a reason for being | jung jaehyun

twenty five

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟐𝟓

- 큐피드의 화살 - 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐝'𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰

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AS SEONMI SAT ON HER BED, mind in a frenzy as she recalled the events that happened yesterday, she couldn't control the kicks and squeals of embarrassment. the "k-word" as she called it, simply too shy to even think about it, was causing somersaults in her chest. even when half an hour passed, the tingling sensation was still fresh on her skin, and even just looking at the patch where jaehyun's lips osculated intimately was humiliating.

"wahhh... 재현이 왜 그랬어 [why did jaehyun do that]!" she yelped into the pillow, softly pounding her fists and feet into the mattress beneath her out of pure sheepishness. she continued to squirm in place for a few more seconds, rolling around in the small surface area of the bed and entangling herself in blankets while still burying her face into the pillow. "he's never done that before."

the girl peeked out from underneath the pillow, pondering audibly to herself. "hmm...did he maybe do it because he-" the girl instantly covered her mouth and shook head head rapidly. "mok! seonmi! why would you think that?!"

but maybe..?

"ah!!! stop stop. no more making assumptions! he did it to be nice. w-wait, that's an assumption too!" the girl conversed with herself, eventually resorting to groaning into the pillow to drown out her 'what if' thoughts. but no matter how hard she tried, she kept thinking the same thing.

what if he likes me?

"ugh," seonmi whined. "maybe if i eat, i'll feel better?"

she quickly stood up from her bed, throwing up the birthday-gift cardigan over her head as she stepped out into the hallway. maybe if i hide this way, he won't know it's me.

with careful eyes, seonmi quickly darted her gaze on every inch of the hospital corridors. for some reason, the hallways were unusually busy that day. is there a guest speaker or something? seonmi pondered, unintentionally slowing down in her tracks as she rubbed her fingertip on her chin. hm, but i would've heard about it? i think... or maybe there's a famous person admitted here? but why would they go to this hospital? or is there an emergency evacuation? i didn't hear the alarm. oh god, what's happeni-

"good afternoon, mok seonmi," the angelically calm voice of jaehyun greeted behind the stationary girl. "you're out later than usual. 방금 일어났어? [did you just wake up]?"

"gah!" seonmi flinched, too afraid to turn round at the unexpected arrival of her doctor. she instead tensed up, her mind almost instantly replacing the frantic thoughts with the memory of jaehyun's lips and seductive stare. "jaehyun!"

"well?" the doctor chuckled. he was staring at her back, hands shoved into his pockets, with a smug grin on his face at how silly she looked with a cardigan on her head.

"n-no i didn't just wake up. i was just on my way to the cafeteria!"

"ah, okay. i'll join you," jaehyun smiled, flopping his dark hair with his fingers.

"no, it's okay! i wasn't going to eat," seonmi quickly lied.

"then...why were you going there?" the doctor tilted his head as he stood facing the shy girl. "just to loiter?"