When We're Together [양정완]

46.

Kim Sunoo passed by Chae Aera's desk just after the bell had rung, phone in hand and ready to record a video.

The female followed the boy with her eyes as he pulled Baram behind him.

"Just record it, okay? Make me look good- not that I wouldn't look good, but-"

"Okay okay, Sunoo" The female took the phone from the male's hand and pointed the camera at him.

Just as they began recording and the boy began performing the dance trend for the camera, and other male entered the room with his bag slung over his shoulder.

Yang Jungwon gestured to Chae Aera from the doorway, but the female was too immersed in Kim Sunoo and Baram's video.

They finished filming and the two (plus a curious Aera) gathered around the phone to rewatch the recording.

"Aw.. you're so cute, Sunoo." Aera laughed as she had never seen the male doing aegyo or anything of the sort previously.

"Right?" The boy replied happily as he ran a hand through his hair.

Suddenly Aera felt a warm sensation on her shoulder. Startled, she turned her head to the side only to see a familiar looking male's chin resting on her shoulder.

Despite their height difference, Jungwon leaned down to place his chin and the female's soft sweater shoulder, and looked up at her with his large, boba eyes. He could see the female's cheeks nervously turning a shade of warm pink as she locked eyes with him.

Before she could get a word out, Aera heard the boy speak softly so close to her ear that she thought his lips might touch it. "What about me?"

Aera confusedly stared at the boy before quickly averting her gaze away to avoid him seeing her flustered face. "You?"

Suddenly she realized what he meant. "Tsk- as if."

That was a lie. A big lie. Jungwon was possibly the cutest person she had ever set eyes on, but there was no way she could confess that. At least not right now.

So instead, the female simply jolted her shoulder upwards, causing a quiet "Ah-" from the male.

The male crossed his arms, stared at the back of the female's head. Despite not seeing her face, he could somehow tell she was probably tomato red. And he sort of liked that.

The next thing she knew, Yang Jungwon had his hand around her wrist, pulling her out of the classroom behind him as she quickly tried to wave to Sunoo and Baram. She confusedly turned to the boy.

"What?"

"What do you mean 'what'?"

"I mean why are you..?" Aera gestured to the boy's unintentionally tight grip on her wrist with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh-"

There was a moment of silence as the male awkwardly released the female's hand and instinctively pursed his lips. He opened his mouth to speak but only one thought crossed the female's mind.

Dimples.

"Aera? We are going to study in the library right? We need to study for the English exam tomor-"

"Y-yeah.. yeah." Slightly panicked, Aera turned on her heels with her hand rubbing the side of her neck. "Let me go get my stuff. I'll uh- meet you there."

And just like that, the boy walked to the library alone. The plan wasn't exactly working out like he had wished it would.

Only a few minutes after the male had set his things down in the library, the female arrived, placing her things beside his before taking a seat on the opposite side of the table.

The boy flipped through his notes quickly before starting. "Let's start with unit 1?"

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The pair finally finished studying just as the sun began to set outside the library's windows. Aera, who was already half asleep, rested her chin on her hands as she waited for the male to finish his last assignment.

Suddenly, the boy spoke, bringing the girl back from her fantasy dream land. "Ra, I don't get how you study like this and then somehow manage to get the best grades in the class."

"What do you mean? I study plenty." The female pouted with her eyes still squinting sleepily.

The male raised a questioning eyebrow at the female whose eyes were now shut again.

"Plus," She started, "I like to have time to enjoy my life instead of studying all day, everyday."

Jungwon stared at the sleepy girl for a moment before sighing and closing his journal.

"You're done?"

The boy shook his head. "But I don't want to have to carry you home again."

Immediately after the words left his mouth, the male regretted saying them.

"When did you-?"

"Noth-nevermind. Let's get going, the sun is setting already." In moments, the male had his bag over his shoulder as he walked swiftly towards the exit.

"H-hey! Wait up, Won!" The female suddenly hopped up, half wanting to laugh at his flustered reaction but also a bit too tired to do so. "Jungwon!"

The male halted for a moment to glance over his shoulder at the female before laughing as he turned to sprint the opposite direction again.