You Belong With Me - y.jaesuk

12 - Prank.

you belong with me

the next day, mika slowly opened her eyes, immediately feeling light headed because of how bright the sun was.

she slowly sat up the bed and noticed her bedroom all clean and organized.

did mom clean my--

she then suddenly remembered everything that happened last night, from the sudden confession to a sudden kiss.

what was she even thinking?

drinking habits do get you in trouble.

would he take it seriously? what should i do? was i dreaming again? such questions ran around mika's head giving her so much doubts.

she then got outside her room and there's no sign of jae suk in the whole apartment, it might've been a dream.

"mom." she called jung hana preparing breakfast at the kitchen.

"yes, sweetie?"

"how did we got home last night?"

"what do you mean? jae suk and i were the only ones to carry you and your brother back here."

the said name echoed around her head, starting to get irritated with herself.

she then immediately walked to her room and flopped on the bed, screaming at the pillow.

"did i really kiss him? was it just a dream?" mika thought with so much regret.

she then only thought of one person to talk to and it was her best unnie, song ji hyo. ji hyo knows about mika's feelings for jae suk since mika really trusts her and knows that she can keep secrets, even if it's about her co-star.

"unnie." she called when ji hyo finally answered her call.

"yeah, what's up, mika?"

"are you busy right now, unnie? can i talk to you? something happened last night and i want someone to talk to."

ji hyo looks at her wristwatch and says, "i have a quick meeting at around 5pm so maybe tonight at around 7? i'll just send you the address to this café we can stay in."

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"what?! you kissed jae suk op--" mika covered ji hyo's mouth before she could even repeat what she heard from mika.

"be quiet, unnie!" mika paused and just sighed, "i was drunk yesterday unnie. will he take it seriously?"

"i'm not the one who can answer that, mika."

it took a while but mika realized what she meant, "are you suggesting that i should talk to him about that?"

"of course, i mean, if you're just gonna ignore him like that, what about your friendship since middle school huh? are you just gonna let that slide away just because of a kiss? you have to talk about it, it's up to you if you should admit that it's real or not as long as you settle the meaning of that kiss." ji hyo spoke up to her.

mika took a sip of her coffee and just sighed afterwards, ji hyo does have a point.

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just before mika could reach their apartment building, she saw a very familiar face standing and waiting for someone.

"o-oh, oppa." she called jae suk who seemed to be looking around.

"oh, mika." jae suk called. mika noticed that he weirdly looks very calm as he saw her. did something really happen? she couldn't tell in jae suk's face.

"w-what are you doing here, oppa?" mika questioned with a very shy expression, it's so obvious.

"you see... i just want to talk to you."

"m-me? then... c-come on, let's talk at our place." mika tried shaking off the nervous feeling and walked towards the building when jae suk suddenly gripped on her wrist, "i-i want to talk to you in private. mother would probably be in your place."

the two managed to find an empty part of the street with a very awkward atmosphere, just crickets trying their best to fill up the silence.

"w-what do you want to talk about?" mika started.

"you see... i want to ask you something."

"what is it?" mika tried calming herself down but it just wouldn't work.

"about last night..."

oh no.

"you were pranking me when you said you like me, right?" jae suk let out a shy but joking smile.

ouch.

the whole sentence ran around her head. her friendship with jae suk is too strong for jae suk to believe what she said.

she didn't have any choice but to just fake her laugh and say, "of course, that's just a prank, oppa! you know how much of a chatterbox i become when i'm very drunk."

"phew. for a second there, i really thought that you really like me or something." jae suk laughed.

if only you knew.

"yeah, by the way... why are we even here to talk about some nonsense? you should have dinner with us." mika tried to walk away but jae suk cuts him off.

"oh and the kiss, can we please forget about that? i don't want you to be bothered about that when it's just a prank." jae suk followed her and laughed.

all mika can reply was just a fake laugh, how can she not be bothered by the fact that she knows that the kiss isn't just a prank?