Secrets

Chapter 15: Fun

Hwa Sung's POV

"Ahh, so cold", I shivered, when my big toe touched the surface of the water, " I don't think it's a good idea to................ ". I was cut off and felt my body soar in the air for about half a second before finally splashing in water. I turned around to glare at the culprit who was laughing his face off at my misery.

" O-o-mmo, you should have seen your face, it was so worth it ", he said between laughs.

You are so going to regret that.

I quickly submerged and came up again, bobbing my head, making sure to move deeper into the water. I started flailing my arms wildly about, while secretly making sure to pump my legs so as to not actually drown.

" Help me, someone save me", I let out as pretended to swallow the water. Yuck! There's no way I'm swallowing that. I don't know what's been there.

He paused when my voice hit him. He stared at me numbly for some seconds.

What are you doing? Ppali(1), take the bait, pabo(2).

He stood as if wondering whether to believe me or not. Finally he spoke, "Very funny. I know what you're trying to do? I won't fall for it. "

Sh*t! I've got to make this more believable.

I slow my actions, trying to brainstorm a way to trick, when it hit me like a tsunami crashing into a boat.

Okay, bad example.

I let go off myself, letting my body sink as low as my breath could take me.

I don't know how long it took for the pabo to reach me. I felt a hand grab mine. I smirked, got a hold of the arm and dragged it down, propelling my self up. I sighed, the feel of the sea breeze refreshing to me. A head popped up a few seconds later, its owner, fuming. I hurriedly paddled my way to shore. I ran quite a distance to put some space between us. When Il Jung finally stepped out of the water, I felt like a bone got stuck in my throat. Jung-ahh's wet self was a sight to behold. His white shirt stuck to his torso, outlining it. I licked my plump lips. His hair fell messily into his eyes. I blatantly stared at him, not minding the fact that I was most probably drooling. I stared into his eyes and upon noticing his anger, snapped back.

Phew! That was close.

How close exactly?

"Cha. Hwa. Sung. ", he bellowed.

" Ha ha ha, Il Jung-sshi, don't be mad. It was just a harmless prank"

" Harmless?!! You call that harmless?!! What are you, crazy? "

I back away slowly as he took a few threatening forward steps.

"Now, now, calm down, boy"

"Come here you"

I turned around and ran as fast as my thin legs could take me in this d*mn beach. I am very fit ( not lying), but apparently not as fast as Baek Il Jung for he caught up to me in less than a minute and pushed me to the floor. A bit of sand entered my eyes and mouth causing me to cough repeatedly.

"Are you okay? ", he asked, seemingly worried.

" New, jeon gwaenchana( Yes, I'm fine)", I told him.

I flipped myself and laid on my back, looking at the stars. After a while, I noticed he was still standing so I patted the spot beside me.

"Anjda(Sit) ", I commanded.

" Arasseo ( I understand/ okay)", he replied and laid down next to me.

I pointed to a random star and asked him the story behind it, but instead of listening I was reminiscing earlier.

We had come out from the café mermer in Dalmaji-gil Road, where we ate a hearty breakfast which included ssiat hotteok when I remembered something. I turned towards him.

" D'you want to go to Marine City? "

"Sure, why not? ", he smiled at me.

I called a cab to send us there. When we arrived, I quickly paid and dragged Il Jung into the street. The fishes were so cute. I took pictures of, like, every species, and fawning over them while Il Jung laughed at me, clearly amused. We also visited Cinema Street and it was beautiful. I obviously took a few........ dozen photos here and there. We went to the Haeundae Market and there were a lot of things. Even though I've been here a couple of times, I felt like it's my first. I still felt giddy and excited.We ended up buying a lot of things and food. We dropped everything at the hotel and came to Haeundae Beach. There weren't many people there. We laid a bit, ate some food and just generally, had fun. I don't remember having this much fun in 1,2,3,4........9 years. I smiled at Il Jung, knowing he's the cause of my happiness.

" ...... do we go next? "

"Huh? ", I replied dimwittedly, showing my absent mind.

He pouted, " I said ' where should we go next?' "

I yawned, " How about we call it a night? "

He also yawned, "I guess". It seems yawning really is contagious.

I took him on my motorcycle and left him at the entrance of the hotel.

Before I left, a thought flashed in my head.

" So umm........tomorrow, I guess? "

"What? "

"My place, remember? Don't worry, I'll text you the address" and I left.

When I arrived, I was dead tired and had no energy for anything. I handed my bags to Chul Soo when I saw him and climbed up to my room. I had no time to glance at the papers on my desk for I fell asleep as soon as I fell on the bed, probably with a smile on my face.

Il Jung's POV

The first person I saw was one whose face wiped the grin plastered on my face right off it.

"Chagi(3), you don't spend much time with me again now that you're doing the project with that Cha Hwa Sung", she doesn't even try to hide the disgust from her voice as she attempted to hug me.

Exactly when have we been spending time together in the first place and when the h*ll have we reached the endearment stage?

" Not now", I pried her hands off me, "I'm tired as h*ll and I don't want to mess with this sh*t right now". She took a step back, probably shocked from my colourful choice of vocabulary. I took the opportunity to slink away quietly. I entered the room to find the rest fast asleep. They must've been as tired as I was. I closed the door quietly and entered the bathroom. After a short cold shower, I stepped out and searched for clothes to wear. As I did so, something shiny fell. I bent over and gingerly picked it up only to realize it was the bracelet I found. I held it out like it was a foreign object.

" You must be lonely. Don't worry, I'll find your owner as soon as we get back home"

and with that, I fell asleep beside Man Bok.

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Footnotes:

1: means 'quickly'

2: means 'i***t'

3: means 'darling'

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