Ice: Thaw the Frozen Heart [EDITING]

Chapter 40

The elevator doors slid open and her heels clicked against the floor when she stepped out. A grin was plastered across her face as she looked around the lobby for the guy.

"Where's that boy?"

Her grin froze and fell into a frown when her gaze fell on the guy who was leaning against the receptionist counter. The reception lady was blushing and giggling, tucking her hair behind her ear when the guy winked at her and grinned afterwards.

She sighed before she marched her way toward him. "Park Chanyeol!" She crossed her arms.

The boy jerked at the tone, surprised. "Oh! Noona! Hi!" He waved and showed her his rich teeth grin.

"Hi Yoora!" The reception lady greeted with a sheepish smile. "I never knew you have a brother."

Yoora forced a smile. "I didn't know I have a flirty brother either, honestly."

"Hey!" Chanyeol protested with a pout.

"If you'll excuse us." Yoora forced another smile to the reception lady before clutching on her brother's arm. "Let's go, casanova!" She pulled him away with her.

Chanyeol waved to the reception lady and winked at her again after gesturing 'I'll call you' with his hand.

Once they were seated at a table in a café close to the broadcast station she worked at, Yoora didn't hesitate to knock Chanyeol's head with her fist.

"Ack!" Chanyeol ducked his head and winced. "Noona!" He protested and looked around at some of the customers there, feeling embarassed. "I'm not a kid anymore!"

Yoora only clicked her tongue. "Seriously this boy! Then stop acting like a kid!" She glared and huffed. "And you will always be my baby brother."

"Noona~!" Chanyeol groaned and ran a hand over his face. "What did I do?"

"Stop flirting with girls, fool!" She now flicked his forehead.

Chanyeol pouted and rubbed his forehead.

"Do you even realize it's seriously starting to become a habit?" Yoora frowned while Chanyeol shrugged.

"What? I'm a man too!"

"A real man won't play with girls' hearts!" She reprimanded him, huffing a breath and crossing her arms afterwards.

Chanyeol instantly felt guilty. He, out of all people, knew how much his sister hated that type of guy.

"You started playing with girls because of Kris. I could understand when you, as his good friend, wanted to stop him from breaking a girl's heart by stealing her from him- though that was really stupid actually. But then you began flirting with his next girlfriends too. And I didn't and don't like that!"

"Sorry." He lowered his head, feeling like a little boy who was reprimanded by his mother.

Yoora's gaze softened as she sighed mustering a small smile. "I just don't want you to become like him. And I certainly don't want any girl to become your victim. I know you're better than that!" Her smile grew when he looked up and smiled too. Their smiles almost looked identical.

Being only a year a part, they had always been mistaken as twins. But Yoora didn't go soft of him just because people thought they were of the same age. Instead, she would always make sure Chanyeol knows she's older. He always managed to steal her heart nonetheless. Chanyeol would forever be her baby brother, she thought.

"So, anyway," Yoora inhaled a long breath before releasing it, "why are you all the way here in Busan?" She checked her watch. "At this late hour too."