Sparkle | HoonSuk

ch 27

Hyunsuk really want to slap himself hard. He can't believe that he did it again. He's now standing in front of Jihoon's door when he clearly know that Jihoon is doing his part time shift at the convenience store. He still remember Jihoon's part time schedule for this month. And now, here he is again.

Hyunsuk couldn't even count how many times he let his legs move to Jihoon's place after the dream he had before. The dream where Jihoon will come to his house. Hyunsuk has been trying to deny that he had a feeling toward Jihoon. But at the same time, he can't get Jihoon out of his mind at all.

After their real last time together, Hyunsuk couldn't help but to look for Jihoon when they had a class together. He will try to go to the spot where Jihoon used to hang out in the college just to take a glance at him. And after he had that dream, it feels like Jihoon is avoiding him. It's probably his own feeling because there's no reason for Jihoon to start avoiding him out of the blue. Maybe because he has been hyper aware that he had a feeling toward Jihoon, he feels like Jihoon is avoiding him.

Today too, he couldn't find Jihoon in the class because Jihoon asked for a leave to do his final project or something. And when Hyunsuk looked for him at the college, he couldn't find Jihoon. When he goes to the convenience store, when he knows it’s definitely Jihoon's shift, Jihoon is not at the counter because he's cleaning the storage room or something. And that made Hyunsuk come here.

Usually, Hyunsuk will just walk to Jihoon's place and stand right in front of the door for a couple of minutes when he knows that Jihoon is not home. Hyunsuk just does that. But today, he took a little more effort to look for Jihoon first before coming here. It's not like he will go inside or anything. He'll just stand there and leave after a few minutes.

Did it do something to Hyunsuk's feelings? Definitely not. He just wants to do it anyway. He probably misses Jihoon more than he thought but he just doesn't want to admit it. He can just call Jihoon and ask him to meet. It's just as simple as that. Hyunsuk usually didn't think much of it. But these days, he’s just not himself.

Hyunsuk sighed. He should go already. But before he could walk away, someone was walking toward him.

“Do you have a fight with our Jihoonie?” It’s the landlord, Madam Ryu.

“Excuse me?” Hyunsuk couldn't understand why she asked that out of the blue. Did they even fight? No. They didn't.

“You haven't come and hang out for weeks. And always stand there when you know Jihoonie is working,” Madam Ryu said. “Did you two have a big fight?”

“We're not,” Hyunsuk said. Hyunsuk looked around. Is there any CCTV here? He looked back at Madam Ryu. “How did you know if I came here or not?”

“Because Jihoonie didn't eat properly,” Madam Ryu said. “Jihoonie is my friend's son. She asked me to watch her son over. That's why I’m a little busy body when it come for Jihoonie,”

“Ah..”

“You know that he's busy. After class, he’ll work and do stuff. He is barely even home. And I just know that he didn't really eat properly. He didn't cook or eat a proper meal at home. Probably because he has no time to do so. Before you started to hang out with him, I would always ask him what he ate for breakfast or dinner. And he always answers some instant foods. But after you keep coming over, his answers have been varied and he looks like he eats well too,” Madam Ryu said. “And he has been back to the way before you came over a few weeks ago. And I always saw you coming when Jihoonie is not home,”

“I see,”

“Hurry and reconcile with Jihoonie. I know that he like to be around you too. And for to you keep coming over, I’m sure there's still a hope for you two to make up,” Madam Ryu said.