Lesson 6: Retweet! Retweet!

F4Casanova Now waiting for &AutumnYang outside her house. Nervous. Hope she forgives me.
5 minutes ago via twtkr

Yi Jeong refreshed the page for the twentieth time and sighed. It had been a while since he told Ga Eul-yang that he was waiting for her outside her house, and he was still waiting for her to come out. He frowned as he entertained the idea of her being mad at him, though she didn't sound like she was from her earlier reply.

He shook his head and refreshed the page again. Then, he just about sputtered upon noticing the new tweet above his:

F4DonJuan RT &F4Casanova Now waiting for &AutumnYang outside her house. Nervous. Hope she forgives me. – You're the Casanova! You can't be nervous!
a minute ago via Panotwt

Great, Yi Jeong thought to himself, feeling his pride sink a little, Woo Bin just re-tweeted my tweet to his over 2,000 followers. He just had to.

He refreshed the page again, only to see another new tweet:

AutumnYang &F4Casanova You might want to turn around?
a few seconds ago via mobile

F4 Casanova did, and he found AutumnYang standing at the entrance to her apartment building.

His heart beat a little faster as she walked over. He couldn't really read the expression on her face while she was further away, and he still couldn't read her expression, even as she was coming towards him.

She breezed past him and settled herself down on the curb. Her non-greeting had initially taken Yi Jeong by surprise, but eventually, he followed suit (though he had to brush some dirt off the curb first, before sitting down).

The two said nothing for a while, as they looked out at the now quiet street.

"So," Ga Eul finally said, an amused note in her voice as she broke the silence, "I heard you got in touch with a Lee Jun Ki super fan, huh?"

Yi Jeong tried to hide his embarrassment by pretending to massage the bridge of his nose.

"Don't remind me," he sighed, "I didn't think there were that many Ga Euls out there. Or that Lee Jun Ki was discharged from the army the day I came back from Sweden… or that he made his first public appearance the day we went to the teddy bear museum…"

Ga Eul couldn't help but laugh at how silly this was. She had heard that the actor was making an appearance somewhere that day, but it was too far from where they were. (Not that it mattered, either.) Coincidences were a funny thing.

"So, what made you conclude that she wasn't whom you thought she was?" she asked, trying to steal a peek at the embarrassed one.

He closed his eyes and mustered a sigh. "She just wasn't you," he whispered.

Ga Eul smiled and tenderly removed Yi Jeong's hand from his face.

"Why couldn't you just ask me if I had a Twitter account?" she prodded gently.

F4Casanova slowly opened his eyes and looked shyly back at AutumnYang.

"Well…" he began, a little hesitant, "I didn't want you to think that I'm spying on you or anything. I just want to read your thoughts, that's all."

Yi Jeong paused and tried to read Ga Eul, who appeared to be pretty deep in thought.

"See! Like now," he exclaimed, his lips forming a pout, "I don't know what you're thinking…"

Ga Eul sidled up to him as he was getting all indignant.

"I was just thinking," she whispered, her smiling eyes twinkling, "About how nice it is to hold your hand."

He did not see that coming. Yi Jeong looked down and sure enough, they were still holding each other's hand. He didn't even realize. It just felt so… natural.

Ga Eul gave his hand a little tug, and slipped her hand out of his grasp. Yi Jeong frowned a little when she did so.

"That aside," she continued, in a more serious tone, "I think that while Twitter is a platform to show a different dimension to a person… isn't it always better to just talk, face to face? Maybe I'm a little more old fashioned, but I feel that these online platforms just kill personal communication."

Yi Jeong moved a little closer to Ga Eul, his arm grazing against hers. A shiver went up his side just then.

"Some things are just easier to say online," he shrugged, "Because some people don't have the courage to really say how they feel."

"So," Ga Eul teased, looking at her sunbae in the eye, "How do you feel?"

Yi Jeong broke her gaze with an uneasy laugh.

"C'mon, sunbae," she edged him on, nudging his shoulder, "It's not that difficult to say…"

He bit on his lip, as he felt Ga Eul nudge him again. He breathed in deep. It's now, or never to be tweeted. (Not that he would ever tweet something… personal as this.)

"I feel that the world fades when I'm with you," he suddenly blurted out, unable to look her in the eye, "Everything just pales, blends into the background, becomes completely unimportant… and you, you are that star that lights up my heart. I wish I realized how special you'd be to me, when I first met you.

"You know something? When I was away, I'd always imagine you, as the star brightly shining in my Swedish sky… I would search really hard to find you when I missed you but I could never… and now, here you are. You're here. You're here and you glow, and you shimmer, and…" he paused to clear his throat, the emotion choking up his voice, "…and I hope you know how beautiful you are… because you are."

Yi Jeong continued to look away, holding back the other confessions threatening to spill from his tongue, unsure of how Ga Eul would react to that initial one.

Then, he felt her wrap her slender arms around his arm, and felt her lean her head on his shoulder.

"See? You didn't need Twitter to say all that, did you?" she whispered contentedly, "You did just fine, sunbae."

Yi Jeong felt his heart leap at her words, and her touch. Slowly turning his head towards her, his lips grazed her forehead. He closed his eyes and puckered them a little more, and he heard her sigh.

"Thank you, Yi Jeong sunbae," she whispered, as she snuggled in closer.

They stayed cuddled together for a few moments more, till he suddenly felt her release one of her arms from his.

He looked down curiously and was half amused to see Ga Eul typing away on her phone with one hand.

"Hey," Yi Jeong rasped, "What are you doing?"

Ga Eul giggled, while still looking at her phone. "Just sharing the moment with our friends."

F4Casanova sighed and brought his hand up again to massage the bridge of his nose (for real this time), as AutumnYang happily tweeted away.

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AutumnYang loves sharing perfect moments with &F4Casanova (and yes, you're forgiven!)
1 hour ago via mobile

F4Casanova RT &AutumnYang loves sharing perfect moments with F4Casanova (and yes, you're forgiven!) – Thanks… but stop tweeting and just be with me.
1 hour ago via twtkr

AutumnYang RT &F4Casanova Thanks… but stop tweeting and just be with me. – But I already am :)
1 hour ago via mobile

F4Casanova RT &AutumnYang But I already am :) – Let's try putting down the phone, and holding my hand instead?
1 hour ago via twtkr

AutumnYang RT &F4Casanova Let's try putting down the phone, and holding my hand instead? - I am holding your hand :) I can multitask quite well!
1 hour ago via mobile

F4DonJuan &AutumnYang &F4Casanova YAH you two, take your lovey dovey conversations offline, thanks.
1 hour ago via PanoTwt

F4Casanova RT &F4DonJuan YAH you two, take your lovey dovey conversations offline, thanks. – Aww, feeling left out? &AutumnYang and I heart you too ;)
1 hour ago via twtkr