Chapter 61
+That night…Inside Eungyu’s house…+
Sitting across from me was Sohyun unnie and Darky. Eungyu came in soon after from practicing.
“Doyi, how long are you going to stay?”
Sohyun unnie asked Darky. Tch, that thing has a name…? <_<… It’s a pretty name too…
“One month!”
What the hell did you just say?! One month?! Eungyu tightened his arm around me as I twitched.
“Hey you two! Don’t hold hands!”
Darky yelled loudly.
“Who are you to say if we can hold hands or not?!”
“Shin Eungyu! Send her home, let’s just hang out! You said we’d have a party when I get here, just the three of us!”
“No, she’s my girlfriend.”
Eungyu… TT_TT
After all the things I did you to you, you still side with me…TT_TT
I snuggled closer up to Eungyu.
“Shin Eungyu, are you kidding me… <_<…?”
“Nyah, nyah!”
“You said you’d take me sight seeing if I came! What the hell is this?!”
I don’t know what she was happy about, but grinning widely to herself, Sohyun unnie turned on the TV with a weird looking hat on her head.
O_O
Sh!t….
“…our first interview!!!”
I quickly ran over to the TV and turned it off, and unnie stared up at me confused.
“Jungwon, why’d you turn it off…O_O …?”
“Let’s just do something more fun!”
“More fun? Do you want to call Jaegwang? ^0^”
Right next door, I could hear my stupid brother’s extremely loud voice.
“WHOA!!! Check it out! Pupu, it’s us!!! Look at it!!!”
Was today the day it was airing? Starting to sweat like crazy, I tried turning the conversation. If…IF…Kang Heewon and I got filmed… I’d be obvious to Eungyu that I was together with Kang Heewon. I guess I should tell him before he finds out on his own…
“…Eungyu, I have something to tell you. Can we go up to your room?”
Eungyu looked up at me, and got up. I spotted a smear of whipped cream on his cheek. As I’d predicted, Sohyun unnie had eaten two slices and another half of one, so Eungyu had only been able to eat half a slice.
“Hey, Shin Eungyu, sit down!” Darky yelled loudly.
“What the hell is he, huh?! Is he your slave?! What are you doing, tell him to sit or stand!”
“You listened to me in middle school! You’ve changed!”
“…yeah, I have…”
“You better take me to your practice tomorrow! I’ll listen to see how well you’ve gotten ^_^.”
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As something related to music came up, Eungyu’s face brightened considerably.
“Okay!!!”
“Tch, you’re so cute. ^_^, you have something on your cheek.”
She licked her thumb and then wiped at Eungyu’s cheek with hit. I opened my mouth in aghast, but Eungyu looked at me as if he were saying he was used to it.
“Hey, Darky, are you crazy?”
“Eungyu, your girlfriend’s overacting a little O_O .”
“Oh my God, I can’t believe this. Shin Eungyu, are you going to say anything?!”
I yelled grabbing him and shaking him.
“What? Why?”
He asked innocently as if he really had no clue what I was yelling and shaking him about. If this keeps going on, I might explode if I’m in the same room with Darky any longer.
I shakily started to head out of his house…no one came after me. Annoyed, I walked towards the front gate and was about to open it, when someone on the other side yanked it open. With something black and rectangular in his hand, Jaegwang happily ran into Eungyu’s house.
It pisses me off the more I think about it. How can he do something like that in front of his girlfriend? <_<
And what the hell! Shin Eungyu looked so serious when he was talking to me, but when he started talking to Darky, he got all bright! Taking a few more breaths to calm myself down, I turned to go back into his house.
…and I could hear Jaegwang’s excited voice…
“Check this out! I recorded it to show you, nuna!!! Nuna, when you see this, you’ll totally fall for me even deeper!”
It’s not….
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Forgetting to take off my shoes, I ran into their living room. Facing me was the large TV, with the VJ, Jaegwang and Pupu all looking out at me.
“You look like a student, where are you going with your cat? How old? ^_^.”
“18!”
And…
Behind him…I could see my head…and Kang Heewon’s…
I couldn’t hear anything else the VJ was saying on the screen. Hearing my ragged breathing, Darky and Sohyun unnie looked at me with wide eyes, and Jaegwang got up…
“What the fawk. I didn’t see this earlier…nuna, it’s not…it’s not…is it…?”
The screen showed me being pulled by Kang Heewon and disappearing through the crowd.
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I could see Eungyu just staring at the TV dumbly. He just quietly looked at the TV. I would have felt better if he yelled at me, or hit me…or even if he demanded to know what I was doing there with Kang Heewon…
“What the hell were you doing there with Kang Heewon?! Are you fawking crazy?!” Jaegwang yelled.
…Eungyu…
I closed my eyes…
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….Eungyu….Eungyu…
I slowly closed my two eyes and I heard Jaegwang walk closer to me.
“Are you fawking crazy Yoon Jungwon? Huh…? Yeah, you are, aren’t you. I can’t believe this…”
I can’t open my mouth, I don’t even want to make up an excuse…because it’s the truth…
“Did that bastard threaten you again…? Huh? Is that it?”
I slowly shook my head, and Jaegwang became silent.
“…Yoon Jungwon…what the hell is wrong with you…don’t you know what kind of bastard he is…? Why are you acting so stupid?”
“…I can’t help it…I don’t hate him. I like seeing him smile, I can’t help it. I want to be friends with him again…”
Jaegwang tightly bit his lip and looked at me with disappointment on this face, then he quickly left the house.
Weakly, I turned my head and looked over at Eungyu.
“…wow…how many meters is it now…”
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Darky hopped up from her seat and ran over to me.
“Did you just get caught cheating?! Huh? Is that it?!”
“…I’m sorry Eungyu…I’m sorry I didn’t tell you. I won’t make up an excuse…I lied to you again.”
“…just…don’t do it again…”
…ㅇ_ㅇ....?
I froze, did I just hear correctly? Eungyu got up from his seat and turned off the TV with a the remote.s
“…when you meet Heewon from now on…I want to be there too…”
“…huh?”
“…if he calls, tell me and let’s go together.”
“…okay!! …are you forgiving me then…?”
Darky glared at Eungyu and pulled on his sleeve.
“Hey, Shin Eungyu, are you crazy? If she cheated on you shouldn’t you at least slap her?! That’s what normal people would do!!!”
“…have you only been meeting guys like that…?”
“What?”
“…I don’t even have enough time to look after her and you’re asking me to hit her? Move.”
Eungyu~!!!
I wanted to run over to him and kiss him, but this was really not the time, so I kept myself from doing so. I looked over at Darky who was glaring at me with dark eyes…
That day, I was over at Eungyu’s house until 2 in the morning just talking and laughing with him. Before I went to my room though, I knocked on Jaegwang’s door lightly.s
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…and I came back to my room, feeling hurt by the words Jaegwang had said to me.
“Don’t be my nuna anymore, I won’t be your younger brother either.”
I guess he was really mad. Gosh, what am I supposed to do now. If he sees me with Heewon again, I’m curious to what he’ll do.
I forced my eyes closed and tried to stop thinking of stupid things…
I really can’t lie from now on, every time I lie I get caught…
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Right as I was about to fall asleep, I felt my phone vibrating in my pocket.
Is it Jungbin?!
I quickly grabbed my phone out of my pocket and opened the flip to see the caller was.
“…who is it?!”
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“…who is it…”
I heard someone muttering quietly on the other line. Did Jungbin drink? I turned the volume up as loud as I could and pressed it hard into my ear. Like before… blah blah…
“Jungbin, what’s wrong?! I know I was a little harsh that time, don’t be sad!!! You sound like a maniac!”
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“…what do I do….what am I supposed to do now…how am I supposed to live…”
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I felt a little tingle go up and down my spine and goosebumps started to arise on my arms. It was the voice of a guy, a quiet haunting voice that you can only hear in horror movies.
“What the hell… Who the hell is this? Jungbin stop it!”
As I finished yelling, I could hear the sound of glass shattering over the phone. What the… I could hear chairs being thrown… and I could hear plates and other things being thrown all around.
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…beep….beep…beep…
The person hung up on me and I was shaking…(like in the horror movies)
Okay, stay calm…stay calm…
I looked through my call history to see who had just called me…
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As the number popped up….
I shoved my phone in my pocket and ran out my room and out the front gate…
“AHK Who is that?!”
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I heard my mom’s yell inside the house.
Mom I’m sorry, I’m going to be late…
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What…what is it this time. As I continued to run, I started getting flashbacks of That Day…s
“Why!!! Why the hell did you so it! Yoon Jungwon answer me!!!”
“…please, you have to belive me…I didn’t know…I really didn’t know…Stop crying and listen to me, please…”
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I could hear every single word he had said to me on That Day.
…what’s hurting you this time…
….is it me again…?
Gasping, I stopped into a house and opened the door. He wouldn’t be living alone in a big house like this would he? It was the first time in years I’d been this house. The house that was so bright and happy…seemed dead….
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The owner of a successful business, a high school teacher, and between them, was Heewon who had been brought up without tears…
…the person who broke his happiness….
…was his best friend Yoon Jungwon…
“…Hee…won.”
I could hear sobbing in the room, I didn’t want to believe it, but I heard sobbing. I brought my shaking fingers to turn on a light switch.
With the light on, I could see Heewon on the ground sobbing, his hand covering half his face and tears trailing down the side of his face.
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….I’m not used to seeing Heewon like this…
…I’ve never seen him like this before…
The whole living room was torn and messy with furniture pieces and glass.
“…what’s wrong with you. Heewon, what’s wrong?”
“….”
“What’s wrong?! What is it thing time?!”
It looked like he had trouble breathing through his tears, and I felt Heewon grab my hand lightly. He buried his face into my knees and like a small child starting sobbing even louder. After a long while, I could hear his hoarse voice…
“Dad…something’s wrong with him…he’s…something’s not right….”
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…hearing the word ‘Dad’ come out of his mouth, the tears I held back started flowing down my cheeks.
“…he doesn’t know me…he doesn’t recognize me…He doesn’t even know my name, my dad, he doesn’t know my name. He keeps saying weird things like a dummy. We were going to live together when he got out…when he got out…What do I do…I’ve only waited for that day…”
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“…I lived waiting for that day…where am I supposed to go know, what am I supposed to do…what am I doing here….”
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“I’m sorry…I’m sorry Heewon, I’m sorry, I truly am…I’m sorry, I’m sorry…”
Tears still pouring down my face I whispered ‘I’m sorry’ until the sun rose in the morning holding Heewon’s two hands tightly,.
Heewon’s face was still buried in my knees and exhausted he closed his eyes…
…and all morning, he called out for his Dad…
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“Heewon, it’s morning…get up….huh?”
He didn’t budge, so I shook his arm a little, and when it looked as if he was going to wake up, he buried his face deeper into my knees.
As my phone vibrated, alerting me that I head a call; I remember about last night when I had run out of the house. I’d thought it was my mom calling me, but when I looked at the ID it was Eungyu.
I wasn’t going to lie to him anymore…
“Hello.”
Instead of hearing Eungyu’s voice I heard Darky’s loud voice yelling in the back.
“Eat!!! Eungyu! Eungyu!!! Honey!”
… <_<…
“Hello.”
“…what the hell.”
This time it was Eungyu, he seemed mad.
“Are you going to school?”
“Where are you.”
“…Heewon’s…”
“…let me talk to him.”
“Heewon can’t answer the phone right now.”
“Jungwon…Yoon Jungwon…”
“…yeah?”
“…never mind, stay there….”
Beep…beep…beep…
“…Heewon, Eungyu’s coming over…it’s okay right?”
Hearing Eungyu’s name, Heewon flinched and still laying down, he turned his head up to face me and slowly brought himself up.
“…go.”
“How can I go when you’re like this
“…just leave…”
“Eungyu and I will help you…just let us be with you, don’t go through all this by yourself…”
“…I don’t need friends right now…I need a family…”
“Then we’ll be your family, okay?!”
…he let out a little laugh and rubbed his face.
“…crazy b!tch…”
“…I’ll be the crazy b!tch in the family, so just let us stay with you…”
His mouth was in a smile, but tears were falling out of his eyes. His tears stopped and with a shaking voice he started talking…
“Listen. Listen okay, Yoon Jungwon? My dad’s gone crazy, you know that. He’s become mental, so he doesn’t know me. He doesn’t know my mom…or me. Who…do you think I hate right now… Think about it. Who do you think is the person I hate!”
I can’t look at him…I can’t look at Heewon, because I’m so sorry…
I feel so guilty I can’t even bring myself to tell him I’m sorry again.
What am I supposed to do, what can I do…? Should I really disappear like he wants me to? Or should I just hold onto him…
We’re supposed to be friends… We were such close friends, but why is my friend crying because of me…
The two of us met eye contact and he slowly closed his eyes and turned his head away. I got up from my seat and started to head towards the front door. And he said…
“…be happy, don’t cry too much and smile a lot. Be happy.”
“What are you saying?”
“It’s the last I’ll see your face, I missed you a lot. I’m done with hurting you, so I’ll just tell you know. I love you. Bye. Be happy. Smile a lot. Don’t remember me as a friend, remember me as a guy. This is my last request….”
“What are you talking about? What’s that supposed to mean? Why are you talking as if you’re going to die…why are you talking like that…”
“…if me meet again, let’s not have a tearful friendship like what we have…let’s love, okay?”
“Heewon! What are you saying?! What’s that supposed to mean?!”
Heewon slowly walked into his room, and I took off my shoes and ran after him and started banging on his closed door.
“Kang Heewon!! I’m not going, I’m not leaving you!!! I’ll make you smile again…can’t I do that…? Huh…? Can’t I?”
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“Retard, you have to give me a chance. You have to give me a chance. You have to let me try and make you laugh…just trust me…Kang Heewon…”
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“…Jungwon leave. Just go, I might change again, just go.”
“I don’t care. So just don’t be alone, okay? Heewon…”
“…then do you want me be my family…? Do you…?”
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I stopped banging on the door and my hands fell to my lap…
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“…can you just look at me…can you stay next to me so that I won’t change…can you just look at me…?”
“…oh…”
What am I supposed to say, for a second, Eungyu’s smiling face appeared in my mind and I paused. I didn’t think of Heewon getting hurt, and I thought of Eungyu…
Silently, I rested my back against the door and started crying, on the other side I could hear Heewon sniffing also…
Right then…
I heard fast footsteps nearing closer to Heewon’s house and the door opened.
“Heewon! Jungwon!”
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“…Heewon, Eungyu’s here…”
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Heewon didn’t respond…
Chapter 65
“I…(pant)…couldn’t grab a taxi…”
Eungyu whined as he wiped his hair and forehead free from sweat.
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“…Dragon, why are you crying?”
Eungyu asked freezing in his tracks and then the door behind me and then me again. He walked up to me and the wiped all the tears away with his cold hands. I let out a grin and wiped the sweat off his forehead.
“Retard, your backpack’s open. I think you dropped everything in it.”
“Aw! ****!!”
With a teary face, Eungyu quickly looked into his empty backpack.
“My tickets!!! My music!! My candy!!! Our sticker pictures!!!”
“…. ^_^…”
“…Heewon…Heewon, where is he…”
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I turned my head around to look at the door and Eungyu followed after and looked at the door behind me.
“Hey! Kang Heewon, open the door! You bastard! You didn’t answer the phone when I called, and you don’t even open the door for me but you open it for Jungwon?! You rude bastard! Open the door, our band’s a wreck, we’re all waiting for you to come back man!!! We all miss you like crazy!”
…silence…
“…is Heewon asleep…?”
Oh right…Eungyu doesn’t know anything yet, he must think Heewon’s asleep…
I nodded my head…
Heewon wouldn’t want Eungyu to see him like this…
“He’s sleeping? Well, I guess I’ll wait till he wakes up…”
Eungyu said as he plopped down next to me.
“Get to school.”
“No, you go.”
“…Heewon’s going to wake up late.”
“…then I’m going to stay until late.”
“Eungyu, let’s not bother Heewon, let’s just leave him alone.”
“Then get to school! Why do you want me to go when you’re not going either?!”
“…I…”
“I’m Heewon’s friend too, you’re not his only friend you know.”
Eungyu said getting up and laying down on the dining table. For an hour, I bothered him, threatened him to leave and finally I was able to drag him out of Heewon’s house.
“…Heewon, I’ll come visit after school. Don’t go anywhere, promise me. Okay?”
I said on the other side of his door and left Heewon’s neighborhood with Eungyu. The two of us stopped at a bus stop waiting for the bus, but Eungyu kept looking back.
“…why? Are you doing that cause you think Heewon might come?”
“…is he sick…?”
“No, Eungyu, it’s not that.”
“That’s good.”
“…you can’t live without me, can you?”
“ <_< You think I’m some kind of retard? Of course I can.”
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Eungyu said coolly looking to see if his backpack was closed.
“…oh, I guess you can then…”
I don’t think I could live without you…
“…if I die I won’t be able to think about you, so I won’t die. Instead, I’m going to keep living just so that I could bring up your smile.”
I hugged him tightly, and Eungyu gently patted my head.
“…you’re getting impatient because of the competition aren’t you. You were probably annoyed because of Doyi a lot too… I haven’t had the time to make you happy, I haven’t had time to even look after you…”
….what the hell… <_<…am I your dog?? <_<
“I’m going to get first place at the competition! Just wait okay? After than, I’ll look after you~~”
“Okay, thanks…thanks…I’ll do that too…I won’t ever lie…if…I happen to leave you…just if…then just keep in mind that you’re the only one I’ll be thinking about…”
“Don’t say unlucky things like that!!! Hey Dragon, thanks for being born.. ^_^.”
“…me too…”
“Ahk! It’s my bus!”
He pushed me away and quickly, Eungyu got onto his bus. He didn’t even give me a chance to yell because he poked his head out of the bus and grinned his pretty grin at me.
Bye Eungyu~~ ^0^
I’ll see you later~~~
+School+
I said three words with Yoona.
“What’s wrong with you? Yoon Jungwon, is something up?”
“No.”
“Yeah there is!”
“I said there isn’t.”
“What is it?! Tell me, don’t keep it to yourself!”
“Why!! Why do you keep bothering me?!”
Yoona went off to pout -_-
Sorry Yoona… TT_TT
The bell rang for cleaning time and I started running as fast as I could down the stairs. Someone grabbed my wrist and when I turned around it was Jiyoung…
“Where are you going?! You know it’s a drinking day today!”
“Move it to next week!”
“Hey!”
“I’ll pay!”
“Okay~ Next week it is~~!!”
Panting, I ran outside to grab a taxi…
“TAXI!!!”
I grabbed one and spat out Heewon’s address in less than 2 seconds, and the ahjushi started heading in Heewon’s house’s direction. He started muttering to himself as he looked back at me through the rearview mirror.
In ten minuets, we were in front of Heewon’s neighborhood, I threw the guy 10 dollars and started to run like crazy.
“HEEWON!”
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The front gate was wide open and I with my shoes on still, I started to run around his house. But I couldn’t see Heewon…
And I noticed that the picture frame with his family picture on the coffee table had disappeared.
Anxiously, I it my lips and started to think…
…and I remembered a conversation I had had with Heewon a while ago…
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-Heewon, did you hear? Someone committed ssuicide in another class. I think he overdosed…
-…I guess he didn’t come to school then…
-Wouldn’t it have sucked? Shoving all thosse pills down your throat?
-If I were him, I’d have jumped off somethhing…
-Hey! But if you jump off something, your head would explode and it’d hurt like hell!
-…it’d end in a seconds…You’d get a heart attack and die before your head touches the ground…For a few milliseconds, you’d feel like flying…
-What the hell are you talking about you ppsycho?!
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I thought of the highest thing around here…and the only thing I could think of was an apartment building…
I steadied myself and started to run but a flight of stairs, as I got closer to the rooftop door, my lips and my heart started beating faster than ever.
“HEEWON!”
I saw him standing on the edge of the roof, in one hand, his family picture.
My arms and legs started shaking so that I couldn’t control them…
“Heewon! No, you can’t!!! Please get down! If you take one more step you’ll die!! This isn’t it!! Dying isn’t the answer…you’ll die!! Heewon…please…get down…”
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Heewon lifted his two arms…
…no you can’t…if you go I’ll die too…
“Kang Heewon you fawking retard!! Get the hell down from there!! I’ll make you smile, I’ll be next to you! Even if I’m about to die I’ll think you first!!! If you die…I will to…Heewon, don’t do this…”
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I can’t get close to him, if I accidentally touch him he might fall. So I just stood in my spot and yelled at him.
“…I’ll be next to you…just get down…please…”
Heewon stepped away for the edge and started towards me…
I almost melted from relief…
I collapsed on the ground, because my legs had passed out…
Heewon kneeled down in front of me and hugged me tightly with his two long arms…
He dropped the picture and hugged me tighter…
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How much time passed…?
The sun had fallen, and the moon had risen…
“…give me a week…I haven’t done anything for Eungyu…I haven’t made him smile…so…just give me a week…a week…”
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Eungyu…
I guess this is the end of our story…
Right…?
Chapter 66
+Next Morning+
“I’m going to school…”
I put on my shoes numbly and I was about to reach for the door when I saw Jaegwang staring at me from behind.
“What are you looking at me like that for?”
“Are you meeting Kang Heewon or not.”
“I am.”
“Crazy b!tch…”
“What?!”
Jaegwang walked over to the kitchen and I was about to chase after him when I realize I wasn’t in any position to yell at him.
I opened the front door and I turned my head and froze.
Wearing nothing but Eungyu’s shirt was Darky pulling on his backpack strap with a toothbrush in her mouth.
“Hey! Hey! Darky!”
“What the- did you just call me?”
“Let go of his strap and take off his shirt… <_<…”
“What did you just say?!”
Eungyu had a teary expression on his face and he turned to me…
“Look at her…I think she’s crazy, she wanted me to give her a kiss…”
“WHAT?!”
I looked up at Darky.
“Why the hell did you tell her that?!”
Darky yelled smacking the back of Eungyu’s head. She’s even worse than me…
I had my two hands balled into fists when our front gate opened again and Jaegwang walked out. Like always…he’s backpack-less…
He had a frown on his face, he had folded in the heel of his shoes and on his uniform was a bunch of cat hair… -_-
Even his eyes had a scary glint in them…
“Whoa~ Check it out. That uniform looks good on him, holy sh!t he looks hot.” Darky said.
“You think I look hot to impress you?” Jaegwang asked.
+School+
One week….one week…one week…
“Hey, Jungwon, how are you and Eungyu?”
“One week…”
“What?”
“Oh, it’s nothing.”
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“Jiyoung, let’s lie and say we’re sick.”
“…but we don’t look sick at all.”
“It’s okay if we tell the nurse that our stomach’s hurt.”
“What the hell is wrong with you these days?!”
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Jiyoung yelled shooting up from her desk, and the teacher just stared at her.
“I feel sick!!” I yelled and grabbing my bag, I ran out the classroom.
After I’d escaped, I ran over as quickly as I could to Eungyu’s school.
10 minutes passed…
…and as soon the bell to signal for break rang, the doors to Ahnhyun opened and a kids started to walk out.
I took out my phone and I was about to dial his number when…
“What are you doing here?!”
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Asked the owner of his ugly and annoying voice.
“Kim Hyungpal, where’s Eungyu…”
“He left to go practice!!! You- you!! Motorcycle take-away-er!!!
“What did you just call me?!”
Hyungpal stuck out his stomach…
“What are you going to do about my baby?! Get it back for me!”
“Don’t you like me or something?! Sheesh, you’ve changed!!!”
“A little full of yourself aren’t you?! Get back my baby!!!”
“I don’t think I will. I feel sorry for the cycle! You think you look good on that thing?!”
“…I’m at a loss of words…. TT_TT…”
“And one more thing! If you bother Jaegwang and the dojo one more time I’ll kill you!! You can’t even beat my brother and kendo OR judo… <_<…”
Hyungpal glared and started to roll up his sleeves, and I raised my arm to pat his head twice and started to walk further away from Ahnhyun’s front gate.
What’s happened to me…?
But on the other hand, why’s that little bastard so obsessed with that competition?
I’d arrived in front of their rehearsal room in a taxi and I was walking closer to the building, I heard someone’s pretty voice singing.
Drums…?
Oh! It must be Seohyun unnie ^_^.
I happy went to reach for the doorknob when the door open on the inside and Nari stepped out.
“Oh, Nari where are you going?”
“Unnie! Can’t you watch over your own boyfriend?! Oh my gosh!”
Nari yelled shoving past me with an anger crinkled face…
“Why are you so pissy these days, Shin Nari!”
Not bothering to turn around, Nari continued to stomp down the stairs and I opened the door.
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Next to Eungyu, who was singing, I saw Darky sticking close to him talking about this and that.
“Hey ho, Jungwon!” Seohyun unnie yelled grinning brightly and getting up from her seat.
“Hi unnie~”
“Check out Eungyu, he’s totally playing around with Deepfry Girl over there (<- - Darky… -_-)
“Hey, Darky. Get away from him will you?”
Eungyu stopped singing and Darky stopped talking. I walked over to them and shoved myself in between the two.
If you’re going to leave, it can’t be to Darky, the only person I’ll allow you to go to is Nari!!
Eungyu raised his head slightly and looked up at me.
“What are you doing here! You should be at school!”
“I left early to see you!”
“Are you crazy?! I’ll see you when I get home!”
“Hey, Yoon Jungwon get the hell out of here, he’s singing!”
Darky yelled pushing me with her butt. She might be strong than me, but I tried to stand in my spot.
“Eungyu, let’s go. I’ll pay for everything today.”
I grabbed Eungyu’s and started tugging, but he didn’t budge.
“…let’s go…”
“I told you, I’ll take care of you everyday after the competition ^_^. Just wait a little Dragon, okay? I have to practice.”
“Yes, PLEASE just GO.” ß Darky.
“You can practice tomorrow, so go with Jungwon today! She said she left early to see you!!” Seohyun unnie yelled from the drums.
Thanks unnie… TT_TT ….
If I were a guy, I’d love you so much~~ TT_TT .
“Let’s go, Shin Eungyu, please, let’s go…”
Eungyu shook his head twice and grabbed onto the mike. Darky grinned.
“Eungyu said he’s not going! Get lost! Hurry and get lost!”
“…Eungyu…please, I have to be with you…”
My voice turned desperate and Eungyu slowly let go of the mike.
“…please…? Let’s just make some time for ourselves…I’d be happy with an hour…please, Eungyu, let’s go make some memories…”
I guess Seohyun heard my already desperate voice start shaking…
“Eungyu, go. I’m guessing that if you don’t go right now you’ll regret it. Jungwon’s asking you to just be with her…”
..
....
For a while, he looked at the mike then me…then the mike again and Eungyu squeezed my hand.
“Let’s go.”
“…thanks… ^_^..”
Darky stomped her foot on the ground and started spazzing… <_<
“Hey! Shin Eungyu, you said you’d sing for me!!!”
“Instead of singing to you, I’ll hang out with Jungwon for a while. For the meantime, you can sing to yourself. ^0^ .”
Stop it…
If you keep saying things like that I’ll like you even more…
I shouldn’t be falling any deeper for you…but I can’t help it…
Weakly, I walked out the room…
…with Eungyu…
Chapter 67
For the first time, I linked arms with Eungyu, but unlike what I expected him to do (which was pull his arm away) he held up his arm firmly for me so that I could continue to link arms with him.
“Let’s go to the arcade first! I don’t think we’ve played games against each other at the arcade yet!”
“Okay ^_^.”
“Then we’ll take studio pictures and then lets eat ice cream…since you gave me a necklace I’ll buy you a hat!”
“I don’t wear hats…”
“Since I bought it for you, you have too.”
+Underground Arcade+
“Hey!! Stop eating all the points and pop the bubbles!”
“I like bananas~”
“I keep dying without you helping me! Don’t eat the king cake, I’m going to eat it!!! HEY!!!”
“I like eating the king cake too… ^0^ ..”
I put my hands down from the knobs on the video game machine. And Eungyu continued to play and eat the cakes and bananas without noticing that I had let go of the controls.
“Hey, my character’s a dragon, I just noticed. Dragon! Dragon, it’s the king!!”
I don’t know what the hell he was so happy about, but grinning like a little kid he pointed to the screen and at the green dragon.
“You’re so annoying! I’m never going to play with you again!”
I’m going to go on a motorcycle game. I got up from my seat to look for the motorcycle game when from behind me, someone grabbed my wrist.
“What the hell, Shin Eungyu are you mad that I-”
+SLAP!!+
.....
.....
The arcade that only Eungyu and I were in was filled with another body.
My cheek was numb…seriously, that was the only thing I felt…wait. I didn’t even feel it.
When I gathered my senses, and looked up, I saw the girl that was Heewon’s girlfriend.
“…did Heewon come to school?”
“B!tch…crazy b!tch…”
...
A few girls who seemed to be her friends were smirking at me from the entrance of the arcade.
And…
Eungyu who had got up to stand behind me walked up to the girl, raised his hand and brought it down on the girl’s face.
For a while…the girl just stared down at the ground.
“…why do they keep bothering you? It’s all red.”
Eungyu said looking at my cheek and tracing over it with his thumb.
The girl opened her mouth…
“…aren’t you Kang Heewon’s friend?”
“Yeah, I am.”
“I pity you. You’re just like me, poor us…”
“No, it’s poor YOU, not US.”
Eungyu put his hand on my shoulder and walked past the girl.
“Don’t you hate her?! She’s met eyes with Kang Heewon don’t you know that?! How could you not know?!”
...
......
“You don’t go to church, do you.”
Church? What’s that got to do with it?
"......"
“Well, you should start going from now on. That way they’ll teach you about trust, cause you need to learn what it is.”
..
Why does he keep saying things like that. I have to get ready to break up with him…but I can’t.
We left the building, and Eungyu continued to touch my red cheek with his cold hand.
“…let’s go take pictures.”
“…Eungyu…”
“Yeah?”
“…why are you trusting me till the end…? We’re more than a couple of meters away, why aren’t you talking about that…?”
“…even if we were a 1000 meters away I’d still go looking for you. That’s why. It doesn’t matter how far apart we are, I’ll always find you.”
....
....
“…even if I didn’t something bad, would you still trust me…? Even if I do something really bad? Even if I do something to hurt you?”
“…you trust me, and I trust you…”
"...."
“That’s why I still trust you. It’s like a promise we never made ^_^.”
I turned my head, I couldn’t bring myself to look up at him. I looked up through the corner of my eyes and I can see Eungyu.
Inside the photo studio, we took a picture in black and white and divided it in half between us.
My face was kind of darkish, boring looking…but on the other hand, Eungyu’s came out bright looking and light.
“Hey! It’s a dragon doll!”
He yelled as he was picked out a hat in the hat store. He grabbed the doll. Even though the unnie working at the story said it was there for decoration and not for sale, Eungyu used his charm and finally convinced her to sell it him.
Eungyu, who had on a jean hat, and me who had the dragon doll in my arms were peacefully walking down the sidewalk, side by side.
+That Night+
Eungyu and I went to his rehearsal room for practice and as I was waiting I was able to argue with Darky.
When I headed home, Jaegwang continued to ignore and act as if I didn’t exist, and I slowly walked into my room with the dragon doll still in my arms.
Now…there’s 5 days left…
5 days….
....
Eungyu trusts me…even if I do something bad he says he’ll trust me…
But the only thing I can do for him…
…is be with him for 5 more days…
…that’s all…
Chapter 68
D-Day 5
The next day.
I skipped school and headed over towards their practice room, and on the other side of the door, I heard Darky’s loud voice ever so loudly on the other side.
“Eungyu, you over sang this part. You did well, but too much feel is bad sometimes too. It sounds like you’re desperate.”
You sound more desperate Darky <_<.
I slammed open the door and I could see Eungyu practicing. What the hell is Darky to listen to Eungyu sing everyday!!!
“Hey! Shin Eungyu, let’s go eat something!”
..
…with my loud yell Eungyu continued to hum the melody and with an angry face, Darky’s large eyes glared up at me and I couldn’t see my love Seohyun unnie. Where is she?
“Shin Eungyu! Let’s go, I said let’s go~!”
“I’m singing.”
“I know that! But let’s go out, don’t you think there are too many things we haven’t done yet?!”
....
.....
Eungyu put down him music seeing that I was serious and looked up at me.
“What’s wrong with you. Yoon Jungwon, I told you I’d be with you after the competition! There’s only 5 more days!”
“…5 more till the competition…?”
“YEAH! We’re going to meet each other then aren’t we?! Why the hell do you keep talking like you’re never going to see me?!”
The necklace hanging from Eungyu’s neck was crying…
…or it just seemed like it…
“Hey! Are you really Eungyu’s girlfriend?! Why the hell are you bothering him so much?! Get the hell out and stop bothering Eungyu when he’s practicing!”
I felt a vein pop out of my forehead.
“Then what the hell are you?! What the hell are you to listen to Eungyu sing everyday! Why do you keep sticking to him?! When are you going home?!”
“Are you kidding me? I’m Eungyu’s voice coach, not some silly little girl who’s taking him away from what he loves. Get it?”
“…hey Darky, follow me.”
“You think I’m scared of you?!”
...
....
I’m going to kill you today, I swear it…but something stopped me.
“…Yoon Jungwon, you go out on your own.”
Eungyu said in an exhausted voice.
“…Eungyu….”
“I trust you, but what’s wrong with you these days? Stop it, Yoon Jungwon. I wasn’t to earn money by winning this competition. I want to do my best on that stage…stop keeping me from winning…”
...
…yeah…?
You want to do your best on that stage…
You want to earn the prize money…?
…you don’t even know how short 5 days are to me…
…you don’t know how important they are to me…
“…okay then. Have fun winning that money and have fun on that stage. I’ll just love you all by myself for the next 5 days…I guess this is where we part then you and I…”
I put my hand in my pocket and squeezed the knife in my pocket tightly, and with the other hand I grabbed the door handle.
I could hear Darky’s harsh laugh.
“…if I see you out in the street…”
“What? Yoon Jungwon, did you just say that to me?”
+SLAM+
I could hear Nari running towards me.
“Unnie, unnie what’s wrong, you shouldn’t have done that! It’s your fault this time, just let Eungyu oppa sing. Do you know how important that competition is to Eungyu oppa? You can’t urge him to do better? Unnie, do you have to make it harder for him to choose between you and music?!”
Nari’s eyes were shaking angrily, and I could see tears starting to gather.
...
My heart hurt for some reason…
“…it’s because I’m selfish…I want to see Eungyu as much as I can…I want to be alone with Eungyu as much as I can…it’s because this unnie is selfish, Nari…can I ask you a favor?”
“…you should be selfish, if you keep acting that way that black unnie is going to take Eungyu oppa!!! I gave him up because of you, why do you keep making me regret what I did. Just please make Eungyu oppa happy.”
“…when I leave, Nari, will YOU do it for Eungyu…? Make him happy I mean.”
“…excuse me?”
“Please just do it in my place. Eungyu gets jealous easily so don’t meet other guys. He likes strawberry ice cream the most and when he eats, he gets stuff all over his mouth so you have to carry around a handkerchief okay?”
“…what are you saying? Unnie, what do you mean?”
“Don’t tell him anything, you’re just the only one I can trust right now. For the meantime, Eungyu won’t let you get close to him, but don’t give up. He gest lonely fast so you have to be with him a lot. If he loses friendship and love at the same time then he’ll get depressed, but make sure that you make him sing happy songs okay?”
Silently, Nari held onto my shirt and on the other side of the door I can hear Eungyu’s voice…
+On the way home+
I haven’t don’t anything today, but the days gone by already.
I swore to myself that I’d make you laugh…so much for doing that…
=_=..
From afar I can see Sohyun unnie with a man.
..
….when I squint my eyes, I could see it’s Jaegwang.
.....
That stupid boy with a lot of skill charming older woman saw me, looked up and down, and turned his head.
<_<
Forget it you ass!!
“Yoon Jungwon.”
Behind me I heard a familiar voice that I didn’t really want to hear. What it I get a heart attack and die?
“Kang Heewon!” Jaegwang yelled loudly running over to us.
Quickly I grabbed Heewon’s hand and dragged him out of the neighborhood running like mad.
Chapter 69
+PANT+
+PANT+
I don’t’ know why I’m running right now, but I eventually stopped when Heewon stopped following after me.
“Hey…+PANT+ Yoon Jungwon, are you doing this because of your brother? Oh my God I think I’m going to die. >_< !”
When I looked behind Heewon’s head, I could see Jaegwang chasing after us like crazy 50 meters away. Holy sh!t! He’s even rolled up his sleeves! >_<!!
“Let’s just run okay?? I know that’s it’s embarrassing for you to run away from a kid younger than you, but..."
“What the hell! What the hell is this! I don’t want to run away from him! I’m not going to run anymore!”
He pulled me back and stood in his spot., and I used all my strength to pull him, but yes, he was a guy also and I was a girl.
I can see Jaegwang’s red face getting nearer by the second!!!
NO!!!!
“Run! Just run! Heewon!! I really don’t want to fight with anyone!!!”
“…promise me you’ll be with me tonight.” (TN: not the pervy thing you guys are thinking ^_^.)
“WHAT? WHAT?!”
What the hell is he saying?! Ahk! Jaegwang, it’s okay for you not to run so fast!!! I can’t even see your feet!
“Get the fawk away from my sister you fawking piece of sh!t!!!”
I grabbed Heewon’s hand and started pulling him along with me. My two feet started to run like crazy and our little game of tag lasted at least another 20 minutes. Us two siblings are so in shape ^0^, anyways, I just continued to pull Heewon along with me. Jaegwang saw out hands together -_-.
“Hey you bastard!!!! You fawking bastard let go of my nuna’s hand!!! You playing with me?! I told you to let go of her fawking hand!!! If I catch you, you better pray to God you bastard!! AGH!!”
As we were running…
Seohyun unnie passed us with a blank expression on her face…
And then that Darky b!tch…
And then behind Darky was Nari…
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.......
I slowly looked behind me and Ta Da~
There was Eungyu with his guitar on his back…
I turned around halfway and stareed at him, numbly he dropped all of the music in his hands.
I quickly looked past Eungyu and Heewon stopped next to me panting heavily.
“If we keep running like this there’s going to be no end! Is your brother still chasing after us?!”
“YEAH! TT0TT !!!”
Heewon paused for a moment.
NO! Don’t stop, if we stop any longer we’ll get caught!
He grabbed my arm and pulled me into a dark building with the shutters half closed. He shoved me in and then jumped in after me. We looked out the window through the half closed shutters and we saw Jaegwan fly past still running like there was no tomorrow.
Why didn’t we think of this before?? -_-
My face was full of sweat and I wiped it away quickly, and I could see Heewon panting as if he was just about to die. I could see his two eyes shining.
“Did you see him chasing after us? He’s not human, holy sh!t…I think Eungyu saw us, what do we do.”
“…he’s going to find out anyways…”
“…huh? Oh right.”
The small space we were in was dark and I can still hear him panting to catch his breath. Man, what the hell are we doing… <_<
I don’t know if it’s because of the cement surrounding us, but I started getting a little cold. A little while later, Heewon threw his jacket at me.
“Huh? I’m fine, you can wear it.”
“Put it on.”
...
An awkward silence passed for 10 minutes.
“Let’s go out.”
I said poking my head out the door, as I was about to head out, he grabbed my arm.
His face was 30 centimeters away from my face…
…were his eyes always this bright…?
“I missed you a lot….”
“…huh? Oh…let me get something to drink!”
I yelled and sped out as if a pack of a hundred dogs were chasing me. With my red face, I ran towards the quickest little store. I walked in and picked up two cartons of chocolate milk. Oh right, he doesn’t like milk. I put the carton down.
Behind me, I heard a scratchy voice.
“…you must like chocolate milk… <_<.”
…scary little bastard…
“…I lost… <_<…”
Jaegwang said, neon lights reflecting on his pale face, I dropped the carton of milk in my hands on the ground. Ignoring the looks I got from the other customers in the store, I had to force a smile and be pulled out by Jaegwang.
Jaegwang was really pissed off.
The wrist he was holding started to turn red, yup, he’s really mad…
“…you were REALLY scary when you were chasing after us. I mean REALLY scary, you were worried about me weren’t you, you little ass. ^_^. You were afraid that you’re nuna would be hurt. I was the one who was pulling him with me.
“What if Eungyu hyung saw!!!”
“…he did.”
“You can’t meet that Kang Heewon bastard! I’ll let you meet anyone BUT that bastard!!! I’ll never let you while I’m still breathing got that?!”
“Okay, you little bastard. Let go of my wrist.”
“Oh!!!! Thinking of running away again?! I even dropped my phone cause of you!!!!!!”
“…do you hate him that much…?”
“I hate him more that Sohyun’s boyfriend!! Happy?!”
Oh…I see…that much, huh?
Wait, Heewon’s waiting for me right now. What am I supposed to do… -_-
He looked at the jacket that I was wearing and then he tightened his grip on my wrist and started to drag me home.
When we had just about entered our neighborhood….
"...."
I saw Eungyu and Darky waiting outside their front gate…
Chapter 70
In front of the front gate was Eungyu with Darky, and I quickly lowered my head. I really didn’t plan to meet him this time…I really didn’t… After seeing Eungyu, Jaegwang opened his mouth…
“Just punish her so that she’ll never meet him again!” He yelled and without another word, he slammed the front gate shut and went into the house.
“…oh…yeah, uh Jaegwang caught me…”
What the hell am I saying?
“Sorry that you had to see me back there…”
Wait, I don’t want to be saying this either! Dammit.
Eungyu looked up at me, more like glared, and Darky grinned brightly. She had Eungyu’s jacket covering her, what the hell! Didn’t she bring any of her own clothes!?!
And all off a sudden…
Silently, Eungyu pulled off his jacket off Darky, who was only wearing a large top, let out a small scream.
“Shin Eungyu! What the hell!”
He walked over to me a step at a time and Eungyu took Heewon’s jacket off me and replaced my back with his jacket instead.
“Why are you wearing this?! What are you doing wearing his!”
“…sorry…”
He just rolled his eyes and with his own cold hands started rubbing my hands to warm them up.
“Well, since your hands are warm. What else did you do?”
“…we didn’t do anything.”
“…Heewon said he didn’t want to be friends with me anymore. He said he’s the one who’s going to look after you, not me.”
“…I see…”
“It doesn’t matter since I trust you. The competition’s in five days, and then you’re going to come to me, right?”
...
…just please…don’t say that you trust me…
…every time you say that…it hurts me even more and more…
You don’t know anything, I HAVE to go to Heewon in five days…I have too…
I won’t be able to look up any longer, I’ll have to look down at the ground…
“In five days when you come, wear something red. No wait, I’ll give you a zebra striped hat so wear that to the competition. That way I’ll be able to see you more easily.”
...
Five days…?
I won’t be by you in five days…
“During the five days, I’ll be really busy practicing so I won’t be able to see you… After the competition…Let’s stick by each other even in the mornings, okay?”
"............"
He played with the necklace around my neck and then brought me in a tight hug for about 3 seconds, and then after he pulled away he gave a big grin. Eungyu walked into his house with Heewon’s jacket in his arms, and Darky just stood muttering to herself angrily.
B!tch.
She has a nice body.
I hugged Eungyu’s jacket tighter to myself and walked into the house. As soon as I stepped in, I saw that stupid she-cat Pupu glaring at me.
“What the hell are you looking at?!”
“Meow~”
“You ugly little monster, go look someplace else!”
“Meow! Meow~”
She jumped off the seat and started slowly off.
“Yoon Jungwon!” Jaegwang yelled, pushing past me and picking up Pupu quickly. Dammit.
I quickly ran up to my room, when did that cat become more precious to him that his own sister?
Stupid b!tch cat, I’m never going to give it tuna ever again.
+That Night+
When I checked my phone for any messages, I was surprised by my ring.
“…why didn’t you come…”
“Oh! Heewon, I’m so sorry! Jaegwang found me and he pulled me home, you waited a lot didn’t you? I’m really truly sorry…”
“…no, it’s fine. I’ll see in 5 days, I rented a café so that we can throw a party.”
“…party?”
“It’s our first day that day…you promised you’d be with me every day after that day…”
...
Heewon’s voice was filled with sadness…
“…Heewon, that day is the day of Eungyu’s competition. I want to go there…”
“…it’s our first day. I don’t want you with another guy that day, it’s a 6. Just come to the café that we went to often, I’m hanging up. Good night.”
I guess…Eungyu really isn’t a friend to him anymore…
And five days passed, whenever I saw Eungyu by chance he gave me nothing more than a big grin. Ever since he’s banned me from going to his rehearsal room, that’s all he’s done.
+D-Day Start+
It was 4 in the afternoon. The hat Eungyu had given me was held tightly in my hand. I was dressed in a casual suit.
When I saw Eungyu this morning…
+Flashback+
His hair was dyed whitish grey for this one day.
A star shaped earring hung from his ear and on his eyebrow was a crescent moon shaped silver
piercing.
The black t-shirt he wore was designed with a multiple number of skulls.
A silver necklace with large silver balls encircled his neck.
Someone had put smeared a little glitter under his eyes.
I don’t know if he’s borrowed Nari’s blue lens, but he wore blue contacts over his usual light brown eyes.
It was the first time I’d ever seen him like this, and he was at his best. He looked good enough for me to question myself if he really was going out with me.
Darky smiled and Eungyu grinned at me brightly.
“What the hell is she doing?!”
“I’m the bass you b!tch.”
Oh~ That’s why you came up…
“…good luck today.”
He pat my head and took the hat from my hands and put it on my head.
“What are you saying, you’re coming~ You have to get there early, that way I’ll be able to see you easier! Oh hey, better call 119 (TN: 119 is the Korean version of 911) ahead of time. Before you pass out at my Godliness.
“…Eungyu…you see…”
“Ima go! I’ll see you later, I’m so nervous! I’ll see you later dragon!”
+End Flashback+
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What…am I supposed to do…
I put on my shoes and pushed past the front gate.
…my head hurts…
…my heart hurts…
Let’s go…
I took a deep breath, and started out…