AT A DISTANCE, SPRING IS GREEN - BAE IN HYUK a.k.a NAM SOO HYUN

Part 6. Summer Rain

난 그러게도 되겠니?

Can I do that?

"Hello?... Aeri-ya, are you free on the weekend? Let's eat something delicious with me." Yoon Areum, Aeri's older sister, she said with a weak voice. Her sound is different from the topic of their conversation.

"Yeah okay...let's go, it's been quite a while since I've seen you." Aeri felt something strange from her sister's words, but she chose not to ask further.

"You didn't overdo your part-time job, right?" Areum continued the conversation. "Yeah... I only have a part-time job at the library and tutoring. You shouldn't work too hard either." Aeri said in a playful tone. He tried to lighten the mood.

"Of course, I have good control over that. But it's nice to hear you nagging for the first time in a while. Don't you have a boyfriend yet?" Areum chuckled softly. "Actually, you know... I have a sunbae... He's really bothering me." Aeri said very softly while playing with the toe of her shoe.

"In what way is he bothering you?" Areum smiled silently at that. "How to say this... He's cold, but he's a warm person. But his eyes are so sad and his back feels like he's telling me "Hug me"...so I'm curious. Why did he live so busy? Is he okay today? Isn't he sick? What does that expression mean?... I wonder what his laugh will sound like and I want to see his smile." Like a camera cut, Soo-hyun's face flashes in Aeri's mind.

"He's a tough guy. Is he good to you?" Areum hummed and said softly. "Yeah... He did well with his actions...'Cause he's not a talkative person." Aeri nodded, massaging her neck.

"Do you like him? As a guy of course, not as a senior." The question made Aeri silent for a long time.

"I don't know... Is this the feeling of liking someone? So suddenly? But we haven't known for long..." Aeri laughed bitterly kicking a nearby pebble.

"Love is like summer rain... It came suddenly, beautiful and shining. That kind of love pours out to everyone at least once. I envy you..." Areum laughed teasingly at him.

"Don't laugh. Stop talking about me. How are you? Don't you have a boyfriend?" Aeri whined, shaking her head at the sound of her older sister's laughter.

"I have no time for that. I'm tired. I'm going to sleep." Areum immediately stopped laughing and changed the subject.

"Tsk... Okay. Call me often. I'm always on your side...love you." Aeri clicked her tongue and chuckled softly. "Yeah. Me too." She hung up the phone.

Aeri got up and headed back inside, but she saw So-bin running out in a hurry. "Eonnie! Where are you going?" Aeri held So-bin's arms with a panicked face.

"Soo-hyun sunbae called me, he said Joon-I was drunk and said something weird, so I gotta go find him. Can you come with me?" She explained quickly and pulled Aeri's arm with her before she could answer her ask.

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"Joon?" So-bin held Yeo joon, he stood on the wooden fence of the campus pond, while Aeri stood a bit far behind her, giving them some privacy.

"So-bin sunbae, it's you. How did you know I was here?" Yeo Joon's body staggered and with a red face, he smiled at So-bin, unaware of Aeri's presence.

"Soo-hyun sunbae said you'd be here." So-bin's words made Aeri's heart feel weird. "Right... Why is he calling So-bin eonni when he knows that I and Jun are friends? They must be close... Ah... Why am I in such a bad mood?" Aeri thought lowered her head.