dare [h. renjun]

-chapter two-

"i hope you wont expect anything. i was just helping you."

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"welcome to my home!" jeno bursted out as he extended his arms after throwing it in to the air, indicating that he's showing us his house.. a luxurious house almost like a mansion to be honest.

man, this kid's rich...

"wahh~" i uttered out of amazement since ive never seen jeno's house before because he barely invites us to come.

i wandered my eyes around as i saw the other boys peeking through the window beside me, giggling like a kid, and the owner standing in the door way. he was wearing an outfit that would make you not think he lives in a huge house.

"hey hey get your filthy shoes in here. you might make the floor dirty---but if you wanted to clean up thats okay then." my brother ranted once we all got in the house as i handed him my shoes once i slid it off my feet.

he looked at me with disgust as he retorted, "put that on your own. youre not a baby anymore." then left me alone beside this huge cabinet with every pair of shoes and slippers in every box of the shelf.

i traveled my eyes around as i spotted an empty box, yet the place was too high up for me to even reach it. being the wise person i am----if i am, i tried climbing up, thinking i can do it,

but reality hit me when my ability to climb was just until the first row of boxes. "dang it." i mumbled under my breath upon failing the plan i made up recently.

i heaved a sigh before deciding i'll just place my shoes on the floor, yet i got startled when a hand snatched it from my grasp. my eyes widened as i saw renjun behind me, but what made me more flustered when he hovered over me to be able to reach the empty space i was trying to place my shoes in.

i felt like i just shrinked myself when i felt his chest pressing against my back, i can even feel his heart beat which made my face heat up. why cant he just make me step aside instead of hovering me?

"t-thank you." i stammered, still stunned even though he isnt hovering me already.

"i hope you wont expect anything, i was just helping you." he said before coming towards the living room where the guys are in, no force or rude tone in his voice, just the voice he uses when he's talking to someone hes not close to.

"right.." i uttered under my breath as i nodded my head. i forgot the one reason why i decided to stop liking him. he always has this attitude towards me where he seems like he doesnt want to be friends with me. he always has the cold attitude inside him, applying it to me.. only me since hes not even cold towards his friends... and thats when i remembered, we're not friends... out of all the friends of my brother, hes the only one who wont even approach or talk to me like a friend.

two years ago, it was his birthday. that time is still fresh in my mind until now, and i wont forget that moment.

"did you know? today is renjunie's birthday!" sowon added another topic to talk to as i smiled widely while nodding.

"yes, i know! i even have a birthday gift for him!" i exclaimed excitedly as sowon screeched in excitement too.

"what did you bought for him?" she asked as she took a glance on the small bag im holding to, assuming this is my gift for renjun.

"a necklace... that has a heart with an infinity sign inside it! this is supposed to be for me, since i really love this so much since i was young.. i even earned money for how many years just to buy this for myself, yet i decided it would be better if i give this to him as a birthday gift." i explained while smiling at the small bag that also has a small box inside it. the necklace has his initials on it, 'h.rj', but i secretly put mine too, yet in a small letter hidden somewhere in that necklace so that he wont find out until the right time. 'l.(your initials)'

"aww! thats so sweet! i hope he'll like it!" sowon smiled genuinely, admiring how dedicated i am despite the fact that renjun doesnt like me.

"i hope so too..."

"hey, did you hear what the other students are talking about recently?" i heard a student in my school beside me as i arranged my things inside my locker. i just successfully gave renjun my gift, but i made sure he wont be able to know who it came from. i asked a friend of mine to hang the small bag on his locker. hopefully, he already received jt.

"what is it?" her friend replied, curious about what her friend is talking about.

"some students said that a 'secret admirer' of his gave him a gift, yet guess what he did??"

"what??"

"they said, he threw it away.. he doesnt like receiving gifts from strangers who he doesnt know.. well for me too, i would do the same thing as him. we cant know what it could be, it might harm us or something." the student talked rapidly as her friend laughed and nodded, agreeing her.

i halted upon hearing what the girl had said as i stared on my locker blankly, unaware that a tear had fell down to my cheek.

i earned so much money for a long time just to buy him that. he even didnt get the chance to read my letter to him inside that bag...

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