timing | kim seungmin

06 | suspicious

"wh-what?" i stuttered.

did i hear him right?

"haha, i'm just kidding!" seungmin said.

"oh my god, why would you joke about that, i almost--"

i stopped myself. what am i saying?

"you almost what?"

"nothing," i said.

frick, i almost exposed myself to seungmin himself.

"so... you don't like chaewon?" i asked.

"nope, we're just friends," seungmin confirmed.

"oh."

friends... i guess that's good for now.

i didn't know whether i wanted seungmin to like chaewon or not.

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a few months passed since seungmin transferred to our school.

it was soon october. the weather was starting to become a bit cooler, and leaves were changing colors.

seungmin and the other boys continued to sit with us at lunch. chaewon seemed to becoming closer to seungmin as days went by.

the problem was, i still couldn't decide whether i would support a relationship between seungmin and chaewon.

seungmin did occasionally talk to me during lunch, but most of the times i found myself watching him talk to chaewon.

renjun would always tease me for it, but i was used to it by now.

"minjoo," renjun said one day. "i got some tea for you."

"better be some good tea," i said, not really interested.

"a few days ago, i saw seungmin and chaewon together," he said.

"where?" i asked, suddenly interested in the topic.

"i was just walking across the street on saturday and i saw the two of them near a cafe," he explained.

a cafe? then could it have been... a date?

"maybe they had to meet to work on a school project together," i suggested.

"are you dumb," renjun said. "they're in two different classes."

"...right."

"plus, we weren't assigned any projects recently, so that's an invalid reason--"

"okay, so are you saying they were on a date or something?" i interrupted.

"bingo," renjun snapped his fingers.

...why is it that i feel offended?

"how do i know you're not lying?" i suspected.

"why would i lie to you?" renjun said. "i'm giving you helpful information."

"well then, what am i supposed to do with this, supposedly helpful information?"

"just think of it as evidence that seungmin and chaewon are a bit suspicious," renjun shrugged.

hmph. seungmin told me himself that he's only friends with chaewon... he wouldn't have lied to me, right?

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"park minjoo~"

"you again?" i said, harsher than i intended.