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TWELVE; Faking Caking

3 Days Before

"This lesson wasn't really necessary, you know. I already have a lot of experience in dating." Haruto brags as he settles down on the chair opposite to Sihmin placing their coffees on the table.

The ambience of the café was bringing comfort to Sihmin in these hard times. She loathed the idea of spending time with Haruto but she had to do it for the sake of her love life. As soon as she takes a sip of her coffee, she gains her sanity back.

"Excuse me, Mr know it all. This isn't a lesson, it's more of a practice for us. If we want others to believe us then we'll have to learn more about each other." Sihmin lectures Haruto.

"Huh! As if I don't know you already. You're Lee Sihmin, the irritating, stupid and self centered princess of those lit- Suns." Haruto stops himself from adding more adjectives once he sees Sihmin shooting daggers with her eyes at him. She tears a page from her notebook and hands it to Haruto along with a pen.

"Stop wasting time and do me a favor. Write down 20 facts about yourself e.g favorite food, sports etc meanwhile I'll be doing the same. Then we'll exchange the papers." She orders Haruto while the latter complies without any issue. They sit in silence for five minutes until Haruto breaks it.

"I was wondering, why did you ask me out of everyone to date you? I mean Jaehyuk or Hyunsuk or any other friend of yours would've dated you happily." Haruto emphasizes the word 'me' as he imposes the question that was disturbing his sleep.

Hearing the question, Sihmin drops her pen on the notebook and rests her back against the wooden chair.

"First of all, I asked you to pretend date me not date date me so mind it. Secondly, me dating any of the Suns whom I've been calling brothers or friends for so long would've been suspicious to Junkyu. It would've never worked. Besides, I want Nori out of Junkyu's life permanently which is only possible if she gets involved with someone else. That's the part where you come. The guy who likes Nori." Sihmin explains herself. Haruto forms an O with his mouth and nods.

A Day Before

"Will this even work? I've started to doubt your plan. We can't even spend 10 minutes without insulting each other, how will we convince others that we are dating?" Haruto throws his notebook in Sihmin's feet out of frustration.

"If only you keep that mouth of yours shut and listen to me but you being the cocky bastard you are can't even follow simple instructions of mine." Sihmin lashes out on Haruto throwing his book back at him which the latter catches luckily.

"This, this bitvhy attitude of yours gets on my nerves. I hate your guts, Lee. I'm leaving." Haruto gets up after pointing at Sihmin, clearly fed up of her behavior.

"Yah! You can't leave me here. Watanabe! Watanabe!" Sihmin shouts as Haruto makes his way out of the park. Half an hour ago they wouldn't even have thought that their normal discussion will escalate into a wild argument.

"Watanabe fuvking Haruto, stop!" Sihmin yells on top of her lungs while Haruto drives off but not before showing a peace sign, frustrating her more.

Flashback Ends

Present

Seeing Haruto and Sihmin being lovey dovey, no one could've suspected that they had a fight a day before. Haruto's arm was wrapped around Sihmin's shoulders while the girl was doing her best to plaster a smile on her face. Both of them didn't know that they'll begin to resent the idea of fake dating only after an hour.

Meanwhile the Suns and Moons were staring at the new couple, dumbfounded. Jaehyuk wasn't present at the table as he already left, infuriated. Almost every student leaving the cafeteria was staring at Haruto and Sihmin in admiration or envy.