The Broken Hearts Care Club | (X1/BY9/ITZY/IZ*ONE)

thirteen. that could be us

Lee Eunsang

It was hot.

Or at least it felt hot.

Sweat dripping kind of hot. But Eunsang was a little too busy to notice or do anything about it. His lips moving fervently against Yuna's, hands caressing her sides. Hers finding themselves grasping his shoulders, stabilizing herself on his lap.

The backseat of Eunsang's car didn't provide them a lot of room but they made it work.

Yuna pulled away, fingertips tracing along his jawline. The boy smiled contently up at her. Then he lent forward to give her one last peck.

She shifted to the side. Now sitting next to him. "It's getting late. I should probably get home." Yuna grabbed her phone. Scrolling through the most recent posts made online.

Eunsang watched her carefully. Eyes trained on her with his head tilted back and out of breath.

Her face changed as she saw each new thing on the screen.

Suddenly he reached out clutching onto her leg and pulled her closer to himself.

"Ten more minutes," he pleaded, burrowing his face into her neck.

"Fine," she said with a small laugh.

Eunsang was lightly kissing her neck when she got to Nako's post. A photo of the three friends inside the Plushie Creation Station with what appeared to be their newest creation, a green space rabbit. Yuna smiled while liking the photo. She always thought Nako, Hitomi, and Dongpyo, were just the cutest group of friends ever. They had this inseparable bond from the moment they all met. No one could deny it, and Yuna sure as hell didn't.

A few posts down she recognizes a photo of one of Eunsang's friends, Cha Junho with senior Kim Minju. It looked like they were on a date. The two at some restaurant getting lunch.

Yuna began to think about what Yujin had been saying the other day. Maybe it would be nice to take things with Eunsang to the next level. They were practically a couple anyway. A few dates here and there wouldn't change a lot.

"Hey, Eunsangie," she called for attention, "look at this."

The boy lifted his head to see what she was looking at. His eyebrows scrunched together at the photo. Then he looked over at her. Not sure of what she meant.

"It's Junho and Minju."

"Yes, I know," Yuna's eyes couldn't meet his for a minute or so, "I was just thinking that, maybe, that could be us."

His confusion didn't leave.

"Posting photos online?" He questioned.

"No," Yuna said with a sigh. She stared directly at him. "I mean, going out and doing things." He went to respond. "Outside of school." She added quickly.

"We do things outside of school."

Her content attitude fell. Her eyes unamused. "Outside of the school parking lot." She got him there.

Eunsang's mind started going into overdrive. Where did this sudden need for change come from? He thought she was happy with how things are but evidently that's not the case.

"Do you want me to take you out to eat?" He asks, "because we could do that right now." He goes to climb into the driver's seat. The girl stops him before he gets to.

"Eunsang, you know that's not what I meant."

He sighs feeling a little out of place. "You know that Minju and Junho aren't dating." Using them as an example didn't seem best fitting for her point.

"We don't have to use their relationship as a guide for our own."

"But didn't you say—"

"It was just a suggestion. You don't have to worry about it. It was stupid anyway." Yuna, now frowning, went back on her phone. Eunsang gazed at her longingly. She was upset, and he knew.

For a moment he sat there at a lost. Yuna never held a grudge for long but it didn't make it any better in the moment. She was such a ray of sunshine. No one liked to see the girl upset, especially Eunsang. After all, the whole point of the club was to make girls feel better.

He had to think of some way to fix this. Something that would appease her for the time being.

Not that he could ever give her what she asked for.

It wasn't like he didn't want to date her. Eunsang thought she was a great girl and he had grown very attached to her over time but Junho was right. He may just be bending the rules with how things are now but if it were to go any further, get serious, there would be so much to deal with. Minhee's wrath would only be the beginning.

No, if Junho wasn't going to act on his feeling towards Minju, Eunsang wouldn't act on his own towards Yuna either.

It's better for everyone.

Even if the girl won't understand that.

A sudden thought came to the boy's head. Smiling to himself, he found the solution. He leans to the front of the car, turning on the ignition. The rev of the engine startles Yuna into paying attention to what he's doing.

She doesn't say anything as he reaches for his phone that was already connected to the car.

As soon as the music plays she feels a certain lightness sweep over her heart. She doesn't let the smile spread across her face, as it so badly urged to, in an attempt to seem unbothered.

And then he's looking back at her with bright eyes. The ones she always loved to stare into.

"I will always remember the day you kissed my lips," Eunsang sings the melody. "Light as a feather..."

This wasn't the first time he'd done something like this to cheer her up. Yuna thought Eunsang had one of the best voices she ever heard in her life. Although she never explicitly stated that she enjoyed his singing the boy had enough sense to realize that it always puts her in a good mood.

He leans towards her, wrapping an arm around her waist. Resting his head on her arm. Then pushed away locks of her blonde hair out of her face.

Yuna couldn't help but let out a giggle or two as he continued to serenade her.

He smiled in return knowing that he got her.

Right in the palm of his hand.

"Ten more minutes?" His bright brown eyes peered up at her as he asked.

"Ten more minutes," she agreed.

Her phone slips from her hand onto the floor of the car. The hand going to drape gently on the back of his neck.

And just like that Yuna's idea was pushed into the background, to be thought of at another time.

Status: edited
Written: March 15, 2020