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gaeun
i woke up when the birds starting chirping at my window. then i heard something in my kitchen. i immediately went to my kitchen and saw a boy who was cooking fried eggs. "what are you doing here, mark?"
then the basket was full of apples was fallen due to heaviness. i helped him to pick up the apples rolling everywhere in my kitchen. "i want to see my best friend" he smiled and cupped my cheeks.
i placed the apples in the basket. afterward, he places the apples in the basket too.
"the eggs are gonna burn" i take a peek at his fried eggs that seem gonna burn in a minute. "that's not cooked yet" he pointed to the uncooked part of the egg.
"you have class today, right?" i nod at him.
"now get ready. i'll prepare breakfast for you" he dragged me going to my room. he was about to close my door when i left my right foot from closing the door. "just don't burn my apartment" i gave him a little smile before closing my door. he gave me a 'yes, i won't' as a response.
then i started my morning routine. after i get dressed in my school uniform, i smell the aroma from the kitchen. i went to the kitchen and saw mark with the food. "eat up now or else you're late at school" i eat up the fried rice and the fried eggs that he cooked for me. the eggs were drowning in oil. the eggs were well cooked and i was impressed by it.
mark and i first met when were 5. he immigrated from canada to korea. we met at the playground at that time and started to be my friend and we play a lot. the time when i struggled i always open my thoughts to him. he's older than me by one year and he treats me like his own sister.
when i was in seventh grade i had a crush on him but now i don't. i didn't say my feelings to him because he might don't want to be friends again or the events will be awkward. i just kept it then it fades away.
"so how are you and your girlfriend?" i asked him while eating my last spoon of fried rice. "we're doing great"
"how 'bout you? do you have a boyfriend?" i was drinking the water and almost choke on it after hearing the question. he patted my back and gave me a tissue. "no" i replied to him after i choked on water. "you didn't confess to him?"
"him? who?" i prepared my stuff to go to school later. " i forgot the name" he ruffled his hair. "ahh!" his surname was choi"
fuck he still remembers
"okay? i'll get going now. lock the door when you leave later, don't forget it" i was done packing my stuff and grabbed it. "but im not done talking to you" he gave me those sparkling cat eyes to stop me from going to school.
"im going to be late if we continue to talk"
"all alright then, byee!" i opened the door and i saw him waving at me."bye!" i wave my hand too and closed the door.
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after a while, she arrived at school. she heard some girls talking with excitement about something.
"are you invited to the party?"
"of course, what will you wear tonight at the party?"
"uhmm.."
then she stopped eavesdropping on their conversation.
there's a party for sure
she went to her locker and saw the 4 boys talking about the party.
"are we going there?"
"i don't know"
"gaeun!!"
she heard wooyoung's voice that make her flinch a little bit because of the loudness of his voice. "yes?" she softly said. she opened her locker and saw an invitation card full of sparkles.
they saw that gaeun was invited. "you're invited too but the problem is are we going there? hongjoong said while touching his nape.
"gaeun will make the decision"
"why me?"
"just because"
"wait, who will throw a party tonight later? the invitation card has no name on it"
"chunghee.." yeosang mumbled.
"why did she invite us?"
"then ask her"
gaeun has second thoughts about going to chunghee's party.
"shall we go then" their eyes stopped at gaeun.
"okay then" everyone agreed to her.
gaeun took her textbooks going to her class with yeosang and wooyoung. while seonghwa and hongjoong went to their class too.
gaeun seated and she was about to put the earphone on her ears but she heard jongho talking to chunghee. "sorry, chunghee. i can't go to your party. after that she didn't hear their next conversation because she wears her earphones and read her textbook.
"gaeun!" someone shouted her name then she takes off her earphones and saw chunghee. gaeun hummed to her. "are you going to my party?"
"yes?" gaeun turned the other page of the textbook. "yey!" chunghee hugged gaeun.
jongho was right picking her because she is kind, smart, and really pretty. he deserves more than me.
