#4 (1/2)
2012 - 15 y/o
It had been left a month we had been studying for the final exam. In his tutoring, I cannot keep my eyes away from him. He was just perfect as can be. For today he wore a red branded shirt that made him shone at my eyes. "Han Mi." I brushed my eyes away before getting caught. I looked at the books and pretended to hum songs. "Yes?" "What's your ideal university after we graduate?"
I tapped my pencil on the books. "Seoul National University. Wae? You're going back to the states?" I began to curious as if he will go back to the states. He shook his head and smiled purely. "Ani. I'm going to KAIST." His expression began to tell me something about him but in the middle of the discussing, I was clueless.
"Relax. We still have two years!" He smiled purely. I didn't know how to read that face of him. Ah! My task! HaRi had given me a task. I thought I should with him to get the answer for my task. "Let me ask you something funny. Did you ever fallen in love?" He giggled and answered without hesitation, "yeah." I widened my eyes. "Who?" He giggled again non-stop. He covered his mouth with his hand as he giggled. "Hey! I'm waiting!" I poked his waist. "Guess who?" I pouted then gave a thought for a second. HaRi told me that he liked one of his classmates in his last year's class. Now, she and him were in our class. So, maybe her. "You're old classmate?: our classmate this year?" He brushed his looks from connecting with my eyes. He began to blushed hardly and his cheeks were reddened. Omo! I wished I could have gotten a picture of him blushing right now because he was totally cute, freezing and blushing at the same time. But maybe the blushing scene was a yes. Maybe HaRi was correct. He had gotten someone to love. And me? How about me? I felt like I was about to cry but I held it hard in front of him. My heart had bleed. How to cure it?
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Those blushing scenes were still in my mind. That night, I could not help but cried. My eyes were swollen because of the crying. And today, HaRi was upset because of the rumor. She was told that he liked me. Like seriously! This rumor must be spread by that guy, named Park Tae Jun. Huh. He can't stay still, can he? I did not want to boast about his love-life and I knew the truth. But her teasing annoyed me a lot! I planned something to avoid the teasing over me.
Recess came and I rushed to the fourth class, looking for someone. Those who were inmates looked at me disbelief as they entered their class. As I saw the one that I was looking for, I approached him and pulled him away to the back of the building. "What you're doing?" This guy never fail to entertain me with his soft voice and manner even to strangers. I turned to him and looked at him with puppy eyes. "Han Mi, what you're doing?" I smirked before explaining to him, "Nam Woong, we're friends, right? I had a favour to ask you."
"What?"
"Promise me you'll help." I held out my pinky finger for him.
"But why?!"
"Promise me first!"
"Okay, I promise." I smirked again. He never get mad. He was warm and caring. He held my pinky finger to his.
"Please be my boyfriend." Nam Woong widened his eyes and took his finger away. "What you're talking? We're not that close!"
"Just be my fake! My fake boyfie, okay?"
"Until?"
"Until I tell you. And please don't tell anyone about this or you're dead." I took out my phone and handed it to him. "What?" He was still clueless. "You're number, dumby! I'll text or call you if you need to do something okay?" He just sighed and jolted his numbers.
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2020 - 23 y/o
I walked around the city that I missed a lot until a call awoke me from gathering the memories back. I took out my phone the pocket of my sweater and looked at the caller's ID. It was Kyung. "Yo, Min Kyung! What's up?"
"Yo, Seoul! I heard you arrived Korea. How long would you be here?" Kyung's voice brightened me up. She used to be the joker of our group. "For two weeks." I answered her simply. "We're gonna have a reunion, hope you to come?"
"Eumm.. Maybe? I have a race next week."
"It's not gonna be long! I promised!"
"Yeah, yeah.. Sure. Venue?"
"Our old high school."
"Everyone can make it?"
"Yeah! And we're just waiting for you to make it!"