First Love | Minsung

-CHAPTER 3-

MINHO

"Are you going to come to school tomorrow?" asked Jisung. I nodded, not taking my head off his shoulder. "Ok,"

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Me and Jisung were eating some ramen for our dinner. Jisung took one last sip of his water and got up, "I'll be going now. Are you sure you don't want me to stay over tonight? I just want to make sure you are ok."

I shook my head. "It's ok. See you tomorrow." 

Jisung nodded and grabbed his bag. "See you tomorrow! Sleep well!" he said and left. But I don't want him to leave. His presence is calming. Without thinking I jumped up and ran outside. I ran a couple of steps and turned around the corner. Jisung was in the elevator. The doors were about to close, but I ran forward and put my hand, opening the doors. "Oh, hi Minho..."

I looked up at him. "Stay here for the night," I said. "You changed your mind? Of course, I can. Just...let me get some clothes and come back." Han replied. I nodded and moved so the doors can close. Jisung waved at me, and I waved back. 

I slowly went back to my apartment to wait for him.

Since my mom died, nobody is in my house. It's just me now. But I am old enough to be by myself. I'm more than capable of taking care of myself. But what if I don't want to? 

The funeral will be next month. A lump formed in my throat. I'm not a fan of funerals, especially the funeral of someone I really cared about. 

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There was a knock on the front door. I opened it, obviously knowing who it is. "Hey Han," I greeted. He smiled and went in. He was holding a small bag. "Lemme show you to your room!" I said.

He followed me into a hallway, and we entered the guest room. He put his bag on the single bed. "Thank you," 

"Of course,"

Silence. 

"Well, I'll just go take a shower," said Han. "You didn't take one in your house?" I asked. "No, I kinda wanted to come back fast, because I wanted to make sure you're ok," he replied, looking at his slippered feet in embarrassment. I felt my face burn up, even though it's sorta unusual for me. This is not helping.

"You didn't have to," I said, wanting to fill in the slightly awkward silence. "Well, maybe I didn't have to. But I wanted to." 

I looked up at him. He smiled at me. "S-stop acting so cringy!" I said.  He snickered. "I was saying that cuz I wanted to bother you!" 

I knew he was lying cuz it was very obvious, but I let it slide. Besides, what he said made my heart flutter. So, why not?

JISUNG

"I was saying that cuz I wanted to bother you!" I lied. I needed to cover up what I said. I said it without even thinking. I shouldn't go around saying stuff like that. He might realise I have a crush on him. If that happened, It would all be ruined. 

"I'll let you take a shower now," said Minho. I nodded and he left. 

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I woke up. Minho was nudging me to get up. "UGH!" I groaned. "Get up!!" said Minho. I was in my bed. Apparently, Minho was trying to wake me up to go to school.

"Hey, wanna skip?" asked Minho with a mischievous look on his face. I say up quickly. "Oh my god! YES!!" I said excitedly. He smiled. "Great! We can have fun. I got a few good places in mind!" said Minho. "Sure."

About two hours later, we got ready and headed to a cafe for breakfast. "This is an amazing cafe. Have you ever been here before?" asked Minho once we arrived. "No," I replied. "Of course, that's cuz you're lame." I punched him. "Owww!"

We sat down and ordered. Minho ordered Americano with a bit of cream and Japanese pudding (also called Purin). I ordered hot chocolate and a slice of cheesecake. 

Once our food came, we talked about all sorts of things. It was really nice and totally worth skipping school for. The food was also really good. 

"You're right, the food is amazing there!" I said as we were walking to our next stop. "I told you!" said Minho. "Where are we going next?" I asked. "You'll see!" He grabbed my hand and we ran. 

We finally stopped in front of a cat cafe. I looked at Minho in disbelief. "This is where you wanted to take me?" I asked. He nodded.

"The place where you said that was really special to you?"

He nodded.

"The same place where you said would make you feel better?"

He nodded again.

"Oh, well. Let's go then." I shrugged. He laughed and grabbed my arm. I followed half-running and half-dragged to the cafe. We didn't eat anything, we just played with the cats. Well, correction, Minho played with the cats. Since I'm allergic, I stayed in a corner sneezing my head off.

"Why aren't you coming to pet the cats?" asked Minho, coming towards me with a cat. I sneezed. "Don't tell me...you're allergic to cats!?" asked Minho, figuring it out. I nodded. "Why didn't you tell me??" 

"Because then you wouldn't be able to have fun like you were having right now. Besides, it's enough to see you smile!" I expected him to have the same reaction as he did the last time I came up with something like that. Except this time, it was different. He smiled at me and slowly wrapped his arms around me in a hug. I hugged him back. 

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