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i twisted the door knob and entered daniel's bedroom like i always did. he just came out from the shower.

"oh, oppa..."

he froze as soon as i called him since he probably didn't notice that i entered his room earlier.

the t-shirt in his hand fell off.

"i...i'm he-" i unintentionally dropped my phone after seeing he was only covered with a towel.

those abs.

i screamed. i freaking scream.

"what the?! put some clothes on!" i shouted, covering my eyes.

"w-why are you here?! why would you just come in here like that?!" he flustered.

he quickly took a pair of pants from the closet and frantically put them on.

"m-mrs. kang told me to head on up!"

he was so nervous that he accidentally hit his head on the closet door.

silly.

i laughed. "what are you doing?"

"hey, close your eyes!" daniel turned around to prevent me from seeing his naked body while rubbing his head.

"psh, there's nothing to stare at anyway. you can take your time." i sarcastically said.

"what did you just say? what did you see? are you sure you saw properly?" he asked, turning back towards me.

huh?

did i offend him?

"i was just kidding. you didn't have to take it seriously." i nervously laughed.

he just kept silent.

i did offend him!

"i'm sorry! yes, there's lots to look at! you exercise a lot, don't you? look at all those muscles! are those washboard abs? so cool! and when i saw your butt earlier-"

i froze. i didn't just say that, right?!

and why am i poking his abs?

"what?"

gosh, what should i say?

i backing up, "ah, well...i...i mean, i didn't see-" i don't know what to say!

i lost my balance when i bumped onto the bed. the bed was not suppose to be behind me!

i stumbled backward and i grabbed daniel's arm.

"hey, my arm!"

what is this?! this is so awkward.

daniel was on top of me. why did i even pulled him? i should be the only one who has to fall on this bed.

we are so close.

"uh...oppa...can you get off?" i said even though it came out like a whisper to me.

"huh? oh..." daniel immediately got up and went to his closet, wearing a shirt.

i just blankly sat on the bed, processing what happened.

"why are you here?" he suddenly asked.

"i need your help on a math problem." i said, scratching the back on my neck to ease my nervousness.

"tomorrow. i'm too tired today." he said, his back still facing me.

"okay..." and with that i quickly left his room.

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she was in a daze.

"so you just left without a word?" i asked after ji-hyo ended her story.

"what else could i have done? he told me to leave..." she slowly said.

"so that's why you looked so out of it today?"

she nodded.

i knew something was off because ji-hyo seemed different ever since our lunch at her house earlier.

"that was the first time daniel told me to leave first..."

"what about today? weren't you supposed to see him today?"

"i went over around eleven, but he wasn't home. he had plans or something...he probably went out to see soo-bin, right?" she sighed.

"i wouldn't know. why didn't you try calling him?"

"it's weird...normally, i would've just called him. but, it feels weird and almost uncomfortable to do that now? why do i feel like this?"

i looked at her admiringly. their romance are so cute.

"gee, i don't know...? i think you need to figure out how you feel about daniel first." i wanted her to realise it by herself. it's not fun if i'm the one to tell her that she's actually in love with daniel.

"how i feel about him?"

"yeah."

she was in a deep thought and asked, "if...and i mean if...if i think i might like daniel...and he doesn't feel the same way...what do i do?"

i was stunned hearing that question.

i don't know the answer to that either. i'm not really in a position to be giving advice since i don't have a handle on my own feelings.

in the end, i wasn't able to ask jungkook what i wanted to ask.

does he only feel feelings of responsibility for me? is he only attracted to me physically?

when i think about how he frantically came to find me, i don't know why i'm feeling so insecure.

just like ji-hyo, i've realised that i've fallen in love with jungkook. but i don't know what i'll do if he doesn't feel the same way.

is that what i'm scared to find out?

if i didn't get pregnant, we wouldn't have gotten together. so it almost feels like i shouldn't be having these feelings towards jungkook.

i ate the cake slice in front of me.

"well, they don't call it growing pains for nothing..." i laughed.

"that's not funny..." she said.

"since i don't have an answer for you, i'll pay for the dessert. the cake here is really good." if i had known earlier about the existence of this shop, i would have come every day.

"isn't it really?" ji-hyo agreed.

"so why did you move in a day earlier? dad mentioned that you were moving tomorrow." she added.

"it just happened that way. oh, hold on." i said.

my phone was ringing. jungkook was calling me.

"hello?"

"which cafe are you at?" he asked. why am i so nervous every time he called me?

"why?"

"it's getting late. it's dark outside." he said.

"are you coming to pick me up?" i asked the most oblivious question, didn't i?

"yeah. is it the place with the green umbrella?" as far as i know, this is the only shop that have green umbrella outside.

"are you close?" he's here? already?

i looked around to see he was waiting for me outside the cafe. he waved and smiled at me.

my face brighthen up and waved to him back.

"yes, uncle jungkook is pretty cool. don't you think so? well, you are in your honeymoon phase." ji-hyo teased me.

ah, this is so embarrassing.