Chapter 11
People on the street avoided us as Jaegwang dragged me home.. and one by one, his friends all went their own ways..
I should have never stopped working out.. TT_TT
Only when we had reached the house,
Did Jaegwang let go of my wrist.
“Yoon Jaegwang! What’s wrong with you?!”
As if it were a lot of work pulling me,
His forehead was beaded with sweat.
“Retard!! Don’t be alone with him ever again!!”
“Him..? ‘Him’ who?!”
“That guy that looks really weird!! The one with the guitar!!”
“He looks weird in your opinion? You always say things like that when the person you’re talking about is better looking that you~!!”
“You stupid dork! Obsessed with looks!!”
“...it feels weird hearing that from you..”
With an annoyed expression,
Jaegwang opened his mouth when..
From Shin Eungyu’s house,
The gorgeous looking woman stepped out... (His nuna)
With two long legs, she passed us..
“She’s really pretty isn’t she, Jaegwang?”
“Dammit. She’s so gorgeous...”
“Wasn’t it just a little while ago when you called me ‘a dork obsessed with looks’..?”
“We’re related aren’t we? I’m going to the dojo~ Bye!”
Using the dojo as an excuse, Yoon Jaegwang chased after there gorgeous lady.
“Hey! Aren’t you going to tell me why I shouldn’t meet himt?!??!”
Instead of answering, he waved his hand twice..
And quickened his pace..
What the hell.. <_<..
That night, Jaegwang didn’t come home..
It’s obvious that on the way home, he met one of his old friends, went drinking,
And passed out somewhere..
He couldn’t be with Eungyu’s nuna...
And he probably wouldn’t have kidnapped her..
What if Hyungpal kidnapped him..?!
Wait, never mind.
Like the night before, I crept up to the attic door.
I didn’t see Shin Eungyu..
+Next day around 1+
“Hey! Get up!! Jungwon! Get up!!”
“Huh.....”
It was my mom, staring at me with an annoyed expression..
“Where is Yoon Jaegwang?! And why did he turn off his cell phone?!”
“I don’t know, I’m going to sleep...”
“..and what are you doing here?! Why aren’t you going to your extra classes after school?! Heesook’s daughter always goes!!”
“..Oh, that’ because my teacher is pregnant.”
“You’re teacher’s a man..”
“But our sub is a woman.”
“Heesook’s daughter is in your class!! Why is she going?!”
“...she moved rooms...”
“Go to school!!!!”
Afraid that I would get caught that I’d been sneaking out,
I quickly dressed in my uniform and started on my way..
What should I do..?
Yoona’s probably sleeping..
Jiyoung’s at school...
After circling my neighborhood twice..
I stopped in front of Shin Eungyu’s school...
Stupid byatches.. if they start crap again, I’ll kill them today.
It was 2:10...
And I was leaning on the gates..
After sighing loudly every 4 minutes, I decided to look at the school..
There was a large field and two soccer goal posts.. a basketball court.. trees...
The same as any other school..
And then a large red building..
...that’s where Shin Eungyu’s studying right now right..?
Curiously,
I walked past the gates and into the school, and before I knew what I was doing, I had my face pressed into the window of a classroom.
Oh~ It’s a guy’s class~~
The teacher was pointing to things written on the board,
Hmm, there isn’t much to look at...
I crept to the next class..
Every single one except the one sitting near the back was disgustingly ugly...
Next room...
.. I couldn’t see very well because of the curtain,
But I think this was one of the 1st or 2nd year classrooms. What floor are the 3rd years in?
Where is Shin Eungyu’s classroom..?
While I had my face pressed into the window and my eyes were rolling around looking for a good looking guy-
“Hey! It’s that b***h!!”
With a loud yell, Chanhyung got up from his seat..
Hmm, it’s that guy who grabbed my neck the day before..
Chapter 12
In less than a minute, all the kids in the class were staring at me..
Because of his interruption, the teacher had grabbed him,
And was pulling him towards the main office..
Listening to him, made me laugh..
And in the one of the seats in the 2nd to last row..
....
Was Shin Eungyu with a earphone in his ear, and staring at me surprised..
Then, he went back to copying notes down..
I don’t know what he was so happy about, but he was grinning and patting his desk with the beats..
Before the teacher could spot me, I started on my way out...
“Come here, come here...”
What is that?
Waving his hand at me in a gangster-ish way was a guy wearing a suit..
“What is this? You’re a Ahnhyun student aren’t you? Why are you in a different school, and as if that’s not bad enough, looking inside the guy’s room!!”
The person dressed in the suit, seemed to be a teacher..
“I came to look for my brother..”
“Who’s your brother!!!”
“...would you know if I told you?”
“How rude!! Look at your student ID badge, looks like you’re a 3rd year! What’s your name?!”
“It says on my ID. <_<...”
“Yoon.. Jungwon?! I guess you’ll just have to talk to a Ahnhyung teacher!!!”
There are at least 5 people at my school with the name Yoon Jungwon, you loser..
If you tell them my name, they won’t know which it is~~
With a cocky expression, I looked down at the teacher..
He was shorter than me..
“Well, I can go right?”
“Give me your student ID.”
“Excuse me..?”
There’s a picture of me on my badge TT_TT
If he shows this badge to my teachers, they’ll know which Yoon Jungwon it is.. TT_TT..
And if they know I skipped my extra classes and when to another school to look at guys..
I’m totally dead..
I might even end up looking like Hyungpal because of my dad...
With a scary face, he neared me and,
Unpinned the badge from my uniform..
“What are you touching?!??!?!”
“..what did you just say?”
“You just put your hands on my chest!!! This is sexual harassment! Give me your teacher identification card! I’m going to tell the police!”
As if he was at a loss of words, he glared at me,
And then ran into a room..
“Theif!!!!!!”
I couldn’t run into the room,
So I just rubbed my face..
“I’m here~~ I’m here~~~”
Why is it that his face looks even more annoying today?
He put the guitar on my back ..
And Shin Eungyu started blowing up a balloon.
“Some vertically challenged guy took my student ID!!”
“Vertically challenged? ‘Vertically challenged’ who O_O..?”
“A teacher at your school!!”
“Oh~ You’re talking about The Midget?”
“Yeah! What do I do?!”
“I’ll steal it back for you..”
“How?!”
“...I snuck out, just to tell you.. Let’s go before I get caught.”
After finishing what he had to say, he ran out the front gates..
I’m really nervous you dork!
We walked out the gates and,
After a while of walking, he took out some bubble gum from his pocket and put it in my hand.
“What do you want me to do with this?”
“Let’s make a bet on who can blow a bigger bubble..~~”
“I’m not in the mood to blow bubbles!!”
“You’re in a pissy mood. That’s why you hear that you’re a b***h often~”
“What! So you’re saying that polite and all that crap?”
“Should I die my hair light brown or black? Which would look better?”
“Why?”
“We’re taking graduation pictures!!”
“You’ll look funny with whatever kind of hair you have!”
“Are you serious?”
“YEAH!”
“You know what I think? I think your shoes are funny looking.”
“What’s wrong with my shoes?! Tell me! What’s wrong with them?!”
“Whoa! Look it’s a picture arcade! Let’s take a picture!”
“WHAT?!”
Shin Eungyu disappeared into a store on the side of the street.
And he pulled me in with him..
“I don’t take these kinds of pictures!!!”
“I’ll cut off one day from guitar carrying!!”
“.…<_<....”
He pulled me into a sticker machine.
And right then, the door opened and,
Entered two girls dressed casually.
Seeing the girls, Eungyu slid in even deeper into the machine..
“Oh my gosh! Eungyu!!”
The girls said quickly walking up to the machine we were in.
For a second, his face froze..
“Oh, nuna, hi~”
“Eungyu! You’ve gotten so big in the time I haven’t see you~! I went to your house yesterday but you were home~! Where are you all the time?!”
“I don’t know.”
“HAHHAHAHAHA!”
“Just go call nuna, and ask her.”
Oh, I guess these are his sister’s friends..
.. hmm, I guess I can disappear now..~~
I really hate taking pictures, it’s kind of embarrassing..
And if I take a picture with this guy, my face sizes will be really comparable~~ TT_TT ..
In no time at all, I had put the guitar leaning against the photo machine.
“Eungyu! I heard you were really good at singing! What to go sing karaoke with us?”
“I don’t sing pop.”
“Then you can sing children’s songs~~”
“Aren’t you embarrassed being turned down by a guy younger than you?”
“Wh-what? What does it matter? You’re my friend’s brother!!”
While the girls were thinking of some excuse, I sped out of the photo arcade.
Success~~!!
Since we’re almost all the way to the rehearsal building, that’s another day off!!
4 days left!
I practically flew home,
Hmm, should I go to sing karaoke with my friends??
About now, mom would be gone and she won’t be home!
When I opened the front door to my house,
I spotted Jaegwang lighting a cigarette with a tired expression on his face.
“Are you smoking again?!”
“…<_<..........”
“And why didn’t you come home yesterday?! You’re dead when mom comes home~”
He stared at me with a serious expression on his face and put out his cigarette in the ashtray.
“I’m going to tell mom that you’ve been smoking! I told you not to smoke! Do you want me to hit you again?!”
“I didn’t tell you yesterday why you shouldn’t meet the hyung next door right?”
“Don’t change the subject! I’m still going to tell!”
“Shut up and listen will you?!”
“Now you’re yelling at me?! You didn’t come home yesterday because you were passed out from smoking, huh?!”
..
....
......
“That hyung is a murderer!!!”
“Smoking is really b- What?! What did you say?!”
“That hyung killed someone in middle school!”
“D-don’t make me laugh! He didn’t kill anyone! Why are you making things up?! Are you still pissed because he looks better than you?!”
“Are you crazy, Piggy?!”
“Why do you always add ‘Piggy’ to the end of every sentence?! My weight is average!!!”
“Retard, just don’t meet him okay? Don’t get close to him, it’s bad.”
“............who said that...........”
“Yesterday, my friends.. they went to the same middle school..”
“...you’re sure..?”
“...yeah...”
“...okay, I won’t talk to him from now on. I don’t want to hear anymore so come down and eat. And pray that dad won’t beat you to death.”
....
...
“Retard.. I was working out at the dojo all day.”
“..I’m going up.”
“Okay.”
My head was blank..
And I couldn’t walk because my legs wouldn’t work right..
And I couldn’t say anything because all that I could do was laugh...
....that a shock.. a really big shock....
Chapter 13
+Next day; Evening+
Jaegwang was on the roof, looking at the house next door..
“Nuna~ Show me your face~~ Just once..”
He kept muttering..
“NUNA! NUNA!NUN~A!!”
“Hey, shut up!”
“...hey, that hyung came out..”
“What?”
...when I slowly crept out the attic,
I saw Eungyu standing on the other side.
Staring at me with a pissed expression.
“You! You mean b***h. TT_TT how could you just run away like that?! And why’d you ignore me when I called you last night!!”
".........."
Wordlessly, Jaegwang stepped in front of me..
“Nuna, go in.”
“......okay...”
I quietly went into the house...
And I could hear their conversation through my window..
“Don’t talk to my Piggy!!”
Why you-
“..why? O_O..?”
“My nuna doesn’t like you..”
“..did she really say that...?”
“YEAH!”
<_<
How do I look at his face... TT_TT
But I don’t want to be friends with a murderer.
“Then don’t talk to MY nuna either~~”
“Why?!”
“Because she’s MY nuna~ IF you have a cigarette, throw me one.”
“..you can talk to me nuna...”
You little- !!!!
“Don’t you have a cigarette?”
“I finished it off earlier..”
“Tell your sister to come out.”
“WHY?!”
“No..? Fine.”
“..no wait, Hyung, I’ll tell her to come out..”
What the hell!! TT0TT !!!
Jaegwang stepped into my room scratching his head.
“Nuna, he wants you to come out.”
“Hey! If my and his nuna was drowning who’d you say first?!?!”
“He wants you to come out..”
“Get out!! I don’t want to see your face!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
I guess he noticed that I was pissed...
Jaegwang closed the door with a then-he-won’t-let-me-see-his-expression..
A little while later..
I could hear his voice through my window.
“Yoon Jungwon~ Come out, I have something to give you!!”
".........."
“I have something to give you.. even if you don’t like me, take it. And after that I won’t act like I know you...”
"............."
“Hurry, I have somewhere to go. Come out~”
"..........."
I have to go work later.. TT_TT
What if I see him out on the attic later?
Luckily I didn’t see him yesterday, but..
Right then..
My cell phone started ringing..
“Hello?”
“Jungonw!! It’s me Yoona!!”
“Yeah, I’m going out right now. Is the boss mad?”
“No! It’s not that, she said we didn’t have to come out today~ Come on let’s meet!”
“Why?”
“Come on!! It’s been a while since we’ve just hung out!”
“Where do you want to go?”
“This oppa I know is going to take us to a life cafe! HAHA! Come on! Come to my house in 30 minutes!”
“Hey! I can’t go out right now! TT0TT!!”
...
....beep.... beep.... beep...
b***h.. <_<
Why now?
I looked out my window and to the attic,
Huh? He’s not there..
I quickly got ready,
And without a bag or anything, I went out to the attic.
“Yoon Jaegwang, I’m going out.”
“Are you going to meet that hyung next door?!”
“No, I’m not. So don’t lock the door.”
I quickly sped down the stairs..
“Taxi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Wait.. now that I think about it.. why does she always make me come over to HER house??
When I got out of the taxi I spotted a car in front of Yoona’s house.
.....
....
“Jungwon! Get in!”
I saw Yoona’s face with about an inch of make-up on.
And in the drivers seat was a man I’d never seen before.
“Yoona~ Is she the friend you’ve been talking about?”
“Yeah! She’s pretty isn’t she?”
“She has charm~ ^_^”
I slowly got into the car.
“Are you mad about something?”
“No, uh, what cafe are we going to?”
“I have a friend who owns one. Why? Do you not want to?”
“How old is he to own one?! You’re not over 25 are you?!”
Yoona scrunched her eye.
“No, luckily we’re 24. Haha, I get the feeling we would have been hit we were 25.”
“Are you Yoona’s boyfriend? Yoona, are you going out with this guy?”
“It’s not ‘this guy’ it’s ‘oppa’! He’s just a close oppa! Not bad huh?”
“No.”
“-0-”
The atmosphere got cold all of a sudden..
What do you want me to do when he really ISN’T good looking...
The car ride was silent,
And the car sped towards our destination..
Yoona would hum once in a while..
When he stopped in front of the cafe,
The guy said..
“Yoona, the person who sings here is about your age. Kills at singing..”
“Is it a girl?”
“No, a guy. When you see him, you’ll probably fall for him. After my friend hired him, he’s had more customers than ever.”
“How old is he?!”
“Go in and see. He’s in today. Hmm, I’m not sure how old he is.”
Yoona jumped out of the car,
And turned around to yell something at me.. which was..
“Hey! Go seduce him, Jungwon!! I thought you said a good singer is your ideal guy!!”
“I don’t like guys who are good at singing..”
“Yeah, his eyes are probably really high ^0^..”
With that, he walked into the cafe..
“Oh!! The nerve.. I don’t like him.. <_<.”
“Come on Jungwon, calm down! I called him to introduce you to him!! Please don’t fight!! TT_TT, let’s go in okay?”
“If he pisses me off one more time.. <_<...
With Yoona using her secret weapon (What’s her secret weapon you ask? Puppy dog eyes..) I walked into the cafe with her...
Chapter 14
The cafe was bright like a bathroom...
....it looked nicer than I thought it would...
Every table I saw was filled with people..
70% of the people were teenage girls...
The owner greeted us warmly..
“Sunggyu!! You’re here!!”
“Yeah, I came with two of my pretty dongseng’s ^_^. You have a table for us right?”
“Of course I do! I had the table right in front of the stage cleared.. go sit there. ^_^Are they your cousins?”
“No, just dongsengs I know. ^0^..”
“Oh I see, hi. ^-^”
The owner guy said waving his fingers lightly...
“Hello~ ^0^”
Yoona said brightly..
I just nodded my head with a blank expression.
Yoona, being the energetic boy crazy girl she is, quickly pulled me towards the stage seat.
When I turned around, the owner guy was frowning at me..
I could hear a guy’s voice mixed with an electric piano..
Looking around, I sat down at the seat..
And after that.. I could hear a familiar voice..
+I have a bad memory..
I can’t remember my mom’s birthday.. or my dad’s.. or what I even ate yesterday...
I don’t even remember what I just said....
Not one thing....
But isn’t it weird....+
“Hey, Jungwon.. he’s REALLY good looking. Really.. He’s better looking than Jaegwang. Hurry! Look at him! Lift your head!!”
“No. I don’t want to..”
I said not lifting my head, Yoona started shaking mee..
“I said look!!!!”
“I don’t want to... <_<... don’t make me...”
While we were having our little argument, I could hear the guy continuing to sing..
+Your favorite song... your birthday... you habits...
Are inside my head... every single thing....
That’s probably why I can remember nothing else...
Maybe I’ll be like this the rest of my life...+
...
.....
....
With the song’s end..
I could hear the audience's applause.
A few screams along with it..
And the guy named Sunggyu sat in front of the chair across from me...
“Yoona, how is he? Pretty nice huh??”
“Yeah, he’s great.. Hmm, how much does he earn??”
“Money, money ^0^, what do you guys want to eat?”
“Are they serving dinner yet?”
“You order what you want. ^-^”
The two people started talking about what to eat..
And I didn’t lift my head as if I had done something wrong...
I heard the guy’s voice, quieter than usual, talking into the microphone..
“This is the last song I’ll be singing today... I didn’t write this song, a hyung I know wrote it for me..”
TT_TT.. it really is Shin Eungyu....
I begged and begged for it not to be..
Well, I guess it’s not everyday God blesses a person with your kind of voice..
You were on the attic roof just a while before.. when did you get here?? TT_TT...
“Jungwon, what do you want to eat?”
“Same thing you’re eating.”
“Lift your head..”
“No.. TT_TT...”
“Why? Is the guy singing too good looking to look at? ^0^..”
The guy named Sunggyu asked smiling at me...
Instead of answering, I started chugging down the water..
While I was listening to the guy singing with my heart thumping,
My fried rice with shrimp came out was served in front of me..
With my lowered head, I put the spoon in my mouth..
Yum... ^_^...
I’m going to make him buy me some more after I’m finished~~
He said this was is last song right?
So he’ll leave soon..
“Jungwon~ is it good?? >_< ?”
Ahhh..... >_<
It had happened in a matter of moments..
Shin Eungyu had stopped singing, and his voice was spread all around the cafe...
People from all over started to talk..
“Is that a part of the song too...?”
“I don’t think so.. Who’s Jungwon???”
...dammit...
Yoona was staring at Shin Eungyu with surprised eyes...
“Hey, Yoon Jungwon, you know him?”
“No, I don’t.”
My throat dried..
And I grabbed the cup in front of me and started chugging it down..
“Don’t drink a lot of water, you’re stomach will come out..~~”
Once again, his voice filled the cafe..
“..what the... Yoon Jungwon, he’s talking to you.. How do you know him?!?!?”
After Yoona finished talking,
I slammed my empty cup on the table,
And stood up from my seat..
“Are you leaving?? Come next time~ Bye!!”
Everyone’s eyes found me..
And embarrassed, I stood in front of him and yelled, my face red..
“Hey! Shin Eungyu!! What the hell!! I came to eat, not to see you!!!!”
“Who said anything about you coming to see me.. ^_^??”
He asked grinning brightly..
The corner of his lip red from probably getting into another fight...
Oh~~ You got hit in the eye too, eh??
“Why do you keep bugging me!?! And I’m not going to carry your guitar anymore!!!”
He moved his head away from the mike and asked with a quiet but stern voice..
“Then what are you going to carry for me..?”
“Nothing!! Don’t bother me!! You’re scary, okay? I don’t even want to get close to you!!”
Once again, he neared the mike..
“Why? Because I’m such a good singer?? O_O..?”
....
.....
“No! Because you’re disgusting!! So don’t even talk to me and don’t joke with me! I’m serious.. you’re disgusting....”
And with those words,
I crazily ran out the cafe...
With Yoona chasing behind me...
With that happy face...
With that clear, strong voice..
How could you have killed someone...
How can you laugh as if it’s nothing...
I think I trusted him for some reason..
I believed that he was a good person...
It’s none of my business, I know.. but I’m getting mad for some reason..
.....
.......
...........
And after that day... 7 days passed...
I think I passed him at least 20 times...
And for the first time,
He looked passed me with a cold face...
Chapter 15
“Ah!! Today’s the last day of work!! Jaegwang! Nuna will be back soon!”
“When you see Sohyung nuna later, tell her to call me~~!!!”
(Sohyun--> Eungyu’s nuna)
The two had started calling each other....
Of course the reasons were different though..
Jaegwang --> Sohyun= My beautiful lady..
Sohyun --> Jaegwang= Interesting and funny next door dongseng..
“<_< ... okay.. You’re going to be home right?”
“Yeah.. Oh right!!! I had something to tell you!!!”
“What is it?”
“Eheh~! I forgot!!”
“....get lost... I’ll be back~~”
“Okay, okay!”
There won’t be any reason to sneak out over the roof now right? ^_^
Yes! Now I don’t have to be scared anymore! Yahoo!!
I guess the guy is going to come home late today also..
...
....
For a couple of days, I hadn’t seen Shin Eungyu..
He used to always smoke around this time..
...
...........whatever, I have to hurry...
I quietly opened the front gate,
And was quickly running down to the main street,
When I saw two shadows walking shakily and nearing me..
...
....
It was Shin Eungyu and a young woman supporting him up...
The same young woman I’d seen at the rehearsal room.. the young woman dressed in a funky style...
Crazy guy.. meeting girls everyday...
.....you practice everyday, ha! Probably go out and drink everyday.. <_<..
....
....
Like always.. I was about to pass him with a blank face when...
“Why...... am I disgusting....”
He asked with a slurred voice..
For a second I stopped...
"........."
“I was just... curious.. you know..? That was the first time... I’d heard anything like that..”
He said sarcastically...
The woman looked at me suspiciously...
She looks at least 3 or 4 years older than me...
“...the first...? Yeah, I admit I was a little harsh that day... But I don’t think I can talk to you again, with the same face I used to talk to you with.. not that we were close... Let’s just, leave it the way it is...
Shin Eungyu started at me with light brown eyes...
“I’ll be happy to leave you alone.. but ... why am I scary...? Why.. am I disgusting... why the hell do I have to hear things like that.. that’s what I’m curious about....”
“Eungyu, you’re drunk.. let’s go...”
The woman said carefully...
I didn’t want to say this in front of the young woman but..
I couldn’t help myself..
“You’re curious why you have to hear those kinds of things from me? Didn’t you kill someone..? To me, it’s not as scary as it is disgusting... I don’t know about your standards.. to mine, it is... got it??”
“...what?!?!”
He asked loudly as if his mind had cleared...
“I told you.. I just did as you told me to..”
I said quickly starting to walk forward...
“Hey!!!! Yoon Jungwon!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Shin Eungyu yelled my name....
But I’d started to run already...
What if he kills me with that guitar on his back..?
No! I can’t die on the night I get paid...
With sweat flowing down the side of my face, I arrived at the bar.
Like always.. Yoona was there before me, serving people...
“..hey, did you run here...?”
“PANT......... PANT.......... Yeah............PANT...”
“Go over there and clear those boxes.. The customers don’t like it..”
“PANT.....PANT........ got it!!”
“No wait, don’t get the boxes! You might break them like last time.. Go serve them.”
“What? I’m not good enough to carry boxes of empty bottles? Fine, whatever..”
Yoona took off the apron she had around her...
I wiped my sweat with a rag and tied the apron around me...
Right then....
“Over here~ We’re ready to ready to order..”
A light voice said...
“Yes ma’am!”
I headed towards them quickly...
...
....
A familiar form dressed in a black suit...
And next to him.. a girl stared at me with large eyes...
“We’re ready~~ Oppa, do you want some stew? Or do you just want something to chew on while we’re drinking??”
“........whatever you want..”
“Then Soju or beer..?”
“...........whatever you want...”
“...how am I supposed to know then.. Aren’t you going to eat anything?”
Responding to the girl, he nodded his head twice..
He lifted his head to meet my cold face...
“..Yoon Jungwon.. what are you doing here....”
“Heewon oppa, you know this person?”
The girl asked looking from my face to Kang Heewon’s....
“Yeah.. at a time we knew each other.. are you going out with Eungyu...??”
“.....no.....”
“Does Eungyu know?”
“Know what.....”
“What you and I used to be....”
“Aren’t you going to order??”
I ignored Kang Heewon’s smirk and turned to the girl seated next to him...
“..30 dollars worth of beer.. but.. unnie, do you know my oppa??”
...
.....
“No.. I don’t...”
Chapter 16
With a lost expression, she looked from Kang Heewon to me..
..
...
.....
You’re doing a good job Jungwon.. you’re doing good...
“What are you going to eat for side dish with the beer..?”
“Oppa, I’m going to order some fruit okay?”
“I heard you got stepped on by some of the girls at Ahnhyung High not too long ago...”
....
....
Keep your cool, Jungwon.. you can do it.. you’ve done a good job so you can do it..
Besides.. you didn’t don’t anything good that day either....
I clenched my hands into a fist...
Tight enough for my nails to puncture my skin and make it bleed...
“A fruit dish and 30 dollars worth of beer, right?”
“Yeah.”
“...okay....”
Okay.. you did it.. you did it...
It’s been forever since my heart’s beat this fast...
I calmly headed towards the counter...
“Hey.. just leave Eungyu alone... If you make Eungyu sad, you won’t just be beaten.. you’ll be beaten to death.. got it...?”
"......."
“If you think I’ve forgiven you for what you did to me.. don’t make me laugh.. my dad’s still in jail.. because of you, b***h...”
...
....
I take after my dad...
So I have a bad temper...
And it was too hard for me to keep it back..
So hard it was exhausting to stand...
SLAM!!!!!
I slammed my fist as hard as I can on the table Kang Heewon was sitting on...
“Who.. who made who sad... huh...? How hard do you think it was for me?? My best friend who I’d known for 5 years... the bastard I trusted with all my heart... asked some b***hes he knew.... asked them to step of her... and on her birthday.. after saying he was going to throw her a party.. called her out.. and broke her.... laughing right in front of her... laughing the whole time.. even when she was crying to him... a friendship that lasted 5 years... disappeared as if it were nothing in a day... you destroyed that friendship... don’t touch me... I won’t stop myself next time....”
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.....
With cold, shaking eyes, Kang Heewon stared at my eyes...
“Keep yourself back..? Don’t.. don’t keep yourself back.. I’m ready... Friendship..? Fawking b***h... so you call the police and send your best friend of 5 years’ dad to jail... Huh?!”
Kang Heewon yelled, standing up and slamming the table with his fist...
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....
I wasn’t in my right mind..
I started yelling...
...loud enough for the people around us to come and drag me away..
I got pulled away by the owner, and Yoona..
Kang Heewon had left the bar with the girl...
I was on the ground muttering... and Yoona quietly hugged me...
“It was hard for you wasn’t it Jungwon.. I thought you were okay, I thought you were alright now, but it still hurt didn’t it..”
“..Yoona.. Yooona....”
“Yeah, it’s okay to cry...”
With me in Yoona’s arms,
I cried all the tears I had kept back for three years...
...
....
A little while later, after my boss had clamed me down, she handed me a few bottle of beer and soju.
"........."
“It’s your last day right..? I gave the envelope to Yoona, so take it.. You look exhausted, drink a little before you go..”
..
....
Yoona nodded her head..
2 Hours later...
“I really didn’t know!!! I really didn’t know that the ahjushi I put in jail was Heewon’s dad!! I really didn’t know!!!”
“Okay, okay... I know.. Jungwon...”
“Ehehe!! Of course! I mean you’d do it to!! If a car came and hit someone on the street and just sped away!! You’d call right?! How was I supposed to know that the person inside the car was Kang Heewon’s dad!!?”
“Exactly~ You did what you had to do..”
“...then why did he do that to me.... crazy bastard... right? He’s a crazy bastard right...?”
“Yeah, he is..”
Yoona pat my shoulder...
“That wasn’t the reason I was sad though.. the reason I wanted to die wasn’t because those b***hes beat me...it wasn’t because of Heewon either...”
"............"
“...it was because.. Heewon.. who had smiled in front of me.. only smiled in front of me.. and cried with me when I was crying... my best friend... was looking at me with a different face.. because when I woke up the next day I thought I was going to die because it hurt so much and I missed the Heewon I knew who’d buy me ointment... no matter how much I cried he wouldn’t come back.. and I couldn’t find him anywhere... I thought I’d go crazy because I missed him so much...”
“..forget him.. forget him... if he ever was a true friend, he never would have done that to you... I’ll fill all that loneliness up for you.. okay? Do erase everything of that bastard you have in your memories...”
...
....
“Yoona, I want to... I want to erase him... but I couldn’t because I’d see him in my head over 20 times a day.... sometimes I didn’t even have memories of anything....”
“Hold on, Jungwon, I got a call.. I can answer right..?”
I nodded my head exhaustedly.
“Hello..? Who..? Jaegwang..? Yeah, it’s me Yoona, Jungwon’s next to me.. yeah? Tell it to me and I’ll tell her.. yeah.. yeah...?? Who...? Yeah.. what’s that mean..? Okay, I’ll tell her. Okay, you too...”
After hanging up, she shook my arm gently...
“Jungwon, Jaegwang told me to tell you to hurry and come home.. your mom’s taking a bath, and she’s going to call you to rub her back.”
“...okay...”
I got out of my seat holding onto Yoona...
“Oh, and I don’t know what this means, but he wanted me to tell you this..”
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“Tell my nuna that the hyung next door isn’t a murderer... it was the hyung’s friend.. Tell my nuna not to hit me.. TT_TT...”
"<_<......."
“That’s what he said..? Who’s the ‘hyung next door’...?”
“Fawking bastard.. I’m going to rip his lips apart when I get home.”
“Are you going to rub your mom’s back smelling like alcohol..?”
“..yeah, it’s okay if I chew some gum... it’s fine, I’ll be normal when I get home. You know I’m strong with alcohol. ^_^..”
“Okay, I’ll walk you home. Let’s go.”
...Our boss helped us to the front door...
Yoona and I both walked home singing loudly...
“We’re here, you can go now~”
“Can you go up the stairs? What if you fall..?”
“No, I’m fine. Don’t worry and go home!!”
“You stink.. what if you get caught...??”
“I’m good and getting myself out of jams. Don’t worry and go. It’s late~”
Yoona gave me a doubting look and started to walk away...
Quietly, I opened the front gate,
And started walking up the stairs and was halfway up,
...when a cigarette butt fell in front of my feet...
Chapter 17
“You again...?”
With eyes a third closed, I looked up at the guy.
On the attic next door was Shin Eungyu looking at me...
...
...
“Did you drink....?”
“Who cares.. you did too....”
“Don’t you have a watch?! Don’t you know what time it is?!”
“Shut up... <_<.... I’m going to get caught!! Why the hell are you yelling at me?!”
“You’re 19-yaers-old. Is that the only thing you do? Drink?!”
“What’s it to you?! Mind your own business, I’ll drink if I want!!!”
“....you’re starting to piss me off....”
He turned around and went inside somewhere....
Then came back and reached into his pocket, and threw me something...
...
.....it was my student ID..
“What is this..? Did you steal this from your teacher??”
“...I said I have something to give you.. but you didn’t come out.. have a good life.... it’s funny saying that to my next door neighbor..”
..
That night.. at the live cafe... his bruised lip and swollen eye...
.....he didn’t get hit trying to find this....
“You... got caught trying to look for this.. didn’t you.. That’s why your lip was bruised.. right..”
“No, it’s because I was kissing a girl and she bit my lip.”
“....then why was your eye swollen...”
“..........get inside... I’m going to sing..”
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“I’m sorry, Eungyu..”
For a second, he looked at me..
“...for saying you did something you didn’t do.. I thought you’d killed someone.. why aren’t you mad? You didn’t even try to explain.... I‘m such a bad person!!.. TT_TT...”
“Are you crying...?”
“TT_TT!! Why does everyone make me the bad person!!?!?! First Kang Heewon! Then Yoon Jaegwang! You too!! TT_TT!! Why does everyone make me the stupid one?! Why?!”
He put his hand under his chin,
And Shin Eungyu grinned..
“Something bad happened did it? That’s why you’re using me as an excuse and crying, right? ^0^.”
“Yeah! You bastard! There’s something bad that happened!! What are you going to do about it?! WAHHHHHH!! I’m so sorry!!! TT_TT... I’m sorry.... so sorry...”
“Thought you said I’d be harder to see an alien cry.. ^_^... liar, you’re crying right now.. All right!!! It hasn’t been 10 days yet! You cried! You cried! I won! Yeah baby!! I won!!”
As if he’d won the lottery,
He raised his over his head..
He’s so stupid, my tears stopped.. <_<...
“Yeah you won. Tell me what you want. I’ll do it since you won.”
“Okay!!”
“...what do you want.. nothing expensive.. wait... never mind, I got paid. So you can ask for something expensive... Since I accused you of something you didn’t do... I’ll use as much as you want.”
...
......
.......
For a moment he was silent...
And with an embarrassed expression (that didn’t match his personality at all) he said quietly,
“.....don’t go over the attic. ^_^.”
“........what...?”
“Don’t sneak out at night..”
“.............that’s what you want?”
+NOD+ “Don’t sneak out.... and don’t go around at night..”
Tch. He’s making it sound as if he actually cares. ^_^
You don’t look too bad today Shin Eungyu... TT_TT...
“I love winning!!! I won~ Whoo hoo!!”
“Hey... Shin Eungyu...”
“Huh..?”
“I’m... going through some hard times you know...?”
“Why? Because you lost to me?? Huh? Huh? Is that it??”
He looked at me with eyes that said he really wanted me to say that...
“...no, because of some painful memories...”
“..O_O...”
“...so, I was wondering.... do you... want to be my boy- boyfriend...?”
Dammit!
I stuttered... boy- boyfriend...???
I’m so embarrassed!! TT_TT..
I started looking around...
And he said...
“No.”
“.....okay.. I wasn’t expecting anything anyways.. well anyways, congrats on winning..”
“You be my girlfriend.”
“...that’s the same thing!”
“Yeah, hey, tell your mom to get her hair permed again.. it’s starting to fall loose..”
“...do you see her..?”
“Yeah! ^0^! She’s behind you!”
“TT_TT....”
“You stupid girl! I thought I heard something on the roof!!! Come here!!!!!”
....
.....
TT_TT...
But.. dad’s home too...
With my shaking legs, I went down the stairs...
“Hey girlfriend!! You’re holding my guitar again tomorrow! Be careful! I’m going to sing again ^0^!!”
On that hellish night.. the guy’s voice could be heard in the neighborhood..
Chapter 18
Next morning....
“Nuna.. does it hurt a long? Want me to blow on it for you??”
“Get lost!! Go away!!!”
“It’s the first day for you and the next door hyung!”
“Just go away!! TT_TT..”
“Oh right, nuna, there was a guy who called yesterday..”
“.........who.....”
“..I don’t know, he sounded familiar though.. Fuq. He was hella rude though. So I was cursed at him. And he hung up.”
“What are you doing cursing at MY call?! I don’t even get calls from guys! ...it wasn’t... Kang Heewon.. was it....?”
“...why are you bringing up that bastard’s name...”
With a cold expression on his face, he left my room.
Wow, he’s taking his bag to school..?
“Yoon Jungwon!! Go to school!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
My mom yelled.
I made sure that my skirt didn’t touch my swollen thighs, and went to school..
+SCHOOL+
“What?! So the guy at the live cafe, Lotte World, and the guy next door is the same person?!!?”
“Yeah.”
“And you’re going out with him?!”
“Congratulate me~ <_<...”
Yoona started shaking me violently..
“What are you doing?!?!”
“For the first time in 19 years a road’s opened up!!! It’s opened!!”
The kids who’d heard our conversation,
Looked at me with unbelieving expressions..
<_<...
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.. BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...
...
....on the caller ID, 3 characters appeared...
Shin. Eun. Gyu.
“Hello?”
The kids all went silent... <_<..
“It’s me!!”
“Yeah, what are you doing.”
“I’m being punished right now!”
“Punished? Why?”
“This oppa did something he wasn’t supposed to. Don’t come at 3 today, come at 3:30!”
“What did you do? Did you throw your desk?!”
“No, something exciting~~ I’ll see you later!!”
He hung up the phone..
What the hell did he do...?
A guy sitting in front of me whispered to me,
“Do you really have a boyfriend? You’re joking right?”
"-_-.."
Then he turned to his desk partner...
“What if it’s Hyungpal? HAHAHA!”
As if he’d seen the murderous look on my face, he went quiet.
++Myungwon gates++
I begged Yoona to come with me,
But said something about pimples..
What if he thinks I’m a loser?
I could see a group of people...
...
.......a group of people I didn’t really like...
It’s that bastard who grabbed me by the throat!!
Luckily, I didn’t see Byatches 1, 2, 3, 4...
I turned my head...
“My loser!! You came alone!!”
“<_<..”
Shin Eungyu hopped to my side.
“You’re friends with her?”
+NOD NOD+
Right then, the bastard named Chanhyun, who grabbed me by the throat threw his arm on Shin Eungyu’s shoulder..
“Congratulations on becoming a couple! Good luck!”
His eyes are looking me down..
I ignored him and turned to Shin Eungyu.
“Why’d you get punished today?”
“He got caught by the principal while throwing water balloons at the kids who were having gym.”
As soon as Chanhyung finished talking, Shin Eungyu’s cheek started to turn cherry red.
“This the exciting thing you did? THIS is the thing more exciting than throwing your desk?”
“Carry it.”
Shin Eungyu said pushing his guitar into my arms and starting forward.
“Did I say something wrong?”
Chanhyun asked with a blank expression,
Yeah you did you stupid dip****.
I waddled towards Shin Eungyu and yelled..
“You’re embarrassed aren’t you?! Truthfully you are aren’t you!?”
Today is the first day we have official been going out..
Chapter 19
Muttering to himself, he continued to walk ahead.
Haha! I can make fun of him all I want today! It’s my chance!
“I have a song!! Want to hear?!”
“<_<...”
“The title! Water Balloons Fly!!”
“...keep going on and you’ll get hit.. <_<...”
“It wasn’t a nuke! It wasn’t a balloon, it wasn’t a baseball!! It was a scary, scary- MMF!”
He covered my mouth with one hand...
“Next time, I won’t cover it with my hand.”
“-0-”
With his hand over my mouth,
Shin Eungyu pulled me into the photo arcade we had gone to before.
“I’m not going to take pictures! No! Our face sizes will be too comparable!!”
“Well, pull your head back a little!”
And then, Shin Eungyu quickly put some change into the machine.
“Panorama? Or no panorama?!”
“Don’t do the one where it takes a lot of pictures! I’m not good at that.”
“Okay! Panorama!”
Panorama= ‘one where is takes a lot of pictures’
Quickly, he started pushing a bunch of buttons.
And thinking I might run away, he had one hand around my waist.
Even while I was trying to get away, the machine continued to take pictures...
“The only one you look normal in is the last one...”
I glanced over at the photo sheet...
Next to Shin Eungyu’s smiling and airbrushed face,
Was my weird looking one...
“You can keep it!”
I yelled,
And he got a pair of scissors and cut the last picture apart from the sheet and stuck it on my phone.
A few minutes later..
He went into the ice cream shop and Shin Eungyu bought 2 strawberry cones.. I HATE strawberry ice cream.. But he shoved it into my hand anyways...
“I don’t like strawberry!!”
“Then eat the cone.”
“…<_<...”
“I’ve always wanted to eat ice cream with my girlfriend if I ever got one.”
“Then why didn’t you?!”
“Girls liked me too much.”
“Then why are you going out with ME?!”
“Because you don’t like me that much..”
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“....that’s all...?”
“Yeah! Yeah!”
“...so.. if I acted as if I liked you.. then you’d break up with me immediately..?”
He shook is head quickly..
For some reason.. it pissed me off..
“Fine! I won’t act like I like you then! I won’t tell a guy I don’t even like to do this or that either!!”
“Want to make a bet on who eat their ice cream more prettier??”
“NO!!!”
“Huh..? Heewon’s out here.”
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It was true...
....a hundred meters away was Eungyu’s rehearsal building...
In the front... as if waiting for someone, Kang Heewon was walking around..
Eungyu grabbed my wrist and pulled me quickly as I was starting to slow down...
“He’s my best friend, I’ll introduce you guys~ ^0^..”
“....it’s fine....”
“I’ll introduce you! Come on!”
“I don’t need to be introduced to him..”
“No, I’m going to introduce you guys.”
“The person you like the most might be the person I hate the most in the world!!”
“Really..? Then... you like Dragon Head the best?”
What the hell does that mean... <_<...
“I hate Dragon Head the most in the whole wide world! Do is it your favorite person!? Huh?!”
“Why is that coming up here??? I’m just saying it COULD happen! Anyways.. I’m going...”
Dammit...
...
...
However... Shin Eungyu’s hand didn’t left go of my wrist..
While I was trying to twist my wrist out..
.....
“Eungyu!!!”
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The voice I hated...
Kang Heewon sprinted towards us...
“Yeah! Heewon!!”
+PANT PANT+ “....hi ^0^”
...
....
Kang Heewon waved his hand towards me slightly...
....I turned my head, and ignored his greeting...
“You know Jungwon..?”
With Eungyu’s question, the bastard answered...
“We just knew each other a little in elementary school... Hey, Eungyu... You know that time we went to that concert in Pusan? That girl you called cute. You know?”
“..who?? O_O..”
“You know that girl who performed with the third band.. the female vocalist. The one with the blue lens... You called her cute..
“Oh~ Her, yeah why?”
Kang Heewon.. what the hell are you doing...
“Well, she came up recently. She’s in my dongseng’s class. So I brought her over!”
“...why...”
“Let’s go in! She’s waiting for you.”
“Why is she waiting for me?!”
“I told her I’d introduce you to her.”
“I already have a girlfriend.”
Eungyu, grabbed my hand and showed him.
My breathing started coming out choppier..
“Eungyu, you can’t go out with her ^_^.”
....
....
“Why not.”
“Her...? She’s scary, you don’t know when she’ll turn on you..”
...
..
“I’m leaving....”
Once again, Eungyu grabbed my shaking hand.
“Kang Heewon, Jungwon’s not a scary person. And send her back, I told you I don’t like girls in our practice room.”
“You’re the one who said that we need a female vocalist. Not even as a vocalist?”
Tell him no...
Tell him no...
Tell him no.....
“No, that’s okay ^_^.”
“Hehe~ I knew you’d say ‘yes,’ let’s go in.”
....
........grinning, Eungyu took my hand again..
And with a strength I didn’t know I had, I pulled it out of his grasp.
“I said I’m not going! And Kang Heewon!!!”
"......."
“Don’t kid with me.. okay? I won’t just pass it with words next time...”
For a second..
Kang Heewon’s face turned dark....
And then turned to Eungyu smiling..
With an angry voice, Eungyu said..
“Yoon Jungwon.. I get that you over react a lot... but don’t say that to my friend... it pisses me off..”
"......"
I caught a passing taxi...
...and outside the window...
....
I saw Kang Heewon swing an arm on Eungyu’s shoulder... and walk inside the building...
....
He was smiling....
He was smiling....
As if saying....
‘You can’t win me...’
Chapter 20
In front of the house..
I usually don’t like riding taxis...
.....but I don’t think I trusted my legs to carry my body home...
Right... Shin Eungyu’s His friend.... it was my fault that I thought he’d side with me..
I’m the only one to blame...
“I can drop you off here right?”
“Yeah, right here.”
In front of the gate, I could see Jaegwang sighing while wearing a jacket with his hands shoved into his pockets.
As soon as he saw the taxi, my brother quickly ran towards me.
“What the... what’s wrong with you?”
“...I thought you were Sohyun... Aish!”
“...Sohyun? Shin Eungyu’s nuna? Why are YOU waiting for that unnie?”
“...nuna.. what do I do..? I think I really like her... this is the first time you’ve seen me like this, huh? Right? Like... I worry about her... you KNOW I’ve never been able to worry about anyone but myself!! I think I’m changing!”
“Get out of my way, get away from the gate!”
I shoved him harshly, thinking he’d fight back,
But he just got shoved weakly...
“What’s wrong with you!! How did this happen to you?!”
“....I don’t know.. my legs her... nuna... I’m hungry TT_TT...”
“Go in and eat then!!! Have you been like this since morning?!”
“Nuna~ Get me something to eat TT_TT...”
“Go stuff your face inside!!! Sheesh, you seriously have a problem.”
“What if Sohyun comes home while I’m eating...?”
“…<_< ... well then just sit out here...”
“No, if Sohyun sees me sitting.. then she’ll think I’m lazy~~”
“Fine, then just stand out here.. Okay?”
“Nuna~~ Get me some food TT_TT.. Get me some food...”
“<_<..”
How did the great and mighty Yoon Jaegwang become like this?
He’s never had to dial a girl’s phone number, they all came to him...
But, now he’s become.... one of them!!
“Go in and eat, I’ll yell when I see that unnie.”
Sending me a bright grin I’d never seen on his face,
My cute little brother sped inside.
She’s not THAT pretty... never mind.. I take that back..
Why do I have to do this <_<...
WHY do I have to squat here and wait for that unnie to come? TT_TT....
While I was squatting...
....
.....
A white car came closer down our road....
And stopped in front of the gate.
As I’d predicted, a guy got out of the drivers seat.
And from the passenger’s seat was Sohyun unnie.
It’s that oppa from the bar....
It’s a relief that Jaegwang didn’t have to see this..
With a sexy pose, unnie leaned against their front gate.
Wow... no matter how many times I get on my eyes, I’ll probably never be able to get eyes like her’s.
That ugly guy walked towards Sohyun unnie...
And started to stroke her hair..
“Don’t touch my hair! I didn’t wash it today!!!”
-0-.....
- 0 -....
- 0 -....
While was wondering if I’d heard right, the guy said..
“Who cares.. that doesn’t matter, my Sohyun.. when will I see you again? I’m going to be busy....”
“..I should have eaten more earlier... I’m starting to get hungry again...”
“...Sohyung... oppa isn’t joking right now....”
“Yeah.. okay... what did you say? That you’re busy? Well, if you’re busy we can just meet when you’re NOT busy~”
“...okay... go in.. Oppa will call you okay? So answer your phone.”
“Okay! Bye! By-~~~~~e!!”
She yelled waving to her boyfriend who hadn’t even gotten in the car..
I should hurry and go tell Jaegwang.
I ran inside the house..
And...
With a spoon in his mouth... I spotted my brother sleeping as if he were dead...
..and instead of waking him, I quietly went to my room..
How long did he wait for her...
What does he like so much about the Shin’s daughter....
...that even in his sleep, with a spoon inside his mouth, he was smiling..?
That Night...
I went out to the attic to give my plants water..
When on the attic next door, I spotted something...
On the laundry line were two pieces of paper... And on each paper was a largely written word..
I’m...
Sorry.....
(TN: And stop!! In the actual KRN version, there was supposed to be 3 pieces of paper with I’m sorry written on it. But in KRN I’m sorry is 3 characters. Mi. Ahn. Hae.. okay? ^0^ )
Puhahaha!! >_< Crazy bastard! Trying to be cute....
Tch, you think I’ll be smiling if I saw that? <_<...
(She’s smiling already)
Right then, I felt someone staring at me...
When I turned around, about a meter away from me, looking out a small window, I could see Shin Eungyu’s light brown hair and brown eyes..
It seemed as if he was coming back from singing at the Live Cafe...
This half moon shaped eyebrow piercing was shining...
For a second, your eyes met.
As if he was caught by surprise, his head quickly disappeared.
What...? What is he doing? Is he crazy...??
Wanting to play ‘hard-to-get’
I slammed the attic door and ran into my room.
It’s going to be easy to fall asleep tonight!
Next Morning....
With my Mom and Dad’s warning glares,
I got ready to go to school today...
In the alley, I could see Shin Eungyu’s backside a little distance in front of me.
His slow walking backside...
..should I act as if I know him?
Should I hit his shoulder lightly as if nothing had happened....
I mean, what he did yesterday was pretty cute...
As I was filling up the distance between us..
A girl dressed in a Kyungjin uniform hit Shin Eungyu’s shoulder with her bag.
Eungyu turned around.
And grinned brightly.
The girl stuck to his side.
I could only see the girl’s backside..
++The things I could see++
Her uniform is clean.. (I can’t keep mine clean)
She’s petite.. (I’m tall..)
Her hair is really shiny... (Mine’s not too bad..)
She has really white skin.. (There is no such thing as ‘white skin’ in my family’s genetics.)
The two people walked side by side.
I just started at the two people’s backsides..
And I was flooded with a feeling that I couldn’t explain..