✦ 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙨 | 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘰

009 | confusion

"Are you spying on them?"

"Why would I do that?" Haruto asked, showing no emotions.

"Sorry," Keita apologized with a slight laugh. "I was just kidding."

Both of them went silent for a while, watching Asahi and Yejin from afar.

"He really likes her."

Turning his head to Keita, Haruto's eyebrows furrowed.

"Asahi likes Yejin?" he asks the latter.

With his lips pursed, Keita nodded his head. "Asahi already liked Yejin ever since Yedam introduced her to us. It was like, eight years ago."

"Did he already confessed to her?" asked Haruto.

"Nah," Keita laughed. "I don't know why either. I'm starting to think that he is a coward."

Keita then noticed the snacks and drinks that Haruto has on both of his hands. A teasing smile appeared on his lips after recognizing the snacks and drinks.

"Seems like you like Yejin too."

"What?" Haruto choked out.

"Can I have those instead?" asked Keita while pointing at the snacks and drinks that Haruto is holding. "I'll pay for it since I am pretty sure that you can't give it to Yejin."

Haruto handed a drink and a few snacks to Keita. "You can just have it."

"Whoa, thanks!" Keita exclaimed after taking them. "But seriously, your face says it all."

Haruto turned his gaze on Keita with a confused look, making the latter to let out a chuckle.

"You like Yejin, obviously," Keita stated. "Don't worry. I won't spill anything because I ain't some loud mouth."

"I don't," Haruto bluntly spoke.

Keita have a light tap on Haruto's shoulder before ha started to eat the snack. Haruto did the same as him and Keita started to walk around the amusement park.

"I just wanna share this. For real, I have never liked someone in my whole life."

"But you know what it feels like to like someone."

"Dude, how can I not get used to it?" Keita laughed. "Everytime someone in our circle of friends gets rejected or heartbroken, they all run to me for comfort."

Haruto stifled a laugh at what Keita said. He did not expect for the latter to be this open to him since they just met earlier.

"Hyunsuk is always the one that gets heartbroken," said Keita. "Everytime someone confesses to him, he can't help but to return those feelings. He is so stupid for always doing that."

"He never rejected anyone?" Haruto asked.

With a huff, Keita shook his head. "That's the reason why the girls in our school are always taking advantage on him. Dating him for fame and money, then they leave him after that."

"I feel bad for him," Haruto breathed out.

"Good thing that he already transferred in your school."

"What about you?" Haruto asked. "Why didn't you transfer out?"

Keita took a sip from his drink after finishing his snacks. "Let's just say that, I am too far from you."

Haruto remained silent, not sure if he still wanted to ask Keita about it.

Keita glanced to the younger boy, chuckling after seeing the curiosity drawn all over his face.

"I do smoke cigarettes, going to the bar ever since I was fifteen, and I am always involved on the fights happening inside our school," Keita honestly tells Haruto. "One more thing, I am a part of that one gang in this city that is always mentioned in the news."

Because of too much surprise, Haruto distanced himself on Keita by taking a few steps on the side. Keita noticed it and he only shook his head.

"Geez, Haruto," he snickered. "I won't chop your head off, come back here."

Swiftly, Keita pulled Haruto closer back to him.

"Don't be scared of me, alright? You are not even one of my rivals."

"B-but you r-rivals might s-see me w-with you," Haruto stuttered.

"Don't worry about that," Keita reassures him. "Junkyu got your back."

"Junkyu?" Haruto repeated.

"If you think that you know him quite well," Keita spoke, leaning himself closer to Haruto. "You're wrong. Junkyu is quite bad," he whispered.

"But he never gotten into a fight," Haruto reasoned out.

"You're right, he never did," Keita agrees. "But that doesn't mean that he is a good boy. He might be cute, but that's not how you should judge him."

"What shits are you telling to the younger boy, Keita?"

After hearing Seunghun's voice behind them, Keita distanced himself from Haruto.

"I was just telling him on what type of badass Junkyu is," Keita told Seunghun.

"Ah," Seunghun mouthed out before letting out a chuckle. "Junkyu is really one kind of a badass guy."

Before Keita could even agree, he received a message on his phone.

"Oops, Hyunsuk said that we should gather up because it is time to go home," he said after checking out Hyunsuk's message.

The three of them headed to their meet up place inside the amusement park. Most of them were already there, talking to one another.

"Where the hell is Yejin?" Yedam asked after noticing that his sister's presence is still absent.

Haruto then looked around after hearing Yedam searching of this sister. Yejin is really not with them.

"She's with Asahi," Keita responded.

"What happened to her?" Byounggon asked as soon as he saw Asahi walking towards them while carrying Yejin on his back.

Haruto has his eyes on them, not sure on what he is feeling right now.

"Is she on her period?" Asahi asks Yedam, completely ignoring Byounggon.

Yedam only nodded his head while checking on Yejin who is asleep on Asahi's back.

"She keeps on complaining that her tummy hurts. She then fell asleep after we ate some snacks," Asahi stated. "Quit wandering for tonight and just take care of her," he tells Yedam.

"Roger that, captain," Yedam said with a salute as he carried his own sister.

"I smell some jealousy right here," Keita spoke out too loud while glancing on Haruto.

"The fuck are you saying?" Jihoon huffed.

"Oops, nothing," Keita grinned.

Haruto only remained silent as he went to Junkyu and Chaemin.

"Let's head home," Junkyu tells them.