14 A Stranger
In DenialJi Eun excused herself from walking home back together for the Exo-k lads as
she stayed more time at school as she needs to catch up with her studies.
“Are you sure you want to be left alone, Ji Eunnie?”, asked the worried Suho
“we can always stay”, Kai suggested as he played with the stray dog
“Ani. It is okay. I’m fine. Don’t worry about me”, she said with assurance to their worried faces.
They went back reluctantly anyways.
*AFTER A FEW HOURS*
Ji Eun walked out of the school library clumsily as she almost tripped as her shoelaces were untied.
The papers she carried rained the hall just outside the library.
She sighed, annoyed as she bent to tie untied shoelace.
She picked her papers and books one by one accompanied by colourful curses, then a hand
reached out to help her. She paused at the young man who helped her without her requesting it.
“hmm, Thank you”, she whispered loud enough for him to hear.
He piled up her papers and book and passed it to her. He smiled sincerely at Ji Eun
“I’m Park Ki Hyun, hi Ji Eun”, he said warmly
“oh? H-how did you know m-my name?!’, she stuttered to him curiously
“your name tag?”, he pointed at her name tag
“ahh, i see...”, she replied, embarrassed.
“Aish, stupid”, she thought shamefully.
“erm.. Thank you Park Ki Hyun-shi”, she said sincerely and started to walk away
“ Ji Eun?”, he called
Ji Eun stopped and turned around to look at him
“If you are thankful, would you like to buy me bubble tea?”, he asked smirking hopefully
“ah? Bubble tea? Okay, sure.... Um”, she replied unsure of what to answer.
“now?”, she added inquisitively.
He then walked towards Ji Eun in agreement
They walked to the bubble tea shop awkwardly.
“So... Ji Eun-ah, usually I would see you with Exo-k, why are you alone today?”, he asked curiously.
Ji Eun played with the hem of her uniform, nervous and scared of the stranger she just met.
“erm.. I wanted to study a little more”, she answered honestly with an awkward chuckle.
Meanwhile, Baekhyun and Chanyeol was hanging out around that area as well.
“Yah, yah, yeollie, isn’t that Ji Eun?”, Baekhyun asked forgetting their topic of conversation.
They moved closer carefully following Ji Eun and the stranger beside her.
“You’re right but who is she with?”
“Yah, yah! Be careful, they might notice us”
“He’s from our school! I mean look at his uniform but that’s weird.. I have never seen him before”
“Is he new? I have never seen him too”
“Should we call Sehun?”,Baekhyun added
“Why don’t we figure out who he is first?”, Chanyeol suggested, rejecting Baekhyun’s idea
“what?! How? We must inform Sehun! He will be jealous haha”, Baekhyun said jokingly
“Suho and D.O must know who is new or not. We can ask them to figure out! Am i not a genius?”,
Chanyeol added energetically.
“That is a good idea!’, Baekhyun fina
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