Semaphorism » Park Woojin

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"Are we- Is this- Is this Woojin's Dad's house?" Minjae stuttered while she and the three boys, Jihoon, Jinyoung, and Hyeongseop had followed Jinyoung's cellphone GPS to the address of Woojin's new domain... well more like the mansion he and his Father were living in. 

"This can't be right, right?" Hyeongseop asked and grabbed Jinyoung's phone out of his hand while Minjae casually walked to the doorbell and rang it. "Ya! Minjae!" All three boys exclaimed when they heard the raspy and deep voice of their friend say. "Hello?"

"Hi, Woojin. It's me, Minjae. I'm with Hyeongseop, Jihoon, and Jinyoung. Can we come in?" She asked and after a few seconds of silence, the huge gate in front of them opened. Minjae smiled happily and skipped over the path to the front door, that Woojin just opened. 

Minjae stopped skipping immediately when she saw Woojin's face. 

A warm shower went through her body and she bit her lip. She hadn't seen her friends face in two weeks and was constantly worried about him. Did he eat enough? Did he sleep enough? All her worries were falling off her when she saw him standing there healthy and happy. "Woojin-ah!" She shrieked, making him and the other three boys flinching. But Minjae couldn't care less. She started running towards Woojin and threw herself into his arms.

He almost dropped her by how surprised he was, but he was holding her firmly, while she was rubbing her face in the nape of his neck like a cat would do. Woojin chuckled and Minjae could feel the vibration of his voice on his neck. "Did you miss me that much?" He asked quietly only for her to hear. She quickly nodded, before Woojin set her down. Both of them smiled stupidly at each other and Woojin had to admit to himself that he had missed the face of the dumb and chaotic Gong Minjae.

"Guys!" Woojin smiled and greeted his three friends with a "bro-hug". 

"We're not as light as Minjae-ah, right?" Hyeongseop asked, trying to throw himself into Woojin's arms as well. "Please don't!" Woojin chuckled and invited his friends inside. After they all took off their shoes and got slippers they entered the huge living/dining room.

"Well, this is the living-slash-dining room," Woojin explained. "It's much bigger than my old flat, but Appa and I rarely eat down here. It's for when colleagues of his work come over. Appa is a Lawyer." Woojin explained and the other one nodded. "Please follow me upstairs," Woojin said and led his friends to the first floor which seemed more like a flat. 

The television in the upper living room was on and a man was sitting on the couch watching the news. "Appa, these are my friends," Woojin said and the man stood up. Minjae remembered the day she had first met Mr. Park. The day Woojin's Mother had lost custody of Woojin. "Ah, nice to see you again Jihoon and Jinyoung-geun." Mr. Park said and shook the hands of Woojin's friends.

"You must be the friend my son pushed down the stairs?" Mr. Park asked Hyeongseop who only chuckled. "Yes, that's me," Hyeongseop said and introduced himself to the man. "And you must be Gong Minjae?" Mr. Park asked and Minjae nodded. "I am really thankful that you were such a good friend for Woojin during the tough times. Woojin could always need a girlfr- friend like that." Mr. Park laughed. 

Woojin rolled his eyes. "I'll show you my room and we can discuss my party then," Woojin said and led his friends to his bedroom. 

The room was white and wide with white furniture and a giant Queen sized bed. Minjae gawked at the sight of the bed and immediately jumped on it, remembering her awkward moments with Woojin on her own bed. She bit her lip and climbed off the bed to sit with the guys on the floor.

"How have you been?" was the first question Jihoon asked after he ate some jelly offered by Woojin. "To be honest it was tough. I didn't really want to stay with my Father at first. He made some mistakes, Eomma made mistakes. I wanted to stay with Mr Han, but the tribunal decided for me to stay with my Father." Woojin shook his shoulders. "There are only five days left until I am eighteen so I am thinking about moving out asap but it's nice at my Dad's house and he leaves me in peace so?" Woojin shook his shoulders. "Did you see your Eomma?" Hyeongseop asked and Woojin looked down. "I... I haven't seen her since Mr. Han took me away from my house." Woojin confessed and Minjae looked down.

"She had locked herself in her bedroom when I said goodbye and now she isn't allowed to see me for five years," Woojin said and nibbled his bottom lip. Minjae looked down. She wasn't able to say anything. She was wondering how Woojin was still missing her after all the bad things she did to him. But it sure was difficult to make a child stop loving its mother. 

"Sounds tough, Hyung," Jinyoung said and Woojin nodded. "But I need to get used to it. Next week I'm coming back to school as well." Woojin said with a look towards Minjae, who still seemed to be deep in thoughts. "Shall we discuss the party? I mean you're turning eighteen! You're legal to drink!" Hyeongseop chuckled and Woojin smiled, showing his cute snaggletooth. 

"I bet you're going to be dead drunk on your birthday, dude!" Jihoon laughed and Hyeongseop joined in. "We're underage." Minjae and Jinyoung said in chorus and the other three looked at them. "Me too. But I won't tell anyone that I was drinking. We'll celebrate here, right?" Hyeongseop asked and Woojin nodded.

"We're making a cosy pyjama party." He winked towards Minjae who widened her eyes and blushed as she remembered what happened to her and Woojin's pyjama party in her bedroom. Just the thought of Woojin being tipsy and in a pyjama that fitted him was enough to make her mind go crazy.

And make her heart jump a little bit in her chest.

"So it's a pyjama party on the 2nd of November?" Jinyoung asked but Woojin shook his head. "The 2nd is a Thursday. Let's celebrate on the 3rd!" Woojin said and everyone nodded. "Great. Then I'll see y'all on November 3rd!" Woojin said and stood up to shoo his friends away.

The boys were already out of the door when Woojin stopped Minjae. "You wait here." He smiled and left the room bringing his friends to the door. Minjae sighed and walked around Woojin's room. He saw frames of pictures from him and his Father as well as one of him and his Mum from when he was really tiny.

As Minjae continued to walk over to Woojin's desk where she had seen pictures of Jihoon, Jinyoung and Hyeongseop she was stopped by Woojin who was already back. With a swift motion, Woojin had pulled Minjae over and hugged her properly.

"I was too embarrassed to do this in front of the guys, but I really missed you, Minjae!" He smiled and gave her a warm hug, which she immediately accepted and hugged back. 

None of them realised how fast their hearts were actually beating for each other.