Hello...
Been a while, huh? I was very busy and my big exam is coming in May. So I have been studying crazily and haven't got the chance to update any chapter. So here it is...
Thanks for the reviews and take care everyone. I might not be able to update very often now but will try when I get the time.
Jae Kyung was walking in the Shinwa campus, searching for her husband who had disappeared suddenly though he was beside her just a while ago. When she reached F4 lounge she was shocked when she saw something. It didn't look real.
Jan Di was sitting on the leather sofa and Ji Hoo and Jun Pyo were sitting on her both sides. If they were just normally sitting there it wouldn't have freaked her out this much but she found them both sitting awfully close to her. They both had put their arms around her shoulders from both sides almost crushing her between them.
Ji Hoo leaned in and gave her a kiss on her eye and cheek as her eyes fluttered close and Jun Pyo was kissing her hand. Then he kissed her shoulder blade. And the most shocking thing was when both of them were showering Jan Di with their affection for her none of them seemed to mind other, not even a least bit. Even Jan Di looked like she was enjoying it as she was giggling and gave them both a peck on their lips.
Jae Kyung looked in horror. She was so shocked that she stood there frozen and no words came out of her mouth. When Jan Di gave them both a peck on their lips Jae Kyung snapped as she couldn't take it anymore. "Jan Di, what do you think you are doing!?"
The three of them turned at her when they heard her voice. The funny thing was none of them looked least bit ashamed or embarrassed. On the contrary, Jan Di's eyes lit up upon seeing her there. She cheerfully asked, "Unni, when did you come?" She stood up and almost bounced towards her. she looked like she was floating in the air.
Jae Kyung looked at the girl in front of her with disbelief who was glowing and bursting with happiness. 'Is this the same girl that I know?' Jae Kyung didn't understand. So she went straight to the point. "What were you doing just now?" she demanded as she was angry and confused pretty much about the whole thing. She looked at the guys.
Jun Pyo was sitting there relaxed and he had draped his arm around the back of the sofa where Ji Hoo had picked up a book from the table and was reading it. Jae Kyung was speechless at their lack of concern and then she turned to Jan Di, "…with both of them?"
"Oh!" Jan Di blushed, not ashamed at all and bit down on her lip with a hint of a smile. She looked back at the guys who were looking at her with love in their eyes.
Jae Kyung then turned to Jun Pyo who was looking at Jan Di and ignoring her completely. Jae Kyung walked towards Jun Pyo, "Jun, what are you doing here? Let's go home." She tried to catch his arm and then pulled him up to go with her but he pulled his arm back from her and walked passed her as if there was nothing. He went to Jan Di. He hugged her from the back and gave her a kiss on her cheek who blushed like mad and smiled at him shyly.
"What's happening in here? Yoon Ji Hoo, what's happening here!? Why are you not saying anything?" Jae Kyung turned towards Ji Hoo and demanded. Her frustration at peak and her anxiety increased with each passing second.
"You already can see what's happening. Why are you bothering to ask?" He replied while turning the page of the book he was reading without looking up. She was shocked at his attitude the most and lack of concern. She had thought at least he was the rational one among them but seemed like she had misunderstood him. They were behaving as if it was so natural, as if nothing was wrong.
Jae Kyung howled and wrenched Jun Pyo away from Jan Di. "Jun, what do you think you are doing with Jan Di, when you are already married to me?" She emphasized the word 'married' to get some sense in him as he was behaving weirdly.
"I don't give a damn about this marriage." He looked away folding his arms. He looked disturbed as if she had intruded here.
Jae Kyung felt so hurt at his careless words. Well it's not like she was hearing something new but it still hurt every time whenever he said something like that. Tears were trying to come out but she held them in. She turned and looked back at Jan Di helplessly, "Jan Di-yah?"
Jan Di put a hand on her shoulder. "Unni, I know you are a little shocked but as you can see I still love Gu Jun Pyo-"
"Then what about Ji Hoo?" Jae Kyung stretched her arm towards Ji Hoo pointing him with her index finger. He looked up from the book he had been reading upon hearing his name.
Jan Di turned towards Ji Hoo and smiled sweetly. "I love him too. I love them both actually and they both understood me. So now I'm dating them both." Her eyes sparkled as she spoke. Jan Di held out her hand towards Ji Hoo. He kept the book on the coffee table and walked towards her with a smile. When he neared her, he caught her hand and kissed her on the cheek.
Jun Pyo also came from where he was standing and stood on the other side of her. The three of them stood together and Jan Di hugged both of their arms. The three of them smiled and looked at Jae Kyung happily as if they were all happy together.
Jae Kyung said, "No…"
"No…!" she screamed and shot up. When she opened her eyes and looked at her side she could see Jun Pyo sitting beside her with an annoyed but concerned look. "Monkey, did you have a bad dream?" He took the glass from the side table and gave it to her.
Jae Kyung didn't say anything. She took the glass from him, drank the water and thanked Jun Pyo.
"You OK?" Jun Pyo asked.
Without saying anything Jae Kyung just stared at him. Her eyes were getting moist. She was looking at him trying to convince herself that he was here right now beside her. She reached for his hand and clutched at it tightly. At first Jun Pyo thought to shake it off but something in her eyes stopped him. So he let her hold it for a while.
As she wasn't saying anything, Jun Pyo said, "OK, I think you are fine now. Go to sleep. We need to get up early tomorrow." He lied down on his side and covered himself with the blanket.
Jae Kyung kept staring at him a little longer and then she lied on her side with a thud. 'What was that about? I actually saw Jan Di dating them both at the same time and they agreed to it!? I must be going crazy.' She shook her head, covered herself and tried to sleep.
Jun Pyo got up early this morning as he needed to go to office early today. Jae Kyung too as she was the one who had to do the presentation. She was a little nervous as it was her very first one. It's not that she didn't know what to do or how. She was also a little nervous after her weird dream of last night.
She had already worked with her father sometimes before her marriage and joined some of his meetings though all of them were forced. She refused every time as she really didn't like to get involved in business but she couldn't get rid of it no matter what. Whenever she tried to hide from them by going off somewhere, her father always sent his men to capture her as if she was some kind of thief who was trying to run away stealing their precious possession. Yeah, possession or commodity, she was never treated as their daughter and she was glad that her parents were less cruel than Jun Pyo's mom. Though she had her own bodyguards with her all those times, they were helpless when the order came from her father and she hated that so much. In that case she was same as Jun Pyo.
Now she was glad that 'the business' was the source of their meeting. Without business involvement she might have never been able to meet Jun Pyo. Though he didn't love her, she had no regrets in her life as she had found someone very special to her because of it. She didn't know if she would ever be able to get him love her but she would try her best to make him look at her someday. Now the whole world knew that he was her husband and that was enough for now and her only consolation knowing no one would try to steal him away from her. Well the person who was capable of doing so would never try that and she was confident about it. So she tried to relax and dismissed her thought about that stupid dream. Now when she thought about it, it seemed kinda funny and an impossible notion which could never happen in reality. And she knew her husband and Ji Hoo. They were not those type of guys who would share their woman.
She looked back at her husband from across the room who was getting dressed silently. He had been silent all this time. Well, it's not like he talked to her a lot but it was like he wasn't aware of her presence in the room. It looked like he was thinking about something very seriously. She thought if he was thinking about the meeting or something else. Though she wanted to ask, she stopped herself. If he didn't talk to her or ignore her now, she would be hurt again and it might affect her presentation. So for now she thought to think of something else to take her mind off her husband.
She turned towards the mirror and began to comb her hair after getting dressed in a white shirt and pencil skirt and did a little make up. She wasn't someone who liked or cared to do this kind of things much but after meeting Jun Pyo she always took extra care of her looks and appearance though people always said her beautiful even when she didn't wear any make up.
She always wished for him to look at her with eyes filled with love. Then she sighed upon realizing the fact that she was again thinking of her husband though just now she decided to think of something else. How much she tried her thoughts always came to him as her world now revolved around him.
In front of her she could see her beloved husband through the mirror who was tightening the knot of his tie. She kept staring at him for a little while and then sighed again; stood up. When she turned and walked towards the bed to take her purse as she had kept it there before getting dressed. She collided with Jun Pyo who had just finished getting dressed and was coming from there.
The collision pulled him out of the trance he was in. "Ouch!" Jun Pyo looked at Jae Kyung who was rubbing her forehead. He looked at her as if he was seeing her for the first that morning.
"Monkey, what are you doing here? Get out of my way!" he pushed her to the side and walked passed her towards the door. In mid way he stopped and looked back at her who was silently walking towards him after taking her purse from the bed. Something felt strange to Jun Pyo as he watched her coming towards him. She didn't say anything or didn't react when he pushed her to the side which was so unlike her. And she looked so anxious last night when she screamed in her dream. She must have seen something horrible he figured though she hadn't said anything about it when he asked. 'Is it bothering her still now?' He thought, a little worriedly about her.
When she came and stood in front of him she found him staring at her. She felt her heart sped up as he was staring at her so intently and she couldn't seem to take her eyes away from him but she didn't want to hope much knowing she would just get more and more hurt afterwards. So she tore her eyes away from him at the same time told herself yet again not to get ahead of herself. So clearing her throat she asked, "What is it, Jun? Is something on my face?"
Jun Pyo found her looking at him curiously. 'May be I was just over thinking.' He looked down and blinked.
He again heard her calling his name, "Jun!"
He snapped his eyes up and found her looking at him with concern this time. "Are you OK?" she reached out her hand and lightly but hesitantly touched his arm.
"Yeah, I'm OK. Let's go, otherwise we will be late. You need to be there early today." He turned from her and strode towards the stairs without waiting for her. While walking he thought about Jan Di. Well, he had been thinking about her all this time. 'What's she doing? May be I should apologize for my rude behavior of last night.'
Jan Di walked in the Shinwa High. Ji Hoo had dropped her at the entrance and said that he would be there later as he had some business to take care of. When Jan Di asked if he was ditching class, he just gave her a mischievous smile saying he would see her later in 'their place'.
She shook her head; walked to her class and took her usual seat as the class was about to start. After Jun Pyo's marriage there were rumors about her. The first rumor about her had died down and now another had started already. She sighed as she was getting tired of these stupid rich kids' spreading rumors about her. 'Don't they have anything else to do without digging someone's personal life–to be specific, her life? ' And they just loved to bully her. Well she had a pretty good idea why they did that. They just couldn't accept it because the famous F4 who didn't care for anyone else around them, cared for her, they treated her nicely and not only that two of F4 members were in love with her.
So the elites of Shinwa were jealous of her and that's why they always tried to put her in danger for revenge. Now the rumor was that she was a slut and she had switched to Ji Hoo now as Gu Jun Pyo had ditched her and gotten married. She needed to admit – she was quite amazed at how good they were at making gossips about her and fabricating them. And… about this second one… Well she wasn't quite sure as it was not true at all and not totally false either.
Yeah, after Jun Pyo's marriage Ji Hoo had professed to her about his feelings for her that night. She was shocked at first when he did so but then she realized that it wasn't that shocking after all as he had always done everything a loving boyfriend would do for his beloved girl friend.
Jan Di blushed recalling how they had kissed each other that night. Well, she also had done some other things too. Her blush deepened. Not only that, they had kissed each other several times already. She didn't know what those kisses meant though. After his confession she had also said that she would try to move on but she still needed time on which he agreed saying he would wait for her until she was ready and now they were staying under the same roof already. Well she felt bad that he had to still wait when he had already waited long for her but she still couldn't bring herself to return his feelings. Though no matter how she looked at it, things had developed rather quickly for them. But she was sure of one thing that she didn't switch to Ji Hoo right away as she was still not totally over Jun Pyo yet. How could she? It had been barely one month and her wounds were still fresh but she knew that something had changed.
She again felt the sharp pain in her chest recalling last night how Jun Pyo had accused her saying if she had ever loved him. His words had broken her already broken heart again into million pieces. But then Ji Hoo had come to her rescue upon hearing the emergency bell as he was her firefighter and his presence was enough to lessen her pain.
Well if she wanted to be honest with herself she couldn't say that she felt nothing for the quiet member of F4 as she was seeing him in a new light now after his confession but she was still not able to do anything about it and return his feelings because her heart was torn and she was not still ready to jump into another relationship just because her previous relationship didn't work out for her. Guem Jan Di was not that kind of a cheap person. And also she didn't want to give him any more pain than she already did.
She knew that she felt something for him and that's for sure but her heart wasn't ready yet. So she would give her answer to him when she had moved on from Jun Pyo completely and could give her whole heart to him. She didn't want to be with him halfheartedly just because he confessed to her or out of pity. She wanted to move on from Jun Pyo and give her entire heart to him.
After Jun Pyo's marriage the students of Shinwa had been making her everyday life very difficult as they thought that Jun Pyo had thrown her away and F4 wasn't with her anymore. They started bullying her and she was again in danger. She was a little scared there as Ji Hoo, her firefighter was avoiding her and he wasn't beside her in those hard days, which was also a reason for her getting bullied as they thought that there was none now to save the wonder girl. They thought that with Jun Pyo the F4 had also thrown her away as they didn't see her with them but fortunately Woo Bin and Yi Jeong were in school. Though the students were bullying Jan Di, they did that behind F4's back to be on safe side. When F2 found out that Jan Di was being bullied again, they immediately took action and the Shinwa students were again threatened to stay away from her as F2 had made it very clear that Jan Di was still one of them and they wouldn't spare anyone who ever tried to harm her. From that day they kept their distance from her.
That day she felt with her whole being how miserable she was without her firefighter in her life. She was terrified when she thought that he wouldn't be beside her and she desperately wanted him back in her life. After rescuing Jan Di Woo Bin and Yi Jeong took her to F4 lounge and asked her if everything was alright between her and Ji Hoo as Ji Hoo didn't seem himself on those days and F2 were worried about him. They also noticed that Ji Hoo wasn't beside her and F2 suspected that he was avoiding Jan Di. Jan Di knew the reason but she couldn't tell them, so she just smiled weakly saying that she didn't know. And now he was back in her life again. She smiled when she recalled the night of their reunion.
While thinking about these things Jan Di hadn't noticed that the teacher had come and it had been already 15 minutes since class had started. When the professor asked her to stand up and asked what he was saying she felt like an idiot. She had no idea what topic he was discussing today. When she looked around and her eyes fell on Ginger, she just gave her a filthy smug smile and sarcastically said, "Sir, she had been day dreaming all this time." And the whole class started to laugh pointing finger at her and whispering about her.
Jan Di felt so humiliated. Luckily the professor was one of the rare ones who were kind to her. So he told the students to keep quiet and warned Jan Di not to space out during class again before letting her sit down. After sitting down her eyes met Ginger's again, she gave her a dirty look and her two fellows Miranda and Sunny glared at her from beside Ginger which Jan Di ignored and turned forwards and tried to concentrate on the lesson.
After class she walked in the cafeteria with her lunch box and sat on her usual spot. She put down her chop sticks on the table beside it and opened her lunch box but before she could take a bite the evil trio appeared before her. Ginger had a bottle of water dangling in her hand. The cap of it seemed open. Jan Di looked up at them with irritation wanting to know what they wanted now and wanted to get it over with quickly as she had to go meet Ji hoo in their spot.
Before she knew it suddenly Ginger poured half of the water in Jan Di's lunch box and then let go of the bottle which slipped down from her hand, toppled and fell on Jan Di's lap and wet her uniform.
Ginger gasped and covered her mouth with her hand feigning shocked. Then crossed her arms over her chest and exclaimed with a smirk, "Oops, it slipped from my hand!"
Miranda and Sunny started to laugh as if that was the most hilarious thing they had ever seen after having a high five and Ginger joined them.
Jan Di clenched her jaw. She glared up at them clenching her fists which were on the table. After a while their laughter lessened. "What's your problem?" Jan Di abruptly stood up banging on the table and demanded in a loud voice.
The evil three stopped laughing upon hearing her voice and Ginger said, "You are the problem!" She shoved Jan Di. She stumbled but balanced herself. She glared at them with tightened jaw. She was so angry that she was having trouble controlling her rage.
Ginger again said, "How dare you glare at me, you commoner!? What are you doing here in Shinwa? You should just drop off school already."
The other two sneered and said, "Yeah, you should just drop off. Don't come here again."
Jan Di had always ignored them but today she couldn't take it anymore. So she opened her mouth to give them a piece of her mind but Ginger cut her off and said, "Jun Pyo sunbae wasn't enough for you, huh? Now you are going after Ji Hoo sunbae. A commoner like you… You should know your place!"
Jan Di again opened her mouth to say something but this time she heard another voice but she felt at ease upon hearing the always calm but now chilly voice which spoke for her, "I think you should know your place."
The trio and Jan Di looked at the entrance of the cafeteria. Ji Hoo was standing there. His face looked unhappy and he approached them.
"Sunbae…" Jan Di whispered.
"Ji Hoo sunbae!" exclaimed the three.
When Ji Hoo neared them, the trio took few steps back. Miranda almost fell but Sunny caught her by her arm and help her stand straight again. JiHoo passed Jan Di after a glance at her appearance which seemed to piss him off even more. He stood over them. After crossing his arms over his chest tightly he asked, "So, what were you saying again?"
At Ji Hoo's question they stood there silently for a while as if frozen but then garnering her courage Ginger said, "Sunbae… we were just looking out for you-"
"Who asked you to do that?" Ji Hoo shouted at her face. She flinched and stepped back a little. She shivered when she found Ji Hoo glaring at her icily. The leader of the trio felt chill running down her spine. She opened her mouth to say something but nothing came out of her mouth.
Miranda and Sunny both held and squeezed her both arms on her both sides. Jan Di almost felt sorry for her. She could see how frightened she was.
After finding her voice Ginger again said, "But sunbae, she broke your friendship with Jun Pyo sunbae. She is a slut-"
'No, I take it back. I don't feel sorry for her. She deserves it.' Jan Di thought.
"Enough!" Ji Hoo again shouted. Ji Hoo had always been the calm member of F4 but seeing him like this for the first time, those three got really scared. Well Ji Hoo had warned them before but they had never seen him this pissed.
A little crowd had already formed around them in the cafeteria. When Jan Di noticed it she looked at her sunbae's tensed back. She could say it very well how angry Ji Hoo was and how he was holding himself back but she didn't want him to do this right now and wanted to take him out of there as she didn't want anyone to see him like this. If it was before she might have used the excuse that he was doing it because she was Jun Pyo's girl friend and a good friend of him. But now she couldn't say it even as an excuse as she already knew about his feelings and why he was doing it. So she tugged at his jacket trying to get his attention.
"Sunbae, let's go."
Ji Hoo didn't budge. His eyes were getting red with his growing raze. Jan Di looked around the jostling students who were also shocked at Ji Hoo's behavior. They had never heard him raising his voice. Jan Di desperately wanted to take Ji Hoo out of it. So she caught his arm and hugged it tightly saying, "Sunbae, please, let's go."
At her pleading voice Ji Hoo looked at his side and found Jan Di hugging his arm tightly to her chest. He found her pleading with her eyes. Well he didn't want to see that look on her lovely face and also the way she was hugging his arm... Well he could feel the softness of her chest which lessened his anger and his heart sped up. So giving a last glance at those three he said, "Let's go."
And they were gone. Ginger was so afraid that she was shivering still recalling Ji Hoo's voice. As her feet felt like jelly, she sat on one of the chair and the crowd was gone by now.
After the presentation everyone clapped as they were pleased with her presentation. Jae Kyung smiled happily at her success. When her eyes met Jun Pyo's she found him looking at her with a very small smile. She was a little shocked that he had that look on his face. 'Is he really proud of me?' Before leaving the room everyone shook their hands with her. When everyone was gone Jun Pyo was still sitting on one of the chairs.
Jae Kyung approached him and when she was in front of him, he stood up. Though he didn't want to admit that the presentation was amazing, recalling her behavior of last night and this morning he said, "That was good."
"Really?" her eyes lit up.
"Hmm." he shoved his hands in his pockets.
Her heart filled with happiness. Though everyone said the same thing, they didn't really matter the same way as his little comment mattered to her.
Jun Pyo held out his hand for hand shake. Jae Kyung looked at the hand and smiled. She quickly took his hand in both her hands and shook it, not wanting him to get irritated and change his mind.
Then Jun Pyo looked at his watch and said, "Let's go out. We haven't had breakfast."
Jae Kyung said, "Isn't it a little late for that Jun? It will be lunch time soon, you know," she smiled. Though she said so, she didn't mind even a least bit as she was so happy that he was inviting her for a meal.
"I know, do you have any problem with that? Then don't go. I'll go by myself." Jun Pyo turned and walked towards the door to get out of the room.
Jae Kyung ran towards him and linked her arm with him. "Who said I won't go?" Jun Pyo had expected her to say that. So he smirked.
They walked out of the room and Jae Kyung exclaimed, "Let's have brunch!"
When they reached the restaurant, they were escorted to their seat. The waiter quickly came with their food and began preparing without taking their orders. It felt like Jun Pyo had already booked the table for them and ordered their foods before coming.
Jae Kyung was so touched that she wanted to hug him tightly right now and kiss him but she held herself back as she didn't want to break the good mood between them by doing something rash. Her eye got moist and she quickly wiped it with the back of her hand.
When the food was prepared they dug in. While eating they talked casually and Jae Kyung felt like the happiest woman in the world. She felt like she had gotten a little closer to Jun Pyo. She noticed that Jun Pyo was eating more than usual. She smiled at that. 'He must be hungry. He hadn't eaten much last night after all.'
After the meal Jae Kyung asked Jun Pyo, "You are free now, right Jun? Let's go somewhere."
Jun Pyo wiped his mouth with the napkin and said, "No, I have some work."
"Oh, OK." She felt a little sad at that. 'What was I thinking? Just because he came to eat with me doesn't mean that he will accept my invitation. Well, he still came to eat with me, so I should be happy for that now.' She tried to cheer herself up by it.
After the meal they parted.
"Sunbae, are you OK?" Jan Di asked with concern when they were in the emergency stairwell.
"Why are you asking me that? I should be the one asking you that." Ji Hoo quickly pulled out his handkerchief from his pocket.
"I'm alright, sunbae. Really…"
Ji Hoo began to wipe the water from her uniform with the handkerchief. Jan Di watched him wiping water from it and her lips curved upwards in a small smile.
When Ji Hoo looked up at her after wiping, he found her smiling. "Why are you smiling?" he asked.
"I just recalled something similar when you wiped flour off my uniform," she said looking at him and laughed.
A smile came to Ji Hoo's face at that memory. He looked at her uniform. "Jan Di-yah, take off your jacket. It's wet, you will catch a cold if you keep wearing it."
"It's OK. It's almost dry anyway, don't worry."
"No, I insist!"
Jan Di smiled and took off her jacket. Ji Hoo took the packet from the corner of the wall which he left before going to find Jan Di. He sat and pulled out the sandwiches and drinks from inside it. He ushered her to sit beside him.
Jan Di smiled. She asked after sitting beside him on the floor. "When did you bring them?"
Ji Hoo handed her the sandwich and leaned against the wall. He said, "When I came back, I brought them with me. As you weren't coming, I went to find you leaving them here."
Jan Di smiled again and without asking him more she took a bite and chewed. It tasted so good that she quickly finished it. She took a sip of her drink. Before she put it down Ji Hoo handed her another sandwich which she gladly accepted as she was still hungry, not to mention she loved eating. She again took a bite off the sandwich which tasted different but equally tasty.
Ji Hoo watched while she ate. He just ate one sandwich as he wasn't feeling that hungry and washed his mouth with the drink. They ate in silence without talking; enjoying being with each other. After Jan Di finished her can of juice, she exclaimed happily, "That was so good! Thanks, sunbae."
Ji Hoo smiled and said, "Don't mention it." They sat there talking to each other as there was still 15 minutes left before their next class. As the stairwell was directed to the south and the weather was chilly, Jan Di shivered as she was a little cold for taking off her jacket earlier.
Ji Hoo saw her hugging herself. So he quickly took his jacket off and put it around her shoulders. Jan Di thanked him appreciatively but after a while she heard him sneezing. Then he sneezed again.
She pulled off the jacket from around her shoulders and held it out towards Ji Hoo who looked at her questioningly.
"Sunbae, you are sneezing from last night. If you don't wear it you will be sick."
Ji Hoo said that he was fine and didn't need it but then he sneezed again. "See, you've already caught a cold. If you don't want it to get worse, you better wear it." Jan Di put it around Ji Hoo again.
He reluctantly slipped his arms inside the sleeves and then an idea came to him. He said, "Jan Di-yah, come, sit in front of me." He opened his crossed legs and made space for her to seat there.
Jan Di gave him a puzzled look but then sat in front of him anyway, her back against his chest. Ji Hoo put his arms around her waist and pulled her flush against his chest. Jan Di gasped at the sudden movement and their so close proximity but before she could say anything Ji Hoo put the front of his jackets around her shoulders and hugged her tightly by hugging her snugly around her waist.
He said, "Now we both can be warm."
His voice sounded like he was very satisfied. Jan Di blushed and shyly said, "Yeah, it's warm." She made herself comfortable in his chest by leaning back into him more and Ji Hoo's arms around her instinctively tightened.
Jan Di kept her head at the crook of his shoulder and neck. They stayed like that enjoying it. Jan Di had to say, she was feeling very comfortable and warm there. 'Was her sunbae's chest always this warm?' She hadn't noticed it though she had hugged him million times already. She felt so sleepy.
She also could feel that his arms which were hugging her were just below her chest barely touching her bosoms. May be he hadn't noticed it or was he aware of it? She should be feeling uneasy, right? But the most ridiculous thing was she wasn't and that was very shocking to her. Because it's Ji Hoo sunbae, right? He wouldn't do anything, right? Ugh! Why was her head filling with crazy things? Her face was getting warm. She shook her head.
Ji Hoo looked at her face curiously and found her biting her lower lip. "Is anything on your mind, otter?"
"Oh, no-nothing, it's nothing really," Jan Di emphasized which said that it was actually something but as she was so cutely trying to hide it from him, he thought not to trouble her more than she already was by asking.
Well whatever it was she just knew one thing for sure that he wouldn't do anything that she didn't want, she justified to herself which seemed to satisfy her. Yeah, she had that much trust in him. So without worrying about anything more she sighed, put her arms over his crossed ones, closed her eyes and rested in the warmth of his chest again.
Ji Hoo watched her relaxing again and closing her eyes. He hugged her tighter against him. Jan Di felt him drop a kiss at the crown of her head.
Unbeknownst to them someone who was watching them for a while walked away. His eyes were red and his whole body was shaking with fury. 'How could she do this to me?'
Jun Pyo quickly strode out of Shinwa campus. As an F4 obviously his fans gathered to see him when he was there but they kept their distance this time which he really appreciated as they could see the dark cloud over his head and his face looked like he would kill anyone if someone approached him now.
When he was out of the campus, he quickly got into his car. His first action should be getting away from there but he knew himself well by now. If he did, there might be accidents as he couldn't control himself whenever he was angry or frustrated. So it was not the wisest thing to do. He tried to calm down by taking deep breaths and releasing them extra slowly.
He held the steering wheel and felt a little calm after a while but then everything rushed back to him. After his brunch with Jae Kyung he had gone to buy something for Jan Di as an apology gift. After browsing for almost an hour he found a necklace which caught his eyes and he imagined that she would look good in it. He got that for her saying himself yet again that it was just an apology gift for her trying to convince himself.
Then he went to see her as he knew it was recess. He had gone to see her in cafeteria but she wasn't there. So he searched everywhere and then finally found her and where? In arms of his best friend and he also witnessed him kissing her head.
No matter how he looked at it, that didn't look like a friendly hug. Yeah they were close, so close that it always bothered him but today it felt very different. It felt like the atmosphere around them was totally different and they were in their own world where he couldn't get in even if he tried.
His grip tightened on the steering wheel. It pissed him off. It pissed him so much that he felt like killing someone. He exhaled sharply and pulled out the necklace from his pocket. He looked at the necklace which was dangling in his hand. Finally he clenched it and threw it out of the car. His chest rose and fell. Then he drove away quickly.
Two lotuses stopped in front of Shinwa campus. Song Woo Bin and So Yi Jeong came out of them. Woo Bin pulled off his sun glass and Yi Jeong came and stood beside him. They both looked at the car which was speeding up.
"Jun Pyo…" Yi Jeong whispered and F2 exchanged a look.
Meanwhile…
After a while she heard Ji Hoo asking her in a very low voice, "Jan Di-yah, are you sleeping?"
"Hmm…?" she opened her eyes but didn't move. She turned her head tilting it towards him and found him staring at her. Their faces were so close and she was aware of it but his gaze was so intense that she couldn't seem to take her eyes away from his chocolate ones. They kept staring at each other for a long time and then Ji Hoo began to lean towards her with painful slowness.
When their faces were mere centimeters away from each other, they both could feel each other's hot breath on their faces. Their heart beat sped up hammering against their rib cage. JI Hoo took a deep breath as his nose tip was touching hers and their lips were so close.
Ji Hoo's eyes caught her lips when Jan Di wet her lips unconsciously. Ugh! It was becoming so unbearable for him. When his face moved a little close, her eyes fluttered shut and her cherry red lips parted a little. He also closed his eyes and when their lips were about to touch they heard the bell rang indicating that recess was over.
Ji Hoo sighed and pressed his forehead to hers as her eyes opened. "Recess is over," he said dejectedly.
Jan Di bit her lower lip, slightly disappointed. Ji Hoo loosened his arms around her and she quickly stood up. "I… I need to go back to class." Without looking at him she took off.
"Bad timing," Ji Hoo said to himself and sighed again. He checked his watch and then quickly stood up and left the stairwell; headed to his class.
Jan Di was running in the corridor. When she passed a teacher, she shouted, "Don't run in the corridor!"
But Jan Di didn't hear her. She quickly went to restroom and stood in front of the mirror. Her face was burning. She quickly washed her face trying to cool down her heated cheeks. When she felt like it was OK, she went back to class.
F3 sat in their lounge after their class.
Woo Bin said, "Jun Pyo came…"
"Huh?"
"You didn't meet him?" Yi Jeong asked surprised.
"No, I'm hearing it from you guys now," said Ji Hoo.
"Then did he meet Jan Di?" Woo Bin asked delicately.
Well…
….
"So that's what happened when he met her last night but why did he accuse her for staying at your place?"
"He thinks Jan Di never loved him-," Ji Hoo said looking at his crossed fingers.
"That's ridiculous!" Yi Jeong shouted.
"Yi Jeong-ah, cool down," said Woo Bin. He put a hand on his shoulder and gave it a squeeze. Yi Jeong exhaled.
"Then you are saying that he didn't meet you or Jan Di today?" Woo Bin asked.
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure that he didn't meet Jan Di. She was with me just before her class. So I'm sure about it," Ji Hoo said looking at Woo Bin.
"Then, what was he doing here?"
Ji Hoo kept silent. Then he checked his watch and stood up.
"Where are you going?" asked Yi Jeong, seemed like he had calmed down.
"Jan Di is waiting for me. I need to go." Then Ji Hoo was gone.
F2 sat there quietly. Woo Bin was now feeling like he knew why Jun Pyo came after pondering for a while. They saw Jun Pyo during recess which meant he came at that time and the thing he found... It must be for Jan Di. Jun Pyo must have come to make up with her but at that time Jan Di was with Ji Hoo. So he went back. He threw it away meant he was angry about something. May be he saw them together and didn't like it. Well it was as clear as day light to him now.
He thought if he should show Yi Jeong what he found but then thought better of it. He might have told Ji Hoo if Yi Jeong weren't here as he didn't want to make his already furious friend more furious.
Ji Hoo found Jan Di waiting for him sitting on the bench where he always played his violin. He hadn't gone there for a while now.
When Jan Di saw him coming she waved at him. He smiled a small one and walked towards her. He sat beside her. There was an awkward silence between them as both of them were thinking about their almost kiss.
But then Ji Hoo thought to break the silence by asking her about her class and other things. They talked for a while and the awkwardness washed away. From their conversation Ji Hoo confirmed that Jan Di hadn't met Jun Pyo today, otherwise her mood wouldn't be good.
So then they both walked towards his bike and hopped on. When Jan Di held him around his waist, he took off.