Ice: Thaw the Frozen Heart [EDITING]

Chapter 48

Yeojin's eyes almost bulged out of their sockets when Kris kissed the side of her head. In front of her mom.

"How are you doing, Mother?" He asked her mom who was obviously trying to hold back her giggles.

"Better. Thank you, Kris." Mrs. Kwon smiled. "Thanks for the fruits too." She pointed at the fruit parcel he placed on the table beside the hospital bed earlier.

Kris nodded with a small smile. All awhile, Yeojin's rounded eyes kept staring at him. What was up with him, she couldn't understand anymore.

"Ya! Don't do that again!" She scolded him when they were finally on the way to the mansion. "Especially in front of Mom."

"Do what?" Kris teased.

Yeojin scowled. "You know what."

"Oh! This?" His briefly looked away from the road to peck the side of her head.

"Ya!" Her eyes were widened once again. She slapped his arm while he laughed. "Watch the road will you!"

"Didn't I use to do that a lot back then?" He asked with a smirk when his laughter gradually softened.

When Yeojin thought about it, he was right. He did like to kiss the side of her head back then. It was just a gesture from an older brother to the friend he thought of as his own sister. Yet somehow, this time it felt a little different. She knew it was different now.

"Would you prefer a kiss on the lips then?" He continued to tease.

Yeojin felt heat rushing to her cheeks spreading to her whole face. She glared at him from the corner of her eyes before she looked away and pouted. "No!"

"Well," he sighed lightheartedly, "whether you like it or not, I'm going to do that everyday."

"What?"

"We used to do it when we're friends. Why not now?" He briefly glanced at her. "You do want us to be friends, right?"

Yeojin pursed her lips but then gave up and nodded. It was just a kiss on the side of her head anyway, she thought. Nothing to get worked up for. Besides, this might be the least she could do after breaking his heart.

True to his words, Kris made it a habit to peck her temple before he went to work and when he came home. It was awkward for Yeojin for the first week he did so. Then it became embarrassing when Jinho witnessed it by chance once or twice and pretended to barf just to tease them.

However, after weeks passed, his habit didn't bother her much anymore. Beside the hugs he would give every now and then, that was.

"Hey," he greeted one evening when she was perching in front of her laptop at the living room with a bowl of chips beside her. He sat beside her on the sofa and pecked the side of her head.

She only hummed in reply. With knitted brows, she stayed focused on the screen of the laptop resting on the pillow on her lap. The last draft for the final paper would be due the end of the week. Yeojin needed to finish it as soon as possible.

Kris might not like the fact that he was ignored because the next thing she knew he had his arms wrapped around her torso and his head on her shoulder. She tensed at first but soon deflated with a sigh.

"Kris," she rolled her eyes and stopped typing. "Get off." She jerked her shoulder to nudge his head off and tried to pry his arms from around her.

Kris didn't budge and, instead, closed his eyes with a smile. Yeojin scoffed to the side.

"And aren't you coming home a little early?"

Kris scoffed too in return. "I can go home whenever I want. Perk of being a chairman. And just let me stay like this for a while. I've been having a rough day, you know?"