The Quiet Boy | Lee Seokmin

Chap. 22

(Edited)

Yeoreum's POV

We arrived at home at 6:07 p.m. I twisted the door knob but it's locked. I looked at Seokmin who was searching for the key inside his pockets. "Haaa where is the key?" I asked as I saw he was struggling to find the key.

He searched in his jeans' pockets, jacket's pocket and he stopped. He looked at me with his blank face. "Yah! Don't tell me you lost it." I said strictly to him, putting my hands on my hips.

He started to looked around. "Oh so you expect the key will be on the ground so sudden? Hmm? Where did you put the key? Lee Seokmin answer me now please." I raised my voice a bit but he acted like I wasn't there.

Then he stopped searching again. He looked on the small mat in front of the door. "Okay, putting the key under the mat. Old style. I hope the key is really there." I pointed and the mat that I was standing ontop of it.

I moved aside to let him checked under the mat. Luckily it was there. "Oh thankgod. Next time, please bring along the key, will you?" He nodded. "By the way, when did you put the key over there? How can I not realised it? Magic?" I asked him playfully.

He unlocked the door and we get in. I went straight to my room to clean myself. The clock showed 6:16 when I came out from the bathroom. I put my pyjamas on and checked on my phone.

I get 12 new messages which made me shocked because I never get so many messages like this. I opened it one by one and replied. It was the boys. They got my number from Seokmin. Good news, the boys already know about Seokmin and they were happy about it.

Now, it's only his mom and the maids who didn't know about it yet. I decided to tell them later. As I was playing some games in my phone, my stomach suddenly growled.

"Ah I forgot that I haven't eat my dinner yet." I sighed.

Then I was thinking maybe Seokmin was hungry too. So I went to his room and knocked. He opened the door, holding his phone on his right hand. "Aren't you hungry?" He nodded.

"Well, let's find something to eat at the kitchen." He nodded again and followed me downstairs.

Author's POV

They looked for food in the kitchen, and in the end they decided to cook ramen. They were too tired to prepare the ingredients to cook. Cooking ramen is as easiest as 123 and simple.

Seokmin boiled the water, while Yeoreum opened the 2 packets of ramen. Then she put the ramen noodles into the pot. They waited for it to cook.

They were sitting at the kitchen counter, waiting for their ramen. Yeoreum was playing with her fingers, didn't noticed that Seokmin secretly took glances at her.

"Do you want to talk?" She suddenly asked. He shook his head. "Waeyo?" He shook his head again. Yeoreum gave him a sad smile. "I think my efforts is not enough, isn't it? I hope you'll talk. Sooner or later. I really wants to hear your voice."

She reached out for his hands and held them since he sat next to her. She didn't even knew why she liked to hold his hands so sudden.

"I'll be happy if you do. Your friends and your family too. I'm sure your appa don't want to see his beloved son be a quiet boy after he passed away. You have to move on, Seokmin-ah. Just like I did, I'll have to accept the fact that my eomma left me forever. All I did was move on with my life. If I can do it, why can't you?"

Seokmin kept quiet. He was speechless by her words. He then held her tiny hands back which made her shocked. He stared at her hands for no one know how long. Yeoreum's heart was pounding so fast.