You're My Target

Chapter 35

Troys party was still in full swing. the other classmates all were having a good time. Troy however seemed to be uncomfortable and keeping to himself. He sat against his kitchen counter and watched over everyone in his apartment.
"you look like a concerned father." said Eunjung who came over and joined him. she rubbed her index finger on her chin, imitating Troy who was doing the same thing.

"it's nothing. and sorry about before." troy told her.
eunjung just shook her head.

"it's just... that girl." troy said quietly, to himself as if forgetting Eunjung was right there.

"what girl?" eunjung asked looking to see where troy was gazing. "you mean Hwayoungs new friend Areum? what about her?"

"what?" troy said realizing he was thinking out loud. "nothing, i said its nothing!"

"troy, fine. dont even tell me." eunjung said folding her arms.

"theres nothing to tell." troy said aggitated."we all know you 2 know each other. shes obviously some kind of ex-girlfriend. one you still have feelings for." eunjung told him sounding very confident.

troy nearly choked on the glass of water. it dribbled down his chin as he held back from spitting it everywhere." first of all, i dont know what crazy theories hwayoung has been telling you but thats certainly not the case, and second of all, since when did you all start believing anything hwayoung said?" troy lashed back at her.

"troy, hwayoung may have raised our eyebrows with some recent things she may think, but that doesn't mean we're just gonna start thinking everything she says is 'crazy'." eunjung said harshly back at him. "do you really think we'd treat our friend like that?"

"wouldnt be any worse than slapping her in the face i guess" troy muttered under his breath.

"what did you say?" eunjung asked

"the point is, Hwayoung is wrong again. and im sure her heart is in the right place but if you really wanna know just ask me instead of assuming things." troy sighed and threw his head back.

"we'd ask you but you'd just say 'its nothing', 'it's no big deal'" eunjung said imitating troys voice. "or youd just avoid us for days thinking we'd forget about it or something"

Troy couldn't think of anything to say against that... he just turned to look at eunjung

"so if hwayoung is wrong about you guys then tell me whats up?" eunjung said sincerely.

"she just. creeps me out." troy said with a slight shudder.

"that's not nice to say troy. and its really not a reason to be in a huff over either" eunjung replied

"well what else could i say about a girl who knew my name when i never saw her before! and she just acts the way she does!" troy said frustrated trying to keep his voice down.

"i dont know, maybe she met you somewhere, maybe she has a crush on you?" Eunjung thought of some reasons.

"shes not even from here and i dont go out! its just strange!" Troy said waving his hands around.

"do you want us to tell hwayoung to make her leave?" eunjung asked him "will that help?"

"just.... i dont know." Troy looked over at Areum. she was laughing while talking to hwayoung, soyeon and some others.
 "troy?" eunjung said again

"no. whatever." troy said finishing his water and putting the empty glass down forcibly on his counter. ''but you can find Pryor and Jiyeon and tell them Soyeon and i want a rematch. i cant be humiliated at my own party and in front of my girlfriend!"Troy marched back into the living room. Eunjung just stood there with a confused smile on her face.

later on the party had winded down, and the amount of attendees had dwindled, troy sat on his couch. his feet were kicked up on his coffee table and his hands behind his head, leaned back and rested them. Soyeon sat to his left, her legs draped over Troys lap, and propped against the arm of the couch. To troys right sat Boram, she was sifting through the nearly empty bowl of snacks looking for something she preferred. In the chair near boram, sat Qri. she had the recliner out and relaxed comfortably. on the ground in front of the chair slightly, sat Hank and Pryor. They took turns goofing around, and throwing popcorn at one another, trying to see if they could catch it with their mouths. On the floor in front of the couch Troy was on, Narsha laid sprawled on the floor, feeling the effects of a little too much to drink. her head rested in Sunhwas lap, who sat next to her. Sunhwa ran her hand through narshas hair to comfort her. On the other side of the coffee table Jiyeon was sitting on the floor with Eunjung. They were playing the x-station quietly together, while Sunny and Hyomin watched and talked to each other nearby. Finally, on the last side of the coffee table, Hwayoung and Areum sat kneeling at the table. they were laughing reading a magazine that troy had out.
"stop cheating!" Jiyeon whined, slapping at Eunjungs controller.

"im not cheating! you're cheating, messing with my controller!" eunjung yelled pushing her away.

"now now, children. lets not fight." Qri said casually from the chair.

"Troy do you have another game thats 2 player? eunjung isnt being fair." Jiyeon asked.

"dont give up jiyeon." hyomin said encouraging her.

"give me the control, ill show her whats up." sunny laughed. jiyeon handed the control to sunny, and she scooted between eunjung and jiyeon.

"i had fun tonight." soyeon said softly to troy, as she wiggled her legs to get his attention.

"me too." he said turning his head to her.

"HAHAHA!, take that!" sunny roared from the floor interupting the intimacy

"i dont believe this!" eunjung said in disbelief.

"Sunny, how are you so good at these games?" Hyomin asked.

"im gonna win!" jiyeon said excitedly, as she watched Sunny

"what do you mean win? you arent playing! Sunny is, you quit so you lost!" eunjung said irritated. jiyeon stuck out her tongue.

"guys, please not so loud, Narsha isnt feeling well." sunhwa pleaded quietly.

"ooooo yea!" sunny sprung to her feet and shook her butt doing a victory dance. eunjung just shook her head.

"we won, we won!." jiyeon cheered joining sunny in her dance. "im the queen of Super Kart Bros. AND the dance battle!"

"you tell 'um" Pryor said giving jiyeon a hi-five.

"i will kick you both out." troy said sarcastically.

"hes just mad we beat him twice." Jiyeon said.

"troy may not be able to get revenge on you, but i can." soyeon said with a gleam in her eye as she leered at jiyeon.

"please. we all know im the real winner." Qri said as she ran her fingers through her hair. "i wasnt really trying cause i didnt want to ruin my hair."

"yea we let you win." Hank added defending his teammate.

"fine then. play now that you dont have to worry about your hair! no one is left here but us. besides how is playing a vide game gonna mess up your hair." jiyeon dared her.

"i know and you know that there is nothing i have to prove. so sit down." Qri said blowing her off.Hank nodded eagerly as qri spoke.

"by the way. Could you go and get me a drink? the fridge is so far." Qri asked Hank.
Hank turned slowly and his eyes widened.
"me?" he asked "id be delighted."

"brown noser." pryor said throwing popcorn at Hank as he got up excitedly to do a favor for qri.

"im thirsty too actually." Jiyeon thought to herself out loud.
"Ill get you a drink!" Pryor said as he scrambled up and followed hank.

"you 2 are both crazy." Troy remarked.

"Troyyyy..."soyeon said with a playful whine. "im kinda thirsty."

Troy stiffened up. ''okayyyy." troy said moaning and started to get up, but Soyeon pushed him back down with her leg.

"you're just as crazy as them." Soyeon smiled.

"hey don't lump me in with those 2." troy said under his breath to her. "theres a big difference between us."

"o yea? whats that?" soyeon asked him.

"the fact that we're actually together." troy said as if he was proving his point.

"so, if we weren't together you wouldn't do menial, mind numbing tasks for me?" soyeon asked with a pout.

"no, of course not." troy said shaking his head and resting it back in his hands, albeit hesitantly. "im not a lap dog."

"but troyyyy-y-y-y-y-y-y" soyeon said wiggling back and forth playfully teasing him. troy cracked his eyes open and peeked out of the corner."see you're looking, you cant resist my charms." soyeon smiled.

"im going to throw up." Boram said making a puking face.

"seriously" added Eunjung and they laughed.as they laughed, Narsha gagged and threw up all over sunhwas lap."AIIIIIEEEEE!!" Sunhwa shrieked as Narsha let loose all over her.

"ewwww nasty." everyone said cringing as a steady stream of vomit poured from Narshas open mouth.

"look. you're charms really made Narsha vomit." Boram said hysterically.

"i don't know if i should be worried or impressed." troy said to Soyeon.

"very funny." soyeon said a little flustered.

"but i do know Narsha better clean that up before she leaves." he added.Everyone eventually pitched in and helped clean up Narshas mess. Sunny took Sunhwa and narsha home because they were both in need of a change thanks to Narshas vomit. The others got back to gathering in Troys living room.

"o man, it really stinks now." said hwayoung fanning in front of her face to avoid the smell.

"it's no good." Jiyeon added. she pinched her nose closed. "the smell is so dense i can taste it in my mouth"

"hyeeeek" hwayoung started to gag

"stop that, if you keep gagging like that its gona make me gag and throw up too!" jiyeon said pushing her away.

"be quiet the both of you. just don't think about it. ignore it." boram told them.

 "we cant ignore that awful stench. and you didn't even help us clean it you just watched while scrubbed!" hwayoung replied pointing her finger at boram.

"troy dont you have another room we can sit in?" Hank asked.

"well, soyeon and i do, but as for the rest of you...." troy said jokingly. his remark was met with mixed reactions from the others.

"pervert! pervert!" jiyeon shrieked.

"well, enjoy the stench." soyeon said waving and pulling troy off the couch.

"wait.. youre.. serious?" troy asked quietly as soyeon yanked him up.

"troy troy troy!" hank and pryor chanted in deep voices pumping their fists together in unison.

"Soyeon." jiyeon gasped.soyeon dragged troy down the hall to his room each step causing his heart to beat a little faster. she shut the door behind them.

"Soyeon..this is very sudden." troy said, but soyeon pressed herself against him and put her index finger over his mouth.
"quiet." she whispered, he felt her breath on his face. "listen."

troy could only hear the pounding of his heart, but he did his best to focus and heard the shuffling of foot steps from outside the door. he heard muffled voices but couldn't make out what they were saying."look, at the bottom of the door." soyeon told him under her breath.
troy could see the light from outside his bedroom door coming in through the crack under it. the shadows of feet outside the door danced about."they are so predictable." soyeon said snickering.
troy started to calm down, amused by soyeons prank, but also a bit disappointed. Troy watched soyeon as she gazed around his room."so. this is your room." soyeon said softly. "i was thinking about what it might look like the other day in class."

"you were thinking about my room? while in class?" troy said, somewhat in disbelief.

"now that im in it, that ive seen even if in the dark. i dont know. its like. a part of your enigma is gone." soyeon said.

"i didnt know i had an enigma." troy scratched his head. "so is what youre saying good or bad?"

" Troy. thats not important." soyeon said as she sat down on the foot of his bed.

"it kinda is." troy said nervously.

"to be honest, it's kind of like i expected it to be. i was expecting some posters of women on the walls though." she laughed.

"heh heh." troy laughed half hearted at her playful remarks.

"it smells like you." she said taking a deep breath. "like cologne.... and hockey pads."

"better then the smell out there though, right." troy added.

"well now, i wouldn't say that." soyeon giggled. troys mouth fell open.

"youre really mean." he said.

"i like it. its nice." she said exhaling as she laid back on his bed. she turned her head to look out troys bedroom window. the moonlight came in through the window, shining directly on Soyeon who laid on his bed. troy tried not to stare but he couldnt help it.

"you look.. really amazing right now." troy said to her getting a little choked up. she turned to him and smiled happily. she kicked herself back up to a sitting position. and leaned forward towards troy who still stood pretty motionless in front of her.

"troy..." she said taking his hand. troy felt his heart stop."that really tickles!" she suddenly cried out loudly.

just then troys door burst open."I DONT THINK SO!" Jieyon shouted kicking the door in. she quickly tackled troy to the ground and started slapping at him. soyeon watched and laughed as jiyeon attacked him.
"youre not going to touch or soyeon! pervert!" jiyeon yelled.

"get off of me!" troy yelped.

"you were so close troy. so close." said hank as he peeked inside troys room."youre all out of your minds." Qri called out loudly, who still sat comfortably out in troys recliner. everyone came back out to the living room. jiyeon dragged troy out by his collar.

"dont make me sit between you 2." she said waving her finger in his face.

"hey troy when did your mom move in with you?" pryor laughed. troy just gave him an evil look.

"after that stunt i kinda want you to sit between us." troy said folding his arms.

"i was only messing around." soyeon giggled.

"you got his hopes up and bruised his ego." eunjung said also chuckling."he may never recover from the emotional trauma."

"ok party over. get out." troy said throwing himself down in his couch. "thanks for coming."

"oh stop." soyeon said messing up his hair and sitting down next to him. she snuggled on him and nestled her head on his shoulder. troy enjoyed it but still kept his grumpy face on to hide it."do you really want me to leave?" soyeon asked him raising her voice to be cute.

"keep talking like that and i'm gona leave." Qri said sticking her finger in her throat.

"yea dont cause another nuclear meltdown with your toxic charms" Hwayoung said throwing popcorn at her. the group started to wind down and things were getting quiet.
"hey, Areum, right?" hank asked areum suddenly.