bodyguard || heejake

chapter twenty

A/N: tysm for all your comments; i read and appreciate all of them 🫶

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i was in a great mood all day even when monday rolled around and i had school. heeseung picked me up and we were almost late because he wouldn't stop kissing me.

"last one," he whined and gave me another peck. i chuckled and dragged him out the car before he got too out of control, not that i minded.

he was clinging onto me the whole day, earning my heart to skyrocket at his cuteness. the others stared at us in disbelief and kept pestering us.

"what's going on?" jay looked around.

"we're dating," i grinned and intertwined our fingers.

sunoo gasped. "NO WAY!" that made heads turn at his outburst but he minded then no business.

"fucking finally," jungwon muttered but he still congratulated us. we were in the midst of explaining how it happened when i caught sooha's eye in my peripheral. that made my smile drop automatically.

i directed my focus back on the conversation but i still felt uneasy at the way she smirked at me.

"also, can you guys keep this a secret?" i said. "i don't want everyone knowing yet." what that really meant was i wasn't ready for all the homophobic comments and stares but i didn't mention that. however, heeseung squeezed my hand tightly like he noticed.

just then, the bell rang, signaling it was lesson time. i couldn't even kiss heeseung, afraid that somebody would catch us but instead patted his cheek fondly.

at least sunghoon was in my class; to be honest, i still wasn't sure how i felt about him exactly but i knew now that i never actually had feeling which was so confusing. i already came to terms with it and started speaking to him. we haven't really spoken since i confessed because things were just too awkward between us but i wanted to clear the air since we had the same friends.

"so.. sunghoon," i started. "how have you been?"

he looked surprised that i was talking to him but regardless answered. "i've been okay. you?"

"yeah, im great actually. dating heeseung is amazing." the atmosphere felt quite tense.

"that's cool. i"m happy for you guys," he appeared as though he was tempted to say something else but managed to stop himself.

"i want to clear some things up," i began. "you know that time i said i liked you?"

he nodded slowly, looking away. "yeah, i'm sorry about that. seriously."

i just laughed and brushed him off. "it's nothing. it turns out i never actually liked you. i just liked the idea of us being together." i explained the best i could. hopefully this situation helped us become closer friends.

his mouth formed an 'o' shape as he followed along, listening closely. "i see.. well i'm glad you spoke to me about it. i wasn't sure what to do with myself after that."

"don't worry about it," i assured him. "at least now it won't be weird between us anymore."

"yeah," he agreed. we fist bumped and the teacher shot us a glare for talking.

unfortunately for me, sooha also attended this lesson and i could feel her eyes on the back of my head. was she still mad at me? she already found some new friends so i wasn't sure why she was acting strange.

the rest of the day went smoothly as all seven of us stopped by the convenience store and binged on snacks and the tv. we were hardly paying attention though because sunoo wanted to play 'truth or dare.'