Chapter 10 : Daeshim

*ringggggg *

He is calling me!

Damn! What do I do? I thought he will not reply so fast. But forget about reply, he's directly calling me.

I was panicking so much and the phone was ringing. The call was about to end when I received it--

"Hello?"

"Hello-"

I heard his deep, calm voice.

"How are you"

I composed myself, "I'm doing fine. Did I disturb you?"

"No. If you had disturbed me, would I call you?"

I blushed a little.

"Do you want to say something to me?"

I panicked again. What do I tell him?

Yeah I know I decided to help them get together, but how do I start! I have never done something like this in my life. I never even ran errand for anyone in my life, let alone setting up someone.

I was mumbling and he was waiting on the other side...

"Hello...? Jin-ae?"

"A-aaah yes.. I'm still here."

"Is there something wrong?", he said it with a worried tone.

Of course! I suddenly wanted to talk to him and when he called me, I'm here creating a suspense for him.

But how should I start the topic? Should I get straight to the point? Or should I ask him about what he thinks about Min Ae-ri? Or should I start with something else?

I was taking so much time.

"Jin-ae is everything okay?"- he asked me again.

"Ah no no.. I'm fine. Don't worry.. It's just something I never did before. I don't know how to start."

He paused for a moment.

Then said, "If it's something important, then I can come to you right now."

"Huh? N-now?", this time the panic was visible in my voice.

"I mean if it's okay with you."

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"I actually share my apartment with one of my friend. He has a bike. So it will not be a problem to get to you."

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I agreed to meet him. And now he is coming to see me at this hour.

[Should I get changed? Nah~ Maybe I should change my trouser... Or not?]

I was having trouble about changing into something more presentable. But then I decided not to change. I was wearing a black trouser with white side stripe and a simple white short sleeve t-shirt. I fixed my bed hair and applied lip bum.

I was waiting by the window for him.

After some time, a bike stopped near my building. And a guy in full black took off his helmet.

It was Kim Daeshim.

[Did he match up his cloths with the black bike]

Black is my spritual colour and seeing a man in black, on a black bike really got me hyped.

I saw him and dashed to get to him.

My apartment is on 3rd floor, so I was using stairs. While heading down I got a call from him. I cut the call.

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*pant * *pant *

Daeshim was looking at his phone, probably was planning to call me again. He was still on the bike.

"Oppa..." *pant *

He instantly looked at me and then started to get down from the bike. He walked to me,

"Why did you run? You should have taken your time."

He had a bag with him. He opened it, brought out a water bottle from inside and gave it to me.

"Thanks!"

I drank the water and gave the water bottle back to him. Then we started talking---

He looked around, "Hum~ this area is quite safe for students. That's a good thing." -then he looked at me and smiled.

As response, I also looked around, "Yeah~ Dad contacted one of his friend beforehand."

He smirked, "Uncle and aunty is always really careful when it comes you. They love you very much."

I blushed. "Yeah~ They do."

"Did you have dinner? If not, then we should grab something to eat."

"No~ It's okay. I already ate. Thank you."

Seeing me being so polite, he laughed and nodded. I kinda felt embarrassed for that.

"So... What were you trying to say on phone?"

It finally came to the main point. So I prepared myself,

Inhale--

Exhale--

"About Min Ae-ri....."

Daeshim looked at me confused.

[Does he not remember her?!]

"Yesterday she was with us. You know the girl with short hair?"

He thought for a moment and then raised his eyebrows, "Ohh yeah~ In-su's friend is Jung Bo-ra. And Min Ae-ri is the girl In-su --- I mean she is Jung Bo-ra's friend. I remember."

Seriously! This is how he remembers? In-su's friend and his friend's friend? We literally spent our whole evening together. And Min Ae-ri face is not that forgettable. What were you doing?

I automatically had that worried eyebrows and thought- [Poor Min Ae-ri]

"Yes that's her."

"Okay." He narrowed his eyes a little, "What about her?"

[Now I'm in real dilemma. Should I really talk about her, when Daeshim doesn't even remember her well?]

Well, whatever it is. He remembers her well or not, either way, to make any progress I have to bring her up first!

I kinda slapped my face in my imagination and said, "Okay... No more beating around the bush. I will get straight to the point."

He concentrated even more. I felt like he was looking right into my soul. I halted a little, but I have to do what I have to do.

"Min Ae-ri is a really precious friend of mine. She is a shy and nice girl. Today we talked and I got to know..." - I looked at him, "Daeshim oppa she likes you."

Daeshim stared at me with this shocked expression.

"Umm.. What do you think about her?"

He still stared at me without any reply. It was a little awkward for me.

Daeshim finally came to understand what was going on. He then looked down and furrowed his eyebrows,

"So this is what you wanted to talk about?"

He looked disappointed.

*ba-dum *

My heart felt heavy.

"Yes."

He looked at me with this dejected face and said, "I didn't think anything about her. And also---"

Before him finishing his sentence I rushed and said, "But can't you give it a try?"

Daeshim made a even more disappointed face.

Without saying anything he got on the bike. Wearing the helmet he said, "I will talk about it over phone." – and just like that he left.

*ba-dum * -[What was he expecting from me?]

I stood there seeing him leave, then came back to my room disappointed.

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(Daeshim)

*creak *

Daeshim opened his apartment door and came in. His face had no expression on it.

He placed the helmet on a table and walked into the living room--

"Hey bro.. You are back?"

Daeshim tossed the bike key to his friend Hyun-woo, who was watching tv lying on the sofa with a table full of snacks and cold drinks.

"I'm going to sleep. Keep the volume low."

"Did you meet your girl-friend?"

Daeshim looked at him with a poker face, but didn't reply to him and just went inside his room.

*SLAM *

"What's up with him? He was so excited before leaving. He snatched the keys from me, I definitely thought it was a girl.", Hyun-woo mumbled.

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Daeshim put off his t-shirt and tossed it on the chair. Then lied down shirtless on his bed, putting his hand over his face.

The lights were off and the moon light was coming through the window. It fell on his bare well built body. From the light breeze his hairs were fluttering and in the moonlight his black hair looked like glitter.

*SIGHH *

"You never think about me Jin-ae..... Do you?"

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