SEVEN (2/2)

“Do you guys need any help?” Jonging asked. Sunyoung smiled and shook her head, “Nope, it’s almost done setting up. Thanks though.”

Jongin just nodded and watched Sunyoung and Byunghun looking at the computer together. With their heads rather close together, and Byunghun was whispering something to her while pointing at something which in turn made her laugh. That made something boil inside Jongin and he needed to get rid of it. He walked off to the kitchen and grabbed some water and downed it.

It’s okay. Jongin’s fine. He just needed to cool down a little because… Byunghun was just SO aggravating. Yes, he’s fine.

“Pigeon teacher,” Jinri said pulling on his pants, “Aren’t you going to class?”

Jongin looked down and grinned, “Yes, Jinri. Shall we go?”

She nodded and held his hand as they walked to class.

“Wait, me too, Hapi teacher!” Soojung yelled as she held Jongin’s other hand. He laughed, “What an honor to walk to class with two princesses.”

The two girls beamed as they skipped along to class. The kids filed in and took their seats. Yes, of course. The kids absolutely loved Jongin, not Byunghun.

Jongin smiled triumphantly as the little kids greeted him and took their seats. He took a seat with little Sehun in their usual spot in the back.

“Sunyoung teacher!” Baekhyun yelled as he raised his hand, “Who’s the purple man!”

Sunyoung laughed, “Baekhyun you didn’t even give me a chance to introduce him. Everyone, this is Byunghun. He’s a graphics design major at my art school and he’s here to talk to you guys animation!”

“Is he your boyfriend, Sunyoung teacher?” Obnoxious Baekhyun asked again. The kids (more like Chanyeol and Jongdae) oohed in response as Jongin scoffed. Sunyoung shook her head, “No, no, Baekhyun. He’s a friend. Thank you for that interruption. There’s no more right? Okay, so Byunghun is going to show you graphic animation through the computer.”

“Whoa, we get to see animation art?” Kyungsoo asked with big eyes. Sunyoung nodded, “Yeah. Everyone be nice to him!”

Jongin just huffed as the kids clapped and Byunghun stepped forward with a smile, “Hi guys, I’m Byunghun!”

“Are you really just Sunyoung teacher’s friend?” Baekhyun asked again loudly. Sunyoung gave him a stern stare and said, “Baekhyun.”

Byunghun just laughed, “Yeah. For now.”

The whole classroom filled with “ooohs” and “ahhhhs” while Sunyoung turned a looked a little uncomfortable and pink at her desk. Jongin was throwing daggers with his eyes towards Byunghun, who just smiled at the front.

“So, how many of you guys like cartoon animations?” Byunghun asked. All the kids raised their hand excitedly.

“Well, all those animations that you love watching actually takes a lot of work. Each step and movement requires many drawings and motions. Should I show you guys?”

“Yeah!” The kids shouted. Byunghun pulled out the tablet and showed how the images he drew on the tablet formed on the screen. All the students stared at the screen and watched in amazement. Jongin started pouting from the backseat as all the students ran up to try using the tablet themselves when Byunghun asked who wanted to draw. Even Sehun who was sitting next to Jongin gave a small apologetic smile before running off to use the tablet. He watched as Byunghun happily interacted with the kids while Sunyoung was laughing and smiling with him. Jongin felt a tiny stab as he watched the scene. He realized… that he was so easily replaceable. Even by this purple chump. Byunghun was ruffling Soojung’s hair as she giggled at him and Sehun was excitedly using the tablet. Purple head even charmed his favorite two kids.

Jongin just sighed. Why did he care anyway? He was going to leave in a month and a half, take over the company and never look back at these people again. He would never see little Sehun and Soojung and all those other kids again. he wouldn't talk to Victoria and Yunho... and even Henry. And he definitely wouldn't be seeing Sunyoung, anyway. Right? Jongin shook his head as he quietly walked out of the classroom. He needed to clear his mind.

Besides, it wasn't like anyone was going to notice anyway.

--

Sunyoung.

Sunyoung looked with concern as she saw Jongin silently leave the room. Was he okay? He was acting a little funny since yesterday. Sunyoung nervously followed Jongin with her eyes through the window until he disappeared past the hallway. Jinri broke Sunyoung out of her thoughts as the younger girl tugged on Sunyoung’s dress.

“SunSun, look at the flower I drew!” Jinri said, beaming while pointing at the flower on the projector. Sunyoung smiled and said, “That looks beautiful!”

Sunyoung looked over at Byunghun who was surrounded by the kids and laughing. He could probably handle it for a bit.

“Byunghun,” Sunyoung called, “I’ll be right back! Okay?”

His face darkened a little bit before he smiled and said, “Okay, don’t worry. I got it under control here.”

“CAN YOU ANIMATE A ROBOT!” Chanyeol exclaimed in Byunghun’s ear. Sunyoung laughed as Byunghun adhered to the younger boy’s wishes. She quickly stepped outside and looked for Jongin. Where the hell did he go? Sunyoung walked out into the hallway and looked outside the window. Jongin was out in the patio, leaning on the railing and looking out into the distance. She opened the window and yelled, “Yah, Kim Jongin. What are you doing?”

Sunyoung watched him look around in confusion until he finally saw her from the window.

“Just getting fresh air,” Jongin said, and he turned back around to lean on the rail. Sunyoung bit her lip as she closed the window and turned back to the classroom. She didn’t know why, but she felt a bit guilty… like the fact that Jongin was acting strange was her fault. But it most definitely wasn't her fault. It couldn't be her fault. Why would it be because of her? Of course it wouldn't be. Sunyoung wasn't that important to Jongin. With a sigh, she just shook it off and entered the classroom. The kids were watching in fascination as the robot that Byunghun created was walking and spinning on the screen. Sunyoung smiled, “Okay, guys. That’s it for class today.”

“Awwww,” the kids starting saying.

“Can he come again soon?” Amber asked, “I want to see the animation again!”

Byunghun laughed, “I mean as long as you guys will have me, I am willing.”

“Yay!” the class cheered.

“Okay, everyone. Say thank you to Byunghun teacher!” Sunyoung said. They all repeated “Thank you Byunghun teacher” and started filling out of class. Sunyoung turned to Byunghun and smiled, “Thanks for coming today. I think the kids loved it!”

He mirrored her smile, “It’s not problem at all. It was pretty fun.”

Byunghun started packing his stuff while Sunyoung made sure everything else was clean.

“Since I did you a favor by coming, you could at least buy me food,” Byunghun said, “I’m hungry.”

Sunyoung nodded, “Of course, I’ll buy you food! But not today. I have to do stuff with Yunho oppa.”

Byunghun pouted, “Do you have to?”

Sunyoung laughed, “Yeah, I’m sorry. I promised to help him buy Victoria’s present. It’s her birthday soon!”

With a sigh Byunghun said, “Okay, I guess.”

Sunyoung giggled, “Hey, don’t worry, I don’t break my promises! I shall buy you food!”

They were about to walk out when Byunghun suddenly turned around in front of the door, making Sunyoung stumble back in confusion.

“Is something wrong?” Sunyoung asked. He placed his hands on her shoulders and leveled down so that they were looking at each other eye to eye.

“You’re really stupid sometimes, do you know that?” He said, with a twinkle in his eye. Sunyoung raised a brow, “I’m not exactly following…”

Byunghun  laughed as he sighed, “I don’t like kids, yet I came here out of my own will and spent two hours with them. I live in the opposite direction as you and I always insist on taking you home. I always ask you to hang out and play. Do you still not know?”

Sunyoung’s mouth opened as she realized what he was saying. Oh crap.

“I… I-” Sunyoung mumbled, not knowing what to say.

“I like you, Sunyoung,” Byunghun said looking at her in the eye, “And I don’t know if you’re just blind or you know and you’re ignoring it. But I’m finally just saying it. I like you.”

Sunyoung blinked. What was she supposed to say? Sorry? I only see you as a friend? She didn’t want to hurt his feelings or anything either.

“I.. Um, Byunghun-ah,” Sunyoung started.

“It’s okay, I wasn’t expecting any answer right away or anything. I just want you to know so you stop treating me just like a friend, but you’ll treat me as a man.”

Sunyoung was speechless. She really was hoping this situation could have been avoided. She opened her mouth to talk, but nothing came out. Byunghun kissed Sunyoung on the cheek and smiled at her, “I’ll be going now. Bye bye!”

And with that Byunghun left Sunyoung standing alone in the classroom, completely and utterly speechless. She placed a hand over her heart. Nope. Nothing. NO quick beats or fluttery feelings.

Crap, what was she supposed to do?

--

Jongin.

“I like you, Sunyoung.”

Jongin froze when he heard those words being uttered from the other side of the door. After taking his little walk he finally cooled down enough to come back to the classroom. And right when he was about to open the doorknob, he heard Byunghun’s confession.

Jongin’s blood ran cold. It wasn’t like Jongin didn’t know. In fact, his man’s intuition told him all along that purple head liked Sunyoung. But witnessing his confession made Jongin’s insides lurch. He was about to barge inside when he heard Byunghun keep talking.

Jongin sighed as he let go the door knob and walked away. He finally accepted it. For the past couple weeks Jongin kept trying to push it away, those feelings, those thoughts, those ideas of being with Sunyoung. Of liking that damned girl.

But trying to suppress it does nothing. In fact, it probably made it worse.

He freaking liked Sunyoung.

Jongin groaned as he went into his room and plopped on his bed. He laughed. The suave and playboy Kim Jongin liked a freaking normal, nice girl. Jongin pulled out his phone and called Taemin.

“Hey, let’s drink tonight,” Jongin said when Taemin picked up. Of course the opposite party was more than willing. Jongin threw on some nicer clothes and walked out the door and almost ran into Sunyoung. She looked up at him awkwardly and said, “Uh, hey. Are you feeling better?”

Jongin felt a little irked. Why the hell was everything Sunyoung did so cute and charming in his eyes? Damn. He tried to coolly brush it off, “Yeah, I’m fine.”

He walked away when Sunyoung called out to him in confusion, “Are you mad at me? Did I do something wrong?”

Jongin looked back and saw her look at him with such concern. Her little brows were burrowed and her eyes were glittering with emotion. He just wanted to go and kiss her senseless. But he couldn’t. Not until Jongin figured out what it meant for him to like her.

“No,” Jongin answered, “Why would I be mad at you?”

“I don’t know,” Sunyoung mumbled, “Because you kind of just left in the middle of class.”

Jongin just shrugged, “I was a little dizzy so I went out for some air. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go somewhere.”

Jongin made his way to his car and drove to the bar the friends always met up at.

“Hey, Jongin!” Taemin called out, “It’s such a surprise that you called me for drinks.”

Jongin laughed, “Whatever, dude.” He sat down on the couch and drank some of the beer, “Is anyone else coming?”

Taemin shook his head, “Only Minho hyung and his friend. That company person.”

Jongin nodded, “Whatever. More drinks for me.”

He downed the bottle while Taemin looked at him skeptically, “Is something wrong?”

Jongin smiled and shook his head, “Nope. Everything’s fine. That's the problem.”

“What the hell are you talking about?” Taemin said in confusion. At that moment, Taemin got cut off by the entrance of Minho and his friend.

“Hey, sorry I’m late,” Minho said as he sat on the opposite side, “This is the company friend I was talking about.”

Jongin looked at the friend. He had slicked blond hair and dressed sharply in a suit. He had a friendly looking face and a big smile. Jongin definitely saw him somewhere before… he looked so familiar. And then it hit him.

It was the guy in Sunyoung’s sketches.

"Hi, I'm Lee Jinki. Nice to meet you."A/N: Dun Dun Dun! Who is Onew in this story!??! LOLOLOL. Sorry it took so long to update. I've been updating the other oneshot series I have, so this chapter took me a while. I wrote it pretty quickly, so there might be errors here and there but I will recheck later! Did you guys like jealous Jongin? I hope you guys did! More to come... possibly. Heh. Thanks for all the encouraging comments and for being patient with the updates! With that said, comments will bring Sunyoung and Jongin closer to a little kiss kiss. Maybe. Wink. Wink.