Chapter 9
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□Hi.This is Anaya.
■Hi Anaya. This is Jian :)
□Oh, hi Jian.
■Oh? Were you expecting someone in particular ;)
□No , I just wasn't sure whose number this was.
■Mm.
■So tell me. What's your deal with Jay?
□Nothing, we got stuck in a liftthis one time. Why?
■Lift?
□I mean elevator.
■Oh, that's it?? He told me something different. So either you are not telling me everything or he was lying.
□I am not lying and the time at the airport you can't really call it a meeting.
■Airport?
□Yes when our bags got mixed up.
■Mm.
□??
Read.
He leaves me on read?? I sigh and put my phone away and focus on my assignment, we had a class test that will be based on the assignment we were doing, it was some case study. It had been three days after the event and I was nervous about texting the number immediately so Saejin suggested that I text after three days. My assignment was so boring so in order to not die from boredom I decided to text the number and it was Jian's number. I thought it would be Jay. To be honest I was a little disappointed but not that much.
The class test wasn't hard, it was basically a different case but with the same questions and concepts, I was at the cafeteria waiting on Saejin as we had a break at the same time when a text message came into my phone and it was an unknown number which was strange because my number was very much new and only a few people had it.
+65 8897 6543
■Anaya?
□Who is this?
■Eunjae. Hi 👋
□Eunjae?? From??
■😒How many Eunjae's do you know?
□Uh one and he is a famous somebody who wouldn't text me unless the universe somehow glitches but now that Jian texted me I don't think so.
■Uh. This is the famous one.
□No kidding!where did you get my number?
■Stole it, I saw Jian texting you in the kitchen and was curious. How are you?
□So celebrities can be thieves too...I am good how are you?
■We are only human after all. So tell me something juicy?
□Juicy? Mhh
□Kai is juicy
■🚮 I am not a trash can for you to dispose of your trash on.
□😁😤Leave me alone, it's my opinion and I am entitled to it.
■No one is entitled to trash, now give me real juicy information.
□I think I am in love
■Now this is juicy, with who?
□Kai
■😒No wonder Jian left you on read...
□🏃♀️😩Eunjae I love Kai, you can't separate us. We are soulmates.
■This user is currently not available.Please try again later when you have your brains facing the right way.
"Who are you talking to?" Saejin asked standing behind me with her breath hitting my neck. Why was she so close to me, she smelt so good and when I turned my head to face her we were inches from kissing , she looked at me with her flirty eyes and my heart beat so fast. I cleared my throat and faced forward, "Eunjae," I said putting my phone on the table as she handed me iced lemon tea. "What does he want?" She asked with a curious face, "Nothing, we were just talking. He is just so dramatic," I said giggling. Saejin raised her eyebrow at me but just shrugged her shoulders and we went to get some lunch while we talked. "Saejin?"
"Mm."
"Are you an only child?"
"No, I have a younger brother."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"What's his name and how old is he? Where does he live?"
"Why are you asking so much about him, are you looking for a boyfriend?" She asked.
"No what would I do with your younger brother?I am just curious."
"Well he is your age, his name is Jae and he lives around," she said biting into her sandwich.
"You mean he lives in the same country as us and he probably lives a few minutes from here, why haven't you introduced him?"
"An hour and some minutes away and you have met him," she said.
"What? When? I don't remember meeting him," I said in surprise but she just looked at her phone and stood up.
"You did and I am going to be late for my lecture see you," she said as she walked away. Why is she avoiding my questions, when did I meet him like seriously I don't remember meeting him. I checked my time and I had 15 minutes before my next lecture and I noticed Eunjae had sent a few messages.
□You do know I am a student right?
□You can't expect me to answer promptly.
□I was going to answer but my friend appeared and we had lunch together. She is really hot, I think I have a crush on her.
■Now that's juicy. Which one the one we met?
□Yes
■Which one?
□Saejin, you might not remember her but she was the tall one.
■Saejin, you think Saejin is hot?
□I don't think...she is. Goodness me, one of these days she will kill my heart.
■👀🙅♀️don't make me comment
□Don't judge, you know she is hot.
■No I don't
■Your taste is quite disappointing
□I think you are the most handsome person ever but yet again my taste is disappointing so you are disappointing 😁
■🙂↕️I agree to be that type of disappointment.
□🙄I have to get to class.
Read.
What's with them and leaving me on read? I attended the rest of my lectures and got home, I was tired and hungry. I was the only one home so I just went straight to bed and slept right away without changing or anything. I was woken up with my phone ringing, I answered without checking the person who was calling.
○Heyllow
●Hey. Are you asleep?
○Who is this?
●You didn't save my number?
○Who is this?
I checked the caller ID and it was a number, whose number was this again?
●Eunjae
○Eunjae Who?
●Are you deliberately being dumb or are you dumb?
○What?
●Girl wake up
○Five minutes
●No
I sighed and sat up and squeezed my eyes shut and opened them, it was dark outside.
○I am awake
●Are you free?
○Yeah why?
●Did you eat?
○No why?
●Well I am tired of working and I need some fresh air and I am hungry. Do you want to get some food with me?
○Is that okay? You know it could be problematic if we are seen together.
●Well we will do a drive in and park somewhere where no one will see us, it won't be long just and hour or so.
○Why don't you go out with Rahu or Jay or Jian or even Kai?
●I am tired of seeing their faces 😒 I need a break.
○Okay, where do we meet?
●There is this park next to your university, meet me there in 30 minutes.
I went to freshen up and changed my outfit to something a little better, I walked out and TingTing was fast asleep by the couch and Saejin was in her room doing some assignments, "I am heading out to buy food, what do I get you?"
"Anything not spicy, who are you going out?" Saejin asked, she was wearing her glasses and Oh boy she looked really 😳 pretty.
"Eunjae," I said trying to compose myself.
"Eunjae? Is anything happening between the two of you?"
"No, he just asked me to go out for a while."
"Mmh okay, be safe and don't get caught."
I walked out and went to wait for him by the park, I kept looking around as if someone would be waiting out there with a camera waiting to take a picture or something, after a while a car stopped. I had to wait and see if it was Eunjae or not, Eunjae called me and told me that it was him. I opened the passenger seat only to be welcomed by Jay seating there, "What is her doing here?" I asked surprised.
"Oh he said he wanted to tag along," Eunjae said. I rolled my eyes at Jay and went to sit at the back and we drove off. "So Anaya, how are you?"
"I am good thanks for asking Jay, how are you?"
"Good, I heard that you have a thing for Saejin your roommate."
"You told him!"
"No I didn't, he read our texts," Eunjae said as if that would make it better.
"He read our texts!"
"So...are you lesbo?"
"No, I just think she is hot."
"Do you think I am hot?"
"No."
"Do you think Eunjae is hot?"
"No."
"Kai?"
"Yes," I said with a smile on my face.
"So what are we getting for food?"
"I don't know what do we get?"
"I don't know something with a wide selection I need to get food for my roommates too."
We decided to go to the classic Mcdonald's because I was craving a cheese burger. "For Saejin maybe a buttermilk crispy chicken and some fries?"
"Saejin doesn't like the buttermilk crispy chicken burger, she loves the grilled chicken McWrap with apple pie and large fries," Eunjae said as he corrected my order.
"Oh," I said as I nodded but then I looked at Eunjae with surprise written on my face.
"Wait, how do you know what Saejin likes?"
"Busted," Jay said.