"Jungwon! Stop!"
Jungwon had already put his helmet back on.
"Let go of me!" he yelled, yanking away his arm from Jake's grasp.
Jake immediately grabbed his arm again, forcing Jungwon to face him.
They stayed there, staring at each other, while a couple of passerby threw them curious glances.
Jake slightly loosened his grasp on Jungwon and came to gently raise the visor of his helmet.
Jake's heart tightened when seeing Jungwon's reddened eyes. He was crying profusely, his tears wetting his helmet's foam.
Jake let go of him, and Jungwon hurried to close back his helmet.
"You can't drive in this state. Let's grab a taxi, I'll take you home."
Jungwon said nothing but nodded.
The ride went dead silent until they reached Jungwon's place, and Jake invited himself in.
"I'm sorry Jungwon, but we need to talk," he exclaimed before Jungwon could argue.
Jungwon breathed heavily, put away his helmet and vest, and sat down, not inviting Jake to do the same.
"Ahem- now, this doesn't make sense. I can only guess, but from what I understand, you saw me with Sarah, and started crying. Why is that?"
Jungwon stayed mute for a second, wiping his wet face.
"I- clearly, I got carried away."
"You got carried away? No, this is beyond dramatic! You told me we weren't exclusive, and now, you cry after seeing me with someone else? Is she one of your exes, or-?"
Jungwon opened eyes wide.
"You're the one who said we weren't exclusive!"
"Wh- when?" stuttered Jake.
"I was out with my sister and you called her my girlfriend. I took the opportunity to bring up that question and you confirmed that we, in fact, weren't exclusive. What was I supposed to say?"
His tears started rising again.
"Well, maybe that you wanted to be exclusive? -If you did want it, that is."
"I can't be the one to ask something like that, and you know why!"
Jake looked dumbfounded.
"Why?" he asked, looking stupid.
"Are you going to make me say it?" said Jungwon with a trembling voice.
Jake stared more, completely at a loss.
"Oh, for Christ's sake! Just say it! I already know you pity me! So much that you even brought me on dates! I don't need all this! You could have just said you wanted to fuck! It wouldn't have made me feel that bad!"
His tears were flowing like crazy, he had to hide behind his hands.
Jake stuttered some unintelligible words, before blurting out,
"Who is pitying who?"
Jungwon tried to calm down and answered very seriously,
"You took pity on me when you saw me get all over you again after only meeting again once. In highschool too..."
Jake's head started turning. Not knowing what else to do, he gently came to wipe Jungwon's tears away.
"Jungwon," he stuttered.
Now stroking Jungwon's shoulder, he asked with distress,
"Jungwon, please, how did you even come to this conclusion!?"
Jungwon was so taken aback by Jake genuine surprise that he slowly stopped crying.
"What else could explain that you would ever deal with me in any way? Don't you remember?"
Even just recalling their highschool days made Jungwon grimace.
"You were a prince back then. Everyone knew Jake Sim. You and your friends were every girls' dream and at the top of the food chain.
Meanwhile, I was part of the detested nerds. I became President of the Student Council, not knowing I'd get hated for it and it stuck all throughout highschool."
"I- I never realized that," stuttered Jake.
"Please! Wouldn't you hear when your own friends would make fun of me in front of you!?"
"They were just being playful."
"God, you're making this difficult! They were mocking me, Jake, and I put up with it because- well, because it meant I could spend time with you."
Jake let himself fall onto the nearest chair. Flashbacks of highschool came up his mind, and he recalled Sunghoon's way of talking about Jungwon.
All this time, while he thought he was the one being miserable, Jungwon thought Jake was looking down on him and even pitying him.
"Was my attitude that bad?" murmured Jake. "Was I just acting so condescending and detestable that you thought I was just playing games with you?"
Jungwon lowered his head.
"Jungwon, I adore you!"
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Kiss Practice || JakeWon ❤️
Fanfiction"Have you ever kissed before?" A seemingly innocent question asked by highschool Jake to his classmate Jungwon. Who would have thought it would impact his life so drastically?
