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"DO YOU EVEN have any friends?" jaebum interrogated eunha as she gobbled down her food. it was the day after the movies and the two actually were able to crawl out of bed to have brunch.
"i do, but they're more the party kind," she looked up, face still full of food.
"and you're not?" he raised a brow. his response was laughed at as she pat her mouth with the napkin.
" i tend to let my inner thot out during parties," she gave a teasing smirk, trying to see what reaction jaebum would get. jaebum started coughing at the comment. eunha shrugged and gave her actual serious answer, "it's just that i would rather focus on my education now."
"so. han eunha. the girl who secretly loves to party, is quite feisty, loves her cat greyson, and her parents are in europe. han eunha, what else are you?" jaebum gave a subtle intimidating expression as he found himself yearning to know more about the stranger he had been cuffed to for four days.
"im jaebum. back then, caught making out with a different girl every week behind the teacher parking lot because it seemed 'edgy,' picked up on a lot of fights at one point, ring leader. and he asks what i'm like? i'm flattered," she sipped her drink some more, boldly up showing him. although he may not remember it, she still remembered their little interactions in high school. and no, he wasn't a bully like a sappy korean drama.
"love-hate relationship with his cat nora, surprisingly incredible work ethic, loyal friends, almost a complete flip. so, my question. what else are you?"
"hm, i didn't realize that miss feisty caught me making out with people. guess i was quite the charmer, enough for you to come looking for me."
because i was one of them, asshole.
she exasperated at the comment, he really didn't remember her at all. in the end, jaebum was still in some ways the same.
"what's your favorite color? favorite time of day? things that stress you out? hobbies? that's what i meant," he clicked his tongue afterward and laid back in his seat a bit as he finished his meal.
"light blue and grey, light blue because it reminds me of a clear sky, sometimes the ocean, other times simply cotton candy. grey because i'm a fan of both black and white. but being the indecisive person i am, i settle for the midpoint. my favorite time of day is that transition of the evening to night, absolutely stunning. you stress me out, including the upcoming exams," she held up her fingers to keep count.
while jaebum was still leaning back, she took a pill from her bag and quickly swallowed it. she wasn't fast enough as he saw her,"what are those for?"
she chewed a bit of the side of her mouth, disappointed in herself she wasn't as sneaky as she thought she was. she usually took them during the 11:11 time period but she didn't get to it last night. "they help me.. move. move on i guess? to keep going? it's hard to explain."
jaebum's eyes widened, he didn't take her as a someone constantly on anti depressants, or that's what he thought she was on. he brushed it off and thought of something to change the subject, "so you dance, right? that figures some things."
"ballet, i used to do hip hopish things back then but my parents started to frown upon it," she singled the waitress over to pay. as she placed the check on the table she stared at the tv.
"it's such a tragedy," the two looked at the waitress as she spoke out, "that poor girl."
jaebum and eunha glanced into the news as their jaw dropped.
"female student and rising dancer raped and dumped in front of ex boyfriend's house in an attempt to frame. no evidence has been found to find the culprit as the female herself completely blacked out. signs of force were clearly found at the hospital. until then, there has been no punishment taken. this is a reminder to please remember to never walk alone in the streets. that's all for today."
"jesus christ," jaebum looked away, clearly upset and disgusted.
eunha couldn't hear more, she looked through her text messages from her friends. this one, in particular, caught her attention, it was jinwoo.
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jinwoo:
yo. long time no see, can i crash at your place tonight or tomorrow?
eunha:
again? i left spare keys to my apt under your coin jar. i saw this coming lol. do
my laundry, would you?
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she turned off her phone, jaebum eyeing her, "boyfriend?"
"nah, just my husband," she looked at jaebum's eyes widen. he gasped a bit, fiancé perhaps?
"i'm joking, you almost looked sad hearing that," she teased him a bit.
|| 6:30pm:
"are you here just to harass us?" jaebum kicked a rock on the sidewalk as jinyoung smiled.
"i'm here because i wanted to spend time with you before i slave away to finals," he walked right behind eunha. it was about evening when jinyoung spotted the two roaming around the city "you two are certainly not worried about holding hands anymore."
"it's only natural we'd get used to it. besides it's just 3 more days," eunha looked back at jinyoung.
"alright, what about i treat you two to some ice cream and i'll leave?" he stopped and pointed at the ice creamery shop.
"deal!" jaebum spoke before eunha and immediately dragged the other two in. jaebum chose a strawberry cheesecake ice cream which was primarily just strawberry, vanilla, cheesecake bits, and graham swirls. jinyoung chose a coffee java chip, and eunha chose a simple mint chocolate chip.
the ice cream shop was small and simplistic. white chairs were laid around on the reflective quartz floor. the shop was decorated with green and pink accents. it was simple and modern, but cozy.
"so, um," jinyoung looked around the two before proceeding his question. there were some things he was curious about and found some off things about their situation. "since you guys are cuffed. does that mean you two have seen each other naked?"
eunha stood silent as jaebum choked on his ice cream, "w-what?"
"like you know.. showering, change of clothes, bathroom.." he continued to eat his ice cream with no problem.
"how do you ask that so casually?" eunha actually started to laugh a bit.
"i was just curious is all,"
"we shower separately. eunha usually goes first as i, kinda just awkwardly stand on the other side of the curtain."
"woah, im impressed," he clapped a bit and his mouth formed an o, "your habits have just gone away, jaebum."
"and what does that mean?" eunha raised a brow at his reaction.
"im jaebum is, or was one of the biggest perverts i knew, along with bambam of course."
"li-liar!" jaebum took to a defensive tone. "you know that saying? the quiet ones were always the freakiest ones? you and mark are the perfect definition of it!"
eunha shoved a bit of her ice cream into jaebum's mouth before he made a louder fuss. his mouth of course stopped babbling as the cold scoop shocked him a bit. he took a huge bite of it in retaliation. to be honest, accusations of jaebum being perverted was not a stretch.
"i should've seen this coming," she looked at the huge gap in her scoop. in return she took a slightly bigger bite of his.
"h-how does your mouth fit all of that in there?" jinyoung was taken back at the sight, just a bit of other imagery running amuck in his mind. being the person he was though, he kept his silence.
"okay, now i should've seen this coming," jaebum didn't even bother to fight with eunha right now.
"maybe you all are all freaky? this isn't something normal people argue about," eunha whispered to herself which caused the other two to shoot a glare at her.
"but he's a bigger freak," the two pointed at each other like primary students placing blame on each other.
"oh come on! all you did was chase girls and make out with them!" jinyoung brought back jaebum's not-so-long past.
"maybe it was just a phase.." jaebum looked down again. "what about your habit to stare at everyone? most of the time you're judging yugyeom, but you can't deny that you oddly stare at the back of women's necks!" jaebum finally thought of something.
"maybe eunha's right," he confessed, reconsidering a bit. but if it had to be most perverted, he'd still choose jaebum and bambam. bambam was just plain obvious, jaebum on the other hand does things almost no one can detect. he had his theories though.
"not youngjae though, i swear he's too soft for the world sometime, leave him out of this," jaebum scolded jinyoung for once.
"speaking of youngjae, all he does is complain to me over the phone now," jinyoung looked over to jaebum as he raised his voice a bit to imitate youngjae, "i can't believe jaebum would ditch me over a girl, blahblah."
"he does realize we're cuffed together, right?" jaebum started laughing.
"that's what i told him!" jinyoung took his mini plastic spoon and stole some of eunha's ice cream while she wasn't looking.
"also, your palms are really sweaty," eunha bursted out of nowhere as jaebum then let go of her hands.
"oh god they are," jaebum wiped the sweat off his hands as eunha followed.
the three all discussed about things and actually got along pretty well. as they finished off their ice cream, the two thanked jinyoung. "alright, i'll take my leave. eunha, if jaebum decides to become a jerk again just call me alright?" jinyoung gave eunha his number.
"all right, thank you!" eunha waved him goodbye as jaebum rolled his eyes, "so.."
"hm?" the two walked side by side, not bothering to hold hands anymore.
"have you ever actually peaked at me?" she looked at him as he ruffled his hair a bit.
"almost," jaebum gulped as he admitted his words. there wasn't a point to lie about this.
"yes? no?" she said, suddenly backing her distance by the slightest.
"i've seen your legs and all but kept my morals and didn't dare to look further," he choked out the truth. the other day when eunha was changing or when they missed the 11:11 mark to shower; it took almost everything out of him to stop himself from looking at her.
"whatever you say," she looked at him then down, pretending to cough with words, "pervert, cough."
"oh come on, i swear, jinyoung is actually so weird! who knows what kind of books he's reading!"
"whatever you say," she repeated again, done teasing him, "whatever you say."