Chapter 1 (1/1)

After school.     “(Y/N)-ah! Wait up!” Junhong rode his skateboard after you.     “You’re coming today?” you asked.     “Uh-huh. Hasn’t Youngjae Hyung told you?”     “Like he ever tell me anything. Are you staying for the dinner, too?”     “Like I ever not”     “You told Ahjumma?”     “Uh-huh. She said we were gonna have meat, today”     “Really? Is it a special occasion?”     “Uh. She said Youngjae Hyung would bring home a special guest”     “I wonder who it would be”     “We’ll have to find that out”     After half an hour, you two arrived at the house. Youngjae already reached home. There were two bikes parked next to his and three pairs of boy’s shoes in front of the door. Of course, one was Youngjae’s. The other you recognised as Jongup’s but you couldn’t tell whose the last pair was. You went into the living room and found the bike and the shoes’ owner.     “(Y/N)-ah, Junhong-ah, Wasseo?” Youngjae greeted. “Meet my new friend, JungDeahyun” He addressed to the masked boy working with the electronic stove. Both you and Junhong bowed at him. He bowed slightly back shyly and went back to his work.     “He doesn’t talk much because he has a heavy Busan dialect” said Youngjae “But I’ve heard him sang today. He’s quite fantastic, you know” he whispered that part.     “I’ve never seen him around” Junhong noted.     “He’s just moved in a few weeks ago. His place is just a bus stop away”     “Youngjae-yah. Come help me in the kitchen” Youngjae’s mother called from the kitchen.     “She’s making Kimchi. Are you coming?” Youngjae asked Junhong, knowing he loved Kimchi. Junhong nodded and walked after him obediently.     The room fell into an uncomfortable silence. Daehyun seemed to have problem with the stove so you walked in and helped him.     “So, you’re in the same class with Youngjae Oppa?” you broke the ice but all he did was nodded back.     “Don’t you want to take the mask off? It seems uncomfortable to me”     He took his mask off, and at that moment, you knew just why he wore it. Not because it was an excuse to speak only a little, neither was it a protection from the cold, but because it was a preventer for girls from falling for him. He was so handsome you seemed to have lost your breath the second you saw his face. The minutes seemed to be moving in slow-motion until you found your conscious back and turned away from him.     “I’m fine with it” he told you and pulled the mask back up. You were going to tell him something but your brain didn’t seem to work uprightly so you just stayed silent.     “Everybody, we’re here!” Himchan announced as he stepped through the door. After him was Yongguk. He froze at the sight of Daehyun, surprised.     “Who’s this guy?” Himchan asked. Daehyun immediately stood up and bowed.     “He’s Youngjae Oppa’s classmate” you told Himchan.     Daehyun pulled his mask down and you had to remind yourself to breathe again “I’m JungDaehyun. Nice to meet you” he murmured. He really did have a very heavy Busan dialect.     “You’re from Busan? I’m KimHimchan and this is BangYongguk” Himchan said cheerfully. “You can call us Hyung, right, Yongguk-ah?”     “Of course, you are the reason we are having meat today, aren’t you?” Yongguk said with a smile.     “Yeah, and Youngjae’s friend is ours, too.” Himchan walked toward Daehyun and sat next to him.     “I’m gonna check if the meat is ready” you told the boys and walked to the kitchen.In the kitchen, Jongup and Junhong were sitting on wooden stools, wearing pink gloves. In front of them was a huge red basin filled with Kimchi. Junhong was pointing at his opening mouth, telling Jongup to feed him Kimchi. Youngjae was cleaning the vegetables and his mother was slicing the garlic.     “Do you want any help?” you asked and ended up walking back and forth between the kitchen and the dining room, preparing the table for the meal.     Twenty minutes later, everything was ready and everybody was seated. Throughout the meal, Daehyun started talking and everybody found out he had a pretty good sense of humor. He had become Youngjae’s mother favourite in a very short amount of time.     “Daehyun-ah, open your mouth, I wrapped this especially for you” Himchan told him with a cunning smile. Daehyun hesitated but couldn’t reject and ate the whole wrap up unwillingly. It turned out Himchan only put garlic, chili and Kimchi inside the lettuce. The hotness gave Daehyun a big shock that he squeezed his eyes shut and started bouncing up and down with his hand fanning his mouth. Everybody was laughing with his reaction but to you it was so cute you couldn’t stop smiling. Daehyun tried to chew it as fast as he could then drank iced cola after it to cool his mouth down.     It turned into a game. Daehyun wrapped one for Jongup who jumped around the table while finishing it then Jongup wrapped another for Junhong who shook the hotness off by dancing. After that Junhong wrapped a totally normal one for Youngjae and everybody laughed when Youngjae ate it very cautiously. Then Youngjae wrapped a hot one for Yongguk who pretended it wasn’t hot at all while his face was turning red. And finally, Yongguk wrapped Himchan’s one with a handful of garlic to punish him for starting all this. Himchan ended up on the floor.     Through the whole game you couldn’t seem to take your eyes off Daehyun. You found another charm of his, the smile.