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"Gunwook and Gaeul come on!" her mom's shouts echo through the upstairs hallway. Gaeul ran down the stairs, synchronously putting her right earring in. Her brother came down with his Nintendo in his hands
"you are leaving that in the house," his mom remarked, placing her foot in her high heel
"Jake has enough games for you to play on, forget that one," his dad added, placing his baseball hat on his head
"but I'm about to complete this level!" he exclaimed, not letting his eyes peel from the screen
"Can you not be addicted to gaming," his sister commented on his unhealthy gaming addiction
"Can you just get over your feelings and date Jake already?" he mocked his sister, placing down his Nintendo on the small table by the entrance
"Gunwook," his dad said with a stern tone
"Let's go, I don't want to keep them waiting," Mrs. Tae exclaimed, opening the door, and walking ahead of her family. The rest of her family followed her before they could step on the property of the Sim family. A car had stopped in front of them, grasping all four of their attention.
"Hello!" a familiar lady said, getting out of the passenger side with a heavy plastic bag in her hands. Making her way and smiling bright towards Gaeul.
"May I ask who you are?" her mother questioned with a grin
"Oh yes, how improper of me. I met your daughter at the supermarket and was a great help. As well as her letting my son stay the night at her home last night," she confessed. The smile Gaeul had vanished within a millisecond the moment his mother mentioned her son staying over at her home
"Excuse me? Yesterday we didn't have any guests at our home at all, you might be mistaken madam." her mother denied having a random boy staying at her
"Oh well my son and your daughter confirmed with me that we stayed over last night, right son?" she asked, facing Jeno, sitting in the driver's side of the car. He rolled down his window with an awkward smile painted on his face
"Yes Mom?" he questioned
"You and she said that you stayed the night here, you better not be lying to me young man," she threatened in a stern tone. He glanced at the Tae girl sighing and nodding in the direction of him, giving the signal to him to tell the truth.
"Um," he said, getting out of the car and taking a few steps in front of her parents
"I had snuck in yesterday night since something happened to my family and I didn't have any other place to stay. I persuade her to take me in, so everything's my fault, not hers. Sorry Mr. Tae and Mrs. Tae for breaking into your home without your permission and not letting you know," he apologized, bowing to them
"Gaeul is this true?" her mother asked keeping her stern tone
"Yes," she answered
"Okay, I see," her father said looking down at Jeno bowing
"Son, get up, you are forgiven. Gaeul go home, your mom and I will talk to you in a few minutes," Mr. Tae added. Jeno slowly got up from his position, locking eyes with her father's firm expression. Gaeul nodded at her father's request and made her way home, looking at her shoulder once she was by the door, making eye contact with the Lee boy, giving him a grin. He smiled at her and looked back at her family
"It would be rude of us not to take the food, you must have come a long way to give us this. Thank you ma'am, have a good night," her mother said, taking the plastic bag filled with food, carefully in her arms
"You are welcome and I'm so sorry for my son's inconvenience he caused, please don't punish your daughter too harshly, I'm sure she didn't want this chaos to happen anyways," Mrs.Lee said, defending the Astro fan
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"What if that boy did something to you, while you were sleeping!?" her mother exclaimed at her daughter, whose head was sloping down at her fidgeting hands.
"Gaeul you know better than this, I never expected this from you," her dad said as he closed his eyes massaging his forehead with his hand
"Why him? I thought you liked Jake," Gunwook commented keeping his eyes glued on the Nintendo screen
"Shut up," she said after a long time of silence
"Gunwook if you are going to interrupt us, I suggest you go up to your room," his father said
"You know what, if I needed him at a time like that, he would do the same for me," she said looking up at her father's stern eyes, softening his eyes a bit
"Gaeul next time informs us, especially if it's a boy. Okay?" he said, taking out the kitchen chair across from her
"Okay," she said, nodding in agreement
"He seems like a nice man, you should introduce us to him," her mom said with a playful grin, placing her hands on her husband's shoulders
"This is getting too personal for me now I'm going to go bye," she said in an awkward tone, running away to her bedroom
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The ball curled around the rim, and within a second it fell in. Jeno smiled as that was his 53rd shot in a row without any misses. He jogged up to bounce the ball, dribbling it, stopping once he aligned with the 3-point line. He brought his hands up in formation
"Jeno," Jake said, stopping the Lee boy from hitting his 54th shot, he dropped the ball and faced the Sim boy
"What's up," he said cooley, looking and dribbling the basketball in his hand
"You know what's up," he answered passive-aggressively
"Huh?" he questioned, glancing back to the Sim boy
"Stop playing with Gaeul," he said in a stern tone
"Ha, I don't know what you mean," he chuckled at the Sim boy's statement
"You know I'm not stupid, I know you are playing with her feelings Lee Jeno," he added on
"I don't know what you mean, but I'm not playing around with her. It's none of your business anyways," Jeno said, airballing the ball, per usual getting it in perfectly
"She is my childhood best friend and my sister's best friend, it's my business. Who are you to talk about who is in her life? You just poofed in," he remarked in annoyance
"Jake, you don't know anything. You don't know if I'm playing around with her or genuine like her. Stay in your place stop acting as if you're her father," Jeno snapped, walking towards the Sim boy
"If you hurt her, watch your ass, Lee," he threatened, as the boys stood closer to each other, irritated expressions painted on both of their faces
"Oh poor Jake is jealous?" he mocked, making a pouty face
"Yeah right," he denied, knowing deeply and openly he loved that girl every single centimeter, in and out, personality, appearance, and soul. She was everything for him and getting taken away from the guy he hated the most in the universe was the bottom for Jake.
"Now get lost, this is my basketball court I don't want any jealous little boys here," he said, laughing at Jake and pushing his shoulders. going back to his original position
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