AFTER SCHOOL I GO MEET UP WITH TAE HYUNG AND JI MIN BY THE FRONT GATE LIKE PLANNED.

TAE HYUNG SEES ME FIRST.

"HOW WAS YOUR LAST CLASS?"

"IT WAS GREAT. I THINK I'M GOING TO LIKE SCHOOL."

"NO, YOU DEFINITELY ARE NOT GOING TO ENJOY IT. YOU MIGHT FOR A WHILE BUT THEN YOU'LL GET TIRED OF IT."

"I DON'T THINK SO."

"YOU WANNA BET ON IT?"

"BET?"

"IF YOU DO END UP GETTING TIRED OF SCHOOL YOU WILL DO ANYTHING I TELL YOU TO DO FOR AN ENTIRE DAY."

"OKAY."

"HMM LET'S SEE.... HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE?"

"I SAY A MONTH," JI MIN SAYS.

"ALL RIGHT THEN. A MONTH."

"AND IF I'M NOT TIRED OF SCHOOL IN A MONTH?"

"THEN I'LL DO WHATEVER YOU TELL ME TO DO."

"DEAL."

WE START MAKING OUR WAY HOME.

"I'M TOTALLY GOING TO WIN," TAE HYUNG MUMBLES.

"NO YOU'RE NOT."

WE STOP AT THE CORNER AND WAIT FOR THE SIGNAL TO CROSS.

"KOOKIE, YOU WANNA COME OVER TO OUR HOUSE TODAY?"

JI MIN LOOKS AT ME WITH HOPEFUL EYES.

"UHM... I WOULD LOVE TO, BUT I DIDN'T ASK MY MOTHER FOR PERMISSION."

"CALL HER. I'M SURE SHE'LL LET YOU."

"OKAY."

I TAKE OUT MY PHONE FROM MY POCKET AND CALL MY MOM.

"HI SWEETIE. ARE YOU ON YOUR WAY HOME?"

"I..I AM BUT JI MIN AND TAE HYUNG INVITED ME TO THEIR HOUSE. CAN I GO?"

"SURE HONEY."

"REALLY?"

"YES."

"OH OKAY. THANK YOU."

"BE CAREFUL. HAVE FUN."

"YES MA'AM."

"AND DON'T COME HOME THAT LATE."

"YES MA'AM. THANK YOU."

"BYE SWEETIE."

"BYE."

BOTH TAE HYUNG AND JI MIN ARE LOOKING AT ME.

"SHE LET YOU, RIGHT?"

"YEAH."

"TOLD YOU SO. C'MON LET'S GO."

WE CROSS THE STREET AND CONTINUE WALKING.

BECAUSE HIS HOUSE IS CLOSER TO THE SCHOOL THAN MINE WE GET THERE IN NO TIME.

"WE'RE HOME," JI MIN YELLS.

"IN THE KITCHEN," SOMEONE YELLS BACK.

WE MAKE OUR WAY OVER THERE.

THAT SOMEONE WAS JIN HYUNG.

"YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME YOU WERE BRINGING OVER MY BABY," HE SAYS.

JIN HYUNG WALKS UP TO ME AND PULLS ME IN FOR A HUG.

"H...HELLO JIN HYUNG."

"HOW HAVE YOU BEEN JUNG KOOK?"

"GOOD. AND YOU?"

"I'VE BEEN ALL RIGHT."

"WHERE ARE THE OTHERS?" TAE HYUNG LOOKS AROUND.

"NAM JOON IS IN HIS ROOM READING, YOON GI IS SLEEPING IN HIS ROOM, AND HO SEOK SHOULD BE HOME FROM WORK ANY MINUTE NOW."

"OKAY."

"GO GET OUT OF YOUR UNIFORMS. DINNER IS ALMOST READY."

THE THREE OF US GO UPSTAIRS. JI MIN GOES TO HIS ROOM AND TAE HYUNG AND I TO TAE HYUNGS.

AS SOON AS THE DOOR SHUTS TAE HYUNG TAKES OFF HIS SHIRT. I SIT ON HIS BED. HE GOES INTO HIS CLOSET AND COMES OUT WITH TWO SETS OF CLOTHES.

"THAT SHOULD FIT YOU," HE SAYS AFTER HANDING ME ONE PAIR.

"O...OKAY."

HE CONTIUES TO UNDRESS. I LOOK DOWN AT THE CLOTHES.

"DO YOU WANT ME TO HELP YOU OR SOMETHING?"

"HUH? OH NO. SHOULD I CHANGE IN HERE OR...?"

"YEAH."

"OKAY."

I START UNDRESSING. ONCE I GET TO MY PANTS TAE HYUNG STOPS ME.

"ACTUALLY WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO CHANGE IN THE BATHROOM."

"OH OKAY."

I LEAVE THE ROOM.

ONCE WE ARE ALL DONE WE GO BACK DOWNSTAIRS.

JIN HYUNG CALLS US OVER.

"JI MIN WILL YOU BE A SWEETHEART AND SET THE TABLE FOR ME?"

"YES SIR."

"TAE HYUNG, JUNG KOOK YOU GUYS GO BUY THE GROCERIES FOR TOMORROW."

"WHERE?" TAE HYUNG ASKS HIM.

"AT THE SUPERMARKET OF COURSE."

"OOH I KNOW WHERE THERE IS A SUPERMARKET CLOSE BY," I TELL THEM.

"THERE YOU GO."

"OKAY BUT WHAT SHOULD I BUY?"

"I'LL TEXT YOU THE LIST."

"ALL RIGHT."

"LET ME GO GET MY WALLET."

"NO, IT'S FINE HYUNG. I GOT IT."

"THANKS TAE."

"NO PROBLEM."

"BE CAREFUL."

"WE WILL."

AT THE SUPERMARKET WE GO THROUGH EACH AISLE.

TAE HYUNG STOPS WALKING. "HOW MANY MORE THINGS DO WE HAVE LEFT?"

"ONE."

"GOOD I'M STARVING."

WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AISLE.

WE PUT THE LAST ITEM IN THE CART AND BEGIN WALKING AWAY.

"JUNG KOOK," SOMEONE SAYS.

WE BOTH TURN AROUND.

"HAK YEON?"

"I KNEW IT WAS YOU. OUT GROCERY SHOPPING TOO?"

"YEAH."

"WHO'S YOUR FRIEND?"

"TAE HYUNG THIS IS MY FRIEND HAK YEON FROM AP CALCULUS."

"NICE TO MEET YOU."

"LIKEWISE."

THEY SHAKE HANDS WITH A SMILE ON THEIR FACES BUT THE AURA IS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE.

THEY LET GO AND THE SMILES DISAPPEAR.

HAK YEON PUTS HIS ARM AROUND MY SHOULDER. "KOOKIE YOU WANNA COME OVER TOMORROW?"

"TO YOUR HOUSE?"

"YEAH."

"UHM-"

"HE CAN'T."

"WHY NOT?"

"BECAUSE HE CAN'T."

"THERE HAS TO BE A REASON."

"THERE IS BUT IT'S PERSONAL."

"FINE THEN. MAYBE NEXT TIME HUH?"

"MAYBE NOT," TAE HYUNG SAYS SERIOUSLY.

I LOOK AT TAE HYUNG THEN HAK YEON AND BACK TO TAE HYUNG. "WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?"

"NOTHING BABE. LET'S GO."

TAE HYUNG GRABS MY HAND AND STARTS WALKING. 

I LOOK BACK TO HAK YEON.

"BYE HAK YEON."

"SEE YOU AT SCHOOL CUTIE."

ON THE WAY HOME I TRY TO ASK TAE HYUNG WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT BUT HE CONTINUES TO SAY "IT WAS NOTHING."

I STOP ASKING.

"YOU CALLED ME BABE EARLIER. IS THAT A NEW NICKNAME? WHAT DOES IT MEAN?"

"IT'S A...UHM... WHAT YOU CALL SOMEONE WHO YOU DEEPLY CARE FOR."

"CAN I ALSO CALL YOU BABE? I LIKE HOW IT SOUNDS."

"UH YEAH IF YOU WANT."

WE GET HOME AND PUT THE GROCERIES AWAY THEN JOIN THE REST ON THE DINNER TABLE.

TAE HYUNG AND I SIT NEXT TO EACH OTHER.

JIN BRINGS THE FOOD TO THE TABLE. "HOW WAS YOUR TRIP TO THE MARKET BOYS?"

"FUN," I SAY.

"UNTIL THAT GUY SHOWED UP," TAE HYUNG MUMBLES QUIETLY.

"WHAT WAS THAT TAE HYUNG?"

"NOTHING HYUNG."

"ALL RIGHT WELL DINNER IS SERVED."

JIN SITS DOWN AT THE EDGE OF THE TABLE.

WE EAT DINNER WITH CONVERSATIONS HERE AND THERE.

"MAY YOU PASS ME THE PITCHER OF WATER PLEASE," I TELL TAE HYUNG.

HE GETS IT BUT INSTEAD OF HANDING IT TO ME HE POURS THE WATER IN MY CUP FOR ME.

"THANKS BABE," I SAY.

EVERYONE BUT YOON GI HYUNG BEGIN TO CHOKE ON THE FOOD IN THEIR MOUTH.

I LOOK AT TAE HYUNG CONFUSED.

"," IS ALL HE SAYS.

A/N: HEY I'M BACK WITH ANOTHER CHAPTER

PLEASE DON'T KILL ME FOR TAKING SO LONG ㅠㅠ 

I WILL TRY MY BEST TO UPDATE FASTER ;)

UNTIL NEXT TIME MY DARLING~