Wonho

We finally arrived at the mall and so I encouraged her to go inside the shops to get anything she'd like.

"There! There are really beautiful dresses inside! Would you like to try them on?" I asked her.

"Nope."

"Oh.. How about personalized bracelets? I think they're really cute. Would you like to get them for the both of us?" I asked her again.

"No thanks.." She denied my offer once again.

"Hmm.. are you hungry? I'll treat you a meal inside that restaurant." I pointed.

"Wonho, that's Hyungwon's money you got there. You can't possibly spend his money on me?" She finally spoke up.

"C'mon, Hyungwon and I are like brothers already. We're really good pals so I'm sure he'd understand." I said.

"No, I'm willing to spend my money today instead but we'll have to stay on budget. Arcade sounds fun, why don't we go there now?" She said.

I breathed out a deep sigh of defeat as I held her hand.

"Alright fine. Let's go to the arcade." I finally submitted.

Haneul

I got Wonho to just go directly to the arcade with me, and so I initially bought 20 tokens for us to share first. I took out five because I wanted to save it for the karaoke room later.

"Yah, why are these fifteen left?" Wonho asked.

"It's because.. I really wanted to sing in the KTV room for later~" I tried to plead him so he would let me.

"Ah, anything for you then." He smiled and started walking around to look for games to play.

He scanned his eyes around until something finally caught his attention.

"Hey, I'm gonna whack all these frogs alright? This seems fun." He laughed.

"Sure, Hyungwon's long and light limbs might help." I teased.

He then put tokens inside, and started playing will full strength.

I can't help but to be amazed. Wonho barely missed out on any of those frogs that popped up.

"...And done!" He whacked the last one.

"Wah.. you looked really cool there." I smiled.

"Thanks, but Hyungwon's body seems to get tired really fast. He needs to workout more." He remarked which made the both of us laugh.

Wonho and I played basketball, did a dance off, and we even played shooting games together.

His presence just made everything feel fun. This day was the most that I had laughed and smiled sincerely, and it was all thanks to him. Wonho made everything better.

"Ahhh!! I lost.." I sulked and laughed at myself at the same time.

He looked at me and gave my cheeks a pinch.

"Hey, I'll go over that crane thing and win you a prize." He offered.

"Sure!" I agreed.

We walked over to the cranes and looked around to choose the one that had the cutest plushies.

"Go ahead and choose what you like. I'll get it for you." He let me take the lead.

"Hmm.. that one! I like the turtle." I pointed out to him.

"You sure you don't want the bunny? It looks cuter than the turtle, though." He asked.

"I'm all set on the turtle. Just look at it's eyes, and it has cute puffy cheeks too. Isn't that just adorable?" I said.

"Alright I'll get it for you." Wonho smiled.

I then started to back away a bit so he could totally focus.

"Omo, you grabbed onto it!! That's it! Yes, go get it!" I started to get excited when I saw Wonho winning.

Suddenly, the crane unexpectedly dropped the turtle plushie.

"AH!-- too bad!" Wonho expressed his disappointment.

"Awww..." I whined.

I walked closer to him and gave him a little pat on the head.

"Let me try again. I think the bunny is easier to get, though. But, will you be okay with me getting it instead of the turtle?" He explained.

"Well, it's okay I guess. You can get anything there for me and I'd still be the happiest." I cheered him on.

"Haha, alright. I'm going for it now."

Wonho started to play with full concentration again.

I observed him and admired how he seems to be working really hard to get me a plushie.

However, my heart still aches everytime I look at him.

I suddenly get lost into my realizations and thoughts, then they just begin to slowly turn me sad.

Physically, all I see and all people see is Hyungwon. I can't find myself getting used to this. Wonho is a wandering soul, and I'm living human. Not all can see him, and maybe it's supposed to be that way.

Maybe I'm too selfish on trying to make our worlds interfere with one another when it can't be. Now, I find myself taking extremes so we could be together. Hyungwon had to be used and involved.

Maybe I should just forget about dating Wonho?

While I was immersing myself in thoughts, Wonho suddenly started rejoicing which startled me.

"I did it! Here's your plushie!" He presented.

"Aww! Good job! Thanks, Wonho." I cupped his cheeks.

Wonho

I was really happy after I got the plushie for Haneul, but I was even happier when I saw her proud look at me after I just did so.

"Now, let's go to that KTV room you wanted." I told her.

Upon hearing those words, her smile got wider out of excitement and I gladly let her take me to the room where she wanted to sing.

"Finally, this one's vacant. I'll go search for songs first. Can you please go and ask help from someone working here so we can avail of the room?" She asked of me.

"Sure, take your time." I did as she told me to.

I first went ahead and gave Hyungwon's ID so that we can use the KTV room, and then succesfully came back to Haneul after a few moments of getting someone to setup.

"So, are you done picking out your songs? I checked on her.

"Yup! Make sure you sing along with me later on too, okay?" She said.

"Haha, alright. I'll try." I chuckled at her cuteness.

We went in, and she voluntarily took the microphone to start singing the songs she chose. She purposely stood up and was jamming really well to the music.

I was really admiring the fact that she looks like she knows how to have some fun. She didn't have any hint of shyness or awkwardness towards me as I sat down to watch her sing the whole time.

I didn't budge from my position and I also didn't even notice that I was just simply smiling at her the whole time. I was in awe towards everything about her. I wouldn't mind listening to her sing to me every single day of my life.

Haneul

I sang and sang without any breaks. I truly enjoyed myself with the sound of music blasting within the room. I have a tendency to forget about my surroundings once I'm completely immersed in a song, and all that just suddenly made me feel euphoric.

By the time that I got to the fourth song, I suddenly became hyped up when I saw the title.

"Omo! Lana Del Rey's Young and Beautiful! Hyungwon-ah, your favorite song--"

At that very moment..

I just realized I made a mistake.

The smile on Hyungwon's face which was actually Wonho's, suddenly started to fade.

The both of us looked at each other, and I didn't dare to break the eye contact.

I can tell that he was clearly suspicious of what I had just said.

The song now started playing, but I just felt like I lost all interest to keep singing. I suddenly feared the look in Wonho's eyes.

"Uhm.. Wonho-ya, d-do you want to
t-take turns in s-singing?" I stuttered and that just made everything worse.

I look very vulnerable right now. I feel like he will be able to dig out the truth between me and Hyungwon just by a mere look at me.

"No, it's not my favorite song anyways." He answered.

By the moment he said that, my chest started to feel heavier. My throat felt tighter, and I was contemplating on whether I should speak up or keep silent.

"If you aren't going to sing anymore, we could go home now." He spoke again.

"Oh.. uh.. sure. It's about 7pm so we better start going home now." I said.

I quickly put down the microphone as he stood up to open the door for us to leave.

We walked and walked until we reached the parking area of where my car was, but he never tried to lay his eyes on me. He only looked straight ahead with a firm expression all over his face.

"Ow.. my throat hurts for singing three songs straight. I chose the ones with the highest notes too, so I must have strained because I tried to hit them all without warming up, haha.."

I tried to break the ice between me and Wonho as we walked together.

"Here, you can have your bunny plushie. You carry it instead. After all, I got it for you." He said.

He was now starting to look at me again. A smile slightly formed on his lips, and he raised his eyebrows at me like no tension just happened.

Hmm.. is he really okay now?

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Okay another update today again! I'm gonna start writing Chapter 13 right now and update again by tomorrow!

My binge updating is back but will soon be gone by the time I finish chapter 13 😂

(writer's block takes place)

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