It's A Wonderful Lie
It's A Wonderful Lie
I thought my life would be easier if I get married
Title: It's a Wonderful Lie
Author: ayoshiari83
Pairing: Eeteuk/girl!Henry, Eeteuk/girl!Kyuhyun
Genre: fluff, romance, drama
Warning: unbeta-ed
Rating: PG-13
Summary: I thought my life would be easier if I get married.
“Hi, my name Cho Kyuhyun. You just can call me Kyuhyun.”
I thought my life would be easier if I get married.
“I am Park Jungsoo, twenty-six years old. Nice to meet you too.”
But I think it's better to know and be disappointed than to never know and always wonder how marriage life is.
Twenty years old Kyuhyun decided to do the arrangement marriage with a man who had a three-years-old-gap age between them. Jungsoo looked exactly at Kyuhyun’s fluffy red face, surveying her shy eye. She had the simplest style for a girl: a red NY cap, red baseball jacket, and a checkered preppy skirt. He also took a look at her shoes, a glittery silver Converse. There were only a few people visiting the coffee shop that morning, probably because of the cold weather and it’s almost the peak of winter season.
Exactly this was not the first time they met. Kyuhyun knew Jungsoo as her senior in campus, just that. They never had a time to greet or speak nor they know each other. Kyuhyun didn’t know whats his name, vice versa with Jungsoo. Or maybe as a senior, he exactly did not care about new students in campus.
“Are you sure you want to do this?” asked Jungsoo.
Flinched, Kyuhyun was lifting her face suddenly. “Eh? Oh s-sure.”
“Kyuhyun-ssi,” the other said, his voice sounded like he was trying to process a particularly difficult thought. “It’s a serious matter.”
Kyuhyun took a deep breath. Every time he smiles at her, every time he laughs, she always gets this weird butterfly feeling in the pit of her stomach that rises into her throat. The older guy was so sweet and mature, his dimple always swooned Kyuhyun in every smiles he did. Kyuhyun thought, rolling his eyes and scowling at her Americano on the table.
***
“Marriage arrangement?”
Henry felt that that day was the worst day in her life. Waking up late and falling off the bed that morning already made her head dizzy when suddenly out from nowhere her high-school friend pushed her intercom, screaming, “Henry-yahhhhh!!! Open the door!! I need your help!!!!”
That friend was Kyuhyun. Nope, he was not Henry’s best friend or yes, they were used to. But they had that love-hate friendship, when Henry aimed to be the best at Math Olympic, Kyuhyun had the same ambition too. When they fell in love with the same person too, they had that cold war moment. Both of them hate that feeling-when their minds doesn't agree with their hearts. I don’t like her, but what can I do, she is my best friend-that feeling. I want to stop clinging around her, but what can I do, I don’t have anyone beside her.
Henry's eyes glazed over, her expression turning stiff for a moment before relaxing into an easy smile. “Yes, what do you mean with marriage arrangement?”
“My parents and HIS parents both agree to matchmaking us. Can you please replace me to meet him?” Kyuhyun mimicked a super disgusting aegyo. “Please be Cho Kyuhyun for one day, and observe him. Is he a good man? Is he handsome? Is he tall? Is he rich? Is he smart? Is he nice? Is he perfect?”
Nah, Henry realized, Kyuhyun was indeed the evil person as she knew long time ago.
Sure, you can use me, but I will make your arrangement mess up in the name of Cho Kyuhyun, like throwing water to the man’s face or lifted her legs on to the table or another weird acts.
***
And here she was, pretending to be Cho Kyuhyun.
But Henry made a mistake. She could not hate Park Jungsoo nor embarrassed herself in front of him. This man was too adorable and captivating. His brown eyes were shining splendidly, covered by a thin golden glasses frame. His jawline was not a joke, every time he drinks his cappuccino cup, Henry could not stop gulping.
Usually, Henry couldn’t recognize that this senior was truthfully very charming. In campus, he was the typical intellectual student, who brings along a thick book, wearing glasses, stiff, a lil bit cold, and his style was so preppy look. No one knew that outside class, with a black winter coat and a turtle neck white sweater, he could be so hot. His gestures looked like sculptured-man.
“Why do you look at me like that…” Jungsoo raised his head and placed his cappuccino back. “…Henry-ssi?”
“No, I ju-“ Henry blinked surprised. What? Jungsoo called her what?
Jungsoo gave an evil smirk to the woman in front of him. “Am I right, Henry-ssi?”
“Who’s… What do you mean by Henry? Is that you ex girlfriend’s name? Please, don’t-“ She couldn't say more. She knew she has been caught red-handed once Jungsoo said that name. So she just went off with a smile, still trying to neglect the white lie.
“Don’t pretend to be Kyuhyun,” Jungsoo hissed. “I know you are not Kyuhyun, Henry-ssi.”
The day that supposed to be one of the best day in my life, turned out to be a completely nightmare.
He fell silent for a second, so he took it as a chance to speak, “Cho Kyuhyun told me everything.”
“E-everything? Everything like… everything?”
“Everything. Since the first time we met moment ago, I was wondering why do you have to said your name is Kyuhyun.”
Henry snorted and once again fell silent. He could not think about anything right know except the fact that Kyuhyun is a total rotten bitch.
“Kyuhyun basstard!” Henry exclaimed, pouting while stood up from her chair. “You too basstard. Fine, you are both win to play me. The game is over, I wann-“
“Hey!” Jungsoo cut Henry’s sentences while grabbing Henry’s arm. “I don’t know what Kyuhyun said to you but, I’m sincere. I love you.”
“Please stop act. It’s over.”
“Dammit,” Jungsoo then pulled over Henry’s body to his embrace, then kissed her passionately on the lips. At first, Henry contracted upon feeling the sudden skin slapped her lips, but gradually that lips become soft right after that they fought for dominance.
“You jerk,” murmured Henry.
“Do you know me? The one that you called jerk just now?”
“You’re my senior in campus. That’s it. The geek one.”
“My name?”
“Park Jungsoo. Well, I just knew few moments ago by the way.”
Jungsoo was smiling softly at each other and maintaining eyes contact. “See? You even didn’t know about my existence. You don’t know that I was keep observing you since the day you become junior in campus? I take the same class for you albeit I don’t need that subject. I hang around corridor so just I can see you. Your laugh makes me smile. Your cry makes me sad and your beautiful personality made my day. Do you even realize that?”
Henry’s mouth hanged open. She could not say anything right now. It's hard to look for something when what you want is right in front of you.
“And Cho Kyuhyun, eventhough she’s not from our school, she’s my neighbor. We were talking and she said she knew you and I ask her to help arrange this meeting. But I don’t know what she said to you so you have to pretend as Kyuhyun,” Jungsoo chukled.
Henry shrugged, smiling and looked at the older man. “I’m sorry.”
“For?”
“For my stupidity which doesn’t know that there is someone out there that loves me secretly. I’m so silly.”
Jungsoo looked around, the other visitors already watching them excitedly. And Jungsoo-Henry could not be embarrassed no more.
“Wanna go somewhere?” asked Jungsoo.
Henry nodded. Their small, silly, stupid conversations mean so much more to them than you'll ever know.