Should've Held Onto You (CHA EUNWOO)

10 - Stranger

If I could make this day into a sad montage, I would.

"Eunwoo!" MJ waved at Dongmin who had just arrived at school. We were all hanging out in the parking lot by MJ and JinJin's cars. JinJin just got his car back, and it was faaaancy. It looked kind of funny sitting next to MJ's. We all smiled at Dongmin as he came into our sight, but I noticed Bin avoiding his gaze.

I hadn't talked to Dongmin about yesterday, and he hadn't tried to talk to me, so I let it go. I pushed down the hurt, because, after all, these were his fans. He had to acknowledge them.

Dongmin looked up at us, just to be surrounded by screaming kids again. He immediately walked away with them, a smile on his face.

Bin rolled his eyes, making me frown.

"You know," Minhyuk sighed, "I think they like him more than us."

"You think?" Bin asked sarcastically.

"What happened to him?" Sumi asked, narrowing her eyes at him from afar.

Bin turned to me, looking annoyed. "Why don't we ask Miyeong?" Immediately, seven pairs of eyes were looking at me, waiting.

"Huh?" I glanced up at Bin. "Whatever's going on, I'm sure it'll all blow over. Let's just give Dongmin some time. If he's nice to his fans now, it'll look good for him later."

We all sighed, watching as he laughed and smiled with complete strangers. He almost seemed like a complete stranger.

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I was walking with Dongmin to lunch. To be honest, this is the first time we've talked all day. Both Sarah and Jay had to do something late after school, so I didn't call them today.

"Cha Eunwoo!"

I sighed as Dongmin greeted the girl with a smile, oblivious.

"Come eat lunch with us! We saved you a seat," She winked at him, and he smiled back.

"See you later, Miyeong," he said before leaving me.

My jaw dropped. "What. The. Fuck," I whispered before angrily storming out into the courtyard.

"Hyungs, why does Miyeong noona look mad?" I heard Sanha's voice as I approached.

"Miyeong? Are you alright..?" JinJin asked from his spot on the ground.

Taking a breath, I smiled with my eyes closed before opening them again. "What is going on with him?! He's making me so angry!" I began to pace back and forth. "First he leaves me stranded without a care in the world, now he's ignoring most of us, this is the first time I've gotten to talk to him all day and he's left to sit with a bunch of girls who only care about how handsome he is! Like seriously, there's more to him than just how 'perfect' he is, he's talented as all hell! What is he doing? Ugh!" Stopping my pacing, I looked down at my friends who were looking back with wide eyes. "Mianhe..." I sighed, sitting beside Minhyuk.

"It sounds to me like you like Eun-" MJ began.

"I am not in the mood for that!" I snapped.

"Mian!" MJ squeaked, hiding behind Bin.

Playing with the grass I front of me, I apologized again. "I'm sorry, guys, I just... what does he think he's doing? He seems blind."

Minhyuk nodded beside me, "Today in math, we had to do a partner test. He knows I suck at math, and we're always partners, yet he chose Lee Seung. Lee Seung! The biggest gold digger in school." He crossed his arms and huffed. "You can guess who failed that test."

"And in homeroom, he acted like he didn't even know us," Sumi added.

"We can talk to him tonight," Sanha pointed out, taking a bite of his sandwich. My stomach grumbled, as I forgot to grab lunch in my fury. Sanha looked up at me before splitting his sandwich in half, handing me a piece. "Here, noona."

"Gomawo," I smiled at him.

MJ commented, "Yeah, we can talk to him tonight, if he even shows up."

"He'll come," JinJin assured. "We're his best friends, let's have a little faith."

Bin hadn't said a word, silently eating his food.

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"Where is he?" Sumi asked, standing on her toes to see over the cars, looking for the black hair of Lee Dongmin. "We've been here for twenty minutes, and he hasn't shown up."

"Come on," JinJin shook his head, "He'll meet us there. Four people in my car, three in MJ's."

Sanha, attached to MJ, called shotgun in his car, and Minhyuk followed.

"You can sit next to me, Miyeong," Bin said, waving me over.

My eyes quickly found Sumi, who had her head down. I knew she was upset.

"Actually, I was going to ask Minhyuk oppa to switch with me so I can go with MJ and Sanha," I quickly lied, sucking up to Minhyuk to convince him.

At the sound of me calling him oppa, Minhyuk stuck his head out MJ's car with a cheeky smile on his face, making me roll my eyes.

But Bin grabbed my arm, pulling me to sit beside him in the back seat of JinJin's clean car, while Sumi sat in the passengers seat, looking dejected. I tried to sit as far away from Bin as possible. When we got to Fantagio, I wasn't paying attention, and before I knew it, Bin was opening my door for me and holding out his hand.

What is going on with him?

Laughing nervously, I ignored his hand, exiting the vehicle on my own. "Wow, thanks Bin, you're such a good friend."

Sumi sighed.

I'm trying.

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"Go fish," Sanha said briefly, and I drew a card.

"Guys, we should be having more fun," MJ whined.

Standing up from his spot on the ground, JinJin went to look out the window. "It just doesn't feel the same without all of us."

Just as we all went to sit back down, a knock sounded on the door. We all gasped, exchanging hopeful looks, and Bin got up to answer the door.

We all frowned as it was just the pizza guy. Bin payed the man before closing the door behind him.

He began, "I guess we-"

Another knock. Bin opened the door to reveal Lee Dongmin.

"What'd I miss?" Dongmin smirked. When he noticed all of our glares he asked, "..What?"