Ara's POV...
I widen my eyes as I focus on the kimbab that he's holding for me. What's up with his ideas of feeding me food? The first was nacho and now this. Is this one of his playboy tricks to get the girls crazy? Well, it's not gonna work on me, at least I hope.
"Come on, Kim Ara! Give it a try," he says.
I roll my eyes, but opens my mouth to eat the kimbab anyway. Damn, and I thought I couldn't eat it all in a bite, but well I did. Just like all the other dishes here, this kimbab tasted amazing.
"What do you think?" Junghwa asks in a playful.
"Delicious," I answer in a flat tone.
"Haha, I knew you would say so," Junghwa says. "Ok, let's continue. Remember I still owe you a surprise."
"Can you at least just tell me what sort of surprise you have in your mind?" I ask him in a rather irritated tone. For a moment I really didn't want to play guessing games too much that it irritated me.
"Well, Miss Kim, it wouldn't be a surprise if I tell you right now," Junghwa says as he tries to sound like a mature man looking all wise, though I only found him to be silly at this point. Ok, I know he's trying to cheer me up. But that didn't work.
"I suppose you're right," I say before I take another bite of my kimchi.
"Hey, have patience and everything will turn out perfectly," Junghwa says.
I move my vision to see him staring at me with faith in his eyes. I wonder for a moment how come it's a rare thing for me to see this guy being in a foul mood. It's almost like he is always seen in a good mood, never looking all sad or even annoyed. He's really care-free and just lives life the simple and happy way. Sometimes I wish I could always smile like him, but then again I realize that the reason I'm not smiling is because of him, most of the time.
An hour later...
After the big dinner we had, we are now back on the road as Junghwa still refuses to reveal the surprise. He's been driving without giving me a small hint, making me feel annoyed.
"Can you at least just tell me where are we going? Like, please?" I ask him.
"We're almost there, and don't think that I would give you spoilers in advance," Junghwa says before he starts to chuckle.
I roll my eyes. This guy really is as silly as when we were younger. I don't get it why he found his little action right now to be funny. I honestly think he's just being ridiculous.
8 minutes later...
At Big Screen Cinema...
"Here we are," Junghwa says as he removes his seat belts.
"The cinema?" I ask him in confusion.
"Yup, and that's not it," Junghwa says as he suddenly pulls out two movie tickets from his pocket.
"No way! 2 tickets for Action Attack 2?" I ask him in a surprised tone. Damn, I've been wanting to watch this movie since weeks ago, and here he is surprising me with two tickets.
"That's right," Junghwa says as he hands me the ticket, which I happily accepts.
"I remember how we were both crazy about the first movie three years ago," Junghwa adds. Wow, he actually still remembers about that.
"You still remember? Gosh, Hwang Junghwa," I say in a both happy and excited tone. I realized that he really did succede in cheering me up.
"Of course I remember. I have good memories," Junghwa says in a playful tone.
I got so excited as I continue to stare at the ticket on my hand. Impulsively, I give Junghwa a surprise hug, which I bet kind of surprised him.
"Thank you, Junghwa," I say.
"Hey, you're welcome. Now come on, we don't want to miss the movie," he says as he pats the back of body gently.
I slowly remove my arms from him, where the two of us shares eye contact with one another in this moment. His sparkling eyes shines brightly as I feel my visions getting enchanted. Slowly I move my vision to his beautiful thin lips, which I had always been curious of. Damn, I wish I could taste his lips.
"Ara," Junghwa calls my name, bringing me back to reality.
"Oh yeah," I say.
"Shall we go?" he asks me, this time his voice sounds more soft.
"Yeah, sure," I say.
Inside the cinema...
We walked inside the cinema and took a seat, with our hands full carrying a big bucket of popcorn and a big cup of soda. Junghwa decided to go with caramel popcorn, while I chose to go with butter popcorn. He's more of a sweet person while I'm more salty.
As the movie begins with a scene of the main prontagonist who is a secret agent  running through the dark streets of New York City at night while being chased by a group of bad guys, I could feel the excitement inside of me already rushing. Junghwa and I took some chances to try each other's popcorns, and I wouldn't lie that there were times I squeezed his hand when some scenes involving a lot of shooting with the bad guys comes up. Yet, through out the moments of popcorn feeding and hand squeezing, tonight I actually like we are going on a date, even though I know that it's just a friend's night out, it makes me happy enough to spend some time with him, and doing something we both actually love. Come to think of it, I think Hana is truly lucky to be his girlfriend. One thing I know about my best friend here, he is a true gentleman who knows how to treat a woman the right way.
A few hours later...
After the movie ended, Junghwa drives me back to my house. During the ride, we couldn't stop talking about how awesome the movie was. Both of us were too amazed by how it turned out, with more excitements than the first movie.
"Ok, home sweet home. We arrived," Junghwa says as he finally arrives at my house. Man, for a second I thought it would still take some time for us to arrive. I guess time really does fly when you're enjoying yourself.
"Thanks for tonight, Junghwa," I say as I stare at Junghwa's sparkling eyes. I start to admire his charming features, from his sharp eyebrows, mesmerizing eyes, to his beautiful lips. I've been looking at him from a close distance for years, yet I only realize how attractive he is when I found myself falling for him. Man, why didn't I notice that before? He had always been good looking now that I remember.
"Ara, you ok?" Junghwa asks me all of a sudden, making me break the eye contact between us as I stare down at the ground. Despite having a strong attraction towards, I didn't dare to stare into his eyes when the moment became awkward, that he starts to question if I'm ok.
"I'm ok. Well, goodnight," I say as I open the car door and exit, probablu just leaving him a bit confuse, but I'm sure he'll get over it. Remembering that I'm just one of his close friends, he wouldn't be curious about me too much.
5 months later...
It's been five months since I finally finished my piano lessons. My parents were so proud of me when I told then I can now play the piano, they finally agree to buy me a piano for me to continue practicing. Since that, I've been practicing everyday. Weekdays after school, and weekends after lunch time. Glad to say that I am getting better at it. In fact, it has become a new hobby of mine, which I would often do every time I get the chance.
On the other hand, despite no longer having lessons with Junghwa, I'm glad to say that we are still talking like usual, though I tried to not let myself get involved too much with him, knowing that he is happy with Hana now. Despite finally starting to accept this reality, I can't lie that deep inside in my heart, there is still a small desire in my heart for him, which still surfaces back in my head sometimes, though I tried to ignore these thoughts. By that, I've been trying to distract myself with the piano these days. As for Zach, we still often portray as a couple in front of Tracy these days. But last month, he asked me again if I was ready to turn our relationship into a real thing, in which I said I wasn't ready to start a relationship yet, when I still want to focus on the piano. He agreed with the idea. Despite this, I feel like we are only getting closer these days, since he would often ask me out during weekends, and often study together whether it's at my place or his place.
Friday...
5:20 PM...
At Ara's house...
I finally finished my piano practice. I stood up from my seat and stretch my arms out, when my phone suddenly rings, signaling that someone is calling me. I quickly grab my phone from the small table in the room. It's Hana.
"Hello, Hana. What's up?" I ask her through the phone.
"Hi, Ara! I'm good. How about you?" Hana asks with her signature bubbly tone.
"I'm good. I finished practicing the piano," I say.
"Oh, that's great. By the way, do you happen to be free tomorrow?" Hana asks. "I'm hosting a small garden party tomorrow night at my place."
"Well, I'm free," I say in a casual tone. It's been a few months since the last time I saw her at Matt's party. While she's been busy dealing with school matters and her relationship with Junghwa, I've been trying to distract myself anything related to Junghwa with various activities such as practicing the piano and school matters. Knowing that tomorrow I'll be seeing her again, I think it's gonna be a good catch up. Either way, she's my cousin and our relationship actually has no problem other than the fact that we liked the same guy without her even knowing it.
"Great," Hana says. "You can bring your boyfriend too. It's just a small party, I only invited you and Junghwa, so I wouldn't want you too be too lonely."
Hearing this, I let out a small laugh at Hana's statement. But hearing that, I do realize that I wouldn't want to be lonely seeing her and Junghwa being all cute, though I don't really have a boyfriend. Well, I don't have a "real" boyfriend, but I thought about bringing Zach to the party as my partner, just so I wouldn't feel too lonely looking at those love birds.
"Ok, sounds cool," I say.
"Great! So I'll see you tomorrow at 7 PM," Hana says.
"Sure," I say. "See you tomorrow, Hana."
To be continue...