✓ | cool for the summer, sim jaeyun

𝟏𝟕. ( 'just for you.' )

"Come on," Jake chuckled at her shocked expression, walking towards the walkway. Issy couldn't help but smile and follow after him. She'd only been here a few times with her family, so now she was here with just Jake, she was more than excited.

However, reality sunk in as they started looking at the different key rings on a stall and she couldn't help but sigh heavily.

Why was Jake doing this? He had a girlfriend, so why was he taking Isabel out and buying her things like he was more than just her brothers best friend?

"Do you like these?" Jake wondered, holding up a pair of sunglasses to his face and posing, which only made Issy laugh at his silly behavior. Her heart was pounding and it felt as if it was about to burst from her rib cage. The reason for Issy liking Jake Sim in the first place was returning and she didn't know what to do or how to control her feelings...

"I love them, Jake." She chuckled and he grinned back, revealing his gummy smile as he turned to the lady to pay.

Isabel shouldn't be here. Her and Jungwon had just ended whatever was going on between them, and Jake had something going with Niah...

It was meant to feel wrong, yet it felt so right.

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After a little while later, after a few hours of shopping, both of their feet were beginning to ache from walking around so much, and sweat was dripping from their foreheads, so they decided to stop at an ice cream parlor to cool down.

"Do you think Jay's mad?" Isabel wondered after taking a bite from her Caramel flavored Ice Cream, making Jake look up from his cup of Ice Cream, shaking his head slightly.

"I'm taking his sister out, I have a good explanation." Jake chuckled, the image of an angry Jay appearing in his head — along with the thought of Isabel now being single...

He no longer had to worry about her with some other guy that wasn't him. He no longer had to feel jealous when seeing Park Isabel with someone other than him.

Silence fell upon them for a moment as they enjoyed their food, finally being able to feel a sense of coolness well within their bodies. It was relaxing as they enjoyed one another's company — though, the silence was short lived as the Park girl felt a question threatening to fall from her tongue.

"Jake," She began, licking her lips nervously. There were many things that were playing on her mind ever since she sat in her brothers car. "Did you hear everything Jungwon said?" She wondered, hoping he hadn't heard the Yang boy insinuate things between her and Jake.

Jake paused for a second, thinking back to earlier when he eavesdropped on the two — quite easily remembering the confusion in Isabel's voice as she questioned Jungwon, and Jungwon's explanation. The boy bit his bottom lip before shaking his head.

"No, I only watched him walk away," He lied, shrugging his shoulders, not telling her the truth. "I guess I gathered the conversation wasn't good by your guys' facial expressions." He explained and Issy nodded her head slightly, hesitantly believing him as they went on to finish their Ice Cream.

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"Jake, what the hell! Don't soak me!" Isabel screamed as she hurriedly ran away from the Sim boy, who was chasing after her in the shallow end of the Sea, desperately trying to wet the girl.