He Is A Girl (EXO)

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Ch. 9 - Next Door

(What happened to D.O & Jiyul)

- Two Years Ago

***Jiyul's POV***

It was a bad day for me, everything fell apart just this morning. I've been on the beach for quite a while now. My mother passed away a few days ago, and I couldn't stop crying. I attended her funeral yesterday, it was really heartbreaking. Nobody came, but me and the guy next door who lived by himself.

Nobody in our family came, of course, cause my father passed away a long time ago. My grandparents was in Japan and our family was poor, so they couldn't fly over here to attend. And my brother, who I couldn't remember since he passed away along with my father.

So it was just me, and the guy next door. I was thankful that he came, because my mother saw him like a son. He always helped us with heavy work and errands. He lived with his parents, and was an only child. But they were usually at work, so he felt lonely. That's why he always went to us, to help us with house work. He would also help me to study math, he was no joke.

And that day, I was crying to my heart's content. When suddenly he, Do Kyungsoo came around. He heard my sobs. He appeared and gave me an apologetic look. "Jiyul..."

"I don't know why all of these happens. First my father and brother, and then my mom? Why? Why?" I sobbed as he engulfed me in a hug. I was choking on my own tears while trying to stop crying, but it didn't work. He was patting my back. He tried to make me stop crying, but it didn't work. "Who am I going to live with now? I don't want to go to China."

"What if you come and live with us? And sometimes you could go over to your own house to study? But you can sleep in our house, if it's lonely to be in your own." Kyungsoo told me while reassuring me. I was trying to hold back my tears. "I'm sure my parents wouldn't mind... You can have my room, and I could take the guest room."

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After that Kyungsoo took me home and asked for his parents' permission to stay over. And they gladly answered yes. He then followed me to help me move some of my clothes and stuff. As soon as we got back, we switched rooms. But he was too lazy and tired to move his stuff.

And with that I lived with Kyungsoo for quite a while. We both went on different high schools after that summer, he went to an all-boys high school, while I went to a art school. He moved out into the dorms in his high school in order to make it less stressful.

I admit that, along that road I got really special feelings for Kyungsoo. His heart-shaped smile really made my day. And his voice was really soothing to me. Even though I would only see him once a week in the weekends, we would both spend time a lot together. But I made friends with Chaeyeon unnie, I would spend less time calling him.

One weekend he came home, looking really frustrated. His parents weren't home because they were working night shift. However, he slumped down on the couch with a frown. "Why are you frowning like that?"