I'm Not Cold; Just Scared

(^_-)Chapter 17(^_-)

Daehwi rolled his eyes. "He confessed on Saturday hyung, and yes, I am going to reply to it."

Sungwoon's eyes had widened. "Wait so it's been like 3 days and you kept this a secret from all of us?"

The seventeen year old nodded sheepishly, making the two oldest hyungs groan in frustration. "Wow Lee Daehwi, are we that unimportant to you that you're keeping something like this from us?" Jisung asked.

"Something like what?" Jaehwan questioned, walking into the kitchen with the rest of the guys.

And this was how Daehwi wasted the next fifteen minutes of his day repeating his story to his housemates who were now wolf whistling. "So hwi, are you going to say yes or no?" Daniel asked the younger.

"I want to say yes..." Daehwi trailed off his words being drowned out by the loud chatter of the others. However, he could see Jisung's eyes on him and he knew he was in for an Oldest-Hyung-Lecture. Sure enough, after Daehwi had finished his breakfast and was about to go upstairs, Jisung beckoned him over.

"What is it hyung?"

"Ok, look, I'm not going to influence your decision or try to change it in any way and I know you've thought a lot about what you're going to say." Jisung started.

Daehwi just nodded, letting the older go on. "But Daehwi, are you sure you want this? I mean, sure Jinyoung is a great guy and all that but-"

"Yes I'm sure hyung. I know the risks but I'm ready. Really." He added as Jisung stared at him skeptically. "Don't worry about me Jisung hyung. I'm fine."

Jisung's face was the definition of worry. "Are you really ready to move on...from all that?" He asked the younger, referring to his past. Daehwi bit his lip and nodded slowly. "I think I am ready, hyung. I know I hadn't gotten over it for a long time but since I met Jinyoung hyung, it's like I'm moving on from Donghyun hyung, y'know? And yes, maybe I am taking a huge risk and who knows, I might get hurt. But hyung, I want to do it. I want to forget about it."

Jisung hugged him. "Just be safe ok? You're our youngest and if he hurts you then remind him that nine of us are behind you."

Daehwi grinned. "Jeez fine hyung, I'm not going to military or something like that also, I'm not the youngest."

"Ah who cares, you're our baby."

"Eh! Hyung!"

Daehwi got ready for school that day constantly reminding himself that he'd be fine and that it'll all go well. What he didn't expect was the realization that his heart literally stopped beating when Jinyoung entered the classroom late.

Maybe Daehwi was seeing things but did Jinyoung look even better today? The eighteen year old walked up to his seat which was now behind Daehwi's. His eyes met the younger's for a split second before he looked away, slipping into his seat. 

Did he change his hairstyle or what? He looks so good today. Daehwi thought to himself while Mr. Jonghyun carried on teaching. Daehwi shook himself out of his Jinyoung dreams and tried to focus on the lesson. His exams were coming up soon, there's no way he could fail that. 

Unfortunately, Daehwi couldn't pay attention to any of his classes because his mind was going back and forth between the reply he was going to give Jinyoung later. Not gonna lie, the thought of confessing his feelings to the older made him nervous as hell. It honestly felt like he was going crazy.

Somi smirked at Daehwi. Really, that boy should try and be less obvious. Any one could read his face just by looking at it for a few seconds. She saw Jihoon smirking at Daehwi as well and the two winked at each other. Daehwi was internally screaming 'OH GOD GET MY LAME ASS OUTTA HERE I DON'T THINK I CAN REPLY TO BAE JINYOUNG WITHOUT LOSING IT HELP ME JUSEYO' but he tried to act normal.