Jaehyun and I have never been closer than ever.
Never had I imagined that I'll have a close friend. Especially a guy. We still might not be at the best friend level, but I can consider us as close friends already.
"Where's your house? I'll walk you there," he suggests after he comes up to my seat, already carrying his bag on his shoulder.
"No thanks, my house is kind of far from here," I shake my head as I ready my things, sneaking a peek at Joochan who already stood up. I didn't catch him glancing at us for a second.
Without any word, he exits the classroom, and I sigh. Did I just expect that he would say something to me before going out? I must be crazy.
However, Joochan's mood today is unexpectedly low. It was as if he was on his period today. I try to go back to when it started, and then I remember how he stomped his way to his seat and how grumpily and selfishly he ate the box of donuts.
What made him so grumpy?
"It's okay, I don't mind," he purses his lips, his dimples showing.
Such cute dimples...
I grumble. "Fine. We'll take the bus though."
He brightens up. "Sure!"
I roll my eyes at how he became so happy just because I answered him, but it was adorable so I didn't mind.
On our way out the campus, Bomin silently leans on a wall, and when he hears foot steps coming he suddenly looks up and rushes to us, a big smile on his face.
"Noona," he starts, grinning like a child.
"Hey, Bomin."
"Let's go? I've planned a lot of stuff we will do for today."
I tilt my head in confusion. What was this boy saying? I didn't remember anything to do with Bomin for today. "What? Bomin, what the fuck are you talking about?"
He scrunches his eyebrows. "Wait what?" And then he finally recognizes Jaehyun beside me, the younger narrowing his eyes at my friend. "Oh, so you decide to ditch me and go with hyung?"
"What are you saying?"
Bomin realizes that I really didn't understand what he was talking about. "The donuts...? This morning?"
"What donuts?" As far as I know, I don't remember any donuts today...
Bomin's shoulders sink as he sighs heavily. "I shouldn't have trusted my hyung..." He mutters quietly.
Jaehyun snaps his fingers as he recalls. "Ah! You mean the donuts Joochan was eating?"
Bomin nods slowly.
"He didn't even give me one, that brat," he shakes his head disapprovingly and glares at the air. "What about those donuts?"
Bomin is about to say something when his head snaps to the student who was approaching.
"Hyung!"
I flinch at the loudness of Bomin's shout, not to mention how angry it sounded.
Joochan's eyes widen when he knew who called him and was about to turn around when Bomin shouts again.
"Don't even think of it!"
He heaves a breath, collecting some courage he had left, and prepared himself to confront his fuming cousin.
As soon as Joochan gets to where we are standing, Bomin stares him down, well since he is taller than my classmate.
"Why didn't you give the donuts to noona?" Bomin asks sharply, glaring at him. My eyebrows rise when I knew the noona Bomin was talking about was me.
"Temptations."
Jaehyun almost bursts into laughter if I didn't pinch him.
Bomin facepalms, disappointed at his cousin. "Hyung, you promised."
"That was for me?" I butt in. Bomin only bites his lips in agreement. "Joochan, I didn't know you were such a glutton."
Joochan glares at me and I smile at him annoyingly.
"Those donuts were meant for you, noona." Bomin turns to me, a tight lipped smile on his lips.
I smile at him. "Thank you. But why?"
"Just, thank you."
"Again?" I laugh. Bomin's cheeks are now colored in pink. "You've thanked me a lot of times already, it was more than enough."
"I told you, the donuts were unnecessary," Joochan scoffs, Bomin only shoots him a look.
"I would've still enjoyed the donuts if it weren't for you stealing it from me." I open my phone to check the time. "It's still pretty early. Where did you plan on going?"
Bomin, like a fish, opens and closes his mouth, not knowing what to say. His eyes dart from me to the two guys with us. He didn't know what to say, after all, his plan was only meant for him and me only.
As if a wonderful idea crosses his mind, Jaehyun slings his arms on both Bomin and Joochan's shoulder, grinning widely. "What if we all just hang out together? And since Joochan ruined Bomin's date---" the youngest squirms against Jaehyun at the mention of the word, his blush more evident. I chuckle to myself, seeing how flustered he is.
"Hangout," Bomin mutters through gritted teeth.
Jaehyun chortles. "Whatever. Anyway, Joochan should treat us."
Joochan abruptly removes Jaehyun's arm on his shoulder as he hears this. "No way, there's a test tomorrow and I have to study for it."
"Aw, come on, hyung!" Bomin begs, pouting as he lamely shakes his cousin's arm. "Come with us!"
"Forget about it for a moment! Let's go somewhere and hangout!" Jaehyun joins in the begging.
Joochan glances at me, raising an eyebrow, wanting my say in it. I gulp, suddenly feeling hot. Why was Joochan looking at me like that? "W-well, it would be fun if we all go...right?"
"You heard her. What do you say?" Jaehyun looks at the guy expectantly.
He sighs as if he was forced, but I see a ghost of a smile on his lips as he did so. He glances at me again and I try so hard not to melt on the ground. "Fine, fine. Let's go?"
Bomin jumps for joy, as if he wasn't fuming a while ago. Jaehyun runs away first, excited. I stand there just glancing at the two weirdly.
These kids.
I sigh with a smile and shake my head.
"Minhee," Joochan calls and puts me out of my daze. "If you were going to stare, do it at me."
I cross my eyebrows in confusion, still not absorbing what he had just said to me. "Wait, wh---"
Before I could even finish my sentence, he dashes off to catch up with the two dudes. I was left, dumfounded.
"If he was going to say something like that, he should've warned me or else I'll die from a heart attack," I mutter to myself as I place a hand over my chest, hearing the fast rhythms of my heart beat.