flipped. | kaiyuna

chapter twelve

[yuna's p.o.v.]

'thanks for the meal.' i say.

'it's my treat anyway since you helped me with calculus. so, i'll see you on friday?' jisung asks for a confirmation.

'i'll see. i have academy after school.'

'you don't have to come, if you're busy-'

'nono! i enjoy being with you.' i say.

by the time i realized what i said, i could feel my face warm up. jisung chuckled, making my cheeks flush even more.

'there's nothing wrong with what you said. i feel the same.'

there was an uneasy silence after he said that. why am i silent? i was blabbering so much at the cafe. my eyes were everywhere, not knowing where to look. i ended up looking at his eyes.

'uh- i'm gonna go now. update me if you're going.' he says, turning back to his bike.

'right. see you soon!'

he waved, and i did the same. then he was off, leaving me alone in the doorstep. once i turned back, bona was sitting on the doorstep, arms crossed, almost resembling mom.

'since when were you there?'

'since you and your boyfriend came.'

'he's not-'

'"he's not my boyfriend, bona."'  bona mimics me, in a high pitch tone.

'BONA-'

'i'm joking, pabo.' she rolls her eyes.

'aish.' i sneer back.

i walk pass her, entering the store. i didn't want to be disturbed, especially from my sister.

[timeskip]

my hands ached from typing for hours. the submission date for the essay was moved to tomorrow, which was obviously a bad decision, yet the class president still agreed. haechan, that snitch..

it's been 3 hours and i figured i needed a short break. i tiptoed downstairs and snatched a bag of chips from the counted, tiptoeing back up again and closing the door very slowly, not making a single sound.

just as i settled onto the office chair, someone knocks on the door. the door opens, and i rotate backwards, to see bona, in her face mask and pjs.

she walks onto my bed and flops on it.

'didn't i say it once? and wasn't it enough for you to stop sleeping on my bed?'

'i know. i just want to annoy you.'

'don't you have work to do?'

'hey, a 20 year old needs a rest too. just let me be, little sister.'

i groan, before turning back to my laptop and continuing to watch youtube.

'yuna, what happened with you and hueningkai?'

i paused the video.

'what are you implying?'

'you never hung out with a guy. let alone someone he isn't the boy you've been chasing after for years.'

'things change.'

'so.. i guess you like him?'

'it's..'

jisung? he was nice, can be clingy at times, but i never found it irritating. and he seemed genuinely interested in me, not just for grades. wait. is he interested in me?

'it's not that i like him.'

'then? you agreed to hanging out with him. something is fishy.'

'i guess i wanted to get hueningkai off my mind for the time being.'

'so i'm right.'

bona slips off her face mask, sitting up from her laying position.

'pardon?'

'something did happen between you too.'

'it's not that.'

'shin yuna, you excel in every subject in school, but you fail when it comes to lying. especially about boys.'

'you got me there.'

'c'mere.'

i stood up from the chair, flop onto the bed and lay down, face flat on my pillows.

'he's confusing me.'

'elaborate.'

'how do i say it? simply put it as..'

'as?'

'as if he suddenly cared about me.'

'doesn't he?'

'it's different, bona. sometimes i occasionally see him looking at me from time to time.'

'maybe he likes you.'

'he does not, bona.'

'like you said, things change.'

i turnt my back to face onto the ceiling. my ceiling was decorated with glowing stars i had ever since i was 3. it's the first and last thing i see before i fall asleep.

'..and you don't know how to react to that, don't you?'

'i never dated, unlike you. and i don't find hueningkai that appealing anymore?'

'WHOA! did i hear that correctly?'

i grabbed a handful of chips and shoved it onto her mouth.

'can you shut up? it's deadass 1 am.'

'my bad.'

she swallowed the chips immediately.

'are you sure you keep to your word?'

'what?'

'that you won't be interested with hueningkai anymore?'

'wha- do you hate him?'

her voice suddenly became low.

'i find him fishy. but it's just me, haha.'

'okay..'

'anyways.. if you're too worn out, i can finish the essay for you.'

'you'd do that?'

'IF you lend me your penguin onesie.'

'that's a hard decision to make.'

'pretty please?' bona pleads, making her puppy face.

bona. my sister, stuck in the body of a 20 year old, when she is actually a 7 year old. it's like she never grows old.

'whatever. i'm sleeping.'

'deal!' she exclaims.

'shut up.'

'alright, alright.

i switch off the lights, and the only source of light was the glowing stars. the stars illuminated the ceiling, which was painted a nice and beautiful sky, by dad.

i wonder how jina is doing up there. i wanted to see the day where she was finally free, but i guess it never came.