Lots of dialog in this chapter..
ENJOYCHAPTER 7
## Hyunjin POV ##
“Fine. We can be friends, but there are conditions.”
“Conditions..??”
“Yes. Conditions.”
I started writing out some things I thought were reasonable to be followed by Taebin.
1. You cannot do anything (especially in front of me) related to DG, even making a phone call.
2. I do not want to hear about anything like gang bashing or getting rid of someone with you involved.
3. Friends mean friends. Nothing more to it; nothing less to it.
“This is all I can think of for the moment. When I think of more, I’ll tell you.”
He was reading it, and said,
“May I add a few of my own?”
I thought of a while, and told him that they couldn’t be beyond my ability and willingness.
“You can comment on them, and say whether they are reasonable.”
He started writing. When he finished, he handed me the sheet of paper, and I read it aloud.
“1. You have to act like a friend. Nothing like walking away when you see me.
2. I can’t help it if people from the gang come up to me and tell me something, therefore if they do, I will walk away to some place else and discuss it with them (Not being seen or heard by you)
3. Since you accept Teddy and I, you have to accept Jinhwan and Baekkyung as my friends and are your friends too.
I can accept the first two because they are reasonable, but the third one..”
I thought for a while before replying,
“Ok. But only to a schoolmate standard. Not close like normal friends.”
He agreed as he smiled happily.
The bell rang for class to start, so we concentrated on what Mr. Chung was teaching. All throughout the lesson, I noticed Taebin giggle like a girl every now and then. Whenever he giggled, I couldn’t help myself but to giggle as well, not with him, at him. Class went on until the bell rang. We packed up our things, and went off. As I was walking out the door, Taebin asked me whether, as a friend, want to go and hang out after school.
“Sorry, but I got something I have to go and attend. That’s why this outfit.”
“O.. ok. Maybe some other time then.”
“Bye!”
I turned and left. On the way to English class, a messenger of the admin block came running to me.
“Hi. You’re Lee Hyunjin, right?”
“Yes. That’s me.”
“Here’s a message for you from your family.”
“O.. Thank you.”
With this said, the messenger went off to deliver the next message. I read the note.
“Hyunjin, event is held at 123rd Minguhan Street. Arrive at 4:00 this afternoon to get used to area. Remember: Bring the disc in your bag. Don’t take it out unless I tell you to.”
I looked into my bag, and saw the disc.
*Flashback*
“Hyunjin! Come down here for a sec!”
“Coming!”
I ran down the stairs to the kitchen.
“What’s up?”
“Junyoung and I have an event that we need to attend; we’ll be the center of attention so we can’t take the disc. We want you to come to this event and bring the disc with you.”
Junjae oppa handed me a disc. I looked at it, and it was labeled ‘PLS INFO’. I asked them what it was, but they told me I didn’t have to know too much. Junyoung oppa then handed me a whole bunch of other discs with the words PLS INFO on it. They looked exactly the same to the one they handed me first, except of the colours of the case and writing.
“These are fake copies. The only real copy is in your hand right now.”
“Why do you need fake.....”
“So people won’t know which is real.”
“But....”
“Hyunjin, the way to tell the differences of these discs is that the real one has purple writing, the case is pink and on the underside of the disc, it has 3 scratches in the inner ring parallel to each other.”
“Junjae oppa, why are you telling me.....”
“Hyunjin. Listen to me. Tomorrow at that event, be very careful. Don’t drink anything or eat anything. Bring your own food if you have to.”
“But.....”
“Keep your cell phone on at all times. When we SMS you
‘Mum is trying to call you’, it means Junyoung is looking for you so stay put where you are.
‘Dad is coming to pick you up’, means that you need to go to the buffet table and give either Junyoung or I a fake disc.
‘The concert is on tonight’, means get ready to leave the place.
‘We have got tickets’ mean you can go.
‘We don’t have enough tickets’ mean keep an eye on whether we leave the place. If we do, you do too. If we are running out, you hasten your pace to leave, but don’t make it obvious.
And the last one is ‘All sold out’ it means run out of the place.
Got it all?”
“Yea.. but why do...”
“Hyunjin, I know being kept in the dark isn’t very nice, but it is better if you knew less than you need.”
I looked at Junyoung oppa, and could tell that he said that out of his heart. This is the fourth time Junyoung oppa is acting like an oppa. The first was when I was 4; I tripped over and he cared for my injury. The second time was when I was 7; I lost all my trick-o-treat lollies, and he gave me all of his. The third time was when I was 13; I was being picked on, and he stood up for me against those bullies. And this was the fourth; talking to me out of his heart.
“Hyunjin, can you do this for us?”
I thought for a while, and said yes. Junyoung oppa then handed me a skirt and top along with shoes.
“You have to wear these to the event.”
“... Why..?”
“Because the people there will be along the ages of me and you. Wearing something that looked like you’re our age is important.”
“............”
“Just wear it.”
“..ok.”
*Flashback end*
I went off to English thinking about this event thing. When I was at my locker at interval, Bora saw me and came up to me.
“Hyunjin, why are you wearing..... that? It’s so not your style.”
“I got this thing after school.”
“Ahh... a ‘thing’.”
I looked at Bora, and said,
“Yes. A thing. Nothing more to it.”
“Uh huh... who might this ‘thing’ involve??”
“Me.”
“and..??”
“Me.”
“..and..
”
“Me.”
“.........”
At that moment, Taebin walked past and said hi. I said hi back. When I looked at Bora, her expression was priceless. I started cracking up.
“Wha... Who... Wasn’t that Im Taebin?? Your enemy’s groupies?? Why did you say hi back?? Why did he say hi in the first place???”
“Yea.. We’re friends now.”
I pulled out the piece of paper where our conditions were written. I showed it to Bora, and she was surprised.
“You agreed to make conditions..
”
“It was I who said conditions was a good idea.”
“So you made up the first three and he made up the second lot of three..”
“Yea.”
“I am surprised Hyunjin. You are either falling for this guy, or you’re plain.. nice, all of a sudden.”
“What’s that suppose to mean..??”
“You didn’t use to be nice. You liked being solitude. All of a sudden.. friends..?? So either you are falling for this guy, or you are going nice.. which is weird.”
“Bora, you think too much.”
“...... Is that a compliment??”
I thought for a while before saying,
“Take it which ever why you want.”
“Hey! What’s suppose to mean!!?!??”
The bell rang for start of period three, so Bora and I walked off to Economics.
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