Jiyong and I talked well into the night, never finishing the 20 questions game, instead we digressed into reminiscing our childhood days. We talked and talked, never seeming to run out of things to say to one another.

"Stop laughing! That wasn't funny at all!" I exclaimed, glaring at Jiyong who was laughing his off at one of the many memories that had resurfaced tonight.

"Oh come on! It was hilarious! The look on your face afterwards when-- HAHAHAHAHA!" Jiyong burst into another fit of laughter, whilst I continued to glare at him unasmused.

"Admit it Dara, if that was me in your position you would've laughed too!" he accused, before continuing to laugh at the image of a 7 year old me, flying off of a swing and landing on the playground face first.

I bit my lip trying to contain my laughter as I thought of the memory, this time with Jiyong in my place instead. I couldn't help but join Jiyong in laughter when I imagined him face planting on the asphalt of the playground.

My laughter was cut short when a loud yawn escaped my mouth. Jiyong's laughter died down as he watched me yawn.

"It's getting late..." he whispered softly, as he looked up into the night sky.

"Mmm..." I hummed in agreement, as I allowed my eyes to roam freely on his side profile. The moon beaming down onto his flawless face, highlighting his features. His high cheek bones, his strong jawline... his lips...

"I think we best call it a night..." his voice broke through my shameless staring. I nodded slowly, showing my reluctance for the night to end. I leaned back when I felt him begin to pull the plank of wood back through his window, effectively breaking the bridge between our rooms.

"Goodnight Ji," I said softly as I began to close my window.

"Dara," I paused, my window half closed and looked at him leaning out of his window, shortening the distance between us, "Tonight was... nice," he finished, flashing me a genuine smile.

I felt myself smile back at him, as I nodded in agreement, "Yeah..."

"Goodnight Dara... sweet dreams..." with one last smile he closed his window, drawing his curtains soon after. I soon followed suite, quietly closing my window and curtains before dragging my feet towards my bed. I crawled under my blankets and closed my eyes, the smile still painted on my face.

"Sweet Dreams Ji..." I whispered softly before giving into the inviting darkness.

== The next day ==

/Wow Fantastic Baby... Dance/

I groaned and fumbled around on the bed for my phone. 'It can't be morning already? I just closed my eyes!' I slowly made my way to the bathroom, feeling like death from all the lack of sleep I had managed to accumulate over the past couple of days.

After what felt like forever, I was ready for the day. Physically anyway, mentally I wasn't in my right mind. I seriously needed to find a quiet corner to crawl into and sleep for at least 3 days straight.

Despite being high on lack of sleep, and feeling like death... I wouldn't of had it any other way. I wouldn't trade this feeling in for anything... because if I was all wide eyed bushy tailed and bouncing off of clouds this morning, then last night hadn't happened. This horrible feeling served as a reminder that Jiyong and I had spent the night immersed in our own little world. The first time everything went by smoothly and peaceful without the drama that always seemed to follow.

I took my time making way down to the coffee shop, today would be the last I would have to get coffee for CL. I walked in and immediately ordered.

"Coffee Americano and a Caramel Macchiato please" I paused, " actually, 2 Caramel Macchiato's please." Last time I had ordered Jiyong a coffee as an apology, but this time.. I did it because I wanted to as his friend.

After collecting the coffee I made my way back up to the apartment, just like I had the past week.

"Thanks Ssantoki" CL thanked me when I passed her her coffee. I notice her eyes immedialy zone in on the other two coffees in my hand. I knew she wanted to ask, so to save her from asking I just decided to tell her.

"I thought i'd buy one for Jiyong.. I mean I might as well.. it's not like i'm being inconvenienced since I was already there..." I trailed off. Why was I trying to explain myself? There's nothing wrong with buying a coffee for a friend... I mean CL's a friend and I buy coffee for her too.

"I didn't say anything," CL said with amusement in her voice.

I rolled my eyes, "Yeah but you wanted to."

"Whatever, there's nothing wrong with buying a coffee for a friend is there?" she replied, emphasising the word friend. I nodded uncomfortably under her piercing gaze.

To be honest I was suprised she didn't pry more into it. I could tell her eyes were swimming with unanswered questions, but instead of flinging questions at me she just looked at me as if she knew something I didn't know.

I began to get creeped out at the look she was giving me, "Ehehe.. let's go?" I chuckled nervously, turning away from her and making my way out of the apartment.

== At the university ==

"Here, I think you'll be needing this..." I placed the coffee on Jiyong's table as I sat down. He lifted his head from where it had been previously nesteled in his arms to look at me.

Wow... he looked rough... still good looking but rough.

"No.. I'll be needing this," he said, making a grab for the coffee in my hands. I moved it away from him, holding it as far as I could to the right of me as I leaned back. Instead of giving up like I thought he would, he leaned forward, his body grazing mine slightly as he reached over for the coffee again. My eyes widened as I noticed how close his face was to me.

"You're really not going to give it to me?" he said threateningly as he looked into my eyes. Oh god.. our noses were practically touching. I gulped loudly as I looked back into his eyes. I had never noticed how nice his eyes were before...

"Well?" he asked, his eyes dancing with amusement at my obvious discomfort.

"Aishh!" I muttered.

Jiyong leaned back, a victorious expression on his face. I couldn't help but breath out a huge sigh of relief when he moved away, I hadn't even realise I was holding my breath.

"Why do you want it anyway? I've drank half of it already!" I whined as I reluctantly handed him my coffee, pouting as I saw him drink it, a wide smile spreading on his face.

"Stop whining, here drink mine." he passed me his coffee whilst taking another sip of my drink.

I grudingly grabbed his drink and took a sip. Damn it. I can't even say mine tastes better, 'Did the Barista put more sugar in his?' I thought to myself.

== At the cafeteria ==

"Do you girls want to go to the cinema tonight? To celebrate my dongsaengs successfully surviving the first week of university?" TOP questioned.

I looked over at CL to see her shrug her shoulders, "Sure, why not. Time and Place?" I answered for us.

"We're going to the cinema in TOP hyungs shopping mall, let's meet at 7PM?" Daesung suggested.

"Oh okay, I haven't been there in a while. I guess we'll meet you there then." I said before taking a bite of my apple. I didn't fancy having heartburn again... and quite frankly I don't think I can ever look at another chocolate cake in the same way again.

"Do you want a lift there? I can pick you guys up?" Bae piped in, looking back and forth between CL and I.

"It's alright Bae, I'll give them a lift there," Jiyong cut in before I could reply.

Bae blinked, before nodding slowly, "O-kay... I guess."

I placed my right elbow on the table, my wrist loose whilst my hand gripped my half-eaten apple, before turning  to CL, "Do you fancy going a bit earlier to shop? I'm thinking of going home this weekend... I want to buy Sanghyun and Durami something."

CL rolled her eyes at me, "My gosh Dara, you only moved out 5 days ago! It's not like you haven't seen them in forever, but yes I will. I need to buy some materials for my designs." she agreed.

"Well they're like my babies!" I defended, "It feels like I haven't seen them in fore--"

/Crunch/

My eyebrows furrowed, why does my hand feel lighter? I whipped my head around, my eyes immediately zoning in on the big btie that had been taken out of my apple. I narrowed my eyes before snapping my head to look at Jiyong.

Yup. Just as I had predicted. There he was, happily munching on my apple as if he had every right to.

"Do you mind? Stop stealing my food!" I whined, as I shielded my apple away from him, "Go buy your own food! I thought you said I was wasting away, so stop eating my food you fatty!"

"It's not my fault! You were practically waving it in front of my face! It was just asking for me to eat it!" He defended, his mouth still full with my apple, "and I am not fat!"

I glared at him one last time before turning back around to CL. All the boys had paused again, observing our little squabble, but their faces didn't express as much shock as the day before. CL on the otherhand... didn't look phased at all, as if she had seen more than that scene and had grown accustomed to it already. I eyed her suspiciously as she munched on her banana. 'Hmmm.... I got my eyes on you Lee Chaerin...' I thought to myself, as I saw her meet my suspicious eyes, her eyes widening slightly trying to act all innocent. Pfft, Lee Chaerin and Innocent don't fit together at all, so don't even try to pull the 'I'm innocent' look.

== In class ==

"How are the preparations for the fundraising fair? I assume Mr Sang has already told you your pairings that we sorted out, so I hope you guys have begun discussing ideas. In fact, i'd like to hear some of your ideas now, just to ensure there aren't too many ideas that are similar to one another. Respond with your idea, or tell me if you haven't come up with one yet when I call out the pairs okay?" Mrs Kim said as she sat down on her desk, taking out a piece of paper from her file.

She began to roll call the pairs. I was relieved to find that only a handful of the pairs had come up with solid idea, the majotiy of them were still unsure, much like Jiyong and I.

"Park Sandara and Kim Jaejoong."

My brows furrowed in confusion when I heard my name being called out with Jaejoong instead of Jiyong. Wasn't Jiyong my partner? I looked at Mrs Kim in confusion as she looked at me expectantly, waiting for my response.

"Dara's my partner," I heard Jiyong answer for me. Was it just me or did that sound a bit possessive?

I watched Mrs Kim's face flit from shock to confusion. I swear I just saw her glance at Jaejoong, the two of them looking as though they were discussing something silently with their eyes. I shook my head, that's impossible. I blinked then looked back at Mrs Kim to see her not looking anywhere near Jaejoong, who was busy fiddling with his phone.'Wow Dara, you're going crazy from lack of sleep. Stop imagining things.' I thought to myself. I glanced back to Mrs Kim to see her mutter something quietly under her breath before making a fake cough.

"I see... I guess there's been a mix up. So what are you and Jiyong doing?" She asked instead as she eyed Jiyong.

"We're not sure yet..." I trailed off, not really liking the way she was eyeing Jiyong. There seemed to be some sort of hostility in it. When she noticed me staring at her her eyes flickered back to the usual kind ones I was used to seeing during class, 'Okay, I'm sure I didn't imagine that' I thought to myself. 'Stop that Dara, she's your teacher. She probably just didn't like the way Jiyong interrupted earlier' I convinced myself.

"Huh..." she trailed off, pausing, "Not to worry! I'm sure you guys will come up with something!" she reassured before continuing to roll call the pairs.

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/Bell Rings/

"Ji, CL and I are going to go shopping before we go watch a movie, so we'll make our own way there, no need to drop us off," I said as I packed my things away.

"No it's fine, it's not like I'll have much to do anyway. I'll pick you up at half 5? I'm sure you and CL wwill be done in an hour and a half," he replied, as he sat ontop of the table waiting for me. This was the first time he hadn't zoomed off.

"It's fine, I'm sure you have better things to do," I replied, placing my bag on my shoulder and turning to face him, to see him gripping the tables with his hands, his legs swinging alternately back and forth.

"No, I insist." he replied, his eyes telling me he wasn't going to back down.

"Fine, but you don't have to follow us. Just go do whatever guys do." I said, conceding defeat for the second time today.

Jiyong hopped off of the table before walking beside me out of the classroom. I felt my right shoulder feel light and turned my head in confusion, to see Jiyong lifting my bag off of my shoulder and transferring it to his left shoulder.

"What are you doing?" I asked, as I tried to grab my bag back.

"Nothing. It just looked heavy." he replied as he slapped my grabby hands away. I rolled my eyes and shrugged, if he wanted to carry my bag then whatever. We walked in companionable silence out of the university gate.

"Alright, I'll see you at half 5 then!" I said as I turned to him making a grab for my bag.

"What are you doing?" he asked me as he pushed my hand away again.

"Uh, getting my bag so I can go home?" I asked as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"What do you mean? We're going home together." Jiyong said like I was stupid.

"We are?" I asked confused.

"Yeah, I'm not going to let my friend walk home when she lives right next to me," he said rolling his eyes. Damn it! I didn't eat the chocolate cake so why am I feeling that heart burn again? Tch! Stupid cafeteria food.

Without waiting for me to respond, Jiyong grabbed my arm and dragged me to his car, practically throwing me into the front seat.

"Yeesh, no need to man handle me!" I complained, "Yah! I'm capable of bucking myself up thank you very much!" I said as I slapped Jiyongs hands away as he grabbed my seatbelt.

He quickly retreated, probably thinking of the time I punched him from his car. He shut the car door, trapping me in, before he made his way around the car into the driver seat.

"I don't understand why you drive to uni, we live like a 20 minute walk away," I said incredulously as he shifted into gear, shrugging at my comment.

"Don't shrug your shoulders at me!" I said as I lightly hit his shoulder, "Mother nature would be heavily disappointed in you." I said as I gave him a disapproving look. He just rolled his eyes at me, his eyes not leaving the road.

It had taken less than 10 minutes to get back to the apartment. I had already bid the earth-killing man goodbye, telling him CL and I would be ready by 5:30/

I entered the apartment and flopped down on the sofa. 'Hmm, I have an hour or so to kill before having to get ready... May as well take a nap' I thought to myself. I closed my eyes ready to catch some zzz's when...

/lolli lolli lollipop.../

My eyes sprang open as I grabbed my phone, sitting up.

"OMMAAAAAA!" I screamed into the phone as if we hadn't talked since forever.

"DARAAAAA!" she shouted back with just as much enthusiasm, "Omma misses you sooooo much!!"

"I miss you too Omma! Appa, Doongie and Durami too!" I replied back.

"They miss you too! Don't tell your Appa I said this but..." she paused, I assume to see if Appa was around to hear, "...your Appa has been moping around at home, whining about losing his prized rabbit." she whispered down the phone.

"IS THAT MY RABBIT?!" I could hear my fathers loud voice boom down the phone. I held the phone away from my ear as I heard my parents squabble over the phone, it sounded like thy were fighting for it.

I giggled at my childish parents, they were just too adorable.

"DARA! Appa misses you! Why haven't you visited?!" Appa's accusing voice flowed in to my ear, after winning the battle for the phone against Omma.

"Mianhe.. Alot has happened this week... You'll never guess what happened..." I trailed off

"What happened?!" I could hear both of my parents ask down the phone, huh they must've figured out how to put me on loud speaker...

"Jiyong's back." I simply replied.

There was a long pause. I took the phone away from my ear to see if they had accidentally hung up on me. Nope!

"Omma? Appa?" I asked cautiously.

"THE KWONS ARE BACK?!" I heard Omma squeal.

"WHEN?!"

"HOW?!

"WHY?!"

I pulled the phone away from my ear for the nth time as my parents began to throw questions down the phone, talking over each other.

"OMMA! APPA!" I screamed to silence them. I rolled my eyes. Seriously, who are the parents here?

"Slow down! Jiyong came back 2 months ago... I'm guessing by plane," I said sarcastically before continuing, "I don't know why... He didnt really say. I guess there's no place like home?"

"Just Jiyong? What about his parents? Dami?" Omma asked, more calmly this time.

"I.. I don't know.. He didn't really say. When I tried to ask him.. he didn't have a good reaction and I haven't tried again..." I said as I thought back to the night he had stormed out on me in the restaurant.

"Oh... Well! We'd love to see him again! Come home tomorrow and make sure you bring him with you neh?" Appa commanded.

"Wh-what? Appa I ca--" my jaw dropped as I looked at my phone in disbelief. My parents had just hung up on me! Pffft! The rudeness!

I threw my phone on the other sofa, flopping back down on the sofa. 'Great. Now I have to drag Jiyong home with me tomorrow.'

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"Ssantoki, wake up! You need to get ready... it's almost time for Jingyo Oppa to pick us up." I heard CL say softly as she shook my shoulder. I glanced up at her with blurry eyes before nodding. I slowly sat up, rubbing the sleep from my eyes before walking into my room to get ready.

I checked my wallet was in my bag before leaving my room.

/knock knock/

I opened the door and was greeted by Jiyong and Seungri.

"You guys ready to go?" Jiyong asked.

I nodded before looking over my shoulder to call for CL, "CL-roo! Jiyong's here let's go!"

"Hey Jingyo Op--" CL stopped in her tracks, "What is the rat doing here?"

"Sorry, he insisted that he came with me, something about not wanting to arrive at the mall alone," Jiyong apologised rolling his eyes, whilst Seungri pouted beside his hyung.

"Whatever, let's go then." CL said as she pushed me out of the door before locking it.

We all piled into Jiyong's car, Seungri sitting in the passenger seat and CL and I sitting in the back. The drive didn't take long and we soon arrived in front of the ginormous Shopping mall that belonged to the Chois.

"Okay guys, we'll see you later yeah?" I said, before turning around ready to walk off, when I felt someone grab my elbow.

"We have nothing else to do, so we'll just tag along with you girls," Jiyong said as he let go of my elbow and stood beside me. I was about to protest when--

"Actually Dara... I don't know if i'll be able to go shopping with you and still have time to get my materials... how about we split up? You go with Jiyong Oppa and I'll go with... with.." Cl paused her eyes showing regret and reluctance, "I'll go with Seungri." she finished with a defeated voice.

"I knew you loved me Chaecat!" Seungri beamed as he began to bounce on the spot, "Let's go!" he said excitedly as he grabbed CL and walked off in the opposite direction. My eyes trailed after them, watching in amusement as CL loosened Seungri's grip before thwaking him over the head with her bag twice.

"I guess you're stuck with me whetehr you like it or not," Jiyong said teasingly.

I rolled my eyes at him, "Whatever, just don't whine when I make you carry my bags." I quipped back before walking off to look for presents for Sanghyun and Durami.

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"Hmmm... what do you think of this?" I asked as I held up a pair of earrings. We were currently stood in a jewellery shop, trying to find something for Durami. With the advise of Jiyong, I had already bought Sanghyun a cap to add to his already huge collection.

"I don't know... if I remember Durami correctly, I think she'd prefer those," Jiyong said as he pointed to another pair of earrings. I looked at the earrings and gasped. I quickly placed the ones I was holding down and delicately picked the ones he'd suggested. They were a beautiful pair of blue sapphire earrings in the shape of teardrops.

"Good choice Ji!" I said in approval before turning to the sales assistant, "I'll take a pair of these please." The sales assitant nodded before going to box up a pair for me.

Whilst I waited I continued to browse through the jewellry, all of it was absolutely beautiful. I had gone past the necklaces and earrings section and was now looking at the rings in fascination.

I gasped as a pair of rings caught my eyes. My face leaning closer to get a better look. I had leaned so close in that my face was now pressed against the glass casing, my nose squishing to the side.

"Your earrings are ready miss," the sales assistant paused, giving me a weird look when he saw my face pressed up against the casing, he followed my gaze and noticed I was practically salivating over a pair of rings, "Would you like to have a look miss?"

I peeled my face away from the casing, rubbing my nose, "No, it's okay" I replied, but continued to look at the rings. I sighed heavily before turning around to pay for the earrings.

"Let's go Ji," I said as I walked out of the store with him following closely behind, automatically taking the bag from my hand.

"Hmmm, it's almost time to meet up with the guys.. let's go?" I questioned, looking up at him. He nodded in response telling me he heard me, but I felt like his mind was elsewhere. I could practically hear the clogs turning in his head.

"Kaja!" I said as I pulled him along with me towards the cinema.

CL's POV

The things I do for my bestfriend. I hope she knows how much i'm sacrificing for her right now. Ergh! I'm subjecting my self to one and a half hours of pure torture with this rat!

"Hey! How about this Chaecat!" Seungri popped up beside me holding the most fugliest print I had ever seen, practically shoving in my face.

"I said. STOP. CALLING. ME. THAT!" I said through gritted teeth as I pushed the material away from my face, pushing it towards Seungrat's face insteead, making sure it connected with his face before shoving that away too.

"Yeesh, so moody. I'm just trying to help," he whined next to me, pouting.

"Stop that. You look uglier than normal, and that's saying something." I said harshly before stomping off in the opposite direction to look at the silk.

'Hmmm.. this ones quite nice...' I thought to my self as I let the silk flow freely between my fringers. Maybe I'll get this on--

"HOW ABOUT THIS ONE CHAECAT?!" another horrendous piece of material was shoved in front of my face. My gosh this was ifninitely worse than the last one!

I gritted my teeth and closed my eyes tightly. 'Patience Chaerin. Patience. Find the inner peace within you... inner peace... inner peace... inner pe--'

"I think this ones really good! You should totally use it," his annoying voice cut in. Can't he see i'm trying to save his life here?! Why is he making it so difficult for me?!

"Go. Away." I spat, before walking off again.

I sighed heavily. This better be worth it. If I find out they haven't made progress... I swear to god i'll strangle that bunny and serve her as a stew!

Third Person POV

A girl with long red hair stood outside of Icheon Airport, a smile gracing her pretty face as she stood beside her extremely large suitcase.

She inhaled deeply, closing her eyes, basking in the cold air that was synonymous with Seoul.

"Feels good to be back" she whispered, before hailing a taxi.