Boy Friend or Boyfriend | Luqi

Chapter 8

As the warming breeze started to fill the air at the beginning of July, the boys next door suggested they go to the amusement park to celebrate the end of the Spring term. Yuqi and Soyeon agreed almost immediately. After those dreadful finals week, she could use one or two thrilling rides to blow off some steam and stopped worrying about the final result for one day. So, at the end of the day, they decided to go to the famous Lotte World Theme Park without so much of an argument.

So here they are, after walking around the indoor theme park for almost two hours and trying several fun-thrilled rides they skipped to the outdoor theme park, Magic Island. Yuqi bounced excitedly on the stone bridge toward the Magic Island, following Jaehyun's footstep while the others trailed along behind them, chatting animatedly as the brilliant summer sun glimmering above them, but the excitement soon withered when she saw two girls— Miyeon and Soojin from her senior year was waving eagerly at Jaehyun near the entrance gate to the Magic Island.

As they continued to stroll toward the main island, Yuqi started losing her energy to keep walking at the same pace as Jaehyun and his long stride, not to mention his two energetic classmates have successfully dampened her spirit to join their interesting convo. She was basically several feet away behind them now and Jaehyun was too busy to notice that she was gone. As he always did.

She let out an exasperated sighed when Jaehyun threw his head back, laughing along with Miyeon and Soojin. She couldn't tell what they were laughing about. She stopped paying attention to what they were talking about when her legs started to protest and throb painfully as they walked pass Teokbokki stall near the Atlantis Adventure section. She halted for a moment to ease the pain.

"Giving up already?" She glanced sideways when someone nudged her on the arm. She found Lucas grinned teasingly at her as Soyeon, Minnie and Ten walked pass them. Yuqi scowled but didn't say anything to him.

"God, just how far is this Gyro Drop tower? My legs are hurt..." She mumbled low, more to herself as she started walking again at a slower pace.

Lucas held her arm back and gave her an exasperated look before calling out to Jaehyun who was several feet away from them, "Jae-hyung..." Her heart gave a leap when Jaehyun halted and turned around, feeling nervous about what would Lucas said next. "I'm starving, so I'll just grab some snacks with Yuqi..." Wait, what? She glanced at Lucas who stared at bewildered-looking Jaehyun.

"Oh ok. Just give me a call when you're done, so we can re-group..." Jaehyun responded to him after some time. Lucas gave him an okay sign and he walked away without looking back. The rest of the company except Soyeon and Minnie followed Jaehyun ahead.

"I think I'm gonna be sick if I eat something before trying that Gyro Drop, so I'll pass..." Soyeon mused.

"Me too..." Minnie seconded her.

"So, let's met up later, have fun guys..." Soyeon bid them goodbye with a playful wink and strolled away with Minnie, giggling. She stared absentmindedly at their retreating back. What was that about?

"Come on..." said Lucas after everyone left them alone. She shot him a questioning look. "It's my first time coming here, you're not going to let me stranded here alone, right?" he asked her with cute puppy eyes.

"But..." she pointed at Jaehyun and their companies direction, still baffled with the whole situation.

"I'm pretty sure they can survive thirty minutes without us loitering around and I don't fancy giving you a piggyback home..."She blinked. "Let's go, I'm hungry..." Lucas took her arm and dragged her to the small Teokbokki stall around the corner before she could respond to his sentence.