𝙻𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 || 📎

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"I see you are playing the guitar" He sat in front of her in the extra seat

"Of course what do you think im playing?" She sarcastically answered

"My feelings man.." Beomgyu touched his heart as Ryujin kicked him on the leg

"Feelings your face" Ryujin scootched a bit farther from him

"Aren't you gonna go now?" Ryujin asked while playing with her guitar strings

"Nope.. i wanna help" He popped the letter p

"I don't need help"

"You sure do need by the looks of it..."

"Let me borrow" He reached out his hands as Ryujin was hesitating to let him borrow

"I won't bash the guitar like what i did when we were younger 😑" Beomgyu added as she gave him the guitar

Beomgyu adjusted his seat and started re-teaching the basic strum patterns "Now do you get it?" He raised his brow as she shrugged. Ryujin took back her guitar and slowly started to strum it she was doing okay until she made a mistake.

"Argh stupid guitar!" Ryujin mumbled

"Yow.. chill ~" Beomgyu reminded

"How about choose another song to learn.. like an easier one" He suggested

"What do you suggest then?"

"Do you remember the first song i played using the guitar? The song You Are My Sunshine?"

"Oh that song... isn't that for babies to learn?"

"Its easy.. Here i'll show you" He quickly played the guitar

"How do you expect me to understand how to play that if you just smack the strings using your fingers without explaining?" Ryujin rolled her eyes

"Let's do it step by step then.."

~ • ~ • ~

Beomgyu taught Ryujin how to play the song outside their porch for a while until Ryujin got the hang of it. "Oh my gosh you finally did it i thought i'm gonna take a decade teaching a stubborn person like you—" Beomgyu touched his forehead

"Didn't your milktea ice melt already for staying here so long?"

"My mom doesn't like milktea with ice since the ice makes the drink less so we order iceless"

"Here you can have mine" Beomgyu took one from the paper bag

"Keep your milktea" Ryujin packed up her guitar

"I know you like milktea don't have to act like you don't want it" He placed a straw and tissue's on top of the cup

"Were done already?" Beomgyu asked

"Thanks for teaching me i guess..."

"I could teach you another song if you'd like"

"I'm good" Ryujin stood up

Ryujin was about to go inside her house as Beomgyu remembered what Grandma Gyuri told him. Her words kept circling around his head every time he's with Ryujin.

"Talk to her one on one maybe she could open up to you"

"Wait" Beomgyu stood up as Ryujin stopped walking

"What do you want now?" She asked while still turned around

"You still haven't told me the reason why you made that 20 meter rule?"

"Oh that's easy i don't want to talk to you"

"But it seems more than that though.. i'm sorry that i left with no notice Ryu i did send you letters monthly and gave you our telephone number but for some reason you didn't receive the mail.."

"Don't have to say sorry i'm good with the rule"

"Grandma Gyuri told me that maybe i could ask you to open up to me so i'll understand why.."

"I'll accept any punishment you'll give me just for you to tell me the whole reason so i could know my shortcomings as your friend" He puts up his right hand

Then Ryujin started talking so fast that Beomgyu couldn't understand a thing she's saying.

"Ryujin i know you can rap but please don't talk to me while rapping fast.. You sound like bees" Beomgyu stopped her from talking

"I just don't want you back in my life.."

"I don't want you to come in and leave again, That day i didn't just loose a playmate but a person who is also there for me"

"If that's all i'm going in now" Ryujin turned her back and started walking back into her house as Beomgyu grabbed her by the hand

"Last time you didn't let this amazing human being finish what he was saying" Beomgyu pointed to himself

"First of all Shin Ryujin i won't leave your life abruptly again i pledge that as your handsome childhood friend" He said

"And second of all i missed talking to you normally.." Beomgyu softened his face

"Stop being mushy man—" Ryujin slapped his arm

"I'm not being mushy i'm stating some facts right here" Beomgyu chuckled

"So can we start over again Ryu?" He looked into her eyes

"I guess so" She shrugged as Beomgyu opened his arms for a hug

"I'm not that so moved that i want to hug you 😑"

"Oh oof.." He scratched his head

"Is the 20 meter rule off already? Please tell me it is" Beomgyu begged

"That's a yes okay ☺️" He added when Ryujin didn't answer yet

Ryujin went back inside her house as the doorbell rang she grunted and opened the door. "Oh that idiot did leave the milktea.."

She picked it up from the floor as a note was placed on top of the milktea cup.

"I wonder if i'm on your mind as much as you're on mine 🤔"

"I wonder if you'll ever shut up that's what i wonder" Ryujin smiled a bit as she flipped the note behind a drawing was drew but it was somehow erased..

She raised her brow while looking at it the drawing looked familiar. But it was scribbled on so its hard to remember. "You bought milktea and you didn't buy me unnie? 😭" Yuna went to Ryujin

"We could shar— Nevermind" Ryujin was about to say something as Yuna took it from her

"Thank you your the best" Yuna smiled before she left