On the other days, Jiyeon wouldn’t have minded her friends recounting all of those incidents and might have joined along with them on the fun as well. But today, feeling Taeyang’s gaze on her caused her to be self-conscious. For some unknown reasons, she didn’t want him to know of this side of hers.
This was actually funny to her since she had never cared about what a person would think of her. She remained true to herself regardless of the situation yet all of a sudden, she began to ponder whether or not Taeyang would be turned off by her.
This left a ticklish feeling inside of her chest.
“You need to stop ganging up on me,” she voiced out, “If I start spilling your dirty secrets, there is no end to it.”
Then, focusing her attention on Taeyang, she asked, “Do you have Enstagram account?”
“Enstagram? No,” he responded.
Jiyeon’s eyes widened.
“Seriously? Do t
Jiyeon believed that she couldn’t be blamed, not when Taeyang had the ability to make her feel akin to a nervous mess. She really felt contradictory right now. As much as she enjoyed Taeyang’s eyes on her, she wanted him to focus somewhere else for it was extremely distracting.“Whoa! How can you not have an Enstagram account with that face of yours? Do you need me to help you make one?” Aera offered.Jiyeon rolled her eyes.“He can literally read the instructions to make it by himself. It’s simple. Why would he need you?” Jiyeon shot back at Aera.“What do you know, You Child?” Aera mocked.“Yes, yes, it is you who knows everything,” Jiyeon mimicked her voice. Shaking her head, Jiyeon went back to eating her food.This is when Aera brought up, “In order to celebrate this friendship with Taeyang, let’s go to Sunrise.”Sunrise was a restaurant all of th
Her mother shook her head and looked at Taeyang, saying, “Yoo Taeyang, the one Jiyeon had been chattering about the entire week.”Taeyang stood up and bowed.“Hello, Auntie,” he greeted.Her mother sat on the couch beside Jiyeon and assessed the polite boy. Taeyang had a faint smile on his features as he sat down on the chair.Her mother then questioned, “What does your parents do?”Jiyeon gave her mother a stink eye at the question. Who asked one about their parents these days? This sounded way too much embarrassing due to how intruding it was.Her mother ignored the frown that settled on her face.Taeyang didn’t mind the question while he responded, “My parents— they run a small business abroad.”“Are they abroad now?” her mother asked.The boy nodded.“Are you living here all by yourself?”“Yes, for the time being.&
That didn’t stop her friends from persisting to know the truth, and Jiyeon had a feeling that more than wanting to know who her crush was, her friends were adamant on proving she isn’t capable of keeping a secret.This is what annoyed her. Despite how her friends treated her, they still were reliable to an extent, and because of their experience, she did want advises from them.But knowing how smug they would be acting after Jiyeon was totally honest with them made her decide against it. Jiyeon held her pride dearly, and because of her competitive spirit, she was now stuck in this mess. The only good thing was that she started to get closer to Taeyang.Of course, this couldn’t be anything positive because even though she had to admit Taeyang was close to her compared with her other friends, it surely wasn’t because of romantic feelings— at least this is how she saw it. He merely enjoyed her company and teasing her.It also ha
It didn’t take Taeyang long to finish making the breakfast, and even though Jiyeon had a large intake of sugar now, that didn’t take away from her appetite when she smelled the pancakes. This caused her to feel sudden hunger.Taeyang placed the glass of orange juice in front of her before serving her pancakes and covering those up with syrup. Yurie’s mouth watered as she held her fork and voiced out, “Thank you.”After that, given how delicious the pancakes were, it didn’t take her long to finish eating them, and once done with that, she stared at Taeyang with impressed eyes.“Whoa! This is seriously good,” Jiyeon voiced out, “You really have a way to lower my self-esteem.”“Don’t worry about that. Collectively, you are way better than me.”This made Jiyeon scrunch up her nose and vocalize, “We both know that is not the case. I am far from being half as good as you.
Jiyeon had to admit that Taeyang was great at explaining her. It was as if he understood her and knew how to keep her concentration on the subject. No matter how much she wanted to distract him or ask him unnecessary questions, he didn’t let that happen.And as for the last part of the session, he gave her few problems to solve, saying, “After you are able to solve them all and get half of them correct, you can go home.”Jiyeon was dumbfounded by the expectations he held on her. Even on the subject she found the easiest, getting half correct was hard for her.“Can’t we lower the bar a little? Today is the first day after all. Let’s settle for forty percent.”He shook his head and voiced out, “If you get more than fifty percent, I will reward you.”That did sound appealing to her, and knowing that there was no place for argument, she attempted the questions I hopes of attaining that reward. At th
“Of course not. What are you talking about? You can feel comfortable at here. You have done a lot for Jiyeon, and we are thankful to you for that,” her mother voiced out.Hearing how gently her mother was speaking made Jiyeon scoff and say, “I didn’t know that you are able to talk in this manner, Mother; I thought you were only capable of shouting.”This caused her mother to glare at Jiyeon and state, “Shut up! Make yourself useful for once, and set up the table.”Although Jiyeon rolled her eyes at her mother, she did as the woman ordered as she made her way over to the kitchen. Tilting her head from the kitchen, she could see that small conversation went on between her mother and Taeyang. This caused her to wonder what the content was.Nevertheless, Jiyeon was quick to her feet and arranged the table without causing much accidents. Once done with that, she took her seat and called for
Taeyang shot her a quizzical look, not clearly expecting her to mention this right now, before that changed to amusement, and he voiced out, “Why are you so curious about that?”Jiyeon believed that she had decent acting skills when she smiled and said, “Am I not your friend? This simply is an enough reason for me to know about it. Now, quick, quick, tell me who is it that managed to steal that heart of yours.”“Because you are my friend?” The boy stated.There was a certain amount of amusement present in his tone, and this caused her to feel nervous. Certainly, he didn’t notice her intentions, right? Although she did feel very much exposed under his gaze, she tried to convince herself that the boy wasn’t capable of reading minds.Jiyeon nodded.“Can I not ask as your friend about the girl you like?”“Of course, you can ask,” Taeyang said, “And as for who the perso
Jiyeon’s breathing for that instant stopped, and her heart clenched painfully. A nauseating feeling arose in her stomach. That’s why, holding her mouth, she stood up and rushed towards the washroom. At the same time, her eyes were flooded with tears.Seeing Jiyeon’s reaction caused a frown to form upon Taeyang’s features, and he did call after her. But she paid no mind to his words. He wanted to go after her, but that’s when his attention fell on her phone. It seemed that she saw something on the device.Picking the device up, his eyes fell on the screen, and that’s when he understood why she had shown such an intense reaction. This was due to a certain name she had seen— Kayden.He shut her phone and let out a sigh.°°°After washing her face, Jiyeon came out of the washroom and then said, “I am sorry. I suddenly felt sick.”Taeyang stood up and made his way over to Jiyeon. H