Lies and Secret

Chapter Nine

Choi Hyun Soo’s Point of view

I watched Seung Gi eat all the food from the bowl and took the drug I gave him before taking the plate downstairs to the kitchen, my dad walks in almost immediately and I froze

“Dad” I said quietly

“Son” he cheered walking up to me, he loses his tie and removed his jacket holding it on one hand, his styled hair was flowing down his face “What are you doing?” he asked

“uhm I was hungry” I gestured at the plate in the sink

“Since when did you like porridge?” he asked

“I was just craving one today” I lied. Although my dad does not disapprove of my friendship with Lee Seung Gi as much as my mom does, he still doesn’t fancy him so much, I can’t even imagine what would happen if I tell him that Seung Gi was upstairs in my bedroom right now. I don’t want him to send him back home in this blizzard or maybe if he doesn’t do that and instead keep on checking up on us every single minute that would make Seung Gi feel uncomfortable

I would hate that

“Are you up for spicy Ramen?” he gives a slurping hand gesture and I shook my head.

“No, thank you. I should go to bed” I faked yawn “I’m sleepy”

“Oh why” he whined “Thought you’ll be up for that before your mum catches us” Mom hates it when we eat pass dinner time, she is into this healthy life style and dad and I would always get hungry late at night and would sneak into the kitchen to make ramen and eggs with a cup of soda and eat it before she finds out. It is our thing and I felt guilty leaving him like this especially now that we barely had time to even talk because he was busy with work and I was busy with school

“Sorry dad maybe tomorrow” I said as I ran back upstairs to Seung Gi. By the time I opened the door I meet an already sleeping Lee Seung Gi on the bed making me laugh.

How cute it was seeing him folding on the bed with his hands tucked in between his thighs.

he looked really small although he was far more than small but right now in this moment he looks very small and i feel the urge to protect him

I locked the door behind me and walked up to my bed, I got my freshly washed blanket and covered Seung Gi with it before laying down on the bed besides him. I turned to watch him as he sleeps and for the first time I notice all his facial features, the way his eyelashes sits perfectly on his eye and the little frown on his forehead and the way he has his lips slightly apart , his nose a bit crooked but he was still perfect

He is still perfect and I want to protect him with everything I have

I subconsciously lift my hand and place it on his head as his hair falls on my finger, it was till damp but so soft “You’ve gone through a lot Seung Gi” I whispered “I will protect you, I promise” I added as I traced his face with my thumb down to his lips and stopped for a moment. I stared at those lips wondering what it tasted like, for a moment I wondered if it was okay for me to even think this way about him, we are only friends but I was looking at him in a way that friends shouldn’t

Seung Gi slowly opens his eyes and I quickly removed my hands from his lips “You’re back”

“Y-Yes” I stuttered

“You should sleep we have school tomorrow” he said and turned the opposite way

I want to cuddle with him right now, I want to wrap my arms around him and bury my face in his chest and feel the warmth of his body, I want to wrap my arm around his head and kiss him in his forehead, on the side of his head, on his cheeks and eventually on his lips. I want to cuddle the s**t out of him and give him comfort without words but I don't instead I turned my back facing the other side of the room and wondered what was wrong with me. Is it okay for me to feel this was about my friend? Is it okay for me to feel this way about Lee Seung Gi? is it okay to feel this way about another guy?

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“Good morning my friend” I smiled brightly at Seung Gi as he walked down to the kitchen. My parent left early for work so I decided to wake up earlier than usual to make breakfast for Seung Gi.

Why? Because today is his birthday

Cooking is hard though

Even with the help of the housekeeper and the chef I still managed to burn some food and have the kitchen turned upside down. Lee Seung Gi sat down on a chair in front of me. He looked at me confused, his hair was still a mess, and in the bright morning sun light that filled the kitchen he looked more handsome and more human than I’d seen him. I shook my head no I shouldn’t think of him this way

“What are you doing?” he asked scratching the back of his neck

“Making breakfast” I said with an attempt to flip the pancake, it fell off the pan and Seung Gi laughed.

“Are you sure you know what you are doing?” he asked still laughing

“I think so” i tried to pour the mixture on the frying pan but somehow still mess up and had the mixture all over the floor

“Dear God, this is a disaster” the chef said “Young master let me do this” she said for the hundredth time this morning

“I’ll do it” I replied determined to see this to the end

Seung Gi doesn’t stop laughing as he had his hands covering his mouth. I wasn’t trying to make him laugh but it does feel good to see him laugh despite what happened to him yesterday

“It’s my first time cooking. Give me a break”

“What I need to give you is a chair” Seung Gi stood up and walked to me. I refuse to hand him anything. I was trying to make breakfast for him I’ll be damned if I just stop now “Stop being so stubborn, hand it over” Seung Gi gestures as the spoon

“I want to try” I whine

“I know but for today let her do it” he points at the chef who looked scared that I was going to blow the kitchen up. I finally agreed and handed over the spoon, the apron and everything to her while Seung Gi and I went back upstairs to get ready for school

“I really wanted to make something for you” I said

“I know” he smiles and pats me on the head “I appreciate it”

My heart melts at his smile, I might have had the kitchen upside down but it was worth seeing Lee seung Gi smile

“It was going to be a birthday surprised but I messed it up. Happy birthday though”

“Is today my birthday?” he asked as he grabs his phone to confirm today’s date

“I’ve known you for almost three years and you always forget your birthday each year” I shook my head “How can you forget your birthday?”

He shrugs “It’s just another day of the year”

“No it isn’t!” I disagreed “We should totally skip school today to celebrate” I said although I know Lee Seung Gi would never skip school, he is the best student in our class and the second best student in our year skipping a few classes couldn’t hurt but no this boy will rather crawl to school even if his legs were broken than skip a class at all

“No we shouldn't” he confirms my thoughts.

I rolled my eyes and hands him his freshly washed and ironed uniform “There’s no way for us to get to school. So Ra is with my car and Mr. Ma my driver took my mom to the office today” I told him.

Min So Ra should hand back my car to me today; I can’t keep having the driver take me to school or days like this where my mom needed him instead. I like driving myself and Seung Gi to school. Not to mention that although Min So Ra has her own car she would still want me to pick her up and sometimes have her driver take her too school. God that girl sometimes, I just don’t understand her. I don’t understand women in general

“We’ll take the bus” he said

Color left my face “What? No way”

“Why not?” he asked

“Well I have never taken the bus before” I confessed

“You’re kidding” his eyes wide open as he stared at me like I was some sort of alien

“I’m not”

“Really. Why not?”

“I never had a reason too”

My parent has never allowed me to take the public transport before, even when I was underage and couldn’t drive they’ll have the driver Mr. Ma drive me anywhere I wanted and I just never needed to take a public transport. Immediately I clocked sixteen (Korean age) they bought me a car and told me to drive myself instead. They pay for my gas money and for other car expenses I never even had to worry about public transport

“Well Choi Hyun Soo” Lee Seung Gi walks closer to me, I still cannot fathom how good he looks in my clothes “There is a first time for everything”

“C’mon let us just miss school today to celebrate your birthday. I promise we would take the bus anywhere you want”

“We really shouldn’t…”

He is cut off by the sound of my ringing phone, I walked over my bed to get my phone and saw that it was Min So Ra calling “Hi Friend” I picked up her call

“What the hell” I could feel her roll her eyes

“Why? I am just greeting my friend a good morning”

“You seem awfully cheerful this morning, let me guess you and Seung Gi has somehow found a way to settle the quarrel”

My eyes widen “Wow, are you a ghost? How did you know?”

“You don’t need to be a ghost to know, you just need to be the friend of you two”

I snickered “Seung Gi will tell you what he was hiding when we get to school” I said “Although I’m still trying to convince him to skip school”

“He would never” she laughed “I’m trying to get him a cake for his birthday, I can’t decided if I should get him cheesecake, red velvet, milk and cookie layered or Raspberry lemon or should I just get him the whole thing?”

I laughed “Seung Gi what flavor of cake do you like?” I asked him who has already changed from the pajamas I had given him to his school uniform

“What the! He is with you?” So Ra questioned as I placed her on loud speaker

"Yep he slept over at my place" i informed

“I don’t really like cakes”

“SHUT UP AND JUST PICK A FLAVOUR” Min So Ra and I said in unison. Seung Gi doesn’t fancy his birthday and I have no idea why, he is 19 years old today (Korean age) he should literally be screaming of happiness but seems rather gloomy something i plan to change

“Alright” he laughed sitting beside me “Chocolate” he said

“You had that two years ago” Min So Ra said

“Vanilla”

“Too plain” she rejected again

"White velvet?"

"Eww"

“Just choose one then” he snicker

“Cheesecake, good choice” he looked up at me and I shrugged, I knew So Ra won’t let him choose what he wanted and end up choosing what she wanted but that’s just Min So Ra for you, she’s like our little sister yet like our mom in our friend group

“Okay then” I said

“Oh and I know you would not want to miss school but immediately after we are done with school today we are going to celebrate your birthday” Min So Ra said

“I have…”

“Call your Part time jobs that you won’t make it today” she said before he could come up with an excuse “We are celebrating your birthday even if I have to kidnap you to do it”

Seung Gi laughed “Okay” he finally gives in before I hung up “So Ra is so extra sometimes” he said and i nodded in agreement

It is really amazing how up till yesterday we were fighting with Seung Gi but the very next day we are all smiling and talking normally like we didn’t have a heated argument the day before, this was our kind of friendship and it didn’t matter how many argument or fight we had. We meant more to each other than we could ever convey with words and it didn’t matter if we had rich parents or poor parents

We still loved each other no matter what