My Neighbor || SeungJin

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Seungmin's POV

"Oh, mom. You're back! Did you get the job?"

"Yep! I got the job."

I happily jumped up.

"Yess!!"

"Are you hungry?"

"No, not anymore. I ate popcorn a while ago."

"Hey! Those popcorn were mine!"

"But I ate them, so..."

"Seungmin!!"

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Hyunjin's POV

"Hyunjin! Get up! We have new neighbors and you didn't even tell me! I found out when you went for a walk so I've been baking cookies. We'll go and give it to them together."

"No, mom. I don't want to go."

"Hyunjin! Get up!"

She grabbed me by my ear and made me stand up while I had a hurt expression.

"Okay, okay. Fine, I'll go with you!"

"Good, now let's go."

"Right now?"

"Yes!"

I let out a sigh and groan at the same time and followed her outside of the house.

We made our way towards our new neighbors' house.

My mom knocked on the door.

I looked up when I heard the door open.

My eyes widened.

'No way. Oh, my god! Why?! Why did it have to be her?!'

We made eye contact and she smiled.

"We found out we had new neighbors so I wanted to bake you some cookies. Here." My mom said, handing her the cookie tray.

"Oh, thank you. Come inside."

We went inside and she told us to sit on the chairs.

"This is my son, Hyunjin."

"Well, it's nice to meet you, Hyunjin."

"How many members are in your family?" My mom asked.

"In my family, there's 2 people, including me."

"Oh, you and your husband?"

"No, actually...my husband died a few months ago..."

"Oh, my god. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have brought that up."

"Oh, no. It's fine. By the way, I have a son, too."

"Oh, really?"

"Yeah. His name's Seungmin."

"The name makes me think he's probably a soft little bean!"

Mrs. Kim laughed slightly.

"Believe me, he is. He loves to eat but is still really skinny."

"Same for Hyunjin. So, do you work?"

"Yeah, I just got a job today as a teacher.

"Oh, my god! That's really nice! Congratulations!"

"Thank you." Mrs. Kim said, smiling.

"What grade will you be teaching?"

"I'll be teaching 8th grade. But I've teached high school students before."

"Um...then, would you mind helping Hyunjin with his studies?"

"Mom!" I whispered-yelled.

"Of course, I won't mind. I'd be glad to help."

My mom smiled at her.

"Thank you so much." My mom said. She looked at her watch and said, "I'm sorry but I'll have to get going, now."

"It's fine. You're welcomed here any time."

"Thank you." My mom said, smiling.

We stood up to leave when...

"Mom! Can I have ice cream?~"

I looked towards the stairs and saw the same boy, but more clearly this time.

"This is my son, Seungmin. Seungmin, this is Mrs. Hwang and her son, Hyunjin."

"Hello." He said with a smile.

"Hello. You sure are cute!"

"Mom, you're going to make him uncomfortable. Stop!" I whispered to her.

"Well, I hope you two get along." My mom said, looking at me and then Seungmin. "Anyways, have a great day!"

"You, too. I hope to see you starting from Monday, Hyunjin. Bye-bye!"

I quickly went out of their house and went to my house.

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