CONNECTED BY FATE | Jaehyun BND

30| It's not an easy task to talk about our problems

At lunchtime, Jaehyun pulled Yewon to the janitor's closet. Surprising the girl.

She was going to scream, but he was quick to cover her mouth. She furrowed her eyebrows, but upon seeing who she was, her expression relaxed. 

Yewon licked Jaehyun's hand, making the latter remove his hand from the girl's mouth, looking at her disgusted.

He shakes his hand, and with a disgusting feeling, he said –. Eww. What was that for, animal?
She smiled fakely. You covered my mouth.
– That's a different thing. You were going to scream like a crazy –. He glared at her.
– Tell me what you wanted to tell me, I'm starving –. The girl said.

He sighed and approached her ear. Her breath hitched at the sudden proximity.

–How have you felt after you talked to me? –. I have whispered.

She looked at him and blushed as their proximity grew as she turned to look at him, their nose almost caressing.

She cleared her throat and looked at him with a "Are you serious?" Look.

– Really? You leave me with curiosity and more than one hundred of theories in my head, then, you pull me into a freaking closet, and you're asking me how I felt after talking with you? All of that for this? She said.

He stepped back and averted his gaze, scratching the back of his neck, embarrassed.

– Sorry... it's just that... since we're friends and... uh... you know... soulmates, I wanted to talk to you. I want to get closer to you, more than your friends –. I have whispered the last part.

Yewon sighed, not knowing what to say next or how to react.

What was she supposed to reply? How should she feel about this?

– Oh... – It's all Yewon could say.
– Sorry again for pulling you here, I wanted to have some privacy, you know... with my sasaengs, fans, Kina... Upon hearing Kina's name, Yewon shivered. However, she kept her expression bored.

– I know –. Yewon said.
–But I also wanted to ask you something –. He said.

"What is he going to tell me now? Is he going to confess?" She thought.

–Do you know why Haneul hit you on purpose with the dodge ball?–. He asked.

"Nope. He, of course, didn't confess. Wait, Kim Yewon, what are you even thinking?" She thought.

– I don't know –. She replied.
I have hummed –. Does Kina bully you along her group of friends?
She widened her eyes.– What?
– Don't look at me like that Yewon-ah –. He seriously said –. Tell me. Do they bully you?

She looked at him, his brown orbs looked at hers, worry evident in his eyes. She warned her eyes and hesitated a bit before nodding.

He sighed and mumbled to himself, looking at the floor –. I knew it – He looked back at her –. And why?
– I don't know.
– For someone? They must have a reason even though it's not an excuse –. I have ignored her.
She sighed, and knowing that the boy wasn't going to give up, she added –. For you.

He looked at her confused, and she sighed again.

– Kina is obsessed with you, and she wants your attention. But as you just ignore her and give me attention instead, she hits me every day along with the others. – Yewon explained.
– Freaking attention seeker –. Jaehyun whispered, tightening his fists.
– She also wants you to be only with her and take you away from me. She threatened me, and she hasn't stopped. –She felt lonely. She was explaining how they bullied her to someone for the first time.