CHAOS - Park Seonghwa

Chapter 7

She opened to door and saw his plate on his bed and him going through the notes she had brought.

He looked up at her when she entered and gave her a small smile. "These are really good. Whose notes are these? I don't recognize the handwriting."

"Do you remember everyone's handwriting?"

He thought over for a second. "Almost everyone's."

"I don't think so."

He raised an eyebrow at her.

"Those are my notes. I made them for you."

He looked a bit shocked at that. "Made them? Especially for me?"

She nodded. To diffuse the awkwardness, she asked, "Let's eat?"

He nodded, still a bit dazed. They both ate in silence and afterward went to the kitchen to wash the plates.

"Why weren't you eating?"

"Huh?"

She looked up at him (being quite a bit shorter than him) "your mum said something along the lines of how you haven't eaten for 2 days almost. Whys that?"

"No reason."

They had reached his room and both were standing awkwardly in his room.

He chose to keep the notes at his table and kept on messing around there for a bit.

"Are you still upset about Hyejung?" she asked softly, taking small steps towards him.

She saw his back going rigid, and not knowing what to do, she hugged him from behind. She felt him relax after a while and then she spoke, "I'm sorry. I'm not good in such situations but I don't want you to be sad. She's out there flaunting that stupid new boyfriend of hers and here you are, skipping university and meals and not talking to anyone. I don't like this Seonghwa."

She felt him shake a bit. Was he crying?

He turned back in her embrace and hugged her tight. She felt her heart skip a beat when he nuzzled his face in her neck but calmed down when she felt some wetness. He WAS crying. She felt like crying herself. she might be rather heartless but she did had a soft spot for him.

"I really liked her. How can she cheat on me like that?"

She sighed. "I don't know why anyone would do that baby. But I don't want you to show them that you're weak. Let's go to Uni tomorrow?"

She felt him nod and smiled.

After a while he pulled away from her and looked away, probably embarrassed. She stood up on her toes and patted him on his head, "it's okay." He smiled down at her shyly.

"You're not that bad." He spoke before thinking and widened his eyes when he realized what he had spoken.

She chuckled at that. "Thanks?"

He laughed a bit himself after seeing her chuckle and soon they both were laughing for no reason.

They talked about everything and anything afterward, sitting on the ground leaning on the bed behind, various thoughts in their mind, some of it on their tongue and even less making it outside in the open between them. But they both thought they would have enough time later to talk more.

Early next morning Mrs. Park came home and went into his room to check on Seonghwa. She smiled at the door when she saw them both asleep on the floor, her head on his shoulder and his head on hers.

"They're so cute" she whispered and left for them to sleep for a bit more.