Hoodie || Bae Jinyoung

⚪23⚫

The next day shows up. I'm still on my bed, looking at my phone although I hate it. There are tons of messages and missed calls from lots of people but mostly is from that heartbreaker, Bae Jinyoung. I read all of his messages emotionlessly.

"Minha, I'm sorry.. I still love you."
"No matter how far you try to push me away, I will be at your house everyday."
"I will keep calling you. Every hour, everyday."

I stopped reading as he calls me again. I accept the call on purpose. "Minha.. You finally answered! I missed you so much..." He sounds so excited.

".. Why must you tell my father about that? You think you know everything about me? Don't you even think how hurt I am?" I fight with him again through phone call. Everything keeps on repeating. We keep on quarrelling.

"I just.. Mianhae. I think its the best for our sakes.. I'm actually tired of being the school most loved student and fabricate all of my habits. I just want to be myself like how I love you." He starts sobbing at the end of his words.

"Yah.. Are you okay? Did you get enough sleep?" My caring side suddenly shows up.

"Yeah.. Barely." His sniffles can be heard.

"My father will go to school today... Because of the matter you told him. If you want to side him, you can follow him to the school."

"How about you? I want to see you.." His voice cracks in his muffled cries.

"I won't be at that school anymore... I have promised myself." A bitter smile formed on my face.

"Can we meet outside? If this case is solved, I will treat you Baskin Robbin. You love mint choc chip, right?" He pleads.

"I.. I will consider about that. Urm.. I think that's all I want to talk to you. Goodbye.."

"Wait.. Lee Minha." He stops me from hanging up. He sighs before continues, "Lean on me.. Although how I have hurt you before, I can still lend my shoulders to you."

".. Bye, Bae Jinyoung.." I give him a short reply, hang up the call before it gets draggy with his endless sorry that I still can't accept.

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My father already go to my school alone although at first he urges me to follow him along. I'm still on my bed, playing over my phone. The offer that Jinyoung told me still linger in my head. I finally made my mind, meet him for the last time.

"Jinyoung, meet me at Baskin Robbin after school. I will be there. If you're late, that means you will never see me again." I give him a voice note instead of typing a message.

"Okay, Minhaaa" He replies as a minute passes. Heol, does he really wait for my message?

I go to the bathroom to get ready for the hangout, not a date anymore. I take out a few of my dresses from the closet. I try them one by one while looking at myself in the mirror. As I reached for the third dress, I start to realize. Why I'm trying to look pretty in front of him? I'm not his girlfriend anymore.

I put back all those dresses into the closet, take out casual yellow hoodie with jeans instead. I wear them instead of the cute dresses that I just put back into the closet. I just let my hair down without tying or put any headbands.

As I want to leave my house, I bump into my father at the front door. He looks at me with mixed feelings. I don't know how to greet him after we have an argument yesterday. ".. Appa.. I want to meet my friend. I will try to get back home as fast as I could." I tell him, avoiding his eyes.

"Great that you're feeling better, my daughter. Have fun!" He smiles as he hugs me. ".. Also, sorry for yesterday. Let's forget about the bad things happened yesterday and be like how we used to be." He whispers.

"Ne, appa.. Saranghae." I hug him back tightly before letting him go to walk out from the house.

After a few walks from home, I finally arrived at the Baskin Robbin. There is already lots of couples dating and students hanging out. I try to find any empty seats until a person hugs me from behind. He snuggles into my neck, sobbing. "I miss you, Lee Minha.."

"Why so romantic? Oppa, can't you be like him?"
"That girl is so lucky."
"I want to have relationship like them.."

I heard the crowds around me commenting while pointing at me with Jinyoung who is still hugging me. I hold his hands which are hotter than usual. Did he got a fever?

I break the hug to take a look at his condition. He is sweating a lot but still showing his weak smile at me. "Stop smiling.. You're sick and you still try to win my heart.. Bae Jinyoung, you're so silly. Take care of yourself first, can't you?" I hit his chest a few times before he gives me chuckles.

"But you're my priority.. Don't worry about me. I can still stand and eat. I'm still fine, see." He shows off that he still fine although he actually not. "Let's order your favourite ice-cream." He brings me near to the counter.

"One mint choc chip please." He orders. "Anything else, Minha?" He smiles.

I shake my head. He takes a few notes from his wallet, giving them to the cashier. I wipe his sweats on his forehead using my hoodie's sleeve. He stops me as he uses his clothes instead.

"I'm fine.. Now, your hoodie is full with my sweats." He still wipes his sweats.

".. I'm not lying.. I also missed you a lot actually."

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