NEW HEARTBREAK [jake] *EDITING.

20.

bella posted a picture of sunghoon and her ice skating together and a video of sunghoon doing a triple axel with bella's impressed voice in the background.

she typed the caption, "is your name yuri? because y'all on thin ice⛸❄️"

bella giggled because she sounded like one of the those cool kids on the internet. they both sat down next to each other, a bit exhausted from skating for a while.

"i wish we can spend more time like this." sunghoon muttered, dozing at the empty ice rink. bella stopped laughing and closed her phone.

"yeah, i can't believe we're almost adults now." bella sighed while also staring at the ice rink together with sunghoon.

"i'm already stressed for exams.." bella placed her head under her two palms, exhaling in frustration.

"look at you stressing already when we just skated." sunghoon rolled his eyes. "you've improved a bit." he added a compliment towards bella.

bella removed her hands, "thanks hoon, at least i don't have to break ankles now." she added, earning a giggle from sunghoon.

bella lightly giggled as she yawned, rubbing her watery eyes.

she leaned casually against sunghoon's shoulder for support of her sleepiness.

"you're already sleepy?" he asked, a bit surprised since he still had energy.

"duh i used all of my energy from arguing with you." she replied, closing her heavy eyes.

"thank you for letting me experience a bit freedom from all of my stress. it made me feel better." bella thanked.

sunghoon's cheeks were a bit burning from the sudden gratitude, not expecting it since bella and him argued a lot.

sunghoon wanted to interlock arms with bella, so badly, so temptating, so hesitant.

he sighed, "of course that's what friends are for." he bitterly smiled. friends, nothing more.

bella nodded a bit on sunghoon's shoulder. "you know me best."

-

it was already sunset when bella went home, ordering take out food from sunghoon's offer. they were eating their dinner together at the staircase, laughing and bickering while eating from plastic containers and foamy boxes with food inside.

the sunset was beautiful. the orangey and pinkish scenery was the brightest on her street. the smooth road with cars barely passing by, she felt like going on the ground and watch the clouds move.

as she was about to enter home, someone came up behind her, scaring her.

"was it fun with that little date of yours?" no other than jake, coming behind bella with his skateboard.

she lightly jumped at the sudden voice. she turned around and saw jake with a black tshirt, blue ripped jeans and a red-and-black pattern flannel.

"you have a skateboard?" bella surprisingly asked, remembering they have a skating rink nearby them.

"you didn't answer my question." jake raised an eyebrow. bella lightly scoffed as to why he's curious about that.

"sure." bella faked a smile at jake, turning around to the entrance of her house.

jake quickly pulled bella's arm, preventing her to stop her tracks and to leave.

bella looked at jake's veiny hands on her arm. jake noticed as he gulped, loosely letting go from his grip.

"someone's gotten bold." bella muttered, sighing with widening her eyes. she turned around to jake with a glare.

"you blocked my number." jake told. bella raised her eyebrows.

"what?" she asked, jake took out his phone to show the previous messages.

bella let out an 'o' expression, embarrassed that she blocked him, thinking it would be an old guy wanting to get nudes or toe pics.

"how did you even get my number?" she took out her phone, unblocking the number.

"your mom told me." he responded a bit happier since he saw her unblocking the number. "not surprised." she muttered as she unblocked the number.

"don't bother me." she hissed, walking away from jake to go inside her house as jake smiled at her back.