From now on
I’m all in for you

-all in

Choi Minjae

"I can't believe you actually did that!" I cussed under my breath as I was sitting on the ground, venting my anger out to Kihyun who was just a feet away, lying down on the couch and staring at the ceiling.

"You told stuff like those to Jackson only so you could use me cleaning the whole house, and the lawn, and to help you cook dinner!"

I had this urge to mess up that beautiful face of his he's so proud of.

That look Jackson gave him, and what Kihyun said. Gosh, cringe-worthy!

"What kind of stuff?" He asked lazily as if he had no clues at all.

"T-that stuff! Like you said that..!" I stuttered looking away. He says things like those and then he says I'm the one who's gay.

"Like I said what?" He rolled to the side. This time facing me as his eyes were on mine, waiting for an answer.

I bit my lip and frowned looking away again, totally not liking this type of sneaky Kihyun. "Whatever! Now Jackson is gone and no one would take me to eat ddeokbooki!"

"I will."

He must be joking. I sneaked a peak at his eyes to observe if he was really kidding or not but he looked pretty serious.

"This is our last day here so yeah, let's go. But we are coming back before they wake up." He suggested as he got up to get ready.

It was eight in the morning and I was sure others would wake up pretty soon.

"I don't think coming back that soon would be possible."

"Let's go anyway." He stretched out his arms letting out a little yawn.

Is this really Kihyun?

"Yay!" I cheered putting both my fists up into the air, then I straightened up. "I'm going to eat all I want, okay?"

"Do whatever. And put some warm clothes on."

"I love you!" I chirped happily and for the first time ever he didn't gag.

We got ready and I took his suggestion wearing warm clothes. Since there was an easier and shorter way by foot, we started walking. Me humming, singing and dancing all the way, we found ourselves near the river soon. The food stalls around it had a lot of customers but it didn't take us time to find the stall being famous for ddeokbokis. In fact, the scent of food was so delicious it had me drooling from miles.

Kihyun looked pretty excited by himself as he was taking photos of several things, his own selfies of course. As if he even forgot my existence. To remind him I was there too, I showed some ugly meme faces from behind when he started taking selfies of him with the sceneries.

And the outcome was hilarious indeed, which made him frown because he couldn't click some handsome photos.

Take that Kihyun! I learned meme faces from Hyungwon and they can literally win some best meme face awards.

"For your information, Jackson isn't gay," I said eyeing the mouth watering ddeokboki as an old lady placed it before us.

"He is. After yesterday it's confirmed."

He started placing some of the food into different small bowls for us using his chopsticks. For some reason, I felt that maybe, he got annoyed when I mentioned Jackson. Or maybe it was just my imagination or whatsoever.

"Don't say those. I've heard he's famous in Seoul. He's from an idol group? Why didn't you guys tell me that!"

"That's nothing to tell." He started eating the food and looked like he was pretty much concentrated on only doing that.

My jaw fell on the ground hearing him say that. I didn't know this stuff since I'd spent most of my life working my ass off. Jackson is famous and I should've definitely known that.

"Really hyung?" I rolled my eyes at him. "Anyways, Jackson-sshi produces great songs! He said he will send me some!"

"You guys exchanged numbers?" He started coughing loudly, choking on his food. I quickly handed him the water before it could get any worse.

"He...I..."

"Please calm down first! Then talk!" I yelled seeing that he was coughing yet trying to speak. It looked hilarious but I was worried, really. 

He took in a deep breath rubbing his chest, closing his eyes he opened them again. "Look Minjae, he's probably not the right guy. The way he talks makes me think he flirts with various guys. He will cheat on you. I'm sure of it."

"Again!" I furrowed my eyebrows scowling. "He's not even gay! This is not fun anymore! Stop joking."

"Then delete his number."

He couldn't be serious. Though he looked like he was.

It was pointless for me to talk so I started eating quietly instead. "I can produce better songs than him." He took advantage of my silence and said that.

As soon as I opened my mouth to reply he shoved his chopsticks full of food inside it. "Chew slowly." He watched me eat, getting ready to feed me again.

Like he was my mom or something he kept on feeding me and I ate it like I was his child. What even is this? Then suddenly he started touching my cheeks with his chopsticks and some sticky yellow stuff got stuck with my skin. As if he was painting my face he did that several times and I just kept on staring like a dumb kid.

When he put down his chopsticks to look at the artwork he has made he burst out laughing. "You look so funny!"

"What?" I startled getting back from my daze. I was staring at his handsome face completely unaware of what he was doing here. I grabbed a handful of tissue that was on the table but by then he had taken several photos of mine and he was still laughing loudly.

"You're not fun. I hate you." I fake cried rubbing my face and it only made him laugh harder.

"I swear if you're not one of the dumbest people on earth!"

"I'll take revenge for sure one day just you see!" I crossed my arms over my chest getting determined.

"Whatever, let me send your photos to everyone first. Oh, wait..." His eyebrows got scrunched as he stared at his phone's screen. "They have woken up already. Texts were sent forty minutes ago."

It seemed like he was scrolling through the messages. "And they are going on a tour to the village if we don't come back. And...." His eyebrows got more scrunched now that he was staring at his phone intensely. "They have left."

"They left without us?" My eyes went wide. How could they do that! It would've been so much fun to explore together.

"Yep, they did. What now?" He looked up at me.

"Huh. Then we're gonna have fun by ourselves too." I got more determined now, with something other than revenge. "Let's take lots of photos and show them that we had lots of fun."

"That's a good idea." He said thinking a little.

"Send them those meme photos too."

"Never!"

This time we took selfies together at the food stall. After paying we went outside and decided to explore the area for a bit. The river looked beautifully blue and we couldn't help but run to dip our feet into the glimmering water.

Kihyun noticed that they were renting small boats nearby that can two people use together. It seemed like a great idea to take photos in the middle of the river so we went ahead and rented one.

All this time Kihyun was looking way excited than I thought he would ever be. We took the boat into some deep but the shore could still be seen. They gave us lifejackets too in case we needed them.

But then we discovered lots other of people were in the river too beside us. Rowing their boats. But, they were all, couples.

"The heck is this?" Kihyun's excitement vanished as he grimaced. "Don't even look there someone's kissing!"

He shouted before I could turn my head to left. "What do we do now?" I asked and to ruin our little fun even the sun started spreading more heat. Now I was dreading wearing warm clothes.

"Let's just take photos and be done with it." He suggested quickly pulling out his phone from pocket.

"Hmph, but all the photos are plain. Why don't we do some stunts this time? You can go to the other end of the boat and capture the selfie from there. It will show more of the scene and the whole boat too."

"Like this?" He shoved himself to the corner.

"No, a little ahead."

"This?"

"A little."

"Now?" He asked annoyed.

"Hmm... Maybe another inch? There's still place."

Splash!

That's all I could hear.

***

"When I said you're one of the dumbest people on earth, I wasn't joking." He said in between the clattering of his teeth.

Wearing drenched sweaters and walking home on those, it was indeed nerve wrecking and don't get me started on how cold it was.

"I was wearing a life jacket and I can swim! Did you need to jump in the water to save me?" He shouted then rubbed his forehead as his head hung low. "I can still hear everyone laughing."

"I'm sorry," I said shivering in the cold and he was trembling too even though we had both changed clothes and had blankets on top of us.

When we got back no one was at home since they all went out. As we both sat on the balcony, our feats touching the warm grass, blankets on top of us this, somehow reminded me of what happened in front the swimming pool at the mansion.

Now we were both back to that again.

"Why am I getting wet every time I'm with you!" I screamed frustrated.

He snapped his head towards me and his eyes were bulging out of his socket. It took me a moment to realize what I had just said.

"Oh my god that sounds wrong! I meant-"

He started laughing loudly before I could finish and I realized I was doing the same. That smile was back on his face, the one that made his cheeks and eye areas form many lines, I swear his smile was beautiful.

"You're just, I don't know what to say." He was still laughing then he looked like he just remembered something and got up. "Wait a little."

He went inside and came back after a few minutes with two mugs of coffee. Placing one in front of me he took his seat like before.

"Wow!" I awed over the coffee I had, literally staring at the mug then taking a turn to stare at him then staring at the mug again. The coffee even had a thick foam forming on top and the fragrance was all over.

"Well, I had to work in a coffeeshop for one day." He said in a low voice like it was some kind of secret making me giggle loudly.

I held the warm mug with both my hands, closing my eyes I tried to feel the warmth. All of a sudden I felt that, this was one of the funniest yet brightest day of my life.

Taking a sip and the taste was even better than it looked. I opened my eyes and Kihyun was staring at me for an opinion.

"I love it!" I screamed putting down the coffee and hugged him from the side like a child. "I love you!"

"You're like a kid!" He pulled away right after then stared at my face for a second. "You even eat and drink like a kid."

He leaned on a little, that was unexpected so I flinched when I felt his thumbs softly brushing over my lips.

I looked at his face wide eyed, it felt like someone had stopped the time. He had the perfect facial features from his soft hair that was brushing over his forehead to his chin and his lips. Suddenly a familiar feeling at my stomach happened, it turned. My heart beat accelerated as well. I quickly looked away; what is this.

"There." He said rolling his lower lip inside his mouth and this time I looked at him again. Our eyes met.

There was something in his eyes that I felt as if they were pulling me in, I couldn't look away again. He wouldn't too.

The distance was somehow getting closer. He leaned in more.

Before I could realize what was actually happening I felt the soft skin of his lips against mine. His lips were warm and had a strong fragrance of coffee.

They were captivating, drawing me in each second. Whatever was happening, I couldn't care. I closed my eyes, there were fireworks happening inside my chest and stomach. This was a very funny feeling.

My second kiss, it tasted like coffee.