My Fake Boyfriend

C . h . a . p . t . e . r . 5

"Jin!" Areum exclaimed as soon as she saw the guy walk towards their table, "Give me your phone." she  demanded, receiving a groan from Minjee who sat beside her.

"What happened to yours?" Seokjin asked, handing over his phone to the short girl in front of him.

"I forgot to charge it. And miss 'goody two shoes' here is not giving me her's. Seems like she is in a bad mood"

"Oh! is that so?" Seokjin sat down across from Minjee, "And is it because miss 'goody two shoes' is still angry over certain someone?"

Putting up her feet on the table, Areum shifted her gaze between her two friends, "Well, miss 'goody two shoes' refuses to tell me or anyone else why she is angry with a certain someone, making it hard for me to feel better about the situation."

"I see," Seokjin raised his eyebrows, "If miss 'goody two shoes' will not share her problem, we will have to lift her mood up with a few jokes."

Areum widened her eyes as she sat up straight in her chair, "Minjee, you won't let this happen to me, would you? You won't do this to us."

Minjee sighed and faced her friend, "Umm I-"

"To late." Seokjin announced.

"I'm not even gonna listen." Areum said, burying her nose in the phone.

 "Okay so what do you call a zoo which only has one dog?"

"Please stop." Minjee mumbled quietly.

"A Shitzu."

"Oh my god, that was terrible."

"Oh, so you are ready to taco about your problem?" Seokjin asked, pointing towards the little tacos printed on Areum's backpack.

"Hey, don't make my bag part of your joke" She said, putting her backpack to her side.

"Fine, I'll talk. You know how Hoseok had a date with some girl from his school?" Minjee asked Seokjin.

"He had a date?"

"Yeah," Areum said, "He texted you about it, see." She held Seokjin's phone to his face, showing him the un-read message send by Hoseok.

"Anyways, Hoseok and I have this deal that we meet at a park everyday and talk about our day but he forgot to tell me that he won't be able to come."

"So you waited for him?" Areum asked.

"For an hour! I got worried because he was also not answering his phone and my mom scolded me for being out alone without anyone's knowledge-"

"But you said you and Hoseok meet there everyday." Seokjin interrupted.

"Yeah, but it was evening and Hoseok had already gotten home. My mom saw him enter his house. She asked him where I was, he just said that he didn't know."

"So...you lashed out on Hoseok because your mom scolded you?" Seokjin asked quietly but Areum signalled him to be quiet.

"A bit, but then he just said that it is not his fault that I don't have any friends apart from him and that I am a loner."

"What?! What am I then, huh?" Areum demanded, clearly offended.

"Minjee, trust me on this, but Hoseok really looked sad when I called him yesterday. He  obviously regrets saying that, just does not know how to apollogize."

"Ugh, fine, I will go talk to him today."

"Also," Seokjin began, a smile appearing on his face, "You know what they say, when life gives you melons-"