timing | kim seungmin

10 | salty

chaewon appeared at school with a scratchy voice because of her allergies.

the people at our lunch table kept asking if she was okay, especially seungmin.

what pissed me off was that chaewon was the one who walked to the dog cafe with her very own feet knowing she was allergic to dog fur, and now she was getting all this sympathy.

speaking of chaewon, i remembered i needed to talk to renjun.

"yah," i said, later during break time in the classroom.

"yah," renjun was busy playing games on his phone.

"did you make some alliance with kim chaewon?" i asked.

"what kind of bullsh--"

"i saw the message you sent chaewon."

renjun stayed quiet, so i thought i caught him off guard.

but turns out he wasn't even listening because he was busy playing the game.

"huang renjun," i crossed my arms, glaring at him.

"dammit! i lost," renjun finally put down his phone.

i continued to glare.

"what?" he said, now noticing me.

"i said, i saw the message you sent chaewon."

"...oh, about the dog cafe?" he said, with a ridiculously innocent face.

"yes, about the dog cafe! are you doing this on purpose?" i said, getting a bit angry.

"whoa whoa whoa, wait a second, i don't get what you're saying," renjun frowned.

i took a deep breath.

"you know i like seungmin, but you asked me where i was doing my photoshoot to tell chaewon so she would come and make me jealous. is this a game to you? am i a character in a game and you control its emotions and--"

"park minjoo!" renjun shouted, startling me. "i'm sorry. if you felt that way, i'm sorry. i really didn't have any kind of intention."

his apology sounded so sincere... i suddenly felt really bad for ranting.

"i swear i asked you where your photoshoot because i was curious," renjun continued to explain. "and chaewon happened to ask me, so i told her. i really didn't think she would actually go there."

"...you better not be lying," i muttered.

"i'm really not," he said. "but if you still won't believe me, then--"

"no, i'm sorry, i was getting ahead of myself..." i said.

at least we resolved our misunderstanding.

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as october came to an end and it was soon november, the weather got colder and colder.

and also, i got colder and colder towards seungmin.

i would be lying if i said i wasn't salty that he was so nice to chaewon at the dog cafe.

seungmin continued to sit near chaewon during lunch, and they always seemed to have some very interesting topic to talk about.

i tried not to keep glancing at them and instead talked to chaeyeon or yeji. we even started to talk a lot to renjun, jaemin, jeno, and donghyuck. they were quite fun to talk to, i realized.

"park minjoo!" seungmin said one day once school was over. "let's go eat some hot dogs!"

"ah, sorry, i have to go home early today," i said, when i actually did not.

i was trying to avoid seungmin, so it would help me stop liking him...

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seungmin

seungmin, i'm so sorry
i don't feel too well today
i don't think i can do the photoshoot

seungmin: oh no!
seungmin: hope you feel better soon

thx, maybe we can move it to some
other day?

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it was cold season, and i suddenly got sick with no warning.

i waited for seungmin's reply, but for some reason he was taking a while.

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seungmin

seungmin: ah, it's ok
seungmin: chaewon said she can
help me for today since you're
sick

ah.. ok, have fun

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wow, he really just abandoned me for chaewon? i guess he and i are really not meant to be together.

ha... whatever, i should get some sleep.

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thankfully, my cold got better soon. but it was a bummer i didn't get to miss any days of school.

"you okay now?" renjun asked when i took a seat.

"yeah, how'd you know i was sick?"

"chaeyeon told me," he replied.

"oh."

"minjju~" chaeyeon hugged me once she saw me. "i missed you~"

"stop lying," i chuckled.

just then, i heard a loud chatter coming from the classroom door. it was chaewon and her friends, laughing about something.

"he's so sweet!" chaewon said loudly, as if she wanted everyone in the room to hear her. "i've never seen someone as nice as him."

why did i feel like she was talking about seungmin...

"he must really like you, chaewon!" one girl said. "you lucky girl."

"it must have been so fun... a photoshoot with your crush," another girl said.

yep, they're talking about seungmin.

they must've had a great photoshoot, huh. can't help but be salty because seungmin asked me to be the model, not chaewon.

but i guess it's better that things are this way.

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kinda boring chap sorry but thank you so much for reading this story, your comments give me life XD

lol i'm making chaewon such a bad person in this ff but pls remember that this is fiction! the actual kim chaewon of iz*one is such an angel and she's so talented stan her guys uwu