The next morning, Valerie picked up Eunhyuk in front of his house and they walked together to the bus stop. Of course, she was reeeeeaally careful when she crossed the boulevard. Getting hit by a car one time was far enough, she didn’t need to try that again a second time.

All the way to the school, he talked to her, asking questions and talking about him when he couldn’t find something to ask. All this time, she was looking outside the window, unable to listen to her music.

“In which program are you ?”

“ Graphism”

“Do you like it?”

“Yes.”

“Are your friends in graphism too?”

“Yes.”

“What do you like ?”

“…”

“I love dancing. And singing too.”

“Good for you.”

“You said more than one word. I won.”

She turned to look at him.

“It was a game ?”

“Yes.”

“And you won ?”

“Yes.”

“What was the goal of the game ?”

“Making the other answer with more than one word.”

“I won.”

He stared blankly at her for a moment. Val started smiling.

“I did. Faster than you.”

“I didn’t know you were playing! It’s not fair!”

“It is. I didn’t know it too before you told me, after you won.”

“It is NOT fair.”

“It is.”

“Not.”

“Yes.”

“Fine.”

Eunhyuk crossed his arms and started to pout, passing from hot to cute .

Val smiled. He pouted even more.

Five minutes passed.

“Are we there yet?”

“No.”

Five other minutes..

“Are we there yet?”

“No.”

And every five minutes he asked that until…

“Are we there yet?”

“Yup.”

“Really?”

“No.”

“That’s not nice, giving me false hope…”

“I never said I was.”

“True.”

“We’re here.”

“I so don’t believe you.”

“Your choice, let me pass.”

She stood up and waited for him to move.

He did. And followed her.

“So, here we are.”

Valerie went without waiting for him and, once again, he followed her little a dog. She stopped in front of the door.

“Let’s meet here at six.”

“Ok.”

“Or else, you’ll have to find your way home alone.”

“I could have guessed that alone. I’m not stupid.”

“ Really ?”

“I do have a brain, just so you know.”

“Really ?”

“Really.”

“That’s a surprise. Anyway, I’ll leave without you if you’re not there at six. Bye!”

Valerie walked away, a satisfied smile on her face. She knew he believed her. And she knew she wouldn’t leave him behind. She never said she was nice, but she never said she wasn’t.

Val went into her department, leaving Eunhyuk survive alone. He should be ok, since he was, just like her, at his second year in Cegep. After all, he asked for the bus thing, once they arrive at the Cegep, he was free.

Val entered in the classroom and joined Ama and Elena. They started talking, like everyday, fangirling over a group of music somewhere in Korea.

“Eunhyuk is Korean.”

“Who is Eunhyuk?” asked Elena.

“Val’s new neighbour.” Ama answered before Val could even open .

“How is he?”

“She said he was hot.”

Ama liked to answer before the one concerned can.

“She did ?”

“Yup, she did.”

Elena stared at Val. She stopped staring just the time to look at Ama and, at the same time, they stared at Val saying : “ We want to see what he looks like.”

“We said we’ll meet at six at the front door. Come with me, you’ll see him then.”

“That’s ok with me.” said Elena.

“With us.” Ama corrected.

And they continued on what they were talking about : hot Korean guys from the K-pop group.

Just before the class started, Ama had a Cheshire-style smile.

“I’ll have a surprise for you at lunch”

“What is it” Val asked, curious.

“It wouldn’t bee a surprise if I told you.”

“I hate when you do that”

“I just told you what it was. Don’t complain.”

“You didn’t!”

“I did.”

Valerie knew it was better not to try anymore: nobody could win against Ama when she was stuck on something.

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Just to be a little evil, I'll say that I'm writing a very fun part. That I think You'll like. I think, Im not sure ~