The Way It Is

nineteen

let's take a break from JeYiYang

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Chapter 19

Yejin raised a brow upon seeing Daewon frowning while reading a book.

"Everything okay? You're frowning, Daewon," she said as she sat beside him.

The boy sighed as he looked at her. "I'm fine."

"You're worried about them, too, right?" She asked.

"Is it that easy to tell?"

She nodded. "I've been with you for several years already. Of course, you're also easy to read," she shrugged. "Don't worry. I'm sure Yangyang was able to tell her how she feels. I'm just a bit worried about Yiyeon's oblivion, though—"

"Yiyeon's not stupid," Daewon said, closing his book. "I strongly believe that she's not oblivious to Yangyang's feelings. It's just that... she doesn't want to believe it," he sighed.

The two looked at the untouched food in front of them. It was just the two of them at their usual table during lunch. Sungchan was called by his soccer team, while Jeongmin was held up because of Geometry classes.

Yangyang was nowhere to be found, and Yiyeon's probably in their clubroom, probably working hard to distract herself from what happened this morning.

"Yiyeon's not as oblivious as you think," Daewon said. "I know that she already knew about Yangyang's feelings, but she just chose not to talk about it. But, of course, she had her suspicion." He sighed, "But you know Yiyeon. A suspicion will remain as a suspicion unless confirmed."

"You're right..." Yejin sighed as she picked up her pair of chopsticks. "I don't know how they'll be together—"

"It's not for us to decide that Yejin," Daewon said, cutting her off. "I know that they're both your friends, but we can't decide for them. We can't just push them towards each other all the time. You know that."

Yejin threw him a look, "You know a lot about Yiyeon more than me. Be honest. You like her too, don't you?" She nudged her jokingly, even if her insides were already burning with pain.

Daewon didn't respond and just sighed.

And Yejin didn't need words to confirm.

"Idiot," Daewon said and faced her. "I know Yiyeon because she's my friend. I'm sure you know that."

Yejin looked at him and saw that he was smiling. "Why the hell are you smiling? Stop smiling. It's creeping me out," she said and looked away.

"Yejin-ah," Daewon placed his hand on top of hers.

The girl looked at him, but it was a mistake as his face was dangerously close to hers.

"Ehem..."

Daewon and Yejin immediately pulled away from each other the moment they heard Sungchan's voice.

"Did I... interrupt something?" He asked, trying to stifle his laugh.

Yejin rolled her eyes, "Whatever, Sungchan. Just sit."

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"Jeno's here!"

The other varsity players stood up and began stretching the moment Jeno entered the court. Mark threw the ball in his direction, and Jeno was able to catch it with ease.