara. That's such a hassle since I live so close to her. I'll take her and we'll meet you guys there. Right Dara?" I gritted my teeth together before nodding grudgingly. It's not like I could lie. We did live close to each other. Too close to one another in fact.

"Erm.. yeah sure." Jaejoong replied, it's not like he had much choice anyway, not with the way Jiyong was staring him down. I mean seriously! What's up with him?! Jaejoong turned back around and began to busy himself with his things.

I turned to glare at Jiyong, "YAH! What was that about?!" I whispered angrily, so that Jaejoong wouldn't hear.

"Nothing," he shrugged, "I just thought it was a bit unfair I wasn't invited but you were. I mean I am apart of this class. Besides I'm better than you," he finished childishly sticking his tongue out. Tch! I turned away from him, not bothering to reply.

"Okay class today we're going to be talking about the ASEAN Trading bloc..." Mrs Kim walked in and started the lesson.

= 2 hours later =

/Bell Rings/

"So I'll see you later Dara-ssi?" Jaejoong confirmed.

"Yeah, where is it again?" I asked, seeing as Jiyong had said we would meet them there.

"Oh, you know that Seafood restaurant 'Goraebul'? The one in Gangnam? We're going there," he replied, as he ripped a small piece of paper and wrote down the restaurant and address down before handing it back to me.

Seafood? There's something important I should know about seafood... what is it... Hmm... Ah!

"Oh, Jiyong is allergic to seafood!" I blurted. I could see the shock on Jiyong's face, shock that I had remembered.

~ Flashback to 8 years ago ~

Third Person POV

"What are you doing?" Dara questioned as Jiyong began picking off all the prawns and other seafoods off of his plate, transferring it onto Dara's plate, a small pile of Jiyong's seafood already chilling on the side of her dish.

"I'm allergic to Seafood" he simply replied, as he continued to move his food aorund to see if he could find any more. After Dara's allergic reaction Jiyong had become very cautious about what he ate, and without dara knowing it, kept a watchful eye on what she ate too.

Dara shrugged. Who was she to complain? She loved seafood! What she didn't love was tomatoes. Bleh! Seeing Jiyong transfer the food onto her plate, Dara began to transfer her tomatoes onto his plate in exchange.

Jae-Hwa and Eun hee shared a secret smile together as they watched their children exchange food. It was one of the rarer moments where they weren't at each others throats.

~ End of flashback ~

"Oh.. right.. Ermm, I've already told everyone to go there..." Jaejoong trailed off, basically saying he couldn't change the restaurant.

Oh how convenient... *Insert evil laugh* I smiled and looked at Jiyong, "I guess you can't go then.. There' always next ti--"

"No that's fine. Just because it's a seafood restaurant doesn't mean they don't have other foods," he cut me off. Drat! I knew I couldn't get rid of him that easily.

"Oh great, okay so I'll see you two later," with that Jaejoong left the room.

"Jiyong, you really shouldn't go, what if you have an allergic reaction to something in there?" I replied, hoping he wouldn't come and ruin my night, but even I couldn't help the concern that came out in my voice, surprising myself.

"Nah, it should be fine," he waved it off, "I'll pick you up at 6, you better be ready!" he said before making his way to the door before pausing and turning back around, "I guess I could always see if you're ready..." he trailed off as he eyed me suggestively before sening me a wink. I blushed, that ert! I picked up the cloest thing to me - being my notebook and aimed it at his head. Missing terribly, causing Jiyong to laugh as he sauntered out of the room.

"YAH! come back here Kwon Jiyong! You Byuntae!!" I screamed after him. I could still hear his loud laughter echo in the hallway. I'm going to strangle him one of these days...

== At the apartment ==

I entered the apartment cautiously. CL should be back... I wonder how she is... I took off my jacket and shoes and walked towards her room. 'Maybe she's crying?' I thought to myself, as I stood in front of her closed room door. I carefully leaned my ear against the door to see if I could hear her cries.

Silence.

I pressed my ear harder against the door when--

/thud/

I was now lying flat on my back staring up at a less than impressed CL with her arms crossed over her chest. I smiled up at her awkwardly.

"Ehehe... Hey CL-roo," I laughed nervously, waving at her. She rolled her eyes but cracked a smile before offering her arm to help me up.

"Such a nosy Ssantoki!" she reprimanded as she went to sit in front of her open laptop, "What? Did you think I was crying or something? Puh-lease. Do you really think anything that vermin says would affect me?" she said, her eyes concentrated on her laptop screen, as she scrolled down on a page. Here she was again, trying to act like it didn't affect her. I sighed heavily but didn't say anything to refute her.

"Anyway, I'm going out with my class tonight to eat, so I won't be eating at home..." I said as I leaned against her door frame.

"Mmm, okay," she replied absentmindedly as she continued to click her mouse, typing once in a while. What was she looking at?

I pushed off of the door frame and went to stand behind her as I looked at her screen, "You're entering a competition?"

"Yup! We have to design two outfits, one for a girl and one for a guy. The winners get to meet Jeremy Scott in person!" She explained excitedly, then began to squeal at the prospect of meeting Jeremy Scott.

I patted her on the back encourangingly, "You can do it CL-roo! I believe in you! Hwaiting!" I made a fist pump, causing her to giggle.

"Well have fun at your dinner! Make lots of friends, although of course I know none will compare to moi!" she said, flipping her hair behind her left shoulder dramatically whilst batting her eye lids.

I rolled my eyes at her, "You're welcoming to join if you want? I'm sure Jaejoong-ssi at the rest of the class won't mind..."

"Nah, I best get on with this competition, I have to win!" she said with determination, then she gave me a look, "Jaejoong-ssi eh? Who's he?" she questioned, her eyebrows raising up and down suggestively.

"Yeesh woman! He's just someone in my class, he organised the dinner," I said waving away what she was suggesting.

"Suree Ssantoki, suree! If you say so!" She said in a disbelieving voice.

"YAH! I'm serious woman! It's nothing! Besides Jiyong is coming too," I grimaced, pulling a face.

"Jingyo Oppa is going too? Interesting... didn't see him as the type to want to go to these things..." Cl pondered out loud.

"Me neither," I shrugged, "I reckon he's just coming to annoy me further. I swear he's bent on pissing me off daily, it's like his full time job or something." I complained.

"Maybe..." CL said, before a small smirk lit her face.

"Yah! What's that smirk about? Do you know something I don't know?!" I accused.

CL held her hands up in surrender, "I don't know what your talking about, but I do know you should go get ready!"

Hmmm... I eyed her suspiciously then gave her the 'I got my eyes on you gesture', to which she rolled her eyes, before shoving me out the door and slamming in shut in my face. 'Well that's just rude' I huffed.

I walked into my room and immediately went to shut my curtains as I shuddered at the thought of Jiyong peering in whilst I was changing. Bleh! What a byuntae!

'Hmm.. what to wear.. what to wear..' I pondered to myself. I wanted to make an impression since I hadn't really talked to anyone in our class... but at the same time I didn't want to come off like I'd tried too hard... 'I'll just wear this' I thought as I quickly threw on a pair of jeans and a black polo shirt, finsihing the look off with a belt.

I glanced up at the clock... Hmmm, there's still some time before Jiyong comes to pick me up. I grabbed the heels I was going to wear with my outfit and placed them by the door before I made my way into the living room and sat down to watch some Television.

/knock knock/

Already? I turned the TV off and got up to open the door to be greeted by this:

'Damn it!' I mentally cursed myself. Why'd he have to look so good! I shook my head of at the thought.

"Admiring my looks hmm? To think you called me the byuntae. Clearly the one who's a ert here is you." he smirked

"I'm not admiring anything," I denied quickly, too quickly, causing his smirk to grow. Ergh! Stupid smirk.

"You ready to go?" he asked his car keys dangling in his hands.

"Yeah hold on, just need to put on my shoes." I grabbed my heels and slipped my right foot in. I hope we aren't going anywhere after the restaurant.. I don't fancy walking in these heels for a long time.

I hobbled on my right foot as I tried to put my left heel on. Damn it! Why is it so difficult?! Heels and foot co-operate with me damn it! I began to sway left and right when a hand reached out and gripped my shoulder to steady me. I looked up to meet Jiyong's eyes. He sighed before bending down. 'What's he doing?' I thought.

I gasped when I felt him grab the heel out of my hands and reach for my foot, slipping it in for me and clasping the buckle, placing my foot on the ground before standing back up. I just gawked at him, whilst he rolled his eyes.

"You were clearly having difficulties there, and we don't have centuries to wait for you to put on heels," he explained as he left me standing there still gawking. I blinked then looked down at my left foot, a smile lighting up on my face. Maybe he wasn't so bad after all...

"Yah! Wait for me!" I called as I quickly shut the door, locking it, running towards the elevator that Jiyong had just stepped in.

 


Author's Note:

Annyeong Yeoruben! Second update! Not sure If I can squeeze in a third one tonight... The next chapter will have Dara's POV like usual, but someone else's POV too...can you guess who? Anyway, till next time! ^^
~Water Phoenix

 

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