Faux Pas × Luwoo

22 | Bad Liar

Long chapter ahead ;)

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The cold war started again.

Jungwoo had been trying to avoid Yukhei for days, trying to forget all the embarrassing memories tainting his thoughts – which was actually impossible. His brain always took him to that night whenever his eyes landed on Yukhei at the university or when they passed each other in the hallway. No words were spoken between them, and Jungwoo wanted to run away whenever his eyes accidentally met Yukhei's. But, first of all, why was Jungwoo even stealing glances at Yukhei — to the point where they would make eye contact several times? Either he knew the answer or denied that he did.

A few days passed by quickly and Jungwoo began to feel anxious again since he had to deal with Yukhei over fast approaching weekend — which happened to the next day. Jungwoo tried to list some possible excuses that he could use to get him out of going with Yukhei, but he knew the younger guy would see through all the lies. Jungwoo was a good liar, but when it came to excuses and reasoning, he was far from it.

It was past eleven in the evening and Jungwoo heard a sudden knock on his door. He quickly stood up and walked toward the door, guessing that it might be his butler since no one else would disturb him at night like that. Second guess, it would be his dad but, the possibility was just too small. He would just send the butler to his room instead of coming by himself.

The first guess was right as Jungwoo saw his butler standing in front of him once the door opened. The butler bowed politely before greeting him, "Good evening, Young Master."

Jungwoo nodded and asked, "Good evening. Did something happen?"

"I deeply apologize for disturbing you at night but Mr. Kim is currently waiting for Young Master Jungwoo and Yukhei in the living room downstairs," informed the Butler.

Jungwoo cocked an eyebrow. "Yukhei?" He questioned.

"Yes. Mr. Kim wanted to meet Young Master Yukhei as well," answered the old man.

"Does my dad look furious or angry?" Jungwoo questioned again but in a lower voice.

"I apologize again but Mr. Kim is currently waiting and he doesn't want to wait long," stated the Butler before he excused himself without satisfying Jungwoo's curiosity.

Jungwoo frowned, hoping that nothing bad had happened. He walked out of his room immediately and went to Yukhei's, knocking on the door a few times until Yukhei opened it.

"Done with running away?" asked Yukhei as soon as they faced each other.

"My dad wants to meet us downstairs," said Jungwoo, ignoring Yukhei's question.

"That's rare. What happened?" Yukhei asked in puzzlement.

"I don't know either. Come on, don't make him wait," Jungwoo demanded.

They walked together and Jungwoo could not help but to feel anxious and frightened the whole time, until they arrived in the living room. Mr. Kim was there, reading some papers consisting of tables filled with numbers. Jungwoo blinked a few times noticing that the papers were the reports from the previous exams. Jungwoo felt his heart began to race faster and, once again, he just wanted to run away.

"Good evening, dad," Jungwoo greeted politely with a bow and Yukhei followed him from his side.

"Good evening, boys. Sit down, please," demanded Mr. Kim, the two young guys obey him at once.

"Is everything fine, dad?" Jungwoo questioned.

Mr. Kim nodded. "I have received the exam reports for you both and I am satisfied with them," he said before handing the papers to Jungwoo.