ICE AND FIRE - CHAPTER 39&40
💜PUMPKIN💜
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NEXT MORNING~CLASSROOM★
“Hope you’re all cleared?”The teacher asked the students,after he was done explaining.
“Yes sir!!”They replied him.
“Good then. If you’re still lost or confused in anything,do well to ask your questions”He said further, looking at them closely.
“We’re cleared sir. No misunderstanding or confusion!”Aerum smiled and the teacher nodded.
“Okay! Since you’ll understood the lesson I have to go! See you on our next class”He said and left the classroom.
“Gosh!! The class was hectic”A-Yeong groaned.
“Food can never be hectic right?”Aerum asked her and she chuckled.
A-Yeong rolled eye and aerum chuckled cos of her reaction. She lifted her notebook with the intention of putting it inside her backpack when a tiny paper fell from it.
“What’s that?”She arched her brows, before picking it up.
“Is it from beom-seok?”Yu-Jun asked and aerum turned to her.
“How are my suppose to know when I’ve not read what’s it about”She said and opened the paper slowly.
*You looks cute when you smile,makes me keep falling deeply for you*
“Jeez! Did beom-seok really drop this for you?”A-Yeong asked,after she have had a glance at the paper.
“I don’t know”Aerum shrugged,she turned to look at beom-seok but he wasn’t looking her way at all. He had his headphone round his neck while he discussed with Ji-hoon.
“Oops!!”She shook her head and faced back her front.
••••
“Seo-Jun!! Please and please,count me out of this, am not in”Ha-Joon shook her head,after Seo-Jun was done explaining her next plan to them.
“Seriously? You won’t help me?”She asked and Ha-Joon scoffed.
“I’m just f-__-king tired of what you’re doing!! You and I knows that beom-seok never loved you. You were only his f-__-kmate so stop blaming Aerum and let her be. Haven’t you done enough?”She rolled eye and Seo-Jun landed a terrible slap on her cheek.
Do-Yun-gasps shockingly.
“Wait? Did you slap me cos I said the truth?”Ha-Joon asked unbelievably,with her hand on her cheek.
“And I’ll do more if you keep getting on my nerves. You can just tell me you’re not gonna help than sprouting nonsense!”She half yelled and Ha-Joon chuckled.
“You know what? I’m done with you Seo-Jun!! Truth they say it’s always bitter. I hope you don’t regret this”Ha-Joon told her.
“Are you disbanding with us? Or is this some kind of joke?”Seo-Jun asked, while laughing.
“Well I already did. Just give up on beom-seok or continue to dream to have him all to yourself. Let me give you a piece of advice. No matter how hard you try, beom-seok will never look your way so back off!”Ha-Joon said and walked out on them.
Seo-Jun rolled her tongue in her mouth, while smiling unbelievably.
Did Ha-Joon really disband with them cos of aerum or was this some kind of joke? Aerum has done this again! First, beom-seok ended everything about them and now Ha-Joon have left? She’s definitely going to receive it from her.
“Seo-Jun I think you should lay low for you”Do-Yun patted her shoulder.
“I’m not….”
“Seo-Jun am not telling you to give up on beom-seok,am only telling you to lay low for now. Don’t do anything rash or funny till everything calms down. How about you do it in a more coded way?”Do-Yun asked and Seo-Jun looked at her.
“By coded you mean….”
“Exactly what you’re thinking! But for now,just don’t do a thing”Do-Yun said and Seo-Jun slowly nodded with a smile.
••••
Aerum had a smile on her face,as she walked back from the restroom.
“I nearly died!!”She thought,as she continued walking.
“Aerum!!”Shang-hoon called from behind and aerum turned to him.
“Hi!!”She waved with a smile and shang-hoon returned the smile.
“Are you avoiding me?”Shang-hoon asked slowly and aerum chuckled.
“I can’t remember you doing anything. So why would I avoid you? I’ve been busy lately”She shrugged and shang-hoon just forced a smile.
“With beom-seok?”He asked and aerum smiled.
“Hell no”She replied, smiling nervously.
“Don’t lie to me,are you guy’s dating?”Shang-hoon asked, staring deeply into her eyes while walking more closer to her.
Aerum shook her head,and took a step backwards.
“No!! No!!”She replied,still taking a backward step while shang-hoon kept going forward.
“Are you sure? I’ll really advice you don’t fall for him!”Shang-hoon said,and areum wiggled her brow.
She took the last step,and her back hit the wall, shang-hoon placed his two hands on the wall,caging her in the middle.
“Why would you say that?”She asked,with her heart racing crazily.
Shang-hoon only smiled,he leaned more closer to her with their faces inches away their hot breaths fanning their nose.
Shang-hoon clapped his lips together,then closed his eyes tightly for a short moment before opening them.
He leaned more closer,in a way that their lips was almost close, hot beads of sweat immediately formed on Aerum’s forehead and her heart couldn’t stop with the crazy race.
“Cos he is not truly who he claims to be!”He said,with a smile confusing aerum more.
“What….”
“Just be careful!!”He cut her off and tuck a strand of hair, behind her ear.
“I wouldn’t want you to get hurt!”He said, and finally moved away from her.
Aerum wanted to talk,but not a single word formed in her mouth,it was like her throat went dry and her brain went blank completely.
She looked at shang-hoon, trying to understand why he said all that,she couldn’t bring herself to ask him no matter how hard she tried,is like she went dumb temporary.
Shang-hoon only smiled and roughed her hair before walking away.
“What…what was that for huh?”She asked herself,with her hand placed on her chest,it was still racing like hell.
•••
<MR KANG-DAE MANSION>
Yu-Ri stood up from her bed,then grabbed her phone which was on the bedstand,she unlocked it and went to her gallery.
She clicked on the first picture and surprisingly it’s Hyun-Woo picture. It’s an unaware picture of him,the night he cooked the noddles for her.
She smiled and zoomed the picture, looking at it closely. She began smiling non-stop while shifting the countless unaware picture of him.
She took her bottom lips in,and sighed sadly before leaving her gallery then went to her contacts.
*Prince charming*
She exhaled, looking at his number.
“What are you doing?”She scolded herself inwardly and dropped her phone,then laid back on the bed.
It wasn’t upto two minutes when she stood up and grabbed her phone again.
💌”Missing you!!”She sent the text and immediately dropped her phone, while smiling.
••••
<GLITTERING HIGHSCHOOL>
“Where have you been?”A-Yeong and Yu-Jun asked Aerum the moment she returned.
“I was only gone for few minutes,so what are you saying?”She asked them and they scoffed.
“Beom-seok was looking for”A-Yeong said and Aerum twitched her lips.
“I don’t know!! He said you should meet him in his secret room”Yu-Jun whispered and aerum scoffed before sitting down.
“Why should I meet him huh?”She asked and her two friends face palmed their self before looking at her.
“I don’t know why you should meet him,but you have to”A-Yeong rolled her eye after talking.
“Can we go together?”She asked her friends, feeling nervous already.
“Only you my dear!! That’s what he said”Yu-Jun scoffed and aerum couldn’t help but feel nervous.
She gulped nothing before looking at her friends,who nudged at her to go on. She bite her bottom lips nervously and stood up.
“I’ll be right back”She told them.
“You can choose not to return,we don’t mind. Do we?”A-Yeong asked Yu-Jun and Aerum scoffed before walking away.
••••
💌”Missing you!!”
The message popped in Hyun-Woo phone,he exhaled after reading the message.
💌”I’m in school right now. I might come over after classes or at night”He texted back.
He kept back his phone but another message came in immediately.
💌”Okay!! I’ll be expecting you. 😘”
The emoji after the message made him smile,he didn’t reply again but kept back his phone.
•••••
“I was meaning to ask this. What does it mean,when a girl gets excited about one particular guy…seeing his face makes her go gaga,she keeps thinking of him every night and day, misses him like mad and can’t get enough of his smile’s”Yu-Jun asked A-Yeong and she looked at her knowingly.
“Don’t give me that look and answer me”Yu-Jun smiled and A-Yeong cleared her throat.
“It can only mean one thing”A-Yeong began and Yu-Jun nodded, paying rasp attention to what she was saying.
“You’re in love”A-Yeong winked and Yu-Jun began blushing.
“Tell me who the lucky charm is”A-Yeong gushed and Yu-Jun smiled.
“Ji-hoon”She replied and the happy face on A-Yeong face got robbed off and was replaced with a disappointed one mixed with sadness.
“But he doesn’t notice me. A-Yeong,I know you two are kinda close. Can you help me talk to him?”She pleaded and A-Yeong nodded immediately with a forced smile.
“Aren’t you just the best?”Yu-Jun asked and A-Yeong forced another smile.
Her phone dinged and she brought it out.
💌”Can we see? Am at the basketball court”
The message is from ji-hoon, A-Yeong sighed sadly after looking at the message,she looked at Yu-Jun and she was smiling cutely like someone who won a jackpot.
••••
<BEOM-SEOK SECRET ROOM>
Aerum knocked on the door gently and beom-seok opened it immediately,seems like he was patiently waiting for her.
“Why am I here?”Aerum asked, trying so hard to hide her nervousness.
“Just wanted to see you, nothing else”Beom-seok shrugged and locked back the door.
“Why would you wanna see me?”Aerum asked,after sitting down.
“What’s with you and this question? Ain’t you happy to be here with me alone?”Beom-seok asked, sitting close to her and aerum bite her bottom lips without replying.
Yes! She wouldn’t deny the fact that she’s happy! Infact she’s excited right now.
“Your muteness says it all. You’re happy”Beom-seok smiled and Aerum scoffed.
“You’re just too proud of yourself. Why would I be happy huh?”She rolled eye,after talking and beom-seok chuckled.
“I know you’ll never be happy. But I am anyways”He winked and aerum blinked before looking away from him.
“Shouldn’t we be in class right now?”She asked and beom-seok chuckled.
“Check your timetable more often okay! I wouldn’t be here if we have class. The next class is in an hour time,so let’s spend some time together”Beom-seok said and Aerum smiled.
A smile which vanished immediately she saw beom-seok looking at her.
“What?”She asked, looking away from him while feeling embarrassed.
Beom-seok only chuckled, before turning her face to him, aerum bent her face and began picking her nails.
“Look at me”beom-seok told her,but she only shook her head with her eyes fixed on her nails,she was feeling nervous like mad and her heart wouldn’t stop racing.
Beom-seok only smiled more, enjoying how cute she was acting. She always been the fesity and crazy aerum so why is she suddenly feeling shy and embarrassed?
Beom-seok took his hand to her jaw and lifted her face up,their eye’s locked and Aerum’s heartbeat skyrocketed.
No doubt,his eyes is having so much effect on her right now,she tried looking away but her eyes refused to move instead it got lost in the charming eye’s of beom-seok.
“You’re beautiful, pretty and gorgeous!”beom-seok told her and aerum couldn’t help the smile that formed round her lips,her cheeks flushed and she felt those crazy butterflies dancing in her stomach.
“Can…can..you say that again? This is the first time actually?”She bite her bottom lips,then bent her face.
Beom-seok chuckled and lifted her face for the second time,he leaned more closer then tuck a strand of hair behind her ear.
“I guess I’m lucky to say it first. You’re really beautiful aerum!!”He repeated and Aerum smiled widely this time.
••••
<BASKETBALL COURT>
Ji-hoon threw the ball in the net,then exhaled before turning back.
Immediately he did,he bumped into someone,the person immediately went down but he was quick to grab her making her land heavily on his chest with his hand wrap around her waist.
Yu-Jun heart started beating fast while she closed her eyes.
This is the first time she’s being close to him that too in his arms and it feels so nice that she’s not ready to let go.
“Are you okay?”Ji-hoon asked, helping her stand properly.
“Yeah and thanks”She replied and ji-hoon nodded.
“I..I..was passing when I saw you here,so I decided to say hi”she smiled and ji-hoon only nodded.
“That’s good! Really”He replied, walking to the bench with Yu-Jun walking behind him.
He sat down,while Yu-Jun sat too.
“You’re good at basketball?”She asked and ji-hoon chuckled.
“Let’s say not really. But I’m doing my best”He shrugged and Yu-Jun nodded.
“Oh. My bad!! Here you go”She uncapped a bottle water and handed it to him.
“Thanks”he muttered and took the bottle water From her,then gulped a large quantity before giving it back to her.
“Didn’t she see my text?”she asked himself inwardly and stood up.
“Where are you going?”She asked, standing up too.
“To continue where I stopped”He smiled and Yu-Jun mirrored back the smile.
Meanwhile, A-Yeong who was peeking from the entrance exhaled sadly and sent a message to him.
💌”Sorry,I can’t come. I’m kinda busy”she texted and without waiting to see if he saw the message,she walked away sadly.
••••
<BEOM-SEOK SECRET ROOM>
“Oh wow!! When did you get all this?”Aerum asked,looking at all the eatables and drinks on the table.
“Before you came”he replied and aerum gushed before sitting down properly.
“Let’s have a taste of the cookies”Beom-seok said and opened the pack,he brought out a cookie then feed it to aerum.
“Hmmm!!”Aerum hummed at the delicious taste.
“It’s good right?”beom-seok asked with a smile on his face.
“It’s more than good,it’s great”aerum replied, bitting the one in her mouth.
“I’m glad you like it”beom-seok said and Aerum just smiled before taking another cookie from the pack.
“Here you go”Beom-seok handed her the pineapple juice.
“Woah!! How did you know it’s my favorite juice?”She asked, taking the juice from him.
“I just guessed”He shrugged and aerum nodded before taking another cookie.
“You’re the best!”She gave him thumps up and beom-seok smiled.
“Did you actually say that?”He asked and aerum frowned.
“Forget I said something like that”She rolled eye and beom-seok chuckled.
It’s actually Ara’s favorite juice,so he decided to buy it since aerum shares some similarity with Ara,and now she loves Pineapple juice. Ah!!!
“You’re not eating?”aerum asked,seeing he was only staring at her instead of joining her.
“No, it’s actually yours”beom-seok declined and aerum shook her head in disapproval.
“Won’t I be too greedy, having this alone with you having a taste from it?”She asked and took out a cookie before bringing it close to his mouth.
“I got it for you”Beom-seok said and aerum pouted cutely.
Beom-seok gulped,while looking at her lips.
“Okay,a bite will be okay. Please, please, please, please, please”She said, trying to feed him the cookies.
Beom-seok only smiled,while admiring how cute she looks,she is really a doll.
Aerum noticed he’ve been looking at her,with a smile. She immediately tried bringing down her hand but beom-seok held it back.
“Thought you wanted to feed me?”He asked and aerum took her bottom lips in,she brought it out and it was redder this time.
“You said you don’t want”Aerum said with an eye roll and beom-seok chuckled.
Is she angry cos of this little thing he did? Seriously? He chuckled and went closer to her.
Aerum scoffed and looked away, beom-seok turned her face to him but she looked away immediately,he turned it again this time she didn’t look away,she was looking directly in her eyes.
“I’m sorry!”He apologized and aerum huffed.
“Gawd!! Don’t do this. I’m really sorry”He apologized again, rubbing her cheek softly with his left thumb.
Aerum only bit her bottom lips, without saying anything. Beom-seok blinked, expecting her to say something but she kept mute.
He sighed and leaned more closer to her, aerum bite her bottom lips again feeling nervous and at the same time agitated.
“Are you angry?”He asked and aerum shook her head then bite her bottom lips again.
“Can you stop doing that?”Beom-seok asked, looking at her lips which has become redder cos of her constant biting.
“What?”She asked and bite her bottom lips again.
“Stop biting your lips! I might loose it”beom-seok said,still looking at her lips.
“I..I..do that whenever am nervous!!”She replied and bite her bottom lips.
Beom-seok sighed and more her more closer,their lips inches away.
Any slight move from any of them,their lips is going to meet, aerum gasped at the closeness while her heart started with the crazy race.
The room became hot for the both of them,as they stayed still without making a move,aerum gulped looking at beom-seok lips,his heart was pounding fastly and he couldn’t deny it,he wanted to withdraw from her but he couldn’t.
All that is in his mind is kissing her,kissing her till it becomes difficult for they both to breathe.
He gulped and looked at Aerum in the eye, before looking down at her lips again.
“Do…I have your permission?”He asked with difficulty,his heart might explode soon with the rate it was pounding.
Aerum didn’t reply,she only closed her eyes and beom-seok pressed his lips softly on hers.
Immediately their lips met, aerum felt a spark,like she was electrocuted,her breath pitched immediately.
Beom-seok took his hand to her hair,and pulled her more closely, ravishing her lips.
Aerum slowly wrapped her hands round his neck responding to the kiss totally,their hearts beats in sync while they both melted completely into the kiss. Beom-seok gave aerum a soft bite on her bottom lips,making her gasps lowly,he immediately pushed in his tongue in her mouth,their tongues rolled in and out of each other’s mouth,each fighting and struggling for dominance.
He broke the kiss after few minutes,with aerum looking down. She was feeling shy like mad, beom-seok only smiled handsomely before lifting her face up,then he began rubbing her lips slowly with his thumb.
Beom-seok leaned more closer,then rested his forehead on hers,while still rubbing her lips, Aerum’s eyes was still fixed on his lips,and as if reading her mind…he titled her head and captured her lips in another passionate kiss.
He began running his hand, through her back slowly while still in the kiss,he gently squeezed her @zz.
“Pumpkin….”she Mõ@?ed into the kiss and Beom-seok broke the kiss immediately.
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TBC….