Chapter 7

While Kikyung continued to rest and play on his phone I stood up and walked to the door, "where are you going Jiwon?" I turned around and faced Kikyung and replied, "I'm just going to go and get some snacks and drinks, do you want anything?" "I'll have Pringles and someone soju!" he replied with a grin "umm Kiky-" "You're too young to have soju." I was cut off by Mingyu who suddenly appeared right behind me, Kikyung screamed and fell off my bed that he had just got on while I nearly jumped right out of my own skin. "Hyung you scared me! I almost had a heart attack!" I told Mingyu and he just chuckled, "sorry Jiwon! Kikyung-" he then looked up to face Kikyung who was still recovering from Mingyu's jumpscare-"Jiwon and I are going to get the snacks, ok?" he asked him with a smile, "uh y-yeah ok" Kikyung replied, he was probably terrified of Mingyu now, I can't blame him though Mingyu can be terrifying, only when he needs to. "let's go and get the snacks Jiwon!" Mingyu then put his hands on my shoulders and we went out of my room to the kitchen.

Mingyu and I walked into the kitchen and went to the cupboards to get some Pringles and (hAMbUrgER AnD SPriTe) sprite and no soju because as Mingyu said, we're too young. While I was looking for the pringles Mingyu suddenly said to me, "Kikyung seems nice," I stopped and looked at him and replied, "yeah he is" "how did you meet him, I mean, I know that he's a new student in your class but knowing you, you wouldn't talk to him either way" he asked as he continued to get the sprite, "oh, the teacher told me to show him around, he had to sit next to me and we had to be partners for the project and then it turned out that our lockers were right next to each others' and we both had lunch together and we live in the same neighbourhood and sooo yeah, that's how we became friend" I replied to him, Mingyu then chuckled and then picked out the sprite bottles and then waited for me to get the Pringles.

I then got the Pringles and we then brought it all back to my room and saw Kikyung playing Overwatch on my computer. He was so focused that it was scary. Mingyu and I looked at each other and I decided to sneak up on him and scared him "… KIKYUNG!!!!!" I screamed at him while I poked both of his sides. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" he screeched as he jumped up and off of my chair like a cat. Mingyu laughed and put the snacks on my side table, "I'm going out to go and get more food. Good luck with the project!" and he closed the door and left.

After Kikyung calmed down we both ate in silence, "sooooooooooooo, what do you wanna do now?" Kikyung asked breaking the silence, "um I don't know, what do you wanna do?" I then replied completely fine with anything. He then started to think for a bit and then got an idea "maybe we can play video games on your tv!" he said as he pointed to my tv and he noticed the controllers and my large amount of games. I then agreed and started off with Mario Cart. After a few games I won about most of them and we both laughed and had fun. 'is this what it felt like to be happy? Heh it feels weird to have fun when you haven't had any for a while…' is this was it felt like, I felt great, I finally felt

Happy

We then both enjoyed playing games and had fun until it was late.

Mingyu POV

I finally arrived home. I got held 4 hours back because of traffic and because of some guy that was speeding and then a police car stopped him and finally got home around midnight. I parked my car, got all the groceries and went inside. As I was taking off my shoes I then noticed that there was a second pair of male school shoes that looked too small to be Jiwon's 'huh, aren't these Kikyung's?' I then heard a commotion coming from Jiwon's room and went to his room and knocked on his door, after a couple of minutes he didn't answer and I could hear laughing. I then opened the door and saw Jiwon and Kikyung still in their school uniform and playing Mario Cart. They were both having fun and laughing, I then smiled to myself. Jiwon looked so happy. I then interrupted them both "As much as I was proud of Jiwon but they both have school tomorrow and it was past midnight" they both then stopped what they were doing and looked at me with such (Jung)shook faces and just stared at me "Kikyung, it's about time that you go home" he then got up immediately, got all of his stuff, said goodbye to Jiwon and I and left.

*end of POV*

After that little incident, Kikyung left and I then packed and cleaned up the mess that Kikyung and I had made. 'It feels so nice to have a friend again, especially a friend that's loyal and actually cares for you and is actually interested in your life. Unlike Haneoul…'

*flashback* "owwwww!!!" I cried as I lay there on the grass of my backyard, I was playing soccer with my best friend Haneoul when he kicked the ball too high and it landed in a very tall tree "what are you waiting for? Go get it Jiwon!" Haneoul demanded, "but you're the one who kicked the ball!" I said back to him, but he didn't care, "but it's YOUR backyard! What if I fall and injure myself? Then it's going to be YOUR fault" he snapped back. He did have a point though if he got hurt I would get in trouble. I then gave up and climbed up the tall tree and tried and get the ball, I repeat, TRIED. I tried to reach for the ball but my arms weren't long enough, I ended up falling from the tall tree and landed hard on my left arm. Haneoul ran up to me but not to help me, "did you get my ball?" it hurt a lot for me to talk but I did anyway and answered his question "n-n-no-o" Haneoul then founded and started yelling at me "are you serious right now! Why did I even bother with you?! Thanks A LOT! Because of YOU now I lost my ball!" I started to cry, not only because of the pain that I was feeling from my arm but also because of the harsh word that my best and only friend was yelling at me, and it wasn't even his ball, Haneoul just suddenly took it from my room once and never gave it back and claimed that it was his. Soon Haneoul and my parents then ran to the backyard where we both were and they then called the hospital. It turned out that I had broken my arm pretty badly and Haneoul got away with it and he never cared about my health and well being. *end of flashback*

I remembered that I was 8 years old when that happened and the more than I thought about how Haneoul treated me the more I started to wonder how did we even become friends 'did he just need a sucker to have around? Was I just an item to him? Did I even mean anything to him? Was I eve-' "Jiwon are you alright?" I snapped out of my thoughts and turned around to face Mingyu who was leaning against the wall next to my closet "yeah I'm fine" I replied and then continued to clean my room "are you sure? You looked so tense" Mingyu's voice was soft and laced with concern "yeah hyung I am. I was just thinking about stuff" after which felt like forever Mingyu gave up "*sigh* okay then-" he then walked towards my door "just remember that Haneoul isn't worth your time and that you should just forget him. You have Kikyung now" and with that, he left. I dropped the book that I was holding and just stood there in shock 'I swear to god this man truly is magic. HOW DOES HE ALWAYS DO THAT? AM I THAT READABLE?' and then after a while, I went back to cleaning and then got ready for bed and went to sleep.