"Unexpected love"

(🌸) 8 - Yeonjun's House

I grabbed the piece of paper from the table. "Should I call him now?" I asked Beomgyu. He shook his head. "No, I can walk up to him in a minute and ask him. When you get home you can message him." I nodded. "Wait, I have an idea!" Said Yeonjun excitedly. "Why don't we meet today?" Beomgyu looked at him and smiled. "Good idea! But I do have school until the end of the day..." Said he. I saw Yeonjun suddenly give a grin. That grin gave me a weird feeling in my stomach. "That's okay, Soobin and I have 1 lesson. Come over to my house when you guys are done." Said Yeonjun and told him his address. "Okay, then I'll ask Taehyun in a minute, oh yeah, here's my number." He wrote on the piece of paper his number. "Alright, I'll see you later then." Said I to Beomgyu. He nodded, waved, and walked out of the classroom.

I looked at Yeonjun who was also looking at me. "Do you think it's Yona?" I asked him. He shrugged his shoulders. "We'll see." He said and looked at me. "Come on, let's just go to the next classroom." I nodded and followed him.

When classes were finally over, we walked towards the lockers. I looked around still to see if I saw Yona anywhere. But I couldn't find her. I thought it was weird, maybe she was upset that we didn't show up at the cafeteria and didn't want to see us. I couldn't really think about it because Yeonjun started talking to me. "Come let's go." He said and closed his locker. "Hey, did you see Yona walking around?" I asked him. He looked around. "No, actually not. Maybe she's at her next class?" Slowly, more and more people disappeared down the hallway. Everyone was back in their classrooms. I sighed. "I don't have her number either, she only has mine, but she hasn't sent me anything." Yeonjun looked at me. "Let's just go. It's useless to stay here. We'll see her again tomorrow." Yeonjun said and grabbed his bag. I stood still for a moment and then walked with him.

We walked through the woods to his house. There was an awkward silence between us. I didn't feel like talking to him either. I looked around. The tall trees in the forest were blocking the sun's rays. It was dark and there were many shadows. The forest looked empty, some branches and trees were on the ground. It made me feel unsafe, did Yeonjun always have to walk through this? I looked towards Yeonjun, "Are we really going towards your house?" He looked at me silently. I suddenly became nervous. I didn't know why, but I felt a strange unsafe feeling inside me. "Yeonjun seriously, where are we going? Do you live in the forest or something?" I said a little angrily. "Just keep walking, we're almost there." He said in a dry voice. "As long as you don't dare to rape me, I don't trust you." Said I and looked at him grumpily. "Rape? I don't do rape. I only do it if you want me to." He looked at me. I felt nauseous. "It was just a joke..." I said awkwardly. "Really, wouldn't you like to try?" I looked directly at him with big eyes. "What, no! Are you crazy?" He laughed. "Relax, it was just a joke." He said laughing. I became unsure of that question. I didn't know why but a feeling inside me was interested in that question. What the fuck, now I'm crazy. "Are we almost there?" I quickly asked. "Yes, we're almost there," Yeonjun said and walked faster.

When I saw a house in the distance, I felt a lot better. Not because I knew I didn't have to walk anymore, but because I didn't like the idea of two people walking in such an empty, dark forest. "Look, there's my house." I looked at him. "Your house?" He nodded. "Yes, I live alone. My parents have been in Thailand for two years now." I was shocked to hear that. I looked at him in surprise. "Excuse me, you live here alone in a remote dark forest?" I said confused. "Yup." Said he. "Doesn't it seem scary to you to live all alone here, and go to school alone in the dark every morning? If something happens no one can hear you or help you." I said worriedly. He laughed. "Are you worried about me? If you are then come live with me, my house is big enough for the two of us." He said and looked at me. Seriously? Did he really mean that? We only just met, hardly like each other and now suddenly he's asking me to live with him. I looked at him in surprise. "Uh- No, thanks, I'd rather live at home," I said and looked away. He sighed. "You're always welcome if you change your mind." He said I was silent. Why is he acting like this? Why is he suddenly being nice to me? I didn't understand any of it. There was a feeling inside me that almost changed my mind and wanted to be with him, live with him. I was shocked by my separate feeling. I tried to ignore the feeling, but it remained strong in me.

When we stood at the front door, the house looked like a castle. The doors were big and there was moss on them. The house would probably be very old. Plants had grown on the roofs of the house, the windows were covered with grass and moss. If you wanted to look outside you wouldn't be able to see anything. I was quite in shock that he lived here alone in such a big house. The forest is scary, but the house is even scarier. I also got a weird feeling that he didn't even live here, and it was all a joke. I probably hoped it was a joke because I didn't really see the point of going into the house. It looked like it could collapse at any moment.

Yeonjun opened the door. You could hear everything creaking. He looked at me. "Don't worry, I've been living here for almost five years, and I've always heard this." I looked at him uncertainly. "Then shouldn't you get it checked out or something?" I said. He shrugged. "It's such an old house that if they start drilling into it, it will already collapse." I looked at him, startled. He started laughing. "Just kidding!" He said, laughing. I looked at him chagrined. "Well, it wouldn't surprise me if it really was," I said sarcastically. "Just come inside, nothing will happen," Yeonjun said smiling and we walked inside.