Seventeen imagines

#166 "Double-life" (part 7)

6:00 pm.

Wonwoo is sitting on the couch and watching a movie on the screen. You are  just finished all of the house chores, but still couldn't took your apron and come home.

You just stood there, leaning on the sink while looking at the wall clock.

"Why is he not coming back? It's getting late," you asked inside your head as your eyes fixed on the clock. Junhui is still not home. For some reasons, you are worrying about a guy you used to hate before.

"Are you finished cleaning and cooking?" Wonwoo asked without looking back.

"HA? Ah yeah."

"But why are you still here?" he asked again.

You stared at his back, thinking if you will say the honest answer for the most awkward question of this day.

"I have an hour left before my work end," you gave an excuse.

Wonwoo didn't respond. Only the sounds from the t.v echoed around.

A heavy silence settled over them, thicker then the uneasy tension in the atmosphere. Unsettled eyes glanced unceremoniously around and tried to avoid each other glances.

Everything seems fine at the very beginning. If ever Wonwoo didn't transfer, if ever Wonwoo didn't confess, if ever Junhui didnt kiss you, then things won't be as awkward right now. But you cannot turn back time. IF EVER you did, things will be the same, since there are two men fighting for your heart.

"If you don't have a plan to go home," Wonwoo finally broke the ice. "Then sit here beside me, and watch a movie."

He tilted his head, and for the first time, he looked at your eyes. It's been so long since you met each other gaze.

Accept his offer or not?

Well, the best choice must be the first one, since you want to act normal as much as you want.

You dragged your feet on the ground, ~dum dum dum~.

You sat on the other side of the couch, having a good distance away from him. You and his eyes are on the screen, but both of your mind are filled with the thoughts of each other.

"This is the first time... we talked after I transferred," Wonwoo said.

"Hmmm."

"Then should I thank Junhui hyung?"

"Huh?"

When you looked at him, you saw how he squinted his hardened eyes and his face who shows mistrust, anger, despising and jealousy.

"You are staying here, because you are waiting for him to come home. Am I right?"

This is the time you need to be honest, don't you think?

"Y-Yeah. Although I am just a maid, as your classmates, I think it is okay to get worry about him."

Wonwoo smiled, a fake smile behind those clenched fists. "Ahjumma, is really a bad girl."

"Huh?"

"Ahjumma lied about her age. Ahjumma brought colors to my boring life. Ahjumma is the first person I treated better , Ahjumma came into my heart, but Ahjumma is looking at the other guy. You..." Wonwoo pointed his index finger to your face before he continued, "You are really bad."

After hearing those, you sat there, like an ice burning in a fire.  No words escape from your lips, even air couldn't escape freely from your aching heart.

Wonwoo turned off the tv, leaned his head on the couch and stared up at the ceiling. "Ahjumma, when we first met, I already knew that you are not an old woman. Only fool would believe that. Haha, you were really funny. At first, I ride on your madness because it was interesting and a great thing to pass time. But I was wrong. Treating a person who loves her family member, who cherished her brother by working here as a maid, It is really wrong to treat you as a plaything. Ahjumma made me realized what is a true love for a family member. I was jealous. As the time passed by, I thought I was kind to you because I saw you as my sister. But the answer is wrong."

"W-What do you mean?"

Wonwoo fixed his eyes on you. "After hearing my thoughts, can you guess what I mean?"

"Wonwoo. D-Do you like me?"

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"(y/n), do you like Junhui?"

A question for another question. The two question have a similarity, but involves three persons: You, Wonwoo and his brother Junhui.

"I..." you started, looking down as you played your trembling thumbs. "I liked Junhui for three years. That was before I met him as  my employer. When I realized how rude he is, I said to myself that I should stop liking Junhui, since I fell in love to his fake character. But now--"

"BUt now?"

Wonwoo leaned closer and lifted your face to look him in the eye.

Then you continued."But now I think I still--"

"Stop," he commanded. Wonwoo stood up and looked away. He took a deep breath with his lips being pursed. "I don't want to hear it from now. So stop."

He started to walk away, but halted when he heard his brother's voice from the outside.

"I'm home!" Junhui shouted. "Ahjumma, are you still here?!"

You looked at the door and about to answer, however, Wonwoo grabbed your wrist. He pulled you inside his room. When Junhui went inside, he saw no one in the living room.

"Oh? Ahjumma went home?" Junhui mumbled, scratching his head with his right hand, while his left hand is holding a bouquet of flowers. "The flowers will wretched overnight. Should I put it in the vase before giving it to her?"

On the other side, Wonwoo is still holding your hands, keeping you inside his room.

"Wonwoo I--" you protested.

But he put his index finger to your lips and hushed, "Shssh."

Then  he went out to his room and closed the door, leaving you all alone.

"Oh? Wonwoo! Did ahjumma leave already?" Junhui asked when he saw his brother.

Wonwoo stared at him and to the flowers he is holding. His eyes burned in flame, he bit his lower lip and shows an expressionless pain. Then he suddenly said, "JUNHUI HYUNG, I LIKE AHJUMMA. NO. I LOVE HER. I WILL MAKE HER MINE. YOU ALREADY HAD A CHANCE FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS. NOW IT IS MY TURN. SO DONT GIVE HER FALSE HOPE YOU IDIOT. EVEN IF YOU LIKE HER, I DONT CARE. BECAUSE I DECIDED TO ERASE YOU FROM HER HEART."

Junhui dropped the flowers from his hand. He was so surprised, he couldn't utter a words to reply. Words? He doesnt has words inside his mind. It was all blank, and all he can feel is the pain inside his heart.

Wonwoo went inside his room and locked the door. He looked at your surprised face, as he knew and planned to say those words while you are listening.

"Wonwoo why did you---"

"Shsssh," he hushed. Then he walked closer, pushed you on his bed and kissed you. HE KISSED YOU WHILE HIS BROTHER IS STANDING OUTSIDE THE ROOM.

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