Lime’s POV

Aigoo. I am in serious trouble! What have I done? What was I thinking?! O ye. I wasn’t thinking! T.T I hate these kinds of situation. But I have to do something, don’t I? I mean I can’t just leave it like this. T.T So I had no choice. Scratch that. I always have a choice and for now, this is the best I got. T.T Wish me luck! So after having some serious conversation with myself, I mustered all the courage left in my system.

“Oppa? :D” – Lime

“Who were you texting with?” –M

I was taken aback by his fierce question; He was so serious and straightforward that I didn’t get to prepare myself for a decent answer. I mean, I wasn’t doing anything wrong, I wasn’t flirting or anything but I pretty much how Minwoo Oppa’s brain works. He has always been TOO conscious or sometimes insecure about how others would think or look at him as compared to others, especially those whom he have developed competition with/against.

“Oh. It was Youngmin.” I answered honestly and irrespectively (~teehee). But that’s because I didn’t want call him Oppa while talking to Minwoo, I mean, it’s just… I don’t know, awkward?

“Oh. So it’s first name basis now? You’re already close? I thought you didn’t know his number?” I guess me playing safe, isn’t really that safe huh? Is he really just insecure this time or is he jealous? I know other girls would be flattered and feel that they’re partner really loves them in these kinds of situation, call me weird but I don’t feel the same way. I HATE IT. I am so irritated now, I know I am being unfair but in my perspective, jealousy is a sign of distrust. It’s either you don’t trust yourself and your ability to make your partner feel what you what him/her to feel or you don’t trust your partner. And trust me, 9 out of 10 would fall under the latter situation. Anyways, I was already kind of pissed so I replied without thinking, which I pretty much always do.

“Oh. No. He just makes me that comfortable that I always forget he’s older. Haha.”

“Oh. Yea. Ok.” – he said bluntly which made me even more pissed. I wanted to text him more ‘coz I miss him already but I’m getting bored. BUT! To Youngmin Oppa, I am not :D We still continued texting. He even asked what took me so long to reply a while ago (the wrong send incident), I and said that I was just gone for a few minutes and he already missed me. He laughed at it and said: “And in this case we’re still in the stage of texting, what more if we really get close in person? I’ll die!.” Haha, see? He’s funny, I just laughed at it but inside I felt my heart skip a beat. I didn’t mind it, it’s just probably a part of having a crush on him. Haha

Anyways, we’re running out of topic and I can’t let this happen… so,

“So, what course did you apply for, Oppa?”

“Haha! You’re funny!” HAHAHA. I AM? I KNOW RI--- WAIT! I wasn’t even joking!

“Huh? Waeyo?”

“You already asked that! Haha!”

“Oh. Jinjia?!” THIS IS SO EMBARASSING. I CAN’T REMEMBER A THING ABOUT THIS!

“Yes, haha. I said I’m taking Public Health J”

“Oh. Yea. I remember now. I’m sorry it slipped off my mind XD”

“It’s Ok :D PG :D”

“PG?”

“Pretty Gramps! :D”

“T.T”

“’Coz you forget what you just said. Haha. You’re still pretty. Don’t worry :D” STOP IT. MY HEART IS ALREADY SKIPPING 5 BEATS! I MIGHT LACK OXYGEN!

“Well then, in that case, you should be handsome Grampa. :D” I’m playing it cool as if I’m not palpitating! Ok. I’m going with it. Don’t worry Lime, he’s just a crush. :D Yep. Just a crush :D

“Haha. Silly, why would I? I don’t forget what I say. UNLIKE SOME PEOPLE I KNOW. HAHA :P”

“But I crush you 3 T.T” WTF Kim Hye-Lim what did you just say?! Are you nuts?!

“Connect? Haha.” NOW GO BRAIN. YOU STAND FOR YOUR DECISION, SAYING THINGS LIKE THAT! But before I can even press reply, he texted again:

“Oh. I am so sorry, I was so slow. You mean, since you have a crush on me, we should be friends, so when we get old, we can watch our real grandchildren play—of course because they will be friends, too. Right? Haha. Not a bad idea :D” WHAT. Haha. I don’t know how to react. Is he really this oblivious of what I am trying to say? Haha. But I might as well get his idea to escape this trouble I have walked myself in to. XD Maybe he’s really just helping out of an embarrassing situation :D

“Yep. We should be friends forever :D <3” There. I put a “<3” sign so he could at least get a hint haha.

“Haha. Sure. Let’s be friends forever. <3” He also used a “,3” sign! Don’t do tis Oppa! My heart!

“So, what are you planning to do this vacation, friend forever? :D” Yea. Just keep it cool :D

“Aww. That hurt.” Huh? What did I do now?

“Huh? Wae?”

“HAha. It’s nothing. Don’t mind me. :D”

“So, your answer to my question, HG? :D”

“O. Yea. Haha. We’re going on picnics, PG.”

“HAha. You’ll get yourself a tan! XD”

“Yes. Haha. For free! How cool is that?! Haha.”

“Way cool! Haha :P”

“Anyways, you wanna come? XD”

“Silly. Don’t try and ask me, I might say yes :P”

“Better :D”

“Don’t do that! I might believe you really want me to come. Haha.”

“What if I really want you to? :D Would you agree? Haha.”

“Of Course :D” WTF brain! That’s strike two!

“Then come. I really want to hang out with you, you know. So we could “officially” meet. Haha.”

“haha. I would want to HG but I have my own plans too.”

“O yea. I should know what my PG is planning too.. So? Spill! XD that’s a command :P” His what?! DON’T PANIC HYE-LIM!

“Your PG? Haha.” Yea. That’s right. Keep it cool, man. :D.

“Of course, does anyone else call you PG?”

“No. Just you. -.-“”

“Exactly my point. I am the only one who calls you PG, you’re the only one I call PG. So that makes you my PG :D”

“Does that make you MY HG, too?” WTF Brain! That’s strike three! You’re out!

*Brain: I wasn’t the one who said those. Go blame your heart!*

*Me to Brain: What?! I am beginning to doubt your superiority over heart, brain. Man yourself up and do what you do best, THINK!*

“Well, it depends :D Am I the only one you call HG?”

“Of course. Haha. That’s a funny name to call someone haha.”

“-.-“ Well if it makes you happy, I would take that as a compliment. :D haha. And you’re the only one who calls me HG so yep. I’m your HG :D”

He’s MINE?! WAHAHA. I am over-reacting. XD what can I do?! He’s my crush!

“O. haha. Ok. It’s all clear now XD”

“So.. Plans? Haha.”

“o. haha. Yes. They’re also inviting me for a picnic but I haven’t asked permission from Umma yet, I am kind of worried she won’t allow me.”

“Haha. Who are you with?”

“Friends :D”

“And Boyfriend?”

YOungmin’s POV

Well, I must say at first I wasn’t in the mood nor was interested in whoever texted me. I kind of forgot I actually have a phone so I’ve read it a little late. Anyways, I convinced myself that it wouldn’t hurt me if I respond. Beside, she’s congratulating me, I should at least thank her, right? Otherwise it should’ve been so rude of me.

I found out it was Green  Girl. I don’t know but I was kind of glad when I found out it was her, haha. Maybe because I didn’t get to actually talk to her back in practice? O well. Haha. I checked my facebook account and tried to search for her name so I could add her as my friend, but I found out that we’re already friends. How? I don’t know. I must’ve forgotten I added her already. XD Anyways, we texted for a while and I didn’t know again but I kind of felt like we’ve known each other for so long already, I didn’t even mind her not calling me Oppa. Haha. So little did I know, I was already trying to make the conversation longer, I mean how long was I keeping conversation I had with girls short already? I admit, I sometimes am snob. And most of the girls who would talk to me have clear intentions and I am not that oblivious nor dumb not to notice that. As much as possible these past few months I didn’t want to connect with other people except for my family, really close friends and those I work with every day. You know me, dancer (bragging aside), I work with a lot of people. So, back to making the conversation longer, I was glad that I didn’t really have to exert much effort since she’s already making it easier for me, I don’t even have to think, I just have to be me :D And I am calling her Pretty Gramps now ‘coz she asked me the same question twice haha. Funny, I remembered myself when I forgot that we’re already friends in facebook, the fact that I still don’t have a clue if I added her, or she added me makes me a Grandpa too huh? But of course I didn’t mention that and defended myself instead that I don’t forget what I say unlike her. Haha. But she’s still sticking in to it. She’s just so cute. I feel like she’s a little sister I should always look after.

And then we ended up talking about her plans, she told me about her problem- asking for her Mum’s permission to go on a picnic, I can sense she’s a bit strict. Haha. So I asked her who she will be with just in case her Mum says yes. She said friends, but that’s not enough. I asked if she’ll be with her boyfriend.

“I’ll be with my KIND OF BOYFRIEND :D”

“I don’t get it.”

“Well, what would you call us? We’re not officially together, but we know that we love each other. And we’re always with each other. He always looks after me and stuffs.”

I don’t know about what other people would say but I think this guy, whoever he is, does not deserve Hye-Lim’s love. I mean, they’re not officially together? Is he joking?

“Why are you not officially together? I mean, if you don’t mind telling your Oppa?”

Like I said, I feel like she’s a little sister I have to take really good care of. I know we’ve just met, but I think SHE’S A TOUGH GIRL YET A FRAGILE ONE. She always smiles, but I know there’s something more.

“Really? I could share everything to you? :D”

It feels so good that she’s saying this, it’s like she really trusts me and that she really wants to share.

“Well, it’s mainly because we’re still young :D”

“A C’mon. I have had girlfriends when I was your age, which is just a year ago :P”

“Haha. You’re making it funny! You ruined the serious mood!” Funny? I was telling the truth! Well, she’s depressed Youngmin, she’s a girl, anything that is not related to whatever she is depressed about is always funny.

“Haha. I just didn’t want you to cry, go on. Continue.”

“O well. I His parents are more strict than mine, you see. My Mum can even tease me at home about him – of course she makes sure first that Appa is not around XD But whenever there are gatherings of parents in the school, his Mum would always look at me like she can bury me alive… He always tells me that his hyung’s girlfriend has been through a lot of things too before she got their parents’ approval. Well, I wouldn’t want to give up but, they’ve always said that we’re still young and that most probably, we’re not the ones meant for each other, why do I have to go through their tests (which I probably wouldn’t pass) for the one who is right for their son then? Can’t they at least be easy on me? Like treat me like I am just a girl their son would get enough of sometime soon? I am not asking them to accept me the way they accepts his hyung’s girl, I just wanted to be treated normally, or even better, a nobody. That way they wouldn’t judge me and tell their son I am not worthy of his time. That I am ruining his studies, and that I would just get him into trouble. I mean, that’s just unfair. It’s also absurd. If he really wants to be the top of the class then I would support him. How can I ruin something he has been dreaming of? T.T”

“Hey, are you crying? Sssh. I’m always right here. Remember that. Don’t try to bottle things up inside you. You should at least have an outlet from time to time. If it’s ok with you then I am always here to listen. I won’t ever leave your side. But if you really don’t want to talk about it with other people, don’t be afraid to cry. Ne? And Did I mention? I’d be studying in your university, and I have been in my future building, it’s just about a hundred steps away from your building (I heard some guys talking about you and Niel when I enrolled, they said they could visit you whenever they want but they still have to make sure Niel isn’t around when they do. Come to think of it, is Niel your boyfriend?). Back to what I was saying, I will always be near you, whenever you need me, I’ll be there. Just a single text or a phone call, I’d be there. :D.”

“You don’t have any idea how much you’ve made me happy. I feel so relieved to have let that out. I haven’t been sharing things for a while now. I guess I really need to let some things out once in a while. :D Thank you so much, Oppa! And o. Niel’s not my boyfriend :D But he’s really close to us :D”

This kid. I thought she only knew how to smile as well as make other people smile too, do aegyo and be oblivious of everything else. I guess she’s so much more than that huh? She’s going through a lot but she still keeps smiling. I would love to be like that :D I guess I should stick with her? Haha. Her smiles are contagious anyway, that should do it right, right? :D Right :D

Done! Haha. Thank you soooo much to tsshose who still read this! And please continue to support me! :D Saranghaeyo! <3