Then There's Us. [ Hyunsung ]

20

Just like that, one week had passed and Hyunjin was finally allowed to go to school. He wasn't one hundred percent healed but he didn't think that a little pain should get in the way of his study or...he just used that as an excuse. He wanted to see Jisung. The days he counted was only 7 days but it felt like it had been eternity since he last seen Jisung.

When he came into the classroom, he smiled and greeted a few students when he saw Jisung's back. He was sitting in his seat with earphones plugged into both of his ears as usual while he had a chemistry book in his hand. Hyunjin was about to greet him when he suddenly stood up and walked out. "I'm going to the toilet" he told the class representative before he walked out.

He stared at Jisung's back and frowned. Had greeting Jisung always been this hard? Jisung only came back once the first period started. So,they didn't get the chance to talk with each other.  Jisung didn't even look at Hyunjin once when he was walking to his seat. It was as if Hyunjin was made invincible.

It was a torturous moment for Hyunjin. Once the rang and everyone went out to get their lunch, Jisung walked out faster than anybody. He had stood up and walked out right after the teacher. "Hey, let's eat" Chan said as he entered the class while waving at Hyunjin. "Where is Jisung?" He asked as he stared at Jisung's vacant seat. "He already went out..."

"Let's just go eat" Hyunjin sighed as he stood go and left with chan. Although he acted like he didn't care about where Jisung had gone to, his mind couldn't stop thinking about the lonely back he saw a few moments ago. It's as if Jisung was drifting away and he was back at square one. Weird enough, after listening to what Jisung had said at the hospital, he didn't hate him at all.

He felt a pain continuously stabbing his chest. He felt scorching hot whenever he was around Jisung. He wasn't dense. Sometimes, he felt guilty for feeling such things towards the innocent boy. "Are you alright?" Chan asked when Hyunjin hadn't touch any of his food, just continuously poking and playing with it. "Hrm?" Hyunjin asked once he snapped out of his thought. He shook his head and relaxed himself again.

"Have you tried talking to Jisung?" Hyunjin shrugged. "Maybe?" Chan frowned. It was obvious that Hyunjin was trying to hide something from him. He might not be as sharp as girls but he could sense the lie. "Don't lie to me, Hyun–" Hyunjin wasn't focused to what Chan was saying. His gaze was on the slander figure who was walking into the cafeteria but walked away as soon as he saw Hyunjin. "Go to the class by yourself...I gotta go" Hyunjin said as he hurriedly ran towards the fading figure. "Ji!" He yelled as he ran as fast as he could and grabbed Jisung by his hand.

Jisunh stared at Hyunjin's hand and tried to escape, 'tried' being the keyword. He was also a man and he knew that he was capable of pulling his hand away but all of it became useless as his courage to put Hyunjin off perished. When he saw Hyunjin's eyes that were filled with passion staring to strongly at him, he couldn't help but felt weak up to his knees. If not for his inner self fighting for him, he might just fell right on the spot.

"Do you hate me?" The question took Jisung by surprise. Seeing no respond, Hyunjin proceed to ask again. "I'm asking...do you hate me?" Hyunjin wanted to make sure Jisunh didn't feel anything more than hate but how can he thinks so when Jisung was making such an obvious expression? "Why would I....I don't" Jisung lowered himself.

"Then do you like me?" He raised his chin up and widened his eyes as blood rushed to his cheeks. "Why would I?!" Jisung shook his head, denying the question over thousand times just to make clear that he didn't like the man in front of him. "I don't!"

But how can I believe what you said if you're showing that kind of expression to me? Hyunjin thought while covering half of his face with his hand. Although the answer was pretty clear, there was this side of Hyunjin that enjoyed teasing Jisung as much as he can. Hyunjin didn't know what this feeling was. "Then...what do you see me as?"