Foriegn Collision

~Chapter 13~

    The ride Soon-Yi had dragged me to go honestly wasn't all that bad. It was actually pretty fun, and I couldn't wait to tell Princess all about it. However, my relatively good mood was put to rest when I saw that sly bastard Jong-Dae holding her hands and she was wearing his hoodie as well. My blood was boiling from anger, but I couldn't show it because Princess came to have a good time at Lotte World. Therefore, I can't spoil the fun mood with my sour one.Of course he stayed behind to make his move on her.  That sly bastard would do anything to get any shot that he can get from her. I don't know why he chose her out if all the girls who confess to him every single year. The moment I show interest in the most beautiful girl I have ever seen, he has to swoop in and show interest in her as well. He's probably like the guys my brother tells me about at his job. Where they meet some foreign girl, sweet-talk her up a storm just to get what he wants out of her and ghost her later. "If I ever hear you talking like those scumbags at my job Lee Sae-Ran, I won't be afraid to come and tear you a new one." Hae-Joon would tell me, "Don't ever toy with a woman's feelings to get what you want from her just to leave her in the dust straight afterwards. That's not what a real self-respecting man does. Get with a woman you truly love and want to be with, not to simply just gain expirence."

    Before he had told me this, I had ran into players like the ones Hyung has told me about back when I studied abroad in America. The host school I went to was really popular for it's exchange programs, so guys leading on the foreigner girls was nothing new to the school and became quite normalized. I remember a friend I had made back in America. She was a fellow exchange student from Argentina named Lara. She had met this guy a year older than her who seemed like he was geuninely interested in her, but unfortuantely, that wasn't the case. When she didn't give him what he had wanted from her all along, he left her alone in the dust. I remember that she was crying for days over that guy. I couldn't help but feel bad for her as she had her feelings toyed with.

    How can I know that Jong-Dae isn't trying to get with Bridget to gain expirence like the guy that played Lara, or those guys at Hae-Joon's job? I can't know for certain, because I'm not the mind of Yang Jong-Dae. No matter his intentions, he clearly shows intetrest in her, but as do I, and I'm not going down without a fight. I'm not giving Bridget up so quickly. Therefore, an agreement must be made that makes the fight for her fair. An agreement is the only way to make sure that there's no foul play involved. He won't get away with his sneaky antics for long and when we get back to school I'll make sure he knows that fact. He's getting away with being sneaky with her this time but not again.
  
   "You know it's starting to get chilly out here," Soon-Yi says, "we should head home for today."

    "Good idea." Princess says, "I should give Oppa back his jumper anyway."

     Jong-Dae chuckles. "I already told you you're free to keep it. I literally have ten others back at home."

    "Why that many?" Bridget asks.

   "I just kept buying more when I got the chance. So by all means, keep it."

     So they're sharing and giving away hoodies I see? Damn, he's already getting ahead of me. That agreement definetly has to be made.
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      There's no time to waste here. I have to make that agreement with that sly bastard before he gets any further with her. All morning I'm shooting daggers at him, not caring if he's looking at me or not. He can look at me all he wants. That doesn't mean that I won't continue to shoot him glares and settle something with him once and for all. Jong-Dae catches me glaring at him and smirks at him with a small scoff that Bridget couldn't hear but I for sure could. He's damn lucky that he's not in the same classroom as her. I don't have to worry about him making any extra moves on her. I don't need to worry about him making any extra moves on her. All I need to worry about is making Princess my queen. Making sure that she's happy and that I can give her anything she wants that'll make her happy.

    The four of us meet up for lunch in Soon-Yi and Bridget's classroom as per usual. I stop at the door way to find Jong-Dae standing there. He clearly arrived before I did. Is that some sort of goal of his? To beat me at everything, including winning the heart of Princess? I suppose so. This is exactly that agreement has to be settled today. No later than that. After school is a perfect time to make sure he knows that I'm not giving up on her. That I'm not giving up on being her Prince to her Princess. That I'm not giving up on being her boyfriend without a proper fair fight.

   Princess is wearing that blue zip up hoodie Jong-Dae gave to her last night. I see the look in Jong-Dae's eyes. He looks happy she's enjoying his gift to her, proud of how she looks in it, and proud that he's made one step further than me. I can see it in his eyes. It's like he's rubbing it in my face that she's wearing his damn blue hoodie. Yet, is it so wrong that I like how cute she looks in it? Obviously the hoodie is big on her because of how long Jong-Dae's arms are compared to hers, so she's constantly rolling them up a little so her hands can show through the sleeves to be able to perform basic tasks. Jong-Dae leans on his hand and watches her struggle cutely. "You know Angel," He said, "You could maybe cuff the sleeves to make it easier on yourself."

   Jong-Dae reaches across the table made out of combined desks and folds the sleeves over one by one to show her hands. Bridget smiles and thanks him for helping her. I poke my cheek with my tongue through my closed mouth. A habit that I have when I'm mad or something is stressing me out. This time, I'm livid at this guy. He gives me a side glance and winks at me to antagonize me some more as if he hasn't done it enough to me lately. That cunning little wink of his really did it for me. It took all the power in me to not grab him by his collar and begin stranggling him right then and there.

   After school, instead of walking Princess home like I normally enjoy doing, I grab Jong-Dae by the arm the moment I see the sneaky guy. I pull him to an empty classroom and close the door behind me. "What's your deal Sae-Ran?" Jong-Dae asks, "You never want to talk to me if it doesn't involve Angel being with us. So what's your problem?"
 
  I reply, "My problem is you constantly shooting sneaky little shots at Bridget."

   "So I was correct."

   "What the hell are you talking about?"

   "Oh you know exactly what I'm talking about. Your little crush on Angel is very apparent and so is your jealousy. You know what they say; green isn't a good color on you."

   "I know you've been purposely antagonizing me. That little wink you made at me during lunch break really proved it."

   "What? Are you upset because the little rich kid couldn't get what he wanted for once? You have to be some sort of entitled short stack."

     At this point I was way past livid. I could've sworn I heard my teeth grind in anger.

     "Listen let's not bring my height into this! I know you're interested in her too, and your intentions better be the same as mine which is to actaully be with her rather than just gain the expirence of being with a foriegner like a ton of men have done to foreign women around the world."

   "Of course my intentions are the same as yours. What the hell do you take me for?" Jong-Dae scoffed. "I know that foriegners talk to each other and advise each other not to be in Korea to find love because of scumbags simply using foreign women to gain the expirence. You've got some nerve to even think I would even do something like that Bridget. I want to be with her just as much as you do; perhaps even more."

  "We'll see about that. Let's make an agreement."

  "Why would I do that?"

  "Simply because of the fact that you and I both know that we're not going to give up on her so quickly in the aspect of being her boyfriend. Therefore, the fight should be fair."

  Jong-Dae takes his hands out of his pockets and goes to fold his arms with an intrigued look upon his face. "I'm listening."

  I clear my throat. "Since we're both fighting for her heart, we should have a set of rules on what we can and can't do with her and how we're supposed to act with her."

   "Go on."

   "Subtle flirting is okay but apparent flirting is not to be done. Also since we both admitted to liking her, neither can confess individually. It has to be the both of us confessing to her or not all. The final rule is that we can go on outings with her, but under no circumstance can it be called a date."

  "That's something I can agree to. You're on Lee Sae-Ran"

     Oh yes, you're on Jong-Dae. This isn't a simple fight. This is a war.