The Danger Zone of You and Me; Lucas x Kim Sohyun ff (ON HOLD)

Three: The Friend Zone

This is the level most guys hate the most.

It's when they want to slip into a girl's danger zone but the girl is too busy seeing them as a friend. But I don't get why they hate this zone so much. In this zone you can still stay by a person's side but not have to face danger. Who says being able to kiss a person justifies the fact that you care about them?

Just being a friend is fine.

I'm careful enough to stay closed up so people never slip into my friend zone and see the vulnerable side of me. That's a side no one gets to see. A side that I've buried so deep within me you'll only see it when you catch me off guard.

And I never let anyone catch me off guard.

There's a wall I've built around myself that no one has broken. No matter how much people try to break it I will always rebuild it again and again until they eventually get sick of me and leave.

Everybody leaves.

While nobody stays.

That's how strong my wall has become.

"Sohyun-ssi," Yukhei approached me. There's a hammer in your hand and I see that you've came to break my wall down. Nice try, boy. But it's not that easy. "I'm sorry about yesterday.. I didn't mean to make you upset."

You break down one layer of the wall while I build another.

"Well, rest assured. You don't need to be my friend," I spat.

"C'mon, man... it was just a joke."

"Maybe try to think that not everybody here appreciates your 'jokes'." I made air quotations on the "jokes".

At lunch time, you tried to break down my wall again. I watch as Yoojung stares at you in awe. This time you didn't just bring a hammer, you brought a wrecking ball.

"Here, have this." you put some sushi on my lunch tray. Sushi. It makes me think of a certain someone. You broke down 2 of my walls but I made sure to build 2 more. No wrecking ball can make me open up to just anybody. "Go away," I said to you.

"I'm not leaving until you forgive me!" you said. Persistent people are the ones I hate the most. "Are you interested in me or something?! Go away!" I shriek, but he stayed put. I looked at Yoojung for some help.

"W-well.. why don't you just forgive him, Sohyun-ssi? He came all the way here too..," Yoojung trailed off. Oh god, I should have known better than to turn to her. "I just wanted to be your friend, I didn't mean to upset you or anything," Yukhei added.

People started staring at me like I committed some sort of sin. Why is it bad that I'm hanging out with a popular frat guy like him? I scowl and just took a bite the sushi Yukhei gave me anyway.

It's hard to make friends on your own. It's hard when you are the type of person who doesn't stand out so you have to approach people first. That's why I just gave up on even trying. There was a period of time where I wasn't like this. A period of time where I longed for relationships and the support of a friend when things were the most ugly. But there was no one there. No one to hold my hand or even smile at me.

That's when I got rid of all the people in my friend zone altogether. It didn't matter who they were. No one was there for me. So why should I be there for them any longer?

In my dictionary, there is a blank space for the definition of a friend.

That's why I never fully understood you, Wong Yukhei.

Why do you try so hard to become everyone's friend? When you're not even sure if you are as important to them as they are important to you. You even want to be my friend. Me, the girl with curly hair who wears glasses. Clearly there is something wrong with you.