Within These Shadows || Park Chanyeol/Do Kyungsoo || Book 1

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May, 2019

"You two are so cute, it makes me want to puke." Jay stated, looking at Chanyeol and Mae.

The couple were sitting on the steps of the Buddhist temple that was now Jay and Kyungsoo's hangout place. But they brought the couple along that day because all four of them wanted to hang out. Mae sat on the step below the one Chanyeol sat on; he had her enveloped into a hug from the back, while she leaned onto his chest. The sight was very cute and Jay didn't like cutesy stuff.

"Feel free to puke on DO," Chanyeol chuckled.

"Yah, Park Chanyeol, don't act too smart." Kyungsoo gave him a dagger look.

"Yah, Do Kyungsoo, stop scolding my boyfriend all the time." Mae pouted, trying to act tough.

"Yah, Ahn Seung Mae," Jay looked at Mae, causing everyone to be taken aback. No one could have imagined the day would arrive when she'd take Kyungsoo's side. "Don't ever stop scolding Kyungsoo." But that was what came out of her mouth instead, causing the couple to break into a laughter while Kyungsoo only deadpanned.

"Yah, you're a betrayer, you know that?" Kyungsoo directed his glare at Jay.

"I never agreed to be your accomplice in the first place," Jay smiled mischievously.

"Aish, jinjja!" Kyungsoo looked away, pouting.

"Kyungsoo-ya, I think you need a new and better partner." Mae spoke up.

"Clearly," Kyungsoo still pouted and glared at Jay.

"Yah—" Jay was about to say something to Kyungsoo regarding his sulking and glaring but she was cut off by the excited screaming of a girl.

"Jayline unnie!" A hyper Jung Yang Mi screamed from the bottom of the steps of the temple, grabbing everyone's attention.

Jay was surprised to see the younger girl there; she had not told her about the place and as far as she knew, Yang Mi was not a Buddhist. Then either she was there by coincidence, or someone from her circle had called her; that someone highly likely being Seung Mae. And that caused Jayline to deadpan at her best friend, who only gave her a sheepish grin.

"Yah, are you for real?" Jay asked.

"What~? She called me up, saying she felt lonely. So I told her that she could hang out with us." Mae shrugged.

"You're turning her into you, Mae." Jay rolled her eyes.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Mae gave a confused expression.

"Hanging out too much with people outside her own major, like you do."

"Hey, that isn't so bad!" Mae pouted.

"It isn't until you start whining about courses you don't understand and have a quiz to attend, with no one to take help from." Jay rolled her eyes, yet again.

"Yah, we're all from different majors here! But you still hang out with Kyungsoo instead of any of your classmates! Name one classmate from your major!" Mae charged.

"Do Kyungsoo," Jay deadpanned. "He's slowly shifting to Criminology."

Mae pouted, Jay was right.

"Sunbae-deul!" Jung Yang Mi ran up to the step where they all were and bowed really fast and hard. "Annyeonghaseyo!"

"Annyeong, Yang Mi-ya." Everyone greeted the younger girl, except Jayline, who had turned to face away from Yang Mi.

But the poor girl was oblivious to Jay's actions as she was starstruck by Kyungsoo. She had a glee plastered to her face and her eyes almost seemed to be sparkling.