I'll Be Here, Always | Han Seojun

Chapter 8 | The Deal

The rest of the class was awkward, to say the least. As soon as I got back, I plopped myself down at my desk. I sat there shakily processing what had just happened. Suho had managed to break my facade. A quiet groan escaped my lips as I slapped a hand to my forehead. Glancing up, I saw Sujin and Sua looking at me in concern. I gave them a small smile while shaking my head from side to side. That seemed to calm down their worries for a tiny bit; they smiled back and continued with their classwork.

Creak. The hinges of the classroom door squeaked as someone came through the door.

I looked up and saw Suho walking into the classroom. Adverting my eyes, I looked blankly towards my desk. I could feel his stare on me, but I didn't dare look at him. If I looked at Suho, my resolve would crumble in an instant; I had already said too much. Resting my chin on my hand, I zoned out for the rest of class until lunch.

"Yoona. Yoona. Yoyo." I felt a repeated tap on my shoulder. Jugyeong's smiling face entered the edge of my vision.

"Let's go, Yoyo! It's time for lunch." I didn't register the new nickname in my drowsy state. Nodding slowly, I let myself be dragged by the excited brunette to the cafeteria.

We entered the cafeteria to enormous cheers from the various students.

"Wow, Saebom's top two beauties are friends?" I heard a shocked voice from across the cafeteria.

"I wish I could look like them," A few girls complained.

"They're the ultimate beauty duo!" A loud cheer rang throughout the cafeteria. Shocked at the volume, I whipped my head in the direction of the cheers to see Seojun's close friends as the source.

Chorong was leading the cheer from the friend group. A small smile grew on my face as I remembered the funny boy. When Seojun and I were close, we used to see each other a lot. Although we didn't talk much, Chorong and I got along pretty well. Sending him a small smile, he playfully winked back at me. I continued to look down at the excitement-filled table until I saw Seojun glaring at me. Gulping, I averted my eyes while my smile faltered. I just argued with Suho; I didn't need Seojun's anger at me either. Without noticing, my hands started to tremble again.

"Yoona, are you ok?" Jugyeong's pull on me loosened as she stopped to look at my hands. Realizing that my hands were trembling, I hastily made an excuse.

"Yes, I'm fine," I plastered a smile on my face before continuing, "I'm just a little cold. That's all." The brunette's eyes lit up with concern. Jugyeong took my hands in hers to warm them before leading me to our lunch table. A sincere smile took hold of my face; she was too sweet. However, it didn't stop my hands from trembling.

As soon as Jugyeong and I made it to the lunch table, we were bombarded with questions from Sua about our love lives. Sujin had already answered her questions and told Sua that she didn't have time to date at the moment. She said she was too focused on her studies at the moment. Sua turned to Jugyeong and was soon interrogating her about her love life. I zoned out the rest of the time, trying to calm down the racking tremors from my hands.

"Jugyeong, do you have a boyfriend?" Sua excitedly asked the brunette.

"No, I don't." Jugyeong looked at the ground, bashfully.

"How about you, Yoona? Don't tell me you didn't find a boyfriend abroad!" Sua asked exasperatedly. I looked at her while smiling sheepishly. Sua's eyes narrowed with a scoff of disbelief.

"Ugh, now I'm going to have to arrange two blind dates!" Sua dramatically exclaimed whilst I sighed. I love Sua to death, but she had always tried to set me up on blind dates. Luckily, I had excuses like meeting up with Suho or Seojun, but now, I didn't really have an excuse.