Collateral Love | Tao

Chapter 19

"So, CJ, got a boyfriend yet?"

I shook my head and my mom answered for me, "She doesn't really like any boys, except maybe her handsome Chinese teacher."

I choked on my food, "Just because he's handsome doesn't mean I'm in love with him."

"Oh come on, the sudden interest in Chinese and staying after school even. I bet you're just waiting to graduate so you can profess your love to him."

"If I was in love with him I wouldn't wait so long. You know I hate waiting."

"So you already told him you love him?" My dad snickered.

"No, I," The blush on my cheeks grew quickly, "I'm not in love with him."

"I always knew CJ had a thing for order guys," Sehun took a sip of his water, "Back in primary school she always liked when the high school boys would come help in the classroom."

I covered my face, "Can we just talk about something else please?"

I guess not, "I think she's just scared of boys, when Jongdae kissed her at homecoming she came running home in the freezing cold," my mom laughed.

"That's not funny."

"I think she likes Jaebum," Sehun said, "He's our age, but definitely has the look of a man."

"Ooh, I want to meet him," my mom pulled my hands off of my face, "You should invite Mr. Huang over for thanksgiving dinner next week since he has no family here in Korea."

"No way. He probably has friends or something."

"If he already has plans he can just decline the invitation. Invite him anyways, Sehun can go with you."

"Fine. Can we embarrass Sehun now?"

"Sehun doesn't talk to us enough for us to have anything embarrassing to say about him."

"There was that time at the carnival."

"Shut up, CJ," Sehun glared at me, "That wasn't just embarrassing, I wanted to die."

"Don't joke about that, Sehun," Our dad scolded.

"I wasn't joking. At that moment I thought everything would be better if I was dead. I was so humiliated."

"There, there, son, everybody poops their pants at least once."

"Yeah, when they're babies," I laughed.

"Stop talking," Sehun gritted his teeth.

"Hey, I know what we can talk about," I said, "Are you two getting back together?"

"Uh," our mom started, "We're trying this out first. To see if it will work out."

"Are you okay with us getting back together?"

Sehun and I glanced at each then nodded.

"Maybe we will consider it more then."

"I saw you two kiss though and you've been going out on dates," Sehun mentioned, "Did you just want our approval? You have it now."