AND THEN YOU CAME

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I groan, burying my face into my folded arms as i mentally scream.

I give up.

Jimin chuckles, closing the book he's holding. "Is that too hard for you? It's been only thirty minutes though."

Really? It's just thirty minutes passed?

"I don't like study.." I cry out. "Can't i just skip with this one?"

Jimin laughs at my words. I lift up my head, glaring at the guy. "Does this look funny to you?"

Unexpectedly, he nods. What a brat.

I sigh, leaning my head on the table as i look at the sky. "I wish i'm smart.."

Jimin just looks at me with a small smile on his face.

"So Taehyung will like me back," I talk to myself, pouting. "And Hyunae can just go away from his life."

"Do you like him that much?" The guy asks.

I only reply with a single nod at the dumb question.

"Since when?"

"High school." I say shortly. "But he never likes me back. He only sees me as a best friend. It hurts, you know."

There's a short silence between us.

"If it hurts, why do you want to keep liking him?"

I shrug. "I wonder too. Why am i so dumb?"

I can hear him sighs. He then puts his hand on my head and ruffles my hair.

"Don't get yourself hurt, Nam Jieun." he speaks, voice soft as cotton.

He gets up, arranging the books on the table. "Let's end this today. Since i can't force you to study more anyway."

I lift my head, lazily staring at the guy in front of me.

"Do you have somebody that you like? Does that person like you back?" I ask out of blue.

He stops arranging and looks at me, for a split second his smile is gone. However, it appears again right away.

"She doesn't even know." he replies shortly, keeping his books into his bag and gives back mine.

I receive the books on his hand. "Tell her then."

He slings his bag around his body, saying, "Maybe later. She'll be surprised if i tell her now."

I nod, hanging my bag on my shoulders too. "I hope when you do, she'll return the love, so you won't get hurt like me."

He only responds with a genuine smile.

"Let's study again tomorrow? I'll try to be more diligent." I offer with eyes pleading.

He looks at me and laughs. "Sure. With Taehyung and Hyunae?"

I hit his arm when i heard their names, only making his laughter gets harder.

"Let's go down for practice now!"

-oOo-

After the practice, Taehyung asks his team and me to hang out for a while. But Jimin refuses because he has work. Yeah, his part-time job.

So right now, we're in a BBQ place near the university. I am the only girl here right now, and this is so uncomfortable.

We've finished with the food few minutes ago, but the guys just won't leave. They're now having a soju party instead.