Maybe This Time // Minsung

18. Interest Me🍃

I looked at Gaeun in the close proximity she was to my face. She looked over the moon with what happened.

Her smile was bright but the more she looked at me the slower it faded.

"What's wrong?" She asked. I shook my head before walking over to my radio and turning on a random radio station I usually listened to.

It was one of those stations with just music. I couldn't be listening to news that would just make me depressed.

"Um... Well..." She tried to find something to say at how silent I was being. "That was nice" She liked it?

How did she like it? It felt horrible in every way and form. Every inch of my body cried of disgust at how awful the kiss was.

I knew it wasn't Gaeun, I look at Gaeun and completely get mesmerised by her beauty but this... This was something wrong with me.

She stood beside me now and slowly placed her hand on top of mine. I froze momentarily. "You probably already know but I like you" She confessed.

I didn't say anything.

"I've liked you since we were 13...i never thought you felt the same til... Now I guess" She laughed slightly. I took away my hand and walked over to my guitar taking it in my hands to tune it.

"Ji, what's wrong-"

"Just leave me alone" I cut in quick. I regretted saying it because I knew she'd think the kiss was her fault. I looked at her briefly and saw exactly that.

"It's not about the kiss..." I could lie to her. I let out a hard sigh. "Look it has nothing to do with you... I just..."

Come on say it Jisung!

"I need time to sort my feelings out" Not exactly what I wanted to say but I couldn't tell her I hated everything about the kiss more than a Criesonian in my breathing space.

Then my phone started to ring. Gaeun smiled softly but it was laced with regret. "Okay...I'll be downstairs" she left my room.

I sighed and fell back into my chair. I heard the phone call out again after I gained my sanity from that moment.

I picked up the phone quick thinking it was Hyunjin as I completely forgot about Minho's call.

"Hello?" I sighed as I answered. A soft laugh was met at the end of the line and I felt my stomach whirl in a way I liked again.

"You don't sound that happy to hear from me" It was Minho.

I immediately smiled. "No its not you" I chuckled "Just... Stuff" I mumbled. "Stuff?" he asked. "Stuff" I replied.

"Well.. Um.. How's your cuts?" He asked me. I glanced over in the small mirror I had on my wardrobe. "They're fine. My mom nearly had a fit when she saw them"

"My mom too" Minho laughed. "She was like Minho who gave you that bruise!!! I will get my hands on them! And yadda yadda yadda" He explained.

I laughed "Did you tell her it was a Velorean?" I tested. He laughed "And actually risk you dying? No way that's my job"

I scoffed at his remark "So your the only one allowed to kill me then?" I asked. I heard him hum on the other side. "If the glove fits" He chuckled.

I rolled my eyes and drifted back to the kiss I had with Gaeun. "Minho... I have a question"

"Shoot" he replied. "Wait not literally. Please don't shoot anything" I laughed at this and glanced over to a box on top of one of my shelves where a gun rested.

Don't shoot.... Too late for that  I said to myself.

"Well um... Have you ever like.... Kissed someone?" I asked. The silence on the other end of the line was deafening.

I gulped. "Jisung why are you asking me that?" He didn't sound mad at me but more or less confused.

I guess it wasn't really a topic you would bring up with someone you met only today and also beat up.

But I mean I also met him three years ago. It feels like I've known him longer.

"Just answer the question... I'm confused" I simply replied. Minho hummed and cleared his throat awkwardly.

"Well yeah, I have" He replied. I knew I made this awkward, but I was so confused.

At least if I embarrassed myself too much I could just never speak to him again. It wouldn't be the same if it was Hyunjin or Seungmin or Jeongin.

They'd know exactly who kissed me in a instant. Minho was my only best bet.

"And um... Was it good?" I asked. There was a sigh at the end of the line "Jisung, why are you asking me these questions?" he asked.

I gulped. "Just get to the point Jisung" He added briefly.

"I um... I" I took a breath. "I kissed someone and hated it" I told him. He stayed quiet as I continued.

"She kissed me and I thought it was meant to be one of those magical moments you experience where your stomach tingles and you want more but...."

I genuinely felt tears in my eyes for some reason. I was so frustrated that it made me sad and angry.

"I hated it. I hated kissing her and even though I kissed her back to see if that was the issue it was even worse than before" I sighed after.

There was a silence before Minho replied. "That's probably cause you don't like her" he mumbled something else but I didn't hear him.

"But...now she thinks I like her too because I kissed her back" I put my hand to my head. "Then tell her you don't like her that way" Minho replied. "It's pretty obvious that's what you do"

"It's not that easy!" I exclaimed. "Is this a Velorean thing or something?" Minho asked.

I scoffed "No" I replied. "I'm not good with my feelings... It puts me in bad situations" I sighed.

Minho hummed "I can tell"

It wasn't just making gaeun think I like her. It was also when I got so angry at the OCA for arresting my brother that I joined the VA.

The one thing I never wanted to do three years ago.

Today my anger got me in a fight. I always end up in bad situations.

"but I don't think all things end in bad situations" Minho brought me back to the room.

"How? We literally fought today" I sighed. Then he chuckled. "But here we are on the phone talking to each other like we're friends"

I stayed quiet.

"Friends fight Jisung. But I think... The fight we had today should just be forgotten about"

"Seriously?"

"You... Interest me" He said more quietly like he was admitting something that shouldn't be said. I didn't reply.

"You have since the night I met you three years ago" he mumbled. I couldn't lie that I felt the same.

"So is this your long way of saying, let's be friends?"

No way I becoming friends with a proper Criesonian. Jeongin doesn't count.

"Yeah... If you want to be"

"Yeah, I do"

Jisung... Why do you leave your mouth run before your thoughts?

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