What are you? || kth || On a hiatus

Chapter 2 ➵

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"Because, I care about you."

What he just said caught me off guard. Why would he care about me? I don't even know him and he don't even know me. I look back at him.

"I know what you are thinking. You don't know me and I barely know you. But for some reason, when I first saw you, click!"
He snap his finger and I blink.

"It felt as if you are an important part of my life even though I don't even know you...And from then on, I've just decided to follow you cause it somehow eases my heart from all my problems."

He take a deep breath and look up to face me and genuinely smile.

I'm speechless. I really don't know what to say to him honestly. What should I say?

"I know you will find it weird but I get it if you don't want to be my friend..." He hesitate whether to turn around which he did in the end and walk towards the door.

Okay, now guilt is filling me inside. Maybe he doesn't have friends to accompany him or his family...

"Wait!"

He immediately stop his feet from taking another step and turn around with a hopeful smile plastered on his face.

"I'll-" I know it's bad to be friends with strangers and I don't know what may come before me but...this guy seems lonely and pitiful and I'm willing to take the risk.

I place a larger smile on my face, "I'll be your friend."

"Jinjja?! Daebak!" his hopeful smile instantly change into his box smile. Cute, unconsciously I giggle at his adorable reaction.

I purse my lips, "First of all, in order to be friends, we must know more about each other. Wanna go take a stroll in the park?"

He immediately nod enthusiastically.

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"So...what's your name? I-I've been wanting to know your name so badly since I've... You know? Yeah..." He said while awkwardly scratching at the back of his neck.

We are now taking a slow stroll on the pavement in the park.

"Eunhae, Kim Eunhae." I smile at him. He doesn't seem like a bad guy. He seems innocent. I hope I can trust him, I hope.

"Kim Eunhae..." He emphasizes as he stared into space.

"It's the best name you've ever heard right?" I joked.

"Ani, it's the worst name I've ever heard." He stick his tongue out and giggle.

My eyes turn into tiny slit as I stare daggers at him and nudged him at his side with my elbows.

He better be joking.

"Yah! I'm pretty sure my name sounds better than yours. Speaking of which, what's your name?" I purse my lips and look up to him.

"Mm, guess." He raise his eyebrows as he stare straight ahead of us.

I furrow my eyebrows in confusion, how can I possibly guess his name since there are like umpteeth number of names, aish.