Color Outside the Lines

Chapter 10: of Dad's and Flowers

'That's it. I'm calling the girl.' Heejin said. 'It's been an hour this is getting ridiculous.'

'Why is Yujin even still here? Should I just tell her to go home? Maybe we can use Wonyoung's setup for our own date?' Hyunjin said.

Heejin made an impressed face. 'You do have a point there. I'll tell Yujin.'

But just as she was about to jump down to talk to the class president, Heejin's phone started to ring.

'Ugh. It's Eunbi unnie. Declined!' Heejin snickered as she pressed hang up.

'What if it's important?' Hyunjin said.

'It's just Eunbi unnie.' Heejin shrugged.

'Speaking of Eunbi unnie, she's going to be so mad when she realises that she lost the bet.' Hyunjin laughed to herself.

'The bet?' Heejin looked off into space with a confused face and Hyunjin just rolled her eyes in a strangely patient Hyunjin manner. Not many people could roll their eyes but still seem patient. Maybe it was just a Hyunjin thing when it came to Heejin.

'She heard that Chaeyeon sunbae bet that Wonyoung would ask Yujin out first so Eunbi unnie decided to counter by betting along with Hitomi that Yujin will ask Wonyoung our first.'

'Oh right! And we're gonna win our bet with Yuri, Yena and Nako!' Heejin clapped her hands in glee. 'Yuri, Yena and Nako betted on 2Kim getting together first while you and I were the ones who had faith in Wonyoung and Yujin.'

'Correction. I only had faith in Wonyoung and you just copied my answer.' Hyunjin said. She looked over at the poor girl in the skatepark who was scrolling through her phone, looking around every few seconds. 'Yujin is out here acting all confident and acting like her crush on Wonyoung isn't really a big deal, but really that's her defence mechanism for her coward...ness. That's why I only trust Wonyoung in this house.'

Before Heejin could come to Yujin's defence, Hyunjin's phone started to ring and the name the better Jeon popped up on the screen.

'Hey! What do you mean the better Jeon??'

'Eunbi unnie!' Hyunjin ignored Heejin. 'What's up? It must be important if you had to call me after Heejin hung up on you.'

Eunbi didn't play along with Hyunjin's joke. Instead her voice was serious.

'Hyunjin ah, where are you and Heejin right now?'

'The skatepark waiting for Wonyoung to show up. By the way, next time you see her please beat her ass for making Heejin, Yujin and I wait for an hour.' Hyunjin rolled her eyes.

Eunbi sighed. 'You three, stay right there. We're coming to pick you guys up.'

'What? Why?'

Hyunjin could hear Eunbi starting the engine of her car as she shakily said her next words.

'Wonyoung's in the hospital. Wait for us and if you're wearing anything embarrassing please get rid of it. I'm not in the mood to be embarrassed by you two.'

Then she hung up.

'It's just a hospital.' Heejin mumbled. 'And since when did she get embarrassed by us?'

'She's right.' Hyunjin started to wipe at Heejin's strange war makeup. 'They might put us in a mental hospital.'

Heejin was silent for a moment.

Then suddenly her eyes opened in shock.

'Wait, did she say that Wonyoung's in the hospital?'

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