Love; Lock It! | Treasure

TWENTY ONE; Abhorring, Adoring

"Can't we get to the main topic of the night already?" Yuna whines rolling on Lia's bed, tired of Ryujin and Nori skindering about the the bitvhes of Literature's department and their boyfriends.

"The main topic?" Nori frowns upon hearing her. Lia only told her that she wanted to have a sleepover with her dear friends.

"Don't you know the reason of this gathering is you? Nori dear." Lia passes a dominant smile coming inside her bedroom, only to add to Nori's confusion.

"We wanted to know everything about your and Junkyu's fake love life." Ryujin emphasizes on the word fake with a dreamy look. Nori curses her internally after knowing about their interest.

"Besides we also wanted to discuss about the way you'll cruelly break his heart in front of the whole university." Yuna adds, grinning causing Nori to rethink if they were really talking about crushing someone's dignity.

The way they were conversing about Nori and Junkyu's relationship was disgusting Nori. She liked Junkyu sincerely. Although she started dating him to fulfill her own reasons but her feelings changed over the time. It was heart wrenching to see the real reason behind Lia's sleepover invitation.

"Do I have to break up with him?" Nori questions, feeling intimidated in the girls' presence.

"Yes you've to, at any cost. But not now. For now just keep on messing with his mind. Try your best to wrap him around your finger and break his bond with the Suns especially with Sihmin. Till then let me think about when you should break that egotistical bastard's heart." Lia spits the poisonous words with abhorrence.

It was clear how much she felt repugnant towards the Sun but what was the reason behind the hatred? This question perplexed Nori and she cursed herself for placing a bet with these mean girls at the first place. The bet was to win Junkyu's heart and abandon it in so much dark that even the Suns couldn't retrieve it for him.

"Why are you doing this Lia? I mean did the Suns do something bad to you?" Nori gulps to see the sinister look in her eyes while Yuna and Ryujin begin to laugh.

"Did something bad to her? They did her worse. They messed with her. They messed with us." Ryujin replies with a poker face.

"They stole her best friend from her. They stole her love." Upon hearing the revelation, Nori gawks at the three of them and secretly prays for her own safety.

•••

"Oh please! I'm not sitting in the middle." Jeongwoo hurries into the car before anyone could stop him. Junghwan was already sitting in the passenger seat beside Yoshi.

The only two left outside pondering were Haruto and Sihmin. Junghwan sat between them before so they didn't pay any heed to being squished in the backseat but now they had to sit beside each other. Yoshi honks at them and signals them to get inside resulting in both of them entering the car.

Haruto sighs internally, not wanting to be in a close proximity with Sihmin again as he was still not over what happened a while ago. In other words, her nearness was messing with his head.

Their arms were rubbing against each other while their legs were pressed lightly. The position wasn't affecting Sihmin though as she was tired and just wanted to get home. She adjusts herself, laying her head on Haruto's shoulder.

"Don't you dare say anything. Remember you're my slave. Even your shoulder's mine." She mumbles sluggishly and dozes off.

The act flusters Haruto but he maintains composure not wanting to seem like he's unaccustomed to these antics in front of his friends. While Yoshi, Jeongwoo and Junghwan continue to converse about video games, Haruto assesses Sihmin's features in adoration.

A few strands of her walnut brown hair were falling onto her face. Her velvety eyelashes and button nose were complementing her parted peach lips.

"Dirty yet so pretty." Haruto chuckles and wipes a dribble of saliva from the corner of her mouth with a tissue.

"You look like a creep." Jeongwoo's voice startles Haruto causing the latter to clear his throat and retreat his hand.

"No doubt you're her boyfriend but still drooling over her when she's drooling in her sleep seems creepy. At least to me it does." Jeongwoo snickers but stops once Haruto smacks his head.

"Stay out of it." Rolling his eyes, he once again focuses on the girl who was sleeping soundly. Watching her breathe calmly was putting his heart at ease. She was lulling him into a strange trance and he didn't want to unravel the cause behind it yet.

A Week Later

"All of us passed." Hyunsuk cheers making others holler in merriment.

"Can't believe it. Even our Moons got promoted into the next semester." Yedam sneers and raises his hand to high five Jihoon.

"Hey! What do you mean by that?" Jihoon grasps his hand and twists it instead.

"I mean congratulations, you people passed." Yedam replies sheepishly, pulling his hand out of the muscular one's grip.

"As if it's very unexpected. Almost all of our parents donate hefty amounts to this school. Even if we fail a subject or two, the management somehow makes it work." Asahi shrugs bitterly.

"Well that's TIAH for you. Prestigious yet nefarious." Doyoung adds with a simper.

"Where are the rest of our toppers anyway?" Jaehyuk questions sarcastically when he fails to spot Sihmin, Nori and Mashiho at the table.

"Mashiho's gone to bring his girlfriend. She's one of the foreign exchange students. Don't know about the others though." Jeongwoo responds to his question.

"Where's your girlfriend, hyung?" Junghwan asks Junkyu who was sitting on his left but the latter only shrugs nonchalantly.

"And yours?" This time he questions Haruto who was sitting on his right. At the very moment, Sihmin bursts through the door catching everybody's attention.

"There she is." Haruto eyes Sihmin from head to toe, suddenly entertained by her presence.

"Hey guys!" She greets with enthusiasm followed by a blonde girl of their age. The girl was a little shorter than Sihmin and had an amused expression etched on her face.

Suns gasp upon seeing the familiar face while Moons look between them and the girls, bemused about the identity of supposedly new face.

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