"At first I thought I was wrong to think of you like that but you've proven it. You are an animal."
Minhyuk said with a smirk plastered to his face. Jiwoo shot him a glare.
"What do you think of yourself, huh? You yourself are a piggy. Oink! Oink!"
Minhyuk also shot her a glare this time. Jiwoo smirked. She took her chopsticks, brought them infront of her neck and made a slicing gesture.
"Jiwoo: 1 and Piggy: 0!"
Jaekyung said with a happy laugh like he's actually taking sides with Jiwoo to which Minhyuk shot him a glare as well.
"Whose side are you on, huh?!"
Minhyuk asked in a playful anger. Jaekyung replied, "I'm on food's side. Right, Jiwoo?"
He asked Jiwoo, jockingly indicating that he wants her food. "I'm sorry! Who are you?"
Jiwoo asked like she genuinely doesn't know who Jaekyung is and he also shot Jiwoo a glare in a playful anger.
"Look Kevin, Jaekyung's fighting for your Padthai with me. You specifically said this plate is only for me." Jiwoo said while pointing at her plate.
Kevin chuckled. "Yes, I said that. Behave yourself, Jaekyung!" He said while throwing a playful glare to Jaekyung.
Jaekyung huffed, leaned against Jihan's shoulder and looked at him with puppy eyes.
"Jihan hyung! You're such a nice person. Right?" Jihan kept staring at him and then suddenly looked away while coughing.
Immediately recovered from whatever that was, he smiled and said, "no! Jaekyung, I'm not that nice. I'm sorry!"
Jaekyung huffed again. "You act like a baby sometimes." Jiwoo said while shaking her head slowly. "Do you have problem with that, Mom?" Jaekyung asked with a sassy tone.
"Yes! Son! You're a grown up man. Get your act together. Go out and touch some grass. You're becoming a rotten apple yet you still want to act like a fresh one."
Jiwoo said in that same sassy tone as Jaekyung and stuck her tongue out. And their bickering went on. Jihan and Kevin just shook their heads at the behaviour of the Abnormal trio.
"You suck! Blehh!" Jaekyung stuck his tongue out to Minhyuk when he said something to him and Jiwoo joined him.
Jihan sighed and softly pinched Jiwoo's cheeks. "That's enough arguement. Same for you as well, Jaekyung-ah!" He said with a soft tone yet it was filled with authority and the three of them just quieted down.
"Fine, I'm leaving you two for now. But don't think you're free just because Jihan oppa stopped me." Jiwoo said while glaring at the two and they just shrugged their shoulders, acting like they're not paying any attention.
They finished their food. Jihan went to his room for work. Jaekyung also went to his room.
Kevin got up to do the dishes. Minhyuk was about to go to his room as well but he stopped when.
"I'll help you." Jiwoo offered to which Kevin smiled and nodded his head. "Sure."
"I'll help as well." Minhyuk said. Kevin looked at him in shock. "Really?!"
"Yeah! What's there to be shocked about?" Minhyuk asked. Kevin shook his head slightly. "Nothing! You just never offer to help when we're doing work normally. But you're doing it now."
Kevin thought for a moment and then his eyes lit up with mischief when a thought came across his mind. He smirked and looked at Minhyuk.
"Are you....." Before Kevin could complete his sentence, Minhyuk stopped him by saying, "It's not what you think."
"What, I was about to say that you're trying to compete with Jiwoo." Kevin said innocently, changing the topic. Obviously he didn't meant what he said.
Jiwoo, oblivious to it, immediately widened her eyes and then shot Minhyuk a glare.
"Yes! Kevin's right."
"So what? I'll do whatever I want. And right now, I want to go back to my room."
Minhyuk said to which Jiwoo passed a side eye to him. "Who's stopping you? Go!"
Minhyuk huffed and went to his room.
"Forget about him! Let's work."
Kevin said and Jiwoo nodded. They began by gathering everyone's dishes and took them to the sink.
Kevin did the dishes and Jiwoo dried them, putting them back to their place. After they were done they sat on the kitchen counter.
"Thank you so much for your help, Jiwoo!"
Kevin said with a smile and Jiwoo smiled in return. "It's okay. Actually, I just want to make a good bond with everyone and I like doing the house chores."
Kevin nodded. "Hmm. If you don't mind, may I tell you something?" Kevin asked.
Jiwoo nodded "sure!"
"Look, I know I'm not close to you like the other three. But I want you to know that I trust you. I didn't mean to but I heard Jihan, Jaekyung and Minhyuk talking and got a little hint of your situation."
Jiwoo stayed quiet listening to him. Kevin continued.
"Even though I've never been through this situation before, I can feel how much it would hurt. Finding out that your bestfriend is spreading rumours about you and then getting to know that the man you thought was your father for years, turned out to be your maternal uncle. You don't know where your real father is. People are starting to avoid you. Things like these suck, they suck a lot. So, just remember that apart from your brother and your friends, I believe you and I want to support you as well. Can I be your friend, like Minhyuk and Jaekyung?"
Kevin asked. Jiwoo felt like she was on the verge of tears. She hugged Kevin. He hugged her back.
"You don't have to ask. You already are my bestfriend. Thank you so much."
"Don't say thank you. Bestfriends can do that, right?"
"Right!"
They broke the hug.
"Ok! Now you should sleep. It's getting late."
Kevin said. Jiwoo nodded. She got off the kitchen counter.
"I'll go to my room now. Goodnight, Kevin!"
"Goodnight, Jiwoo!"
Then Jiwoo went to her room to sleep. Kevin got off the counter as well and went to his room.
TBC"°>°"