Chapter 19

"Juyeon, I- Why me?" Y/N almost sobbed. "I don't know either.. There were so many other girls but it had to be you.." Juyeon shrugged. "So what do you say?" Juyeon asked. Sunwoo, who had been listening to his confession, walked away, having no intention to listen to his lover's answer. "Juyeon, I'm sorry. But my heart belongs to someone else.." Y/N sighed. "Oh... Who?" Juyeon felt his heart break. "I-I can't tell you that already.." she blushed. "Oh okay okay.." Juyeon had never felt this emotion before, and it felt strange. He had never dated a girl out of pure love, all he did was play. But, today, he got rejected by the girl he had truly fallen for. "I hope we can still stay friends then?" Juyeon asked with big doe eyes. "Of course we can!" Y/N smiled at Juyeon. "Juyeon, how about we get something to eat? I'm hungry! Oh and you'll get added to a circus in about two days time or even less.. Just telling you" Y/N chuckled as she stood up, followed by Juyeon. "Sure, but...what do you mean circus?" Juyeon asked. "It's a group chat!" she teased and ran out of the studio.

Y/N took out her phone while waiting for Juyeon to change and come out. She texted San asking him to add Juyeon to the group chat.

(A/N : This text is in Y/N's perspective...)

Y/N :

San-ah! Hi!

San ✨:

Hey Y/N

Y/N :

I need a favor

San ✨ :

Sure! Whatever about?

Y/N :

Can you add this number up to our group chat?

010-XXX-XXXX

San✨ :

Who is it?

Y/N :

Juyeon

San ✨:

Will Woo be okay?

Y/N :

Idk..

San ✨ :

I'll talk with him

And oh, Hongjoong hyung asked me to remove Lisa and Jiyeon.. Since you three prolly have another group..

He told me that you're okay, but we can't say our personal stuff there with them.

We added the two for Mingi's sake.. Since Jiyeon is Mingi's cousin... But isn't that close

Are you okay with me removing them?

Y/N :

I'm fine.. But isn't Jiyeon the one who wanted me to join the chat?

And yes, we do have another group chat

I'll tell them something

You will add Juyeon though right?

San ✨:

Well, Jiyeon didn't tell me.. Woo did.. Jiyeon just added hay to the fire

I'll ask the others about adding Juyeon too and tell you

We're not gud friends with him even though you are

He'll be uncomfortable with our lame jokes too...

Y/N :

Lame? More like dirty! 😂

Anyways, okay.. Ask the others too

Try being friends with him too, he's nice

San ✨:

Okay then

Bye

Y/N :

Bye

Thanks

San ✨:

You're welcome!

*seen

Texting with San made Y/N remember something that made her look like a fool. "I've never even texted with Sunwoo!" she yelled to herself as she quickly went through her contacts and found Sunwoo's which she got from him recently during a study session. 'Come to think of it, I've never even texted him! ' Y/N yelled to herself.

Y/N :

Hi Sunwoo! It's Y/N! I got your number but never even got to call you! 😋

Sunwoo :

Oh.. Hi... How was your day? : )

Y/N :

Pretty good... I have to tell you something

But I'll tell that later

Sunwoo :

Um, Y/N?

Are you free on Wednesday next week?

Y/N :

Why? 🤔

Sunwoo :

There's a carnival that I'm hoping to take you to...

Do you have plans?

Y/N :

I'm sorry Sunwoo, but, I have plans with Juyeon. And they're pretty important..

Sunwoo :

Oh... okay.. Enjoy your date then

Bye

Y/N :

Bye! 🤗

And sorry too! 😥

*seen

"I'll go by myself then! Why did I even think that she likes me?! She likes Juyeon! Of course she does!" Sunwoo said to himself as he curled up in to a ball and cried himself to sleep on the cold floor of his shrine.

"Oh gosh.. What am I supposed to do?! Juyeon's audition in on Wednesday next week!" Y/N said, suddenly getting on her knees as if she were apologizing to Sunwoo, as she felt someone tap on her shoulder. "Y/N, are you okay?" asked Juyeon, concerned. "Yeah, I'm totally fine!" said Y/N smiling as she heard Juyeon's tummy grumble. "Come on, let's go get something to eat" Y/N said, smiling brightly. Juyeon needed to move on now that he got rejected, but every time he sees Y/N's cute smile, his heart skips a beat.

Juyeon drove Y/N to and himself to a fancy restaurant. Y/N was not experienced in having food at fancy places like Juyeon did, she was just used to having soju and ramen noodles in a convenience store. She was given the menu but was lost in searching for what she needed. She scratched her head as she was thinking about what she was going to order as well as what she was supposed to do with Sunwoo. If she told the truth, she wanted to hang out with Sunwoo since she has never done that outside tutoring him. She had a crush on Sunwoo, so she would love nothing more than hanging out with him. But, she was the reason Juyeon had an audition afterschool. If she hadn't just gotten drunk at Seonghwa's party, she never would've gotten herself in any of this trouble. As if she had nothing else to worry about, Juyeon too, had confessed his true love to Y/N. 'I really don't wanna hurt Sunwoo nor do I want to hurt Juyeon..' she sighed, loud enough for Juyeon to hear.

"Hey, Y/N? Are you okay?" asked Juyeon. "Yeah.. I'm perfectly fine. You know what Juyeon, I've lost my appetite. You get whatever you want... I'm good..." Y/N chased away her hunger. "I'm paying.. So, get anything..." Juyeon smiled as the pretty waitress approached. "I'll have the lemon drizzled steak and a coke please.." said Juyeon, reading the menu. "I don't need any-" Y/N was cut off. "She'll have the same too please.." Juyeon said. They waited for a while, chatting, until their dishes arrived. "Gimme that... Lemme cut it for you.." said Juyeon, noticing that Y/N was having a hard time cutting her steak. She smiled and handed over her plate to Juyeon, who cut it for her. "So, what were you thinking about?" asked Juyeon. "Nah... It's nothing.." Y/N sighed.

Juyeon was having the time of his life with Y/N. Finally, after they were done with their fun, Juyeon dropped Y/N at her place. Only to find out an angry Wooyoung standing at the doorstep as Y/N opened the door. "Excuse me missy! Where were you?!". "I was with the ferrari driver.." Y/N smirked. "Oh, him...? You may pass.." said Wooyoung, letting Y/N through.

The next day (at lunch) :

"Hey Lisa! I have a big problem.." said Y/N, who was sighing as she looked at Sunwoo's seat at their lunch table next to Eric. "Eric? Why is Sunwoo absent?" asked Lisa, shushing Y/N. "He was sobbing the last time I called... I have no idea why either.. Better call him later..." Eric shrugged. "Okay, now, Y/N, your problem..." said Lisa, facing her friend. "Eric, you can listen too.." Y/N chuckled as she noticed Eric, looking away. "It's Juyeon.. He- he confessed to me yesterday when we were hanging out.. And he has an au- er, no he asked me join an important event on Wednesday, and so did Sunwoo, he asked me come to a carnival or something, and they're on the same day! But, I already said no to Sunwoo too!!!" Y/N started pulling her hair. "Woah.. Juyeon confessed? Good thing Bo's not here..." said Lisa. 'So he asked her..' thought Eric, impressed. "Then you'll have to go to Juyeon's whatever it is..." said Lisa, shrugging. "What is it anyways?" she aasked. "Well, I'm telling this to the two of you since I trust you. Its an audition. Honestly, I watched Juyeon dance today at his studio and he was so good. He does contemporary dancing, but he's just too embarrassed to share it with the others since he was bullied a lot in his past school in the US. He might be cold on the outside, but he's the warmest person I know, except Sunwoo" said Y/N sighing.

"What the other thing is, I'm the one who made him sign him up for that audition. And the reason he's absent today is because he's practicing..." Y/N was almost crying. "Go to Juyeon's audition... It's important.. Go to the carnival later.." said Lisa, as if it were that simple. "NO!" yelled Eric. 'It's really important!!' yelled Eric in his head too. "Why? An audition is important than a carnival" said Lisa. "Then it's settled. Go to Juyeon's audition. Go to Sunwoo later and apologize later.." said Lisa, confirming Y/N's decision.

Wednesday :

After a lot of arguments with herself and some advise from Wooyoung, she finally decided on what to do. Her friendships with Juyeon and Sunwoo depended on what she did afterschool. Y/N had a little talk with Jiyeon and speed-walked to her aunt's house and got dressed. She wore a white sweater tucked in to a linen short. She wore a printed baggy shirt and her brown leather side bag.

She quickly ran to her aunt's room and got her flowers. She got in to a taxi and was on her way to Juyeon's audition.

"Y/N! You came!" said Juyeon as Y/N hugged him. "How could I not?!" she chuckled as a reply. "Thanks a lot! It means so much to me.." said Juyeon. "I'll be here.. And here, something for your future success" said Y/N as she handed over the flowers to Juyeon, winking. "I'm gonna have to wait here till they call me.." said Juyeon, sitting next to her. They waited together waiting for Juyeon's name to be called out, talking with each other. "Lee Juyeon!" yelled a female voice from the room where the audition was held. Juyeon started sweating and panicking. "Hey, you can do this Juyeon... I believe in you. Don't be nervous and do your best. Dance just like you did in front of me and you're okay. Okay?" said Y/N as she patted Juyeon's back sending him away.

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"Of course she likes him! Bold of me to even think that she'd come to me over him! They might even be sharing their first kiss!" Sunwoo was yelling to himself as he was walking towards the entrance of the carnival. "She obviously likes Juyeon! ARGHHH!! She-- what?" Sunwoo almost tripped on his own foot. "Y/N?" he pointed at a girl looking exactly like Y/N. "I think I'm going crazy.. I'm seeing her everywhere... Even there.." he said, glancing at a girl, walking towards him. "Hi Sunwoo..." said Y/N, who was making her way to Sunwoo, shyly. "Y/N you-" his words were cut off as Y/N tackled him in to a tight hug. "I'm so sorry Sunwoo. I had to go to Juyeon's audition and- and I couldn't even come to this awesome carnival..." said Y/N through light sobs. "Hey, it's okay... Audition? I thought you were on the date he asked you to..." said Sunwoo pulling away. "Date? You- heard him? How?" she asked in disbelief. "I-I was there.." Sunwoo was looking at his feet., as Y/N ruffled his hair as an 'it's okay'. "Did you leave that audition as it is?" asked Sunwoo, buying tickets, already. "No, I asked Jiyeon to cover up. Actually, she heard me mumbling to myself, so she asked me to have fun with you and that she'd cover up for me. I'm pretty sure that was because she's head-over-heels for Juyeon.." said Y/N chuckling.

"Anyways, what matters is that I'm here now.. Let's have some fun!!" exclaimed Y/N as she pulled Sunwoo in to the biggest crowd he has ever seen gather up at one place. 'What am I supposed to do? I said Eric that it was okay for him to visit his grandma since I thought Y/N wouldn't be coming... Who's gonna stop the controls?! Hey, maybe I can make the time stop.. or even break the controls for a while..' thought Sunwoo as Y/N was dragging him to everywhere she wanted to go. They went on bumper cars, with Y/N purposefully bumping in to Sunwoo. Sunwoo wanted to go on the carousel and so they did. Sunwoo wanted nothing more than the pretty smile on Y/N's face. It was his favorite thing in the world. "Aw, you scaredy cat! Come on! Let's go on the roller coaster!!" whined Y/N as she forcefully pushed a yelling Sunwoo in to the seat next to hers on the roller coaster. Y/N was laughing so hard at how Sunwoo was screaming and hanging on for dear life. Sunwoo protested and made Y/N sit on the mechanical bull and watched her scream her head off. The two of them got in to the Scrambler as Y/N chuckled at Sunwoo, who was yelling at her. The duo even rode the log flume together. Unbeknownst to the two of them, Sunwoo was clutching on to Y/N hand the whole time, during all the rides they went on together.

Sunwoo was puking in to the nearest dustbin as he was watching Y/N happily ride the most dangerous rides alone. Sunwoo swore that he heard her scream during the wave swing and the loop-o-plane. He kept watching her laugh, something that he adored most in the world.

The night was slowly creeping. 'Mission confess to Y/N activate!' he said in his head as he walked to Y/N who was by the popcorn store. "Hey, Y/N? How about we end this day out with the Ferris wheel?" asked Sunwoo batting his eyelashes. "Ew, Ferris wheels are for kids" said Y/N. "I'd like to ride that one which is spinning. I would like to!!" said Sunwoo, with his trademark aegyo actions. "Okay okay.. And oh, don't ever do that again!" said Y/N in an annoying tone, but inside, she was bursting with his cuteness. The two of them got in to a cabin and were on their way to the top.

Sunwoo started to concentrate by now. He had to slow the time around him, without Y/N noticing. He closed his eyes and started breathing, slowly and carefully, not to lose himself too much so that his tails or ears won't pop out. When they reached the top, the time around him and Y/N slowed, unbeknownst to Y/N. "Wow..." said Y/N mesmerized by the view from the top. "Ferris Wheels are for kids blah blah blah..." Sunwoo imitated Y/N, who was laughing. The two enjoyed the beautiful view together in silence. "Hey Y/N? Can I tell you something?" asked Sunwoo, breaking the long silence. 'It's time!!' he thought. " Have you ever had that feeling that when you meet someone, you want to make them smile for the rest of your life? Well, I realized, I was thinking about you, and I began to wonder how long you'd been on my mind. Then it occurred to me : Since I met you, you've never left. I always try to pretend that I'm just a friend, when all I do is dream about you. And when I heard Juyeon confessing to you, I've never been so scared of losing something in my entire life, then again, nothing in my life has ever meant to me than you do..." said Sunwoo, spilling all his feelings.

"Sunwoo... Why me?" asked Y/N. "I don't know.. My heart chose you. Maybe it's your personality or your looks... I'm not sure... I'd choose you anyways, wherever you are, whatever you are and with whoever you are with... I like you Y/N... I like you so much... Will you go out with me?". "It's okay if you don't me back. I don't expect you to like me over the rich and handsome Juyeon anyways.." he sighed as he ended. "Sunwoo, I don't like Juyeon. He's just a friend.. " said Y/N chuckling. "And Sunwoo, can I tell you something too?" she asked. "Yes.." said Sunwoo, afraid of rejection. "I like you too Sunwoo. You- you give me the kind of feelings people write only novels about, feelings I've never felt before. You have no idea how much I like you, how much you make me smile, how much I love talking to you, how much I miss you or how much I crave for the day I meet you again... And yes, I would love to go out with you!" said Y/N as she hugged Sunwoo so tight that he was almost chocking. And then, Sunwoo did something that made Y/N forget how to breathe. He kissed her cheek.

Sunwoo smiled at her as he closed his eyes, slowly concentrating as he made their cabin make their way towards the ground. Sunwoo got down first and offered his hand which Y/N took, and decided never to let go. "Shall we order something?" asked Y/N. "Let's go to the park shall we?" asked Sunwoo, rubbing soft circles on the back of Y/N's palm with his thumb. "Hmm..." replied Y/N as the new couple walked towards the park near by. 'I guess I'm gonna have to break another heart when I leave on the month after the next' thought Sunwoo as he held Y/N's hand tighter. They ordered ramen and began eating. "Did you like me ever since you met me? Cuz I did.." shrugged Y/N. "Of course I did.." said Sunwoo, slurping the last of his noodles and so did Y/N.

The two of them were now seated on the cold grass, of the inner part of the park where no one usually came to during the night, and were looking at the stars. The full moon was shining brightly in the sky. Sunwoo gulped as he looked at Y/N, who was even prettier under the faint light of the moon and stars. Y/N looked at Sunwoo and smiled. They kept staring at each other for a while as Y/N noticed that Sunwoo was leaning in. She closed her eyes and let him approach. And then, he closed the gap. Y/N and Sunwoo both felt as if their hearts were about to beat out of their chests. They sat there kissing passionately under the light of a thousand stars... Sunwoo made a swarm of glowing fireflies appear, so it was even more romantic. Sunwoo deepened the kiss, just before he noticed the light rays of the moon touching his skin. He felt a familiar tingling sensation as he felt his inner spirit awaken. His hair whitened from its' roots and his ears appeared above his head and his tails started sprouting one by one. He wanted Y/N to keep her eyes shut till his tails and ears disappear so he deepened their kiss even more. But, to Sunwoo's horror, he started levitating, so he pulled away from the kiss and his body started to glow, as Y/N slowly opened her eyes.... And all he could say was,

"Ah crap!"

Hey guys!! I know, this chapter is pretty long... I think it's the longest for now...

Anywayss.. STAY SAFE AND HAPPY!!!