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7. My Obstinate Fiancé

Sunday, the second and last day of weekend. University isn't as terrifying as high school was, so it's not the same anymore. But still Maena's day couldn't get worse. Her period started in the morning and that was already frustrating and annoying enough. 

Now knowing that the fridge was not empty, Maena happily went down to the kitchen to make something for lunch. Sunghoon was sitting in the living room, working again. Must have been sitting there since morning. Maena let him be and started making Tteokbokki.

She tinkered there for a while and got the food ready. Ms. Kim said yesterday that Sunghoon might forget to eat sometimes, so Maena believed that he hadn't had breakfast yet. Actually, she was pretty sure of it.

"Come eat. I made rice cakes.", Maena said kindly.

"I'm not hungry.", Sunghoon answered with fully focused on the papers in front of him.

"Have you eaten today?", she asked a little not so kindly next.

"Not yet.", he answered. Maena was silent for a moment. It frustrated her, even though she cooked because she was hungry in the first place. But the man is so.. how do you say it, stubborn? Maena grabbed a small kitchen towel from the kitchen cabinet door, folded it in her hands to a solid ball and threw it at the back of Sunghoon's head.

"I said come eat.", Maena repeated strongly.

"Did you just throw that on me?", Sunghoon inquired in disbelief yet confusion, looking up from his work for once.

"Yes.", Maena answered confidently and started walking towards the sofa in the living room with quick steps. "What's so important there? How can you keep looking at these papers from hour to hour?", she spoke grumpily and sat down next to Sunghoon to study the notes she didn't understand anything in the end.

Maena sat down so close him that their shoulders and thighs touched so Sunghoon moved further. She looked at him in disbelief. It was the same again, like he seemed disgusted by the physical contact.

"Are you serious?", she inquired, now fully fed up with the situation and him. Sunghoon didn't answer anything, since he didn't quite know what she meant.

"Okay, fine. I'm going to Bora's. Eat the food if you're hungry or then don't.", she said and stood up from the sofa. She grapped her phone from the kitchen and went to the hall to get her shoes on.

"Right now? You didn't even eat yourself yet. And who is Boram?", Sunghoon started inquiring when he stood up from the sofa after her.

"Bora.", she corrected firmly. "She introduced herself to you. But you don't probably remember, because you don't care.", she spoke mockingly. It was unnecessary, and she knew it, but it was just a bad day for her already.

"I'm sorry, did you get pissed at me for something?", Sunghoon asked, now standing in front of the hall watching as Maena was about to leave.

"Forget it.", Maena said and then stormed out of the front door.

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Maena knocked on a familiar door in the apartment building. She forgot to tell Bora that she was coming, but she believed that she would definitely be home. The door opened and a blonde haired girl stood on the other side in pyjamas.

"Maena? You didn't say you were coming.", Bora said confused but also excited. Maena entered insode the flat and Bora closed the door behind her. "Is something wrong?", she asked. 

Maena shoved herself on Bora's couch, grapping a pillow and sighed. "I want to move back home!", she complained half screaming onto the pillow.

"Why so, Maemae?", Bora sat on the edge of the sofa and rubbed Maena's back. "I don't want to live with Sunghoon. Yes, he's nice I guess, but very obstinate Can I just live here, Bobo?", she jokingly suggested.