Annoying // Na Jaemin

6

Jiyeon spent the next few days convincing Soyeon to come on the trip during break with them. She wanted everyone to take a trip to her beach house, giving the group more opportunity to get along.

In reality, the only people who didn't get along were Soyeon and Jaemin, and Soyeon didn't see that changing any time soon. Jiyeon held what she called a "family meeting" at an ice cream shop down the street from school that they liked to go to, in order to talk about the trip.

They all sat around the table, talking about nothing at first. Soyeon stood up to get herself some ice cream since the actual conversation hadn't started yet. She was at the counter when a man came up behind her, standing a little too close for comfort.

She turned to look at him and he stared down at her with a smile. "You're gorgeous," he said abruptly. She raised her eyebrows and chuckled awkwardly.

"Thanks," she replied. She turned back around, watching the employee scoop ice cream into a cup for her, hoping they would move faster.

"Can I have your number?" the guy spoke again from behind her. Soyeon turned around and forced a smile.

"I'm sorry, I'm not really interested in dating," she told him. His smirk didn't fade at all, he just took a step closer to her and put a hand on her hip.

"We don't have to date if you don't want to," he spoke in a low tone. She moved her face away from his, trying to push his hands away.

"Please stop touching me," she said. "You're making me extremely uncomfortable." She turned to see the employee faced the other way, putting the toppings on her ice cream.

No one seemed to notice what was going on, and Soyeon just wanted to get out of this man's grip.

"Come on, don't play hard to get," he pouted. She wiggled back and forth, trying to get away from him. "You're only making it worse for yourself."

"Please stop," she pleaded some more, pushing at his shoulders.

"Come on, angel," he held onto her waist tightly.

"She said to stop. So stop," a familiar voice said from next to them. They both turned to see Jaemin standing there, his expression something Soyeon had never seen before.

"What? Is this your boyfriend or something?" the guy asked.

"What does it matter to you?" Jaemin asked. "Let my girl go or I'm going to hit you where it hurts."

The guy scoffed and tightened his grip on Soyeon. "Go fuck yourself," he said to Jaemin. Jaemin gritted his teeth and took a step closer to them, putting his hand on the guy's wrist.

"You first," he said with a smirk before pushing the man off of Soyeon. "Come here," he gestured to her, pulling her over to him. He turned and grabbed her ice cream from the stunned employee before walking her away from the man.

He stopped at a random empty table and put her ice cream down, holding her shoulders. "Are you okay?" he asked, patting her hair down. She nodded slowly, looking up at him.

The man had walked out of the ice cream shop at this point, pissed off.

"I just—He came out of nowhere and I just—," Soyeon stuttered. Jaemin nodded and tucked a piece of hair behind her ear.

"Did he hurt you?" he asked. She shook her head, though he had held her side a little roughly to the point where she was sore. Jaemin sighed. "You're really making me crazy," he said. "Now I really have to keep an eye on you."

Soyeon swallowed as Jaemin turned and walked away from her, heading back to the table. She shook off whatever she was feeling and grabbed her ice cream.

She sat down next to Heejin when she approached the table again. "I'll go on vacation with you guys," she announced. Everyone's faces lit up.

"Really?!" Jiyeon asked excitedly. Soyeon nodded with a small smile. "Yayy!" she squealed.

Soyeon tried to avoid looking at Jaemin, her heart pounding in her chest, but she couldn't help but peek over at him, the small smile on his face evidently because of his awareness of the reason for her decision.

"This is gonna be so much fun," Jiyeon said.