Love's Silhouette | Lee Heeseung ♤

Chapter 17

Timeskip
(The next day)

Heeseung's pov

"What happened to you both last friday?"
I glanced at Jay and Jiyoon's connected hands.

"Someone got drunk and confessed out of nowhere"
Jiyoon bumped her shoulder against Jay.

"Turned out to be a good thing"
I shrugged.

"I guess you heard. It felt like I commited a crime when I saw them getting comfy on the couch yesterday"
Sohyun came back from the bathroom.

"Don't act like you never did that with Hee before. I still have that picture"
Jay took out his phone.

In an instant, Jay displayed the picture of Sohyun and I cuddling after our intense game that afternoon. Jiyoon looked intrigued by the image since she wasn't there when it happened.

"Shut up with that already"
Sohyun pushed the phone away.

"Fine. By the way, did Jungwon drop by your house yesterday?"
Jay turned his attention to me, my smile slowly dropping.

"Yes, why?"
I assumed Jungwon must've went over to Jay's as well.

"He apologised to me. Jiyoon said the same thing happened to her. You?"
Jay asked me.

I nodded, honestly not in the mood to talk about it.

"He was quite sincere. I wouldn't mind inviting him back, but what about you all?"
Jiyoon chimed in.

"I'm okay"
The siblings said in sync.

The three pairs of eyes then turned to me.

"Fine"
I said.

"You're still mad at him?"
Jiyoon asked confusedly.

"No, but I'll have to get used to it. Him being around"
I replied, clearly uninterested.

"Then I'll let him know we should have lunch together before history ends later"
Jay suggested and everyone agreed.

Timeskip
(Lunch)

Everyone was seated at the table, now waving towards Jay and Jungwon approaching us with their trays. I sensed Jungwon's nervousness from the way he kept a guilty expression.

However, Jay whispered something to Jungwon which seemed to relieve him temporarily.

"You're back"
Jiyoon flashed a soft smile at the boy as he sat down.

"Finally, a full table"
Sohyun sounded glad.

"Yeah..thank you for accepting my apology. I promise I won't be like that again"
Jungwon said.

"Don't worry about it, we're good"
Jay reassured him.

"So, what did I miss when I was gone?"
Jungwon opened the conversation.

"Hee and Sohyun are dating now"
Jay said.

"I figured that out already. They were together when I went over to his house"
Jungwon made eye contact with me for a split second before breaking away.

"Oh then, do you know about us?"
Jiyoon reached out her hand to Jay.

He took her hand and the couple smiled at Jungwon, instantly making his mouth fall open.

"And I'm single?!"
Jungwon exclaimed, making everyone laugh with him.

"You'll find someone soon, Jungwon. You're a nice guy, it won't be hard"
Sohyun said.

Nice guy?! After all that?

"Maybe. Can't say it's easy either"
He gulped down some water.

Suddenly, there was a huge fly circling the table, and it eventually flew towards Sohyun as she was about to take a bite of her food. It startled and she dropped her spoon onto her lap as she flapped her hands to shoo the fly away.

"F*ck"
Sohyun brushed back her hair, looking at the food stains on her pants.

"Are you okay?"
Jungwon and I asked at the same time, turning the atmosphere awkward.

"Clumsy as always"
Her brother shook his head.

"Here, I have tissues"
Jungwon took out a packet of tissue from his pocket and slid it over to us.

Sohyun and I took some tissues and removed the food that fell onto her pants.

"Be more careful next time"
I told her, removing the last grain of rice.

"It was a fly, Hee! It buzzed in my ear, why wouldn't I freak out?"
She reasoned out with me.

"Alright okay. Are you fine with the stains?"
I pointed to them.

"Yeah school is ending in a few hours. Thank you. Oh and thanks for the tissues"
Sohyun returned the packet of tissues to Jungwon.

"No problem"
He replied.

Timeskip
(After school)

Sohyun and I alighted from the bus, now walking towards her house together. We held hands, taking our time to stroll back.

"Why did you barely say anything to Jungwon earlier? I'm sure he was tensed up because of you there"
Sohyun nudged me.

"What? I'm still not comfortable with him around"
I said.

"But that doesn't mean you stare him down like a tiger. Don't lie, I saw it"
She looked at me.

"I don't know...he hurt you, and I can't understand how you could still talk to him so casually"
I explained.

"Heeseung, he apologised. And he did sincerely. I know he upset me, but everyone deserves a second chance"
She gave my hand a little squeeze.

"Second chance-"
I got cut off.

"OH my gosh, Heeseung! It's a cat, it's a cat"
Sohyun pointed towards the cat looking in our direction curiously.

She let go of my hand and went towards it, squatting to pet its head.

"What a cutie you are! And you're so soft"
She talked in a baby voice.

I joined her, squatting next to her to stroke its head. Its fur was a mix of black and white, resembling a cow. I saw the wide smile on Sohyun's face as she adored the fluffy animal.

"You're a cat person?"
I asked out of curiosity.

"Of course. I wish I had a cat, but Jay is allergic so we can't have one"
She pouted her lips.

The cat purred, tilting up its head to look back at Sohyun. She responded by giving it chin rubs.

"Who's a cutie? You're a cutie!"
She booped the cat's nose.

"What about me?"
I interrupted her sweet talk.

She deadpanned at me. She took her attention off the cat for a while and looked at me.

"You're too hot to be cute, don't you think?"
She arched a brow.

"I can be cute too"
I looked at her with my bambi eyes.

"Mm, yeah okay. Puff up your cheeks and maybe I'll consider you cute"
She chuckled, unimpressed.

I did as she said and she laughed at me, not expecting it.

"You're a cutie too"
Sohyun lightly pinched my cheek.

"Nyaong!"
The cat purred, bumping its head against Sohyun's knees as we both laughed at its reaction.

Sohyun is still the cutest in my eyes.