A/N: Now that school's started again it'll take a little longer for me to update so please, you loyal readers of this story out there be patient, thank you...
"Woo Bin-ah, you know I love you..."
Jae Kyung said tiredly and sighed; both for the situation and the fact that Woo Bin wasn't understanding.
She looked down to her stomach as he kept rambling on, but didn't really pay attention. She was much too focused on something else.
How could this happen to her? And Woo Bin? Of course this shouldn't be too surprising as she and Woo Bin have been dating for months now. But since her disapproving parents have learned about their relationship and how deep it was becoming, the situation has gotten a lot worse..
"Okay? Kyung-ah?" Woo Bin interrupted her thoughts, waving a hand in front of her face trying to get her attention. She quickly looked back up at him.
"Huh?"
He sighed in exasperation. "Didn't you hear what I just said? I said that we just can't sit down and not do anything about it. We're a team now, Kyung-ah, we can get through this together!"
"But you know my parents!" Jae Kyung retorted in a tone that surprised Woo Bin. "You know that all they care about is the business, and what's best for it. They don't care at all if I actually like the person they've chosen for me, and I hate it! I'm way old enough to choose who I want to be with, and I thought they learned that already... Woo Bin, I hate it.. I hate this!"
At this point Woo Bin walked over to her and snuggled her in his arms, as tears began streaming down her face.
This tore him up on the inside. He wanted to see the strong and fearless Jae Kyung he knows and loves, this frustrated and crying Jae Kyung was one he had never seen, ever, during all the years he had known her. Not even after she left for New York had she cried like this, leaving behind her only friends back in Korea. He kissed her lovingly on the top of her head.
"Gwenchana..." he whispered over and over, stroking her hair softly as she choked between tears.
"I'll help you study. But, I want something in return."
Jan Di involuntarily remembered what Dae-hyun told her as she was relaxing on a chair in the empty auditorium-like classroom to study.
"Think about it, we've secretly liked each other for years, but covered it up by acting like we hate each other.."
She shook her head hastily; she was supposed to be studying.
"I want us to spend more time together. It doesn't have to be anything love-related, I want us to spend time together, just as friends..."
She sighed. Obviously her mind was thinking other things than to study for her very important upcoming exams.
She looked down at her phone and re-read the text Dae-hyun sent her a few hours ago. She didn't read it on time, but she did call him back and apologized. He didn't seem to mind, and even suggested they do that tomorrow or another day instead.
Suddenly she remembered his face; what his expression was when they first saw each other again for the first time in years, how annoying she thought he always looked whenever he criticized her, how cute he looked when he confessed his feelings for her...
"..when... I started falling for you..."
Unwillingly, she felt her heart skip a beat.
She remembered how weird she felt when he said those words, like everything in the world just stopped for a few seconds and it was only the two of them breathing. She remembered how uncomfortable she felt when he leaned in close to her in the library, yet she remembered how good that uncomfortable feeling felt. She remembered how she felt when he pulled her in for a hug after the party..
Then she stopped and cleared her throat. Now it was time to get back to reality.
Minutes passed, and she was so engrossed with her textbook she didn't notice someone plop down onto a seat next to her.
"Sunbae!" she said in surprise when finally noticed that person.
Ji-hoo smiled in response, "Annyeong."
She smiled back. "What are you doing here?"
He sighed and looked ahead at nothing in particular. "I don't know. I thought I'd just come back here and think, just like how I used to when I was still studying." he smiled and looked at her.
"I'm sorry for bothering you."
"Ani, sunbae, you didn't bother me! I'm done studying for today anyways." she reassured him.
After a few seconds of silence, he looked at her with a sudden serious expression. She looked back at him questioningly.
"About Lee Dae-hyun..." he started.
"He's just an old friend-"
"I know that he likes you."
"Well.. yes, but-"
"And I also know... that you may be starting to have the same feelings towards him." he finished, keeping a serious expression, and waited for her reaction.
Jan Di stared at him with surprise, not knowing what to say, then looked down remorsefully.
"I.. don't know, sunbae..." she sighed.
After a few seconds of silence she looked back at him, but he was staring at the ground in thought. She opened her mouth to speak again but he interrupted her.
"Jan Di," he started again. "Don't make me regret it."
At this she was confused, but he continued. "Giving you up for Jun-pyo. Don't make me regret it." he said then looked at her.
She didn't know what to say.
He sighed. "Jan Di-yah. I can tell that you and Dae-hyun have liked each other before, and I also know that because he's always around you, you find that your old feelings are coming back."
She raised an eyebrow, surprised with his strange intuition.
"Let it go. Whatever happened in the past should stay in the past." he finished almost sadly, then stood up to leave.
Jan Di, still processing what he said, was too late and before she knew it, was alone again in the empty auditorium-like classroom.
