foreign - lee chan

10.

"Tell me what happened!" Myung yelled over the phone.

It was Sunday afternoon, and Julienne had been sleeping soundly until Myung had called, demanding to know what had happened when Chan and her went out.

"We went to Seoul Tower, and then he took me to eat at a restaurant," Julienne groaned, wiping her eyes, "that was pretty much it."

"What did you guys talk about? Did he even speak?" Myung asked.

"His English was good," Julienne giggled, "I only had to translate one thing for him."

"Chan is not good with English," Myung stammered, "this is his second year of English 1 and my first. I'm better than him."

"He got better, a lot better," Julienne got defensive, "I'm proud of him, he's great."

"You like him," Myung laughed, "do you not?"

Julienne froze and got out of bed, sighing. "I just don't like when you make fun of him. I like Dino, he's my friend."

"Dino? You call him Dino?" Myung couldn't control her laughter. "This is too funny."

Julienne was done with Myung's constant talking, and decided to hang up on her before going to brush her teeth.

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"He didn't hold her hand or anything," Hoshi complained, shaking his head, "Chan just sat there."

Hansol, Hoshi, and Chan were at Hansol's house again sitting on his bed and Hoshi was talking about what he saw at the restaurant. Apparently, he was watching Chan and Julienne and made some observations.

"Julienne made a joke, and Chan didn't laugh," Hoshi continued, "and when Julienne was ready to go, he got up so fast. He gave her the idea that he wanted to leave as soon as possible, as if he didn't enjoy the time he had with her."

"I had a lot of fun, I honestly enjoyed yesterday!" Chan argued, "You can't read minds and know what I'm thinking about when I with her."

"Girls are observant as hell," Hansol commented, laying against his pillow, "and they make conclusions based on your body language. You roll your eye back just a little bit, and they're done. They've already made up their mind about you and they've planned out what they're going to text their friends about you."

"She hugged me," Chan said boldly, "and thanked me for the night out before she went inside yesterday."

"She hugged you and you still don't like her as more than a friend!" Hoshi blurted, throwing his baseball cap across the room. "Hansol, look, I got a picture of them at dinner."

"You took photos?" Chan asked, surprised. Hoshi ignored him, pulling out his phone and showing Hansol the photo of Chan and Julienne sitting at their table.

"She looks like a model!" Hansol's eyes widened at the photo. He couldn't believe that Chan honestly had no feelings for that girl. "Dino, you are so damn blind!"

"If I was your age, Dino," Hoshi smirked, "and I saw this girl in my class, I asked her out on the first day. We probably would've kissed by now, maybe gone a little farther an-"

"Don't talk about her like that!" Chan yelled, pushing Hoshi against the headboard of Hansol's bed. Hoshi immediately stops talking, and Hansol freezes, seeing Chan's hands gripping onto the collar of Hoshi's shirt.

Chan couldn't understand why he was so angry with what Hoshi said, maybe it was just the fact that they couldn't understand that Chan was just too young to be going out with a girl, and their comments on how his friend looked just made him uncomfortable.

"Are you going to let go of me or no?" Hoshi asked, staring into Chan's eyes.

Chan snapped back into reality and let go of Hoshi's shirt before letting out the breath he had been holding. His face is scrunched, and he's still angry with what Hoshi had said to him.

"I've made my mind, and it's that I want to be only friends with her, alright? Respect my wishes, and respect her. Don't talk about her in such a way," Chan warned, before getting up from the bed and walking out of the bedroom. He goes to the front door, and slams it behind him as he goes walking back home.

Hoshi looks at Hansol with a small smile. "He likes her."