“Oh my dear, you’re so pretty, which class are you in?”

“My mother told me not to talk with a strangers, especially ones like you to prevent he might come uninvited." I obediently answered him back and the boy who sat next to him burst into laughter. His smile seemed like it was shining and it made my heart skip a beat. But I was a little disappointed when I recognized his eyes weren't on me but on that crazy guy. Later, I found out that the boy who messed with me was Park Chan Yeol and the other was Kim Jongin. Every girls in the stands screamed about his smile; the smile that sparkles like the sun, I was paralyzed just standing there seeing his shadow as it faded away.

“WOW, he’s so such a God, isn’t he?” Sehun nudged my left shoulder.

“Ummmmm, I……… don’t know?”

“Don’t you dare fall in love with him. You have to wait until I get my girl first” He gave me a glance. Ewww, this boy’s is a really ridiculous person, he always keeps warning me about this. Does he not want to me to have a husband in the future? What if no one likes him, don’t tell me I must maintain my single status to the end of my life. What a waste!!!

 

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Two days after, Jongin heads to her class to inform them about the competition, everything is alright until he asked Sehun a question that surprised everyone: “Oh Sehun, How do you feel when a girl gives you water after a fatigue practice? Do you think I need someone too?” 

“Captain, Are you kidding?” If the question came out from someone else's mouth then it would've been normal. You can comprehend that he wants to have a girlfriend and that asking for advice from his friend is normal but these words were said by Kim Jongin who used to say that  no one would be able to catch his attention.

"Do I look like I'm kidding to you? So what do you think?”

Poor Sehun is nervous, “Oh, Captain is so handsome, it would be weird if no one supported you. But you don’t need one cause every girl will volunteer to do it”

Jongin looks attentively on Sehun, “Do you not know what I mean or are you pretending you don’t know? I mean do you think I need to have a girlfriend? Such as Naeun or someone else..”

“Huh? Ah, yeah, yes, of course, haha”

After hearing a awkward answer from Sehun, Jongin slightly nods, "So may I trust your help in this? I hope you can say yes” Then, he turns around and waves goodbye to everybody,“ It’s time for lunch, you should go to the canteen soon”

“I wonder who is the lucky person?

“Is it obvious? He's talking about the belle of the school- Lee Soojung."

She couldn’t hide her annoyance, and glared at the stupid person, but when she saw who the person was her eyes softened. It was Jongin.

“Sorry, sorry…” She didn't know what to do but to apologize. Jongin was really furious but after that he smiled quietly. She thought maybe his head was effected because of her hot soup.

“Why are you here? Um….. and You have to buy me a new shirt”

“What are you going to choose?” He innocently asked, she hardly gulped saliva, uttered answer. "This place is probably expensive considering his status." she thought.

“I’m not hungry, you can eat by yourself” she muttered. 

“What? If you’re not in mood, why didn't you tell me in the first place?”

“It’s you who lead me here. You didn't give me a chance to even say a word” She retorted.

“Umm, alright… I’ll treat…”

“Really? Okay, then I choose sauteed lobster with ginger and scallion, barbecued meat, sweet and sour pork ribs…." She cut his words and he bursted out in laughter.

“So you’ll be in mood if I pay, right?”

Naeun blushed upon his joking. But seeing his bright smile made her feel better.  Sawing him smile made her smile, “At least he smiled to me” Naeun happily thought. Jonging kept staring at her, amazed by her beautiful and innocent face, seeing her gloomy it made him a little worried and seeing her bright face, he unconsciously smiled quietly. “Falling in love isn’t that bad” He thought to himself.

After having a great meal while joking, smiling, and a little flirting, they went ahead to shopping duty again.

“It suits me, doesn’t it?” Jongin asked

“It’s nice. Of course Kim Jongin is handsome in everything” She said without hesitation, then realized what she said and blushed..

He felt warm inside hearing her praise, he grabbed her hand and dragged her to checkout courter.

“It’s $1200, handsome” The cashier smiled seductively to him, which made Naeun feel alittle uncomfortable, her hand unconsciously pulled him closer to her. Jongin slightly clasped her into his arms, but the other hand extended in front of her:

“Money”

“What???” She asked him, bewildered.

“Aren’t you paying?” He smiled sweetly, but this time she could tell that he's joking.

“I… I… don’t have much money, you should choose another one” As she was going to go inside the store again, he pulled her back, and slightly kissed her forehead:

“You think I would make you pay? So silly” Her eyes were wide, her heart beating so fast. This feelings is so unhealthy, it’s killing her right now.

 

Finally, the day came. Everybody seemed excited, looking forward to seeing the game. Many people even made slogans and of course most of them were for Kim Jongin. There were two sides in the audience, in the left were the people who supported Jongin and the right is for another. Naeun found it really ridiculous, she was wavering between supporting him or her best friend. Inside her heart, she wanted to choose the left but her mind didn't allow it, Oh Sehun would be mad if she didn’t cheer him. After Round 1, the match ended in a draw of 66-66. Naeun ran up to Sehun and gave him a bottle water. Sehun accepted it gracioulsly, and said breathlessly:

“Naeun, I didn’t even hear your cheering, don’t tell me you just stood there and spaced out. If you go to the left, I’ll kill  you” He warned her before running to his teammate.

She slightly pouted, this guy was always bullying her. Suddenly, a cold bottle of water touched her face, she immediately lifted her head. She turned around; her crush was smiling at her. Even if he was all sweaty and panting he still looked handsome.

“Hey, Where were you standing? I couldn’t see you”

“I was on the right, I have to support my friend” 

He pursed his lips before saying:

“Do you want to be on the left?”

“No, I don’t want to die soon, hehe, he’ll be really sad but I’ll cheer for you too” She smiled and walk away to find a good place in the front.

“Naeun, give it to me after the match ends” He gently threw her a bottle and ran off to the Basketball Court.

She stood bewildered for a while, and smiled quietly like a stupid girl. He’s driving her crazy.

 

 

Two weeks later, everything went back to normal, Sehun’s team won and of course Jongin was the person who was praised the most. He went back to his routine: studying, playing basketball and working hard for his dad’s business. Naeun also went back to her normal routine: homework and studying which makes her go crazy but he almost made everything worse. Recently, he always comes to her classroom in hours of self-study. Seeing him sitting with Soojung, queen of the school got her distracted: Sadness filled her but she couldn’t deny that they were such a lovely couple and matched with each other. She tried her best to focus on reading but she just couldn't. Sehun seemed to know it, he even confronted Jongin:

“Damn it, It’s not like your class doesn’t have place for you, why do you always come to my class?”

“I like your class, that's all” He replied shortly, then returned to sitting in the space next to Soojung again.

Naeun gently pulled Sehun away, her mood went down but what could she do? She doesn’t know! Soojung kept smiling, sometimes peeking on him. Jongin didn’t notice it or he pretended he didn’t know. Maybe he was just playing with her feelings in the last two weeks. She felt stupid for thinking she had a chance with him. She doesn’t know but it hurt her so much as she ranout class. Jongin immediately ran after her.

“Naeun, why aren't you in the class studying?”

Her heart clenched bitterly inside. She doesn’t know what to say, moreover she doesn’t know how to say it. So she just decided to stay quiet.

“I'm studying with her because I’m going to resign from Student Council, She will be the member replace me” He said to me with a smile.

“I don’t care, it’s your work, you don’t have to explain to me.” She retorted.

“I explained because I’m afraid you'll get jealous” His smile widened into a grin.

“Jealous? Why would I be jealous?”

“Because I like you silly.” He smiled and pulled her into his arms, gently rubbing her back which made her body paralyzed but after she snapped out of the daze she smiled  in happiness, tightly hugging him back.

“I like you too”

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Thank you for @kaitlynhbu for your editiing ^^

Hope you will like this chapter, happy reading...