~ Together by a String ~ (Jiyoo)

~29~

"I swear we need to put a leash with a bell on your brother."

"I agree. Thank god we didn't progress any more than that..."

We couldn't stop laughing for a solid minute now and suddenly, Yoohyeon switched her gaze the other way and got shy for no reason. She walked to her closet and started looking for something.

"What's wrong?"

"Your.. tits.. they are distracting me."

I looked down at my breasts, noticing how hard Yoohyeon was trying to not look at them. I rolled my eyes with a chuckle and buttoned up my shirt and she turned to face me with her shy smile before turning back around and threw me my pyjamas. I tilted my head and pouted.

"Can't we continue what we started?"

"Maybe some other time, I'm really tired now."

"You weren't tired when you were staring at my t-"

"Shush! We don't talk about that."

I laughed at her shyness and didn't want to tease her any longer, because she really did seem very tired. I couldn't blame her at all, because today's test and this practice exhausted both of us a lot.

Remembering the test made me think if there was actually a possibility that I could pass - not only the test, but graduate school in general. I got my phone from the desk and checked my grades and they.. they were pretty bad. Yoohyeon glanced at me and walked up to see why I was looking at my phone with such a sulky face.

"You looking at your grades?"

"Yeah.. I know that you might think that I'm dumb as hell now."

"You're not dumb, Jiu. I didn't fall for you because of your grades. You have so much more common knowledge than most of the people I know. And I honestly thought your grades were much worse, but they're all passing so you will graduate- if you manage to pass the final exam of course."

"I can't believe that I actually care about my grades now. What if I don't pass my exam?"

"You'll have to re-do it next year. But I believe you'll pass. You know what they say - if your girlfriend is smart, so are you."

"I don't think that's how it works."

"It does now~ Cheer up a little, I'm sure you'll do just fine."

"I hope you're right."

She grabbed my phone and placed her arms around my neck and stared at me with her loving eyes that immediately fixed my mood.

"I'm always right. Now let's wash up and get ready to sleep, hm?"

"You know we don't have school tomorrow.. or at all now, right?"

"I know, but that doesn't mean I have to destroy my sleeping schedule. Same goes for you, little one."

"You're only 4 months older.."

"Still older!"

She pecked my lips and pulled me to the bathroom and handed me my toothbrush. I annoyingly brushed my teeth, glaring at her a few times. I'm not fucking little.. She was happily brushing her teeth and giving me her heart eyes as if she didn't say anything. I don't think she'll stop with the teasing any time soon..

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22:38 PM / KMJ

I flopped my whole body on the bed and waited for Yoohyeon to come out from the bathroom. I glanced at the nightstand and noticed the book I used to draw and write on during the days when Yoohyeon was in the hospital was opened. I quickly sat up and grabbed it and checked every page and noticed there were dried tear drops on the last one. Did she cry..?