Doesn't Match

✨ | Chapter 06 ♡ ࿐ ࿔

“all good.”

i sighed in relief and we continued walking and talking random stuff.

jihoon and i just met for a coupe of days and he makes me feel so comfortable even with the teasing, i don't even know why or how. does he have magic powers?? i've never been this close to someone at all.

oh and.. hyunsuk.. i kept thinking about what to do for us to be close and we'll be able to hang out together without the awkwardness and bad feelings.

i wonder when will that be..

“yah, kim junkyu!” jihoon snapped his fingers in front of me, “is something bothering you?” he asked, “huh? ah.. nothing..” i avoided eye contact, jihoon chuckled, “you're lying.”

“i am not.” i turned back to him, he let out a tch, “i think you are.” i pouted, “how?” he pursed his lips, “i dunno, just a feeling.” i sighed, “so tell me, what's been goin' on inside that brain of yours.” feeling hesitant, i breathed and told him everything.

“well.. don't you notice hyunsuk lowkey being in a bad mood everytime he sees me with you or with the three of us together in the same place?” jihoon furrowed his brows, “what do you mean..?”

“i mean.. it's making me think that he doesn't want me near the two of you.” jihoon stopped for a second and started thinking. “ahh.. yeah, i noticed.” i looked at him wide eyed.

“you noticed??” he nodded, “t-then why— wha- huh? you're chill with that?” i saw a smirk forming on his lips. “yep. i'm loving the drama, actually.”

i scoffed. “you're enjoying it while there's me, suffering.” i rolled my eyes on him, “awe, poor junkyu.” he cutely said as he pinched my cheeks, “what was that for?” i snapped, “ah sorry, you were just too cute!”

i felt shy all of a sudden, i was trying not to smile but i failed. “woah, your mood changes when someone call you cute?” he said and made me turn to him, he kept pinching my cheeks and started to tickle me. “ah kiyowo!”

i squealed and he didn't stop, he kept doing it until the only thing we hear are our laughter. suddenly my anger about jihoon faded, i was confused why but i didn't mind it anymore since i'm still saving myself not to be tickled anymore by this dumbass.

i still failed. sigh.

...

the next day

“hey ji.”

jihoon then looked around to see who was calling him, his eyes drifted to mine and gave me a knowing look. i signalled him to come close and he did as i said.

“so.. what are we gonna do about me and hyunsuk?” i whispered, jihoon eyes started wandering around as he think. “what if.. we prepare something for just the two of you?” i furrowed my eyebrows, “what do you mean? like a date??”

“ye, sort of. you know, to give the two of you some time to open up with each other as friends and be comfortable and this and that.” i finally understood what he meant so i just nodded. “but we have a problem though.” i said.

“what's that?” he asked, “hyunsuk has a busy schedule right? when should we execute the plan?” jihoon started his thinking cap again. “ah! we can start it next week since his extra time after soccer is over in that day. plus we'll have time to think of what we're going to do for that day.”

i nodded, “okay cool!” he smiled, “now that that's settled, we can talk more about it after class.” i nodded, “alright, thanks ji.” he snapped his fingers and winked, “i gotcha.”

i chuckled.

...

the whole class was extremely boring. i'm surprised i don't feel like sleeping.

in a few minutes, a teacher suddenly came and we all greeted him in unison. he said that our teacher that's supposed to be teaching us at this hour is having a meeting with the rest of the teachers so he told us to self-study while waiting for the bell to ring.

we nodded at his statement and then he left.

i didn't feel like reading so i just sat up straight with my arms folded and lowered my head. my eyes were wandering at random stuff as i think of the events that had happened and also thinking of the plan that jihoon shared.

after a few minutes of thinking, my memory suddenly drifted back to where i was called by the head. i remembered that i was supposed to participate with yoshi for the sports project. i facepalm myself for forgetting to mention it to jihoon.

eh, i can tell him after class anyways. no big deal.

i sighed and calmly started to sleep with my head on my desk.

...
bell rings after an hour

i felt someone shaking me, i refused to open my eyes but this person kept going. i had enough and sat up straight as i wipe my eyes.

“had a good sleep?” huh, it wasn't jihoon? “oh, yoshi.. what's up?” i asked, “we're supposed to have a meeting with the others for the sports project, remember?”

my mouth formed an 'o' as i remembered, “oohh right. i forgot, sorry.” he chuckled, “it's alright. let's go?” i nodded as i started packing my bag.

as soon as i stood up, a hand grabbed my arm, i turned to meet jihoon, “what?” i asked, “where are you two going?”

“ah.. we're supposed to have a meeting. i'm coming with yoshi.” i explained, “why didn't you tell me?” i gave an apologetic smile, “sorry—”

“junkyu, let's go. we're gonna be late.” both of us turned to yoshi, “ah, sorry. i'll be right with you.” i turned back to jihoon, “i gotta go, you don't have to wait for me.. go home if you want to ok? byeee”

“hey wait—”

...

me and yoshi entered a room with other students from different classes. i counted each of them so overall, we're 11 students, including us are present today.

we waited for the teachers to come so that we could start the meeting. while waiting, yoshi and i interacted with the others and tried to get along with them.

surprisingly, all 11 of us were speaking comfortably with each other. it turns out that only 4 of us were participating as a student and the rest were athletes and is going to help us with the project too.

let me introduce to you the athletes, here we have park jeongwoo, he's in the basketball category along with zhong chenle. they said that their team captain was homeschooled for some reason so they made chenle their temporary captain.

now for the volleyball team, we have lee donghyuck as the team captain and so junghwan as one of the students who'll help the 4 of us along with na jaemin.

and lastly, the soccer team, we have yedam and asahi. their team captain, choi hyunsuk is still nowhere to be found.

i wonder what's going to be the atmosphere after a few moments once hyunsuk sees me here. i wouldn't be surprised if it'll be awkward, uncomfortable and just the feeling of.. a very wide gap.

i just hope we'll fix this soon. i hope our plan would work.

— 💎 —

—kyunieroons🥀