𝘒𝘌𝘌𝘗 𝘐𝘛 𝘚𝘌𝘊𝘙𝘌𝘛 ®™ | lee heeseung

Chapter 30: pressure

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One week later:

[Heeseung POV]

"Hey Jake, can you bring me a beer too?" shouted Beomgyu loudly throughout the garden to his friend, who was inside getting some bottles from the fridge.

"And any sort of glove or anything! This fucking barbecue is torching my hand!" complained Sunghoon, who was busy turning some steaks.

Jay rolled his eyes and pushed the younger one away from the grill to take his place. "How can you be so incompetent, idiot.". Within seconds, he had flipped all the meat and hung the tongs back in the rack before returning to his place at the table.

In the meantime, Jake had also arrived outside and placed the bottles in the middle of the table. "By the way, I invited Minji, Eunjin and the other girls later".

"DUDE WHY? I just wanted to have my peace today.". Beomgyu leaned back in his chair in annoyance.

"Oh, come on, man. Just because you're having beef with Siu doesn't mean you have to spoil the mood for everyone here.". Jake shoved a bottle across the table in his direction.

"What beef are we talking about? It's obvious that he's completely crushing on her.", laughed Sunghoon. "

"I'am not crushing on her, what the hell!? Siu has a strange personality".

"Yeah. Strange. You're just afraid of older girls". Sunghoon laughed and Jake joined in.

I wasn't really paying attention to them and twirled the bottle opener in my right hand, until I felt Jakes piercing gaze on me. "What about you?" My jaw clenched as I finally chucked the piece of metal onto the tabletop. "Why Eunjin?".

"Because you ask so stupidly," Sunghoon answered in his place.

"Why not?". Jake shrugged, which made my best friend cackle up. "You really need to loosen up. Your stuffy behavior is for real unbearable. It's your chance. Eunjin's been pining over you like a crazy bitch for years. Just indulge yourself.".

"How many times do you want me to say I don't want anything from her?" by now, it was unmistakable that I was pissed. Sunghoon's behavior had been bugging me for weeks.

Finally, he turned away from me. "A year ago, you would never have missed a chance to hook up with a hot chick like her.".

"Ohh...Heeseung has turned into an adult.". Jay mocked me from behind. My hand balled up into a fist on the table. "Sunghoon, can we talk?". He raised his head and faced me in confusion. "Now!". I got up from my chair, without waiting for an answer.

Without looking back a second time, I entered the house. Sunghoon followed me after taking one last sip from his bottle. I patiently waited until he squatted down on the couch again, and I closed the sliding door towards the garden.

The other boys outside only looked at us with astonishment, but didn't really care about us further.

"What is it?", my friend pulled his cell phone out of his pocket. "Do you want to start a fight again? Then I'll be happy to leave," Sunghoon replied, obviously annoyed.

I exhaled deeply to keep myself somewhat under control. "How many times have I told you to stop with this bullshit?".

"Oh, come on, man. You're just unrelaxed to the max.", the younger one knew immediately what I was getting at. "You have to admit that yourself.".

"I'm not admitting anything. I'm fine.".

"Then why do you keep making such a big deal out of it?", finally he made his cell phone disappear again and turned to me. "We're just teasing you that you've just become such a prude since Arin.".