a new neighbour | yoon jisung [ ✔ ]

21. date?

( do note that the story doesn't take place day by day / continuously and there are often time lapses! )

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KIM BAE EUN

My phone buzzed, a notification popped up.

From: Jisungie

Hey, are you free tonight?

4:05 pm

My eyes widened as I read the text, and I rubbed them to make sure what I saw was correct. Maybe I was hallucinating, yeah, I probably saw it wrongly.

But the texts remained the same, indeed a solid text from the one and only Yoon Jisung.

Is he- asking me out on a date?

I blinked for a few times, no, he just asked if you're free, nothing more, Bae Eun- but what if he is asking you on a date? Wait, no, you're over thinking, he's just asking if you're free, nothing more--

I inhaled deeply, yeap, nothing more. ai reread the message and immediately dashed up from my couch and checked my schedule, good thing I'm free.

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YOON JISUNG

I tapped on the table furiously, waiting for a text back from none other than Bae Eun.

It's been five minutes and she still hasn't replied.

Did I sound weird? Or is it that the words I used sounds wrong- oh my goodness, I swear I didn't mean anything else. By the way, am I too obvious- oh wait, I am supposed to be obvious, I have to let her know my feelings for her...

Please be free please be free please be free please be free please be free please be-

And then my phone rang, interrupting my inner prayers. A message popped up.

From: Bae Eun (〃• •〃)

Yeah, I'm free tonight! What for?

4:10 pm

I inhaled deeply, she is free! I swung my free arm up into mid-air, a "yes!" escaping my lips as a smile climbed onto my face.

To: Bae Eun (〃• •〃)

I was planning to ask you out on having a dinner together.

Error! Message failed to send.

I furrowed my brows, why now out of all time? I pressed send for another time.

Error! Message failed to send.

Error! Message failed to send.

Error! Message failed to send.

I clicked my tongue, "Ugh."

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THIRD PERSON POINT OF VIEW

The call connected.

"Uhm, hey. There's something wrong with my phone, I can't send the messages so I called you- What I wanted to say was, we should go on a dinner date-- wait, no! I mean uhh, let's have dinner together. Yeah, right, that's what I mean, haha." An awkward chuckled followed afterwards.

"Of course i'm in- I meant, um, sure, sounds good to me. Where do we meet?"

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I kinda adjusted the way I displayed my story in this chapter, hope you liked it!

Q: Where are you from?

me: Malaysia