The IT Girl's NERD - 《JENRINA》

14 - Jealous

Jaemin had just finished scheming with Ningning when he came to the patio to look for Winter.

She sure likes being alone.

He watched her from a distance as she sipped from a bottle of soju, legs barely reaching the ground as she swinged back and forth on the huge bean bag she was sitting on.

After a satisfactory watch, Jaemin began making his way to disrupt her peace. Alas, Heesung, a lean figured guy, beats him to it by a mere second.

"Why are you sitting here alone?" Heesung asked as he situated himself beside her.

"None of your business." She replied harshly without sparing him even a glance.

She's mean to everyone... I thought I was special.

Jaemin was right behind them. But with people loitering around and standing at every corner, he didn't catch their attention.

"Give me Karina's number." Heesung finally decided to get to the point causing Winter to softly chuckle, turning to him with a mocking gaze.

"Why would I? Didn't she already reject you?"

"Well it won't hurt to try again, would it?"

"If you really want to try then go ask her yourself, coward." She sneered.

Heeseung tsked before standing up to walk away. He thought Winter was as grumpy as he remembered her to be. They exchanged greetings on a few occasions but that was pretty much where their acquaintance ends.

"Who was that?" Jaemin plopped his body heavily on the space left by Heeseung.

"Another Karina obsessed male. One of your likes." Annoyed at first by the constant interruption, Winter now turned to him trying to read his expression for reaction instead of shooing him away. Just the day before, he was mad about missing the chance to hang out with Karina and as if his attraction towards her was extracted from his core out of the blue, he no longer whined about her.

He used to bombard Winter with questions about Karina : her likes, her dislikes, her hobbies, her pet peeves. Everything an obsessed fan wanted to know. He wasn't being his normal self or she was just overthinking it. It was good for Winter regardless for if Jaemin were to be out of the picture, things would work accordingly with Jeno and Karina leading to her winning the bet with Ningning.

Jaemin rolled his eyes at her remark. He didn't even argue it. Winter's suspicion rose up.

Is he really not into her anymore?

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Winter was blunt, aloof, oftentimes cold that people were rarely able to tell her thoughts or feelings.

"I know you want to ask something." But when one got to know her, it was easier to distinguish the subtle difference in her expressions.

Through constant teasing and pushing her buttons, it didn't take Jaemin long to understand her. It was the darting eyes when she was hiding something, the plain blank face when she was nervous, the widened eyes and constant staring when she contemplated on asking something, he had memorised each and every one of her quirks without him realizing.

"Is it about Ryujin?" He wiggled his eyebrows and had a tight lipped smile as put his head forward nearing hers.

Winter brought up her hand to her mouth to conceal a cough, which she eventually couldn't.

Is he a mind reader?

"What? Are you jealous?" His tone deep and annoying as ever.