You Can Paint Me

Chapter 41 (Part 2)

Everyone's eyebrows lifted in amusement, thinking that such kind of questions were actually very intriguing and deep. They were all looking forward to listen to what the girl had to say, glancing at one another and trying to guess who would it be. Olivia though... she was expecting something worse than this and it surprised her to hear such question. It wasn't hard for her to answer, because she already knew who that person was and why she was thankful. It was an easy thing for her to say, so she didn't hesitate one bit. "Jisung." the girl said casually, only making the squirrel boy choke on his piece of milk chocolate."W-What? Really?" he coughed, giving the girl the most confused and taken aback look.

"Really?" Chan repeated with raised brows and folded arms, rather dissapointed.

"Really?" Hyunjin seemed equally surprised, but in a good way.

"Yes, really." Olivia rolled her eyes, not expecting such reactions from everyone. "Elaborate now, though." Felix waved his hand, motioning her to enlighten them more, because he himself was confused as well. He wasn't expecting this and he wanted to know why. "I honestly felt that we had grown apart from each other and...you seemed a little cold to me these past months," Olivia started speaking, staring at Jisung while doing so, as the boy felt somehow weird. He couldn't keep eye contact with her, so he was mostly looking at the ground. "and I didn't know how to fix that. But in this trip, you were again, the good old Jisung that I knew and became friends with. I'm very grateful to see your cheeky and goofy self again. It lifts my spirits seeing you being the crackhead I know. It feels like now I have you back because you are behaving like before. I hope you are good now with whatever may have happened to you. Because I know, we all have things in our mind that affect our everyday lives and relationships with other people. And I can't expect you to be cheerful and funny all the time... That would be selfish of me. But I can't lie and say that your distance hadn't negatively affected me, mostly because I thought I had done something to you, so I'm happy to see the  Jisung I know back. That way, you make me happy as well. I'm thankful that you are my friend, that's all." Olivia finished her speech and it was only then, when she realised that everyone had went silent, listening to her every word. Jisung was now, looking at her in the eyes, not saying anything. He didn't know what to say to that, he just gave her a small smile, to which she returned back. He proceeded to grab his phone, that was next to him on the floor and kept himself busy on the screen out of his awkwardness. He had a weird look on his eyes, but no one really paid attention to him, since Mia's apparent interruption caught everyone's attention.

"Ugh. Boring." Mia yawned, expecting something spicier than this long and loving speech Olivia had given, but nevertheless, she understood where she was coming from. Besides, Jisung had been always close to them, not only because they had art class together, but because of their amazing chemistry. He was always the crackhead that made them laugh and have a good time, so she wasn't surprised by Olivia's explanation.

"Alright, Jisung truth or dare?" Changbin said with a quirky tone, watching as the younger boy quickly locked his phone and focused on him, expressionless. "Dare." Jisung's reply made the buffed guy to roll his eyes."Coward." Changbin sighed and cleared his throat, thinking of what to make his friend do next. "Read us the last text you sent from your phone."

That exact moment, Jisung's eyes went big, making him look like a shocked hamster. It wasn't only him, though. Hyunjin's eyes had went big as well and he was constantly looking back and forth from Jiaung to his phone. Because, apparently, that time when Olivia finsihed her speech and Jisung went on his phone, he wasn't actually playing with it. He had texted the tall boy. No one really realised anything, neither the small glances the two boys were exchanging nor the little vibrating sounds Hyunjin's phone made every time he would recieve a text from his friend.