our rainy days || yang jungwon

Chapter 3

Jae-in's POV
The rain was getting heavier, coating the grass below my window. I like the rain a lot, I say that every time it rains and I don't just say it, I really mean it. One time I sat in the pouring rain for so long I caught a cold the next day. That day I had stayed in the rain for 3 hours straight but I never once regretted it.

7 years ago
After school that day, Sooyoung pulled me aside to talk to me. "So.. you and Jungwon seem- close." I could hear her clenching her jaw on the last syllable but let it slide since I could see she was probably just jealous.

I mean she had liked Jungwon since the start of the year when her senior Minjung had been rejected by him, since she never liked that senior very much. She had just used her charm to flatter her so that she could borrow notes and show off that she was friends with a senior.

Sometimes I don't even know how I'm friends with her because I really don't like how she acts but then sometimes she's super sweet and a great friend. Anyway, I replied jokingly, saying "Oh yea we were practically born in the same cot." She didn't appreciate the joke, but instead of snapping at me, she put on a sickly sweet smile that almost made me retch because I knew she was up to something now and she just said

"I'm glad you're getting along! Maybe you could introduce me?" I hated that idea. I wasn't trying to be overprotective of Jungwon but he was the first person that seemed to be a lot like me and not take offense to my jokes, instead joining me and even beating me to them. I did NOT want to introduce him to my 'best friend'.

Knowing her, she would just be all clingy and PDA with him whenever she pleased before dropping him without a second thought like she would with other guys. It happened to one of my best guy friends before too. I warned him about her but he insisted on being introduced and ended up getting his heart broken, insisting to stop being friends with ME even though I did nothing wrong, just because I was still her friend and he doesn't want to risk seeing her.

I didn't want to argue with him while he was still upset so I agreed but told him to text if he changed his mind. However, he never texted and even ended up changing his number, which I found out from a mutual friend. I didn't want Jungwon to go through that and even more than that, I didn't want Jungwon to stop talking to me completely. Not that I liked him, I just loved being friends with him and being comfortable to talk about anything and that's how it went for the next few months.

In May, while Jungwon and I were racing to finish the math homework assigned to us (just a little competition), I saw a pink letter under my table. Stopping suddenly, I reached under the table to pick it up and it was addressed to me. I've been getting these letters for awhile, usually in my locker, from a secret admirer. Although, I still had no clue who it was and I never bothered to reply since I assumed it was a prank.

I've gotten quite a few confessions over the years yes but no boy in their right mind would spend time to write letters to me when there are much better girls. Ara is much kinder than me, volunteering at animal shelters on the weekends, Sooyoung is much prettier than me and Yoomin is much much smarter than me, especially so in math.

Glancing over, Jungwon saw the letter in my hand and grabbed it, asking "Ooh, who's this from?" I simply replied with "I don't really care, it's probably a prank so you can open it if you want." Sending me a playful dimpled smile, he ripped open the letter and started to skim through the lines. "What does it say?" I asked.

"I thought you didn't care" Jungwon laughed out.

"It's still my letter though."

With that Jungwon proceeded to read the letter to me aloud in an unnecessarily dramatic tone.

"Oh sweet dear Jae-in, you brighten my everyday and lighten my burdens, I wish you knew how much I cared for you and how dear you are to me. If I could, I would shelter you from a zillion bullets and a trillion more knives, as long as you're safe. Love, your secret admirer." That caused me to laugh out loud.

"How could you keep a straight face while reading that, it was ridiculous," I piped out.

"Oh come on it isn't THAT bad I mean I could do much worse, got to give props to whoever wrote this." Jungwon replied.

"YOU could do worse ?" I asked, knowing Jungwon had topped our class for English in the last exam, beating me by only 1 mark.

"You know, I'm going to start writing letters to you too, just so you know the difference between a good enough letter and a truly bad one." Jungwon smirked and stared at me, awaiting my response. I merely nodded and said

"Knock yourself out then, I'll wait and see if you're right about that."

Just a day later I found two envelopes under my table, one pink and the other white with a blue ribbon tied on.

AUTHORS NOTE :
this is mostly for my own entertainment since it's literally like me but with some aspects of fiction like name, sibling etc. so i do quite enjoy it but will not be uploading on a frequent basis unless im in a writing mood so yes please bear with me <3