Faux Pas × Luwoo

16 | Not Again

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A few weeks seemed to fly fast when both Yukhei and Jungwoo drowned themselves in their own lives and hobbies. They passed their first tests and, as usual, Jungwoo aced all of them without difficulty. Yukhei, on the other hand, he passed them all with the minimum scores – it was not like he did not understand anything; he just did not want to study. He was almost late to every lecture he had. He thought that as long as he could pass them and graduate, he could just do anything he wanted to – and that was exactly what he did.

It was the weekend and Jungwoo locked himself in his bedroom – reading books and reviewing his homework. It had been a while since the last time he saw Yukhei and he was totally okay with that. The only thing that had him worried was the fact that his dad started to wonder about his best friend's son – who was supposed to be studying hard at the university and learning a lot from his son, but neither of these things ever occurred. Jungwoo always covered up for Yukhei – he had no other choice than to do so, or else his dad would definitely get mad and blame everything on him.

Jungwoo lied a lot to his dad. He felt guilty but at the same time he was relieved that Mr. Kim hadn't caught on to the lies that came out of Jungwoo's mouth. He had learnt it the hard way; that lies were best in order to avoid trouble. It always worked for him, and what Yukhei had told him before was not fully wrong; he was a good liar. Jungwoo did not like to lie, but when he had no other choice, he could do it perfectly. Putting on a mask and spitting out lies was normal to him – they were the only things that would save him from unnecessary problems.

He knew that lying was bad – he was smart and, of course, he had some common sense – but what if the lies were harmless and all done for good reason? They were called white lies and they were acceptable to him. So Jungwoo thought that if all the lies he constructed were just these meaningless 'white lies' then he wouldn't feel as guilty.

Jungwoo drowned himself in books before he realized that someone was knocking on his door several times. He put down the book immediately and opened the door to find his butler stood in front of it, bowing politely as soon as he came out of the room.

"Good evening, Young Master. I apologize for bothering you but Mr. Kim wants you to meet him downstairs." Said the butler in a formal manner.

"He's home?" Jungwoo asked right away. He was surprised that his dad was home during the weekend – it was such a rare occasion that he could count how many times it had ever happened with his fingers.

The butler bowed politely once again before he left the young master alone. It was not long before Jungwoo left his room and walked down the stairs to meet his dad. He could see his dad was there, sitting on the couch while reading his business magazine. He approached the old man slowly, wondering if he had made a severe mistake to warrant his dad's visit out of the blue – especially during the weekend.

"Good evening, dad." Jungwoo braved himself to speak up.

Mr. Kim averted his gaze from the magazine to his son who was standing in front of him, and greeted back, "Good evening."

"How was your day? Do you need me to help you with anything?" Jungwoo questioned his dad.

"Everything's fine. How is Yukhei? It seems like he likes to go out until late. Is there something wrong?" Mr. Kim questioned him back.

Oh my god. Not again. Why is dad so obsessed with Yukhei?

"No, dad." Jungwoo lied. "He goes outside with his friends, but I guess they study together."

"Why don't you join them? Yukhei came here so he could learn from you." Mr. Kim said while narrowing his eyes and knitting his eyebrows together.

"I am not that close with his friends, dad." Jungwoo answered. He lied again. He did not know any of them – not even one.