The next day...
At school...
Ara's POV...
I'm in the middle of listening to Miss Perry talk about history in class. Not my favorite subject, but at least she's not as creepy as Mr Frank. That guy really has temper problems.
Grace, however, really enjoys listening to history. Well, her boyfriend, Peter, is literally in love with everything related to history. Sometimes, he would even help us with our history homeworks.
I guess Grace eventually fell in love with the same subject as Peter, just like the way she fell in love with him. I wonder if I could fall with the same subject as Junghwa. I mean, I do have interest in performing arts. Wait, why did I thought of that? Kim Ara, stop thinking about your best friend that way. Today you're suppose to tell him that your cousin likes him back.
An hour later...
At the cafeteria...
Like usual, my friends and I would often go through random convos through out lunch. From talking about our homeworks, to talking about how life's been going for all of us.
Just when I'm about to take another bite of my mac and cheese, I see Matt and Kate walk inside the cafeteria. They are holding hands. Grace and Peter instantly moves their attention to me.
"What?" I ask them with an awkward smile.
"You ok?" Grace ask me.
"Of course I am," I answer.
"You still remember that promise we made?" Zach ask me with a small smile. Yup, he was talking about my promise to move on from Matt.
"Of course," I answer with a smile. "I keep my promise."
"Haha, and that's why I love you, Kim Ara," Zach says in which he continues with a small laugh.
"We all love her, Zach," Junghwa says as he turns his head to face me with a smile. I smile back.
A few hours later...
After school...
Me, Junghwa, and Zach are walking through the hallway to exit the school. We finally reach the school exit.
"See you guys tomorrow," Zach says before he walks away leaving both Junghwa and I.
Junghwa turns around to face me with a smile. "Let's go!"
"Wait," I suddenly say, making Junghwa turn around with a puzzled look. I realized that I haven't tell him about Hana's confession last night.
Though I didn't really want to tell him this, I still have to do it, and what better moment to tell him than now? I wouldn't wanna tell him during our lesson. I'll be heart broken and that will just ruin my perfect mood to practice.
"What?" Junghwa ask as he takes a step closer to me.
I hesitate for a moment to say this. But I didn't want to hide anything from him, even if it includes breaking my heart when he find out about Hana's feelings. I have to do this.
"Hana called me last night. She told me to tell you that..."
I suddenly lost the courage to say those three words. Junghwa continues to stare at me with a puzzled look, making me feel more uncomfortable.
"What?" he ask.
"She likes you..." I took a deep breath after finally saying what I had to say.
Junghwa suddenly forms a big smile on his face upon hearing about Hana's confession. "Really? Woah...I guess we are mutual."
I form a small smile. "Yeah. Congrats, Bro!"
"I need to celebrate with her tomorrow," Junghwa says to himself. "Let's go!"
With that, Junghwa starts heading to his looking all happy. He even jumped at one point out of happiness. I follow him from behind as I see him looking like he's in his happiest state.
At Junghwa's house...
Junghwa picks up from our previous lesson. He later takes out some other song sheets from his drawer.
"New songs?" I ask him.
"Yes. We'll be trying out a new song today." He continues to sort out the sheets. Finally, he took out one of the sheets and put the rest of them back in the drawer.
"Let's start," Junghwa says.
"Ok," I answer.
"So this song actually hits diff. And I'm gonna show you how to play it," he says right before turning his head to face me. He forms a small smile on his lips. Wow, he has pretty cute lips.
Junghwa starts playing a new song on the piano. Whether he was playing the piano or singing, his face always looks so peaceful. I take this moment to admire how cute he actually looks.
"Alright, your turn," Junghwa says, signaling for me to start playing.
I start to play the song, following the notes on the sheet. After a while of practicing with Junghwa, playing the piano really became a lot easier for me.
I eventually finish playing the song.
"Wohoo...pretty good," says Junghwa before he gets up from his seat. "I see that you are getting better and better. It won't take long for you to master all the keys."
An hour eventually passed, signaling that our lesson for today has come to an end. Why does 1 hour have to feel like 10 minutes? I thought we were just getting started.
"Well, that's it for today," says Junghwa before he grabs his phone. I'm guessing his checking to see if he got any messages from Hana.
After a while, Junghwa eventually drives me back home. During the ride, he continues to talk about his plans with Hana, and that he's asking me advice on how to impress her.
"You already got her impressed, Bro," I say to the boy driving.
"But I want to crawl deeper into her heart," says Junghwa before he lets out a small chuckle.
I giggle. This guy can be so cute at times. I feel happy to actually have a best friend like him, even though deep down I can't deny that I'm hoping for something more. Damn, I shouldn't even think like this. He likes Hana, and Hana likes him.
After a few minutes, we finally arrive at my house.
"Well, bye bye," I say as I exit the car door.
"Goodnight, Ara," says Junghwa.
I watch him as he drives out of my neighbourhood. It was fun talking to him for some times, and during our lesson. What am I saying? Of course it's fun. We're friends and talking with a friend is suppose to be fun.
Maybe I really am like what he said, that I am a silly person. One thing, my thoughts had surely been silly lately.
8:30 PM...
I just went back from dinner with my parents. I enter my room and start to remove my make-up. After that, I enter the bathroom to brush my teeth, wash my face, and clean up before going to bed.
While I'm in the bathroom, I didn't realize that someone had entered my room. I was beyond surprise to see who the hell was sitting on my bed. Does this person even knows how to knock?
"ZACH!!??" I almost scream. "What are you doing here?" I ask him, still in shock.
"I thought I'd come and help you spend your Friday night," Zach answers.
"I thought you had a family dinner?" I ask him.
"Yeah, but after that I told my parents that I was coming to your place," he answers while lying down on my bed.
"Seriously, Zach? You didn't even inform me that you were coming. And by the way, haven't you heard about knocking?" I ask him with my hands on my hips.
"Ok, sorry about that! I was just trying to surprise you," he apologize like a kid.
With that, I look at my best friend who is lying down on my bed. He give me a small smile, but this one isn't as cheesy as the first one. I smile back at him.
"Fine..thanks for your surprise! But next time, please use the front door and knock. My parents will freak out if they find you here without seeing you entering from the front door."
"Got it!" He gets up from my bed to face me. We are now standing pretty close to each other. "So...how was today's lesson?"
"Good," I answer casually.
"Did Jay Hwang behave like a mad tutor?" Zach ask before he burst out laughting.
"No. He was good actually," I say in a sarcastic tone.
"Cool," says Zach. "So..you wanna play cards?" he ask me. I give him a laugh before finally answering with a "yes".
We end up spending the night with talking, playing cards, listening to music, dancing, joking, and even making silly videos of each other. Before we know it, it's already 11:45PM.
"OMG! It's 11:45PM! Time for bed." I surprise myself by looking at the time on my phone.
"Well, it's also a bit late for me to go back at this time," Zach says with a cheesy smirk. Oh boy..what does this boy have in mind?
"So?" I ask him as I raise one of my eyebrows.
"Can I spend the night here?" Zach ask.
My jaw just dropped right after hearing that last sentence from Zach. Ok, honestly this isn't the first time I'll be sleeping in the same room with Zach. Sometimes we like to have sleep-overs, along with the others. But this is totally unexpected! I never had a sleep-over for two before. Usually, there's always the talkative Grace, the smart Peter, the somehow charming Matt, and of course....the silly Junghwa.
"Me and you under the same roof?" I ask him while raising one of my eyebrows.
"Why not? We did it a thousand times," he say it with a sassy tone, while slightly giving me a cheeky smirk.
"You didn't mention that the others were there with us. And your parents don't mind?" I ask him, again raising one of my eyebrows.
"Nah..they believe in me! Besides, I'm staying at my bestie's house." Zach puts his hands on his hips. "What about you? Are your parents cool with it?"
"They'll be cool if they knew the guy. And in this case, they knew that you're my friend," I answer before I sit on my bed.
Zach follows me to sit beside me on the bed. "So is that a yes?" he ask me with a smile, as he moves his head to face me. We are now facing each other.
"Only if you sleep on the sofa, Zach Conner!" I end up laughting at my own sentence. Zach gives me a sarcastic frown.
"I was kidding! You can sleep on the bed." I give him a pat on the shoulder.
"Well, I wouldn't mind sharing one." He smirk. I was surprised to hear this from my best friend. Don't get me wrong! I trust Zach, and I believe that he wouldn't do anything out of the line of our friendship at all cost. Besides, we're just friends! No benefits involve.
Zach later turns his head to look at my now awkward face. I didn't need to look in the mirror to know that I look totally weird after hearing his statement. I could feel it.
"Hey! It was a joke. Of course I'll sleep on the sofa. You can roll around in the bed all you want!" Zach eventually stoods up and starts making his way to the sofa in my room.
"Hey Zach!" I call him, making him turn around and face me.
"No touching until morning, we're sharing the bed!" he became a little surprise at my statement though, but he eventually brush it off with a smile.
"Don't worry! I don't touch." He smiles.
"Yeah, but you bite!" I laugh myself off. "But seriously, we can share the bed."
"Wow..thanks! I really need to thank you more tomorrow!" he makes his way back to the bed.
"No need! We're best friends for crying out loud." I walk to the light switch to turn it off. After that, I walk back to the bed and lie down. Zach lie down next to me, and the two of us pulls up the covers.
"Goodnight, Ara!"
"Goodnight, Zach!"
With that, the two of us eventually fell asleep.
The next day...
I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock. I rub my eyes before turning it off. I eventually realize that I had a pair of arms wrapped around me. It was Zach. His arms felt warm, but it made me feel awkward. So much for "no touch until morning". I pull his arms off me and climb out of bed, only to see him slowly opening his eyes.
"Rise and shine, Zach! And for a second I thought you were still dreaming."
"Seriously? Did you really have to put an alarm on a Saturday?" Zach ask while still lying down on my bed.
"I wouldn't wanna oversleep like you." I began to tie my hair into a high ponytail.
"Well..but did you really had to woke me up this early?" he ask while rubbing his eyes.
"You woke up because your hands weren't on my waist."
Zach became silent and starts to recall what happened a few minutes ago, and his whole "I don't touch" statement last night. His face eventually turns red as a cherry tomato. I wish I had my phone in hand so I can take a picture of him. This is just too good!
"Umm..." Zach starts to wonder, before I interrupt him with a big laugh.
"Hahaha, it's ok!" Ok, honestly I didn't mind when he had his arms around me, and that's why I didn't go all mad or crazy at him. "Don't worry! I won't tell your mom!"
Zach stares at me before taking a deep breath. "Uhh, thanks Ara! I almost thought you were gonna throw me off the bed."
"Of course not!" I walk to my desk to grab my phone. After that, I walk to my closet to pick my outfit for today.
"You're gonna change?" he ask me.
"Yup! Do you really think I was gonna go out in my PJs?" I continue to search my closet.
"Well..I wouldn't mind looking at you like this," Zach says with a little seductive tone. I look at him back as I raise one of my eyebrows.
I went to sleep last night wearing my cartoon pajamas. Seriously I'm not gonna wear this and go out.
I eventually pull out a white t-shirt and a pair of black jeans. I put it on my bed, with Zach staring at both of them.
"Let's just get ready," I say to him.
To be continue...