✦ 𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙚 | 𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘪

015 | distance

Couple of weeks had passed and Yunhee could tell that Yoshinori is distancing himself away from her. Whenever she tries to approach the Japanese boy, he would quickly walk away from her.

Sighing, Yunhee buried her head in her palms, arms resting onto the table of the school cafeteria. Her best friend, Park Jaeyeol, only furrowed her eyebrows in sight of Yunhee across her.

"Frustrated because Yoshinori is avoiding you?" Jaeyeol questions. "I mean, that's actually a good thing."

"I do not even know why he is avoiding me," mumbled Yunhee, face still buried in between her palms. "How would I know if I did something wrong to his eyes if I could not even stand a meter away from his shadow."

Jaeyeol averted her gaze on Yunhee and wandered her sight around the school cafeteria. There she saw, Yoon Jaehyuk, the guy who has always been there with her most of the time.

In just a simple text message that Jaeyeol sent to Jaehyuk, it did not take long for the boy to approach the table where Jaeyeol and Yunhee were.

"Hey," Jaehyuk smiled as he ran his fingers on Jaeyeol's hair, gently combing it.

"Get your hand off of my hair," Jaeyeol sternly told the male.

Frowning, Jaehyuk retreated his hand from the girl's hair. "What's wrong? Did I do something again?"

"Ew, get away from me, lovebirds," Yunhee abruptly said in disgust.

Jaehyuk's eyes landed on the girl that has her face still buried on her palms. "You good there, Yunhee?" he asked out of worry.

"Yoshinori is avoiding her, that's why she is like that," Jaeyeol responded instead.

Letting out a nervous chuckle, Jaehyuk glanced at Yoshinori who is currently seated on one of the tables inside the school cafeteria, peacefully eating his lunch alone.

Jaeyeol looked up to Jaehyuk, following the gaze of the boy. "Get him here," she ordered to Jaehyuk after seeing where the boy is looking.

"No, don't force him," said Yunhee as she finally sat straight. "It's okay if he doesn't want to talk to me."

"Oh, really?" Jaeyeol huffed. Her eyes then landed on a guy that quietly passed by behind Yunhee. "Hey, Bang Yedam," she called out.

The walking boy halted on his steps, cold eyes landing on Jaeyeol. "What?" he sternly asked.

"Aren't you gonna say hi to Yunhee?" asked Jaeyeol.

"Why would I?" Yedam huffed before he continued on his way, not even bothering to look back.

Jaeyeol's eyebrows furrowed at what just happened. She's not that close to Yedam, but Yunhee is. Just by that, she knew that something is going on between the two rival groups.

"I'll get going," Yunhee weakly said as she stood up, slinging her shoulder bag on her right shoulder. "Don't mind me, I only need some space. See you by dismissal."

"Are you sure?" Jaehyuk asked in worry. "Should I bring Yoshinori here?"

"No, don't bother," Yunhee insisted, forcing a smile on her lips. "I gotta go."

Jaeyeol and Jaehyuk could only watch Yunhee slowly walking away from them. They could not do anything either.

Yunhee could only let out a sigh as she got closer to the table where Yoshinori is currently seated. She does not have a choice but to pass through him since his table is just beside the exit of the school cafeteria. She did not bother to look at him and only passed quietly until she successfully got out of the place.

Meanwhile, Yoshinori knew what is happening. It is his own will to stay away from Yunhee. Even though he doesn't want to, he must do it for his group.

"It must be hard ignoring her," Jihoon spoke out of nowhere as he sat across the Japanese boy.

"Not really," Yoshi briefly responded. "I'm not used of talking to her, that's why."

"Eyy," Jihoon teased. "But you are worried on what she is feeling every time you ignore her. Don't ever try to shrug that off, Kanemoto."

Yoshinori only shrugged his shoulders. "I hope she wouldn't try to talk to me when I go to their house later."

With an eyebrow raised, Jihoon asked, " Why? What will you do there?"

"Yunseo invited me and he wanted to know more about what happened and what is about to happen," Yoshi explained. "He sensed something about the other group and he'll tell me about it later. I'll discuss it to our group tomorrow night after Hyunsuk's instructions to us."

"Hmm, I can see that Yedam is avoiding Yunhee," Jihoon said. "Also, Noa handed me a brown envelope and told me to give it to Hyunsuk."

"Did you already give it?"

"I gave it to him last night. I just don't know if he already opened it."

Yoshinori only nodded his head and silently tapped the table with his fingers. Not long after, Jaehyuk approached the two boys.

"Jaeyeol wanted to know something on what's going on," Jaehyuk began. "She bribed me with a box of banana milk."

"Did you spill shit?" Yoshinori hissed.

"Nah," Jaehyuk responded. "I told her that I'll tell her everything when we are already sure on our details."

"That's good," said Jihoon. "You better ask her to be your girlfriend sooner."

Jaehyuk shook his head with a soft chuckle escaping from his mouth. "Soon, if I am sure that I wouldn't die on our next elimination."

"Grow some balls," Yoshinori spats at the younger boy.

"Tell that to your self," Jaehyuk fired back. "Still denying to your self that you already like Yunhee."

"Dude, shut up because you don't know shit," Jihoon joked.

Jaehyuk and Jihoon continued to bicker, not minding Yoshinori beside them. Yoshinori could only sit silently om the table, fingers still tapping on the table.

'Why would I like Yunhee? Just because she is like my queen? Hell no, what a stupid reason,' Yoshinori thought to himself. 'She may be like her, but she would never be her."