Knowing Ms. Know-it-all (TXT Taehyun X Female OC X Enhypen Jay)

Ch. 42: Distressed Siblings

"Now what... is this about again?"

"Heejin..."

"Oh, noona, you're finally here-"

"Heejinnn!"

"Hey-"

When Heejin came home that afternoon, one of the (not so) last things she expected to come home to was Heeseung crying on the couch with Jinwoo tending to their older brother.

Well... that's exactly what happened.

Heejin quickly held her arms out, trying to stop a wailing Heeseung from getting close to her and surely hugging her tight as if she were her comfort teddy bear... only for her to fail, with Heeseung, as expected, placing his arms around her head and crying even harder. An unimpressed expression soon forms on Heejin's face as she just sighs and lets her brother be.

And then Jinwoo approaches her. "Well... at least, he didn't do that to me."

"Lucky," Heejin tells her younger brother as the latter wears a smug look on his face. "So what's this about exactly?" she then asks, all while Heeseung doesn't stop crying loudly while hugging her.

Jinwoo raises a mug he was holding, gesturing to Heeseung, and Heejin looks at the mug and immediately assumes it must have been for Heeseung. "He has a crush."

"Wait... that's all?" Heejin asks as her face quickly twists into a frown, before Heeseung suddenly responds to that question himself.

"She has a boyfriend, Heejin... a boyfriend!" before he continues crying dramatically, making his two younger siblings grimace at his actions.

"Ah..." Heejin then sighs a few seconds later as she eventually realizes something. "It's who I think it is, isn't it?"

"Yep." Jinwoo nods with a solemn expression.

Of course, everyone already knew at this point anyway.

~•~

Who Heeseung's crush is... is already obvious to everyone he knows.

It's been going on for a while, and it's honestly such a wonder why it took Heeseung so long to admit that he liked her.

But then again, he's always even been adamant himself that he and Son Jiwoo could never mix well together...

So what in the world is this now?

Heeseung could barely even focus on what the teacher is discussing anymore, since all he can think of is the girl he has his eyes glued on.

On the other side of the room, Jiwoo seems oblivious to the eyes that have been on her for quite some time. "Seems", anyway, since no one knows either about how nervous she is about turning and looking towards Heeseung. Because, what if he was looking?

Well, he is, anyway. And that's something Jiwoo isn't willing to risk checking on.

"Heeseung, could you solve the problem on the board?" The teacher asks as she turns to the mentioned student. "... Heeseung?"

It takes his seatmate shaking his shoulder for the boy to snap out of his trance, and Heeseung blinks multiple times before he realizes that the teacher and most of his classmates are looking at him. "H-huh? Y-yes, ma'am?!" He quickly stands up in response, before the class laughs, and Jiwoo finally turns to look back at him.