Hwall Pov

I couldn't face him. I'm acting childish, but I couldn't help but remember whenever I see him. I missed him, despite it. I wish I didn't end the call nor actually delete his number. I was stupid. I ran back to the school in hope that he hadn't left yet. "I can't lose a friend like him...he's important to me and a kiss shouldn't matter...It's not like we're a thing." Despite knowing that, I wished he hadn't. I rounded the corner and saw an empty sidewalk. I should've known better. "Of course he wouldn't be here..."

"I can try asking, but don't you already have his number?" "It uh, somehow got deleted." I could tell he was shaking his head then hung up. I sighed then looked up at the orange sky above me. "I should get home." I stood up then slowly walked back home, hoping tomorrow would be a better day.

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I opened up my umbrella as the rain was coming down hard. I moved quickly as I didn't want to be in the rain longer than necessary. I spotted a figure not too far away getting off at the nearby bus stop. "Sunwoo!" I jogged over to him and tripped, slamming right into his back. "Ow! What the-" I backed up then picked up my umbrella that had fallen. "Hyunjoon." We simply stared at each other, wondering who would speak first. "I-" "I-" "You go, Sunwoo." "If you insist. I want to know why you've been avoiding me. What did I do?" "You're fine. I just needed time to cope..." I had mumbled the last part and he didn't seem to have heard it.

"Well, I'm glad. I missed hanging out with you." "I see." It made me a bit sad what his reason was, but why would I expect anything more? I only see him as a friend. "What were you going to say?" "Oh, that I was sorry for avoiding you. I had things going on." He didn't question it then started walking. "We'll be late if we don't get moving." I caught up to him and couldn't help but feel like this was where I belonged. By his side.

"You look happy." "Aren't I always?" "Not since you went to go see him that day." No matter how well I conceal my feelings, Youngjae always saw through me. "We've been buds since we were fetuses, you can't gaslight me." I rolled my eyes then saw I had subconsciously written Sunwoo's name. "I want to hang out with him again...He's funny, polite, kind, and a total mess. Kind of like me, I guess. I never did ask if he's dating anyone either.Why would that matter? We're just friends. Yeah..." It was obvious a part of me wanted more.

P.E came around and I took a seat next to Sunwoo before stretching. "Hey, Joon. Is it okay if I call you that?" "Totally fine. Um..." He looked at me and my face started warming up. "Do you want to hang out next weekend...?" "I can't, but I'm free this weekend." "Oh..." I sighed then looked away from him. "Well, I can try to convince my dad..." "You don't have to. I was being selfish." I felt pain on the back of my head then felt an intense glare. "You weren't. You seem like you really want to go with me, so I'll make an effort and see if I can."

I couldn't help the huge smile that crept onto my face. It seemed that doing so had created a tint on his cheeks and a smile as well. "He looks cute..." Cute? Did I really call him cute? He interlocked his hands with mine which made my face grow warmer and also confused me, until I saw that it was part of a stretch.