Chapter 9: Sura's Potential

“Sura, wait up!” Luhan called as he saw the familiar small back figure walking away.
But she didn’t hear him and he had to run to catch up to her. She stopped walking when she got to the bus stop.

“Geez, are you deaf?!” He shouted, panting. Maybe he should have really ran every day like Coach Sung told him to.

“L-Luhan…” She murmured in surprise. She looked around.
Sure enough, there were plenty of kids in their uniform waiting for the bus with her. And of course, they were staring. That meant it was time to act.

“Uh, hi, sweetie.” She said, faking a smile. She was very unproductive at the library and after the talk with Joohyun, she really wasn’t in the mood to act, but she did it anyway.

Luhan forgot they were dating for half a second and looked confused, but he quickly remembered. “Hey, I came to pick you up. Let’s go home.” He grabbed her hand and stuffed it into his pocket.
“Your hands are cold.” He said with a grin.

He usually wasn’t this flirtatious when faking their relationship, but he noticed that two of the guys waiting for the bus were part of Himchan’s little posse – Daehyun and Zelo, if he was remembering correctly.
And he made sure they were watching as he kissed Sura on the cheek.

Sura stared at Luhan. He was being too affectionate, even for pretend. She got into his car, continuing to wonder why he was being so kind – like an actual boyfriend.

“You’ve been staring at me for five minutes. You might want to take a picture instead.” He asked smugly.

So much for being kind.
Sura glared and looked at the road in front of her.

“Why did you wait for me?” She asked suddenly. She knew Luhan had finished practice around an hour ago.

He paused, unsure of what to say. He definitely wasn’t going to tell her the truth about his conversation with Joohyun. “I, erm, was chilling with