Chapter 114 - Haunted [2] (1/2)

Seeing the tears that twinkled at the corner of his eyes— coupled with how Sookyung pressed his palm upon his face in order to compress his laughter— caused irritation to rise within Moon Jiwoo, and she glared at the boy.

”Stop! If you dare to do it, Oh Sookyung, I will make it that you will never be able to laugh again,” Jiwoo threatened.

Both of them were out of the cave now, and after Moon Jiwoo terrified reaction at the cave, Oh Sookyung found it difficult to hold his laughter in.

The teasing glint in his eyes managed to anger Jiwoo further, and it reminded her know badly she had humiliated herself in the cave. Moon Jiwoo blamed it all on the mud, since she believed that she would have been successful without that interfering.

Taking in a deep breath, Sookyung removed the hand from around his mouth and wore on a composed expression. The tears disappeared from the corner of his eyes.

Wearing a small smile on his face, he questioned, ”Is this fine?”

But before Moon Jiwoo was able to nod to that, the male broke out into laughter and said, ”Sorry, Daerin. I don't think I am able to hold it in. Whatever happened was too funny!

No, you were bragging on how haunted house are childish, and the next moment you were clinging on to me as your life depended on me. You can be seriously cute at times, Shin Daerin!”

Looking at the male who was laughing loudly, Moon Jiwoo rolled her eyes, and folding her arms over her ċhėst, she voiced out, ”I am pleased to hear that you find my embarrassed side cute.

Then, since you're having fun on your own, I am leaving. It seems that you have forgotten about your objective to make me laugh.”

With that, Moon Jiwoo turned her back on the male and was about to walk away from there when Sookyung, who managed to bring some control over his laughter, placed his palm above her shoulder to stop her.

”No, wait. Sorry. I promise to seriously not laugh this time around,” Sookyung said, ”But admit it. It was fun, right? There is no fun in a haunted house if you are not scared.”

Placing a smile on her face, Moon Jiwoo faced him and vocalised, ”No, I did not find a single amount of fun in being humiliated. But maybe I would have decently enjoyed it if you were the one being mortified.”

”You are really a stubborn one, right? Anyway, let's eat something before continuing. What do you want to eat? It's my treat,” Sookyung spoke out.

”In case you are forgetting, all of my money comes from you, so you treating me doesn't make it special,” Jiwoo pointed out.

”Well then, just consider it to be a bonus,” Sookyung voiced out, ”There are lots of food I want to try out. Should we start out with their specialty first?”

”You can have them on your own. I am not particularly fond of the street foods,” Jiwoo stated, ”They are—”

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Staring at Moon Jiwoo who took a bite out of the dessert in her hand, Sookyung smiled at her and commented, ”For someone who doesn't like street food, you seem to be enjoying this a lot.”

The tart in Jiwoo's hand was quite cold and unlike something Jiwoo had tasted before. Although street foods were not something Jiwoo was particularly fond of, she could not bring herself to dislike the tart in her hand.

Turning her head to face him, she retorted, ”For someone who promised to make me have fun today, you are making me really upset today. Was that your true objection?”

Sookyung chuckled and voiced out, ”Aren't you having fun by eating that tart? Look at how your eyes are sparkling and at that wide smile on your face.”

”That's nonsensical! It's not as if I particularly like the tart; it's just that I am really hungry,” Jiwoo stated, ”I would have eaten it like this even if it was something else.”

”Fine, I won't argue with you any longer. As long as you're having fun, I am content with it. You don't have to mention about it to me,” Sookyung said, ”And stop scowling and just smile. Don't ruin the day by that!”

Taken aback by his words all of a sudden, Moon Jiwoo stopped eating and said, ”Why are you being so mȧturė and sweet all of a sudden? It puts me at an awkward position.”

”No idea,” he stated before extending his hand towards her face.

His thumb brushed against her cheek, wiping away the remnants of the cream, and Jiwoo found herself unable to move while her eyes followed after his thumb.

Bringing over his thumb to his mouth, he licked it and spoke out, ”That's really delicious. I should have brought one for myself as well.”