shortie | ong s.w [discontinued]

chapter 17

chapter 17,
"seriously."

"hey, beautiful," dowoon smiles as i stepped into his shop, he puts away some books that were lying right in front of him and leaped off his chair to come welcome me.

"oh, so you're dowoon!" jaehwan appears from behind me and goes up to dowoon for a handshake, "i'm jaehwan! i've heard a lot about your shop! the disc you recommended haein the last time was really good!"

dowoon's ears turned red with jaehwan's constant praises while i grinned, watching jaehwan walk around the shop like a child in a toy store.

"your friend is really generous with his compliments," dowoon laughs nervously as he came next to me, offering me a chair as he did.

i nodded in reply as i stared at dowoon, "you've got something in your hair."

"do i ?" he tried ruffling his hair a little.

i chuckled as i tiptoed, trying to get what i presume to be lint out of hair.

he even had to bend down a little. god damn my height.

"your height makes you a lot cuter," he says as i stood right in front of him, making me stare at him in the eye, "seriously."

a hearty laugh left my lips as i turned away, "why do you keep saying things like that?"

seongwoo barges into my room again, his hands filled with snacks and his school bag hanging off his shoulder.

"great, exam period," he sacarstically remarks as he sits down next to me, spreading out his notes on my desk while he took a seat next to me, "well, i'm screwed."

i sent him a nod in reply, agreeing to his statement.

i treat it as if he wasn't there as i completed several practices, my hands reaching out for the snacks seongwoo brought a couple of times.

"haein," he calls.

"hmm?" i hummed in reply, not taking my eyes off my work. it's nice. just sitting down with seongwoo and getting along. for once.

till he starts teasing me and such in school again, of course.

"you look like you're about to kill someone by doing math," he commented nonchantly, making me roll my eyes at him.

he laughs as he reaches out to ruffle my hair from across the table, making me groan.

"really, though, what's up with you and being nice?" i sigh.

he shrugs and props his chin up with his palm, "i just want to spend some time with you, why do you keep asking?"

it was my turn to shrug.

honestly, i don't know. maybe i'm just scared he's going to start ignoring me and teasing me more again once he finds a new fling.

i don't want to be left alone in the dark again. not after what he did to me.

"i know you think i probably hate you," seongwoo says softly as he comes and sits next to me, "with all the teasing..."

i stop writing as i looked at him.

"but after all these years," he smiles a little as he stares into my eyes, "you still mean a lot to me, okay?

seriously."