In a Long Time.. (Side story #2)
Chapter 1
“Hello.... Starting from today, I’ll be a student teacher for all of you~ My name is Lee Kyungwon.. ^_^”
+CLAP CLAP CLAPP CLAAP+
“I used to come here way back when~ I might not look like it but I’m only 22. I’m only 3 years older than you..~ ^_^. HEHEH!!”
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I wasn’t expecting such a dull reaction... did I act too perky?
Anyways....
I, Lee Kyungwon, got accepted into an art school in Kyungkido...
And to fulfill my dreams as an art teacher,
I’m going to be a student teacher for one month~
If there’s one problem, it’s that there aren’t any guys there...
And it’s the school Yehwon and I went to 3 years before...
I thought I’d gotten rid of this place...
O_O... but another month..?!
For my first class, I was back in my 3 year 2nd classroom....
I can see the girls
Dressed in the ugly uniforms that I used to wear
Sitting bored....
........I felt weird for some reason...
“Excuse me! Miss Lee!!!”
ㅇ_ㅇ....??
A girl asked who was sitting in the front row....
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With a white face, and straight black hair that reached her shoulders,
and big wide eyes, she was staring at me....
A REALLY.... REALLLY pretty girl was sitting there...
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... something I didn’t really like...
Was that she looked liked Kim Hyobin.....
At that age, my skin was that fresh too.. <_<...
It felt a little weird having her just stare at me....
“Your name’s Lee Kyungwon???”
“....? Yeah.... why?”
“You came out of this school..?”
“Yeah, did you hear something?”
“....do you have a boyfriend.....?”
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“Yeah, I do~ Why? ^0^”
“...it’s nothing ^-^”
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She’s a little weird...
Since today was my first day as a teacher, I didn’t teach and all I did was introduce myself to all the rooms.
And around 5 I dragged my feet out of the school....
Lee Jungmin, you said you were going to pick me up where the hell are you... <_<....
I wonder if the cafe’s busy...?
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“....Miss Lee!!!!”
.......Miss Lee.........?? Me....?
I turned my head towards the voice....
A student was wobbling while carrying a large flower plant...
Luckily, because of my strength (that most women don’t have) I was able to pick the plant quickly from her hands...
“Thank you!”
“You should be more careful with things... huh? You....”
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.............it’s the girl who asked if I had a boyfriend today in class.....
The girl that looked like a doll...
“Are you leaving? ^-^”
“Yeah, what are you doing?”
“An errand, I was going to go home, but the other teachers called me to move these plants...TT_TT...”
“I see, want a mean teacher~~ Oh right, what’s your name?”
“Me....? I’m Noah~”
“Noah~?”
“Yeah~ Eun. No. Ah.”
“Wow, what a pretty name~~~~”
“Hehe~ Not really, you’re name’s prettier!!”
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..........what a nice little girl...
“Thanks~~ Give me your plant, I’ll move it for you~”
“Huh? Huh? No I’m fine!! I can carry it! I’m fine~ See you tomorrow~”
And turning down my offer to carry the plant, she disappeared wobbling...
She’s cute.. ^-^
She acts a little ditzy, unlike her image...
...I felt myself warming to her already....
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Wait.. this isn’t time for me to thinking about things like this....
I have to go to the cafe...
And hit Lee Jungmin in the head.....
...oh! And yell at him too....
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+CLINCK+
Inside the small cafe run by Jungmin and his nuna....
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Luckily, I didn’t see Jungeun unnie and I could see the backside of Jungmin’s head...
+SMACK!!!+
“OWWWWWWWWWW!!!”
“You said you were going to pick me up!!!!”
“Hey, so you hit my head???”
“...I walked all the way over here TT_TT...”
“Whew... what will the customers think.........”
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Lee Jungmin that jerk, grabbed a plate and walked over to a table....
“Are you mad?”
“Just sit down!”
<_<
Tch. You don’t even ask how my first day went.. TT_TT.....
I sat pathetically at a corner booth.....
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An hour passed....
And then 2.....
However, busy from all the serving and orders, Jungmin didn’t bother to walk over to me once...
It’s be less boring if Jungeun unnie was here...
Should I call Yehwon??
No, then Eunsung will follow with her....
And then he’ll glare at me for making fun of Yehwon when we’re joking around..TT_TT.
“Jungmin!!!!!!!!!”
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“Jjungmin!!!”
“WHAT?!?!?”
“How much longer do I have to wait... TT_TT...”
“Just a little more.. I have to work until nuna comes...”
“Well, when is unnie coming then.. TT_TT....”
“I don’t know, she’s going to be a little late... She’s on her way from meeting Yehwon’s brother...”
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She went to go meet Seungpyo oppa..? Then that’s going to take forever... TT_TT...
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This is my fourth cup of lemonade....
+CLINCK+
The door to the cafe opened...
I curiously looked over to the door... huh?!
Noah? It was Noah....
She was dressed in a casual suit with her hair tied in a knot...
She opened the door to the cafe..... and smoothly walked in...
I quickly hid my face...
But alas~~ Her eyes had already found me...
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“Miss Lee..?”
“Uh... hi~”
“Wow! It’s so great to see you here!!”
She said running towards me....
And behind her... I saw a guy....
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....................he froze for a second.....
“Oppa~ What are you doing? She’s our new teacher~ Come over here!!”
Noah said in a whiny voice...
And the guy slowly headed over to us.....
Noah sat down across from me, and the man sat next to Noah....
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“Miss Lee, he’s my boyfriend~~”
“Oh~ I see... Hello, you’re very lucky to have a girlfriend as pretty as Noah~ ^_^”
“Hi, it’s nice to meet a new person~”
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He took of his hat, and slightly bent his head....
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...........................it was the guy....
.....................that I hadn’t forgotten since I was 18... for the past 4 years......
.......the guy that I didn’t get a chance to see after we turned 20.... no... the guy I avoided.....
Avoided because.... I didn’t trust myself around him.....
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And instead.... ended up liking him even more.....
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.............that guys... just.....
......said........
That it was nice to meet a new person....
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“My name’s Kim Seungpyo~ ^-^, If you’re a teacher.. then would you be older...O_O..?”
“No! No, oppa, she’s just a student teacher... She’s 22. Right?? ^0^”
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“Huh....? Yeah.. yeah.. I’m 22... how old are you...?”
“..we’re the same age, how weird is that.. Look after Noah at school.. ^_^...”
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“Yesh, of course I will.. Noah’s so pretty, you’re really lucky... Noah.. I’m going to go now...”
“What? ...why? Is it uncomfortable to be around my oppa?”
“Huh......? No, this is my fourth cup.. I should be going now.... Have fun, Noah, I’ll see you at school tomorrow~”
“.....well.. okay then... I’ll see you tomorrow Miss Lee~~”
“Bye ^-^..”
....I felt my legs slightly give away...
“Are you alright, Miss Lee?”
“Huh? Yeah, I’m fine, I’ve been sitting for such a long time my legs fell asleep. Stupid legs, huh? ^-^ I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“Oppa~ Aren’t you going to say bye to my teacher?? Come on!!”
“Fine, fine... I’ll see you around Miss Lee.. ^0^”
"...................^_^"
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............Seungpyo’s changed a lot....
The childish Seungpyo I knew was gone...
And sitting next to Noah.. he was a man.....
..........he’s gotten taller in the last 2 years....
His skin still clean....
This crooked canine....
The bananas that appeared when he smiled....
The small dimples under his eyes......... were all the same....
His small face.... his shiny looking hair....
If there was something that had changed....
.......it was his longish hair....
And the way he talked to me....
..........as if it really was the first time he’d met me...
His voice.. the way he looked at me... his face expressions... are all... making me a bit..... a bit..... I don’t know.........
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“Hey! Are you leaving?!”
Jungmin yelled.....
I ignored him and just walked out the cafe....
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As I was leaning against the pole to catch a taxi,
I spotted Jungmin running towards me...
“LEE KYUNGWON!”
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+.......PANT PANT+ “Hey, you-”
“Sorry, I’m just a little tired, I want to go home early... I’ll see you tomorrow...”
“You... you’re doing this because of Kim Seungpyo aren’t you...”
“.........you.....saw him.....?”
“...he came into the cafe... are you doing this because of Kim Seungpyo...? Are you....?”
“....if I said no, I’d be lying...”
“What’s wrong with you?! It been 4 years since you’ve broken up with him!! Why are you acting as if you still like him?!?!”
“.................why don’t just go into my head and ask that to my brain.... because I kind of want to know why it’s doing this to me too.”
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And with that, I opened the door to the taxi and walked in.
“HEY! LEE KYUNGWON!!!”
“I’ll see you tomorrow. Sorry.”
+VVROOM+
How do I look at Noah tomorrow....
She a really sweet girl... a really nice girl.....
..........but because of some stupid reason....
..........I don’t know how I’m going to look at her...
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But different than what I’d thought, I was able to get along with Noah and grow closer to her....
I don’t know if it was because she was an only child, but she talked to me as if I were an unnie....
And I liked Noah the best out of my other students...
............and a week passed...
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Today, I’m going to Yehwon and that Ji Eunsung’s house warming party....
I’m going....??
No actually, I’m being FORCED to go.....
These two lovey-doveys have moved in together since 2 weeks ago...
After fighting long and heavily with their parents, they started living together....
And.....this is where the house warming party comes in.....
As Yehwon’s best friend.....
I HAD to be there.....
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..................I should be going with Jungmin...... but we haven’t really talked for a week....
Should I go WITH him...
Or just go...
I think I’ll just meet him there....
The taxi driver stopped in front of a bunch of apartment buildings...
<_<
There apartments are rumored to be one of the best and most expensive....
Why are these 2 so lucky??
How can they live here without having to pay barely any of their rent. TT_TT...
.....as you know...
Eunsung is LOADED...... <_<..
Was it the 5th floor they’re living on?
+DING DONG+
A second later, the door swung open..
Hold crap that scared me....
And a face I was very familiar with poked their head out...
“Hey! HAN YEHWON IT’S YOU’RE FRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!”
....it this how you treat a guest.... well, it’s not like I was expecting anything from you....
“KYUNGWON!!! You’re here!!!!!! You’re our first guest!!! How’s our house?!??!?!”
ㅇ_ㅇ.......ㅇ_ㅇ.......ㅇ_ㅇ......
I entered the house thinking that it’d be dirty and not very nice looking....
But it wasn’t.....
Oh right, Yehwon’s a neat freak and she’s good at arranging things...
Two rooms... 1 bathroom...
Double bed....
...Lee Kyungwon... how have you been living the past 22 years... TT_TT...
“HEY! Don’t let her sit on the bed!!!”
Ji Eunsung yelled at Yehwon...
“Why? Who cares, let’s just let her sit~”
“Are you going to wash the covers then?!??!”
......…<_<...............
“Hey! Fine, I won’t sit! Sheesh! It’s not like I don’t have a bed at MY house!!!!”
“......but you don’t...”
I glared at Yehwon....
“..I want to leave…<_<...”
“Hey, best friend~~~ I’m sorry~~~~~~~~~~~”
+DING DONG+
The bell rang once again...
.......ㅇ_ㅇ.......
“Eunsung, can you answer?!” (<-- Yehwon)
“I opened the door for your friend though!!!” (<-- Eunsung)
“What if it’s Hansung oppa...” (<--Yehwon..)
“Aw, dammit..”
With that, Ji Eunsung dragged his feet to the door...
In entered Hyunsung and a guy named Lim Taehwan heads into their apartment.. (<-- one of the 4 kings at Sang also..)
Ji Eunsung looked at them... with less than welcoming glances....
And the two guys started cracking up at the apron Ji Eunsung had around his waist...
HAHAHA... Loser~~
Ji Eunsung shoved their heads out and tried closing the door on them,
But they eventually got in....
......the 4 kings are all gathered.... except Kim Seungpyo.....
......tch, not a bad sight
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If Kim Seungpyo came...
It’d be exactly like 4 years ago.....
As the guys were just drinking and Yehwon and I were getting the food ready,
The door opened once again.
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And I heard a familiar voice...
“Eunsung!!!!!! I’m here!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Wow, wow~ Oppa, is this where your friend Eunsung oppa lives??”
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...........Seungpyo entered with a bright grin....
And next to him... was Noah with an excited but a nervous smile.....
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..............not again................
Chapter 2.
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.............the atmosphere of the room slowly got awkward....
I wanted to hide behind Yehwon,
But that stupid girl walked over to help save her precious Ji Eunsung (Ji Eunsung was getting picked on by his friends....)
I gave an awkward smile to Noah....
.......and Noah just looked at me with her wide eyes....
“Miss Lee!!!”
“Oh~ Noah, hi~”
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...............Seungpyo walked past me and greeted his friend....
We’re all back together..... as we used to be a few years back....
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Noah stuck next to me and was talking about this and that while Yehwon was looking at Noah with a distasteful look...
And she whispered to me..
“Hey... that kid looks like Kim Hyobin... <_<...”
“I know, I know, but she’s really sweet. Be quiet she’ll hear you...”
“Miss Lee, is she your friend that you told me about??”
“Yeah~ See that guy over there??? That guy? He’s living with my friend here.. That’s why I came over in the first place.”
“Oh~~ I see, that oppa is really good looking... Seungpyo oppa’s friends are all good looking ^0^”
“Yeah, we know. It’s because they were the 4 Kings back in the days when they were in high school... <<.... Does Seungpyo treat you right?!”
Yehwon asked..... a little rudely....
I pinched Yehwon’s thigh,
And smiled at Noah...
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Soon, we were all surrounding a big circular table....
.........Yehwon and Eunsung were together and.... clockwise from them was Hyunsung.... Lim Taehwan....Noah.... Seungpyo.... and next to Seungpyo ... was me....
On the table, there was a bunch of alcohol, and the rest of the food were just side dishes....
....is this all the food they have at their house...?
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“Hey~ Hey, guys, don’t drink from our house cups.. we’ll get Cholera...” (TN: Once again, I have NO clue what 콜레라 is... so I just guessed...)
Ji Eunsung snapped at Hyunsung and Taehwan, still pissed from his loss earlier...
Yehwon passed around the beer...
“So, Miss Lee, you’ve known this Eunsung oppa since highschool... right?”
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............the table became quiet after Noah asked the question.....
However, because of Ji Eunsung’s pissiness we started get loud again..
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“...yeah, I knew him... they’ve been going out since high school... ^-^”
“....then how come you didn’t know Seungpyo oppa?? Wasn’t he close to Eunsung oppa back then also?”
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Yehwon opened her mouth, annoyed but I shot her a look to shut her up...
And while I was busy trying to think of what to say.....
“They used to go out, but broke up because of the Yankee bastard... hey, where is Yankee anyway?? Go lock the door so he can’t come in...”
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....................because I could stop him, Ji Eunsung just spat it out...
“Yankee...?? What’s a Yankee...?”
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Luckily, Noah didn’t understand what he had said...
And was asking him what a Yankee was with a curious face...
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“Eun Noah, do you have to ask about everything.....”
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.............it was Seungpyo... and his cold words,
Noah bowed her head.....
And I could see tears falling onto the table...
She’s really sensitive isn’t she.... kids these days... <_<
“Noah, Noah~ Why are you crying.. don’t cry.. come on, don’t cry...”
I comforted Noah, and led her to the room with the bed...
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“Noah, why are you crying... stop... don’t cry....~~”
“....Oppa’s weird..... TT_TT”
“It’s because he drank...... Don’t cry, it’s not good to cry~”
“It’s so scary here TT_TT... Oppa’s scary... and so is that one oppa with the white skin!! Especially him. TT_TT...”
White skin.....? She’s talking about Ji Eunsung....
“Okay, okay, don’t cry. You can stay with me in here..”
I don’t know if it was because I was her teacher...
.........but after comforting her, she was able to fall asleep...
She looked like a baby, sleeping soundly with tears still in her eyelashes....
Noah fell asleep like that...
...........I wanted to go out, but I couldn’t... I didn’t want to see Seungpyo’s face....
Ji Eunsung.. dammit, you’re the problem.. YOU <_<....
+CREAK+
Right then... the door opened a crack,
And with a tired expression on his face,
Seungpyo walked in..........
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“....Noah’s... sleeping....”
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“^_^, I’ll just go out...”
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............Seungpyo...... looked at with an exhausting expression and didn’t say anything...
....Seungpyo..........
Before tears could fall, I quickly headed towards the door....
“Lee Kyungwon...”
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“....yes...?”
“.........it’s been a long time.....”
"...........yeah, it has... hasn’t it...........”
“How’ve.... you been....?”
“Uh, good... I ...guess...”
“...that’s good....”
“....Noah cried a lot.... she’s a lot more sensitive than other girls her age... so treat her right...”
“You’re a teacher...”
“No~ ^_^, just for the moment, I’m a student teacher..”
“Oh... I see....”
“Yeah....”
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For a second... it was silent..
“I’m going out....”
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“Tch~ You got a lot tougher, squirt~ ^0^”
,......the break the awkwardness, I told Seungpyo he’s gotten tougher and sped out of the room....
............it’s hard.........
It’s hard....... pretending that you’re happy, when you’re not.....
The first thing I saw as I walked out of the room.... was Jungmin.....
He was sitting in my seat, and was glaring at Ji Eunsung.. and vice versa...
“You’re here.....”
“Yeah, I am... what were you doing in there....?”
“Just one of the kids at school came also...”
“.....why’d a student come here??”
“No, he’s Eunsung’s friend’s girlfriend....”
“Ji Eunsung’s friend.....?”
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Jungmin looked at Ji Eunsung up and down....
“Hey, better take your damn eyes off me before I poke them out... <_<...”
With Eunsung’s words, we all were surprised...
“Are you crazy..? Stop acting so immature~~”
With Yehwon’s tugging, he moved his stupid eyeballs somewhere else...
Jungmin sighed getting up, he took my hand and headed towards the sofa..
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And he quietly said....
“Is it... Seungpyo..? Your student’s boyfriend I mean..”
“........yeah, it’s Seungpyo...........”
“So.. the person inside the room is Seungpyo also... huh?”
“...yeah, I said he was going out with her... what’s the problem......?”
“Phew... forget it... It’s nothing, let’s go Kyungwon...”
“Go? Go where...?”
Jungmin buried his head into my shoulder...
“I don’t know.. I don’t want to stay here where that Seungpyo guy is.... I don’t like the two of you being so close together... ...... let’s go...”
“...what’s wrong with you...? You’re not acting like yourself...”
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Jungmin got up wordlessly, and offered me a hand....
......does he want me to take it and leave with him.....?
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.............I didn’t want to stay here any longer either...
So I accepted Jungmin’s hand.............
The door to the room Seungpyo and Noah was in opened quietly....
And I saw the two of them with their hands held....
Noah still seemed tired....
And Seungpyo’s face was cold....
............Jungmin, bit his lip... and holding my hand tightly started walking past them....
“Kyungwon~ Are you leaving?!??!!”
Yehwon asked surprised....
“Yeah, I’m going... I don’t feel too good..........”
“Aw man! I can’t do anything about you not feeling well, but... I wanted to you to sleep over~~”
“No, my head just..it’s pounding... I’ll come over tomorrow, have fun you guys...”
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“Okay~ You promised.. TT_TT...”
“Okay~~ ^0^”
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“Miss Lee, you’re leaving already?!”
This time it was Noah.. TT_TT...
She was looking at me with a pleading expression not to go....
....no I will not give in.. I will not give in.....
“Yeah, Noah, I’m going. I’ll see you at school tomorrow.. Don’t stay out too late, go home soon. ^_^.....
..............don’t have her out so late.....”
I said to Seungpyo..... Jungmin stared at me....
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And to follow, Seungpyo said to me...
“...I’ll do that, I hope you feel better...”
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“..thank yo-”
Before I could finish talking, Jungmin tugged on my hand and pulled me out of the house....
When I looked back,
I saw Noah still looking tired....
And when I’d looked over at Seungpyo.. our eyes met for a second......
.......and...
....Seungpyo’s eyes seemed a little.....
........angry....
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Chapter 3
The Car Ride home...
+SQREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!+
Jungmin’s driving seemed a little reckless and scary today....
His knuckles have turned white from gripping the handle so tightly.
.............when we reached my house, Jungmin’s closed mouth opened as if he was going to say something....
“.I’ll see you tomorrow..”
“Lee Kyungwon...”
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“I know what you’re going to say... we’re older than we used to be, don’t make such a big deal out of something small.....”
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“........don’t make me go crazy, you’ll get hurt too...”
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What does that mean...? There are times when Jungmin says things like that out of nowhere....
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...wordlessly,
I slammed his car door shut. Slammed it hard enough for the door to come off...
And went inside......
I’ll have to see Noah again tomorrow...
....I don’t think I’ll be able to look at her with a happy face....
Whenever she smiles, I see Seungpyo in that smile.
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+Next Day+
Luckily the next day, I didn’t see Noah in my first class...
After 2nd period ended though,....
“Miss Lee....”
.........I know who that voice belongs to... I know the owner of that voice....
When I turned around, I found an especially perky looking,
Especially twinkling eyes, oh~~ you curled your hair too....
“Noah, ^_^, did you get home safely yesterday?”
“Yeah! Did you?”
“Of course I did, we went through a lot yesterday.”
“...oh no! You went through more looking after me... Oh right, yesterday, that oppa is your boyfriend isn’t he ^0^..”
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“Huh...? Oh, Jungmin? Yeah, he’s my boyfriend... Oh right, that pale skinned freak didn’t bother you after I left, did he?”
“....white-skinned?? Oh~ That amazingly good looking oppa? ^0^”
............amazingly....????
Is Eunsung..... AMAZINGLY good looking??
“....sure, that amazingly good looking guy.”
“I left right after you did~”
“....why?”
“Seungpyo oppa kept saying he’d take me home, and that he wanted me home early... I wanted to stay longer....”
.........Seungpyo............did that.............?
“Oh! Oppa’s going to come to school today~ ^0^”
“...oppa...? That Seungpyo person?”
“Yeah~ I was going to introduce him to my friends ^^, Does my uniform look weird??”
....oh~~ That’s why you curled you hair..... <_<
“You look great, really pretty.... besides your face is pretty too ^_^.”
“Hehe~ It’s the first time oppa’s going to see me in a uniform. I’m a little scared. Come with us!”
“...huh? No, it’s fine ^_^, have fun with your oppa. I have to get to class..”
“..O_O... oh, then I’ll come visit later~ ^0^ ...”
“O-okay...”
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.................Seungpyo’s coming to school.....
I’m guess I’m going to have to run away 10 minutes before school ends....
That day, I gave each class a piece of paper and pencil to draw whatever...
And found myself looking out the window every now and then... And 10 minutes before the bell....
“...I’m going to go the office real quick.”
And like that, I lied to all the students,
And grabbed my bag that I had hid in the bathroom,
And quickly ran out.
I hurriedly ran so that none of the other teachers or the principal would see me..
.....And when I had run out of the school....
............I blinked my eyes to see if I had seen wrong.
Why was it that....... Seeing Seungpyo leaning against the front gate
Reminded me.... of 4 years ago when Seungpyo and Eunsung had come to pick us up....
He was standing right there.... and the image from 4 years ago and now stared slurring together....
..........I grew sad........
I was standing stupidly,
When Seungpyo has seen me......
If I pretend to look somewhere else, he’ll know that I was looking at him....
But it’s a little embarrassing just walking past him.
What do I do... TT_TT..
What do I do... TT_TT...
“....so we meet again.................”
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.........................Seungpyo said in a calm voice....
Lee Kyungwon, I guess you forgot.....
You and Seungpyo aren’t anything more.. just 2 people who just met again after 4 years.....
We’re just two people know, why the hell were you over reacting... like s dummy....
“Uh, uh, hi~”
.....did I just sound retarded or what?”
“...did classes end just now?”
He asked slightly smiling at me...
I could slightly see is crooked tooth... I haven’t seen Seungpyo smile in a long time....
....it’s been 4 years since it’s just been the both of us... huh...?
“I asked if classes just ended ^0^”
“..ah~~ ...uh, yeah... uh.. it’s not over, there’s still 10 minutes left...”
“What the hell? You’re ditching the last ten minutes of school???
“Ditching is not the word I’d use.... it’s my way of getting home.....10 minutes faster.... <_<..”
“OVER HERE!!!! This teacher is ditching her last 10 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Want to die??”
My hand was immediately on Seungpyo’s head and pulling his hair...
...what the hell am I doing.......
“..uh sorry....”
With an awkward apology, I let go of Seungpyo’s hair.
This is what we did 4 years ago... and now...
We can’t joke around like this....
“It’s fine....”
Seungpyo smiled..
“You’re still the same... you know the who mob boss image~~ ^0^”
“Like you aren’t~~ You’re still the same.... being Floppy~~ <_<..”
“I am not! >_<...”
“I haven’t seen that face in years.. <_<... don’t you know that your nickname was Floppy at a time?”
“...Floppy??? TT_TT....”
“Yeah~ Yehwon and I would always call you Floppy instead of your name.”
“Why the hell am I Floppy?! TT_TT...”
“...go look in the mirror....”
“Wanna fight??”
“ ^_^..”
.........
..............in no time at all, we were back to the old days....
This is more like you... Seungpyo, this is more like the Seungpyo I know... The serious Seungpyo around Noah isn’t you...
You look more comfortable like this....
........for some reason, I felt myself getting again........
“...it’s time for classes to end~ The girls are going to come out soon.... You’re going to get scraped clean by Noah’s friends....”
.......
...........
“Want to.... come.....?”
“Where.................”
“...with me, Noah and her friends. Want to....come............?”
“Nah, it’s okay. I’ll have to pass. Noah asked me earlier, you guys have a load of fun on your own~”
“......Is there some reason you can’t....?”
Kim Seungpyo you dummy... I don’t think I can handle you and Noah together....
It’s too hard...
"...................... I’m busy today~”
..............
................
“With Lee Jungmin...?”
......................
“No~ next time, if I get a chance I will~”
“Oh okay... well, next time then....”
“OPPA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
With her curled hair flying behind her,
Her uniform looking a little shorter than usual....
Her mouth caught on her ears.... was Noah running over to us....
Behind her were some girls....
I know who they are.. they’re the ones who always sleep when everyone’s supposed to be drawing... <_<...
“You’re here~ Are you Noah’s friends?”
“HI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Noah’s friends yelled.....REALLY loud.....
“OMG!! He’s so much hotter than I was excepting~~”
“I heard he was one of the 4 Kings at Sang~ Eun Noah you byatch, you’re so hella lucky~~ Oppa you’re really hot~ If only you weren’t my friend’s boyfriend~”
Kids these days.... If they see Eunsung they’ll probably pass out..
Well, actually hit them once...
Seungpyo grinned, and looked at them as if they were cute...
While Seungpyo was meeting the girls,
Noah spotted me and walked quietly over...
“...are you ... going to go too....?”
“...huh? Where?”
“With Seungpyo oppa, my friends and me....”
“No~ I’m not ^_^.”
“What are you doing standing here? O_O..”
..............
.....................
Noah asked, her eyes wide...
“Oh~ I just met him on the way out of here by chance.... we were just greeting each other. Have fun~”
“Did oppa say anything else?”
“...what are you talking about?”
“HEHE!! It’s nothing~ It’d be fun if you could go too~~~”
“Huh? No~ I have to get somewhere today~”
“I’ll ask oppa to drive you home~ OPPA!”
While she had her back to Seungpyo, I quickly ran out past the gates...
.....wearing heels........ I almost broke my ankle....
“MISS LEE!!!!”
Noah yelled loudly, and I turned around.
“I’ll see you tomorrow~ Bye~ Buy Noah and her friends a lot~ ^0^”
The kids stared at me as if they couldn’t believe I was bailing on such a good looking guy and,
next to them was Seungpyo with a small smile, then a large grin.....
Chapter 4
Chapter 3
On the way home on the bus....
My cell phone stared to ring...
When I looked at the caller ID.. it was Yehwon...
“Hello?”
“KYUNGWON TT_TT!!!”
“What’s wrong with your voice??”
“I can’t believe that stupid Ji Eunsung!!! I can’t believe him!! TT_TT!!”
“...why? What happened?”
“He broke the TV and ran away!! TT_TT!!!”
“What is that supposed to mean?”
“He said some crap about knowing how get cable TV without paying or whatever!!! Then he was playing with the back for a long while, and then all of a sudden!!! He just left with a blank face!!! TT_TT!!! And he didn’t come home last night!!! I felt that something was weird and turned on the TV, but it’s not turning on!! TT_TT!!! What do I do!! TT_TT!!!”
“Just watch it at our house <_<....”
“It’s fine.. I just called cause I needed to get rid of some steam... He does something wrong at least once a day!! How am I supposed to live with him, Kyungwon?!?!?! TT0TT!!”
....so on the bus ride home...
I had to listen to Yehwon’s whining....
Tch at least she has someone to cry about.. <_<..
But even though she complained a lot,
She seems to tell me a lot of crap that I don’t care about...
For Example....
He came home drunk once and beat the crap out of the mob boss that lived next door...
Or...
He set free a bird that was stuck on the verandah...
That she can go into night clubs for free because of Eunsung....
......
But I was still jealous....
As soon as I hung up with Yehwon, my phone rang again...
It was Jungmin......
I didn’t answer.... ignoring the glares I got from the people on the bus,
I didn’t answer his call....
If I meet Jungmin right now, I feel as if I’m going to blow up.... I don’t want to do that....
I walked home, and turned on the music full blast.... and stared at my window....
.......I remember the time when I was in my 2nd year of high school when Seungpyo came to my house...
Because of Yehwon’s stupid lie that I got my neck caught in the window,
...Seungpyo.... was outside my house yelling up at my window calling my name loudly...
Doing stupid things to get me to come down... but back then, I’d already given my heart to Jungmin....
.....back then... I was really mean to him....
But now... it’s turned around....
Was Seungpyo like this 4 years ago??
.....you’re getting punished Lee Kyungwon...
So.. don’t pity yourself, you deserved all of this.......
My cell phone rang again..........
I just took out my battery.....
Sorry Jungmin, I’m really not in the mood to meet you....
................
........The music flowed into my ears....
My cell phone continued to ring...
But I still somehow fell asleep....
And in the morning, I heard a loud banging....
That sound was coming from my house entryway..
Was it a robber??? Rapist?? Stalker?!?!?
Yeah! I’ll go with stalker!! I KNEW someone was following me these days~~
What do I do?
My shaking hands reached towards the phone,
When I heared a familiar voice...
“Kyungwon............. Kyungwon.............. Lee Kyungwon...........”
........
.................
.....................
I breathed out a sigh of relief,
And when i walked out, It was Jungmin... half passed out.....
How much did you drink...? Ugh, you stink...
His hair was messed up.... He grinned up at me...
“..are you crazy? Why’d you drink so much?”
Before I could finish what I was saying... Jungmin hugged me tightly...
....hugged?? No more like squeezed....
“Kyungwon... don’t go.... don’t go anywhere... just stay with me..... why do you keep growing further away? Just stop where you are.... I’m here, I came to where you are... so just stay where you are.... don’t leave... just stay where you are like before....”
Jungmin whispered....
.............
What do I do........ Seungpyo... Jungmin...
What am I supposed to do.......
Lee Kyungwon... like four years ago..
You’re causing pain the a person who loves you....
You’re giving pain to someone who loves you.....
I slowly hugged Jungmin back....
“Don’t cry, Lee Jungmin... I’ll stay here... I’m not going anywhere.... Don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere...”
“....I keep seeing Kim Seungpyo’s face and yours together......”
Jungmin choked out....
Jungmin might have known from the beginning, that starting from 4 years ago, I started longing more and more after Seungpyo..... And that what’s he’s been with was only a shell these past years....
He might have known for a long time.. but was just pretending that it wasn’t happening....
I continued to hug Jungmin....
And morning slowly came....
..I’m here... and so is Jungmin...
...and Seungpyo’s there... and Noah’s there.....
This is how it should be...
Chapter 4
Morning....
I got a blanket and covered Jungmin with it...
I have to get ready for school....
My body’s asleep and numb... TT_TT...
Because he’s been leaning on me all morning....
I guess I can’t teach anything today... TT_TT... (She’s already thought of an excuse not to teach again.. <_<..)
....
........
+PITTER PATTER+
+PITTER PATTER PITTER PATTER+
What’s this sound? Is there a leak in the house?
When I looked outside, I noticed rain falling...
Rain that seemed as if it weren’t going to stop any time soon.....
I quickly got my makeup on, and dressed neatly...
And made breakfast.
I usually don’t make breakfast...
But since Jungmin’s going to have a huge hangover....
I made broth, and some soup....
After I finished, I was just blankly looking out the window,
When someone placed their hands on my shoulders...
“You’re awake...”
“..yeah..... uh........ what am I doing here?”
“Don’t you remember? You practically knocked my door down last night..”
“.....I did?”
“..never mind.. hold on, I’ll give you breakfast....”
“.... Kyungwon, I’m sorry...”
Jungmin’s hands squeezed my shoulders....
Ow, that hurts....TT_TT...
..........
...............
......................and ten minutes passed....
“Ack! It’s boiling!”
I yelled and sped towards the kitchen...
And I finally had a reason to get away from the clampers of death (<-- seems to be talking about his hands <_<)
............
.................
.........................
We sat across from each other....
And everytime we made eye contact, we’d just awkwardly smile and continue eating...
“I should be going to work.”
“..yeah, I have to get to school.”
“I’ll drive you, let’s go.”
“...I’m fine, I’ll just take the bus..”
“...stop it, I said I’ll take you.”
“Okay, then you can..”
Jungmin went out first to turn the car on.
And I looked at Jungmin from the window.
.......and I swore to myself....
That I wasn’t going to bring pain to anyone else....
+VROM VROOM+
Jungming started the engine,
And since the school and my house weren’t too far away,
We got there quickly.....
The raindrops were getting bigger....
And falling down faster and harder....
Crap.. <_<....
“What are you thinking about?”
“I was just looking at the rain.”
“This weekend, my parents are coming from America.”
“What? Why didn’t you tell me sooner?”
“They want to see you.”
"............"
....what.....
Are you saying, that they’ve accepted me....? .....I think is is.....
“You’re going to meet them right?”
“Huh...?”
“You’re going to meet my mom and dad right?”
“...yeah, I guess I should.. We’re here. I’ll get out here..”
“..get out in front of the building... it’s raining...
“It’ll only take a few seconds if I run.”
“....I’ll drive you...”
Without stopping the car, Jungming continued to drive me....
I could see another white car behind us heading the same direction.
My heart started beating faster... Why? I don’t know....
Just, my heart started beating without any reason at all...
What’s wrong with me...?
.......................
.................................
.......................................
The passenger side to the car behind us opened.
And I saw a familiar student smiling brightly.
It was Noah..
The drivers side opened, and HE got out as well...
Seungpyo was holding a black umbrella, and grinned towards Noah...
.....................
............................
“Let’s get out.”
...........
...............
..................Jungmin said....
Jungmin looked over at Noah and Seungpyo.....
"...."
He looked at me angrily....
With a frozen expression, he got out of the car,
And came to my side to opened the door for me.
...............
..........................
. ...........................rain’s falling on my head...
Ma hair is getting wet....
......ㅇ_ㅇ.........ㅇ_ㅇ...Jungmin...ㅇ_ㅇ..
Jungmin took my hand and walked over to where Noah and Seungpyo were standing....
What hell is he doing.. TT_TT....
Is he still drunk?!??!
Noah smiled at me.....
And..................
Seungpyo started blankly at Jungmin... then me.....
“It seems we’ve met a few times already.. But we’ve never gotten to introducing ourselves... My name is Lee Jungmin...”
.........
................
........................Jungmin said in a cocky voice...
Seungpyo stared.....
Noah just stared at all of us.....
And all I could do was just stare at Noah....
For a second, I could only hear the rain....
“....isn’t it awkward to talk respectfully?”
Seungpyo asked....
His voice was quiet.... but it wasn’t....
It was soft.... but it wasn’t......
“Awkward? We’ve known of each other for a long time, haven’t we? But I’m pretty sure that this is our first conversation... Isn’t it polite to speak respectfully to someone we’re talking to for the first time?”
Jungmin asked him, smirking at the same time....
I squeezed Jungmin’s hand to signal to him to stop,
But he didn’t....
...........
................
.............................
And Seungpyo looked down at our hands....
He was silent..
He slowly opened his mouth....
“Polite....? I don’t think you deserve to say anything about being polite in front of me....”
.........ㅇ_ㅇ........ㅇ_ㅇ.....
....I can only hear the rain...
“Can I ask what that means...?”
“You’re not asking because you don’t know are you...?”
They’re weird! What’s wrong with them?? TT_TT!!!
It looks as if they’re fighting TT_TT......
Seungpyo wasn’t backing down...
He seemed as if he was charging right back at Jungmin....
“What if I don’t know....”
TT_TT....
“Jungmin~ You’re going to be late for work.”
I asked tugging at his arm,
But he didn’t budge...
“What if I don’t know what your talking about.....”
.........
...............seriously, what the hell is wrong with him right now? TT_TT....
“Lee Jungmin! I told you to stop!!! I’m so sorry, can you just leave also?”
I yelled loudly.
Seungpyo, Jungmin and Noah all reacted to my yell..
Noah looked as if she was going to cry....
.......and passing Noah, Seungpyo walked passed me quietly....
And whispered something under his breath...
The rain was falling faster than ever...
B-but I heard what he said....
...........................
.........
Because it was Seungpyo’s voice....
I heard because it wasn’t just any Seungpyo.. it was Kim Seungpyo.....
“.........not again............”
What’s that mean? Again? What is that supposed to mean?
He neared his car...
Noah yelled after him, but Seungpyo didn’t stop.
And Seungpyo opened his mouth...
“Lee Jungmin, you might want me to disappear...... but keep in mind, there was a time I was like that towards you.... no..... I still am.....”
..........
.............and with that, Seungpyo got into his car and sped away.....
Spraying rain water at all of us....
The car disappeared from our sight quickly.....
“Fawk...”
ㅇ_ㅇ..ㅇ_ㅇ??!
Jungmin cursed.... and got into his car....
And like Seungpyo... disappeared quickly.....
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What is all this....
Is this a dream.....??