Desire | jjk. *ON HOLD*

14

Once we arrive, I notice that it's just a typical bar: there's people smoking, pool tables, and a bar full of people giving out alcohol. It was completely different to my father's bar, which had a more family atmosphere.

"It's pretty, right?" Hyerin asks, sitting on the first empty table that she sees.

I see a few old men making signals towards us, and I make a horrified gesture.

"Of course." I say with sarcasm.

"You sure know how to hide your emotions." She says with irony. "Come on, it's not that bad."

I open my mouth to talk, but a waitress appears at our table with a smile.

"Are you ready to order?" She asks happily.

"Two coffees, please." Hyerin looks at me and I nod I'm agreement.

"Okay." The girl nods and disappears in the opposite direction she came from.

Hyerin smiles.

"I'm glad we're together."

"Me too, but..." I laugh. "We see each other three hundred and sixty four times a year..."

"Isn't it three hundred sixty five?" She asks confused, and I roll my eyes.

"You know that you always spend your mother's birthday with her."

"True." She says, nodding.

Hyerin looks away, thinking about something. I'm sure that this visit had a second intention, and all the signals point to tonight.

"And well...?" I ask, leaning my head forward.

"Well what?"

"Why are we here?"

She laughs.

"You didn't tell me anything."

I stay frozen. My blood froze as soon as I heard those words, and it's because I didn't know how she figured it out.

"What are you talking about?" I ask, trying to create a natural tone.

"Well, the other day, after school...?" She says and I narrow my eyes at her in pretended confusion. "Don't act like you don't know, Areum, we both know that I sent Jungkook to look for you."

I roll my eyes.

"'the chivalry is on its way'? Seriously?"

"Oh come on, tell me." She says, excitedly. "Did he tell you anything?"

I look at her firmly and I bite my lip. I don't know if I should tell her I kissed him; she's Taehyung's friend too, and maybe she'll get mad for what I did. I don't feel proud about it either, and if she gets mad at me, I'll feel bad.

"He... just took me home." I lie.

She raises an eyebrow.

"Do you really think I'll believe that?"

"Hyerin, there's nothing going on between us." I shake my head.

"Really! He likes you, it's so obvious." She exclaims, and she scoots over closer to me. "Either way, Jimin confirmed it to me."

"I didn't know Jimin and Jungkook were friends..."

"They've been best friends for forever, they go everywhere together."

The waitress soon comes and brings us our drinks. We both thank her and she leaves after telling us to enjoy the coffees.

I take my coffee and I blow on it to cool it down a bit. The memory of yesterday's dream appears in my mind and causes a shiver. I can't believe I dreamt of him. But I would never tell Hyerin, even if it was a joke. It would be way too embarrassing.