first snowfall | sunki

12: it won't be easy

"Oh, I forgot something." Sunoo let go of Ni-ki's hand, trying to look for something in his pockets. "I'll come back but you should already be done by the registration. Here's my ID." He then handed the younger his ID as he looked at Ni-ki hold his laughter. "What's up with you..."

"Pfft! You're so ugly here~!" Ni-ki burst out laughing, turning around to see if someone was looking at them. "When did you take this photo? You had coconut hair!"

Sunoo took a deep breath as he kicked the back of Ni-ki's knee. "If people were not around, I'd hit you in the face. Anyways, I'm leaving now." He slapped Ni-ki's butt for the last time before leaving the Business Classroom.

Ni-ki snickered, watching Sunoo leave as he looked at the elder's ID. "That coconut head." He then sighed as he walked around the huge classroom, looking for Jake so they could register for the school couple awards.

"Hey, Riki!" Jake excused himself from guarding the counter, walking towards Ni-ki with a huge hug. "Did you come to visit me? Or are you here for Hee again? Hee comes here a lot but he's having classes right now."

"Yeah, I know. I'm not here for anyone anyway." Ni-ki slapped Jake's arm, confusing the latter. "You! Are you that close with Park Sunghoon?"

Jake blinked several times as he rubbed his arm. "What do you mean? We've been close since he came here." He paused, laughing at the thought of how they first met. "He is way different from my first impression. I could not believe he would do that to Kim. Anyways, you guys are dating, right?"

Ni-ki's eyes widened after hearing what Jake just asked. "Y-yeah... He went somewhere but he'll come back later."

"You guys came together?" Jake held on to Ni-ki's shoulder as he pulled him to the counter. "Are you perhaps here for the couple awards?"

"Duh." Ni-ki avoided Jake's gaze as he pulled out his and Sunoo's IDs to register their names on this weird award show. "It's not like I have a choice anyway."

Jake flashed a huge smile, feeling happy for the two. "Oh my gosh! I'm so happy for both of you! I never even knew you were dating because you always talked shit about each other. Kim deserves it, Sunghoon's been too harsh on him. I hope he has reasons at least."

"I know one of his reasons, do you wanna know?" Ni-ki leaned onto Jake, prepared to whisper about Sunghoon's Freedom Wall entry. "Oh, and it involves you."

"Me?" Jake laughed as he typed different information on their business file. "I doubt that. All we do is talk and laugh, that's pretty much it."

Ni-ki scratched his head as he leaned on the counter table. "Whatever, you won't believe it anyway."

Jake then continued processing Ni-ki and Sunoo's names on their files while Ni-ki just sat there, waiting for Sunoo to come back.

"Where is he...? He's been out there for a long time, huh." Ni-ki pouted as he thought of Sunoo, looking around the windows to find him.

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"Jungwon probably took it, or I left it at home..." Sunoo frowned as he stood up from the floor, cleaning his pants after looking everywhere for his phone. He then walked out of the Arts Room, empty-handed like earlier.

As soon as Sunoo opened the door, someone tall stood right in front of him. "I'm sorry..."

"Sunshine!" Sunghoon smiled as he held Sunoo's hand to prevent him from leaving. "We haven't seen each other in days, huh? I'm sorry, I've been too busy."

Sunoo looked at Sunghoon up and down, still mesmerized by the elder's beauty. However, he knows what Sunghoon has done so he chose to pull his hand out of his grip and avoid his gaze. "Why are you here?" he asked with a sullen voice.

"I was just walking around then I saw you here. All the other Arts students went that way, so I was confused why you're alone here." Sunghoon laughed awkwardly, gulping as soon as he noticed the way Sunoo was acting towards him. Sunoo should be enthusiastic and in love with him but with the way he's acting right now, something was wrong.

"I'm skipping classes. I went to the Business Classroom with Nishimura Riki." Sunoo remarked as he walked past Sunghoon. "Didn't you hear? I'm dating him."

Sunghoon raised an eyebrow, tilting his head slightly on the side. "Really? Is that why everyone's been noticing you guys lately? Haha, I thought you liked me."

"I did! I liked you." Sunoo smiled, making things clear. He then walked towards Sunghoon as he looked straight into his eyes. "I liked you for 3 years, Park Sunghoon. Why did you have to play with me like that? And Shim Jaeyoon? You've liked him ever since..."

"W-what are you talking about? My Sunshine, is something up?" Sunghoon held on Sunoo's shoulders firmly, but the latter shrugged his grasp off. "Kim Sunoo... don't tell me you know everything already?"

"Of course, I do! I may have been a fool for you but look..." Sunoo stepped back as he faced away from the elder. "...I'm not going to make things easy for you anymore."

Sunghoon cleared his throat, pulling Sunoo's arm. "How did you know? How did you know I was playing with you? How did you know I had a crush on Jake?"

"I just found it out," Sunoo replied as he snickered. "You're planning to go to the campus award show with Shim Jaeyoon, right? Nishimura Riki and I are going too! But at least, we both agreed on it. How about you? Shim Jaeyoon doesn't even know you like him and you're planning to tell him all of a sudden for the event?"

"So, what are you trying to do? I'm sure you're not just dating Nishimura Riki because you like him. It's weird for everyone else here, you know? We suddenly found out that you two have been dating after being enemies since childhood." Sunghoon took a deep breath as he started showing his true colors right in front of Sunoo. "You're trying to make me jealous, aren't you? So that I know my lesson, right?"

Sunoo's eyes grew large after hearing the truth from Sunghoon. "Who are you to care anyway? We're dating, that's all you need to know."

"No, let me correct that." Sunghoon laughed, pushing Sunoo on the shoulder. "You guys are fake-dating!"

"You're wrong!" Sunoo exclaimed, sighing loudly. "You have no right to butt into our business."

Sunghoon rolled his eyes. "Then why do you still use the full-name basis? You guys don't even call each other by your first names. Couples have callsigns, where's yours? I guess you guys aren't that close to being considered dating—"

"Sunoo!"

"Ow! How dare you?!" Sunghoon groaned in pain after Ni-ki turned his arm. He then watched Ni-ki look at him straight in the eyes. "Nishimura Riki?"

Ni-ki pushed Sunghoon to the floor, placing Sunoo's phone inside his leather jacket as he held the latter's hand. "This must be yours. I found your phone while I was walking on my way here. Anyways, stand up. We're going somewhere."

Sunoo avoided Ni-ki's gaze, feeling awkward after hearing his first name from him. "I can't believe you're calling me by my first name already." He whispered, making sure Sunghoon couldn't hear them.

"Of course, I can call you by your first name already." Ni-ki smiled as his grip on Sunoo's hand tightened. "We're dating, after all." 

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ASHDJHGFJSFGJSD i'm blushing in this chapter it's so cute AAAAAA