SpartAce I: School Love Affair

strike two

"Yah, guess what! ", Ji Hyo announces as she slings both her arms over Jong Kook and Jae Seok's shoulders while they are walking with the others in the school hallway during dismissal time.

"What has gotten you so happy, Song Ji Hyo? ", Jae Seok asks.

"I can walk home with you! "

"Huh? Your aunt's not picking you up? ", Dong Hoon asks.

"Yeah. She just texted me right now that she has somewhere to go."

Jong Kook looks at the others and they, too, throws a suspecting glimpse at him.

"You're not going to your club, Oppa? ", Ji Hyo asks him.

He immediately feels the others' gazes as they wait for him ro answer.

"No. I'm not."

"Oh. I haven't seen you in your Taewkondo uniform lately."

He wants to slap his face and grunt in frustration, but he manages to keep a straight face.

"I'm on a break.", he says.

"Should we go somewhere? ", Ji Hyo suggests, thankfully changing the topic on her own.

"I have work.", Joong Ki whines.

"Oh. Right. What about we'll go hang out to the cafe where Joong Ki works? "

"That sounds like a good idea. ", Kwang Soo agrees.

"Then let's go! ", Ji Hyo yells aa she runs towards Kwang Soo and Dong Hoon who are ahead from the others.

She swings an arm over Dong Hoon's shoulder and another around Kwang Soo's body, for she could not reach his shoulder. The three of them skip as they walk, looking like happy, oversized children.

"Kwang Soo's right. She barely talks to anybody else that she hasn't even heard about your club yet.", Jae Seok says to Jong Kook in a low voice as they watch the three ahead of them.

"It has been a week, right Hyung? ", Joong Ki butts in.

He nods.

Later, they arrive in the cafe.

They settle in a table in one corner right next to a glass wall and orders some choco and strawberry frappes.

Song Ji Hyo is happily sipping her choco frappe when her gaze falls on the other side of the cafe.

He follows her gaze and sees that she is looking at Joong Ki, who is smiling while taking the orders of two girls who are wearing skirts and a lot of make up. They were giggling and nudging each other until Joong Ki goes to the counter to prepare their order.

"Those girls are giggling too much.", she says, making the others follow her gaze.

Right in time for Joong Ki to bring the two girls' orders to their table.

"Ooh. Joong Ki seems to be attracting lots of girls in here.", Dong Hoon says.

Jong kOok leans close to Ji Hyo's hear. "What's with the look? Are you jealous? ", he asks in a voice low enough for just the two of them to hear.

She looks at him with a frown. "Of course not.", she says as if it is ridiculous. "Just a noona looking out for her dongsaeng. No way are those older girls getting my dongsaeng."

"What's wrong with Noonas? I think he's into girls older than him anyway.", he says meanifully.

She only stares at him for seconds. "So you like other girls, too? You like those skirt-wearing lean girls with faces full of blush and lipsticks?"