The Way It Is

thirty eight

happy birthday, yiyeon <3

as a gift, enjoy this chapter, if ya know what I mean ;>

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Chapter 38

"Are you two playing hide and seek?" Renjun raised a brow at Yiyeon, who sat beside him.

"What do you mean?" Yiyeon asked as she took a sip from her drink.

The guy rolled his eyes, "You guys are really stupid." He said in his mother tongue, which made the girl beside her furrow her eyebrows in confusion. "I could clearly tell that you guys are trying to avoid each other. What's wrong? I thought that you want him back?" He asked.

Yiyeon sighed, "I want to talk to him, really... it's just that... every time I try and approach them, my knees would shiver, and I would always end up going the other way." She said and then faced Renjun. "Oh my gosh, is this still normal?"

"No," Renjun said, his voice void of emotions. "I can't believe that both of you are stupid. Heck, you're even ranked high in terms of academics. Jeno, on the other hand..."

"Let's not talk about it," the two of them said in chorus, which made them laugh.

"Yah, why are you like this towards your best friend?!" Yiyeon laughed.

"And you, why are you like this towards your boyfriend—" Yiyeon quickly covered Renjun's mouth using her palm. "What the hell?"

She placed an index finger in front of her lips. "Ex-boyfriend, Renjun-ah."

The Chinese rolled his eyes and groaned, "Oh my gosh, just make up already!" He said as he laid down on the couch and kicked Yiyeon playfully so that she would get out of the couch. "Get out of here. Don't even think about talking to me if you haven't talked to him." He said and covered his eyes using the throw pillow on the couch.

Yiyeon could only scoff and sit on the other couch.

The rest of Yangyang's visitors were downstairs, having the time of their lives. Especially Jaemin, Mark, and... Donghyuck, was it?

"Hyunjin-ah!" Yiyeon heard Yangyang yell.

"He's finally here," Yiyeon sighed as she texted her brother, informing him that they were both at Yangyang's party. They would probably spend the night at their house and leave early the next day.

She realized that her cup was already empty. Sighing, she stood up and went downstairs, heading towards the fruit punch.

"Since everyone's here, shall we go to the backyard? The pool's ready!" Yangyang screamed in joy, and the boys hurriedly kept the cards they were playing and quickly changed into their swimming outfits.