The next morning at school, the group is all excited for tonight's party at Minu's house.

Yuna plans to go the hospital to pick up Minu first but Dom and Jay offer to come along to help.

When the school bell rang, Shelly and Mia went to buy ingredients. They choose some big chunks of meat, some fresh fruit and finally beverage.

"Should we buy beer for the boys?" Mia looks at Shelly while pointing at beer cans.

"Probably not, Mia" Shelly smiled lightly "Let's just drink soda".

Out of the store, Mia checked the food receipt "Have we bought enough yet?".

"I think that's enough! Let's go home quickly, I have a feeling it's going to rain" Shelly said.

Mia looked up at the sky and saw dark clouds slowly coming to block the sunlight.

She said to Shelly "Then let's run home fast!!".

When the two ran back to Minu's house, everyone was already there.

"Jeez, I thought you two got caught in the rain, why did it take so long?" June worried.

Mia handed the food bag to Yuna "Sorry guys, the store is too crowded".

"We had to wait a long time to get billed" Shelly took off her coat.

"Lucky you both made it in time" Dom bored as he looked out the window, the rain had begun to fall "Looks like we can't barbecue outside anymore".

Minu comforted his friend "It's okay! We can still grill meat inside the house".

"That's right! Stop being moody" Vinny patted Dom's shoulder.

"Okay, then the girls are cooking and the boys are setting the table, let's get the party started!!" Dom clapped his hands.

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During the party, everyone was enjoying the food and having fun together a lot.

But expect for Dom, who was unhappy because of the scene in front of him.

"Can you guys stop giving each other food??" Dom said grumpily.

June laughed at Dom's reaction "Are you jealous of them?".

"Of course! I don't even have a girlfriend!" Dom cry.

"If you're that jealous then go on a date with my sister" Minu pointed at Yuna.

They all looked at the girl whose name was called, who was still eating calmly and didn't care what happened.

"At least with Vinny, I won't be lonely anymore. Isn't it my dear Vinny?" Dom rests his head on the shoulder of the red hair boy.

Vinny shrugged "Dream alone! I'm not like you".

The group was confused by Vinny's answer.

June said "Wait a minute! You have a girlfriend?".

"Yes, I have" Vinny said.

From confused to surprised, everyone still can't believe that Vinny has a girlfriend.

"You've been hiding it well, buddy" Minu smirked while Dom suffered "Vinny!! You betrayed me".

Shelly smiled lightly "I'm curious~ who is she? Do we know her?".

"I'll take her to see you guys one day" Vinny promise.

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After the party was over, the group entertained themselves with a game of Truth or Dare. The game is fun but of course the challenges are terrible too.

Dom nauseous "God! This smoothie is horrible".

"You have to swallow it!" Minu ordered.

Everyone laughed at Dom's funny face, June kept spinning the bottle and unfortunately the bottle turned and hit Minu.

"Truth or Dare, Minu?" June asked.

Minu decides "Truth! Obviously".

June looked at Yuna and said "What did you lie to Yuna about?".

"When I was a kid, I broke her favorite porcelain doll and blamed it on the dog" Minu glance at Yuna with trembling eyes.

And just as he guessed, Yuna pinched his waist hard "I knew it was you!!".

Just like that, each person was hit by the bottle and the last victim was Jay Jo.

Vinny raised his eyebrows in amusement "Choose, Eunuch!".

"Truth..." Jay paused.

They all looked at each other and smiled wickedly makes Jay feel bad.

"How much do you like Shelly?" The red hair smirked.

Yuna and Mia burst out teasing Shelly, Minu and Dom high five with Vinny made Jay certain that these three were playing tricks on him. He looked over at June with a suspicious look.

"Don't look at me like that!" June stuttered "I don't know anything".

Jay felt speechless and thought to himself "He's definitely involved in this".

"Answer quickly, Eunuch!" Dom tease.

Jay glanced at Shelly, saw his girlfriend blushing waiting for his answer. His cheeks are heating up too, he really doesn't know how to say it like his mouth is glued.

"I..." Jay tried to calm down "I like...".

But before he could finish, he was interrupted by the ringing of the phone.

"Oops, it's my phone" Mia picks up the phone and listen while everyone waits in silence.

She hangs up the call "Sorry guys, I have to go home. My mom just scolded me".

June looks at the watch and stood up "Well we have to go home too, it's late now".

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Everyone said goodbye to each others and returned home. Along the way, Jay and Shelly walked side by side in silence.

Honestly, Shelly was quite disappointed when she didn't hear Jay's answer. It's not like she's never heard it before, that time at the airport he said it once and it was so sweet that it melted her heart.

She just wants to heard it again, not necessarily in front of their friends or anyone.

Just her.

Shelly shook her head slightly, she shouldn't think so much. It's just a game and both of them are dating now so this is already enough for her, Shelly smiled and continued walking forward.

As for Jay, he was still thinking about Vinny's earlier question. He's never good at expressing his feelings, so when Vinny asked him that question he paused for a moment.

Liking and dating Shelly has given him a lot of new emotions, every moment in Jay's memory has her existence. And no matter what happens to him, she is always be there.

Always trust him in everything.

Gently comfort him when he is desperate.

Encourage him with warm hugs.

Shelly is like the sun in Jay's painting and without the ray of her sunshine his painting will never be complete.

From the first meeting to the kiss at the airport, every time he's with her it's so warm and strangely sweet. Even though Jay wants to denied it at first, he still feels it's right.

And when he thought he had lost her at the airport, he felt like someone ripped his heart out.

"You lost it!" A voice appeared and whispered in Jay's head "You have lost your most precious thing!".

He desperately clenched the necklace he was wearing, cursing himself for being an idiot for letting her go. The worst thing is that he doesn't have a chance to say he likes her anymore.

But now that they're a couple, Jay wants Shelly to understand his feelings for her are true and he doesn't want to hide it.

Not anymore.

"I like you!" Jay said it clearly.

Shelly stopped walking and looked back at him "What did you just say?".

Jay said again making her blush "I like you... like you a lot... like from the bottom of my heart".

Jay's answer really touched her, who would have thought that such a cheesy sentence but from her boyfriend was so sweet.

"Finally!" She chuckled and hugged him tightly "I've been waiting for it".

Jay whispered to her "Sorry I didn't say it earlier".

"It's okay~ didn't you say it now?" Shelly grinned make him smiled too.

She kisses her boyfriend's cheek "Well I like you too... from the bottom of my heart".

The two hugged each other again, listening to each other's heartbeat and smiling.

Jay realized that when you really like someone.

It feels absolutely amazing.

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Here's the next chapter, enjoy it guys. 👐🏻