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From Fact to Fiction
Hyunseung’s POV
Getting her coffee, I met her outside of the café. She was sitting on the wooden bench that was in front of the café. She turned around instinctively as I gave her cup of coffee. There was nothing to it. Her smile for some reason had made me feel uncomfortable. I never in my life had this feeling. I don’t know what it was but for some reason, I liked the feeling. This new feeling was so different yet so thrilling. I slightly turned my head to watch her. As if on cue, she turned around. I quickly looked straight. What was I doing? She’s my friend’s sister. I shook any thoughts out of my mind and continued to stare at the falling snow.
“Do you like the snow?” she asked me finally breaking the awkward silence.
“Yeah. It’s calming”
“I think so too” she smiled.
“Aren’t you ever lonely living by yourself?” she asked me.
I paused. Did I ever feel lonely? I couldn’t bear to look at her. I silently didn’t meet her gaze and continued to sip my latte.
“Did I make you uncomfortable? I’m sorry” she apologized.
“No no it’s not that”
“Then what is it?”
“I’ll tell you sometime later”
Junhyung’s POV
Ugh! Why did I agree to Hyunseung? I should’ve said no. What was I thinking? Why are they not even home yet? Does Hyunseung want to die? I kept looking at my phone and without even realizing someone was behind me, I stared at the window facing the front of the house without blinking an eye. Suddenly, a pair of familiar arms wrapped around me neck. Surprised, I jumped up immediately, realizing it was Jiyeon.
“Junhyung what are you doing? You’ve been looking at the window for the past ten minutes”
“What? When did you come back?”
“I came back half an hour ago. I just took a shower”
“You did?”
I examined her closely. She was in her usual pajamas with her gray sweats and a white hoodie. Her hair was messily tied in her bun. She has been home for a while. I sighed. How could I have not seen? Without making it look like I was watching her, I decided to switch the topic.
“Did you have fun with Hyunseung?”
“Are you jealous? I haven’t been spending much time with you?” she laughed as she leaned closer to me.
“Me? JEALOUS? Are you kidding me? No way!” I assured her.
I don’t know if I was assuring me or if I was assuring her but either way it felt unconvincing.
“Were you spying on me to see when I would come home?” she smirked.
“What are you talking about?”
“Junhyung why are you so against me spending time with Hyunseung?”
“And why are you asking me so many questions?”
“Because I’m curious. You’ve been acting strange lately. I feel as if you don’t like me around Hyunseung”
“I never said that”
“But I know you mean it”
I gulped uncomfortably. She was too smart for me to fool. My feelings were obvious. I didn’t like them together. And I was a little jealous. As she was spending more time with him, our quality time has been deducted. She defeated me.
“Okay so I don’t like you guys together but it’s evident that you like him right?”
I noticed her stutter. Did I hit a soft spot? I waited for her response, which felt like eternity.
“No Junhyung. I don’t like him. What makes you think that?”
“Nothing never mind”
I didn’t want to talk about this anymore. This conversation was getting almost nowhere. I went ov
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