Jiyong's POV

"Hmm... Vanilla is definitely the best... so sweet..." I muttered, my lips moving against her cheek. Unable to help myself I leaned down once more, placing a short but sweet kiss on her soft cheek. It was like an addiction. A sweet addiction. I just wanted to stay like this forever. "All clean," I murmured, pulling back slightly to look into her deep chocolate eyes to see confusion and surprise. I could just stare into her eyes for eternity, the feeling I got whenever I did was indescribable. I hadn't felt this way in so long... It felt like home.

I wonder if she could hear the irregular beating of my heart? It felt like my heart was ready to jump out of my chest, it was going crazy. I had never experienced this feeling before until recently. Until she came back into my life again. Whenever I was with her I couldn't help but want to make her smile, to make her laugh, to protect her. Whenever I was with her I couldn't seem to keep my hands to myself, always wanting to reach out to touch her, to be close to her. When I wasn't with her I couldn't help but think about her. What was she doing? Was she watching TV? Had she eaten?

What was she doing to me? Why was she making me feel these weird confusing feelings? What had she done to me? Why did my heart always seem to jump in happiness whenever I saw her?

"YAH! What are you kids doing?! This is a public place!"

She blinked up at me before I felt her hands come up to forcefully push me away, causing me to roll off of her. From my position on the floor I saw her scramble up in a hurry, sending me a quick glance behind her beautiful chocolate hair before running away from me. I watched with a heavy heart as she ran out of the park, not stopping once to glance back at me.

. Her reaction and that one fleeting look she gave me said it all. I had scared her. 

Dara's POV

I ran as fast my legs were physically capable, the only sound that I  could hear being the loud erratic beating or my heart. Was it because of the running or because of what had just occured?

I slowed down before coming to a stop, my body no longer being able to take the strenous exercise as I bent over, my hands on my knees as I breathed heavily trying to even out my breathing.

What just happened? Why did it happen? How could I allow something like this to happen again? Why like last time did I find myself enjoying it? Why did I run away? A torrent of questions flooded my mind, not one of them I could answer coherently. I was confused, utterly and totally confused. I don't understand... What was this feeling? This weird yet pleasant feeling? I had never felt this way before... Was there even a name to this foreign feeling? Was there something wrong with me?

I straightened up, my mind reeling with unanswered questions and unknown feelings. I looked up and was surprised to find that I had somehow managed to make my way back to the block of apartments. I made my way up, dragging my feet as I walked. The first time... he said it was a mistake. I flinched at the thought but continued with my analyse. If it was a mistake... why would he do it again? This wasn't something friends do is it?

"Ssantoki?" I heard CL call me in concern as I absentmindedly made my way towards my bedroom trying to sort through my confused thoughts.

"Dara?" CL called again as she came up to me, placing her hands on my shoulders, stopping me in my tracks, "Is everything okay? Did Jiyong Oppa drop you off?"

"Jiyong?" I repeated looking up at her before shaking my head.

"What's wrong?" CL asked her voice laced with worry, "Did something happen?"

"I... I'm confused CL..." I trailed off.

"Confused? Confused about what?"

"Jiyong," I said simply as I looked up at her, hoping she would somehow have the answers to all my questions.

"Jiyong? You're confused about Jiyong?" CL repeated slowly as she began to process the small amount of information I gave her. I watched as a small, soft, understanding smile lit her face, "What are you confused about? Did something happen?"

"Y--No..." I stuttered as I diverted my eyes away, a hint of a blush appearing as I thought back to what happened at the park. It was too embarassing and I couldn't bring myself to tell CL, "N-nothing happened. I'm just confused about why Jiyong thinks Vanilla ice cream is better than Mango..."

CL raised an eyebrow her face telling me she didn't believe a word I had said. I shrugged her hands off of my shoulders walking past her, "I'm tired, I'm going to bed first..."

I entered my dark room not bothering to turn on my lights, my eyes instinctively moving towards the window. I noticed the door in Jiyong's slowly open and ran towards my window, slamming the curtains closed before I could see him. My grip on the curtain tightened as I made out the silhouette of Jiyong's body as it slowly approached the window. I watched the shadow of his body lean against the window pane staring at my window, as if knowing I was there.

I continued to watch Jiyong's unmoving body, wondering if he could see me or if he knew I was there. I watched as his shoulders slumped slightly before he straightened up, walking away before his room went dark, his silhouette dissappearing from my sight. I sighed as my grip on the curtains loosened. I made my way towards my bed and was about to shrug my jacket off when I realised I wasn't wearing my jacket but Jiyong's. I shrugged his jacket back on before crawling into bed, confused thoughts still whirling in my mind. It was far from cold in the warmth of my bed but I couldn't help but tighten Jiyong's jacket around me, providing me with more warmth than I would've felt if I had ten blankets. The smell that was so distinctively Jiyong's reaching my nose, making me feel like he was here with me.

I lay there, feeling like I was securely wrapped in the arms of Jiyong and that's when I knew. We weren't simply just friends. But if we weren't friends, then what were we? Close friends? Best Friends? Just exactly who was Jiyong to me? He was someone special. That I was certain of. He was someone that I knew I couldn't live without anymore.

A small smile graced my face. Although I may not have been able to answer all of my own questions at least I was now certain that Jiyong meant much more to me than I had originally thought. The thought causing my heart to flutter. My eyes closed as I drifted off to sleep, Jiyong's face imprinted in my mind before one last question entered my unconscious mind - 'Is he more than a friend?'

== The next day ==

I rolled over in bed, a yawn escaping my mouth. 'Hmmmm... that was a really good sleep...' I thought to myself as I slowly peeled open my eyes. I glanced at my clock, 10:30... hmmm...

10:30?!? I shot out of bed as I looked at the clock again in disbelief. What the hell?! How was it 10:30?! How come I wasn't woken up by alarm clock? I slapped a hand to my forehead. . I forgot to set my alarm last night! Oh no oh no! I've missed class! 

I hurriedly got out of bed and ran towards the bathroom as I began cursing CL and Bom in my head for not making more of an effort to try and wake me up. I paused halfway towards the bathroom when a thought occured to me. We were only going to be preparing for the school fair. I sighed in relief, thank god... Mr Sang wouldn't know if I was late or not since we weren't having proper lessons!

"I'll just go in for Economics," I muttered to myself as I walked back into my room, crawling under the blankets again.

I reached for my phone to set the alarm clock for before lunch at the university would end so i'd be back in time for Economics. I frowned as I noticed I had three texts. I unlocked my phone and clicked on the first text.

From: Annoying Assface Kim Jaejoong

Sent at: 09:17AM

I rolled my eyes at the name, no doubt Jiyong must have changed his name from 'Jaejoong Oppa' to the current name. How childish.

Hey Dara! Are you okay? How come you aren't in university? I hope you're not ill! Get better soon! I'll tell Mrs Kim you aren't feeling well if you'd like, and I can take notes for you. You don't need to worry! Just get better neh? If you want, I can bring you come chicken soup later? Take care! :)

~ Jaejoong Oppa

I scrunched my nose up slightly at the ending of his text. 'Oppa' didn't really look right next to his name, but it will be a bit awkward if I tell him.. Hmm... I'll just ignore it. I went off of the text, deciding to text him back after I read the other texts. One must be from CL-roo and the other from Bommie.

My eyes widened in shock when I saw who the sender was. What the hell? When did he even get my number?!

From: Jiyong Oppa who I love to drool over

Sent at: 08:59AM

Pffft! DROOL OVER?! Tch! He wishes! He must've put his number in the other day... when he saw Jaejoong's number and changed his name. I rolled my eyes as I bit back a smile at his childish behaviour.

Yah! Why aren't you in?! Are you ill?! I told you you should eat more! Look what happens when you don't eat alot and then never bring out a jacket! Tch! You just wait till I get my hands on you rabbit, imma stuff you up till you turn from a rabbit into a pig!

P.S. NO MORE ICECREAM FOR YOU!

~ Jiyong Oppa

Tch! I couldn't help but compare the two together. Jaejoong's text was so nice and caring, but this? What is this?! So rude! A pig? He wants to fatten me up? I don't need fattening up! This is all his fault! I wouldn't be ill if it wasn't for hi--. Hold up. I'm not even ill. These guys are so dramatic. My eyes landed on the ending of the text again, 'Jiyong Oppa'. Huh... Don't ever tell him I said this... but it has a nice ring to it... It actually looks right compared to 'Jaejoong Oppa'. Not that i'm ever going to call him that, in his dreams!

I couldn't help but wonder how Jiyong could just pretend that nothing had happened the night before and just act 'normal'. I closed the text and went to the last text, noticing that Jiyong had sent me another text shortly after the other text.

From: Jiyong Oppa who I love to drool over

Sent at: 09:00AM

Unless you're avoiding me...

~ Jiyong

I froze as I read the text. No more 'Jiyong Oppa? He thinks I'm avoiding him? Because of what happened last night? So he doesn't just forget that it happens. I wonder if he's been thinking about it too?

I placed the phone down beside my pillow as I lay on my back contemplating on how to text him back. Do I just ignore the texts, or should I text him back? It will be awkward if I reply back to the one about me avoiding him.. but if I come into class later he'll really think I was avoiding him since I should've been spending two hours with him this morning preparing for the fair. I bit my lip, thinking about the various options. Should I just not go in today and pretend to be ill? That way it would be an excuse for not going in... and Jiyong can't accuse me of avoiding him! I mean... he already assumed I was ill anyway... Maybe...

I sighed heavily as I grabbed my phone ready to text him before I placed it back down. Damn. Why do I have to be a goody-two shoes? I don't want to mess up my attendance... I mean I already missed one lesson this week... It came down to two options:

1 - Go into class to not ruin my attendance but risk making things awkward between Jiyong and I and possibly hurting his feelings if he thinks i'm avoiding him.

OR

2 - Pretend to be ill like he already thinks I am and skip class so that Jiyong won't be hurt by thinking I was avoiding him.

Tch! The answer was simple. I didn't even know why I spent so long thinking about it. I grabbed my phone again and clicked on the first text Jiyong sent me.

From: Dara

Sent at: 11:09AM

I'm not avoiding you, I'm not feeling well. This is all your fault. :(

~ Dara the most awesome person in the whole world who DOES NOT DROOL

I read over the text at least ten times whilst contemplating The ending looks like there's something missing... Hmm... Kiss? No kiss? I usually put a kiss at the end of my texts... would that be too weird? But why would it be weird? Let's try it...

~ Dara the most awesome person in the whole world who DOES NOT DROOL x

NO! Definitely NO! What if he gets the wrong idea?!

Ergh! This is giving me a headache. I'll just send it without the kiss.

After pressing send I went to reply to Jaejoong.

From: Dara

Sent at: 11:15AM

Hey Jae. Yeah i'm ill, thanks for asking. Thanks so much for taking notes for me, I really appreciate it. No need to buy me soup, i'm fine. I'm just going to get some sleep.

~ Dara

I immediately pressed send, not bothering to read over it. I wouldn't of replied if I wasn't brought up to be polite. Plus I hated it when I texted someone and they didn't text back, so I have to treat people the same way!

I placed my phone back down as I thought about what to do with my day. 'Eh! May as well sleep, it's rare for me to get long amounts of time to sleep... Plus I'm supposedly ill anyway!' I closed my eyes and my side going back to sleep.

Jiyong's POV

Was she really avoiding me? Had I really scared her that much? If I had known this would've happened I never would have... but it's not like I can control myself when i'm around her... she was just lay there, looking all inviting... It's her own fault! She was practically asking for it! I sulked in my seat in the cafeteria, as I looked over at the vacant seat beside me where a certain brunette girl should be sat.

"Stop sulking Ji, you look like a love sick puppy," Seunghyun grumbled as he moved away from Bom who kept trying to feed him, venting his annoyance out at me.

"I'm not sulking, I don't know what you're talking about," I denied as I glared at him.

"Jiyong Oppa, you are very obviously sulking. Look at you, you're pouting," CL piped in pointing at my face.

"Pouting?! Kwon Jiyong doesn't pout!" I vehemently denied as I shook my head, "Where's Dara anyway?" I asked, trying to sound like I didn't care too much.

CL gave me a knowing look causing me to squirm under her gaze, "Don't know, maybe she's not feeling well."

That's what I thought! But surely... even if she's ill she should be up by now right? She should've seen my text? Why isn't she texting me back?! I'm sure it's not that difficult to text back! I knew it. She's avoiding me. I scared her less and she's avoiding me!

I glared at the empty seat beside me when I felt my phone vibrate. I immediately dug into my pocket and whipped my phone out in anticipation, a smile coming to my face when I saw who it was from.

From: Daraddiction

Sent at: 11:09AM

I'm not avoiding you, I'm not feeling well. This is all your fault. :(

~ Dara the most awesome person in the whole world who DOES NOT DROOL

I chuckled at how she ended the text, imagining how she must've glared at her phone with a cute pout. So she wasn't avoiding me? I couldn't help but feel relieved that I hadn't scared her enough to avoid me. The relief soon turned into concern, so she was ill? This rabbit... she really needs to take care of herself better!

"What are you smiling about hyung?" I heard Seungri ask, as he wriggled his eyebrows up and down, "Is that Dara noona?" This rat... I'm glad he had returned back to normal, but not at the expense of teasing me. He was going to get it tonight.

"None of your business rat." I quipped back before standing up from my seat, "I'm going now, since i'm not hungry." I walked off without any further explanation.

I walked out of the cafeteria and then the university with no intention of coming back later. Screw the last lesson, I hope this pisses off Mrs Kim. I smirked at the thought as I entered a soup shop.

"Ahjumma, please can I get one chicken and ginseng soup to go?"

Dara's POV

I yawned as I woke up, feeling even more refreshed than when I had woken up earlier. I lazily rolled off of the bed, scratching my head as I left my room and made my way towards the kitchen. I looked at the clock in the living room - 12:58. Hmm, lunchtime has almost finished... No wonder I was feeling hungry!

My eyebrows furrowed in confusion as I saw a lone pot in a bag in the middle of the kitchen table. I approached it slowly, looking left and right scared someone was about to jump out and scare me. I reached for the bag and pulled it closer to me. I looked inside and saw a large white pot with a sticky note on top. I removed the pot from the bag, placing it back down on the table and peeled the sticky note off.

'Make sure you drink this all up arasso? Get better soon ^^ ~ Jiyong Oppa'

A wide smile spread on my face as I glanced at the note and then at the pot. I stuck the post down to the table as I lifted the lid off the pot, steam immediately flowing from the pot. I glanced back down at the note, my heart fluttering again at his sweet actions. I looked around wondering where he was. Had he just dropped off the soup and left?

I grabbed a spoon and sat down drinking the soup with enthusiasm as I held the sticky note in my left hand, reading his surprisingly neat handwriting, over and over again.