Stuck in Between (EXO-APink Fan Fiction)

45. Friend

Kris's POV

"Tao is my classmate. My seatmate. My friend. Shall I avoid him for you to feel better?"

Of course, I wasn't a classmate. I wasn't a seatmate. And neither a friend. Definitely, she'll avoid me.

But.. Tao doesn't think she's just a friend. Arghhhhh!

"Hyung, what's up with that crumpled face?"

Jong In. I shook my head. "Ani."

He sat down beside me. "Hyung, if its about Chorong, you can tell me."

I gave him an I-don't-believe-you face.

"Hyung, jinjja.. what is it?"

But he looked so serious and I have been needing someone with sense to talk to.

"Okay. I'll tell you so listen carefully. Remember, I won't repeat what I have already said."

"Hwanjeon arayo (I totally know)."

So I decided to give him details, but not the entire thing.

I should never mention the mushy stuff that came out from my mouth, and those ridiculous stuff I never thought I'd do. How do I say it? Arggh! I not gonna tell him! But..

"Jong in-ah. What does it mean if she says she.. la..la.."

"Likes you?"

"Yeah."

"Jinjja, hyung?" with a bright face.

I smiled nodding awkwardly.

"But.. waeyo?"

"She said she's afraid so she couldn't."

He thought for a couple of seconds. "I understand her why she was afraid."

"Why? Were you bullied because you're in my team?"

Jong In laughed."Hyung, HAHA. of course not. Am I a girl?"

"I was just kidding."

"Heol. Anyway, hyung. I know, we know, the whole team knows, you are serious with Chorong.. even all the girls in school know. So we can't stop them from talking behind her back or do something bad to her."

"I know." I sighed. "So that's why I avoided her."

"Hyung!" in complaining tone.

"Mwo?"

"You really don't understand girls." laughing.

"Go away if you're just going to laugh at me."

He pursed his lips. "Mianhaeyo. But hyung look, she said she likes you but she's afraid. That's means.."

"It means?"

"Hold onto her. Do whatever it takes to make her become brave and fight for you."

Wrinkling my forehead, "How is that like that? You lost your mind, Jong In."

"Hyung! It's really like that! Jinjja jeongmal (really true)."

"But.. I told her I can make all those people stop if she just believe in me.And she still rejected me."

He patted my back. "Do it, hyung. Show it. Don't just say it." and stood up, ready to go. "And one more thing hyung. Stop being awkward. Express it."

"Chankkaman Jong In-ah!"

He faced me again. "What is it, hyung?"

"How do I become friends with her?"

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Mianhae. Short update. I got work today.