You Belong With Me - y.jaesuk

8 - As Expected

she's cheer captain, and i'm on the bleachers

a few days after mika and jae suk fought, exactly two days, mika was indeed disappointed of how dumb her friend became. she didn't expect that jae suk would be this ignorant about the society today, probably too focused about working.

mika sat on the sofa in the living room, a bucket of homemade popcorn with her as she watches "the umbrella academy" on netflix. her phone buzzed and it was a text from jae suk.

seonyudo park, 8 pm.
i'll be expecting you. - jae suk

mika took a deep breath, thinking if she'll come or not. is it even worth to come? kwang soo is still working at the moment so he's not there to force mika to go. it's all up to herself.

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mika looks at her clock, specifically staring at it. it's already 12:50 in the midnight and still, she hasn't heard anything about jae suk.

did the proposal go well? did hyori say yes? what's taking them so long? such questions would repeat around mika's head.

kwang soo joined them to help jae suk with his plan but he hasn't come home yet.

what if she did say no?

"eomma!" the front door struggled to open and got mika's attention.

"ah why did you come home so-- omo, why is jae suk here with-- did you two drink?" mika heard her mother as soon as she gets up from her room.

jae suk was hanging on kwang soo's shoulder, completely passed out and a strong reek of alcohol. the sign wasn't good.

mika immediately went back to her room, closing the door shut so that she won't witness the situation.

was it all because of what she said? what really happened with his proposal?

meanwhile, at kwang soo's room, he and his mother places jae suk gently at the bed. "how much did he drank, kwang soo ah?" hana asked her son.

"i didn't get to monitor it because we were eating too." kwang soo was indeed guilty about what he is seeing right now.

"why? did something happened?"

"things... just didn't go too well."

"oh... aish! just go take a shower first, kwang soo ah, you smell so bad! give him a spare blanket, your blanket is still in the hamper, i'll prepare some warm water for him."

"but, mom! i don't have any spare blanket!"

"then go tell mika to give him one!" aigoo!" hana went straight to the kitchen.

kwang soo walks into mika's room, opening it to see his sister on the bed staring at the ceiling. "ya, do you have a spare blanket?"

"yes, why?"

"jae suk hyung is sleeping in my room, go give him a spare one." kwang soo didn't explain any longer and just left her room to run straight to the bathroom.

mika sighed and just aggressively stand up to get her spare blanket and walk to kwang soo's room, taking a deep breath before entering.

mika removed the blanket from it's fold and gently places it around jae suk, unexpectedly making him slowly open his drunken eyes.

"m-mika?" jae suk called.

"yes?"

"is... that you?"

"uhmm y-yeah. why?"

jae suk groans and moves a little bit to the side, "c-come here..."

"... y-you need rest, oppa. you drank too much and--"

"i want to... talk to you... p-please." mika felt bad and just sat on the side of the bed where jae suk gave space for her. "w-what did you... want to talk about?"

"y-you were right." jae suk said in his sleepy tone. "h-hyori... she..." jae suk couldn't continue and just teared up.

"o-oppa..." mika tried to calm him down and push his hair back, fixing it. "it didn't went well, huh?"

jae suk wiped his tears and slowly nodded, still drunk. "you... w-were right... i-i-i... rushed too much."

"no, no, you didn't... you're just--"

"she said no. i was so... so stupid about rushing so much... i-i didn't even listen to y-you!" he started punching the air.

"o-oppa. it's not your fault. please don't blame yourself. you--" mika couldn't continue because of jae suk sitting up from the bed and moving closer to mika, wrapping both of his arms around her stomach, nearly calling a cuddle. "w-what are you doing o-oppa?"

"let's just stay like this for a while."

"y-you're drunk, oppa. what if--"

"thank you... j-just thank you for being here with me." jae suk closed his eyes and just remained in that place. mika was indeed happy about what jae suk told her and just made her calm down even more.

no matter how much love hyori gave him, he still approaches me when he's hurt.