dare [h. renjun]

-chapter twenty seven-

"no one's getting cheated on. i'm his—"
girlfriend.

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morning came, another day... to hell.

first week of august was fun not until the last week of that month. since then, i always feel like having to drag a chain with a heavy ball everytime i have to get ready for school. it's still november, but i already want to go home everytime during my first subject in the morning .

i brushed my teeth while looking at myself with my puffy face from my not so light slumber. then i thought about the dare they made for me a few months ago.

thanks to that, i get to be close with renjun. uh, well— not that close since i can still feel the wall between us. i was just trying to say i got to spend some time with him, and got to know him little by little.

i used to like him, and i used to hate him. what are my feelings and thoughts for him right now exactly?

do i still hate him? or just neutral?

my phone rang from my bed as i quickly rinsed my face with running water before rushing towards my phone which was ringing.

"hello?" i answered.

"did you just wake up? sorry to bother," i heard sungwon spoke in the other line.

"no, you didn't." "why'd you call?" i asked as i started walking down the stairs.

"well..." i heard him pause. i saw haechan placing a bowl of cereal for me across him as i thought that i should've woken up earlier to actually cook some good breakfast. "i'm sorry for not reminding you earlier, but"

i sat down on the chair across my brother, and shoved a spoon full of cereal as sungwon started speaking again after a long pause.

"i'm infront of your house," he uttered which made me halt from eating, and let go the spoon i was holding to stand up and check him out from the window.

"who's on your phone?" i heard my brother asked while i sprinted towards the door before opening it widely to see sungwon smiling at me from ear to ear.

he ended the call while bursting out laughing which made me realize i still had the spoon in my mouth.

despite the cold outside crashing my skin, i felt my cheeks heating up out of embarrassment.
my brother then came behind me to check the person outside that made him exclaim, "sungwon-a! come have breakfast with us."

"hey! we only have cereal as our breakfast," i turned around to face my brother, and whispered gratingly.

"what? it's still breakfast?" my brother arched his eyebrows.

sungwon went in as i scratched my head. "you should've let me know earlier, then i should have made breakfast."

"it's alright. i already had my breakfast," he said with his face not washing his smile off.

"so... you're walking her to school, right?" haechan sat down on his seat while grabbing his bowl of cereal.

"yes," he replied politely.

i looked at sungwon and haechan back and forth. "you already knew he was going to walk me to school?"

"uhh yeah."

"why didn't you let me know? i should've prepared well," i whispered to my brother for sungwon not to hear.

"why do you have to prepare well? you're just going to school," haechan replied exaggeratedly which made me groan. "anyways, what's up with the guys asking for my permission?"