White Tulips

Chapter 2

I don't want to be a fool like you and be just friends, only to like him one sidedly.

It had been such a long time ago when Kang Sujin had said this to Han Seojun, but he remembered it like it was yesterday. That and a couple of other memories that played in his mind, causing a mental whiplash over and over.

Yah Han Seojun, are you a gangster?!

Those words especially felt like a slap on his face. He could actually feel his cheek burning at the image of Kang Sujin standing there in her uniform, telling him and his boys off for bullying Jukyung.

Han Seojun, you should apologize to Jukyung.

He had respected her back then, for having the guts to stand up for her friend and to defend her every time Seojun acted out of line. Even though Kang Sujin had been haughty and arrogant, like some princess, and looked down on him, he had still respected her. He had never expected her to turn out to be such a vile person.

Am I handsome?

Yes.

Wait, no. Where did that come from? No, no, no. Not the memory of the time they all played the lie detector game. That was one incident Seojun refused to remember. It meant nothing. It was only a source of surprise at her bluntness, nothing more.

"Seojun, we're going to hit the showers now, are you done?"

Seojun didn't hear Chorong as he ran on the treadmill. His body was in the gym but his mind as fully occupied by Kang Sujin, as it had been for the past week.

"Han Seojun, are you listening?"

She must have had a reason for suddenly showing up out of the blue. She had disappeared completely when the truth about her had been revealed online. Obviously, she had run away from the consequences like a coward instead of facing everyone the way Jukyung had. But now she was back and Seojun suspected that it must be because she wanted something. Kang Sujin could be very calculating and manipulative. Her actions were never simple or straightforward.

Was it because of Lee Suho? Seojun thought to himself.

"Han Seojun!"

Chorong's voice snapped Seojun out of his thoughts and he fell face down on his treadmill with a smack.

"OOH! Are you okay?"

"YAH! Why would you do that?!" Seojun snapped at Chorong as he got back up. He checked himself for bruises though his dignity had caught the worst of it.

"Ah-nee, I called you so many times. You were totally checked out." Chorong explained.

"Does that make sense? Why would I be checked out?"

"Well... you have been out of it all week," Chorong grumbled. "Has something been bothering you?"

Something had been bothering him; something with silky, black hair and long legs.

"What? You met Kang Sujin?" His entire posse asked in unison when he told them about her return. Seojun put a finger in his ears as he was bombarded with questions.

"I heard she apologized to Jukyung. Are they friends now?"

"Did she tell where she was all that time?"

"Is she still pretty?"

"Is she single?"

"What is she doing these days?"

Seojun ignored all of these useless inquiries.

"Hey! Did you all forget the kind of person she is? How could you ask if she is still pretty?" He chastised his friends.