_____ and Jaehyo were getting ready for graduation.

"OH MY GOD!! I can't believe it! School is actually over!!! What will I do now? How will K spend my days?!"

"Simple answer to a stupid question." Jaeheon said. "How about spending it with your girlfriend? You can't get married before I do though."

"Gosh, how can someone with such a genius IQ be such an idiot?" ______ sighed.

She shook her head.

"was that directed at me, or Hyung?" Jaehyo asked.

"Both...but I still love you."

______ grinned and went off to do her hair for graduation.

"Jagiya!~~" Jaehyo called out.

"Aigoo..." she giggled. "Mwo?"

"Is IT going to be there?"

He cringed and made a disgusted face.

"Baek Soohyun?! Yeah, I think he's graduating."

"Eww...yeah right." he scoffed. "He's not graduating until he’s at least 80...or deaf..."

"Deaf?" _______ asked.

"DEAD!" he corrected. "I meant DEAD. It just came out like 'deaf' because I swallowed."

"______-ah, I also agree with what you said a few minutes ago. Dumbest genius EVER!"

______ high-fivefold the elder brother.

She snickered.

"This is why he wasn't the valedictorian like you were, Oppa."

"Ara. I realize that it was too much to ask."

Jaehyo narrowed his eyes at them.

"I'm not deaf."

"You mean dead?" ______ teased.

"Daebak!!!" Jaeheon shouted.

"Meanies. Yah, Seo ______, you didn't answer my question. Is Naeun coming?"

"That’s not what you asked though." she laughed. "How should I know?"

“She's YOUR new best friend." he pouted.

"MWOYA?!" Jaeheon shouted.

"So we've been talking again. It's not like I'm hanging out with her all the time and ignoring you."

"DAYUM!!! I think that was a shot at you."

Jaehyo glared at his Hyung.

"ARA!" he growled through his teeth. "I get it..."

"Mehrong!~"

"Bleh!"

"Plus, I'm straight and you don’t have to imagine me with her, romantically. Like I did.”

Jaehyo and Jaeheon looked at each other.

They smirked.

Yep, they imagined it, like any guy would.

“Well…”

“Well…what?” she asked.

She eyed the brothers, to figure out what they were thinking.

“We don’t NEED to, but it sort of just happened.” Jaehyo chuckled.

She stared at her boyfriend blankly.

“Are you kidding me?”

“Ani…I just pictured it too.” Jaeheon laughed.

“STOP IT!!!” ______ whined.

“I don’t think I want to.” Her boyfriend teased.

“Aish, you two are such BYUNTAES!!!” she shouted.

Jaehyo glared at his Hyung.

“Yah, Hyung, don’t imagine your future sister-in-law like that!!!~” he shouted.

Jaeheon shrugged.

“YOU don’t imagine my future sister-in-law like that!”

“I can’t help it, she put the image in my head. She’s MY lovey, I CAN think about her, like that, ALL I WANT!~”

______ rolled her eyes.

“Aish, I just meant that…I…NEVER MIND!!~ Aigoo….Byuntae Oppas….” she exclaimed and went to house to finish getting ready.

______ spotted Jinyoung across the auditorium.

They were organized, alphabetically, by surname.

As of now, he was too far away.

The closest person to her, that she knew, was CNU.

"Dongwoo-ya!!!~~" she squealed.

CNU turned to give her a smile.

"______-ah!~"

"CHUKAHAE!!"

"CHUKAHAE, right back."

She giggled and gave him a big hug.

"Shin Dongwoo, we need to take some pictures together, Arasseo? You and the guys were a big part of my life this year."

"Arasseo." he nodded.

They took a few selcas together.

"Assa, Halbae will be so jealous that I was the first."

"Dongwoo!" she scolded. "Aigoo, I'll send these to you."

"Okay.."

Just as she was about to send them, her phone rang.

"Aish, my parents are looking for me."

"We'll find the old man later. He'll be disappointed if he doesn't see you. You, Seo ______, were a huge part of his year too."

"Ara..." she said softly.

She returned to where her parents were, with Jaehyo and his family at their sides.

"Quit disappearing." Jaehyo scolded.

He crossed his arms.

"Aigoo, am I a loner? Do I have no friends, other than you?" she sassed.

"Uh...duh!~" he sassed right back. "I'm your only friend and you're my only friend."

"So what are we, chopped liver?" B-Bomb asked.

"Face it? We're not as important to him." Taeil sighed. "Here I thought we were family."

"Jaehyo Hyung is my family." Taehyung, Taeil's dongsaeng, spoke up. "Jaehyo Hyung bought that 'Diablo 3' for ME, not YOU, Hyung."

"Taehyungie is so cute!!~" Jaehyo chuckled. "I'm just better with kids."

He ruffled the kid's hair.

______ shook her head.

"You bribed Taehyungie with a video game to make him say that he loves you at graduation?"

"Ani, Noona, I liked Hyung anyway."

"Yeah, see?! Where were you anyway?" Jaehyo nagged.

______ smiled.

She held up her phone.

"I'm making memories! I only got pictures with all of you, and CNU."

"Hehe that rhymes,"

"Oh no!! Graduation ended, less than, an hour ago and his brain is already going to mush." Jaeheon trolled.

"Oh no, is Jaehyo Oppa....brain deaf?" ______ gasped dramatically.

"EXACTLY!!"

Everyone looked at each other, completely lost.

"Wait, what?" B-Bomb asked.

"What is 'brain deaf'?" Taeil whispered,

______ and Jaeheon laughed.

Jaehyo pouted.

"Yah,  I had to shallow, OKAY?!" he whined.

"Sorry, you kind of had to be there." ______ snickered.

“I WAS THERE!~” Jaehyo whined. “It wasn’t so awesome!”

“No, it was.” Jaeheon laughed.

Jaehyo turned to his girlfriend, giving her his puppy dog eyes.

______ smiled and got on her tip-toes to kiss the tip of his nose.

“I love you, Derp.”

“Nado.”

“NOONA!!~”

______ looked around to see where the voice came from.

She knew it was Gongchan, but she didn’t know where he was.

Jaehyo noticed her looking.

He shook his head.

“Yep, I’m the derp? Aigoo…Channie is by Jung Jinyoung.” he pointed out. “Ka! Go over there.”

She made eye-contact with Jaehyo.

“Oppa…?”

“Ka.”

“Jinjja?”

She narrowed her eyes and stared closer at his face.

He chuckled.

“YAH! Wae are you looking at me like that? Ka. I don’t have a problem with you being friends with your ex. BUT…Naeun on the other hand. Your judgment is flawed.”

______ rolled her eyes.

“Aish…Just when I was feeling so touched…you go and ruin it.”

“What? I don’t like her. I don’t think he does either. For that, he can’t be too bad. Like I said…flawed judgment.”

“That’s what I thought…” Jaeheon sighed. “BUT…for me, it was about her liking you.”

“I need to take pictures!!~” ______ squealed. “Sunwoo, and Junghwannie are here too! YAY! I can get a picture with the group.”

She ran over excitedly, tripping over her own foot in the process.

“Aigoo…she would.” Jaehyo chuckled.

Taeil pouted.

“She didn’t ask to take a picture with US!” he complained. “Did she take a picture with you, Minhyuk?”

“Ani…but doesn’t she have enough pictures with us?”

“Yeah…so? She could’ve asked.”

“She didn’t ask ME either. Don’t whine so much.” Jaehyo muttered.

He side-eyed his friends.

“Yeah…but you have enough pictures of yourself, so what’s the point?” Jaeheon asked. “Wait…THAT is her ex?”

“Yeah…”

“Wow…he’s pretty.”

“HYUNG!”

The elder brother sighed.

“WHAT? I’m just saying, he’s a pretty guy! Geez, don’t get so -hurt because I didn’t call you pretty too. Babo.”

______ went over to where B1A4 was.

“Seo ______, are you trying to die?” Jinyoung teased.

______ glared at him.

She playfully shoved him.

“Yah, Halbae.”

Jinyoung grinned.

“Don’t push a Halbae, we’re frail and breakable. Oh…by the way…nice entrance.”

She blinked at him.

“Mwo? Entrance?”

“Mhm…when you when us to accept your diploma.” He teased.

 

---------------Flashback----------------------------------------

 

“SEO ______!” The principal called.

As she walked up the stairs, in her heels, she did just fine.

Then, she got to the top of the stage.

PLOP!

She quickly stood back up, dusted herself off, and accepted her diploma.

She was both happy, and extremely embarrassed.

 

---------------------End of Flashback---------------------------------------

 

“At least you made it up the stairs okay.” Jinyoung told her. He patted her back. “You did well, until you got to the flat ground.”

______ scrunched up her nose, and stuck out her tongue.

“Meanie…I’m not good with heels.”

“From what I’ve seen…you’re not good with walking period.”

“Blah, blah, blah…”

“Who is this?” a man asked.

He stepped up next to Jinyoung.

“Oh Ilwoo Hyung.”

“Annyeonghaseyo!~” the members bowed to greet him.

“Annyeonghaseyo…” ______ said.

Ilwoo stared at her for a moment.

“Aah, you’re Seo ______! The girl my cousin let go of.”

Jinyoung glared at him.

“Hyung.”

“I remember you.” ______ said. “We talked a few times. It’s nice to finally meet you.”

She shook his hand.

“______ wants to take pictures to document this occasion.” CNU said.

“Ne! We already took a few and I sent them to Dongwoo’s phone.”

Jinyoung’s eyes widened.

He frowned at them.

“Wait…what? You took pictures without me?”

“Halbae, you’re too slow…and surnames beginning with ‘S’ are in the same section. ‘J’ is too far away. I came back, just for you. Do don’t think I could EVER forget about you, do you?”

She smiled at him.

“Ani, we meant too much to each other this year.”

“Exactly my point.” She pulled out her phone. “This year, you were pretty much the most important person in my life.”

“Ara…” he said in a playful, cocky, tone. 

“He’s senile.” CNU noted.

“Aah, I got it.” ______ nodded in agreement. “Don’t break my camera, arasseo?”

After the graduation ceremony, their mother's made a huge feast.

"We've graduated!! It's so exciting!!!! Akdksjabsckendj!!!"

"Oppa, are you going to explode?"

"Yeah, I think I should go release it in the bathroom or something. If I keep it in...I'll surely blow up."

"That didn't sound right." she snickered.

"I know! See, what happens when I hold it in? It's like a 'fart'...verbally. This is why people always tell me to shut my mouth."

He shoved some food into his mouth.

"You should start playing Aion, and Star Craft, religiously, again to relieve that verbal 'constipation'...huh?" she asked, causing him to choke on his food.

"Why are we talking about these things while we eat?" he asked. "Aish, this verbal diarrhea."

"Eww." she giggled. "Shut up!"

"Told you! It never fails."

"Aigoo, remember a while back when we weren't talking?" 

"ANI, I don’t remember. It’s all a blur to me. Did that really happen? Was there a time that we didn’t speak?" he pretended to forget. “Don’t you dare

"Ne! Aah, I miss those times."

"You do not! I'm your favorite person in the world."

______ sighed.

"J know, what does that say about me?"

"What does that say for your sanity?" Jaeheon asked.

"What sanity? I haven't been sane since I was nine years old. That is eleven years."

"Don't you feel sorry for me then? It's been 20 years! I've known him since he was born!"

"Omo, imagine how poor Eomeonim and Abeonim must feel."

Jaehyo stared blankly.

"Are you aware that I can hear you?"

"Yes ma'am!~"

Jaehyo pulled her down into his lap and tickled her.

“Take it back!~”

“NEVER!!~~~~”

"So...can we start planning your wedding now?" Zico asked, interrupting their moment.

"MWO?!" the couple exclaimed.

______ sat up on Jaehyo’s lap.

"Well...Hyung and Noona have graduated, next comes marriage."

Jaehyo shook his head.

"Is this your Babo way of proposing for me?"

"Well, we figured, you've been together for decades..." Kyung exaggerated.

"Decades?" Jaehyo repeated. "It's been ONE decade. DECADE, not decades. Singular, not plural."

"Aish, see Kyung, now we're getting a grammar lesson because of you." Taeil whined.

"Nuh uh!!" Kyung whined. "Jiho started it by mentioning a wedding."

______ sighed.

"Umma, Eomeonim's, Appa, Abeoji, and Jaeheon Oppa are probably planning that."

"I wouldn't doubt it." Jaehyo nodded in agreement. "I definitely wouldn't put past them."

______'s cell phone vibrated.

She had gotten a text.

Jaehyo got a peek at who it was from.

"Be careful...you're risking your life!! She could've sent you a virtual bomb. You could explode."

______ rolled her eyes.

"You're exaggerating."

"You haven't gotten the chance to make babies yet." B-Bomb pointed out.

“I KNOW!~” Jaehyo exclaimed. “We need to get married and have babies first.”

“Why do I love him?” ______ asked. She face-palmed. “Anyone, want to answer that for me?”

“We’d all like to know.” Their friends said.

“Me too. Why do you love me?” Jaehyo asked. “No wait…don’t tell me.”

“Alright…” she giggled.

They forgot about it and went back to the party.

A few minutes later, ______ grabbed Jaehyo’s hand and pulled him aside.

Jaehyo stared at her, confused.

“Wae? Did you want to be alone THAT badly?”

“We’re not alone. This house is full of people.” She pointed out.

“Ara.”

______ took a deep-breath.

“Oppa?”

“Ne?”

"You want the truth?”

Now, he was even more confused.

"About?" he asked curiously.

"About our relationship..."

Jaehyo blinked.

"Yours and mine? Or, yours and Soohyun's?"

"Mine and Pikachu's, YOU FREAK!!" she laughed. "Who did you think?"

"Oh..." he chuckled. "Well, YAH, you don't need to yell."

"You're crazy!”

“No, you’re crazy. You’re the one that face planted in front of EVERYONE at graduation.” He teased.

“THAT WAS EMBARASSING!!~” she whined. She glared at him. “Don’t interrupt me. I’m trying to make a point.”

“Mianhae.”

He made the motion of locking his lips and throwing away the key.

“ The truth is, when you're in the relationship, that person becomes your best friend. That's what makes the relationship stronger. You know that the relationship is worthwhile, when you can tell each other everything and tease each other, without the other getting offended. So having my best friend as my boyfriend, I wouldn't trade that for anything."

"Even a chance to get back with Jung Jinyoung?"

______ smiled and caressed his cheek.

"I'm still mad about Naeun breaking us up, but I'm not getting back together with him."

"Are you sure that all of your feelings for Jung Jinyoung are gone?"

______ nodded.

"My heart is one-hundred percent, yours again."

"What about Son Naeun? You trust her?"

"I don't know yet, but I'm willing to give her a chance. I'm not going to keep holding grudges. If I did, where would we be right now? We’d be…like strangers and I can’t handle not having you in my life. I’m glad we made up, because a lot happened after that. I love you more than I did when we were kids."

"MANSE!"

"I'm planning to stay with you until after we get married..."

Jaehyo had a horrified expression on his face.

"MWOYA?! You're going to marry me and then ditch me after the kiss?! What?! No honey moon?! Yah, we have to consummate the marriage. At least a few times."

______ rolled her eyes.

"You Babo, let me finish! I'm planning to stay with you until after we get married, have children, and spend the next sixty or seventy years together."

"Ahh...when I'm old, wrinkly, smelly, and forget my own name."

"You're already smelly and forget your own name." she teased.

"Awww I love you too!~~" he squealed, covering her face with kisses.

"Yah!~~" she giggled.

"It's from sports. I'm a jock, I can't help it."

"Don’t share your sweat in public!"

"You'd rather I do it in private?" he teased.

"I'd rather you take a shower...or eight."

"Eight?"

"Yeah, you're right. You’d need more than that. If not, I won’t claim you in person.”

“Yah, we’re not going back to being strangers again.”

“Aww…can’t I just pretend?” she teased.

“NEVER!”

“Arasseo.”

Jaehyo smiled mischievously.

“Seo ______, if you want to act like strangers, you best believe I’m going to embarrass the hell out of you. You won’t be about to get away from me.”

“That sounded creepy. Now I want to get rid of you.”

“TOO BAD!” he shouted. “I promise to do girl group dances in public.”

“ANDWAE!” she whimpered.

“You’ll be so traumatized. Mehrong!”

“I don’t know you!~’

“Do too!~~~”

“Do NOT!~~~”

“Yes, you do!~”

“Who are you?!”

“I’m yours, of course.” He smiled.

“Did you come with a receipt, in case I choose to make a return or exchange?”

“You can’t return a custom-made, one of a kind product.”

“Awww….But…But…can’t I, at least, try?” she pouted.

“Seo ______!!~” he scolded.

______ giggled and wrapped her arms around his torso.

“Kidding!~ I love you, Derptastically, daebak stranger.”

“Psh…I’m funnier than any stranger you know.”

“If it’s a ‘stranger’ I don’t know them. You really are the dumbest genius.” She giggled.

“Well, I’m the funniest!!” he insisted.

______ stared at him.

“Oh really? Prove it. Tell me a funny joke.”

Jaehyo thought about it for a while.

“Why did the chicken run across the road?!”

“Seriously? The oldest joke…ever.”

“Just answer it!” he grumbled.

“To get to the other side?”

“NO! There was a KFC truck approaching and he didn’t want to die.”

“Okay…its official. We’re strangers. If you ever tell that joke again, with other people around…there is just no way to fix us.”

“It was funny! Don’t you get it?! He didn't want to get hit by the truck, and get taken to-....”

______ sighed and cut him off.

“Yeah, that’s what’s so sad.” She caressed his cheek. “It means I know you too well. Poor me. This stranger that I know too well.”

“YAH!!! Want me to tickle you?” he warned.

“What? You are STRANGER than anyone else I know. Aish...your lame jokes are contagious." she shook her head.

"Punny." he nodded.

"LAME!"

"You love me!~"

"I know...don't you feel sorry for me." she giggled.

"YAH!"

"Kidding!" she tiptoed to kiss his lips.

"Tell me that my joke was daebak....or else I'll shut off your wi-fi..."

"It was...derptastically daebak, as always."

 

 

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....THE END....