"Just take that as a good night bye bye~! You don't have to red up like that."
Sun Hee tidied up her hair, then she smiled.
"I know, I know. It just surprised me. Haha~ Thanks again for today, Kwonnie!"
Jo Kwon smiled, then he slowly walked down the main stairs while waving goodbye. When he was walking down the steps, he tumbled a bit because he didn't look forward. Sun Hee burst out laughing.
"Aigoo~ Kwonnie, be careful!"
As Jo Kwon left, Sun Hee went inside and straight to her room.
"What a wonderful world," she said while throwing herself to her bed.
~~~~~
Jo Kwon knocked at the door.
"Come in~", said a well-known voice.
"HEY GUYS~~~ !!!", yelled Jo Kwon while rushing in to Jonghun's mini studio. Jonghun's studio is already like 3ple J's basecamp, they all gather there whenever they have something to chat, or just to chill out. Tonight, Jong Hyun and Jo Kwon are going to sleepover there.
"Kwon, it's 11 pm, don't shout like that or you'll wake my mom up.", said Jonghun.
"Who cares? Your studio is soundproof right?" asked Kwon.
"Uh.. yeah, but.." Jonghun tried to find some more excuses.
"Never mind~!.." snapped Jong Hyun, "so how's the date?"
Jo Kwon stretched here and there until he finally sat down in front of his two friends. His appearance even made Fluffy, Jonghun's cat, frightened and hide behind Jonghun's back.
"My date? FAB-U-LOUS." said Kwon in his 'superb' english.
"Details, please." said Jong Hyun.
Then Jo Kwon told the whole chronology of his date with Sun Hee. From playing at timezone, go karaoke-ing, and taking a photo sticker.
"Here's the photo! I'm cuter than her, right? XDD"
Double JH both rushed and grabbed the photo. Jong Hyun looked envious, while Jonghun kept silent. He always does.
"So.. who has the next date with Sun Hee?" asked Jo Kwon.
"Rock scissors papers again, I guess." said Jonghun, finally talking.
Jonghun and Jong Hyun then decided the next date by playing rock, scissors papers again. They both stretched their hands forwards, Jo Kwon too.
"Hey Kwon."
"Ye?"
"You've done your date, why are you stretching your hands again?" asked Jong Hyun, cynically.
"Ehehe~", Jo Kwon pulled his hand back.
"Ready, Hyun?" asked Jonghun. Jong Hyun nodded.
"Rock, scissors, papers~!"
~~~~~
The next day (Tuesday), Sun Hee has just finished college. She was about to go home, alone, since Mr. Lee and Jaejin had something to do. Sun Hee crossed the road and waited at the bus stop. She kept standing there while holding her books, sometimes when the wind blew, she had a hard time putting her hair back in place. She waited for quite a long time, and no bus was showing up.
Suddenly a sound of a motorcycle came near by. It was a huge white bike, and the rider wore a black leather jacket and a white helmet. Sun Hee looked at the bike from far ahead, until it finally stopped in front of her.
Sun Hee's eyebrows curled, "Niga.. nugunde?"
The rider took off his helmet.
"Hey, Sun Hee~!"
Sun Hee then made a wide smile.
"Hey too, Jong Hyun."
5 minutes later, Sun Hee was already riding the bike with Jong Hyun. When he asked where Sun Hee was going, she said anywhere except home. So Jong Hyun took Sun Hee around Seoul, enjoying the afternoon breeze.
Every beautiful site that they pass, Jong Hyun kept pulling over and asked Sun Hee to pose while he takes a picture of her and the background with his HD XLR camera (talking about the price, it was way much more expensive than Cha Yoo's). Sometimes when Sun Hee looked bored, Jong Hyun gave her a surprise by taking a close up picture without her knowing.
"You look better being captured when you don't notice," he said.
Jong Hyun purposely took Sun Hee around and not saying that it's a date, because he knew that Sun Hee would be feel suspicious. Lastly, when Jong Hyun was driving, Sun Hee pat his shoulders,
"Ya, Kim Jonghyun~"
"Yea?", Jong Hyun looked to the side mirror to see Sun Hee's face.
"Is it possible to watch sunset at the beach?"
"What time is it?"
"5pm."
"Hold on."
Then Jong Hyun gain up speed, it made Sun Hee startled and hold on to Jong Hyun's waist with reflex. Jong Hyun made a smile, luckily it was hidden behind his helmet.
It took about 30 minutes from the city center to the beach. They both arrived just in time, when the sun was setting down. Jong Hyun put down his helmet, took Sun Hee's hand and dragged her to a big rock at the beach.
"Wait here." he said.
"Huh? where are you going?", Sun Hee's eyes followed Jong Hyun's steps.
Jong Hyun was away for about 15 minutes, the sun was about to set. Sun Hee suddenly felt uneasy. "Is he okay?", she murmured.
Just when she was about to call him, Jong Hyun came by running towards her, holding two cones of ice cream.
"Vanilla, or cookies and cream?", asked Jong Hyun.
Sun Hee felt affected, she almost shed tears knowing that Jong Hyun was away so long just to get her an ice cream cone.
"Sun Hee?"
"ah~ vanilla, thanks."
Sun Hee reached her ice cream cone and bent down her head, trying to wipe off her unfallen tears. Jong Hyun sat down beside her.
The sun was sinking down, the sky turned from light blue to calming orange. The afternoon breeze wiped Sun Hee's face, and played her hair.
"Looks pretty, huh?", Jong Hyun licked his ice cream.
"As always..", answered Sun Hee, while staring at the sunset glow.
~~~~~
Jong Hyun dropped Sun Hee home, it was still 7pm when they reached the Songs' house.
"Sure you don't wanna come in first?", asked Sun Hee while hopping down from the bike.
Jong Hyun took off his helmet and shook his head.
"Ok. Thanks for today, for the ride, ice cream, and sunset ^^"
Jong Hyun smiled while fishing out something from his pocket. Sun Hee looked curious.
"Here~"
Jong Hyun pulled out a shell necklace, white and plain, simply beautiful. Sun Hee looked at the necklace.
"what?", asked Sun Hee.
Jong Hyun got off of his bike and walked behind Sun Hee, he carefully put on the necklace around Sun Hee's neck, Sun Hee automatically held up her hair to make it easy. When Jong Hyun was done, he smiled and hopped back on his bike.
"For.. me?"
"Yup~, you must be tired, go get a rest. Tomorrow you still have college and a shift in the cafe, right?", Jong Hyun's voice sounded so sincere.
"Oh the shift. Yeah, haha. Thanks again, Hyun. Be careful on your way home."
Sun Hee held her necklace while watching Jong Hyun leave.
~~~~~
This time, it was Jo Kwon's home to be the basecamp of 3ple J. Jonghun and Jo Kwon were on bed playing playstation just when Jong Hyun arrived.
"Hey guys~!"
"Oh you're here already," said Jo Kwon, putting down his joystick. Jonghun kept playing, "how was it?" he asked.
"I took her around Seoul with my big bike, then we enjoyed sunset at the beach,"
"The beach?!", Jo Kwon and Jonghun looked at each other.
"Isn't that too far?" asked Jo Kwon.
"My bike is strong enough to speed up on the highway.", Jong Hyun smiled and threw himself to the sofa beside Jo Kwon's bed.
"Then what else? details please," said Jo Kwon, imitating Jong Hyun when he tried to interrogate the other day.
Jong Hyun smirked, then he started story telling about his date. When he finished, Jo Kwon looked amazed and felt defeated. Jonghun kept playing playstation while sometimes just humming to the stories.
"..but you know guys, sometimes i think about this.." said Jong Hyun hanging up his speech.
"what?" asked Jo Kwon.
"We're betting on her, to get her, or the money? I mean.. we all have this much amount of money. We're not that poor right? Sometimes I feel guilty whenever i meet Sun Hee. And sometimes I feel scared, if someday she finds out about our bet."
"Don't think about it." said Jonghun, straightforward.
"What do you mean don't think about it?" asked Jong Hyun.
Jonghun took a deep breath.
"Well, it was you who started this bet in the first place, remember? when you started it, you should have thought about the consequences, and also about Sun Hee finding this out. But now you're afraid about it? get real, Jong Hyun."
Jo Kwon's mouth was wide open.
"You know Hyunnie, this is the first time i gotta agree with Jonghun. He doesn't talk much, but when he does, it's meaningful and awkwardly wise.", said Jo Kwon.
Jong Hyun covered his face.
"Aaa~ i don't know, I'm just confused. Hey Jonghun, since you're the last one who gets to date with Sun Hee, where are you going to take her?", he asked.
Jonghun put down his joystick, while Jo Kwon started playing again. Jonghun sat up and messed up his own hair.
"Not tomorrow, I guess. She must feel exhausted. I think i shall wait for the right time."
"And when is that?" asked Jo Kwon while concentrating playing his game.
Jonghun looked up in an empty stare, "I don't know either."
~~~~~
Wednesday, another cafe day for Sun Hee.
She was pacing back and forth while serving the customers. Cha Yoo was there to help to, but there was no sign of Jaejin.
"Cha Yoo~"
"Yes, unnie?"
"Where's Jaejin?"
Cha Yoo looked down and tidied up her hair to hide her blush.
"Uuh, i don't know, why ask me?"
"Because he's usually here to see you.", said Sun Hee in no doubt.
"Ah, unnie.."
"Cha Yoo~!", Sun Hee shouted. Cha Yoo startled, she was afraid that Sun Hee found out that she actually likes Jaejin.
"ye..yes unnie?"
"Look, table number 7 is asking for orders.", Sun Hee smiled then walked away.
Cha Yoo made a frown, she turned around to face table 7 and found Jaejin waving to her. She took a deep breath while walking towards the table.
"Ah, Sun Hee unnie.. she always know about everything."
meanwhile, Sun Hee was standing by the cashier counter, waiting for some customer to call her. She looked around and found a guy walking inside the cafe, and took a seat at table number 12. Sun Hee instantly walked towards the table to serve him.
"Welcome, sir. Here is the menu."
Sun Hee lend the menu to the guy, the guy smiled and looked up to say thank you, but instead, he stared at Sun Hee.
"Sun Hee?"
To be continued..
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