Yoo Ae's POV
"Seulgi-ah!" I ran towards my friend happily.
Finally, I saw Seulgi before Philisophy class. I haven't seen her since yesterday and she cannot be reached last night.
"Yoo Ae!" She greeted me with a smile. My best friend is really pretty even in a girl's perspective. No wonder a lot of guys follow her here in school.
"Seulgi-ah.. where were you?! I couldn't contact you yesterday. You were not in all 3 classes I am with you today. And tomorrow were not classmates in any class so I won't have time to tell you about Mar---"
Mark Oppa..
Of course, I didn't continue my sentence. How could I when I saw him walking towards our direction?
"M-m-ark O-oppa.." I stuttered when he stopped in front of us.
"Ae-ah." Seulgi spoke. "I need to go home. I'll have a raincheck with you tomorrow."
"But Seulgi! Won't you attend Philoso---" I sighed. She already left without even looking back. What's up with that girl lately? She's even skipping Mr. Kim Junho's class, the Do Min Joon songsaengnim look alike she has a big crush on. Wae?
"Is she close with you?" Mark Oppa asked.
Ahhh.. jinjja! She is really my best friend! She has a lot of sense! So she left me because she wants me to be alone with Mark Oppa, right?
"Ne, Oppa." I answered enthusiastically. "She's my best friend."
He just nodded then left.
Eh??
"Oppa!" I followed him. I don't know where I got this guts. "Are you going to class?"
He just nodded.
"The homework for Philosophy class is so confusing. Oppa, what did ypu write?"
He didn't answer.
That serious face again. What's really wrong with this guy? One second, he is so friendly. The next second, he becomes snob.
So I just followed him silently until we reached the classroom.
I sat quietly on my chair. I sighed looking at Seulgi's empty seat. I won't have someone to talk with today again. Another boring day.
"I'll be sitting here!"
"Kapjagiya!" My heart almost jump when Jaebum sunbae suddenly appeared and sat on Seulgi's chair.
Sunbae laughed like what happened was really funny when it's not.
"Did I startle you?" He asked.
I smiled sarcastically. "No, I wasn't startled. I actually expected that." in sarcastic tone as well.
He put his hand on my head and messed my hair again. "That's the Ae I know."
That's the Ae I know.
That caught me guilty. Yes, it has been a long time since I talked to him back like that. I am guilty of changing my treatment towards him after seeing him being someone everyone adores in this school. But.. did he really change?
I stared at him who is now fixing his bag which Jinyoung threw at him from his original seat.
"Is Seulgi's absent again?"
But I didn't hear that.
PAK!
"Ouch!" I touched my forehead in pain. He hit my forehead with his finger. I glared at him.
He laughed. "Then stop staring at me."
"I'm not staring at you!" I answered back still massaging my forehead.
"Really?" then he smirked. "Let's say you aren't. But if you really did, you better brace yourself." Then he leaned forward making the distance between our faces shorter. I leaned back in shock. "Coz if you fall for me, I will no longer hold back. I've just been waiting to catch you."
"Huh?" I asked confused of what random stuff he is saying.
"Yah! JB Hyung!" Jinyoung teasingly called him.
He just smiled at me again and faced Jinyoung to give him a dull face then faced the front.
That's when I realized that my face turned hot. I lowered my head to cover my face with my hair, held my cheeks and slapped them. "Museun seoriya?!"
I saw Mark Oppa looking at me in my peripheral vision.
Did he see me turned red? Kyaa! He might misunderstand.
Why did I even blush with that stupid joke? And he still does stupid jokes until now.
"Haist! Jaebum oppa!" He looked at me. "You really never changed." shaking my head.
He smiled. A different smile. Not the usual happy smile with smiling eyes. A simple smile, but it felt different. "I'm happy to hear you call me 'oppa' again."
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