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            "izumi." the said girl was startled for a second, hearing donghyuck's voice chirp behind her, the voice he usually used when he's irritated or annoyed, but this time around he sound more pissed more than anything — as he harshly cut off her conversation with her company.

"hyuck." she called out, sounding a little surprise. wondering what the guy was doing outside the café where she and junho was few minutes ago.

"anong ginagawa mo dito?" she asked. for all she know, the guy should be at the car park, waiting for hyejin. afterall, that had been his routine for the past two months.

"huh, sinusundo ka." the guy answered back as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Izumi send him a perplex look, wondering what the hell he's saying, ngunit nabalik din sa katinuan ng biglang hinawakan ni donghyuck ang kanyang pulupulsuhan at ng makita kung saan nakatingin ang kaibigan.

izumi blink and snap her attention back to junho na bigla nalang sumulpot sa university nila kanina at inaya siya mag kape, can't find herself to say no dahil dinayo pa talaga siya nito, sumama siya sa binata and now they're here.

"ay hyuck, junho nga pala." pagpapakilala niya bago tinignan ulit ang kasama, "junho, haechan nga pala. bestfriend ko."

junho smile as he extented his hand for a shake na siya namang agad tinanggap ni donghyuck, "nice to meet you." the guy smiled with donghyuck nodding with a tight lip smile. "same here."

Izumi deadpanned, sensing the unwanted tension in the atmosphere. inis siyang napatingin kay donghyuck na halata ang pag-asim ng mukha at paghigpit ng pagkakahawak sa kanya, napapaisip din kung bakit bigla nalang sumulpot ang kaibigan.

"zum?" donghyuck called sternly making izumi send him a subtle glare before facing junho with a smile.

"junho, una na ako ha." she smiled, "I had a good time."

junho chuckled and donghyuck almost scoff when he saw how izumi's eyes sparkled while looking at the guy, "same here, I'm guessing you guys are heading to that nomi night of yours."

bahagyang natawa si izumi, "yeayeah, you could say that. see you around junho."

"same here, take care cherry." he smiled, "I'll see you around."

Izumi swear she almost forgot how pissed off she is towards donghyuck while bidding her goodbye to the guy, ngunit nabalik din ng bigla siyang hinatak ni donghyuck paalis sa kinaroruonan nila.

ng makarating sila sa carpark, agad niyang inalis ang pagkakahawak ni donghyuck sa kanya.

"donghyuck, ano yun ha?" halata ang galit sa boses ng dalaga.

inis naman siyang tinignan ng binata, "sinusundo ka nga."

"wala naman tayong usapan ah, tsaka ampota, ang bastos bigla nalang sumulpot. gago, kitang nag uusap pa kami tapos bigla mo nalang ako susunduin. tangna, parang gago." she ranted, irking donghyuck even more.

"ikaw na nga sinundo, ikaw pa galit." he scoff.

mas lalo lang nainis ang dalaga, "wala namang nagsabi na sunduin mo ako, tangina." she retorted, she can't help but be pissed off. after weeks of suddenly not offering her a ride, bigla nalang siya magkakaganito. "una na ako, salamat nalang." but before she could walk away, donghyuck held her by her wrist again, dragging her back.

"sakay." he sternly commanded, pushing Izumi's button even more. "zum, sakay." ulit niya ng makitang hindi gumalaw ang dalaga.

"ano ba problema mo? tangina donghyuck, bigla ka nalang sumulpot tapos ang sama pa ng tingin mo dun sa tao, tangina, pahiya ampota."

"izumi, sakay." donghyuck's voice boom with authority and seriousness pissing izumi even more. he's angry for some unknown reason and she knows she doesn't have a choice. she knows donghyuck long enough to know not to push his buttons even more.

defeated, she enter his car.

the whole ride was silent, hanggang nakadating sila sa bahay ng dalaga. walang pasabi ay agad din bumaba si izumi, she didn't even look back and slam his car door close.

donghyuck release an shaky sigh as he ruffle his hair in annoyance. he didn't even know why he reacted that way, parang nagdilim nalang yung paningin niya ng makita si izumi kasama ang lalake na yun.

and the next thing he knew, he's already dragging izumi away.

'tangina.' and he knows, he just fucked up.

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