Chapter 1 (Side Story- Pupu the Cat’s One-and Only)
My One-and-Only…
The first time Jaegwang saw Sohyun, was on August the 13th on the Yoon family’s attic top.
When Jungwon caught Jaegwang smoking, they fought and that’s when Jaegwang spotted Sohyun staring at him blankly.
From that day…
Jaegwang was in love… <_<
‘Yoon Jaegwang, THE Yoon Jaegwang!!’ He yells to himself all the time, and I curse myself for not being able to smack him.
Anyways, my One-and-Only already had someone special for her.
For the first time in his life, Yoon Jaegwang called someone of the other gender.
…and after a lot of nagging and ‘charm.’
She was his in only 2 weeks…
…and now I have to listen to him say that he knows what love is…blah and blah…
“Pupu! Oppa’s going to school, guard the house well!!! Make sure that the pig monster doesn’t bug you! If she does, tell me!!!”
He said picking me up and smothering his face into my belly…
Stupid boy…
Does he still think I’m a female…
“Yoon Jaegwang, aren’t you taking your bag?!”
“I’ll see y’all later!!!”
+SLAM!+
Slamming the door behind him, he started to school bag-less and picking my fur off his uniform.
He finally arrived thirty minutes before nine.
Like always, he crept in between alleyways, smoked a cigarette.
Running so making sure he wouldn’t be caught by anyone…
Anyone as in…Sohyun… <_<…
+Classroom+
“Yoon Jaegwang, Miyae has something to say to you.”
“…what is it?”
“She doesn’t want to tell you here…”
“Well, tell her to tell me over there then…”
Jaegwang said leaning back on his seat with his two long legs twisted, and a straw leading to a small carton of banana milk in his mouth.
“Miyae said she saw you this weekend with a girl…”
Hearing what Miyae’s friend said, Jaegwang bolted straight up and started yelling.
“You saw?! You saw Sohyun!? Isn’t gorgeous?!”
“…is…she your girlfriend…?”
“Yup! She’s my wife!!! ^0^”
Jaegwang yelled, his two eyes shining brightly… <_< …
Hearing him yell that loudly, a pretty girl named Miyae muttered something under her breath and left the classroom. With a dumb expression on his face, Jaegwang turned to her friend.
“…what’d she just say… <_< …?”
“…I think she said ‘fawk’…”
“…to me…?”
“Yeah.”
“Stupid little bi+ch!! >0<!!”
Jaegwang yelled, his temper gauge starting to rise. His friend Dahyun pulled him back down to his seat.
“Let her go you retard, she likes you…”
“…who? Kim Miyae?”
“I dare you to say, ‘I didn’t know.’”
“I didn’t know.”
Dahyun stared at Jaegwang, an expression that asked, ‘why do you bother to live’ on his face…
“…forget it, it wasn’t like I was expecting anything from you. What the!!! You drank off my milk!! Is this your milk, you fag?! Is this yours?!”
“Shut the hell up you fawktard, I’ll get you some more… <_< …”
“This was the last banana milk left!!!!”
“Just drink chocolate!”
“Go to hell you flippin’ pig…”
Yoon Jaegwang & Kang Dahyun…
Best friends, actually it’s like they share one brain. If one gets suspended, the other just believes that they he should have been suspended also, so he follows. You could call also them rivals for the number one spot in their grade…
Kang Dahyun…
Whenever he comes over to the Yoon’s house, and gives shy smiles to my One-and-Only Jungwon… I have to keep back the urge to claw him to shreds. Oh, Jungwon…do you know how I pretend that I don’t care…when I really like you…the jealousy I feel when you and Yoon Jaegwang and any other person of the male species talks to you… TT_TT…
Not even 20 minutes after 1st period started, the two friends that were fighting over a carton of banana milk were both kicked out of class.
“Flippin’ annoying… Yoon Jaegwang, why the hell is your voice so loud.”
Dahyun muttered leaning against the wall with his hands in his pockets.
“Didn’t I tell you not to say ‘flippin’? >0<!”
“Then don’t make that face!”
“What!! This??! >0<!!”
“Yeah, that!”
“What the hell does it matter to you, fag?!”
“I try to do well in school… What the hell, and it’s only first period.”
“AHAHAHAHA!!! Do good in school?! You?! AHAHA!”
Hearing Jaegwang’s loud laughter, the door to the classroom opened.
Their teacher held a dirty rag in his hand and walked up slowly behind Jaegwang to hit him.
Around lunch, both Jaegwang and Dahyun had escaped from the teacher clusters. Waving around their swollen faces, the two boys slammed their class door and barged in. The other kids, noticing their anger, quietly just looked away and continued to eat as Jaegwang and Dahyun started taking their anger out on the desks and books in their classroom.
“Fawk! When I graduate, I’m going to do something to this fawking school!”
“Hey, Jaegwang let’s get all the kids together and burn it down, want to?!”
“They busted my lips. Fawk, if I ever see them out in the street… <_< …”
Trying to get rid of their remaining anger, the two psycho’s started punching the wall.
Right then, a bouncy melody escaped from Jaegwang’s pocket.
“…who the hell is it?! …Sohyun…? Have you eaten yet?! Of course I did!! Right now I’m doing math problem number 3, but I just skipped it because it’s hard and I was just asking out class president how to solve it!! ^0^ !!”
Might not be what you were expecting… <_< …
But ever since he got his One-and-Only, you could see Yoon Jaegwang doing this often.
With her hands into two tight fists, Miyae approached Jaegwang.
“Yup, I’m going home today. Sohyun, want me to pick up at your office after school?!”
“Hey, Yoon Jaegwang, let me talk to your girlfriend.”
ㅇ_ㅇ..
Jaegwang quickly covered the speaker on his phone and glared at Kim Miyae.
“…what the fawk, are you crazy…?”
“Let me talk to her!! How old is she?! Where did she go to school?!”
“Huh? Oh, Sohyun it’s nothing don’t worry about it. Be sure to eat, okay…?”
“Is her name Sohyun?! She’s not the Kim Sohyun that goes to Hongahn Girl’s School is she?!”
Miyae continued to yell over the phone. With anger written on his face, Jaegwang grabbed her wrist tightly.
“She’s four years older than you. Don’t say sh1t about her.” He said in a low voice.
“…four years..?”
“Sohyun…huh? Oh, it’s nothing. When are you leaving today from work? Want to meet at 5- huh? My school…? Do you know what school I go to…? Okay, then I’ll show you all my friends, see you at 5!! ^0^!”
Jaegwang shut his phone with a snap, and grabbed frozen Miyae’s shoulders and started shaking her.
“If you say shi+ about my girlfriend one more time, I won‘t let you get away with it!!”
“I knew you were stupid, but four years…? That’s too much, don’t you think?!”
“Hey! Kang Dahyun, I’ll show you my Sohyun today, okay?! Alright! I’m going to go tell all the guys!”
Jaegwang lightly walked past Miyae and skipped out the classroom.
Dahyun chased after Jaegwang.
“Hey! Tell her to bring some friends too! Some friends, huh? Come on you little fawk!”
I can’t help but think they’re retards… <_<
Jungwon, who doesn’t know my feeling towards her…
Jaegwang, who doesn’t know half the girls’ feelings for him at school…
Miyae ran to her friend with a red face and burst into tears. Looking at Miyae, it doesn’t seem she’ll just give him up easily.
After hearing that Sohyun was coming, Jaegwang traded pants with a nerd in the class, took Dahyun’s bag, washed his hair with just plain water, saying that Sohyun would scold him if she saw him with gel in his hair…
With a bright smile on his face, he left his class at the end of the day with a large group of friends and about a meter away from the group of guy’s, Miyae’s little family walked around the guys, their arms linked by pairs.
Sohyun’s probably coming to school, not aware of anything about now, huh…?
Chapter 2
+In front of the front entrance+
Jaegwang’s friends crowded around the entrance, all waiting in anticipation for Sohyun’s entrance.
Miyae’s little family is waiting for her too…
“Hey! You fags better not fall head over heels for Sohyun when you see her!! If one of just falls a little bit for her, I’ll beat the shi+ out of you!”
“Stop overreacting. Man, I’m thirsty! Hey, warthog, go buy me something to drink.”
Dahyun said patting a large boy with glasses, the ‘warthog’ frowned a little.
“…you always make me do it…”
“Hurry man, you don’t want to miss seeing Sohyun.”
Dahyun chased the ‘warthog’ out of the circle and muttering he went to get the water, but then stopped in his tracks.
Near the gates, you could see his One-and-Only walking quickly towards them with something like a ray of sunlight on her.
Jaegwang’s One-and-Only…
“…holy fawk, she’s hot…” Dahyun muttered, his eyes as big as saucers…
Jaegwang grinned brightly as she got closer.
“Good boy, you brought your bag today ^_^ ..”
“Yup! And I wore my pretty pants today too! ^0^.”
“You look good! ^_^ , are these all your friends…?”
“Some are just my slaves, but most are my friends.”
Sohyun and Jaegwang’s hands found each other.
“Load of crap, slaves?”
Not again…
Another one of Jaegwang and Dahyun’s immature fights arose…
“Oh~ Are you one of his slaves? O_O ..”
At Sohyun’s sincere curiosity, there was a silence inside the group of guys…
“Do I look like I’d be one?”
“No ^_^ .”
“ <_< , yeah, I’m not.”
“Oh~! I see. ^0^ .”
Dahyun gave an awkward smile obviously thinking, ‘is there something wrong with this chick?’
My owner (Jaegwang) started to introduce Sohyun to his friends and Miyae and her family started over.
“Hey, Yoon Jaegwang is this your girlfriend?”
“What?”
“Nice to meet you.”
Miyae said to Sohyun in a snotty voice.
“Kim Miyae, get lost will you…”
Jaegwang asked…? No, more like demanded in a low voice…
“You’re lucky you’re pretty. Are you happy that you’re old, I bet you are. You have a car and you even make money.”
“There are things that aren’t too good either. ^_^ .”
“Why? Don’t you like seducing guys younger than you?”
Jaegwang grabbed Miyae’s bag and pulled her about a meter away from the large group.
“…do you really want to die…”
“Why, did I say something wrong? Aren’t you even sorry to look at me? Did you throw me away to meet that unnie…? Why did you decide you had to have her because she was so pretty when you first saw her, huh?”
“…get lost…”
“Why? Are you at a loss of words because I said that? Are you mad because I guessed exactly right?”
Did she have any clue that Jaegwang’s tightly clenched hand was starting to shake.. <_< …?
“Let’s go, babe! Fawk, it’s hot isn’t it, let’s go drink some iced coffee or tea or whatever else there is!!!”
Dahyun said saving Kim Miyae from an early death…
He swung a long arm around Miyae and pulled her out the gates…
“…who is she…?”
“…no one, let’s go.”
In a second, the atmosphere had gone cold.
“…have fun, see you at school Jaegwang…”
His friends said awkwardly waving after the pair. They walked out the gates and neared Sohyun’s car. Without asking, Jaegwang walked over to the driver’s side.
“…you’re wearing your uniform.”
“Doesn’t matter.”
“…why are you acting as if your mad…?”
“Because I am.”
Sohyun’s car started off, and the pair was silent. Agh, because of Jungwon, the atmosphere at home is awkward…but if Jaegwang comes home like this too… TT_TT…
“…was that girl an ex?”
“…it’s not that.”
“Did you two break up because of me…?”
“I said it’s not that.”
“…player…”
“…it’s not that…”
Sohyun started biting her lower lip, and Jaegwang started scratching his head vigorously. He’d passed 4 red lights already and they were nearing home.
“The person I loved like crazy was a lot older than me. No wait, a little. But I always put my arm around her… Because I was taller…”
I don’t know what he was thinking. But with that tone-deaf ear and not a very melodic voice, Jaegwang started singing.
“…stop it.”
“Throw away all the thoughts of worry, all the thoughts of being older. Don’t forget that even though I’m younger I’ll treasure you and that you’re a special person in me…”
“…player…”
“I’M NOT A PLAYER!!!”
Jaegwang said slamming his fist on the horn, Sohyun jumped in her seat.
“You’re scary… TT_TT…”
“I told you not to call me a player!!”
“…your face is scary too.. TT_TT …”
“…don’t call me that anymore, okay…?”
“Okay, but don’t be so scary anymore either…”
“OKAY! ^0^!”
It’s always like this for these two. I’ve never seen them be in a fight for more than an hour. If they keep that up, they might get married too, huh? Then what will happen with Eungyu and Jungwon?! If Sohyun and Jaegwang get married, then there’s a bigger chance for me and Jungwon! Alright, from now on, I’m 100% Yoon Jaegwang <3 Shin Sohyun…
Right then, Sohyun’s phone rang and she grinned as she looked at the ID.
“Hello?! Hi mom! Yeah, I’m on the way home right now. My savings…? I don’t know, I’m not sure. I’ll go check on it at home, I don’t think I have too much… What about Sukhyun… What?! But, you didn’t say anything about that!!! …forget it, we’ll talk at home…”
She closed her phone…
“…Sukhyun…? Are you talking about that bastard…”
"......"
“Why the hell did you say his name…”
“…it’s not what you think…”
“What did your mom say?!”
“Don’t yell!”
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….no TT_TT … don’t fight…
Please don’t fight… Take each other’s hands…
“…what made you so surprised earlier…”
“…it’s nothing, just trust me on that, okay? Don’t be mad, let’s not fight…”
“…okay…”
I saw…
I saw her turn her head so that Jaegwang wouldn’t see her cry…
…hmm, it’s something big I know that…
A little while later, Jaegwang started telling Sohyun all these jokes that weren’t funny to brighten her up. The two got up and parted ways, I could hear Jaegwang open the gate…
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Before I could even think about running away, Jaegwang grabbed me and snuggled his face into my back…
“Oppa’s here!!”
“Meow.”
“Kissy!! ^3^ !!!”
In front of Jungwon I’d act like I’d be a loving cat… But Jungwon’s not here right now…
I quickly turned my head…
+That Night+
Like every other night these days, Jungwon was crying silently looking out her window while Jaegwang and Sohyun are busy on the attic top whispering words of love to each other and what not.
For some reason, Sohyun’s voice seemed sad. I guess I was right about the call from her mom. After sitting outside Jungwon’s room, I felt a breeze and I started off to Jaegwang’s room.
“…Pupu, in a few years… Sohyun, me and you will live in a pretty 2 story house. Oh right! Sohyun and my baby! Us five, since we’ll have two kids, no wait. Your kids too, that’s six, no wait you have your husband. Us seven, hold shi+ that’s a hella lot…”
There will be no way in hell I’ll live with you in a few years… <_<
“So, us seven will watch the sunrise in the morning! And we’ll watch the- hmm, what do we watch in the afternoon…?”
Please!! Just go away, how can someone who shoots awake at 5 in the morning not be tired yet?!
“In the afternnoon, we’ll watch the sky, yeah anyways. We’ll live happily ever after, okay?! ^0^!!”
TT_TT…
With his long arms, he started giggling insanely, and squeezed me tightly. I guess I won’t be able to sleep comfortably today either… TT_TT …
Chapter 3
As the sun rose the next day, Jaegwang woke up, like always, to the sound of his cell phone alarm.
While Jaegwang was shoving his face with breakfast, I crept over to Jungwon’s room. She stopped brushing her hair as I entered, and immediately started yelling at me when she saw me.
“…what the hell are you glaring at?!”
“Meow… (I’m not glaring at you TT_TT..)”
“Go away! You’re going to leave hair around my room!!”
“Meow… (I love you TT_TT..!!)”
“Oh! So you’re talking back to me, huh?!”
My love lifted her hand as if she was going to hit me to chase me away…
Right then…
Jaegwang barged into the room after eating and picked me up, sad, that I was yelled at by my love, I buried my face into his chest…
“You Cruella De Vil wanna be!! Why are you so mean to my Pupu!?”
“It’s not even cold out, but that cat down!!”
“No! Some mean alley cat is going to pick on her…”
“Like Pupu isn’t an alley cat!!”
“Pupu’s a Persian!”
“What? You stupid little shi+head? Persian? Don’t make me laugh!”
Jungwon…
I’m not a Persian… but I’m not an alley cat either…
My mom was Siamese… TT_TT…
“…Pupu, let’s go to school today!!”
… <_< … what…?
I slowly started to extract my claws, but before they could dig too deep into him, Jaegwang shoved me into his bag.
AHK!
I barely had enough breathing space inside the puny bag. He pat my head as I tried climbing out and zipped the top over my head, leaving a little open for air. The stupid boy ran to the room and put on his shoes.
“Oh my Lord, Jaegwang are you taking your bag?”
Jaegwang’s mom asked as she stopped doing the dishes and walked over to Jaegwang with wide eyes.
“Yup, hasta la vista, mommy!!”
Meow!!! TT_TT, meow!!
+School+
“…Kim Miyae, yesterday…God, man it’s scary when girls cry…”
That was Dahyun, and right now, I’m inside the bag on top of a table. None of the kids have a clue that there’s a cat inside their class yet.
“…she cried? Fawk, I really thought I was going to hit her yesterday…”
Jaegwang said chewing his nail and looking into the bag. His shiny bright brown eyes met my blue ones… I’m going to glare at him… <_< …
“Damn, your girlfriend was hella fine though…”
“Yup, Sohyun’s gorgeous isn’t she. Haha!”
“…aw shi+! We have music first period today… Fawk… TT_TT…”
The music teacher is single at the age of thirty-one, and has a crush on Dahyun.
“We’re having some kind of quiz today, you’re lucky dipshi+, you can bomb it and it’s still an automatic A plus.”
“Shut the fawk up, man I hate it. TT_TT … Hey, what’s up? You brought your bag today, is something inside…?”
“Shh, check it out man. I’ll show you something hella cool.”
Jaegwang said in a quiet voice waving his friend over at the same time. I swear, these two aren’t normal. Dahyun put his face close to the bag with big, shiny curiosity filled eyes.
“ARGH! >0<!!”
He let out a yell and pulled his head back quickly when he saw me. As class got closer to it’s start, the room started filling up with the rest of the students. With the bag slung on his shoulder (with me inside) Jaegwang gathered a few friends and started to show me off in the back of the classroom.
“Isn’t my Pupu pretty? Huh?”
“…I thought you said it was a Persian.”
“It IS you little fu<ktard.”
“…it doesn’t look like one.”
“I said she is! Right now, her eyes are swollen, so it doesn’t look like a Persian, but when the swelling goes down, she’s a total Persian.”
“Cat’s eyes swell?”
“Of course you stupid bastard.”
…our eyes don’t you stupid human… <_< …
The classroom door opened and the class president opened their mouth, “teacher’s coming.”
The kids quickly got into their seats, and Jaegwang calmly got up and sat down at his seat. He placed his bag (with me inside) and started giggling to himself. What the hell is he so happy about…? He started poking Dahyun’s side, still laughing.
“Hey, you’re wife’s coming. ^0^!!”
“Want to die?!”
“Hahahaha!! Pretty little Dahyun has some skill, getting a 31-year-old monster to like him~ ^0^!!”
“Crazy bastard…”
In my opinion, Jaegwang’s music teacher looked a little like Simba from the Lion King…
“We’re having a voice quiz today!! Starting from this row, you will all sing one verse of the song we learned last time, memorized!!! Oh~ Dahyun, you look nice today… ^0^ …”
“Oh, thanks…”
The other kids in the class seemed used to this already…
I’m hungry!! Right now, Jungwon would be sleeping on her bed… TT_TT…
Like Jaegwang said before, Dahyun had the highest score of a 100 percent in that class… At first period’s end, the teacher left with an exhausted expression on her face. And all during math class, Jaegwang kept grinning at me inside the bag.
…let’s just pretend that it’s Jungwon smiling at me…not he brother…
“Oh, I’m getting a call.”
He said reached his hand into his pocket and pulling out his cell phone.
“Hello?”
“…Jaegwang.”
Over the phone, I could hear Sohyun’s voice.
“Yeah! Where are you?”
“…I’m sick…”
“…where?”
“I think I got a cold, I didn’t go to work today.”
“Cold? Are you really sick?!”
“…yeah, I think so…”
“Hold on!”
He snapped shut his phone and Jaegwang bolted up from his seat, the teacher looked up surprised.
“Sir, something big happened!”
“Why…? What happened!”
“I’ll tell you when I get back!”
“Where are you going?!”
“I’ll tell you when I get back!”
Aren’t you going to take me?!
Leaving me behind in this foodless classroom, Jaegwang sped out the door. He ran out the front gate and towards a pharmacy close to his school.
“Some cold medicine!”
“…do you have a prescription?”
“No, just give me some cold pills!”
“Where does it hurt?”
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Whining that it was hard to buy cold medicine, Jaegwang wiped his dampened hair that was filled with sweat and grabbed a taxi.
I spotted a small hand near the bag, through the small gap, I saw Kim Miyae’s smiling face. She looked over at Dahyun next to her sleeping and carefully started to pick up the bag…
“Meow!!”
Chapter 4
“What’s this sound?”
The teacher asked starting to walk over as soon as my loud cry filled the quiet classroom.
“Wait, STOPPPPPPPPPPPP!!! Sir!! Meow~~ Meow~~ I made that sound!”
Dahyun yelled, his eyes shooting open and stumbling out of his seat, he tried to block his teacher from nearing closer, but the teacher had already grabbed the bag with me inside.
“…what is this?! Why is there a cat in here?!”
Calmly, Miyae went back to her seat…
Stupid girl, she planned all of this!
The teacher grabbed me by the neck and was starting to take me to the teacher clusters.
On the other hand…
The taxi Jaegwang was sitting in get getting closer to Sohyun’s house.
“Ahjushi, right here!”
Jaegwang swung open the door and slamming it behind him, he opened their front gate and ran inside the house, his footsteps thumping on the wooden floors.
Sohyun, who was laying on her bed, smiled weakly at him as he entered.
“…where’s it hurt?! Huh?!”
“…I have a fever, it’s cold and I can’t move.. TT_TT …”
“Why do you only have this thin blanket?!”
“School’s not over yet, how’d you get here…”
“Taxi…”
“…dummy…”
“Hold on a sec.”
From then, Jaegwang started to get a little busier. He got some warm water, and found two thick blankets from somewhere inside the house, sitting on the edge of Sohyun’s bed he helped her swallow the pills he’d bought for her.
If only I’d received those kinds of loving looks from Jungwon, even if they’re only dreams…
If only… TT_TT…
Jungwon~~
“Come on, you have to swallow the pills…”
“+gulp+”
“Let’s go to the hospital.”
“…no..”
“Why? It’s okay since I’m here.”
“I’m going to have to get a shot…”
“You dummy!!”
“Jaegwang…”
“What?!”
“I have something to tell you…”
Jaegwang’s cell phone started playing his bouncy ring tone.
“…hold on, hello?”
“You stupid bastard!”
Dahyun’s loud voice could be heard on the other end.
“What do you want?”
“English teach took Pupu!”
“WHAT?! Where’s he at then?!”
“The clusters!”
“Aw, fawk!! Wait there!”
He quickly got on his uniform jacket and put the phone into his pant pocket. As he was about to run out, Sohyun’s hand grabbed Jaegwang’s wrist.
“…Jaegwang, don’t go.”
“I have to.”
“…stay with me a little longer…”
“I have to save Pupu.”
“You can save Pupu later, stay with me a little longer.”
“I’ll be right back, go to sleep.”
“…why’s that cat always your first priority…?”
Hold on a sec…are you jealous of me and Yoon Jaegwang? Jaegwang stared wide-eyed at his One-and-Only and blinked. Inside Sohyun’s big and pretty eyes, tears were starting to gather around. Dampening her long thick lashes. Jaegwang put her hand aside…
“The girl I love is you. The cat I love is Pupu. I’ll be back in an hour.”
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I should have known. I should have known what Sohyun was thinking. Watching Jaegwang get smaller, Sohyun buried her face into her pillow and started crying.
…that’s when Sohyun realized…
‘Pupu’s taking away the time that Jaegwang and I can be together… Pupu’s bad… Pupu’s bad…’
With that thought in mind, Sohyun started planning Pupu’s kidnapping, and when she’d finished, she went to go discuss it over with Jaegwang’s mom.
Right about now, Jaegwang was running like crazy towards the school, oh! Oh! I can hear him now…
The cluster door opened with a large bang and wiping his sweat he yelled.
“Give back my cat!”
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It probably hurt like hell…
After receiving at least 20 hits from his teacher, Jaegwang cuddled his swollen and ugly little face into my face and left the school.
“Oppa’s so sorry, I won’t bring you to school ever again.”
“Meow~ Rawr, meow~~ (You better not <_< , but…doesn’t it hurt where you got hit?)”
“You’re hungry aren’t you? Just wait a little longer, after I go visit Sohyun, I’ll give you food.”
+That Night+
After guarding Sohyun’s side for a few hours, Jaegwang came home with a tired face… My love Jungwon said that she had a date with Heewon and left the house. With his eyes half closed, Jaegwang pulled me closer to him…
“Man, I’m burnt. Let’s go to sleep, Pupu.”
Don’t hug me, I don’t want to be hugged! I want to sleep comfortably today!
…
If I’d known I’d had to spend the 2 coming weeks at Sohyun’s house, I’d have been a little nicer to him.
During the hours Jaegwang was at school, Sohyun and ahjumma’s (Jaegwang’s mom) little plan was put into action.
“I’m afraid Jaegwang will make a big deal of it.”
“…just one month. You have to keep it a secret.”
“I will, but what if we get caught, are you sure you can handle it from here…?”
“I’m sure ^_^ .”
I’m happy that I know I won’t have to worry about Jaegwang squeezing me to death as he sleep…but if I’m at your house for a month, I won’t be able to see Jungwon! I don’t want that! I don’t!
“Meow, me~~~~ow!!”
“Shh, Pupu, be quiet.”
Sohyun carefully took me to her room, and breathed out a sigh of relief when she reached it.
“…unnie’s going to work, guard the house well, okay?”
She put a can of tuna in front of me and left the house.
The door locked behind her…
Sohyun probably never thought I meant THAT much to Jaegwang…enough for him to leave the house for a few days…enough to go ride on motorcycles with his friends looking for me. She probably never imagined Jaegwang would go that far…
After hearing that Jaegwang had left his house, their whole family was in a big panic… (Not including my love and their dad… <_< ..) To look for Jaegwang, Sohyun didn’t come home that night either.
Sitting on the windowsill of the Shin family’s house, I continued to look out the window into Jungwon’s room.
(I didn’t care in the least about Jaegwang…)
The curtains covered Jungwon’s room…
Open the curtains, turn on the lights and let me see you… TT_TT… Hurry and smile towards me… TT_TT…
“Hold shi+, it’s a pig-cat.”
The door opened and Sohyun’s kid brother Eungyu entered and looked down at me. It seems as if he’d just arrived home. His face seemed exhausted. He dropped his bag on the ground picked me up and seated me on his knees as he leaned against the wall by the window…
“…my Piggy’s probably doing good…right?”
Eungyu muttered moving the curtain and looking at Jungwon’s window…
“Meow~~ (Yeah, my One-and-Only’s doing just fine.)”
“What a relief to hear she’s doing good…”
Did he understand me…? Eungyu pet my head lightly and nodded his head as if he had.
“…I composed a happy song today… I ate all three rations too… I went to go sing karaoke with my friends and I didn’t cry once today… ^_^ …”
Eungyu said quietly, muttering to himself as he continued to look at Jungwon’s window…
You can’t help but fall for her too…
He lowered is head sadly…probably thinking that cat’s can’t cry, and I felt myself burying my face into his knees…
Chapter 5
A few days passed, and it’s been four days since I’ve been kidnapped. After so much meowing, I can’t make a sound. Sohyun had already left for work, and Eungyu had left for school…
Right now…
I’m at home with disgusting Darky right now.
“When the hell are you going to go home, huh?! You disgusting cat!”
Darky yelled nearing her ugly little face towards me…
“…rawr….”
“Heard your owner left the house to look for you…”
“ <_< .”
“I guess those two are stupid. They’re a pair that Yoon Jaegwang and Yoon Jungwon.”
Did you just diss my Jungwon? My One-and-Only…?
I extracted my claws and arched my back, ready to attack her when Darky’s cell phone rang loudly from her pocket.
“Hello? Oh, oppa?”
Her voice asked into the speaker, turning cold all of a sudden.
“…yeah, tonight. Her name is Yoon Jungwon, no. She’s tall, she has longish hair and she’s pretty…I guess. She talks like a bi+ch, no I’ll just tell you where she lives, so just stay there until I call you again. Yeah, I’m going out right now.”
…?…
What was she talking about…? Leaving me behind to think about what she was talking about, Darky put her phone into her pocket and left the house… Something’s up.. I’m positive…
Wait, she’s not!!!
I quickly ran towards the door and started scratching at the door. If I’ve wanted to curse someone so much in my life, it was Shin Sohyun!!
Let me out! My Jungwon, my Jungwon’s in danger!!!
It’s been 3 hours already, and the door is half in threads. Exhausted, I closed my eyes and fell asleep. Did you know that cats can dream also? I, Pupu, had a dream.
In my dream, I was a handsome good-looking man, and next to me was my One-and-Only, Jungwon. We were laughing happily, with her long black hair, Jungwon neared closer to me…As she whispered something to me, I felt a tail grow out of my butt…
“Ahk!” Jungwon yelled in surprise.
“Jungwon, Jungwon!”
“Get away you tail monster!”
“TT_TT Jungwon!”
When I woke up, I saw Sohyun passed out on the ground with ahjumma and ahjushi yelling loudly to wake her up. I got up shakily and neared Sohyun, when I heard sirens from not too far away…
The front gate slammed opened, and 4 to 5 paramedics ran in carrying a cot and rested Sohyun on it. When I turned my attention towards the couch, I spotted Eungyu, his face covered in blood.
“What happened?!”
“…she was kidnapped…”
“Someone kidnapped her?!”
“…yes, hurry, please take her to the hospital.”
“Is that student over there okay?”
He yelled loudly pointing at Eungyu. To show that he was fine, he raised his hand and nodded his head slightly.
“Just take nuna, I’m fine ^_^ .”
I stared at them as until all of them disappeared.
“…mom, let’s go to the police station. They told us to report as soon as we could.”
“You just stay here!!! You’re not going anywhere in your condition! You’re no better! What’s so great about that girl next door?!”
“…nuna got home fine, I didn’t die either.”
“They mistook our Sohyun for that girl! Why do we have to go through so much pain because of that girl?!”
“…Jungwon and I are going to the station first.”
“Don’t meet that girl!”
“…this is the only way I can… I have too…”
“Honey! Stop Eungyu somehow!”
Eungyu got up from his seat and walked out the door with his mother and father followed after him.
The door’s open!!!
I ran as fast as I could towards the door when someone from outside slammed it closed and I ended up running into it.
I guess this is what happened…
The kidnappers waiting outside, saw Sohyun come out of Jungwon’s house and thought that Sohyun was Jungwon and kidnapped her. Realizing their mistake, they put her back and when they were waiting, Eungyu and Jungwon appeared by chance. Eungyu was trying to stop the kidnappers from kidnapping Jungwon and got in a huge fight with them, the kidnappers ran away as soon as they heard a police siren and left Eungyu hurt.
So Sohyun got taken to the hospital, and Eungyu was just hurt.
This is all Darky’s fault!!!
I can’t stay here like this!! I have to tell someone!!! I am a cat, and I have to tell someone!! But I can’t talk!! …so what did I do…? I just laid down… <_< …
The whole night, I couldn’t fall asleep, and finally morning arrived.
The house was empty…
Because of Heewon’s arrest, both Jungwon and Eungyu were busy running here and there…
Jaegwang who was still out looking for me, heard about Sohyun’s story from someone and he was busy running towards the hospital.
+SLAM!+
“Sohyun!!!”
Sohyun, who was laying on her bed, turned her head so that she wouldn’t see Jaegwang when he entered with a large bang.
“What happened?! Are you okay? Say something, Shin Sohyun!!”
“…who are you…?”
“You don’t know me?!”
“…no, I don’t…”
“Do you have amnesia?!”
Sohyun continued to ignore Jaegwang as he yelled.
“No.”
“Are you mad at me?”
“…go look for you cat, I’m fine.”
How can you say that?! You brought this unto yourself!!! I’m at YOUR house!!!
“…I’m sorry, but…who was it?! What bastards did this?!”
“…I’m mad at you more than I am at them…”
Jaegwang looked at her shocked, his eyes wide.
“…I was going to call you, I’m sorry.”
“…you like you cat that much?”
“…yeah…”
Jaegwang, you stupid boy, you’re not supposed to answer like that. As Sohyun heard his answer, the tears she kept started pouring down.
“…what bastards did this?! Tell me so that I can kill them!”
Jaegwang thinks the kidnappers are the reason she’s crying… <_< …
“…it’s almost time for us to break up… I want to be with you so much that I don’t even want to part… But to you.. That cat- That cat-!! WAHHH!!!!! TT0TT!!!”
Jaegwang stared at her stupidly…
Jaegwang started at her stupidly and lowered his kendo stick that he hand in one hand…and let it drop to the floor…
“…why do you say that it’s time for us to part…you’re talking weird…I said I’m sorry, didn’t I? Don’t say things like that so easily…” He said in a low voice…
“…it’s not that…it’s not that…I have to get engaged to Sukhyun…if I don’t, they’re going to take my dad…”
“…what the fawk are you talking about…”
Oh no… Jaegwang’s mad…
Chapter 6
I’ve never seen him so mad after that thing with Heewon, Jaegwang looked about ready to kill, and as Jaegwang’s face got colder, Sohyun’s got sadder…
“…my dad, we’re in debt…”
“…so?”
“If we can’t pay them back before the end of the month, they threatened us that they were going to do something to my dad…”
“And…?”
“…Sukhyun said that he’d let it go if I got engaged to him…”
“…how much…”
“…a lot…”
“I asked how much.”
“…over a hundred thousand dollars…”
100 grand?!
How many cans of tuna is that?!
How many yards of string is that?!
While I was busy calculating…
“So…you said you’d do it…?”
"......."
“…I guess you’re a girl too…”
A large tear fell from Sohyun’s eyes, and Jaegwang slowly headed towards the door.
“Jaegwang! Don’t go! You have to understand! Don’t make it end…like this…please…it can’t end like this…”
“…end…?”
".........."
Jaegwang asked Sohyun turning around and grinning brightly. In a loud confident voice he started…
“End? What’s that word mean? I don’t know the meaning of ‘end!’ Before the end of this month? You want to see who’s got better skill, me or that bastard? I’m going to show your mom that I’m better than that bastard, that way, she’ll lean towards us more when we say we’re getting married!! Your mom? Oops, I meant my mother-in-law!!!”
“…Jaegwang…”
“I haven’t showed you a weak side to me… I haven’t cried in front of you, and I’m never going to show you a weak side or my tears, keep that in mind. That way, we’ll be stronger in the future… 100 grand? Okay, while I get all that money you better not go cheating on me! If you do, you die!!”
“…I’m not playing with you…Jaegwang…sit down…”
“I don’t have time to sit down! I have to earn money!”
“Jaegwang!”
+SLAM+
“Jaegwang!”
Ignoring her loud cries, Jaegwang ran out the hospital. What the hell was he thinking, I guess it helps to live without thought… <_< …
“One-hundred thousand! Fawk!!”
Jaegwang yelled loudly outside, shoving his fists into his pockets. He ran into a pay phone and quickly started dialing someone’s number.
“…it’s me.”
“…where the hell are you?! No wait, where the hell have you been, you fawktard?!”
Jaegwang hasn’t been to school in a few days because he was looking for me…
“Hey, Kkanga (Kang Dahyun’s nickname) how much do you have in your savings?”
“…why…?”
“Just answer me…”
“…20 grand…”
“Okay… Then, I just need 80 more…”
“…what are you talking about? Are you in some kind of debt? Is that why you haven’t been to school, you shi+?!”
Jaegwang’s ‘caring’ best friend Dahyun yelled.
“Hey, didn’t Dongchul hyung say that he had a job for us if we wanted one?”
“…yeah, waitering.”
“Let’s take him up on his offer.”
“Yeah…I think I’ll hang up now.”
“Don’t hang up you bastard!”
“… <_< …but I want too…”
“You and I can get a job and after they pay us, you can lend me all your money! I’ll pay you back every penny within a year, no joke.”
“…hey, is there something really up with you…?”
“…just come out. Let’s meet there.”
Even when he needs something, Jaegwang is demanding… <_< …
+Nonhyun+
Jaegwang shot pretty grins at Dahyung, who stood at a height of 185cm.
“What the hell is wrong with you?!”
“My lovely Dahyun, your skin looks cleaner and fresher today.”
“Why the hell do I have to work in a place like this?!”
“Even when you yell, you look hot. >0<.”
.......
Dahyun’s weakness was getting compliments from people…
..........
......
“Flippin pissed, if they find out at school you take the blame…”
“I love you!”
Dahyun tried not to be too pleased with the compliment (?) and started walking in front of Jaegwang who has started to skip.
After a while, the place where the two had arrived was a bar…for middle-aged women. Dahyun paused in front of the door, and Jaegwang dragged him in.
“Dongchul hyung!”
Jaegwang yelled as they arrive inside. A young man dressed in a black suit greeted them brightly.
“Hey, what are my pretty juniors doing here?”
“…you said you have an opening, right hyung?”
“Thought you said that you didn’t want to do it.”
“I kind of need the money, we want to waiter.”
“…waiter…? If you guys stand outside, we’ll get double the customers. Are you sure you want to waiter?”
“…yeah, waiter. We’ll get a lot of tips too, right?”
“…if you want tips, you should be a lurer…”
“That’s okay, we’ll be waiters.”
“Suit yourself, I’ll go ask the boss here.”
Jaegwang’s sunbae walked into a closed room, from rooms the two could hear middle-aged woman laughing from inside the other closed doors. Another young man dressed in a suit looked at Jaegwang and Dahyun up at down.
“…what the fawk are you looking at…you want to die, bi+ch?” Dahyun asked frowning.
“Whoa, I think they’re lurers, they’re all hella good looking.”
“Good-looking my balls. Looks like they rubbed butter all over their ugly faces… That’s why the ahjummas like them.”
“Not only ahjummas come here. Sluts and rich college students come here too.”
“Whatever, same thing…”
While the two were whispering amongst themselves, the guy named Dongchul opened the door with a bright face and told them the news.
“Good news, the sir wants to see you kids. I told him you were 20 so don’t blow it.”
“Yessir!”
Dahyun had an expression of hopelessness on his face and followed Jaegwang into the room…
......
......
Stupid boy…
Are you really going to try to earn 100 before the month’s end…?
“…if you go into the last room on the left, the suits will be waiting for you… Just put that on and you can take orders and just refill ice for them and whatnot. If they throw money, just smile at them politely and leave. Since you don’t want to be lurers…what a waste though, are you sure you want to be waiters?”
“Dahyun! Let’s go get changed!!”
“Rude little bastard.”
Jaegwang pulled Dahyun out of the room and the two walked over to the last room on the left. Jaegwang rushed in first and picked up the last black suit on the rack.
“Yoon Jaegwang, I’m wearing the black.”
“You wear the white.”
“No!! I’m wearing the black!”
“I don’t good in white though!”
“Fine, then I’m not doing this!”
“…fine, here you can wear the black… <_< …”
Kkanda happily picked up the black suit and in ten minutes the two friends had finished dressing.
Dahyun’s longish light brown colored bangs covered most of his eyes, while Jaegwang’s hair was spiked up by gel. Jaegwang an owner of a young looking, happy, bright face, looked like a little child compared to Dahyun. Who’s face gave off a cold, serious and stern aura from his tanned face…
When they stood in front of their new boss, what was his reaction?? He couldn’t close his mouth… <_< …
“You kids be careful of the ladies, if you let your guard down they’ll try and eat you alive.”
“Yessir.”
“It’s a little waste for you two to be waiters. Well, Jaegwang you go serve the rooms on that side, and Dahyun, you go serve on the other.”
“Yessir!”
They’ve finally started…
Muttering under his breath, Dahyun picked up the two trays and went off to his assigned room with an annoyed expression on his face. What the hell was Jaegwang so happy about? Grabbing his two trays, Jaegwang skipped into his first assigned room.
A.N.D
“Here’s your order~~!!”
Jaegwang said pushing open the door and stepping in. Inside the room, his eyes froze on a woman with a cigarette in her mouth. He barely stopped himself from dropping the tray of beer in his hand.
“Ah- You’re… O_O …”
The woman said, not able to finish her sentence in shock… The first night of work, Jaegwang and Dahyun decided to quit…because…
Chapter 7
Jaegwang stared at the woman again, and then shook his head. The woman had covered her face with her bag as quickly as she could.
“Miss Kim…”
“Who are you?”
“…it’s uh, nice seeing you in a place like this…”
“I don’t think I know you!!!”
“…Dahyun’s here too…. -_- …”
“WHAT?!”
Jaegwang and Dahyun’s music teacher asked changing her tone… I can see the mischievous smile arising on her face… What the hell is she thinking? He’s her student… <_< …
“Da-Dahyun works here too?”
“Yeah, uh, I think I’ll go right now.”
+SLAM+
Jaegwang slammed the door behind him and quickly ran to go find Dahyun.
“Wait! Jaegwang! Jaegwang!”
He looked all around for his friend, and when he didn’t see him in the halls, he just started opening the doors to random rooms.
“Kkangda! Trouble man, come here!”
The room was filled with cigarette smoke, and there was Dahyun putting down bottles of beer and food for the ladies. The highlight was the frown on Dahyun’s face as the ladies tried to get him to sit down…
“Oh! Here’s another one, we’re lucky aren’t we? My, they’re so good looking! (And YOUNG lady <_< )”
“Hey, you, come sit down here.”
Two of the ladies said waving Jaegwang and Dahyun closer. Jaegwang stuck his finger down his throat pretending to barf and dragged Dahyun out of the room.
“What’s up…?”
“Hey, our music teacher’s in that room… When I told her that you’re here, her eyes just flipped man!”
“WHAT?!”
“You’re screwed…”
“Is that woman crazy?! She‘s my teacher!!!”
“I think she is…”
Right as Jaegwang finished talking, the door to the first room opened and their music teacher stuck her face out. Her lipstick redone…
“…Dahyun…”
“ARGH! >0<!!”
Dahyun yelled and started running as fast as he could towards the back door. Their music teacher started to follow after Dahyun, and as soon as Jaegwang saw she was getting closer, he sped his butt out of there also. I can’t help but keep wonder what the two will be doing and how they’ll act in 10 years…
They ran like crazy around the whole club trying to escape from their teacher’s line of vision and when they finally lost her, they escaped out the back door. Panting heavily, Dahyun drew out a cigarette.
“You okay?”
“I…..told…..you….I didn’t want to….do this…didn’t…I?”
“Hey, should we tell on your dad? Then she’ll get fired!!”
(Dahyun’s dad à Their principal..)
“Then what about me?!”
Dahyun yelled loudly, the cigarette in his mouth fell to the floor. Jaegwang blinked for a few seconds…
“You better not tell this to any of the guys!!”
“Why not?”
“Why?! WHY?!?!”
“Yeah, it’s so great! Do you know how much they’ll laugh if they find out?!”
“Then they’ll find out we’d been waitering, you bastard!!!”
“Who cares?! What’s so wrong with waitering?!”
“Did we waiter in a night club? Or just a normal bar? No~~ It was at a bar for old people~~~!!!”
“…oh, right…” Jaegwang said scratching his head.
While Dahyun pulled off the tie he had around his neck and unbuttoned the top buttons on his white shirt, Jaegwang shoved his fists into his pockets and started jumping like a cricket.
“Man, it’s cold! Cold!”
“Yoon Jaegwang.”
“It’s cold! Cold!!”
“You promised, you swear not to tell anyone. If my dad hears about this, I die…”
“Okay, I promise. You have to promise you’ll let me borrow your money.”
“…you’re really lucky…”
“I am..?”
“Yeah, because you don’t have anything in that rock head of yours…”
“ <_< .”
+That Night+
After hearing from Jaegwang at least a hundred times that he wouldn’t tell a soul, Dahyun went home anxious. I heard Jaegwang open the door to his room…
“Pupu, I miss you…”
He looked at a picture of me on his desk and started blinking back rapidly to keep the tears back. Why the hell does he love me so much, I wonder. Anyways, I couldn’t help but feel a little bad, but the holder of my heart is still Jungwon.
+Next Morning at School+
“Oy! Waiter!”
Was the sound that greeted Dahyun as he opened the door to his class. Poor Dahyun tried hard not lose the smile on his face and asked as calmly as he could…
“…what the hell are you talking about, man ^_^ .”
“HAHA!! >0<!! Heard all about it from Jaegwang that you and he worked at a bar for old people!! And that you saw our music teacher!!!”
“ ^_^ .”
A guy named Saejoon, a member of Jaegwang’s family, said patting Dahyun on the back and laughing. The girls all turned away from Dahyun, and he threw his bag on the floor.
“Where the fawk is that bastard?!”
“…what? What’s wrong, man…? Chill…”
Saejoon said trying to stop Dahyun as he shoved open the door behind him. Dahyun ran over to the next room, and this is what he heard…
“So then, then music covers her face with her bag!!! I thought I was going to die laughing!!!”
“Then! Then? What did Dahyun do?!”
“What else was there to do?! He threw down his suit jacket and we ran like crazy for 10 minutes trying to lose her!!! Oh~! Dahyun, what’s up, man?”
Jaegwang asked cheerfully, raising his arm and waving at Dahyun as if nothing was wrong…
“…you call yourself human…?”
“What’s wrong?”
…
It’s been 5 hours already…
There’s a whole bagful of the banana milk that he likes so much, and Jaegwang’s been complimenting him on everything, but Dahyun hasn’t budged.
Right as the bell rang, Dahyun disappeared quickly with Saejoon before Jaegwang could even call out to him. He seemed really mad… <_< …
“Blah, no biggie. I’ll just set him up with nuna…” Jaegwang said muttering to himself.
WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?! Set him up with WHO!?!?!?
Jaegwang was too busy trying to think of ways to earn money. Saying that he didn’t have time to be drinking to his friends, he was slowly walking out of the school. He called out my name and Sohyun’s sorrowfully, and turned to walk towards the hospital. Stopping in front of Sohyun’s room and practiced smiling to himself.
“Sohyun!”
Her face had become paler over the night.
“Jaegwang ^0^, I mean! Why are you doing here?! <_< ..!”
What the hell are you doing with that pretty face?? -_-
“…are you still mad? I have to go earn money, I came to see your face…”
“Jaegwang, please…”
“I barely got a job yesterday, but I quit. Got to go find something else.”
“Jaegwang, don’t. Just stay with me.”
“We’ll be together forever so I doesn’t really matter if I miss a day, does it?”
Right then, Sohyun’s phone and she picked it up.
“Hello, yeah I’m still at the hospital. No, don’t come I’m with Jaegwang. We’re not engaged yet!! …stop it…”
“Hey, give me your phone.”
Jaegwang said grabbing Sohyun’s left wrist.
“Wait, Jaegwang! Hello…? Oh, Sukhyun, it’s me. What do you have to say…? Bar…? What about it…? What?”
Jaegwang grabbed the phone from Sohyun.
“Hey, you fawking bastard, where the hell are you at right now? Do you have to get beat to understand anything?! Fawk, stupid bi+ch.”
Jaegwang said into the phone and slammed it shut, and threw it onto Sohyun’s cot lightly.
“What the hell is with this bastard?! Don’t answer calls from him anymore!! I’m taking your phone.”
“…Yoon Jaegwang.”
“WHAT?!”
“…Yoon Jaegwang…”
“…yes, you call Shin Sohyun?”
He’s dumber than a doorknob….
“…where’d you work yesterday….?”
“Huh…?”
“I asked where you worked yesterday.”
“I waitered.”
“…I didn’t ask what you did. I asked where you worked.”
Rolling the wheels in his pathetically slow head Jaegwang tried to think of something quickly…what do you think he thought up? Drum roll please!!
“I need to go make money!”
Jaegwang yelled and started to run towards the door, on his forehead were a few drops of sweat.
“Is it true what Sukhyun said?! That you worked in a BAR?!”
“…”
“Yoon Jaegwang!”
“…I only waitered!”
For a second, silence flowed inside the hospital room…
“Don’t lie!”
“Is that what the bastard said?! You believe him?!”
“Why didn’t you tell me?! …why are you lying to me… I thought you said you really liked me…if you did, you wouldn’t have down what you did…”
From sensitive Sohyung’s eyes, tears had already started to flow and Jaegwang stared at her shocked and quickly ran over to her and cradled her shoulders.
Did they make up already?!
“…get your hand off…”
“…….what..?”
“…move your hand…I’m different from the girls you know…don’t act like you care.”
What she said to him came as a shock. Jaegwang’s two hands fell to his side, and his voice grew cold.
“You believe that bastard words and not mine…?”
“You’re too young…you’re too young…”
She said turning in her cot and pulling her blanket up to her shoulders. She’d said the words that Jaegwang hated the most in the world…
..
“…okay nuna, this kid…will leave you alone now…”
"........"
+SLAM+
Jaegwang closed the door behind him and like a small child Sohyun continued to cry…
“WAHHHH!! TT_TT!!! How- how could he do that to me!!!!! TT_TT!!!”
Just when you think you understand her, you realize it’s not you think it is… -_- Anyways, how in the world did the man named Sukhyun find out about this…?
Chapter 8
“Yeah! I’m young! I’m hella young so everything I do, is stupid and thoughtless!! So cares?! Who cares?!”
Jaegwang’s loud voice echoed inside the dark 2 am alley. As I looked out the window, I could see him swaying slightly. Pityingly, I looked down at him for about 10 more seconds before I jumped onto the bed and cuddled up.
(Still at Sohyun’s house…)
Drunk, Jaegwang pushed the doorbell yelling at his mom to hurry and open the door for him. I have to admire the kid for his stupidity.
“Your one and only son Yoon Jaegwang is here!! Open the door for me!!”
The door opened and ahjumma’s scary hand grabbed at Jaegwang’s ear and pulled him in the house.
“Where’s my nuna? My pretty nuna, Jungwon!! Jungwon!! Where’s my fat bunny!!”
“Do I have to beat some sense into you?!” Ahjumma yelled loudly.
“…mom…”
“Why do you keep acting like this?! You have a competition two days from now! You’re lucky your father wasn’t here to see you like this!”
“…mom…give me some money…”
“What? Money?!”
“…I won’t eat…I won’t buy any clothes…I won’t get my allowance…I won’t even go to college…so please…can you just give me the money ahead of time…”
“…okay, how much… <_< …”
“A hundred grand… ^_^ …”
Jaegwang brightly grinned at ahjumma’s stone cold face. After hitting her son a few times on the back, ahjumma went to her room. Inside the dark living room, poor Jaegwang was laying on his back on the ground.
+Next Morning+
When he woke up the next morning, he ran over to his mom who was in the kitchen making soup for Jaegwang. He hugged her from behind and starting singing.
“Soup~ I like soup~~ Yummy yummy sprout soup~!”
“… <_< …”
Let’s not hit him…if I hit him, I’m the only one who gets hurt.
Ahjumma thought for a couple of moments until she finished making Jaegwang’s soup for him. With her shaking hands, she placed the bowl in front of Jaegwang and he poured it down his throat.
Before heading to school, he stopped at a market and picked up about 5 to 6 cartons of banana milk for his friend.
A little over 9: 10, Jaegwang slid open the door to his classroom. Because it was break, the kids were walking around freely.
“Hey Jaegwang, are you still going out with Sohyun nuna?”
Saejoon asked Jaegwang who was busy giving compliments to Dahyun.
“…why…”
“…just because.”
“…well, yeah. Of course.”
“…that’s cool.”
He looked away and started fingering his cell phone. Right then…
“…Yoon Jaegwang, Kang Dahyun, the principal wants to see you.”
A girl that seemed to be the class president said cautiously to the two. Shoving his desk away from him, Dahyun stood up abruptly.
+Principal’s Room+
“…Kang Dahyun, you tell me through your mouth…is the rumor flying around school true?”
Dahyun’s dad/principal asked with a chilly tone. With his hands folded in front of him, Dahyun tried not to lose the calm expression off his face.
“…what rumor.”
“That you and Yoon Jaegwang both went to waiter at some kind of bar!!!”
“Wait hold on, Mr. Kang!!”
Jaegwang yelled loud enough to shake the class down and hopped in front of Dahyun.
“What is it?!”
“I forced him to do it!! Dahyun didn’t do anything wrong! I made him! I threatened him!! I said I’d kill him if he didn’t do it with me!!!”
“You said what?!”
“No, dad!! I made him do it!! It’s not Jaegwang’s fault, I said that I’d kill and bury him in the hills behind our house if he didn’t waiter with me!!”
“…what the hell are you saying you retard?”
What a wonderful friendship… TT_TT…
You two have such a beautiful friendship, I envy you!
“No, Mr. Kang, punish me! No wait, our music teacher too! She was there too! When she saw me, she covered her face with her bag! And then she tried to get Dahyun to sit with her!!”
“Shut the hell up you bastard, what the hell are you doing trying to act nice. No, dad, punish me.”
“You think I don’t know you’re trying to stop coming to school with this as your excuse?! Mr. Kang, give it to me!”
Wonderful friendship…? Is that the word to described it…? <_<
“You two get out!!!”
With Dahyun’s dad’s yell, the two let the room with their mouth’s tightly closed.
“…the only thing left for us to do is get beat by our guard…”
Dahyun sighed loudly as if he’d given up on life.
“…Kkangda, I think you like me too much.”
“I should be the one saying that.”
“…hey, didn’t we sound a little hot earlier?”
“Hell yeah, it wasn’t a little. It was a lot.”
And like this, Dahyun forgot all about being angry towards Jaegwang and the two were best friends once again… <_< …
Inside the detention room, the rhythm of the bamboo stick hitting their legs didn’t stop for a long while. The two entered their classrooms with their lips busted and each leg limping. As they entered…
“Jaegwang, want to come over today?”
Saejoon asked swinging an arm around Jaegwang’s shoulders.
“No can do, too busy today. I have to earn money.”
“You can work over at our house.”
“…like what.”
“We got a load of bricks for our fence the other day, you have move them into our yard since they’re in our driveway right now.”
“…it’s not like I’ll earn a lot of loot right?”
“Dad said 500.”
“Okay! Let’s go!”
Jaegwang said swinging his arm over Saejoon and leaving poor Dahyun to walk home himself. Saejoon was rumored to be one of the richest kids at school, not that he looked it…
As the taxi the two boys were started getting closer to Saejoon’s neighborhood, Jaegwang’s eyes continued to grow each second they drew closer to Saejoon’s house.
“Holy sh!t! Holy fawk, your neighborhood is really, hella, double hella nice! How much money do you have in your savings?”
“Why.”
“Just answer you bastard.”
“…um, I think a lot.”
…
…
“Truthfully, I’ve always thought you were better than Dahyun.”
" <_< ...."
To follow, the taxi stopped in front of a huge mansion with a high iron fence. Saejoon pressed the bell calmly and as if it were the most fascinating thing he’d ever seen, Jaegwang was twisting and turning around to catch every little glimpse of Saejoon’s house.
“It’s me.”
The large iron fence opened.
“Come in.”
“Thanks.”
The front lawn was wide, and empty. There were some white chairs and a table, there were also a few small plants here and there. Jaegwang continued to twist and turn to look at everything, his eyes were mainly fixed on a large bundle of bricks.
“Jaegwang, what are you doing? Let’s eat first.”
“Where am I supposed to move all these.”
“…those…? Outside.”
“Alright.”
Jaegwang folded up his uniform sleeves to his elbows and stared
“…hey, don’t you want to eat? We’re not in a hurry you know.”
“No, I want to finish quickly, I have to get to work!”
“…then I feel bad man, come on. Just eat a little.”
“URGH!”
Instead of answering, Jaegwang gave a loud grunt and picked up a stack of bricks. Thanks to Judo, picking up bricks were a piece of cake.
“Then, I’ll go and get something to drink.”
“…sure.”
He rested around 10 something bricks on his two arms and slowly headed out the front door to make sure he wouldn’t drop any. Jaegwang pushed open the door with his foot and carefully placed the bricks on the ground so that he wouldn’t break any. Then he went back in and brought out another bundle of bricks. Soon enough, his whole uniform was covered in cement dust…
His uniform? His eyebrows, his face and his hair too.
“URGH!”
Jaegwang quickly headed towards the front gate and right when he’d put down the nth bundle…
...
A white car had stopped in front of the mansion. Jaegwang wiped his sweat as he looked at the familiar car.
The driver turned off the engine and opened the door to the passenger’s side.
...
Sohyun’s boyfriend Sukhyun or whatever the hell his name was, got out of the car with a slight smirk on his face, already, Jaegwang’s dirty face was starting to grow cold…
…
…and out came Sohyun in her hospital outfit from the passenger’s seat.
Jaegwang’s One-and-Only…
“…Jaegwang!” Sohyun yelled loudly.
…a small sound of laughter burst out of Jaegwang and a frosty smile appeared on his face.
“Hey, what are you doing working at my house? ^_^ .” The Sukhyun bastard asked, laughter written in his voice.
Chapter 9
The atmosphere around them grew cold as Jaegwang and Sukhyun stared each other down. As if it were hard keeping his laughter in, the bastard walked up closer to Jaegwang.
“Hahaha! So you’re telling me, the person who was supposed to move all these bricks out was you?! Hey, your uniform’s filthy, go wash it off, you look like some freak snowman. Hahaha.”
“…it’d hurt.”
“…what?”
“I’d lower my head if I were you.”
“ARGH!”
With a chilling sound, the red brick in Jaegwang’s hand flew out and hit the bastard in the face. Sukhyun leaned against the closest thing and shocked, Sohyun ran over to Sukhyun’s side.
“Sohyun, get out of the way.” Jaegwang said coldly.
“I’ll explain everything, please… I’ll tell you everything, listen to me.”
“…after I beat this bastard.”
“NO!”
“…why?”
“…no…just no…”
Sohyun said spreading her arms wide and standing in front of Sukhyun.
And…
With one hand keeping Sohyun away, Jaegwang got his remaining fist and started beating the crap out of the Sukhyun bastard. His glasses fell to the ground.
Alright!
Jaegwang, now just break his two front teeth!
“Are you some kind of gangster?!”
Sohyun shrieked loudly and Jaegwang’s fist froze in midair.
“Why do you always use your fist before talking?!?!?! He’s 6 years older than you! Shouldn’t you treat him with respect?!”
....
......
Jaegwang shoved his fists into his dirty pockets and started slowly walking past Sohyun. Like always, she was crying and didn’t try going after him.
‘Just say my name…just say it…if you would just say my name…I’d go right over and take you home with me…I’d ask if you were cold since that outfit is thin…I’d hug you tightly to keep you warm…Is this the end…? Fawk, what a crappy ending…okay, there are more fish in the sea…more girls in Korea…I have more days to live…it’s okay…’
Jaegwang thought, smiling to himself, trying to tell himself it was alright…
…I hate Sohyun right now…
You just come home, I’ll claw you up so bad your pretty face will be turned to shreds…
Jaegwang, Jaegwang, don’t cry Jaegwang TT_TT
At least you can see Her…
+That Night+
After eating dinner, Jaegwang quietly walked up to his room.
+Knock Knock+
“…Yoon Jaegwang, is something wrong? Did Hyungpal bug you at the dojo again?!”
.....
.......
“…hey, what’s wrong, is something up?”
".............."
“Hey! Talk will you?!”
“What the fawk!? Can’t I be sad?!”
“…sad? You? Are you sad right now? Are you lonely?”
“I’m not going to ever talk to the female species!!”
“…then are you going to start loving men then?”
"........"
“Oh! Who is it?! Dahyun? Is it?! Or…or…hmm…it’s not Hyungpal is it?!”
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"@#$@%%@#$@%%!!!!!!!!" (ß cussing )
“…whoa, chill. Sorry, sheesh.”
With a tired face, Jaegwang laid down on his bed. Poor thing, if I was home with you I’d cuddle up next to you…
Right then, the doorbell to the Shin’s house opened and I bolted up as fast as I could and ran towards the front door. With my sharp teeth, I bit her in the arm as she picked me up.
“Ow…that hurts Pupu…”
“Meow?”
What the hell? That’s not the reaction I was hoping for. When I looked up, there were tears in her pretty eyes. Pulling me closer to her, she collapsed onto the floor and tears started pouring out of her eyes.
Not again… <_<
“I did that for Jaegwang…if Jaegwang kept hitting that ass Sukhyun and I ran after him, that bastard would have called some mob boss and killed Jaegwang…TT_TT… Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”
Uh…you can let go of me you know… <_<
“But!! Jaegwang doesn’t know anything!! He won’t even answer his phone! He won’t open the door for me either!!! What do I do! Pupu what do I do!!”
There is nothing TO do! Keep hanging onto him! Like Jaegwang did to you, just hang onto him!
Why the hell am I caught between these two? TT_TT …
And painstakingly slowly, morning came…
Sohyun had fallen asleep at the front door and carefully, Eungyu walked up to me and poked Sohyun carefully with the tip of his finger.
“Pupu…is she dead?”
<_<
Luckily, she is very much alive…
+
A little after ten, Jaegwang opened the door to his classroom with tired eyes. Everyone turned around as the door opened during class.
“Who is it?”
“…it’s coolio Yoon Jaegwang.”
“…were you sick? You don’t look too well.”
“…my heart hurts a lot.”
“Heart? Go get a note of absence and go to the hospital.”
“The best doctor wound’s be able to help me…”
“Oh…well then, go find your seat.”
His teacher said pointing to and empty seat. Dragging his feet, Jaegwang plopped down on the seat. Miyae cautiously walked towards him.
“…are you sick?”
".........."
“What’s wrong? Why does your heart hurt?”
".............."
“Answer me! Is it because of that one time when you brought your girlfriend over?!”
“I don’t talk to girls!”
“What?”
Miyae hit her ear lightly a few times.
“What did you say? That you aren’t talking to girls??
“Where’s Kkangda?”
“Dahyun’s not here yet. Did you break up with that unnie?!”
Right then, Jaegwang’s cell phone started ringing, and Jaegwang glanced down at the caller ID.
‘My Sohyun’
He stared dumbly at the ID and then threw it with all his might at the chalkboard. The large chalkboard had formed a large crack in it. Miyae carefully walked back into her seat.
As break ended, the kids started filing into the rooms slowly. Tiredly, Jaegwang buried his face into his arms.
“Yoon Jaegwang get up.”
His English teacher said sternly standing in front of him.
“I said get up! Who did this to the chalkboard!”
The class was silent.
“Yoon Jaegwang get up!!
"..........."
“Are you testing my patience?!”
The English teacher started waving around a bamboo stick and smacked it down on Jaegwang’s head…
…there was a loud creaking and like slow thunder, the back door to the classroom opened, and Jaegwang who hadn’t budged when his teacher hit him, turned his head around and faced the back door.
Dahyun entered the room with every single pair of eyes on him.
In Dahyun’s hand…
Was Saejoon, who looked as if he was just about ready to die. Saejoon’s uniform jacket was dirtied with blood and dirt. Dahyun dropped him to the floor and kicked him forward.
…and you could tell that behind Dahyun’s longish bangs, that his two eyes were closed.
“AH!!!” The girls yelled trying to get away from the two.
“…crazy bastard, what the hell. Are you trying to show me how loyal you are…?”
Jaegwang said grinning and getting up from his seat.