I Need U

Chapter 25

"Why are you smiling?" Siwoo asked her. "The boys. They reached home." J-Hope lied to Siwoo before he kept his phone. She nodded, "Good to know that."

"Tell me Siwoo..." J-Hope spoke. She turned to him. "What do you think of us?" he asked.

She smiled, "You guys are awesome. I like to be with you guys. You guys take good care of me. I don't feel lonely anymore."

J-Hope frowned, "You always said that you're not lonely anymore. You've been alone before?"

Siwoo looked at the sky. "I trust you now so I guess I can tell you about it. It's supposed to be my huge secret." "What is it about?" J-Hope looked at her. "My mom." She smiled.

"She was a beautiful lady and she has a pure heart. She didn't mind marrying appa though she knew appa didn't have so much to give to her that time. She loves him a lot and I'm sure she still loves him even now. After I was born, omma and appa were happy. But knowing that raising a baby need a lot of money, appa worked two times harder. He don't really deliver things outside from Seoul but that time, he did. Before, omma didn't work but after having me, she started to work."

"They both made quite a lot. But you know babies. You need lot a money to raise one so unfortunately, money is never enough for them. Then one day, omma had high fever. She was over worked. Appa wasn't at home that time. He was going to Gwangju. So I ran to the convenient store and asked help from the old lady. She called the ambulance but it's too late. My omma was dead by the time the ambulance arrived." Tears started to well in her eyes.

"Remember the sketch book Serri destroy?" she asked and J-Hope nodded. "I told you that the sketch book belong to my mom. She loves to draw. In that sketch, it has my omma's drawing of appa and I when I was a baby. She drew me every time I develop new skill. When I first call her, when I first call appa, when I first crawl and she even drew me when I first fall from the cradle. She even put dates on the drawing." She chuckled as a stream of tears fell from her face.

She wiped her tears, "That's only thing she made for me. She was good with handcrafts also but we don't have enough money to buy what she needs so she learn to draw instead. After died, I never feel complete anymore. I feel lonely." Another stream of tears fell.

She wiped it again, "I'm sorry." She chuckled, "I shouldn't cry." "No, it's okay." J-Hope smiled.

They kept silent for a moment. They did nothing but to watch the rain as it poured down on earth. After a while then J-Hope turned to Siwoo with a small smile.

"You told me about your family. It's my turn to tell you my story."

Siwoo replied his smile.

"Well basically, you know my family. My dad, he's a CEO and my mom, she works at a modelling agency. People think that I have a happy family since we have money but I learn that money can't promise you happiness. I want to be pilot when I grow up but my dad insists that I am to take his post as the CEO. Because of that, my dad and I argue a lot."

"But I'm grateful that my mom understands me. She supports me a lot. She's been with me more than my dad did." He told him.

"I know my mom better than I know my dad. I don't even know what he's favourite food. Just like you, I feel incomplete. Even until now, my dad never support me. But at least I have Jun. Even though he's just my butler, but I really appreciate his present. He was there when I need a friend to talk with. He's more of a brother now." J-Hope found himself smiling.

Siwoo smiled as well, "I knew that he means a lot to you." She said to him and he nodded.

"But surprisingly, he's not the only person who means a lot to me." J-Hope looked at her. "The boys?" Siwoo guessed. J-Hope nodded, "They mean a lot to me too but there's someone else that I treasure so much." He said.

"Your girlfriend?" she guessed again and he nodded, "You can say that."

Siwoo smiled in disappointment, *so he has girlfriend.*

"Let me tell you something about her. Before I knew her, she looks weak and in need of help. But after I know her, she's actually a strong girl. She works really hard to help her family. I always watch her as she walked into the convenient store. That night I was wondering what a girl like her do at that time. It was too late. She said that she needs a pain relieving patch for her father. That time, I know that she loves her father so much."

Siwoo looked at him in surprise.

J-Hope continued, "I thought that I'll never get to talk to her. But lucky me, we got close. The boys like her also. They care for her as if she is their sister. We are willing to do anything for her, including working with her at the same café."

J-Hope looked at Siwoo, "And now, that girl is with me, waiting for the rain to stop." He smiled.

"N-No w-way....." Siwoo looked at him.

J-Hope gently pushed her to lean against the concrete wall of the bridge. He looked into her eyes and, "Bae Siwoo, I love you." He confessed.

Siwoo's eyes widened in surprise. She quickly looked away, "Don't do joke like this. I don't like this."

J-Hope titled her chin, "Siwoo, I'm serious. I love you and I want you to be my girlfriend." He said to her.

"I'm just a nerd. What will people say about you? And your dad. Don't you-"

Her words were cut J-Hope's lips landed on hers. Her eyes widened in shock. *his lips...! He's kissing me.*

J-Hope pulled away and looked at her. "You are not a nerd. You are Bae Siwoo, the girl I'm in love with. Don't bother what people and my dad will say."

She looked down. *But I don't want him to argue with his dad about this.*

"Siwoo..." he called but she didn't answer. He smiled, *this girl....*

He bent down and once again kissed her on her pinkish lips. He tilted her chin up to get a better angel of her lips. J-Hope wrapped his hand around her waist and pulled her closer. Siwoo clutched onto his shirt as if her life depended on it.

He ran his tongue on her bottom lips before he slipped his tongue between her parted lips.

And the kiss lasted for a minute.