— Next day —

Sunday, June 13th, 2022.

3:30 pm.

I take my headphones off and walk up to y/n from behind, being as quiet as possible to startle her. Luckily, none of them notices me, so I sneak to her.

I poke her sides as soon as I reach her out, but she twitches and whirls around. "Hey," I giggle, but she smiles and slaps my arm. "Don't do that, my waist is sensitive."

"I'm sorry," I do not mean it but glance at Hyunjin and Seunggil, and I tell them hi, getting them to stop skating and come up to me. "Hey, how are you?" my best friend drops his board on the ground. "Good, and you?"

"Good," I open the zipper of my bag to put my headphones in it, making sure it does not remain within sight and risks getting stolen by other people here. "Why are you so late today? You didn't answer my text," he asks, so I tell him the truth. "I was hanging out with Iseul because she needed my help to get a package and bring it home, so I ended up eating lunch at her house because she wanted to thank me and all. I mean, I'm not gonna say no to free food."

"Hm," he smirks as if something could happen between her and me. "Stop with that face, nothing's going on between us," I roll my eyes and put my bag on the ground to avoid this situation and go skating on the quarter pipe. "Hey! What about your student here?" he mentions the one I scared, and I stop to make eye contact with her. "She was a little brat with me last night, so she doesn't deserve it."

"A little brat last night?" he raises his eyebrows, understanding this sentence wrongly. "Can you repeat that and add some context, please?"

"Bro," I chuckle but sigh. "We were playing—"

"Playing? Wow, it's getting so much better, keep going," he tries to make it sound dirty and crosses his arms over his chest, giving all his attention for this matter. "Shut up. We were playing video games, but she kept cheating."

"I wasn't cheating, you were just bad," she says those provoking words again, knowing how mad I get when I lose. "Keep your mouth closed, girlie."

"No," she shakes her head, playfully looking for trouble. "Dude. When you tell me to shut up, you say 'Shut the fuck up, bitch', but she gets a sweet and soft 'Keep your mouth closed, girlie'?"

"Will you stop whining?" I take my eyes off of y/n, and he raises his middle finger. "Such a well-mannered boy."

He does not say anything but sulks, and Hyunjin and he both join me, so I try some tricks but make sure Seunggil does not try to be a bitch and run into me.

"Do a kickflip," he challenges me, still bitter about how I treat her with more softness than him. With no doubt but only confidence, I gain enough speed and ollie as high as I can, flick the board with my front foot, then put my feet back on it when it fully spun.

"So bad," he judges what he is not even able to do, and I slow down. "You're just jealous you can't do it."

"I can do it, I just don't want to," he finds a pretext to not face a failure, and I scoff. "Sure," I glance at y/n to know what she is doing but notice that she is not here anymore, so I look for her, being careful to not be in the way of one of the guys, and I catch sight of her trying to skate without anyone.

Without thinking twice, I leave this quarter pipe and head towards her.

'YOUR P.O.V'

"What are you doing all alone?" Joonha stops right before me but remains on his board, and I glance up at him. "Skating."

Not liking how sarcastic I am, he gives me an unfriendly look. "Ah yeah? I didn't notice."

"Why do you ask then?" I smile at him, and his rosy lips form the same shape. "The more you're comfortable with me, and the more you're looking for trouble," he pushes his inner cheek with his tongue, his intimidating blue eyes never leaving mine. "I'm gonna have to calm you down, at some point. So do it yourself before I have to," he threatens me, not knowing how much this gives me even more motivation.

"And what are you gonna do?" I chuckle and step down on the floor to not be on the skateboard Hyunjin bought me. "Oh, you wouldn't wanna know. Trust me," he glances down at his feet and pushes on one side of the board to play.

"Stop flexing," I cross my arms and watch him, but he smirks and keeps going, doing some tricks I would never be able to do because of my poor skills. "Are you—" he abruptly leaves his skateboard and seems to avoid something that must have scared him, and I discern a bug flying near him. "Go away, you fucking bitch," he runs to flee from it, and I cannot hold back, I laugh at how cute this is, even though I would do the exact same if I was in his shoes.

After finally seeing it go far away from him, he comes back but ruffles his brown fluffy hair as if he wanted to make sure it is really gone.

Meanwhile, I giggle, and he notices me. "What are you laughing at, you brat?" he grabs his skateboard in an upset manner out of embarrassment. "You," I quieten my laughter, but he hides an unwanted smile and walks away. "You're fucking mean."

"You're the one who always teases me, so don't you dare call me mean," I do not accept this after the several times he enjoyed making fun of the skateboard incident. "You're mean. I don't care," he stops himself in front of a mini ramp. "Come here," he gestures me, ordering me around.

I take my skateboard and decide to move towards him, and he takes his hoodie off, but right when he pulls it up, his tattoo and abs get revealed, but before I could tell my eyes to glance away, he puts his t-shirt back properly and steps towards me. He folds his hoodie and places it over my shoulder. "Thank you," he goes back to the ramp, and I drop my skateboard. "I'm sorry, do you think I'm a coat rack?"

"Yeah," he turns around and looks at me, attempting to find a way to irritate me. I do not even say anything, I stare at him, and he maintains eye contact, playfully.

Once he notices I am not even doing anything about it, he giggles and comes back to me. "I'm joking, give me that," he gets his clothing back, taking his cologne away from my nose when I was loving the constant smell of it. He heads towards his bag and stuffs it inside, before coming back and laughing at me. "You didn't even mind, so why did you complain?"

"Who said I didn't?" I glance down at his lip ring, and he points his finger at me. "Your body," he leaves me for his skateboard. "Come with me, we're gonna practice here," he invites me to join him, so I do not hesitate before going forth.

— Two weeks later —

Saturday, June 26th, 2022.

5:10 pm.

'JOONHA'S P.O.V'

< hey, what's your opinion on tongue piercings? ]

I pause my game and lean back on my gaming chair to read y/n's text, always feeling some sort of joy whenever I see her name appear on my screen, even if we have been texting each other every day and seeing each other every weekend.

[ on myself or someone else? >

< someone else ]

[ well, I find it hot. Why?  >

< just wanted your opinion so thanks ]

[ Are you gonna get one? >

I put my headphones down and run my fingers through my damp hair, waiting for it to dry on its own so that I can bleach it after dinner.

< yes, I've been thinking about this for a whole year, so I want to do it now that I have money and courage lmao ]

[ Oh I felt the same way about my tattoo lmao so I understand. When are you gonna do it tho? I wanna see it as soon as you have it >

< I have an appointment next Wednesday, I'll show you, I hope it won't be too painful tho ]

[ I heard that its just difficult because you can't eat what you want in the first days I think >

< that's gonna be hell for me then:') ]

[ lmaoo it's fine, I'll be there to distract you from your cravings >

< thanks lmao ]

[ :3  >

< btw how's you're tattoo now? Has it healed? ]

[ yes finally, it looks so good so I'm happy and I'm already planning on getting another one >

< Really? Where? ]

[ On my neck, I want a flower and snake tattoo but the drawing the artist did is so sick I can't wait to get it done >

< Is it going to be big? This sounds so pretty ]

[ Yeah it's gonna be on the side of my throat and pretty big, I can send you the picture if you want >

I look for it in my gallery to show her, and once I find it, I send her and wait for her to give me her opinion.

< omg this is so beautiful. I want the same lmao ]

[ oh so you want a matching tattoo with me? >

< Don't twist my words ]

[ lmao just misunderstood then, sorry:> >

< sure:>  ]

[ hm sure:> anyway what are you doing? >

< I'm watering my plant lmao and you? ]

[ girl...watering your plant lmao? why while texting me? >

< Why not? I'm just taking care of it ]

[ uh sure. Take good care of your plant then and water it a lot, hope it's growing well. And I'm playing games rn >

< it is, look ]

She sends me a picture of it, but I giggle at how adorable I find this.

[ aw it's tiny >

< I called it groot:> ]

She is such a precious girl.

[ you're cute. Good thing that you didn't give it a cat name >

< shut up lmaoo ]

[ you know what you were doing with that 'watering my plant' stop it lmao >

< I can't even say anything because of your mind ]

[ your mind is the same because you understood without me explaining:> >

< alright...true... ]

[ I know:3 >

< anyway, what are you playing? ]

[ I dont know if you know it, but I'm playing sea of thieves >

< sea of thieves? Never heard of it, what type of game is it? ]

[ sea of thieves nuts fit in your mouth >

[ I'm sorry the temptation was too strong:c >

< -_- ]

< I'm gonna show that to my brother ]

[ No lmaoo don't he's gonna kill me >

< I don't want him to block you so I'm keeping it to myself, but it was a good one...I can't lie ]

[ I know. I'm actually playing Resident Evil and stroking my fluffy ball rn:3 >

< stroking your fluffy ball? Choco...? ]

[ yes, what else could "my fluffy ball" mean? >

< oh well, I could have misunderstood if you said two balls but since you only said one, I knew it didn't mean anything else. I'd only have been worried for you if you only had one ]

[ lmaoo I'd be worried too, trust me >

[ anyway, do you wanna play before dinner? >

< yes, I'm joining you on discord. Are you alone? ]

[ I am, why? >

< just asking ]

I laugh through my nose, wondering if she was bothered by Iseul's presence last time we played together and that Iseul joined.

•••

9 pm.

I send the selfie, which I took with my blond hair, to y/n without posting it in a story, and I ask her what she thinks of it, if I should dye it or keep it like that.

Waiting for her to answer, I drop my phone on my bed and get a grey hoodie in my closet, put it on, and get on my gaming chair, but right when I take my phone back, my dad knocks on the door.

"Yeah?" I let him in, and he opens. "Hey, I'm going to get in bed to work and sleep right afterwards, so I'm telling you good night right now."

"Alright, have a good night, love you," I answer, and he shows some delight. "Love you too," he closes the door and leaves, so I peek down at my phone and read, eagerly, y/n's reply.

< stop being so attractive. I'm insecure ]

[ lmaoo what are you even insecure for? You're pretty >

< sure. It fits you a lot, so I wouldn't dye it if I was you, especially with your blue eyes, that look so pretty on you. You look like Felix:> ]

[ thanks °u°<3 I'm better than him tho >

< uhm... ]

[ girl:) say 'yes you are' or I come and choke you >

< come and choke me then lmaoo ]

[ ㅠㅠ >

[ why does this sound like a request tho? >

< I'm joking you're as attractive as he is. And no. It's not a request-_- ]

[ I like this better:> oh alright then >

< this sounds like disappointment now lol ]

[ no:) >

[ are you busy rn? >

< I'm not, why? ]

[ do you wanna play a horror game? Iseul and Seunggil will join in 1hour but we can play just together a little  >

< sure, I'm coming ]

[ good, I'm waiting for you then >

I stop toying with my chain and drop it, and I put my phone down on my lap to already call her on Discord and get my mic.

— Next day —

Sunday, June 27th, 2022.

10 am.

[ Hey, are you skating today? >

< no, my brother and I have to help my dad with the renovation work in our house so I can't be here ]

[ Oh ok. Hope it won't be too tough then, it's hot asf today >

< it is:') ]

[ be careful. How are you doing tho? Did you sleep well >

I leave my bedroom to go downstairs with Choco, feeling thirsty, I get to the kitchen and grab a bottle of flavored water.

< I'm doing fine and slept well but not enough, what about you? ]

[ same, that's your fault >

< my fault? Excuse me? >:c ]

[ yeah I couldn't sleep because of you >

< I didn't even do anything. Shut up ]

[ you did >

I annoy her by not giving her the reason, feeling too embarrassed about letting her know. I smile once she replies and step out into the backyard to join my dad, who is smoking, and sit down on the swinging bench.

< shut up:< ]

[ you're the one who should shut up. You kept whining in my dream then I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't go back to sleep. You're to blame >

< whining? For what? And you better give me the good answer I want to hear ]