Tri-Angle - Seven

Seven

“ How are you going back home?” Yunho asked when he walked me to meet Sun after school.

“ Cycle.” I grinned. “ With Sun and Changmin.”

“ Oh?” He looked at me surprisingly. “ So your houses are near to each other?”

“ Sort of. We cycle to school and back home together every day.” I replied.

“ Wow, you guys must be really closed.” He smiled a warm smile.

“ Yeah, we knew each other since we were kids.” I announced proudly. “ We used to hang out with each other a lot. Changmin is a very nice guy, he always take cares of us.”

“ Sounds good.” He beamed.

“ He’s more like a big brother to us.” I added quickly.

Geez, I don’t want my prince to misunderstand anything. Plus, we’re having our first date today right? It is a first date to me. I don’t care, it counts, and I’m not going to spoil it.

Changmin and Sun were already waiting for me at the front gate with their bikes beside them. I hurried over to get my bike and joined them.

“ Hey.” Yunho waved at them.

“ Hey there.” Sun and Changmin smiled at him.

“ How are you going back?” Sun asked.

“ By car.” He glanced around and said “ My driver should be here by now –“

Driver? The three of us looked at him with an astonished expression.

Just then, a shiny silver Mercedes Benz pulled up right in front of us.

“ Oh here he is.” Yunho grinned.

A man dressed formally with a peaked cap came down from the driver seat and went to hold the back door open for Yunho.

“ Got to go. See you at three o’clock sharp later.” Yunho winked at me. “ Bye guys.”

He waved at us and stepped into the car. His driver closed the door for him and went back to his seat. Changmin was the only one who waved back. Sun and I continue to gawk at the car until it drove away and disappear into a corner.

“ Wow” Sun choked out a minute later.

“ Wow” I echoed.

“ Awesome eh? Good looking and wealthy. Every girls dream man.” Changmin spoke behind us.

Sun and I nodded dumbly.

Wait, I’m forgetting something.

“ HEY!” I gasped and spun around. “ Let’s go ! I’m going to be late!” I said anxiously while getting on my bike. I started to cycle away immediately.

“ Late for what?” Sun shouted behind me.

“ My date !” I shout back. “ I mean - my appointment ! As Yunho’s tour guide !”

“ But do you have to cycle so fast? You’re riding a bicycle ! Not a motorbike !” Sun shouted again and I heard Changmin laugh. I ignored them and continue to cycle at full speed. I turned around to look at them when I reached my house, but they were nowhere to be seen. Okay, so I did cycled really fast. Anyway, I don’t have time to worry about them now. I left my bike aside and went for the keys. I kicked my shoes off and stumbled into the house to find April licking my feet.

“ Hey April. I don’t have time to mess with you now.” I said, throwing my keys on the table and ran to my room. I took out my contact lens and went for a hot shower. I cleaned my face, washed my hair with my favourite shampoo while I planned our date. First of all, we’ll go to the beach. We’ll have a walk at the beach and then we’ll play water! We’ll splash water at each other and I’ll wipe his face dry with a tissue when we’re leaving. He’ll think that I’m so caring and sweet! Then, we’ll head downtown. We’ll go to the mall and I’ll pass by some restaurant and claim that is my favorite restaurant. Then, he will ask me for dinner and fetch me home. When he is about to leave, he will give me a goodbye kiss. And there goes my romantic and perfect date!

I sang happily and dried myself when I’m done. I wrapped my towel around me while I headed towards my wardrobe.

“ What should I wear?” I thought. I went through all my clothes and tried on a few. Not this, not this, not this either. I kept on digging out my clothes until my bed is fully covered up with clothes.

“ Why don’t I have something elegant to wear? “ I screamed in frustration after fifteen minutes of cloth picking and jumped into the piles of clothes on my bed. I took a glance at the clock on my dressing table. It reads two thirty. Oh my God ! I jumped up in shock. I am going to be late ! I quickly grab a T-shirt with a pink bunny picture in front of it and slid into a pair of skinny jeans. Then, I wore my grey contact lens and put on new make ups. I was combing my hair when suddenly the door bell rang.

Shit ! He’s here. It was only two fifty. I haven’t packed my stuffs yet. I ran down the stairs and went for the door.

“Hi.” Yunho greeted me. He was standing in front of my house gate with a shiny silver Mercedes Benz behind him. He wore a pair of jeans and a black coloured T-shirt. The muscles around his arm are clearly to be seen and he looked really fit and hot, very distractingly handsome too.

“ Hi. I err – “ I gulped. “ You’re early.”

“ Yeah, I thought it would be better if I’m the one who waits. Guys shouldn’t keep girls from waiting.” He smiled and winked.

Aww, he’s such a gentleman. “ I’m almost done. I’ll just have to grab my bag. Do you want to come in?” I asked.

“ It’s okay. I’ll wait in the car. You don’t have to rush.” He beamed.

“ Okay… Be right back.” I hurried back into my room to pack my stuffs. Purse, mobile, mascara, eyeliner, mirror . I threw them all into my bag and checked myself in the mirror for the last time before going down. After wearing a pair of high heels, I went out of the house. Yunho came down from the back of the car and held the door for me.

“ Sorry for waiting.” I squeaked nervously.

“ It’s okay.” He smiled and bowed down, gesturing one hand to the car. “ Please, princess.”

I laughed and climbed into the plushy leather seats, followed by Yunho. The door closes with an expensive clunk before the driver spoke.

“ Where to go young master?”

Yunho turned to look at me. “ Any nice places around?”

“ Umm… the beach?” I suggested, going on with my plan.

“ Sure. Please lead the way ma’am.” He snorted a laugh.

“ Yahh.” I smacked him playfully on the arm. I started giving directions to his driver while we purr away.

***

“ Here we are !” I said cheerfully as soon as we got down the car.

I skipped happily towards the beach. The sun felt so warm against my skin, the air blowing on my face was wet and cool. I stretched my arms, closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I can taste the salt in the air.

“ Wow. The scenery here is very nice.” Yunho spoke beside me.

I opened my eyes and turned to look at him. “ It sure is. Do you like it?”

“ Yes.” He smiled. “ Shall we have a walk?”

“ Sure.” Yes, this is how it’s gonna be.

“ Do you come here often?” He asked when we were strolling down the beach.

“ Not really, but I do like the beach very much.” I said.

We continued to talk as we watched the waves crest and crash over the other from the shore. There were some kids running around, splashing water at each other. Time for water splashing, I thought happily.

“ Maybe we should play with the wa–“ I turned to look at Yunho but he was walking away. “ Yunho?” I followed him to see that he was approaching a little girl who was sitting on the beach alone, sobbing.

“ Why are you crying?” He asked with concern when he neared her.

“I – I can’t build my sandcastle.” She cried. “ It kept collapsing.”

“ Oh, don’t cry. Oppa will help you okay?” He smiled. “ C’mon. You can’t build a sandcastle with dry sand.” He took her hand and stood up slowly.

Crap. Building sandcastles? This wasn’t part of my plan.

The little girl wiped her eyes with the back of her hands and looked at Yunho. “ You will build a sandcastle for me?” She sniffed.

“ Yes, I promise.” He assured her. “ If you’ll stop crying.”

“ Yeah, Oppa keeps his promises.” I handed the little girl a piece of tissue and smiled her an encouraging smile. “ Unnie will help you too.”

She took the tissue hesitantly and said “ I want a big one.” She pouted.

Yunho chuckled. “ Okay.” He led her nearer to the sea, where the sands are wet and much stickier.

“ We’ll make it here okay?” He asked her.

She nodded excitedly.

“ So, we’ll start with the base.” Yunho started pushing the sands into a circular shape. Then, he started molding it into a more recognizable wall shape.

“ It’s not collapsing ! It’s not collapsing !” The little girl squealed happily. “ I want another tower here, and this middle tower to be really tall !” She started giving instructions to Yunho.

“ Okay, okay. We’ll do it slowly okay?” Yunho laughed.

Plan A is ruined. I sighed and turned to see a little seashell lying beside my feet. I picked it up and handed it to the little girl.

“ How about some seashells for decoration?” I asked her.

“ Yes !” She clapped her hand and laughed a tinkling laugh.

“ So why don’t you help unnie to look for some really pretty seashells while I build up your beautiful castle for you?” Yunho smiled at her.

“ Sure. Come unnie, I’ll help you.” She tugged my shirt slightly, signaling me to follow her.

“ What’s your name?” I asked her when we were picking up seashells around the shore.

“ Hyo.” She replied, smiling happily. She had a really pretty smile.

“ That’s cute.” I said while picking up more seashells, I’ll remember that. “ I think these are enough, we should take it back to Yunho oppa now.”

“ Okay.” She cheered happily and skidded back to where Yunho was.

Yunho was piling up more and more sands to make the sandcastle taller. Now, the sandcastle was huge. The middle sand tower was taller than the others surrounding it just as Hyo asked for.

“ Wow. It’s very pretty.” Hyo jumped happily around.

“ Glad you like it. Now you can decorate it the way you want.” Yunho grinned.

Hyo started decorating the castle with the seashells we found.

“ It’s done !” She held her hands up and shouted.

“ Wow. Your castle is magnificent.” Yunho said.

“ Thank you.” She laughed happily.

“ We should be going by now. Nice to meet you, Hyo.” Yunho patted her head.

“ Thank you, oppa and unnie. I like my castle very much.” She gave us both a hug.

“ You’re welcome. See you, Hyo.” I hugged her back.

Then, the both of us headed back to Yunho’s car. Yunho turned to waved at her and saw that many kids were surrounding her and her sandcastle.

“ Your sandcastle is very beautiful. Can we join you to play with it?” A kid asked.

“ Thank you. A oppa and unnie helped me with it. Sure you can.” She smiled back and waved at us.

“ It’s good that she made friends and share her sandcastle with others.” Yunho said.

“ Yeah. You seem to like kids very much.” I took a glance at him.

“ I do. I think they are all very cute and innocent.” He sighed. “ You don’t like kids?”

“Oh ! Of course I do.” I lied.

Well, it’s not a total lie. I do like kids, but not all of them. Apparently, I like three years old kids, only. And I definitely hate babies.

“ So where are we going next?” Yunho asked.

“ Huh? Oh. Let’s go downtown.” I said.

“ Okay. We’ll head downtown.” He told his driver as soon as we got into the car.

Yay, move on to plan B.

***

Yunho told his driver to leave when we reached our destination. We visited a lot of tourism places around the town. Yunho seemed to be enjoying the tour, but I wasn’t paying much attention to our surroundings. I kept glancing at my watch to check if it’s time for dinner. Finally, it’s six o’clock in the evening.

“ Wow, it’s six o’ clock already.” I said.

Yunho took a glance at his own watch and said “ Wow, it’s so late already. Do you want to go home?” He asked.

What? Go home?

“ Nononononono.” I started.

Shit. “ I mean – Can we eat something before we go?” I prompted more calmly.

He looked at me for a second. “ Well, if you don’t mind, we can have dinner –“

“ Sure!” I cut him off before I can stop myself.

“ Let’s go then.” He said. His mouth twitched into a smile but he tried to fight it back.

I jumped in excitement when he turned around. Yes ! We’re going for a romantic candlelight dinner. I couldn’t help but giggle silently and hurried to catch up with him.