Diaries of a Distance

Chapter 19

"I'll tell you what it was like. Me and Jae Wook were friends since primary school- Changmin came along in middle school. He loved Jae Wook at first sight. But all our lives, Jae Wook always seems to be the best- sport, school work, attention, and he always had the best stuff too. Changmin started getting conscious of it in high school. He thinks he's better than Jae Wook, just that nobody knows about it. So he fought with Jae Wook, got bashed up and moved schools last year. I guess it was strong love that turned into hatred."

Wow.

"But I thought gay guys don't care about that stuff..."

"Nah. Changmin is only gay to Jae Wook. In everything else he's normal."

"And that's why the competition is tougher this year?"

Dong Wook nodded agreeingly, "That's why they want a pre-match. Today's match was unplanned, Chae Rin said she was seeing Jae Wook and Daegu Coos wanted to see him."

"Chae Rin goes to Daegu High?"

"Yeah. Chae Rin knew it meant no good so she called on me to come. Or else I wouldn't have known about it."

The doors of the convenient store opened and Jae Wook came out with 2 cans in one hand and my ice-cream in the other.

He passed the Pepsi can to Dong Wook.

"Thanks", Dong Wook said.

Jae Wook gave me the ice-cream and placed the bottle on the car before leaning onto it so that I was standing in between Dong Wook and him.

I lifted the ice-cream to my mouth.

"Wait."

"What?" I asked Jae Wook.

"Stop eating ice-cream for once in your life. I gave it to you to hold first, not to eat", he replied.

"What?"

"Give me your knee", he ordered.

I seriously considered kneeing him. But then I realised that whilst he was leaning against the car he had ripped open a bandaid. I stuck my knee out reluctantly. I hate bandaids.

He roughly unwrapped the material from around my knee and stuck the bandaid on.

"Ow! Can't you be more gentle?" I whinged.

"I was", he said innocently.

I rolled my eyes. Sometimes I think my boyfriend forgets that I'm a girl. I reckon he must like Changmin too. He stood up again and leaned on the car.

"Thanks" I said.

I finished my ice-cream and reached over for the bottle on the car.

[Dong Wook's POV]

"Yah!"

Jae Wook and I both looked at her.

"What?" Jae Wook asked.

"You got me the wrong drink. I said Fanta Spider, not Fanta", she said showing Jae Wook the bottle.

"Next time I'll get you the one you want then. Just drink that one now", he replied carefreely.

"Aish... I'll exchange it", she said going into the convenient store.

Once she was gone I burst out laughing.

"What's so funny?" Jae Wook asked me.

"Yura told me Changmin looks at you like he's in love with you", I replied through laughter.

He laughed. "What an imagination that one has."

"Then I told her about Changmin's past."

"And?"