The Cold One / Wu Yifan

Chapter 05

After that Friday Alley Party, Kris' mind was on chaos. He couldn't think of anything other than that hoodie girl and his love life. And also he had doubts about his relationship with Yoona. He thought and thought and thought and finally came to a conclusion that he'd somehow, fallen out of love with her. He knew their relationship didn't carry that same sparkling feeling he felt when he first started it. It didn't excite him like it used to be. But he was sure that Yoona, felt the same as him too.

He fished his phone out of his pocket and searched through contacts, and dialed a number that he had used to dial at least five times a day. With the third ring, the line connected and he was greeted by a high pitched voice.

"Hey babe, what's up?" Her voice was just the same. But it didn't bring out that joy he once felt when she called him by that nick name.

He took a deep breath, "Yoona, we need to talk."

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He thought he could feel somehow at ease, after they called it end. But no, his mind was still the same, but this time, it was not about the complicated relationship he had with Yoona (his ex-girlfriend), this time, it was all about that Hoodie girl, Elena.

He knew absolutely nothing about her, and that pissed him off. Because how could he not notice her for two years! They shared the same boring history class after all! All he had ever heard was that she was a psychopath, that she often got into fights with school's bad boys, and that she was dating a freshman named Oh Sehun. That was it. And who the hell was Oh Sehun anyway?

His mind was running a hundred kilometers per hour and it was nearly draining his energy. He knew talking about his crazy thoughts with Huang Zitao wouldn't do any good. Sharing almost every class with Zitao didn't mean they grew any closer anyway. And Junmyeon was in his physics class so that means he needed to wait another 50 minutes. 'But I can survive another fifty minutes without letting these thoughts out.' He thought to himself.

He was practically waiting outside of the physics class when Junmyeon came out with his another bunch of friends.

"Hey Junmyeon... Can I have a moment?" He asked the soon Junmyeon was out of the classroom and into the hallway.

"Yeah, what's up?"

"Alone?" He said again when his other friends didn't bother to go away as they waited for Junmyeon to join them.

Junmyeon looked a bit surprised but he motioned the others to go anyway.

"So, what's up?" Junmyeon asked once they were alone in an empty classroom which happened to be the very classroom Junmyeon was studying a moment ago.

"You know... I... You... I'm telling you this because I know you wouldn't judge me. Since I never heard you say weird things about that girl and all. But you... you can't say this to anyone else. You... I..."

"Just get to the point Yifan!" He said, irritated. He only called him by his real name when he's pissed. And that's something that never happened. Because Junmyeon had a kind of patience he didn't think even Jesus Christ himself would've had. He gulped.

"I... What do you think of that Elena girl? You also think she's weird?"

"Who?"

"The... that... weird girl. You know... that one who with the same black hoodie. The psycho-"

"Ah! That girl... No I don't have a reason to think that way about her. Why?"

"Why?" He asked dumbly.

"What do you mean 'why?" Junmyeon raised an eyebrow.

"Why don't you think that way about her? You know, half of the school know her by that title."

"Just because most people believe it, doesn't mean it's always true Kris. And, we don't even know her. And again, why are you asking me this anway?" Now that question caught Kris off guard. He seemed really uncomfortable and Junmyeon could feel his friend's struggling to answer. That's why he took his big friend's hand and squeezed it, as an encouragement for him to speak up.

"...I- I think I like her! There. I said that." After felt like eternity, he finally let that out. He was squeezing his eyes shut, not daring to open them and look at his friend's eyes. He believed his friend enough to open his mind but now, he was terrified of the aftermath.

"Oh... that's good. She's better than your last one, I think." Junmyeon said in his normal soothing voice. Not a hint of judgement or sarcasm in it. Kris' eyes snapped open, surprised by his bestfriend's reaction.

"You don't think it's weird?!" Kris couldn't help but ask. He knew Junmyeon. And he knew he wouldn't talk ill about other people, but still, he at least predicted a good stare or something.

"Why would I think that? You know, I've seen this girl with that Oh Sehun kid, and the way she was behaving with him, totally opposite of the way she was behaving with the others. And he called her 'Noona'." Junmyeon explained with a smile. With that information, Kris' heart started beating faster.

"Noona? But the rumors say that they are dating?" He asked, curiosity evident in his voice, but inside, he prayed that the rumors were wrong.

Junmyeon chuckled, "No. I think they are siblings. Half siblings or something at least. Since their last names are different."

"Oh," Kris was speechless. But inside, he was dancing in joy.

"Now if you're done with the questioning, I need to go grab something to eat. You coming?" Junmyeon asked, collecting his books and shoving it into his backpack.

"Yeah!" Kris practically jumped out of his seat, exclaiming and grabbing Junmyeon's hand and dragging him outside with him. Now, he did feel at ease.