Chapter 66 - Third Wheel

"No don't take such a big bite!" whined Lia as she fed Minjae a piece of her Pizza.

I chuckled at the face she made when she removed it from his mouth and almost half of it was gone.

"Ow!" he said as she smacked him hard on the shoulder and I began to laugh.

It has been like this for the past week whenever we hung out.

Just the three of us.

Lia and I have been turning into some what of friends since that day when she apologized and confessed.

She wasn't as bad and dumb as I had thought and she and Minjae made a really odd but beautiful couple.

I envied them sometimes when it's just the two of them in their world but at the same time really happy.

I am glad my little moment of losing all of my self control could have brought them together like this although sometimes I wish I wasn't such a third wheel.

Although hanging with the two of them was great and all, I kind of missed hanging with Minjae, just the two of us like we used to do.

We haven't had a proper study date together all week since Lia was always there and would easily distract Minjae.

Today was one of those days and we had to cut our studying time short because she was hungry so here we are now having pizza together.

"Ouu Tally I forgot to ask," said Lia placing down her half eaten by Minjae pizza, "what are the names you had chosen for the baby and what gender are you hoping for them to be?" 

"Well I was thinking about Adrian and Adriel for their English names and Seojun and Seoyun for their Korean names and I don't know I'd be happy as long as my baby is healthy. What do you think?" I asked as I took the last bite of my pizza.

"They both sound so nice I wouldn't be able to choose. If I were to ever have babies I would pray for twins." she said nudging Minjae and he coughed choking on his and I drink did not try to hide my laughter.

I thought about what Lia had said and figured that that actually wasn't a bad idea, "honestly twins sound nice to be honest. It's like buy one get free. One hospital visit for delivery, your child grows with a bestfriend. That honestly doesn't sound too bad but the doctor I am having one though so I guess it's too late to pray.

Minjae had almost fully recovered by the time I was done talking and decided to give his two cents, "yeah but two babies at once equals double trouble I mean like diapers, bottles, nap times, bath time and so much more. Taking care of one baby is hard already much less two. Especially for a single mom."

I nodded my head listening to Minjae taking in and considering all his valid points, "true true, you're right. Twins are a lot of stress and there is a high possibility that I will be doing it alone. Plus I wanted a girl and boy but what if I luck out and get two girls or two boys. I think it would be safe to test the waters with one first and maybe when they are older I'll try for another."

"Sounds good to me!" said the couple in unison and we all chuckled at their telepathy. They were so cute.

My smile faded as my mind wandered to thoughts of Shiwoo and our last encounter.

He seemed really mad when he left and I haven't even seen Harin since then either.

Did they both leave?

I sighed as I lost my appetite and dropped my pizza on the plate before me which got Lia's attention for she placed a hand on my thigh in comforting manner.

"Thinking about him again huh?" 

"What? Me? No! Never!" I defending lying through my teeth but then she gave me a look that told me she knew I was so I decided to come clean, "okay fine. Maybe I was."

"Hey its okay" she comforted as I lowered my head in shame, "It's okay to miss him and want to see him. You are human and after all he is the baby's daddy. You two may have not known each other for long but from what I see you guys run deep."

I raised my head to look her in the eyes giving her a questioning look, "when did you get so smart?"

"I don't know" she said laughing like the Lia I know, "must be the pizza. Maybe its the cheese."

I shook my head and laughed at her.

Maybe she was an air head but she was our air head.

"Oh Lia baby tell Tally what you told me the other night" injected Minjae.

"About what?" asked Lia confused which sparked my interest.

"You know the thing you said the other night when we were..." he trailed and they lost my interest at the implying of sex.

"But baby we do it every night. You have to be specific." I coughed as the water went down the wrong whole and Lia patted my back still looking at Minjae confused who was red in the face.

"About Harin and Shiwoo!" he finally snapped feeling embarrassed and me feeling uncomfortable.

"Oh that" said Lia giggling before she turned to me, "yeah so when Shiwoo would have called me before he met you he would usually be drunk and would often spill somethings. I used to hear things about how much he hated his father pushing Harin on him on how she had been a nuisance in his life ever since she was born. They were four years apart and he said that those four years without her was the best four years of his life or something like that. You cant really tell with his slurred words and grunts from se-"

"Okay!" I cut in, "I do not need nor do I want to hear about your sex life with him thank you."

"Right. Sorry. My brain doesn't work sometimes." she apologized and I tapped her hand saying that it was okay.

"It's so obvious that he doesn't want her but what I want to know is why do their fathers insist and who are their fathers?" I asked the most important question and the thing that has been bugging me for the longest while now. 

"I don't know" shrugged Lia and my shoulders fell, "he has never once mentioned his dad so he is still a mystery to me. We have only been sleeping-I mean acquainting with each other for like four months and we didn't see each other everyday so their wasn't much I got from him plus I didn't care."

"Wait that day at the café and that day at the movies you were there as a place holder even though you knew of Harin and him. Why?"

She sighed taking a sip of her water before she spoke and I feared for what was about to come, "he called me and threatened me that he would dump me if I didn't come right away and then I saw you both and decided to make trouble. Harin was not my competition because I had already know that he didn't want her so that's why you were my target. He was always talking about you and thinking about you and I admit, I was jealous." 

I smiled as she said that she was jealous of me and not Harin for that was the first time I had ever heard that since Harin and I started hanging out. 

I was always Harin's friend when seen and guys would ask me to ask her out for them and completely ignore me but I didn't care.

None of them were my type anyway.

The girls would often look down on me or some would look up because I was taller and wouldn't hide their judgement when ever they wanted to hang with Harin and I was their.

I didn't care for them either for I did not leave my country to make friends so their likes and friendship weren't even worth as much as a stone on the ground.

"Well that's good to hear that you were jealous of me. That honestly made me feel good about myself as bitchy as it may sound."

"Okay guys I'm back" announced  Minjae as he sat back down and both Lia and I looked at each other giving questioning looks as to whether we realized that he was missing.

Minjae must have sensed our confusion and read our minds for he exclaimed sounding hurt and offended, "oh come on! I was gone for so long and neither of you realized it?"

Lia and I took a sip of our waters avoiding eye contact and he groaned out in frustration.

He was about to throw a tantrum when Lia came to our rescue and calmed the baby down, "oh baby don't be mad. We were just having girl talk."

He pouted and she kissed his lips and I scrunched up my nose saying "yuck!"

"Now you understand what it feels like to be a third wheel." I said to Minjae as I signaled to the waiter for the check so that we could leave.

I had other plans for today and I didn't want to chicken out.

Today is the day.

I am going to do it.

Wish me luck.