Already on the verge of literal tears, you responded with the only thing you could think of at the moment. "Thank you, I appreciate that." 

Then there was a pause for a few moments. You stood there profusely sweating and nervous while he stayed quiet. 

He then chuckled which broke you out of your chain of thoughts. Surprised, you looked at him trying to find any answer for whatever is going on right now.

"Yeah." he once again gazed down at you with an expression you couldn't explain. 

Deciding to play along, you also chuckled and confessed, "You are so weird sometimes Chun Young, I can never read your thoughts." 

"Good." he approved. 

You guys then started heading back to your respective shelters and ended the night. 

In bed, you couldn't help but think about what Chun Young had said. That was supposed to happen to Dan I. Are you stealing Dan I's place in this novel? Is that going to cause any issues along the way? What about Dan I herself? What will happen to her? What will happen to the happy ending they deserve? 

You didn't know what to think anymore. Everything is so complicated. Thinking like this over and over, missing your best friend one day and then being fine the next day only to miss her again the day after. You started to recognize a pattern in your behavior. 

"I guess no matter how much personal growth I go through, I sometimes go back to my old habits. They really do die hard." 

The next day after school, you were bombarded with questions from your friends at Ji Ho's house.

"What happened?" Dan I asked worried. 

"What did you two talk about?" Yeo Ryeong added. 

"Tell us what happened." Ju In came in with a worried face. 

'wow I guess everyone was worried about Chun Young. Can't even get a minute to take in the beautiful infrastructure.' you thought as you tuned out all the worried questions and statements. 

Finally you couldn't take it anymore and bursted out "Guys guys, It's okay. Nothing happened." 

After observing everyone's anticipating stares, you added "we just made out." 

As if on que, everyone's faces went shocked, some dropped drinks, some stopped moving, and Chun Young jumped a little and gave you the most unreadable face. 

After a moment of complete silence, you roared in laughter "HAHAHAHAHA!" 

"I'm joking you guys my goodness. I didn't think you'd believe me. Now I feel bad." you wiped your imaginary tears clearly not feeling bad.

Again on que, everyone was relieved and gave you shit for it. 

"How dare you trick us you little shit." Ji Ho cracked his fingers. 

"That wasn't funny at all" Yeo Ryeong whined. 

"You scared us Soo Ah" Ju In fake cried. 

"Alright alright! I'm sorry!" you fought for your life. 

Everyone then laughed and calmed down. After the whole ordeal was over, the group of 7 had fun making BBQ outside and hanging out. At some point, you went inside to use the bathroom. When you came out of the bathroom, you were met with a curious Eun Hyung.

"All done! you can use it now." you smiled and tried to walk away. He grabbed your hand and turned you around back to facing him. 

'oh god, what's happening.' you thought.

"Soo Ah, what happened? are you okay? is Chun Young okay?" he questioned. 

You watched him as he bombarded you with questions with a worried face. You couldn't help but smile at how worried he was for his friends. 

"Thank you for worrying Eun Hyung. But I promise you nothing happened. We didn't even talk about anything really. His mood just lifted." You pressed your hand over his that was holding your wrist reassuring him that there was nothing to worry about. "I promise he'll be okay." 

Seeing you sincerely smiling up a him, he let go with an easier heart than earlier. "Alright. I just wanted to make sure." 

"I know" you chuckled. 

You both walked back together. After sitting down, you advised "You know, you didn't have to grab my hand like that. What if I didn't wash my hands after I used the bathroom?" you questioned his method. 

"I heard the water running, I assumed you did." 

"Hm. Ok. We can go with that." This was the exact response you gave when they questioned you about your alleged secret boyfriend. This was a subtle way of telling them that the boyfriend thing was a joke but you didn't think they caught on. Little did you know, they did. Even though the rest of the friends didn't know what you two were talking about, the response from you was enough for them to understand. 

"Ew you didn't wash your hands?" Again ji Ho strikes. 

Irritated, you glared at him and declared "I didn't wash my hands so I can touch your face with it." and reached for his face. 

"Oh hell no" he ran away. 

"Come back Ji Ho I just love you so much I wanna touch your face." You chased after him. 

The evening ended in a lively mood and full stomachs. 

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HELP I don't know how to end this story!





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