Chapter 42

the thin line between love and hate
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"I want to be a singer, that's my plan for the future" Hui commented as he drank his soda, they took a break to talk with each other while enjoying their drinks; Shopping was more tiring than she expected so she decided to blame the cold. "But my parents aren't really supportive of that, so I might need a backup plan" He added and Soojin nodded, understanding. 

 

"At first I wanted to be a doctor like my parents, But I really liked dance and I'm considering doing it for a career" She smiled. "Shuhua said I'm a good dancer" 

 

Hui chuckled. "If she said that then I'm sure it's true; She tends to be…" She watched as he tried to think of a polite way to put it. "Brutally honest?" He suggested. "So I don't think she would lie to you"

 

"How did you and Shuhua meet by the way?" Soojin suddenly asked, feeling curious and Hui took another sip of his soda. 

 

"We used to be in the cooking club together," He replied and Soojin was surprised as she didn't think Hui would like that. "I entered because I want to learn how to bake cookies for my sister," He laughed, embarrassed. 

 

Soojin smiled. "That's cute"

 

He shrugged. "I like kids'' he then tapped his chin as he came back to the Shuhua topic. "Oh, Back then she needed a lot of help with the ingredients so I would help her" He replied but Soojin felt like his answer was somewhat vague.

 

As for Hui, he believed Shuhua herself wouldn't like him going around telling about how he found her on the cooking club after classes on the verge of tears because she couldn't understand some of the words in the recipe; She was so prideful, she didn't liked others seeing her sad and back then he pretended to believe when she said her eyes were red from allergies and not from tears; He helped her with some words and he gave her his mom's cheesecake recipe since she wanted one for Yuqi's birthday and in exchange she told him how she baked the cookies she was planning to give to Minnie. 

 

So they became somewhat friends in a way, cooking buddies as one would call it, despite the "anti-boys" barrier that Yuqi and Minnie had going on when it came to their younger friend. 

 

"I know the girls from there liked her a lot," Soojin mentioned and Hui laughed.

 

"Oh they adored her; I don't know what it is, the girls just would always stay around her even if she didn't need any help" He always thought it was funny how much attention she could get just from acting cute, he was pretty sure the others boys from the club, the ones who entered thinking they would get a girlfriend out of it somehow, were all jealous of her. "I get the feeling some of them still want to date her" 

 

The comment was enough to make Soojin clench her hand under the table. 

 

"Really?"

 

"Yeah, Like take Hyewon for example" He started, oblivious to how Soojin's smile vanished and she had now a blank expression. "She's so extroverted and bold, but just let her stay next to Shuhua and she gets all shy" He laughed as he remembered the girl's struggle to talk to Shuhua. "She can't even look into her eyes properly"

 

For Hui they were just talking about the girls that liked Shuhua; For Soojin this was a hit list forming inside her head. 

 

Now her mind decided to remember her how Shuhua's all alone in another country with her first love living right in front of her house and how she's so beautiful; She tells herself she shouldn't feel insecure about this, it was just a girl Shuhua liked when she was a child, and yet her heart was aching at the thought of Shuhua deciding another girl just fits her taste better. 

 

The thought is stuck inside her head all the way back home until Hui snapped her out of her thoughts with a question.

 

"Soojin" He called. "Can I ask you something?"

 

"What is it?"

 

"You like Shuhua, right?"

 

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Aizbox
#1
Oh, it's been a while! After what had happened, I stop reading anything related to SooShu or any (G) I-DLE pairings. My heart was too heartbroken by it but I miss them. I miss reading fictions about them, and I'll start once again.

Thank you for writing! I just hope you're always healthy and happy 😊
PakChoi #2
Chapter 60: I'm crying 😭
X-ZERB_areia
#3
Chapter 60: Like one of the chapter said, not everything ends with a happy ending since sad ending is more realistic.
TiffanyTUL
#4
Chapter 60: Whyyyyyy
barkingatminji
#5
Chapter 60: that was a ride
barkingatminji
#6
Chapter 57: at least shu's first kiss was soojin
barkingatminji
#7
Chapter 55: oh my gawwwd, i didn't see that coming but i thought it wad someone like soojins sister
barkingatminji
#8
Chapter 51: im really starting to worry abt what those two are hiding from the others
barkingatminji
#9
Chapter 38: awwww
barkingatminji
#10
Chapter 36: they are s sweet