Ice: Thaw the Frozen Heart [EDITING]

Chapter 26

Sehun groaned when the number he didn't even know called him again. He mentally face-palmed himself for picking the phone up when he recognized the voice to belong to that guy with cat-like smile. They didn't even really know each other that much, and the guy suddenly invited him to hangout at the mall? He was just going to end the call, but he paused when Yeojin's named was mentioned. And now he found himself at the mall walking behind the girls who were linking their arms.

"You must really like her, huh?" Jongdae suddenly asked, walking beside him. Sehun just gave him a side glance before rolling his eyes. Jongdae chuckled. "I honestly thought you wouldn't come. Yet, here you are! But, well, who am I kidding ey? She's your girlfriend after all."

Ugh! Why is this guy so chatty! Sehun grumbled in his mind.

"So," Jongdae started again and Sehun had to momentarily squeezed his eyes from annoyance. "Why do you like her?" Sehun whipped his head toward the guy. "I mean, I know Yeojin's such a great girl. She's very warm and cheerful too, but I never thought she would be your type of girl."

Why do I like her? Sehun blinked and looked ahead at Yeojin who was now giggling while picking out clothes with Sunhee. His lips involuntarily curled into a small smile.

Jongdae smiled along when he saw the President who was well-known for being cold suddenly smiled. "Ah... I see." He chuckled. "You like her simply because she makes you smile, huh?" Realizing that he was smiling, Sehun cleared his throat to the side and wiped out his smile. "That's what I felt too." Jongdae chirped and smiled looking ahead at the girls.

Sehun's head snapped toward Jongdae at what he said, and he glared a bit. Jongdae just realized the glare he received when he glanced at Sehun from the corner of his eyes. He was taken aback and his eyes rounded a bit.

"Oh! I meant Sunhee. Not Yeojin!" He waved his hands in defense. "I meant I felt that too with Sunhee. Don't glare at me like that, please." He cleared his throat at the awkwardness. "Uh. I guess I better go there." He jogged to Sunhee's side.

Sehun just clicked his tongue, but sighed in relief because Jongdae finally left his side. He saw Jongdae whispered something to Sunhee and grabbed her hand, pulling her somewhere else. Yeojin giggled at her friend's surprised reaction and followed behind them.

"Sorry," Yeojin suddenly apologized with a smile to Sehun when he fell into steps beside her. He raised a brow at her apology because he didn't think she had done anything wrong. "You have to be dragged here because of them." She nodded her head toward the pair in front of them.

I came here for you, stupid! "It's nothing." He shrugged.

They continued to walk silently, following the pair in front of them. Yeojin chuckled every time her friend looked back at her, seemingly clueless of what to do with Jongdae walking so close beside her and talking animatedly with his hands. Sehun, on the other hand, could not keep his mind at rest every time the back of his palm lightly brushed against Yeojin's. After several times hesitating, he grabbed her hand firmly in his.

Yeojin was startled and halted in her steps. She looked at Sehun who just smiled at her.

"It would be weird for Jongdae if we don't at least do this," he whispered.

She frowned at his reason, but she made no move to retract her hand. Having her hand in his sent this weird warm feeling inside her that made every part of her body tingle. And she weirdly liked it. It felt so wrong, yet so right at the same time

Sehun gently pulled her to walk again and they followed Jongdae and Sunhee inside a sport store. Apparently, Jongdae wanted to buy a new pair of running shoes. While Jongdae was trying out a pair, Sunhee glanced at Sehun and her friend who just entered the store. She took a double take at them, when her gaze fell on their intertwined hands. Sunhee's eyes were rounded in surprise, and Yeojin seemed to realize her friend's gaze on therir intertwined hands.