desiderium ‣ p.sh

009

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JIA

"Look! An arcade!" Ahra said, pointing at the arcade. Sunoo cheered at her before marching towards the arcade.

Jia shook her head and laughed at how Sunoo and Ahra got along due to their cheerfulness. Jay also rushed towards the arcade and she was left with no choice but to follow them.

Her phone suddenly vibrates, stealing her attention and checking if it was anything important.

mom
when are you going home?

you
late why?

mom
we have dinner reservations
with some important
business partners

you
can't you just tell them i'm
studying for an exam?

mom
are you busy studying?

you
yeah

mom
okay then i'm letting
you off this time

She shoves her phone back at her pocket and looked up only to see Sunghoon remaining there waiting for her.

Jia looked confused while walking towards him. "Why are you still here?"

"I saw you texting with your face tensed. Everything okay?" Sunghoon asked.

"Yeah my mom texted me. She told me we have dinner reservations with some important business partners but I didn't want to go." Jia explained the truth. Sunghoon knew about her situation and she trusts him to know this kind of stuff.

"She allowed you to not go?"

"Yeah. I told her I was busy studying. Of course she would let me go, imagine telling your business partner that your daughter didn't want to go because she's studying." Jia chuckled, finally entering the arcade. "Aren't you going to play?"

"Nah, I'm really not in the mood and Ahra seems to be having fun with Sunoo." Sunghoon explained while looking at Ahra, who was busy shooting zombies with Sunoo. "You and Jay, huh?"

Jia snorted. "No. We're just friends. How about you and Ahra?"

"I guess we're still friends too because I haven't really popped the question." Sunghoon shrugged. "I invited her to the movies today cause I needed a break from skating."

"So when are you going to pop the question?" Jia asked. She was starting to think she was a masochist after asking that question.

"When we get to know each other well, I supposed. I feel like we don't really know each other that well to start dating." Sunghoon replied. "If I were to ask you to choose what theme you would use to write a story, what would you answer?"

"That sounds like a question for of a pageant." Sunghoon laughed.

"I figured I would ask someone smart like you." He said, looking down. 

"Well to answer your question, the theme I'd use is youth." Jia smiled. "We're 18 and sooner or later, our youth is coming to an end. I would want to write a story that would express how much I learned from my youth and the moments I'll forever cherish."