Balcony Meet-up

*After school*

I got up from my seat after having finished all the ruthless homework given. I needed something to distract me from Dae Hyun and no better way to do it than tackling pre-calculus questions.

"Haru~ Let's get going!" May and Yura say pulling me outside the class. I saw Dae Hyun before he could see me. I passed by him without looking at him while I felt his eyes on me. I am not going to let Dae Hyun ruin our girl's day out so I plastered on a smile and walked out of the school with my friends. We hit the mall and went into all the dress shops until we stopped at one at the end of the hall. Yura had picked a cute off white floor-length dress and Sojin picked a smokey grey dress that had one strap.

May and I were still trying to pick a dress. I saw a dress that had an ivory glow to it and I knew it would look amazing on May. I forced May into a dressing room to try it on and when she came out she looked stunning.

"You look lovely May!"

"I do?" She said shyly.

"Buy it!!" Sojin screamed.

"Haru pick a dress already you're the only one that hasn't!" Yura exclaims.

I scoured through the store with May and the girls. I saw a black dress peeking out at the end of the rack and I make my way towards it. I pick it up and it's a beautiful silk dress that is smooth to the touch and had a deep V. The bodice was half lace and the sides had a black mesh that left a little to the imagination. I run my hands over it and am about to put it back on the rack when May spots the dress in my hand.

"Try it on. NOW!" She squeals as she drags me into the dressing room. Hesitantly I put on the dress. The fabric slides onto my skin and when I look into the mirror, it's as if I was looking at a whole different person. I looked confident, I looked sexy. I step out and the other girls are quick to agree with me and encourage me to buy it.

Sojin drives me home and I am exhausted.

"Where have you been?" My maid questions me. Her eyes did a scan of my entire body, as if she was looking for clues.

"I went shopping." I answered shortly walking past her to go to my room.

"With who?"

"May."

"You weren't with a boy were you?" She asked while squinting at me. She stands at the bottom of the stairs as she watches me ascend to my room.

"No Eonnie."

I place the dress on a hanger at the back of my closet. I didn't need her suspecting me of going with a guy to the dance either.

I change into my black sweats and put a shirt on with a red sweater and get comfy while I lay down and start reading and listening to music. I am busted out of my peaceful evening when I hear something hit the window to the balcony opening. I stand up and walk to it cautiously, opening the balcony while looking down over the field.

"Pssssst Haru!" I hear someone whisper.

I tense up and look down again and this time I see Dae Hyun climbing up the balcony.

"DAE HYUN! WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU DOING?" I whispered/screamed.

"Help me up." He says as he reaches his hand towards me. I had no choice. I helped him up and onto the balcony.

"Now explain, what are you doing here?"

"I needed to tell you something."

"And you couldn't text me?"

"You never answer."He says as he shrugs his shoulders. This was crazy! My maid could walk in any moment. We walked into my room and I closed the balcony.

"Okay, what did you need to tell me?"

"I, I could explain what happened at school."

"What happened?" I knew exactly what he meant. He was talking about Hyerin.

"I didn't know Hyerin wanted to hug at your locker. It sort of just happened. I didn't mean to insult you in any type of way."

"I wasn't insulted, it was nothing."

"I didn't want you to be angry with me."

"You still could've just texted me."

"I wanted to tell you in person."

"You're so extra." I nudge his shin with my foot.

He winces and I grow suspicious I didn't do it that hard.

"Sit down on the bed Dae Hyun." I say sternly as I stared at his shin.

"Why?"

I push him on the bed as I sit next to him and lift his leg, placing it on my lap. I lifted his jeans carefully and saw a medium-sized cut on right through his shin.

"You see, this is what happens when you climb a balcony, you dummy." I whisper.

"It doesn't hurt.."

"Liar." I reached to my nightstand and got my first aid kit out. I dabbed some rubbing alcohol to disinfect the cut while blowing on it to ease the pain a little.

"You are such an idiot Im Dae Hyun."

"I am not." His face scrunching up in pain.

"Why would you come this late just to tell me something?"

"I didn't want you to be mad.."

"I wasn't mad at you, idiot." I say the last bit like a whisper as I wrap his leg with the bandage.

Dae Hyun gets up and takes his leg off my lap. He scoots closer and faces me.

"Haru...." He breathes as he lifts my chin, making me look at him. Our faces were inches apart and his breath fanned out on my face. What was he doing?

"I want to protect what we have."

"What do we have?"

"Our friendship of course." I look away from Dae Hyun, of course, we were just friends.

"How are you going to get down with an injured leg?" I ask, switching the topic.

"I'll think of something don't worry about." He says standing up. I stand with him. Worried from witnessing his limp.

"You'll hurt yourself more if you try climbing down. And if you do get hurt it'll be because of me."

He pulled me in for an unexpected hug. I was frozen at first but gradually put my arms around his neck to hug him back. Why was he so emotional today. This wasn't just about school.

"It isn't because of you, don't blame yourself for something I did." He says but then pulls me closer and says sorry again. He was hurting, but from what?

"What were you going to tell me in class?" I say as I pat his back.

"It doesn't matter now lets just stay like....like this." He says still hugging me. I didn't protest and let him embrace me.

"We can't stay long, the Maid-" I stopped myself, something was telling me something had happened. He needed this, and I didn't have the heart to turn him away.

"Haru I-"

"Haru, it's time for bed!" Eonnie calls out, her voice sounding too close to my bedroom door.

I let go of Dae Hyun in a hurry.

"Quick! Hide in the closet! Go!" I whispered to him and helped him in and closing it just as Eonnie came in.

"Were you talking to someone just now?" She says looking me up and down, searching for whatever she was looking for

"No, I wasn't."

Eonnie started to look around the room and started to sniff. She came to me and started to smell me.

"What are you doing?" I said backing away from her.

"That smell...You smell like a man.."

"E-Eonnie don't you think that's kinda mean? I use female soap." I say while trying to change the subject.

"Was a guy here? Answer me!" She says in a tone I've never heard her use. Why was she being so uptight?

"No, there wasn't okay! Stop acting like this." I say looking at the bathroom door.

Eonnie takes the bait and hurriedly open the bathroom and checks.

"No one is here..." Eonnie says confused. She walks out of my room without another word. I don't start breathing again until I heard her in the kitchen downstairs.

I open the closet and see Dae Hyun standing there as pale as a ghost.

"She's gone now. Come out."

"That was close." He says, coming out whispering.

"Too close. I think I could sneak you out through the back. We can go when my maid falls asleep. We'll wait here till then."

"Fine by me Hyena. What do you want to do till then?"

"I don't know...play charades?" I say jokingly. An awkward silence surrounds us after I say this, he didn't even laugh

"Ahaha I was joking..." I say, embarrassed.

"Mind if I rest for a while, I had a long night."

'S-sure make your self a-at home." I was nervous but who can blame me?

"Haru, why are you so red?" Dae Hyun says smirking, inching closer to me.

"I'm not red, Its nothing." I say backing away. "If you want to rest just go to the bed, I'll wake you when my maid is asleep." I speed walk and sit at my table acting like I had something to do.

Dae Hyun turns on his heels and lays on the bed while feeling the covers.

"Read me a story."

"How old are you again?" I say turning around.

"Tell me a story then."

"Whyyyy"

"Because I sa-" He stops mid-sentence.

"You what?"

"Just tell me a story or I'll scream."

"You wouldn't dare.."

"Ahem." He says clearing his voice getting ready to scream.

I ran and jumped onto Dae Hyun, covering his mouth. It took a second for me to realize the tragic mistake I had made. I was on top of him and in between his legs covering his mouth.

Dae Hyun's eyes widened at what I had done. I let go without looking at him and tried pushing my self off. Dae Hyun sat up as soon as I got off and we sat in silence.

"Did you hang out with Mateo yet?" Dae Hyun asked without looking me in the eyes.

"No we made plans on Friday but I got sick."

"Are you going to hang out soon then?"

"We haven't made plans this week..."

"Do...Do you think he likes you?"

"Nah, he can do better than me I think."

"Why do you say that?" He says looking at me.

"I'm not that special.."

"Don't say that, you are amazing. You're the only girl I know that can tolerate me! Be honored." I turn away from him when he says this and smiled at my feet. That was nice...for Dae Hyun.

"Don't say impossible things Dae Hyun, everyone in the school seems to think something is wrong with me.." He turned my face towards him and looked at my face.

He turned my face to both sides and pushed away stray hairs.

"It doesn't look like something is wrong with you." Dae Hyun says getting closer to my face.

"You think so?"

"I know so Haru." Dae Hyun says getting closer and closer. We looked into each other's eyes and I could see he meant it. He looked down at my lips and then looked back at my eyes. What...What was he doing? Our foreheads touched and our lips were inches apart.

"Dae Hyun...w-wait." I whisper and slowly back away.

"Did I do something wrong?" He says backing away.

"N-No No you didn't.....Its just.."

"What you haven't had your first kiss???" He was close to the the truth, of course, I would never admit that.

"That's not it. It's just I heard my maid snore just now." I say with a straight face.

"No better time to sneak out right?" I say getting up.

"You're right let's go."

We walk out of my room with caution and walk down the stairs. We waited 15 seconds every time the floor creaked. We made it to the back door and Dae Hyun stood in front of me.

"Well, that was exciting!"

"I never want to do that again. That was terrifying!" I say my heart beating fast. I couldn't distinguish whether it was because I was sneaking Dae Hyun out or because of another reason.

"I had fun Haru." He stepped forward and planted a soft kiss my forehead.

"Good night Hyena." He whispers and leaves me frozen in my place.

What was that? I walk back to my room and lay in my bed knowing I wouldn't be able to calm my racing heartbeat.