valley of lies - y/n's pov

chapter 2

as i'm walking down the hallway, thoughts of my date with sunghoon last night won't leave my mind. it was just so perfect. and don't even get me started on the kiss. i'm sure it was his first yet he felt like a complete natural. i'm all giddy just thinking about it.

a sudden arm around my shoulder shakes me out of my thoughts, but i smile once i see the boy i was just thinking about. "you scared me half to death."

"my bad." he smiles at me and i grow weak in the knees. thank god his arm has a firm grip on me. has he been working out? "what class do you have right now?"

"ugh, science." i groan. my dreaded least favorite subject. although, maybe i would be good at chemistry considering sunghoon and i seem to have a lot. "i dread going there."

"then what do you say you and i skip this period and go get some lunch or something?"

i stop walking abruptly and remove his arm from around me. skip school? does he hear himself right now? we can't skip. what if we got caught? this must be the influence of his friends. i know what he said about them but i still have my thoughts.

"are you serious?" i ask with a ridiculous tone to my voice. as if he just suggested something completely dumb. "school is important, sunghoon. we can't just skip because you want to."

he nods, sneaking his arm around me again. "no, you're absolutely right. i just wanted an excuse for a second date."

i chuckle. well, we can definitely do that. i was hoping he'd be the one to ask. "how about after school?"

"hm." he hums. "i'm not sure i'll be able to wait that long."

i smile as i swat at his arm. he's such a tease. i still can't believe he actually likes me. genuinely likes me. "you'll manage. i'll wait for you out front once school ends."

"can't wait." a grin makes it's way on his lips as he leans down and kisses my cheek. my stomach does somersaults as he winks before walking away into his own classroom.

i guess i should get to mine as well. but now i wish school would end quickly. i can't wait to see sunghoon.

niki and i walk out of the building a few hours later and sit down on the bench i promised to be waiting at.

"okay, come on, spill it." he tugs on my arm. "i'm growing impatient here."

"it was perfect, niki. i couldn't have imagined a better night."

"just tell me who already!"

"okay, okay." i laugh. "you're not gonna believe this but it was park sunghoon."

his expression instantly twists into one of judgement. i know he's not fond of him but i thought he'd at least be supportive. he's my best friend, after all. "park sunghoon? really?"

i roll my eyes at his shut down. can't he be more open minded? "you could do so much better. if it has to be someone from his friend group, why not heeseung? he'd actually treat you right."

"sunghoon's actually really sweet." i refute. "he's a good guy."

he scoffs. "you know that after one date?"

"i've liked him since last year, remember?" he does. i've told him many times. he's seen me fawn over sunghoon since then. "he was really nice to me, niki."