Malsun protecting Soonja (Yeonbin) / (말순, 순자를 지킬거야)

Chapter 03

"WHAT!" Soobin shouted while making a disgusted face.

"Ah! Hahaha! I was joking! Come on! You seem hungry! Aren't you?" Saying that Yeonjun held up the half peeled banana in front of Soobin. Soobin was truly hungry. Because he didn't eat anything for the past few days. He locked himself up inside his grandmother's house and he kept thinking about his grandmother, shedding tears. He was too depressed to do something or eat. That's why his stomach started groaning when the guy in front of him asked him to eat. Yeonjun noticed the sound from Soobin's stomach and smiled because he found him more cute. But Soobin couldn't take the fruit from a stranger. He was looking at Yeonjun suspiciously.

"Why is he so eager to make me eat? Does it have poison in it? Or does it have some kind of medicine in it which would make me go insane? It may contain some kind of drugs which would make me unconscious and the guy in front of me will take me to sell my body foreign?" Soobin had several questions in his mind because he couldn't just trust anyone after what happened to him. He remembered when he was in sophomore, a boy came to make friends with him. He gave him a doughnut to eat. But after eating that, he was too sleepy and fell asleep. But when he woke up, he found himself locked in the school storage room. 

Yeonjun understood Soobin couldn't trust him. So, he took a bite from the banana himself and while chewing he said, "Shee! Itz ideebol(see! It's edible)" Then he held up the bitten one in front of Soobin again. Since Soobin's stomach kept growling, he felt very embarrassed and took the fruit. He took a bite slowly but right after he ate a bit, his eyes started to sparkling. He never ate such a delicious banana in his life. It was so sweet and savory. It was so soft and slippery. The size of the bananas are much bigger than the regular ones. He forgot everything whatsoever was going inside his head a while ago. He kept eating it as if it was only him and the banana in this world, nothing could come between them.

Seeing how Soobin was eating with all of his heart, Yeonjun found him so cute that he wanted to squish those fluffy and stuffed cheeks. It was as if a bunny stole the fruit from his garden and was secretly eating it. He kept looking at him while giggling. But suddenly he felt a strange sensation inside him and he noticed he was getting hard just by looking at the boy eating. He gulped and looked another way as soon as he could. In the meantime, Soobin finished eating and said,

"Thank you! It was really tasty." Soobin bowed and asked where he could throw away the peel.

"Uh! Hahaha! I-I k-know, r-right? We produce the premium quality fruits in our land. And they're very demanded all over the country!" Yeonjun said proudly. But he stucked on his words a few times because his heart was racing way too fast and he was feeling very hot. Soobin listened to him as he thought walking away would be rude of him.

"I need to go now." Soobin smiled gently and said. Yeonjun felt his heart was going to melt completely after he saw the beautiful smile on Soobin's face. Though Soobin still had some light bruise marks on his face and dark circles under his eyes, he still looked very charming.

"You have to? Can't you come with me?" Yeonjun asked.

"Why? Where?" Soobin was curious as well as a bit afraid.

"Uh! I mean…. Can you come and lend me a hand?" Yeonjun asked awkwardly. He just blurted out his feelings that he didn't want Soobin to go just like that.

"O…..okay…..but what do I need to do?" Soobin asked while giving the peel to Yeonjun as Yeonjun extended his hand towards Soobin. He did that on a whim because he wanted to see Soobin's hand as there was a big cut mark on his hand. But Soobin didn't understand and thought Yeonjun was asking for the banana peel so he gave it to him. Yeonjun was surprised and felt dumb for a while and looked at him.