(JinHwi | PanWink) Started with a Dare

Chapter 39

Jihoon's POV

I went outside to get Guanlin who left his school pass at my place last night.

"Hi baby!" he greeted me

"Hey baby. I have to tell you something" I gave him his pass and we both enter the school grounds.

"What is it?"

"I..I.." should I tell him?

"You? You what?"

"I know where Daehwi is"

"Really? Let's go tell Jinyoung! He'll be super happy"

"I really want to but there's a problem"

"What is it? Is he in a bad condition? Oh my gosh! Let's go visit him"

"No! Not that! Better watch your mouth there young man!"

"Just freaking tell me!"

"What did you just say!? Are you shouting at me!?"

"Oh! I.. I'm sorry my princess. I-I won't do it again" he pouted

"You better be!"

"So what is it?

"Daehwi told me that I should not tell Jinyoung where he is because everything is on the line if Jinyoung's mom will know that they are seeing each other again."

"But they can meet secretly. Jinyoung's mom won't know since she's busy. They could meet like 1 or 2 hours per day without his mom noticing it."

"I sure wish that what you just said is possible but Daehwi is in Jeju. How can Jinyoung sneak a flight everyday to meet him?"

"Why is he there?"

"Jinyoung's mom sent him there so that they could be far away from each other. I almost told Jinyoung about this topic but suddenly I received a call from Daehwi the exact moment that I was supposed to tell it to Jinyoung"

"Tell me what?" cold sweats suddenly poured out of me. I heard Jinyoung's voice behind me.

"Uh..." I was out of words

"He knows where Daehwi is!" Guanlin blurted

"Yah! You rascal!" I hit Guanlin's head

"Don't you want your bestfriend to be happy?"

"Of course I do but I made a promise to Daehwi. I don't want him to get mad at me."

"I'm begging you, Jihoon. Please tell me. I won't tell him that I know where he is. I won't tell him that you told me where he is. I'll just pretend that I randomly bumped into him to who knows where he is right now. Please Jihoon." He gave me these longing eyes. I know that Jinyoung wants this badly.

"Fine!"

After hearing it, Jinyoung;s face suddenly got brighter. It was the first time that I've seen him smile after the incident happened.

"He's now in Jeju. He's working at the reastaurant that I told you about earlier."

"Wh-why is he working? I-Is he okay?"

"He seemed, okay. He lives in the small space beside the restaurant that owner owns too. You don't have to worry. That ahjumma is really nice. He even help Daehwi in finding a place. The place that he's staying right now was not for rent but ahjumma allowed Daehwi to stay there and rent the place."

"But why is he working? Does he have some money for his daily expenses? I-is he doing well? Did he talk about me?"

"Well, your mom promised him that she will introduce Daehwi to the owner of one university in Jeju but as soon as he arrived there, your mother told he that he was not accepted in the university. Your mother gave him, I think, $1000 instead. Then he got scammed by a man who was pretending to be a housing agent near the airport, gave him a fake address of a house and ended up in the restaurant. He looks healthy. Ajhumma is taking care of him too. I asked her to watch him over. Don't worry."

"What the hell is wrong with my mother!?"

"You should not tell this to your mother. He might end up moving to another place and it will be hard for us to find him."

"Just go visit him secretly every once in a while. Do it tomorrow since we don't have a class"

"Please tell me the complete address. I'll visit him tomorrow. Thank you so much Jihoon. I owe you big time."

"I'll send it to you later. Here's his contact number. You might need it." I gave him my phone and he copied the nuber whole recently called me.

"Thank you so much Jihoon. Let's get ready for class."

He walked away from us and went straight to the room

"Yah!" I glred at the guy beside me

"I love you my princess" he suddenly gave me a big smile

I bit his shoulder and ran

"We're not done yet! You'll receive your punishment later! Go to your class!" Ishouted

Jinyoung's POV

My heart is rushing. I don't know what to do next. I'm very thankful for whatJihoon did for me. It felt like everything turned upside down. It's like thebest day for me after few depressing days.

I decided to send a message to Daehwi.

"Hi! How's your day?"

I think I shouldn't tell him that it's me yet. He might change his number andnot talk to me after that.

I can't concentrate on the discussion of our professor. I kept on looking at myphone for like every 5 minutes.

After some time, I received a reply from Daehwi

"May I know who this is?"

What should I say!? Dang it! Should I just say that I randomly typed thisnumber? That may be the best excuse at this moment

"Uhmm. I just randomly typed your number. I'm depressed right now. I justwanted to find a new friend, maybe?"

The class ended and I still haven't gotten a reply from Daehwi. I decided towait until he sends his reply. I can't look that desperate. He might getcreeped out.

I went near the gate and found Mr. Lee waiting for me.

"Jinyoung! I have a great news! Daehwi just texted me and he told me this." Mr.Lee showed me his phone and I read the message

"Hi Mr. Lee! It's Daehwi. Remember me? How's Jinyoung? I really miss him somuch. Is he doing well? Is he eating his meals? Are you taking him out? I'mdoing fine here. I've been working at one restaurant and lives at an apartmentbeside my workplace. Update me about Daehwi once you read this, okay? Thank youso much Mr. Lee. Have a great day ahead."

A smile kept on growing on my face. Suddenly, Mr. Lee ruffled my hair.

"It's nice seeing you smile like this. You can keep that phone and reply whatever you want. Just don't tell him that's it's you already, okay?" he winked

"Let's go to the mall Mr. Lee."

"Okay. What will you do there?"

"I'll buy you a new phone Mr. Lee"

"You don't need to. I still have an extra phone at my place"

"No! I want to. Please accept it as a thank you gift, or else I'll get mad atyou."

"Tss. Such an annoying kid"

We laughed outloud after he said that. We went straight to the mall, ate somesnacks after buying a phone and went back home. We kept on talking about howwould I reply to Daehwi's message. We decided that I should send a messagetonight and I should continue acting like I'm Mr. Lee.