[CHAP VI] The Only Girl
The Only Girl
Changmin/Sooyoung; Yunho/Sooyoung; G
story by violet94
I closed the door of my bedroom and promptly landed on my bed. Thinking about what had happened, I took a pillow beside me and screamed at the top of my lungs. Aish, shincha. Why did I even agree to that Jessica!
[FLASHBACK] (Third-Person POV)
“Ehh??! What do you mean by that?” Sooyoung cried out.
“You heard me. THREE DAYS.” Jessica held out three fingers out of her five.”I want you to prove me that he is actually paying his attention towards you. At least with a simple, sincere smile from him. Or better yet, if he falls for you. But like you can make him to.” She crossed her arms.
“Yeah, he never even gave a slight smile to Jessica! Always the cold hearted face. Sometimes he didn’t even listen to a word that she's-“ Jessica and Yuri glared at Sunny for her big mouth. Hyoyeon at the back of her slapped her head.
“Sunny. SHUT. UP!” Jessica snapped. Sunny quietly apologized and stepped aback.
“Anyway..” Sooyoung continued,” What if I fail?” she curiously asked.
“Then….&rdo; Jessica gave a thought and finally said, “you’ll have to kneel down in front of me and beg for my apology in front all people at the school gate.”
Sooyoung bit her lip. “Damn, maybe I should decline.” She thought.
“Bet you don’t want to do it huh?” Jessica said, already predicting what Sooyoung will reply.
“Urmm..”
“Fine. If you’re too scared to take risks, I don’t care. Only..” she smirked, “You have to do the punishment now for your early white flag.”
“Okay, that’s going overboard! So, you want to challenge me. Fine, I’ll do it. Don’t regret it when I succeed.” Sooyoung barked as her blood boiled in anger.
“Fine. Challenge starts this Monday.” Jessica said. She then went inside to the other room, leaving the ballroom just as the crowds started dancing and the upbeat song started playing.
[END OF FLASHBACK]
Argh! Stupid hot-headed me! But I just couldn’t stand it when someone says things like that to me. But it’s too late now anyway.
I look at my hand and I noticed that I still haven’t let the handkerchief off from my grip. I put the small cloth on the bed, putting it in place until it spread in front of me. I looked at the printed patterns of Doraemon but all I see is Changmin’s face pictured at the handkerchief. In his hot tux…
“AAAAAHHH!” I let out a yell and threw the cloth out of my sight.
“Think straight Sooyoung. Think straight.” I slapped my face repeatedly. I could feel my face get warm. And it was getting hotter. But I still slapped myself without even realizing that I already fell in a dead sleep.
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FIRST DAY: Monday
-In the middle of the class-
“Psst..” I whispered at Changmin. It was a good thing that he sits exactly next to me but then he still wasn’t listening.
“Psssttttt…” I whispered a bit louder, while my eyes guarded our teacher at the front who was writing an equation. I am obviously taking a risk here because the one who’s teaching us was Mr Dook. Then again, Changmin covered his ears with his hands, completely ignoring me.
Angry, I whispered a lot louder, “PPPSSSSTTTT!!!!!!” my hands gripped on the desk tighter as if I wanted to throw it straight at his face.
“Yah..” Yoochun called me in a quiet tone. I gave a sign telling him to wait. I kept trying to get Changmin’s attention when I heard a loud thump on my desk.
I almost fell off my chair when I saw a thick white Chemistry Textbook for Teachers in front of me. Beside it was the angry face of Mr. Dook. I saw Yoochun in from the corner of my eye covering his mouth and trying to hold his laugh.
“Miss Choi, do you have a problem?” Mr. Dook asked in a serious manner.
“No, sir.” I shook wearily.
“Well, then. Tell me, what did I see just now?” He questioned, his eyes as sharp as a knife about to shoot me in the eyes.
“Errr..” without letting me say anything he ordered, “Out! Stand with a pail of water OUTSIDE!” he flared up.
“YES SIR!” I obeyed his words as if I was in military service. I walked out of the class embarrassed with a bucket on my hand.
-After recess time-
“Annyeong!” I forced out a smile at Changmin just as soon I got back from the cafeteria. “Where do you live?” Why do I always ask the most ridiculous questions?
Changmin stared bluntly at me and put his head down on the table while the others in the class anxiously waited for his answer.
“How come this crazy granny keeps chasing me around?” he muttered, playing around with the ants on his desk. By then, the class was filled with laughter. My blood started to boil but I tried my hardest to control it.
“Aigoo~ Sooyoung.. You should have just given up earlier.” Eeteuk said, as he walked towards me.
“Yeah.. Why do you even bother doing this anyway?” Sungmin remarked, sitting on Yoochun’s desk.
“I think this is a lot worse than kneeling down in front of Jessica.” Siwon pointed out.
“Gee, you guys are really helpful.” I grunted as I sank back lower on my seat.
Changmin stood up from his seat and walked towards the back door of the class.
“Yah! Where are you going?” Kang In asked.
Changmin shrugged and left. When he was out of sight, I banged my head a few times and covered my face out of humiliation.
“It’s okay, Sooyoungie. You can do it next time.” Jaejoong gently rubbed me on the back. “Right, Yunnie?”
“Urm..” Yunho nodded a little.
“Thanks guys.” I said as I blew out a sigh, my chin resting on top of my hands.
SECOND DAY: Tuesday
-during recess-
The school bell rang. It was break time. Secretly, I peered at the window in my class. The Giraffe-guy usually walks out from class late and just as expected, he is being his lazy self today. He just finished cleaning up his table when he noticed a bento on my desk.
“Okay.. the target is locked.” I murmured to myself, eagerly waiting what’ll he do.
Changmin lift the bento up. A piece of paper was stuck under it with a tape. He took it off and I watched his eyes moved as he read the note.
‘Changmin. This bento is for you. It’s a repayment for saving me and giving back my handkerchief at the party. I made it myself ^_~v . Hope you’ll like it X3 Saranghae~ <3 -Sooyoung’
Yes, it’s a mushy note. I still couldn’t believe that I let Donghae and Hankyung wrote it for me. I don’t know how to write this kind of stuff. But both of them did said that’s how girls did that to them. They said they were really turned on when girls wrote them notes like that. Who knows? But I just hope it’ll work.
Not long after that, Changmin folded the note and put it in his pocket (Is that a good sign?). He took the bento and headed towards the door. I was screaming and jumping in my mind (Can’t blow me cover, okay?) for my success. All I have to do now is to make him say,
(Sooyoung’s little daydream)
“That was delicious Sooyoungie. Saranghae-yo” Changmin said with his sweetest smile ever.
Yes! Then I’ll win the bet! And who knows that he’ll actually fall for me? Haha.. then I'll say something like, ‘Sorry, I can’t accept you. I have someone else. I’m so sorry but I love you I just can’t lie. I’m so sorry. But I love you~.’ Why did Big Bang's Lies suddenly came out? Ahaha My dream is getting out of my hands!
While I was daydreaming, I didn't notice that Changmin wasn’t walking to his usual way to the cafeteria. Instead he went the opposite.
“Eh?” I carefully came out from my hidden place and stalked him. BUT NOT THE JUNSU TYPE OF STALKER, OKAY?
He walked and walked. He kept on walking until he reached the back of the school’s garden. My feet stopped too and I quickly hid myself behind the bushes.
His head was looking to the right and to the left as if he was trying to search for something. What is he doing? I thought. Then, he blew out a whistle and within seconds a brown dog ran up to him. Changmin bent down to the dog and caressed its fur. For the first time ever, I saw him smile. Funny, but I thought I saw shimmering lights around him. But too bad he wasn’t smiling at me. Darn.
Although, I still couldn’t get what he was trying to do, Changmin opened the lid of the bento and gave it to the dog. The dog ate it as if it hasn’t eaten for quite a long time.
“Is it good? If it’s not I’ll scold the granny for you.” the stupid boy said to the dog.
“~!@#$%^&*()_+“ I crunched out a fist and gritted my teeth. You’re lucky Shim Changmin. Because you’re being kind to the dog, I will forgive you this time.
-After school-
As usual, the whole class ran out wildly leaving me and Changmin behind. While I was stuffing my bag with books, I've come up with amazing thoughts, “What should I say? Should I ask him to walk home together? Wait, I don’t even know where he lives! But I could just ask him. Didn’t I ask him already yesterday?”
“Hey..” Changmin snapped me out of my temporary trance.
“Pardon?” I turned to face him. He handed out the bento I left for him with his own bare hands.
“Ah.. komawo.” I took it. Now, this is my chance. “How was it? Is it good?” I asked; acting cutely, although I knew it was a waste of time because I already knew he gave it to a dog.
He shrugged and took out a paper that was wet with drool. He put it directly on my palm and said, “The dog said thank you and he loves you too. He also said, next time don’t stalk people around. You’re bad at it.” He took his bag and went out from the class.
The echoes of his footsteps has already faded but my eyes were still as wide as ping pong balls.
“Sooyoung-sshi?” Yoona suddenly popped into my class. “I’ve been waiting for you. Sooyoung?” she waved her hands in front of me. The only reply I gave out to Yoona was,
“What was that suppose to mean?!”
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Yoona and I bid our farewells when we reached the front gate. I didn’t tell her a word about what was happening to me. Anyway, she’ll know about it one day.
Yoona went inside her limousine,bid me goodbye, and went off to her house. I walked straightly to my new hang out area after school since yesterday, the dance studio. It’s like the only place where I could hang out with Hyoyeon with just the both of us.
When I got inside, I ran up to Hyoyeon’s occasional room, Room No 3.
“Hyoyeon-ah!!” I swung the door open.
“Sooyoung? What’s up?” she stood up and turned off her radio.
We both sat at the middle of the room and I told her everything about what had happen today. I thought she’ll at least cheer me up but she ended up laughing.
“Why are you laughing?” I pouted, giving her a nudge.
“Sorry, sorry” she wiped away her happy tears. “He called you a granny?” She continued laughing.
“Hyoyeon-aahh…” I whined.
“Alright, alright. I stop now. So, you don’t know what he means by the whole dog thingy? You don’t know whether the dog he was referring to is the actual dog or himself?” she asked.
“U-hum.” I nodded.
“You know what..” she put her chin on her palm, “I think it’s love. He likes you.”
“Yah!” I put my arms around her neck, acting like I wanted to strangle her. “What did you say? Say it again?”
“Ahaha.. C’mon Sooyoungie. Admit it. You like him too, don’t you?” she laughed. I let her go and said, “No way!”
“Yes way..” she grinned and ran away.
“Yah! Come back here!” I stood up and started to chase her around like we used to do in elementary school.
“Hey, look on the bright side. Maybe you'd actually win the bet with Jessica.” Hyoyeon puffed.
“You’re right.” I stopped chasing her like a wolf. Suddenly my stomach grumbled.
“There’s your tummy again.” Hyoyeon said, catching her breath.
“Hmm.. I guess all these thinking makes me hungry.” I took some money out of my bag and said, “I’ll be back. I want to get some grub first.”
“Yeah. I’ll practice here some more. Bring me some food, okay?” Hyoyeon said as she walked towards her radio.
“Okay!” I half-screamed as I ran out of the studio.
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“Where should I eat? Here? There? This is so hard. “ I scratched my head in confusion until a sushi store caught my eye.
“Ah, some Japanese food won’t hurt.” I said as I walked across the road to the store.
I walked inside and sat next to a tall guy. Somehow he looked familiar. And he even wore the same school uniform as me. But I didn’t care much as I was too in the mood for food. Since the sushi on plates are quite expensive, and trust me I wouldn’t stop taking more plates, I made up my mind to order through the menu.
“One Sakana Black Pepper please.” I chorused with the guy next to me. We both looked at each other and to my surprise it was.. it was.
“Changmin??”
“Oh, it’s you.” He said without a tone. Then, he turned away and played with the chopsticks.
This is one weird guy, I thought. Suddenly, his phone rang. As he took it out. I took a glimpse to see who it was. The picture on the screen was a girl with mushroom hair. A name under her face read ‘Tiffany’. So, this is the Tiffany they were talking about. Hmm, I wonder why she called.
With no haste, Changmin turned off his phone and put it back in his pocket. I pretended that I didn’t notice it but he caught me. He snapped at me like a madman, “Mind your own business will ya?”
I was about to say something back when the waiter served us our orders.
“Enjoy~” the waiter said, his nametag bore the name Jonghyun. Wait, that name sounded exactly like the driver who sent me to Jessica’s party. I tried to recall his face but the waiter already looked away. Maybe they have the same names.
While we were both eating, I noticed that Changmin has a lot of appetite. My rice wasn’t half yet but he's already almost finished with his.
“Wow, you eat fast.” I commented.
“You’re just slow.” He said, not stopping from eating.
“Hey, I’m not slow okay? I can eat just as fast you can!” I stuffed my mouth with rice, miso soup, vegetables and some salmon. By then, my rice bowl was empty as it was all in my mouth.
“murpahhsouefgsj” I said unclearly. It was supposed to be “See, I told you so.”
Changmin then placed his chopsticks, leaving his unfinished meal. He stood up but before he was about to leave, an unexpected thing happened. I could feel my face getting flush red as Changmin smiled with sincerity and muttered something beneath his lips,
“Cute.”