Chapter 12

A/N so, before i leave to watch my little brother's show, and before i leave for my dance class, here's the update ^^
Chinh thank you for such kind words ^^ seung gi will appear in this chapter now, hehe. i'm sorry if i made you go crazy, lol. it was never my intention :)) anyway. i hope you enjoy this update ^^
karen you're welcome ;)

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“What was that for?!”

“What was what for?” Tei smirked.

She stuttered and sat back. “Th – That.. Uhm…”

“What? I can’t hear you Chae Yeon-ah~,” he said in a sing-song voice, and cupped his hand in one ear, pretending not to hear.

“Aigo~ Don’t pretend you don’t know oppa!” and punched Tei lightly while he sat down. He pulled her closely to his side on the couch. Tei laughed and hugged her head tightly.

“Don’t you realize that you look so cute this way?” Tei spoke, with his eyes clothes, arms around Chae Yeon's head.

Chae Yeon tried to wiggle her way out of Tei’s grasp, but failed. She couldn’t breathe in his embrace, but somehow, she didn’t mind it at all. It sort of felt… good, actually. To be held by a big man with big arms and a muscular body.

“Mmfh.”

“Hmm?” Tei asked, who still had his eyes closed.

“Mmfh – Bmpffh.”

“Oh, sorry,” Tei quickly jerked back, realizing how awkward their position was. “Sorry. You should’ve told me that you weren’t really comfortable with me hugging you that way,” and scratched the back of his head.

“Why did you do it?” she quickly asked as soon as he let go. “Why did you – do you… really like me?”

“Do you want me to kiss you again to make you realize that I do?” Tei had already pursed his lips in a playful pout to wait for a kiss but all that he got was a slight slap to the cheek. He laughed and hugged her again, only this time, lower and looser to give her enough space to breathe.

“Tei?” Chae Yeon looked up.

“Hmm?”

“Since when?”

“Since when what?” He looked at her questioningly.

“Since when did you like me?” Chae Yeon curiously asked.

Tei held her hands and smiled, “Since I felt that you liked me too.”

Chae Yeon blushed.

“Chae Yeon-ah. The way you look at me… It’s obvious that you do. I might be sounding like a complete jerk for telling this even if I don’t have any proof or whatever but I really do feel that you like me! That’s partly the reason why I liked you in the first place! When you look at me, you have the best smile on your face… Always. Almost as if you were always happy to see me. It made me feel so good, Chae Yeon-ah… To know that I was making you happy? Aish. That’s the best feeling in the world. I feel so giddy and happy inside! Do you understand that?! I am so happy to see you like that. Please don’t break my heart. Do you…” he paused, caught his breathe and continued, “do… do you like me enough to be... My… Uhm, mine?” and pointed to his heart. It was cheesy, but it worked.

Chae Yeon blushed yet again. She looked at his hand which was holding on to hers. She blissfully sighed and locked both their hands together with intertwining fingers. She held up their hands and showed it to his face, “Oppa,” she pointed to their joint fingers,

“I’m already yours.”

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“What are you doing here?”

“Might I ask the same with you, hyung?” Seung Gi asked HaHa.

“I was just... getting coffee! And you?”

Seung Gi glanced to his side before looking back at HaHa once again. “I was just, uhm… Getting pancakes.”

“Meh. Seung Gi-yah, you do know that they don’t sell pancakes in here, right? Were you spying on Tei and Chae Yeon too? I MEAN… Were you spying on someone? Unlike me, who was just happening to pass by and not spying? Aigo, dongsaeng. Of all people? Tsk.”

Seung Gi scratched the back of his head and gave out an embarrassing sigh. “Yeah… Right. No pancakes, I knew that, I meant I was just –“

“Watching Tei and Chae Yeon? Spit it out, you two. Both of you so like my best friend.” Unknowingly, Seul Gi came in the room where Seung Gi and HaHa were hiding to hear what Tei and Chae Yeon were talking about in the room next to theirs. The X-Man producers decided to have a break after Tei’s ‘confession’ so Tei and Chae Yeon decided to go to a room talk things over.

“ANIYO!” Both shouted out.

“HaHa, it’s already known by everyone here that you like her, so no use in hiding it,” Seul Gi slapped his arm and laughed profusely. “While you,” she pointed at Seung Gi with her pointy finger, stopped laughing and asked, “Where did you take my Chae Yeon, huh? What took you guys so long a while ago?? She told me that she brought you to the dock! Yah, this boy. Don't you know that she was stressed?! I sent her there to think things over so what were you doing with her?” Seul Gi raised her left eyebrow and put her hands on her waist.

HaHa grew red at the thought that… *gulp* everybody knew that he liked Chae Yeon? He tugged on Seul Gi’s dress and pouted before asking, “Eh, Seul Gi-ah... Does Chae Yeon know that I –“

“Yes, she does. Now be quiet. I asked Seung Gi a question,” Seul Gi glared. “Dongsaeng, where’d you guys go?”

HaHa, not knowing that Seung Gi took Chae Yeon somewhere, forgot the fact that he himself had a question to Seul Gi, and just joined in with Seul Gi. “OHOHOHO~ You guys went somewhere?! Where?!” HaHa glared.

“She just brought me to the dock, hyung. We just talked because I was kind of depressed and all and I just needed someone to talk to. I am sorry for taking so much time with her.”

“Meh. Depressed? Riiight… Is that a new way to score girls now?! AIGOOOO~OUCH! What the heck?! What’d you punch me for?!” HaHa asked, holding on to his swollen arm.

“That is the worst punch line you can possibly pull in an even possibly worse situation. Be quiet. Can’t you see that the boy is depressed already? Oh, Seung Gi. I'm so sorry I sort of threw a fit at you like that. Mianhe, dongsaeng. By the way, pay no heed to HaHa. He’s just jealous that he hasn’t been on a date with Chae Yeon ever since, while you already went with her to the dock, even if you guys just met.” Seul Gi laughed at the thought and stuck out her tongue to her oppa.

HaHa cringed and rolled his eyes, “Well, thank you for making me remember, Seul Gi. Really.”

“You’re welcome. I just don’t get the point why you still try to court her. She already said –“

“That she doesn’t want our friendship to be ruined, and that it will cost her very much if she gave up our friendship for a relationship, not knowing what the end might be. She thinks that a relationship might not last forever, and we might break up and never talk to each other ever again and she is not willing to risk losing this friendship for anything,” Seul Gi and HaHa said in a chorus.

“Wow,” Seul Gi remarked, “You memorized it?”

“Every word," Haha sighed. "I mean, who wouldn’t?”

“I wouldn’t, because it’s just going to hurt me whenever I remember that she did say that,” Seung Gi remarked.

HaHa gave him a blunt fce and spoke. “Uh, I think we just established the fact that I am hurt and mourning ever since she did tell me that, so please do not make me remember, Seung Gi yah. Really.”

“Oh. Mian.”

“I’m already yours.”

All three looked at each other, with eyes wide open, and mouths agape.

HaHa: “Did you hear that?”

Seung Gi: “Did you hear that??”

Seul Gi: “You too??”

All three: “Was that Chae Yeon??!”

As soon as they said that last line, all three ran to the door that shared their room and the other room. They opened it, only to see Chae Yeon holding hands with Tei, not that there was any problem with that though. They were already ‘officially’ a couple because of Tei's confession, so it shouldn’t be a problem if they were holding hands.

Chae Yeon, surprised, jumped back and fell down on her butt.

“Ohh… My butt.”

“Pabo,” Tei bent down, flicked her forehead and rubbed his nose with hers. “Be careful next time.”

“Y-yeah. Uh, oppa. HaHa, Seung Gi, and Seul Gi are here,” Chae Yeon said, still on the floor.

Tei looked back, smirked, and gave her a quick peck on the lips. “Yeah… I know,” he smiled and gazed into her eyes.

“OMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGHOSHI'MHYPERVENTELATINGWHATTHEHELLDIDYOUGUYSJUSTDOOMYGOSHMYHEARTISOMIGOSH!” Seul Gi screamed, fanning her face with her hands. “I’m so happy for you Chae Yeon ah! C’mon! Get up! I need to give you a big girl hug!”

“Baa. Disgusting, Tei,” HaHa remarked. Tei arched his eyebrow at HaHa, who only looked aside to avoid his glance.

“Nuna…” Seung Gi spoke. Everyone looked at him.

"I’m so happy for you.”

Seung Gi then gave a faint smile to her before finally walking away, closing the door behind him.