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A few hours passed, and it was starting to get dark outside. My parents still weren't at home, but that was nothing unusual. It often happened that my mom, as a doctor, had an emergency come in late at night.
Anyway, the constellation in the living room hadn't changed much, except for the fact that Sunghoon had put the beer bottles away in the meantime. I noticed this when I finally took Jungwon to the door to see him off.
"Bye then. Have fun at your sister's party on Saturday," I hugged him goodbye - as always.
As soon as I closed the door behind him, I heard the first voices again. "Have fun at the party on Saturday.", Sunghoon mimicked my voice in high tones.
I rolled my eyes and went to the kitchen to put a frozen pizza in the oven. My brother and his friends were still staring at the screen, mesmerized.
"Why don't you just admit that you've got the hots for the little guy?", Jay suddenly turned to me. I angrily slammed the door of the oven shut after sinking my pizza into it. "How many more times? I'm not into Jungwon.".
"Yeah sure..." suddenly came from my brother, which surprised me.
I walked around the kitchen island and leaned against it with my arms crossed. "You're the one who says I can't have a boyfriend...".
"...Yahh bro, that's nasty. You're fucking around with hundreds of bitches and your little sis isn't allowed to have one?", Jake dropped back against the backrest after he was game over.
"I never said that. You can have anybody. I don't care," Hoon replied tensely, chewing on his cheek while his eyes never left the screen.
"Anybody?", I raised my eyebrows. Jay immediately winked at me. "Like I said babe, I'm free.". However, I ignored him.
"And even if I were...you couldn't forbid me anything. You can't always control me. Didn't work in America either.".
Sunghoon immediately paused the game as if he had misheard. "What are you talking about?".
I walked back around the counter to check on my pizza. "I dated a boy. For a long time.", I told him, knowing full well that Hoon was probably about to go ballistic.
"You had a boyfriend and didn't tell me?"
Jay shifted excitedly in his seat. "Things are about to get interesting.".
"Oh. I didn't tell anyone. Except Jungwon, he knew. Ah and Heeseung since last week."
My brother's head snapped around to his best friend. "What do you mean, you know what?". Heeseung looked at me in surprise, since I was the one who told him to keep quiet.
"Yes. I told him last week at the party."
You could see that Sunghoon was pissed. "What's wrong with that?", Heeseung asked. âIt's no big deal.".
Sunghoon got up from the couch and tossed the empty snack box in the trash. "It's no big deal when a stranger guy fucks my sister, yeah right.".
"It really isn't...", Jake agrees as well.
"Well first of all, you don't have to boss me around like that all the time because, as you can see, it doesn't do any good anyway. Second, I never said I slept with Jacob, and third, it's none of your business either...".
He sighed and stopped in front of me. "You know I'm only like this because I want to protect you...".
"...But I don't need to be protected. Not by you, nor by anyone else Sunghoon!", I pushed his arm away from me.
That was the moment when the front door finally opened and our mom entered the house with two bags packed full. She put the two bags down on the counter and stopped in surprise when she saw her two children arguing.
"What's going on? Why are you fighting?". I looked at my brother venomously, as if I would kill him if he said one word about our conversation.
"Is it because of Heeseung?" her gaze changed to me, and my breath chocked in shock. "I noticed that you're probably having a little crush on him since you're back".
"...NO?! It's not because of him. It doesn't matter.", I rushed to her and interrupted her, leaving Sunghoon in puzzlement.
She obviously had no view into the living room and didn't notice that Jay, Jake and Heeseung were also sitting there.
Without any other comment, I left and head up to my room, leaving my pizza on the counter - my face burning in embarrassment. Did my mom just expose me right in front of him? I didn't even see his reaction or know if he heard what my mom said.
Besides, how does she actually know, I am having a crush on him?
Omg. That's just too much for my brain today. It would be best if I just lock myself in and don't come out for the next two days.
***
Sunghoon was still standing in the same place, looking at his mother in confusion. "Mom, the boys are here," he nodded over to the couch.
Only now did Mrs. Park understand why Hyeona had probably run off to her room so quickly. That's most likely the reason why her face got a little pale when the boys stepped around the corner.
"But I think we'd better go now. After all, we've been here since 11 a.m.," Jake explained politely.
It was crazy to see how such otherwise idiots can turn into well-behaved lambs as soon as an adult shows up.
So the three of them left the house, with Mrs. Park and Heeseung holding eye contact for a second. She was visibly uncomfortable with the fact that she had blurted it out a few minutes ago.
Outside the house, Jake hesitated for a second and looked up toward the window of Hyeona's room. "Bro, you're so lucky.". The three of them started walking. Heeseung glanced over at him, frowning. "Hyeo is literally a 10 out of 10. it's high class shit when she's a crush on you.".
"Same. I wouldn't think twice about it.", Jay also agreed.
"That's just what her mom said," Heeseung shrugged.
"So what? That doesn't mean it's not true.", Jake replied, to which Hee pushed his hair back. "Hyeo is cute. But she's not someone I could imagine being in a relationship with," Heeseung clarified. "I kind of know her since we were kids, that would be weird...".
"Yeah. But times change," Jay objected. "Have you taken a look at her? That body and ass...", he hissed, but Heeseung left his statement uncommented.
The three arrived at a crossroads where their paths diverged.
"When will I see you again?" asked Jake. "Party on Saturday, remember?", Jay reminded him of his house party.
"Nah of course not, man. See you then!"
***
From outside my room, loud rumbling could be heard again and again. Probably my brother, who was in a hurry because he had slept through the start of Jay's birthday party.
But I couldn't care less. I faced my open closet and pulled out one thing after another, only to hang it back in. "Aish, why don't I have anything...nice?", I chewed my lip in concentration. This was probably because I hadn't worn a dress in a good 5 years, and accordingly they were all at least two sizes too small.
My eyes got stuck on a piece of clothes until I suddenly remembered something. "Right...the charity event!". Cautiously, peaked out of my room. Everything was quiet. Sunghoon must have left by now.
So I went over to my parents' bedroom and pushed the big closet to the side. "Where is it?" i whispered as i searched for a very specific dress.
A smile flitted across my face when I spotted the black minidress on the hanger. It was perfect. The tight-fitting dress with a large cutout in the back had been bought by my mother for an event at the beginning of the year. Since then, it has only hung in her closet.
I snatched it and disappeared with a grin in my room.
Shower, make up, make curls. I did all that in record speed, so that not 60 minutes later I was standing in front of my shoe rack and pulled out matching black heels.
Since Jay's family was very wealthy and lived in a large villa, of course you had to dress accordingly. At least that's what I assumed. Personally, I've never seen the inside of his house.
So I called a cab shortly after and got a ride to Jay's house. Even when I got out, you could hear the bass sound of the music all the way to the street.
Colorful laser beams were sizzling out of the high windows and some people were standing in front of the house with their red cups chatting while swaying along to the beat.
"Damn...I'm screwed," I hissed softly and sucked in a sharp breath as the cab drove away behind me and I noticed all the people in front staring at me like I was an alien.
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