Say It Back || SoonHoon (#wattys2019)

fifty-two

호시
My partner isn't that bad.
Despite her ambition of having a super sorrowful concept, she's not that bad.

"Here. I've written some lyrics down," she speaks, cutting off my small train of thought.

"If one day I start to wish we'd never met... know you gave me love I won't forget," I read.

"Wow," I add at the end.

"It's pretty good, right," she says with a a proud smirk.

"Yeah.. I mean, I guess it's good. It's pretty sad.. but it's good," I reply.

"Okay then, so you continue it. While I take a rest," she leans back on her chair while I start to brainstorm for a line.

Hmm...
What's good for a song?
What's something that's really sad, it makes past emo teens reminiscent of their past.

I sigh in my head.
I suck at angst though.

"I'm falling, I'm breaking down, where is the end of this dark road I'm heading."

And that's the best I can do.

I have just finished writing my first (and terrible) line, when Jueun speaks.

"Hey, why is that kid glaring at us? Or me.. why is he glaring at me?"

I put my head up, catching a glance of your annoyed expression before you look away.

That's weird.

"I don't know," I say. "But that's Jihoon. He's my friend."

"Oh?"

"Yeah."

She gives me a questioning look for a short while but I only return a look of confusion. "What?"

She sighs, shaking her head then looking away. "Nothing. I'm not going to jump to conclusions."

"What conclusions?" I ask, more puzzled than ever.

"Nothing, nothing. Continue writing. We don't have all day."

우지
"Hey, why do you keep looking over there?" Heecheol asks.

"Huh? What are you talking about? I'm just spacing out. Thinking of lyrics," I quickly lie.

"Tch," she scoffs. "That's so stupid. Stop staring at my girlfriend, won't you?"

I turn towards her with wide eyes. "Girlfriend?"

"What? Are you against it or something?" She questions.

"No," I hurriedly reply. "I don't even like girls okay. I'm not staring at your girlfriend."

"Oh.."

I gave Heecheol a look, questioning her response.

"So you're staring at him."

My eyes widen a bit at what she said, but I try my best to stay as calm as possible.

"No," I force it out.

"Oh wow," she chuckles, turning back to what she is doing. "You know, it's fine to like someone. It's fine to stare. As long as it's not someone who belongs to me."

"Also, can you just stop being jealous for a second and help with the project? It's not like Jueun can take your man when she's already taken."

Heecheol grins widely at me.
"Let's get to work, short boy!"

I roll my eyes and let out a sigh.
The nickname doesn't fail to frustrate me but I'm just too tired to fight her.

I give one last frown in your direction. "It's Jihoon," I grumble but my partner doesn't seem to hear.