Begin Again | Park Jeongwoo

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Chapter 10: I...I just missed you.

"Jeongwoo! Ya! Park Jeongwoo!"

I had to leave Lucas to follow Jeongwoo who just walked away after I saw him . I'll just text Lucas my excuse later. But now, I need to talk to this guy. He's obviously mad.

"Jeongwoo! Ahh..." I dropped on the ground after I stumbled on my feet. Stupid. My knees dropped first, luckily, it's not a rough surface. But it still hurts! God damn hurt!

"Hey, are you okay?" Jeongwoo is already kneeling beside me when he asked that. We're in the mall and it's kinda embarrassing because people started to look at us.

"Yeah, I'm okay." I said. He helped me to get up. And just like that, everything went awkward. Now that he's close to me, I can't say anything anymore. My mind literally went blank.

"Let me explain./ I gotta go." We said in unison.

"No! Hear me out first." I said. "Please." I looked at him with my puppy eyes. And because he's way taller than me, I had to look up just to see his face.

"Fine. But not here." He said, looking down and trying to avoid my gaze.

I was about to walk when my left ankle hurts. "Aww!!" Luckily, he was able to catch me before I fall on the ground again.

"You're not okay. Wait there, I'm going to buy something." He walked me to the nearest bench. He makes sure that I'm comfortable before he left. When he came back, he is already holding a paper bag.  "Stay still."

He kneeled infront of me and took the things he bought out from the paper bag. First he removed my shoes and sock. Then he covered my ankle using the elastic medical bandage he bought.

"Does it hurt?" He asked, looking up at me. His foxy eyes get a little bigger, like of a child who saw the grandest toy store in the whole universe.

"No." I said then he continued. I could smell him from here and he smells a body soap with a touch of mint. His black hair is clean and smooth, so smooth it dances along when he moves. Even the tiniest ones. "I'm sorry." I finally utter after complimenting him in my head.

"Next time, be careful." He said monotonously.

"I said, I'm sorry." I said again.

"Is he the reason why you can't date me?" I heard a little crack on his voice while saying that. Then he looked up at me again. This time, his eyes get a little sadder and wet.

"You say that—aww!" I suddeny feel a tight grip on my ankle and I know he's the one responsible for it.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry." He said defensively. "Are you okay? I'm sorry." Now, he's a lot calmer.

"He's part of the reason why I can't date at all. Not just you. And I guess, you know him already and what he did to me? Right?" I was trying to make him admit it, but he can't even look at me. It was funny. "Right, Jeongwoo?"

"Yeah." He said without looking at me. Like a child who's scared to admit that he's the one who ate the last piece of cake left inside the refrigerator.

"Thank you for punching him in the face for me." I said,smiling. "But I wish Asahi didn't ask you to do that in the first place. You're still a kid back then, and Lucas was tall. He could have caused you much danger."

"We were with Junghwan who was already on his third level in taekwondo that time. So we're good." He said, still treating my ankle.

"Yah!! Even Junghwan?! I'm really going to kill Asahi!" That happened two to three years ago, so they're basically kids that time. Thirteen to be exact! What the heck was my brother thinking that time?!