Charmed? I'm Not (bbangsaz version)

Chapter 6

It took a while for Minji's mind to catch up with her, and she finally got off the swing and started to chase after Hanni who was heading for the wooded area behind the park.

"Hanni!" She called, trying to squint through the darkness. The trees were blocking the moonlight so it was hard to see anything. "Hanni, please don't be mad, I didn't mean that." Minji heard Hanni stop.

"I'm not mad," Hanni said slightly peeved. "I'm annoyed."

Minji bit her lip as she finally found Hanni in a clearing. "I'm sorry."

"I just don't get you," Hanni said frustrated, and ran a hand through her hair. "You say you like me, yet you act like a complete ass, and then you say that it's all a game?"

"No, no. That's not what I meant I," Minji said desperately. "I just meant that, I thought you liked me... trying that hard?" She had no idea how to say what she was feeling without annoying Hanni further.

Hanni raised an eyebrow and opened her mouth to speak and then closed it again. "What?"

Minji let out a sigh. "Okay, I guess it's the arrogance in me but I honestly thought you liked me too and that you were just playing hard to get."

Hanni didn't say anything and just stared at Minji with an unreadable expression.

"Sometimes," Minji continued. "When I would talk to you and I'll start to flirt, I see this like, little smile on your face. And I guess I thought that meant that you liked me and thought I was-"

"Funny?" Hanni finished.

Minji smiled a little. "Yeah."

"Well," Hanni looked at the ground and started moving around some leaves and dirt with her foot. "Some of the things you would say were sweet and ridiculous at the same time."

"Sweet? You thought I was sweet?" Minji said hopefully.

"At times," Hanni clarified, and the smile on Minji's face faltered. "But then you would say something so incredibly pretentious I'd forget why I was smiling in the first place."

Minji looked down. "I just don't know how to act in front of you."

"So acting like an arrogant toerag is your default?"

Minji almost laughed at Hanni's choice of words, but stopped when she saw that Hanni was not in the mood for joking. "I don't have to try so hard with anyone else," she admitted. "With you, I feel like I need to step up a little and try to get a reaction from you. With any other girl, all I have to do is like compliment her outfit, and she'll go out with me."

"Well, I'm not just any other girl," Hanni said a little offended she was being roped into Minji's groupies.

"I know," Minji said immediately, and Hanni looked up surprised. "That's why I like you so much. You're smart, you're pretty, you're witty, you're not afraid of speaking your mind and standing up for yourself." She looked at the ground again feeling a little embarrassed.

Hanni blushed a little at Minji's compliments and was thankful she was looking down. "You didn't have to try so hard," Hanni said softly, but Minji heard every word.

Minji just stared at her not quite sure of what to say. Thankfully, Danielle and Haerin chose that moment to show up.

"There you guys are," Haerin said when she spotted them. "We thought you left without us."

"Everything alright?" Danielle asked a little worried by the way that Hanni and Minji were staring at each other.

"Everything's fine," Hanni said breaking their gaze. "Danielle, I have to go home." She walked pass Minji without looking at her and started heading out of the area.