flipped. | kaiyuna

chapter seventeen

[yuna's p.o.v.]
...
'watch out. and.. lower your position just a little bit.'

he moves closer, and it was the closest i've ever been to a guy. i felt his heartbeat on my back, drumming quickly. it was warm, like drinking hot chocolate in a cold and frosty winter.

...

'who do you think it'll land on?'

'i'm placing bets on yuna.'

'no way! she'll freak out!'

'shut up, just see.'

everyone whispered to each other ears as the bottle, which was still spinning by now, circled and circled. hueningkai spun it quite with a large amount of force, making the suspense grow bigger and bigger.

my name was a big topic among them. they all obviously knew.

finally, it slowed down and spun one last time before landing on.. me.

'ooooooo!' nancy, the girl who dragged us here chorused, and the rest of the spectators followed.

no one has ever objected the game; if you did, it's done for you. so of course, he had to do so, and even if i did wanted him to do it, i would probably melt into a pool of slime from all of that unhealthy heartbeating.

and then he got on his arms and leant forward, allowing me to get a better close-up of his face. sparkly eyes, hair that i would run my hands into all day and lips that was about to make contact with me- ew.

but oh god, it was happening.

but of course, being apprehensive and cautious, he gave me a simple, quick but unforgettable peck on the cheek and i was done for the rest of the day. just done.

...

'yuna? are you even listening to me?'

i looked up from the milk carton i held between my arms. 'what?'

'you poured the milk first.'

'i- whatever.' i scoff, continuing to pour the cereal into the milk.

'whatcha thinking about? boy problems?' bona's lips form a teasing grin.

'aight- imma head out.' i say, dropping the entire spoon to the bowl, swinging my bag onto my shoulder and storming out.

'HEY! I WAS JOKING! YOU DIDN'T EVEN BRING THE BANANA MILK I BOUGHT?!YUNA, THE BUS DOESN'T STOP BY UNTIL 6:30!'

i was annoyed by her not because she brought it up - but because it was true. that spin the bottle memory from 7th grade somehow flew back into my mind and it made me gag.

anyhow, i could take a small snap while i waited for the bus to kill time.

[hueningkai's p.o.v.]

i couldn't focus in class. or the lectures. or taehyun and beomgyu's bickering. the whole day, it was like the world was silent, because i was so caught up with what ryujin said.

and it showed when i was with yuna.

sure, it was long ago, but it was still wrong. and it did seem like she would do something like that, but i needed solid evidence.

after the bell rang for lunch, i told beomgyu and taehyun that i'll be in the teacher's office for awhile amd waited for everyone to empty the classroom. soon it was only me and wonyoung, closing her locker door.

'hey.' i tapped her shoulder.

'can we talk? in private.'

'oh- sure.' she smiles, and we walk through the exit door to avoid anyone seeing us. we walk to the empty, almost forgotten courtyard.

'listen, wonyoung.. why did you tell ryujin?'

'i knew this would happen.'

'..excuse me?'

'i told ryujin to show you the recording since i knew you wouldn't listen to me.' she says with droppy eyes.

'why?'

'because you had to hear it.'

'i.. i know there's something more than that. just tell me, c'mon.'

knowing wonyoung, i knew there was something else than that. she tucks her hair behind her ear, a habit i picked up when she's lying.

suddenly this gut feeling started eating me up when wonyoung looks at me with hearts in her eyes. what was she doing? i gulp nervously. i had one weakness: when girls stood silent and just stared it me. it just made me so uneasy.

i always enjoyed the silence between us two, since it meant that i wouldn't have to strike up a conversation with her, but how much i hated it right now. it was dangerous, almost killing me and i had to say something, but nothing came out of my mouth, and she was still staring at me like my eyes was holding a million galaxies.

and then she leaned in, cupped my face between her palms and kissed me.

it was short, since i pulled back and she was flushing extremely red like a tomato. she was gasping for breath like she was just pulled out of the ocean.

'what was that?' i asked, almost yelling.

'i like you, idiot. i did this so you and i would spend more time together and maybe.. go back to how things were.'

'wonyoung, i really hate to break it to you.. but i just don't like you.'

'why? what can i do now? i'm empty-handed, hueningkai, just tell me anything.' wonyoung says, her eyes starting to glimmer from the water that was about to sprout from her eyes.

'i don't know, but just.. stay out of me and yuna's whatever-we-have.' i say bluntly before heading back towards the emergency exit.

just before i could reach the handle, wonyoung starts to yell out of her longs, from across the courtyard.

'JUST SO YOU KNOW, SHE REALLY DID IT, HUENINGKAI. I'M NOT KIDDING, NOT EVEN A BIT. AND IF YOU FUCKING LIKE HER, JUST GO FOR IT, DIPSHIT!'

her protests, even from miles away, was clearly heard. it was something she would do when she's upset; say the opposite of what she wanted, to make her even more upset. frankly, it was a childish move, and i would laugh if i wasn't the person she was yelling at, but i was the cause of all of this.

'i don't like her though..' i mumble, to no one since it was just me.

i went to the cafeteria and luckily, beomgyu and taehyun were still there with soobin hyung and daehwi.

'where were you?' soobin asks.

'scholarship stuff.' i lied.

'well, you came just in time. we're about to see who can eat the fastest.' he smirks, and it was like i forgot what just happened previously.