When I Grow Up (Seventeen Jeonghan x CLC Seunghee)

Five: When It's Our Birthdays

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The cafeteria is full but no one else matters for the both of them. The very noisy and crowded place seems to be silent and abandoned for just the both of them. It's not a romantic place but the surroundings appear romantic enough for them. That's within their thoughts only by the way.

"Are you alone?" Jeonghan asks as they continue to follow the crowd in line.

Seunghee replies, "I'm waiting for a friend. One of the girls you saw at my apartment last night, Sorn. But I don't know what happened to her. She didn't send me a message either."

"So you're alone now. Can I join you for lunch then?"

She screams inside. This is their first lunch together in nine years! But all of that are for her heart only, she answers him calmly, "Sure. Why not?"

The awkwardness is still present between them though. After ordering their meals, they sit at a table across each other. Seunghee surely won't be able to concentrate on her food. She's ultimately happy, she lost her appetite. But she can't let him notice that. While Jeonghan coolly sits across her. He will make his way to her, slowly but surely.

They start eating their meals and Jeonghan took the initiative to start the conversation again.

"I'm amazed you only eat that little," noticing the half rice, half pork steak and half mixed veggies she ordered.

Seunghee giggles a little, "I'm trying to control my diet. I'm the one amazed at how full your plate is. You eat a lot for someone lean."

"This is just how it is when it comes to boys."

"Well, that's true. Sehun oppa eats like a horse once in a while."

"I remember him. He was the one who always fetch you back then, in our elementary days. I always wondered what your relationship with him was."

"He's my cousin. We're a little close since we grew up together."

"I see. And the girls you were with last night? Jun was there too."

"You know Jun?"

"He's my friend's hoobae. They went to the same high school. But he doesn't really know me. We haven't been introduced yet."

"Okay. Areum unnie, you know our classmate in Instrument 201 is Sehun oppa's girlfriend and Sorn, the girl I'm waiting for is Jun's classmate."

"I see. Anyway, are you free on Sunday? My birthday's coming up on Sunday. My friends are coming over for a little party. Well, if you have time you can come over with your friends, besides we're just a wall away. But oh, but I'm not obliging you. We've only just been neighbors since yesterday anyway," he says.

She knows it's gonna be his birthday on Sunday, and hers is six days later. But she conceals the fact that she knows about it.

"On Sunday? Okay, I'll tell them about it. We're just a wall away anyway."

Smiling at each other while eating, someone interrupts on them with a meal on his hands.

"Can I seat here? Seems like there's room for more people."

It's Jun, staring down sharply at Jeonghan and then smiles at Seunghee. Jeonghan only looks up at him, and Seunghee is kinda surprised.

"Jun!" she moves a bit to let him sit.

Jun sits beside her and Jeonghan just gapes at how they sit beside each other.

"Where's Sorn? She's the one I asked to come here," Seunghee asks.