At the library…
"Annyeong…" a boy approached Nayoung.
"Ah, annyeong~" she greeted him.
"Can I sit here?" he asked politely.
"Sure! Have a seat!" she invited him without hesitation.
"Are you alone?" he asked suddenly.
"Yeah, I'm just dropping off some books and lending some more…you're doing an assignment?" she asked back.
"Yeah, I used to do the assignments here…I like to be in a silent place~" he smiled.
"Hey, me too! It's comfortable to be here~" the excitement just began.
"What stream did you take?"
"I took music, you?"
"I took science, chemistry…"
"You're trying to be a chemist?"
"Pharmacist actually but if I get a chance, I'll just go along with it…"
"Good, how long have you been a student here?"
"Since the first semester…I was interested to learn here, also wanted to try the food nearby the cafe~" he made her giggle.
"You're a friendly person~" she said.
"Of course! I love to make friends~" he slows down his voice.
"You got into the topic so fast, I admired that~" she added.
"Actually, I approached you just now just to get the book from you…" he pointed.
"Ouh! Just said it earlier. I was rereading this book, you can have it now~" she passed the book.
"Thank you and hope to see you again next time~" he stood up and waved at Nayoung, jogging to the counter that was facing Nayoung's back.
He put the book on the counter and walked out. His smile just now disappeared in a moment and he took off his glasses, revealing the real himself.
"The prey eats the bait…this will be an ABC" he smirked.
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One week later, Hyun and Nayoung were best friends and never felt awkward towards each other anymore.
"Hyun-ssi…we got two projects aren't we?" Nayoung asked. Both of them were hanging out at Nayoung's house as it was a holiday for the first semester.
"Yeah…just finished your assignment first, we still need to buy dinner" he said without looking.
"But I already finished it just now, that's why I'm asking…I don't know what to do now…" she leaned at Hyun's shoulder.
"How about starting to do the project?"
"One of us needs to play an instrument, can you play something? I only can sing…" she sighed.
"I can play the piano, what song are you gonna sing?" he stopped doing his work.
"I don't know yet…how about still with you?" she suggested.
"Hmm, I'll just go along with anything…" he added.
"Good! We settle this matter!" she stood up.
"But the second project was the problem, what scene did you want to do? The main thing is, genre Romance…" he muttered and sighed.
"Hehe, I didn't know that my luck would be this ‘good’~" she's rubbing the back of her neck.
"Yeah, very ‘GOOD’!" he teased.
Flashback On
"Today I'm gonna assign all of you new projects as our holiday is going to be in a week…" the lecturer announced.
Everyone was whining, another burden was coming.
"Don't worry, it'll be an easy one. I promised! All of you already have a partner, so…you and your partner will act in one scene based on the genre that you'll get!" he explained.
Everyone mumbled and whispered towards each other.
"So…who's gonna be the first person that takes their genre from this box?" he presented a box with a lot of folded papers in it.
Everyone was looking around and avoiding eye contact. One bad idea popped up from Hyun's brain.
Hyun raised Nayoung's hand and everyone looked at her. A sharp gaze was pointing to Hyun but he ignored it and smirked at her.
"Yes Nayoung-ssi! Come here and take one paper!" the lecturer called. Nayoung shook her head but Hyun whispered something in her ears.
"If you go…I'll treat you to tteokbokki, rice cake and every food that you want. For. One. Week…" he said.
"Jinjja?!" she mumbled at him with widened eyes and he nodded.
Nayoung stood up from her chair and confidently walked to the front. She grabbed one of the papers and opened it. Her face was quite shocked that Hyun fixed the way he sat.
"What genre do you get, Nayoung-ssi?" the lecturer asked.
"I got…modern romance…" she gulped and everyone was clapping their hands and cheering. Excitement was waiting cause they expected a kissing scene.
Hyun didn't show his reaction but he looked like he was about to eat someone in Nayoung's eyes.
Flashback Off
"If you don't prank me first, maybe we'll get another genre…" she whines.
"I don't care what genre we got actually…but if you feel uncomfortable, we can ask for change from another student…" he suggested.
"No! What will they think about us later on…" she lowered her head.
"What will they think about us hmm?"
"I don't know but it must be a negative thing, I'm very sure about it…" Nayoung heavily sighed.
"You're so pessimistic about this…I like it…" he mumbled.
"You said something?" she was unclear with his last sentence just now.
"Let's go buy dinner now…" he stood up and stretched his body. Nayoung accidentally saw his abs and was blushing.
"Why are you so red? Are you sick?" he was about to touch her cheek when she moved thousands of miles away from him.
"I-I'm just fine, it's just a hot day today~ haha~" she looked away.
"If you said so, let's go now, have some fresh air…" he took his coat and threw Nayoung's at her face.
"Ssaekki!" she grumbled.
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"Let's go get kimchi jjigae!!"
"Don't you think that you'll get fat by just eating all day long?" Hyun teased her.
"What did you just say?!" she snapped and stopped in front of him.
"Don't you think that you're quite fat this recently?" he teased again with a smirk.
"You're fat!!" she was mad at him.
"Me? Fat? I'm fit okay~ want me to show you my abs?~" he flirted and made her blush.
"Abs my ass…no one wants to see it!" she stomped her feet and walked away.
Hyun just tailed her from behind and smiled.
"Huh?" Nayoung stopped in front of the food court and saw a corndog that was selling in it.
"You want it?" he asked.
"No…later on you'll call me a piggy…" she was about to walk away until Hyun grabbed her behind collar.
"C'mon, let's buy some~" he insisted and dragged her in front of the food court.
"Annyeonghaseyo~ can we have 4 gamja hot dogs?" Hyun ordered.
"Why did you order so much?" she is curious.
"1 for me and 3 for you~ my piggy~" he pinched her nose.
"Yah! I'm not your piggy!" she pushed away his hand and heard his giggles.
After buying those, they continued walking and stopped at another food court.
"Let's eat fish cake…" Hyun pointed at the meals in front of him.
"Sure…" she agreed.
"Annyeong~ what a match couple we got here~" an ahjumma said to them.
"You...talked about us?" Nayoung pointed at herself.
"Yes, both of you look cute together~" she paid a compliment.
"You're right, ahjumma~ my little wife was very cute, it's very lucky to have her~" he grabbed her shoulder and Nayoung sharply gazed at him.
"Both of you are already married? Hope both of you will be blessed with a child~" she added while packing their food.
"Thank you~ we'll surely work for it!" he said with confidence.
Nayoung just kept smiling while her hand pinched at Hyun's waist.
"Ahhhjumma! We'll go first~" Hyun smile and both of them walked away.
"What nonsense you just created huh?!" she is still pinching his waist.
"O-o-ouch! Nayoung-ssi…my muscles can't hold your pinch longer…" he was avoiding her.
"I don't care, that's what you get for your lie!" she grumbled.
"Okay…let's go, we still have lots of things that we need to get. This piggy wouldn't just be full of corn dogs and tteokbokki right?~" he teased her and she pinched him again.
They walked and grabbed more food. At 6 pm, Nayoung said that they already had enough and needed to return.
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"Where are you going?" Nayoung asked Hyun that wanted to enter his house.
"Have dinner of course…" he replied.
"Let's have dinner together…" she invited him.
"At your house?" he asked.
"No, in heaven…of course at my house!" she scoffed.
"As if you said so, I have no objection then~" he entered her house.
That dinner, both of them eat as usual and clean the dishes. Hyun peeks at her do the dishes from the living room.
Once she finished, Nayoung sat beside him on the couch.
"You still here?" she asked.
"Yeah, why? Am I not allowed to be here?" he replied with a question.
"No…just, it's already quite late at night, don't you think so?" she looked at the clock, it showed 10 pm.
"It's just 10 pm, why are you so anxious when I'm here?" he changed the topic.
"I…I just don't want you to accidentally sleep here, it'll be very embarrassing for me…" she said with an undertone. It's not the real reason for his question.
"Then, let me sleep here…I'll use the couch~" he said.
"Eh!? Why?!"
"Just for fun, let's take it as our first sleepover~ what's the worst thing that can happen? Pillow fight?" he grabbed the pillow.
"No…I…" her words stopped there.
Hyun chuckled "okay~ I'm just kidding! I'll go out right now…see you tomorrow morning~" he patted her head and walked out.
"Don't be late!" she said.
"You know me~" he saluted her.
In both of their rooms, Nayoung and Hyun stay up a bit late. Thinking of something that actually disturbs their heart. Something that tickles their feelings. Is that admired? Or interest? Or obsessions?
Or…a feeling that will make you sacrifice everything. Is that love? Everything comes to mind within the time. It feels like an unmanaged thing in a room.
Nayoung turned aside many times just to confirm her feelings towards him.
"I feel anxious when I'm around him but I know that he's safe…" she mumbled, zoning out at the ceiling.
"I think she's not bad, better than all the incubus in the palace…silly~" he mumbled on his own and giggled.
"What if I confess to him? Will he accept or reject me?" she asked herself pacing in front of the bed.
"Should I just say that I like her? Isn't that too awkward…?" he looked out of the window. A moon that is stunningly shining.
"The moon is beautiful~" he added.
"Let's just forget about the confession…he might not accept me…keeping our friendship is more important…right? Beautiful moon tonight~" she chins up at her table looking out of the window.
Same night and same moon, two people look at it just like how they look at each other. Hoping that fate will allow them to be together. How beautiful that night and they hope it'll not end.