The One That Got Away

Chapter Nineteen

"Congratulations girls! You were great!!" cheered their manager, while handing them a bottle of water.

The girls bowed down and said thank you.

"Wendy, I have to go out for awhile. I..I need to go to the restroom." Sooyoung said to her bestfriend.

"Oh, okay then. I will tell them if they look for you." she said.

Sooyoung nodded and made her way out of their dressing room.

Where is he? Why didn't I know that he's going to be the host today? Ugh!! So embarrassing. Sooyoung thought, walking along the hallway.

"Sooyoung!" called someone behind her.

She stopped from walking and slowly looked behind her. She knew who was calling her name. 

"I have been looking for you." Sungjae informed her, giving out his sweet smile.

"Me too. Wait, what? Well, uhm.." she stuttered, looking down because of embarrassment.

Why did I tell him I was looking for him too. Ughh!! Sooyoung slapped her mouth in her mind.

"You..you were looking for me too?" Sungjae asked, a hint of happiness were seen in his eyes.

"Well, uhm..I..I don't know. Uhmmm..maybe? Hehe." Sooyoung scratched the back of his head, now looking at him.

"Well, at least I'm not the only one." he said, still looking at her.

Sooyoung was a bit confused of Sungjae's statement, "Not the only one? What are you talking about?"

"I'm not the only one who missed you." he blurted out, staring at her intently.

Sooyoung was taken aback at his statement. He missed me? But why would he?

"Seems like you missed me too, huh?" Sungjae confidently said, teasing her a bit.

"What??!! Ha ha. No way. Why..why would I miss you?" Sooyoung denied, adverting her gaze to her shoes.

"Then why were you looking for me?" he asked, now in a serious tone.

Sooyoung looked at Sungjae, she can tell that he was serious with his question.

"Then why did you miss me?" she asked. Yeah, that's right Sooyoung. Avoid his question with your question, nice attack. She tapped herself for that move.

"Because I like you." Sungjae confessed, looking straight to Sooyoung's eyes.

She froze from hearing those words. She just stared at him. Not sure of what to say.

"I..I.." 

"I know it's surprising for you to know that I like you, but that's how I feel. Even the first time I saw you at Hongdae, I already feel something special for you. Hmm..what do you call that? Uhmmmm..love at first sight? Yeah! That's right! I was in love at first at you!" explained Sungjae.

Sooyoung couldn't find the right words to say. She looked around to check if someone was near them. Fortunately, it was just the two of them. 

"You..you can't say that out loud in here. Someone might hear you." Sooyoung said, still looking around.

"I don't care. It is what I feel." Sungjae ignored her statement.

"But..still..we just debuted today and you are already popular. It might cause a big issue between us." she worried.

"Sooyoung, you still didn't answer my question ealier." Sungjae changed the topic.

"Wha..what question?" she asked again.

"Why were you looking for me?" 

She froze again, for the second time in less than five minutes.

Why did I even say it out loud that I was looking for him? Why was I looking for him by the way? It's not that I want to see him or...No!No! Don't even think about it Sooyoung. You don't like him. You just had some kind of reaction with the dream you had before. Stop thinking about it.

"Sungjae!" a voice from a distance woke Sooyoung from her deep thoughts.

 "Oh, Ilhoon. Time to do the finale?" Sungjae asked in confirming tone.

"Yeah. Let's go." Ilhoon gestured his hand to Sungjae to come over.

"Sooyoung, give me your number. I'll call you tonight." Sungjae said, handing out his phone.

"My number? But why?" she asked, feeling a little bit shy knowing the fact that Sungjae wanted to have her number.

"Sungjae! Faster!" Ilhoon called again.

Sooyoung quickly grabbed Sungjae's phone from his hand and started typing her phone number. She gave it back to Sungjae, leaving the contact name blank.

"I'll take care of the name. See you, Sooyoung!" Sungjae waved his hand goodbye to Sooyoung, running towards Ilhoon.

Sooyoung turned around to see both of the boys running back to the backstage.

"What did I just do?" Sooyoung asked herself aloud, still frozen from what happened earlier.

He likes me? She thought, a smile slowly appearing from his lips.