You're My Target

Chapter 27

"wake up dear" said a voice that sounded muffled and in the distance. "wake up, breakfast is ready."Troys eyes cracked open slightly he could barely make out a figure opening his blinds and the sunlight rushed in and slapped him in the face. he quickly turned over to hide from it."come on get up. you will be late." they said, and nudging his shoulder.

"Eunjung, did you call me dear?" Troy asked with a hoarse voice,  barely awake.

"what did you say?" the voice replied sternly. "what did you call me?"troy was confused. he rolled over slowly. " i said did you call me dea..." Troy stopped when he saw Soyeon standing over him in a silky white nightgown."w, when.. what.. are you..doing here" Troy was shocked, to the point of a heart attack, seeing Soyeon in his living room.

"oh im sorry. were you expecting EUNJUNG? and this is why you slept on the couch last night." Soyeon said with eyes filled with wrath. "you know what? GO. get Eunjung to make your breakfast."

"how, how is this possible? im still not sure whats going on." Troy said. even though he was frozen in panic, his body still trembled.

"head still fuzzy from sleep? then ill help clear it up!" Soyeon shouted as she stood over him. she raised her hand up and swung it down fiercely and struck Troy in the face.

"AHHHHHHHH!" Troy shouted as he sprung up from his couch. Eunjung was in his kitchen, already dressed in her school uniform. she was frozen in her tracks.

"i am just making some eggs, i didn't think you'd mind." Eunjung said, her eyes widened in confusion.

Troy was panting and a bit sweaty as he looked around. "Eunjung.. its you..."

"uhm yea i stayed over last night remember?" she said going back to cracking open the egg shells.

"and Soyeon...?" he said rubbing his face

"bad dream, i take it?" she giggled.

Troy fell back down on his back and stared at the ceiling." i might not be as good a cook as you, so i stuck with something simple cause i felt like i owed you for dinner." Eunjung said.

"you didnt have to do that." Troy said from the couch.

" i know. i wanted to." Eunjung said happily. "you should get up and start getting ready."

"alright." Troy said wearily getting to his feet.troy showered and got his school uniform on, then went into the kitchen to join eunjung for breakfast.she had the table set already.

"nothing special. just scrambled eggs." Eunjung said showing him her handy work. the yellowy eggs sat prettily on the plate.

"beats the cereal i eat everyday cause i'm so lazy." he said as he sat in the chair across from her.Troy picked up the fork and took a a bit of eggs and lifted it to his mouth, he looked up and saw Eunjung anxiously watching him.

"i cant eat with an audience." Troy said to her.

"i want to know if you like it!" Eunjung said, folding her hands on the table.Troy shrugged and put the forkful into his mouth. he let the taste sink in before chewing a little."well well? how is it?" she said leaning forward.

"its good." he said simply."very, good." - holding back a gag or 2.

"thanks i put a hint of wasabi in it. it was a secret ingredient that Jang liked. i was surprised to see you had some" Eunjung smiled, taking a bite of her own.

"yea it was left over from the party." Troy said forcing it down.

"im glad you like it." she replied.

"my throat is still dry from sleep, im gona get some water." Troy said coughing a little.Troy forced himself to eat the plate Eunjung made him, he couldn't tell her he didnt enjoy it. after they were done, they got ready to head to school.

"so, who is driving?" Eunjung asked.

"uhm. do you think we should go together? i thought we should go separately." Troy said hesitantly

"that's a waste of gas and money!" Eunjung said folding her arms.

"yea but you know how everyone is, we show up together, people start talking..." Troy explained.

"shut up and get in the car." Eunjung  pushed him.

"i swear if i hear one 'Eunjung and Troy dating behind Soyeons back' rumor ..." Troy mumbled as he sat down in the passenger side of Jangs old, but Eunjungs new car.

"..youre going to be over-come with joy?" Eunjung giggled as she sat down in the drivers seat next to him.

Troy turned his head and just looked stared at her rather un-amused. Eunjung smirked back at him....her smirk slowly faded and she just looked blankly for awhile.

"whats up? forget something inside?" Troy asked

"no." she said softly. "its just, im not used to ... this." she said pointing back and forth at her and troy. "being in this seat, it feels backwards."

"well im not driving Jangs car. no way, no how." Troy said facing forward and folding his arms.

"but you'll wear Soyeons fathers jacket?" Eunjung smirked again

"oh my god first it is, then it isn't, now it is again, i don't know what to believe with you girls anymore." Troy ranted about to get out of the car.

"IM KIDDING" she said grabbing his arm. "troy im kidding relax. you're so sensitive"

"alright lets just go then" he moaned.

"ok Mr. crankypants." Eunjung said starting the car and driving off down the street.as they drove troy kept looking out the side view mirror and looking out the back window.

"is there something going on behind us because i don't see anything." Eunjung said curious about what troy was looking at.

"o, nothing, just enjoying the view." Troy said, when he was actually checking to see if they were being followed by the suspicious car that was parked outside his apartment the night before.

"you look nervous or something. is my driving that bad?" Eunjung asked him.

"no, well maybe im carsick." troy said making up an excuse. though Eunjungs eggs were sitting rather uneasily in his stomach.

"well we are almost there so please dont throw up in here." Eunjung said looking at Troy with concern, but more so for the well being of her car.Troy and Eunjung arrived at school shortly after. troy immediately got out of her car as they arrived. he scanned the area for the car."would you stop acting so weird." Eunjung said getting out behind him and catching up to him.
"if you act like this people are definitely going to think you're trying too hard to hide something."

"maybe you're right." Troy said as he turned around with Eunjung to head to the school entrance.later that day troy ran into Narsha who filled him in on what was going to in store for him and his agriculture class. as they talked in front of the classroom, sunny, sunhwa and hyomin came outside.

"hey Troy" said Sunhwa and Sunny. Hyomin just glared at him as she walked by.

"hey you guys." troy said waving to them.

"its getting colder so we have to work hard not to let the stuff we planted die" sunny said reminding him. "and with no hockey to distract you i dont want any excuses."

"thats right" Sunhwa chimed in sticking out her tongue playfully.

"hey, sports aren't officially cancelled yet guys." troy responded.as they walked away, Hyomin suddenly turned around abruptly and marched up to Troy. He stood there unsure of what to expect from her.

"Soyeon told me to tell you to stop by her math class before you go to lunch." Hyomin said to him. the tension between the 2 was obvious for the others watching them interact.

"oh. thanks." he said nodding briefly.

"don't thank me. im not doing it for you. im doing it for Soyeon." she said harshly turning back around as quickly as she came.

"bad break up?" Narsha said as hyomin scuttled off.Troy just turned his head slowly and made a face that clearly displayed 'im not in the mood' to narsha.

"lighten up mr crankypants." narsha said punching his arm. "ill let you go see your girl now, ill catch up with you later."

"is crankypants that popular of a term here?" Troy thoughtTroy rubbed his arm, where Narsha had hit him. he just shook his head and sighed at the situation and went to meet up with Soyeon like hyomin had told him. as he walked to her class down the hall, he saw a sight that instantly made him fill with anger causing his fists to clench. Jun was talking to Soyeon. he stood there from the distance watching. they werent arguing, they weren't fighting. Soyeon certainly didn't look mad. when they were done talking, troy quickly tried to make it appear as if he wasn't watching and hid behind a group of oncoming students nearby. Jun approached him and troy gave him a death glare as they made eye contact. Jun leered at him from behind his unruly hair, and purposely walked into Troy with his shoulder, sending Troy off balance. Jun turned and laughed at him, but troy didn't stop his stride and kept walking toward soyeon. as he got closer he tried hard to hide the angry expression he had on his face. soyeon saw him and went to greet him.

"hey." she said walking up to him, she putout her arms to give him a hug, catching him off guard. his angry expression turned to surprise. his angry tension shifted to awkward tension.

"oh, hey." Troy said as her arms wrapped around his shoulders. troy gently put her arms around her waist. he still felt awkward touching her.as she separated from him, she looked at his face with a smile.

"everything okay?" she asked, noticing Troys somewhat glum look.

"yea. its just. i saw you guys." Troy said a little jealous. Soyeon gave a little sigh and shook her head.

"Troy, you know im done with Jun." she said disappointed in Troy and frowned. "he was asking me for some things of his i still have."

"i see." Troy said not any less aggravated.

"hes lucky im giving them back and not breaking them for acting like a jerk recently." Soyeon joked trying to cheer troy up, he cracked a tiny smile

"come with me, i have something for you." Soyeon said. she reached out for troys hand. troy felt her soft fingers run across the back of his hand, the gentle touch caused a reflex twitch, but he instinctively intertwined his fingers with hers, grasping her hand.Troy felt Soyeons warm, soft hand in his as they walked down the hall. he looked over at soyeon happily. He couldn't help but walk down the halls with a 'big dog on campus' attitude. Soyeon, a tiara, was holding his hand. they were a couple, and he felt like them holding hands in front of other students was like standing on top of the world, writing it in the sky and shouting it for all to hear. as much as troy wanted to parade around the school hand in hand with her, unfortunately Soyeon and him didn't walk very far, as Soyeon was only taking him to her locker which was not a long walk away. she quickly put in the combination to her locker and opened it. troy peeked inside, to see what it was like, but it was just an ordinary locker. it contained her coat and some books. there was a picture of Soyeon and the rest of her tiara friends together taped to the back of the locker door. she knelt down to pick up a brown paper bag from the bottom of her locker. she happily handed it to troy."here, i made this for you i hope you are hungry." soyeon held out the bag for him to take.

"Soyeon, you didn't have to make me food..." Troy said totally surprised.

"i know. its just that i made lunch for my family and i made too much so i figured you could have it." Soyeon explained with a small smile.

"wow. thank you." Troy said, feeling a little guilty.

"whats wrong, if you don't want it ill give it to Boram like i used to do with the left overs." Soyeon said noticing the look on Troys face.

"no. i want it. really. im just.. really touched. i really really appreciate it." troy said looking down at the bag. "i cant wait to try it."

"you better like it." she said leaning over to him. "i put a lot of effort into that."

"if you made it, it cant be bad." he replied

"you always know just what to say dont you." she said smirking at Troy.

"yup. being corny comes natural to me."

"it sure does Troy. and i don't know why. but for some reason... i like it." Soyeon laughed. "hurry up and go eat, i have to get back to class. the bell is about to ring."

"okay." he nodded "thanks again, ill talk to you later."

troy walked off in a hurry as soyeon waved bye and went back to her classroom. he carried the bag carefully, while trying to look inside and see what it was. however whatever it was inside the bag was also inside a heat pouch, to keep the contents inside warm.troy got to the lunch room and sat down at his table. he was so focused on the bag soyeon gave him he didn't even say hi to Hank and Pryor who were already there sitting across from him."can you believe this guy?" Pryor said to hank. "so hungry he ignores us?"

"i cant believe he made his own lunch." Hank said with a little laugh.

Troy looked up at hank with a glare. "i make my own food all the time. and i make food for others as well."

"yea we know you made a romantic dinner for eunjung and took soyeon out the same night. brag a little more two timer." hank sighed.

"at least you had the decency to turn down hyomin when you first came here, but now i think youve gotten to comfortable for your own good. pryor said with a serious look on his face.

"i really dont have time for the silly rumors today. i have much more important things to take care of." troy replied, not wanting to deal with any of the playful nonsense hank and pryor had to say. he took the contents of the bag out, and slowly unzipped the heat pouch. he reached inside and pulled out a bowl that was covered in clingy plastic wrap. on top was a little piece of paper. he took it off and folded it open and read it. "i hope it stays warm enough until lunch time. enjoy! - Soyeon :)"

"whats this?" Pryor said yanking the note from Troys hand.

"let me see." Hank said as the 2 of them huddled together to read it.Troy was too busy opening the bowl to bother with them. he peeled the plastic wrap off and a sweet but zesty aroma filled his nostrils.Hank and Pryor looked up after the reading the note."Soyeon is making you lunch now?" Hank said in disbelief.

"yea and Eunjung made me breakfast this morning'' Troy said a bit arrogantly, rubbing it in their faces.

"i am going to pass out." Pryor acted dizzy

"so Soyeon is making you lunch, and buying you jackets but you're sneaking around with Eunjung?" hank said. "thats not cool."

"first of all, im not sneaking around, thats why i told you. its funny because i myself was telling Eunjung to not tell anyone cause i was afraid rumors would start. but thinking about it here, it's silly." Troy said coming to a realization. "Eunjung and Soyeon are very close friends. all of them are. they are more like sisters, or something even closer than sisters. anything that happens with one of those girls, the whole group knows right away. to the point i think they might just be telepathically connected. so there is no sneaking, it would be pointless."

"so you just don't care or, Soyeon is cool with it?" Hank said fanning himself off. hamming up his pass-out-act.

"i don't care, Soyeon doesnt care. she is aware of it and it is: Eunjung is just a friend, and you 2, as well as everyone else needs to relax with the gossip." troy said seriously.Hank and Pryor just looked at each other.

"ok fine 'Mr. im so mature cause im in a relationship with a tiara now'." Pryor said folding his arms.

"yeh just messing around." hank added. "crankypants"

"im just saying." troy said hoping he didn't offend them. "and whats the deal with everyone saying crankypants today?"

"yea well, you gonna eat that bowl of food or just stare at it." Pryor asked him.

"it is made by a tiara so looking at it for awhile might be better than actually eating it." Hank said.

"im going to eat it, i just don't know... what it is exactly." Troy said.the bowl was filled with stringy noodles, and it had a reddish broth with various diced vegetables in.

"its ramyun, you dope." hank said to him.

"ahh. i think Boram likes this kind of stuff." Troy replied. "ive never had it before."

"if you don't like it can i have it?" Hank asked.troy just glared at him. he grabbed a plastic fork and started twirling it in the noodles to gather them up. he slowly put the forkful of noodles into his mouth and his face started turning red."ramyun is spicy noodles." Pryor said.

troys face got redder as he slowly chewed the noodles. he eventually swallowed them and tried to remain calm.

"i need some water." he said casually. he felt his eyes begin to water. he got up from the table to go purchase a water bottle.he got back and played with the noodles, he wasn't very enthusiastic about spicy food, and this was pretty spicy. but he felt like he had to eat it because Soyeon made it.

"so you and Soyeon, you're serious now huh?" Pryor asked him seriously.

"yeah i guess. i mean i never officially asked her to be my girlfriend. and she never officially asked me either." Troy said poking the noodles.

"she got you that nice jacket, and made you lunch. shes obviously thinking about you. what about you." Hank asked.

"of course i think about her. probably too much." Troy said before manning up to take another bite.

"have you gotten her a gift or anything?" Hank asked. troy suddenly stopped chewing."you didn't, did you..." Pryor sighed.

troy forced the noodles down. "we went on one real date as a .. sort of couple. i didn't wanna seem .. too clingy." troy said defensively.

"i guess you have a point but now that shes done all this, you kind of have to step up." pryor said shaking his finger at him.

"yeah get serious troy. if she means that much to you." Hank nodded rapidly.

"maybe you're right." troy though as he took another bite of the ramyun and washed it down with water.there was a bit of silence before troy spoke up again."speaking of serious." Troy said suddenly. "the hockey season has to come back."

"so you finally came to a conclusion huh?" Hank said surprised.

"yea, i didn't come out here for any old reason." troy said. "i came out here to play hockey!"

"that's what i like to hear." Pryor said giving him a fist bump.

"so what do we do?" Hank asked them.

"well, i dont know." Troy said. "is there anything we really can do? i was hoping some progress had been made since we were supposed to decide on a captain."

"no not really. though things are looking better. you probably saw the news." Pryor said looking to Troy.Troy had a blank stare on his face."can you explain for Mr. Oblivious please, hank?" Pryor asked.

"well our nation agreed to a cease fire with the nation to the east, that's why the fighting hasn't been bad recently." hank told troy. "so with a cease fire in effect..."

"it will be a little safer and sports activity can resume!" Troy said excitedly.

"yea, so we just have to hope the school administrators feel the same way." Pryor said.

" i just wanna know what brought around your sudden change of attitude about it." Hank asked.

"i owe Soyeon a goal." troy smiled. "its like, our whole relationship is a lie without it."

"so you're here for more than just hockey." Hank cracked a smug smirk. "should have known she'd have something to do with it."

"if you were in my shoes and it was Jiyeon you wouldn't have that attitude." Troy laughed.

"hey Jiyeon is mine remember!" Pryor exclaimed. "hank is all about Qri now."

"can't i like both?" Hank asked.

"and you call me a 2 timer." Troy said sarcastically.

"hey i've been meaning to ask you guys, what are you doing for winter break coming up?" Pryor said suddenly.

"nothing." Hank answered."what about you Troy, you gonna visit your family or anything?" Pryor asked him.

Troys eyes widened. "mmmm, family? no?"

"you should have another party then." Pryor suggested.

"that's not a bad idea. we got a whole week off." Hank said. "you can invite everyone. like us, some of the guys from the team, Soyeon, Jiyeon... Qri..."

"well, ill think about it." Troy muttered in between forcing down ramyun bites.

"for real?" they both said with eyes full of delight.

"yeah i guess. we'll see what happens." Troy shrugged.

"awesome!" they cheered and continued to chitchat for the remainder of lunch period