"What are you doing after school?" Tae Woong whispered, wary of the teacher
"Nothing" I answered, my eyes also on the teacher
"Do you want to hang out?" he asked
I looked at him briefly
If I go home, I'm positive I'd want to leave. So, it's better to retain my energy. I don't have any newly updated work to do, and I'd done the old ones yesterday, thank to my mom
"Sure, I have nothing else to do"
I kicked the back of Ji Sung's seat. He ignored me, but I continued until he couldn't take it anymore
"What?" he hissed
"Do you want to hang out after school? Tae Woong and I decided to hang out" I asked him
"We'll see" he said and went back to what he was doing
I scoffed, also going back to what the teacher was saying. I wasn't a fan of luck testers
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"So, where are we going?" Ji Sung turned from his seat
"Oh, so, you're coming along?" I asked him
"Never said I wasn't" he shrugged
I scoffed, shaking my head
"You don't need to come along, you know?" Tae Woong told him
"I'm coming with" he said, now with a determination
I watched them stare each other down, before I intervene
"Oh, my gosh. Are we going, or not?" I asked
"We are"
"Let's go" they said at the same time
"Then let's go" I said
"Are you going in his car? What's going to happen to yours?"
"She came with me this morning" Ji Sung answered, cutting me off
"When else? This afternoon?" I asked sarcastically, before entering his car
"Do you guys know each other from somewhere? Are you fallen-out friends?"
"With Tae Woong? No, I just knew he was a student in this school, and a high one"
"And you don't like those type of people?" I asked
"I don't exactly have any feelings towards them" he said
"Then why don't you like him?"
"I don't like him?"
"Do you like him?"
He was silent for a while
"Maybe not really"
"Why?"
"I don't know" he answered
"Don't be a bad person" I told him
He laughed
"What?" I asked
"Nothing. That was just so... simple" he said
I shrugged
"Anyways.. where's are you taking us?" I asked him
Ji Sung was behind us
"The first place we went together" he said
I nodded and leaned against the seat
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I smiled at the look on Tae Woong's face
"That was exactly the look I had when I first came here" I told him
"You've been here?" he asked
"He brought me here" I signaled towards Ji Sung
"What are supposed to do here?" Tae Woong asked
I pointed towards what Ji Sung and I did
He looked at me as if I had lost my mind
"Trust me, that's what I thought about him, but I totally changed my mind in less than ten minutes" I told him
I sat down, and pulled him to sit beside me
I was right, his mind was completely changed in less than ten minutes
"Come on, guys. We need to go" I told the two boys
"One more game" Tae Woong
"You said that an hour and some minutes ago. We have school"
"See ya" Ji Sung greeted
"I came in your car, remember?"
"Do you want bus fare?" he asked
"5" I counted down
"What are you doing?" Tae Woong asked
"4"
"Soo Joon-ah, you had better not do anything dumb" Ji Sung warned
Try me
"3"
"Stop counting"
"I've warned you" they said at the same time
"2, 1" I said and brought their game to a complete stop
Their pause button was pressed
Play
"Ya!" hey! they exclaimed at the same time
"You two could pass for best friends right now" I said
"I really wish you were a boy right now. I would so skin you alive" Ji Sung said
"My, oh, my. Such a gentle man you are" I said
"Let's come here another day without her" Tae Woong suggested
"Kol!" deal! Ji Sung agreed
They high fived
Boys, I thought, shaking my head with a smile
"What now?" Ji Sung asked
We decided to go for a short walk
"How long have you guys known each other?" Tae Woong
"We just met when I came to Korean. Wae?" why?
"You look really close" he said
Ji Sung and I smiled at each other
"I guess you could say that we are something similar"
"Are you guys dating?" he asked
Sung and I choked on the popsicle we were taking
"Mwo?" what? he asked
"Ani!" no! I said at the same time
"Why would you think that?" I asked him
"Nothing" he shrugged
Sung and I looked at each other for a few seconds, before we shivered at the same time, then glared at each other for shivering
We continued walking, nobody saying a word
"We should held back now, right? You know, since we have school tomorrow" Ji Sung asked
Tae Woong and I nodded
We walked back to he car
"I had fun" Tae Woong said
"Thank you" he brought out his hand out for Ji Sung to take
"Sure" Ji Sung joined his hand
I signed
"What is this? Are you guys doing business right now?" I asked
They separated
"See you tomorrow, Soo Joon-ah"
I waved at him and entered Ji Sung's car
The car ride back to my house was silent; no one said anything, but it wasn't awkward. It was a comfortable silence
"See ya" Ji Sung aid
I smiled at him and waved
"You're back" my mom said when I entered the door
I didn't say or think anything sarcastic
"Yes" I just answered plainly
"I've opened my vet hospital" she said
I wanted to ignore, but I stopped in my steps, took a deep breathe and turned to her
I smiled at her. Whether it was fake or not, I wasn't really sure, and I didn't have the strength to ponder about that
"Congratulations" I told her
She smiled back
"Should I make something for you?" she asked
"I'm fine"
"Then, should I..."
"Omma.." mom I cut her in her sentence
"Biane. For raising my voice at you the other day, and for my how I've been behaving. I'm sorry" I'm sorry I apologized
"Ani, I'm the one who's sorry. I haven't been a proper mom to you" no she said
I know I should have denied her statement, but I didn't. Instead,
"Gwaechana" it's okay I said and went to my room
Before I closed my eyes, my mind went back to what Tae Woong asked
'Are you guys dating'
I wasn't someone who decided to never been in a relationship, or decided to become a celibate just because of her parents. I wasn't that type of a person. But I also wasn't someone who was keen, or had high hopes, on relationships