oh my boy! | sunsunjake

Chapter 17

Ludic
~ You're warm ~

"I'm home!"

"Hello! How was your exam?"
Mother Kim wonders as she minimizes the volume of the television to hear her son's answer. "It was actually okay." was something she hoped and got.

"That's– That's great! I'm glad! It's a good thing Jake has been helping you."

"Yeah..."
He agrees, smiling. Though it is true that without Jake, Sunoo would have been in great deep stress from cramming the whole night, shoving in information deep down his memory lane, he would like to give Sunghoon's encouragement some credit as well.

Thinking about his friend, Sunoo had to skip the meeting today for the sake of reviewing on his own to focus more. Due to his absence, Sunghoon chose not to go either, trying to find excuses to cover up his lie of not wanting to go because he felt too shy to show up without Sunoo. Only the two knew that.

He heads to his room, wondering if he could give himself an hour of privilege to play as a "reward" for studying with all his might or review the exams for tomorrow. 'Does Sunghoon Hyung play games..?' He asks himself, already deciding on the former option than being in a dilemma of choosing between the two.

–

Sunghoon
PrkwH0onby

hyung
are you free?

–

Sunoo stares at the bottom right of his just sent message, waiting for the word 'seen' to show up. However, lunch passed and no response. He thought about deleting the text out of discomfiture from anticipating a reply, but he heard a ding.

{ (dde0nxr): PrkwH0onby }
hii

{ (dde0nxr): PrkwH0onby }
I was eating and my
phone was on silent

–

Sunghoon
PrkwH0onby

hyung
are you free?

hii
I was eating and my
phone was on silent
sorry

Replied to you: are you free?
yes... why?

do you play enmity?

not really, but I do have it

wanna play?

–

On Sunghoon's end, he stares at the question, blinking repeatedly. 'Is this why he didn't go?', he asks himself, implying to Sunoo excusing himself from joining the study with his friends. Considering the clock on his bedside table displayed two-fourteen in the afternoon, maybe playing for a bunch of rounds would not hurt– unless they get carried away from having too much fun.

[2 rounds :)]
Is what Sunghoon set his mind on, hoping Sunoo would not sway him to add one more, which could lead to addition after addition of rounds as they waste their potential hours of studying.

Something Sunoo discovered about Sunghoon is how loud he can be when gaming, to the point he had to minimize his volume. The guy screams and screams, running away from the killer, while Sunoo bursts into laughter, watching him sprint off in the background.

By the time the laughing stock became the hunter, he had already decided on his target, not minding any of the players in their lobby unless they tried to save him. But his victim had other plans, making it a bit more difficult for the chaser to find him.