Song : Love Day

Artist : Eunji & Yoseob

Honestly, this feeling is so strange

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Jiyoung didn't know since when her mind was only preoccupied by a particular person. She never took interest in popular guys in her school, but this year was different. Two popular guys were on her class and she couldn't help but to notice them, especially when her friends kept talking about them. 

Jiyoung sighed as she rested her chin, propped on her elbow. He's sitting on the most front row, near the window, beside his friend. That guy has a very different hair from the others - dirty blonde hair. He looked so innocent, his milky white skin was particularly shining below the morning's sunlight. He looked so happy as he joked around with his friend.

"Miss Hong Jiyoung!" Jiyoung's teacher suddenly called her name. Jiyoung blinked her eyes several times before she looked at her teacher that's glaring at her. Jiyoung gulped - she had caught red handed to think about that one popular guy.

"Stop daydreaming about boys and listen to my class!" he shouted, making Jiyoung nodded her head and could only stare at her fingers. She glanced at her crush, Choi Junhong or he preffered to be called as Zelo, was smiling to her. Jiyoung blushed at the thought that Zelo was surely listened to the teacher. Her teacher had made her embarassed and she hated it.

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"And you know what? Minjung & Byunghun are going to get married!!!" her friend called Jina said, faking a sob.

Jiyoung couldn't help but to laugh at her friend's act. They're gossiping, like other teenage girls would do when they're with their friends. They're talking about idols, actors, actresses, and many more.

"But they're like a couple falls from heaven! They're both good looking," Mina suddenly said, with Jiyoung was nodding her head as she silently agreed.

The cafe's bell suddenly rang, meant the door was opened. Jiyoung's friends couldn't help but to look up, like they're waiting for someone. Jiyoung didn't look up as she's not that interested. However, she heard her two friends gasped and didn't have any choice but to see what they see.

Like other boys would do when they went into a cafe, they're talking and laughing cheerfully. Six boys were in the cafe, good looking and handsome. Jiyoung immediately noticed one of them, couldn't help but to looked down, pretending like she hadn't seen them.

"It's B.A.P," Minah whispered.

Jina eagerly nodded her head. "You know what, I heard Zelo-," Jiyoung couldn't help but to look up. Her ears were perked up in interest, "-is going to confess a girl by the end of this semester," she continued, breaking Jiyoung's heart.

"R-really?" Jiyoung asked, trying to hide her hurt feeling.

Jina nodded and glanced at the boys those were sitting really far away from them. "I was sitting right beside Yongguk and he's talking about 'Zelo is going to confess his feeling' to Himchan who's sitting behind him," Jina explained.

Jiyoung bitterly smiled, "Wow, that's great."

"He said something about the girl isn't interested in popular guys like other girls...which means it's not me or Minah," Jina added, her shoulder was slumped.

"However, I hope the girl is good looking too, or at least kind," Minah said, hoping Zelo to get a nice girlfriend.

Jiyoung glanced at the boys and saw Zelo was looking at her too. He awkwardly smiled and Jiyoung bitterly smiled too. And he wouldn't notice a girl like me - she thought as her shoulder was slumped too, joining Minah.

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"Man up, Zelo," Yongguk said, as he patted Zelo's back.

Zelo's body tensed up and he felt his lips were dry. He tapped his foot on the floor impatiently. He couldn't stop looking at Jiyoung, the way she smiled and laughed, talking to her friends too. His friends knew him very well that he liked this girl, Jung Jiyoung. He wondered, whether that girl liked him back. He's waiting for some hints from her that showed that she liked him back, but there's none. He started to think whether to confess to her or not.

That beautiful smile that Jiyoung always showed to him, he thought that it's for every boy in the school. She's so sweet and so cute, from the first time he met her until today. The smile that she gave before to him, it only made him grew more nervous.

"You should try or you'll regret it," Himchan reminded him. "Come on, don't only think the negative side, what if she accepts you?" he continued.

Zelo gulped and glanced at his friends for a second. All of his friends encouraged him to go now, walked to Jiyoung. Zelo sighed, he wasn't ready yet, maybe he wouldn't ready until the end of his life. And he knew he would regret everything if he didn't confess his feeling.

"Fine, fighting," Zelo whispered to himself. He took a deep breath and stood up. He straightened his clothes and with heavy steps, he walked toward the table that was preoccupied by Jiyoung and her friends.

He took one or two steps away from his table, going forward to Jiyoung's table. His friends were chanting his name in faint whisper, but Zelo could hear them very well. His fists were clenched as he kept taking deep breath. He was sure if his friends rejected him if Jiyoung didn't accept him, he would kill all of them.

His eyes were only at Jiyoung who's sitting near her friend, who he knew as Minah. The other one was Jina, sitting across them. Not like he's a creepy stalker, he just knew their name as he kept seeing Jiyoung with the two of them. Both Minah and Jina's eyes were at Zelo, but he didn't really care. Jiyoung, oh Jiyoung, he stood right beside her.

Minah and Jina had a shock expression on their face. With Zelo who's a popular guy, rarely noticed some girls except for a pretty one, surely it's worth for a shock if Zelo was standing beside their table. Minah and Jina glanced each other, before looking at Zelo who's only looking at Jiyoung. Jiyoung was too preoccupied with her drink, didn't notice the awkward moment between all of them.

"H-Hong Jiyoung," Zelo whispered, faintly. He was sure that his heart was beating really fast, going to explode soon.

Jiyoung looked up from her drink. Her doe big eyes met Zelo's for seconds. Her lips fell apart as she was beyond shock with her crush was talking with her, in front of her.

Zelo cleared his throat and looked away for a second, before looking back to Jiyoung. "W-would you like to go out with me?" he asked, stutteringly. He was beyond scared, he's really scared.

It took seconds for Jiyoung to realize what he was asking. Zelo his drying lips, anticipating Jiyoung's answer. "Uh..." Jiyoung muttered, looked away from Zelo as she realized what he was asking about. Jiyoung bit her lip, chewing it in nervous. She wasn't sure, but her heart was beating really fast.

The feeling was so suspicious, so strange.

"I-I'm sorry it's so-" Zelo tried to say, but he was cut.

"I-it's okay!" Jiyoung cut Zelo. "I-I..." Jiyoung took a deep breath.

"Aish, just go!!!" Minah whispered as she pushed Jiyoung from her chair. Jiyoung stumbled, almost kissing the floor, but Zelo fortunately caught her first. She could hear Minah and Jina gasped, but then cooed. Jiyoung chewed her lower lip and stood up on her own feet. Her face was blushing red, hot in embarassement.

"Are you okay?" he asked, full of concern.

Jiyoung her lips and nodded her head, couldn't believe herself to talk to Zelo for now. "L-let's go," she ushered. She took her belongings and pulled Zelo with her, out from the cafe.

Both were blushing hard, both friends were cooing and teasing them. Both were walking out from the cafe, Jiyoung was still pulling Zelo and Zelo was watching Jiyoung full of amusement. He was nervous, he was scared - but he liked the way Jiyoung held his hand. He hoped, this would last really long. Even though he wouldn't be accepted, he already told her his feeling - no regret would haunt him anymore.

He felt like he was already drunk. He didn't care about anymore, the thought of Jiyoung rejected him. The feeling of letting out everything from his heart felt good, Zelo wanted to be like this.

"I like you, I really like you," Zelo said it, louder than before.

Jiyoung stopped on her track and turned around. She stared into Zelo's eyes, looking at him as he's lying to her. Zelo actually gulped, but then, he smiled. "I really like you. Everyday, I think about you, should I wait more or not to tell you this," Zelo said. He cocked his head and grabbed Jiyoung's other hand. "I didn't know that telling you this will make my heart lighter, but I would like to go out with you."

Jiyoung opened , but no voice came out from . went dry as she felt Zelo was deadly serious about this. What? Why? Since when? Jiyoung wanted to ask those three questions, but she couldn't. She wanted to say "yes" immediately, but she couldn't.

"Answer me, please?" Zelo begged, holding Jiyoung's hands tighter. "Should I wait longer? Don't you feel the same with me?" he asked, more like pleading to Jiyoung.

"I like you," Jiyoung whispered, "I like you more."

Zelo smiled as he heard the answer that he wanted to hear the most. He pulled Jiyoung into a hug, immediately. He didn't know what should he do that time - smiling or crying. He was too happy, he was really happy. He kept imagining them, walking hand in hand together, side by side. The feeling was so strong yet Zelo couldn't tell what it was. It took him long time enough to realize about it, to confess his feeling.

"Thanks," Zelo whispered as he hugged Jiyoung even tighter.

"T-thank you, too," Jiyoung whispered, managed to say it faintly.

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