Chapter Twenty Three: About Last Night

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After spending some time wandering around the aquarium, the group reconvened by an ice cream stand.

"You guys like a aquarium so far?" Minhyuk beamed at us all. He seemed to be having a great time.

"Yeah, it's nice." I smiled at him.

"Well, there's still more to see!" Minhyuk replied as he ate his ice cream.

'He's like a child trapped in an adult's body.'

I went to buy my own ice cream, a scoop of vanilla on a cone. When I turned to get back into the group, I almost bumped into Hyungwon.

"Hey, can we talk?"





Hyungwon led me to the tropical fish aquarium and we stood in front of a large tank. My eyes followed the fish as they took their routes around the water. I wondered if these fish knew they were trapped in a tank. But they seemed to be going on happily with their lives anyway.

I always seemed to distract myself by thinking about philosophical things when I was caught in an uncomfortable situation

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I always seemed to distract myself by thinking about philosophical things when I was caught in an uncomfortable situation.

"Do you think these fish are happy?" I asked Hyungwon, my eyes focused on the colorful fish as they passed.

He sighed, "I don't know about that."

I glanced up at him to see he wasn't focusing on anything in the tank.

"Listen, Jiyeon." He said, turning to me. The lighting of the fish tank illuminated his face. It gave a mysterious feeling to the situation, "I want to talk about what happened last night."

"I know, you were drunk." I replied, turning to face the tank immediately. I couldn't make eye contact with him. "It's okay, people do weird things then they're drunk-"

"No, that's not it." Hyungwon said. He took a deep breath, "I remember kissing you last night, not much else. And it wasn't a mistake. I was drunk, I wouldn't have done it sober, but it wasn't a mistake."

"W-what do you mean...?" I stammered, blushing.

He took another deep breath, "At first I thought I hated you." He stared down at me, facial expression unreadable, "Every time you walked into the room, I started getting ticked off. My palms sweaty, heart racing. I thought it was because I absolutely hated you. But now I realize it's the opposite."

He grabbed onto my hand to make me face him. I turned to make eye contact with him. His hands were definitely sweaty, but so were mine.

"I don't normally say things like this, so make sure you listen really closely." He said. "I, Chae Hyungwon, like you, Choi Jiyeon. Okay?"

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