Whole New Place (1/2)
**________’s POV**I brought all my things down as dad, mom, Jang Geun Seuk and my driver waited outside. I looked at the house one last time. “I guess we won’t be seeing each other for a year, house. Take care of yourself!” I said. I went out the house and saw my mom and dad at the doorstep. My driver put my luggage on the trunk of the car. I kissed my mom and dad goodbye before I joined Shino at the back seat. I was at the left side and Jang Geun Seuk’s on the right. Behind the passenger’s seat. The engine roared and we are now really leaving the house where I grew up. I’ll be staying to the place I do not know. Which I am not familiar. I think I have to accept everything that has been happening. My brother’s right… I have to explore sometimes and find my true self again. I sighed as I looked at the surroundings outside my window.
“Oi” Geun Seuk called my attention and I turned to him. “Is that really the way you act when you eat caramel?” he wasn’t looking at me when he asked me that question. I looked at him. Puzzled.
“Huh?” I asked.
“You’re imagining things when you eat caramel.” Then I think hard.
“WHAT?!” I blurted out. My driver stepped on the break to check on us at the back seat. “We’re okay!” I said to my driver. And he nods. He continued to drive as I move closer beside Geun Seuk. “Did something weird happen?”
“What do you think?” he turned to me.
“Imagining is weird itself. No… I mean… Did I… do something to you?” I asked again, slowly.
“Yeah…”
“SH*T! What’s that??!”
“You…” I looked at him eagerly as he said the words. “Made me…. Carry you...”
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!” I screamed, then, I looked at him again. “I made you carry me?” I asked again, now calm.
“Yeah… you’re heavy. At least I know now what not to place inside my refrigerator. If you are around…”
“Great! Now I have all my freedom from mom and dad… Here you are, forbidding me to eat caramel, too…” I sighed, disappointed, sitting back again on my comfortable position. It will be 3 hours to travel before we reach, Chungcheongbok. I know this place is big but I do not know what to expect. The sight outside the car made my eyes heavy and I could feel that it will close anytime soon.**JANG GEUN SEUK'S POV**My heartbeat could not stop beating fast-phase when I am thinking that I will be going back to my hometown. The memory in there is bad that I, as much as possible have to get away from there. But I have to go back. I am forced to go back. And for sure… I am going to see her, coz I’ll be going to the same school on my freshman year. The girl, who is my first love and the first one who broke my heart. Could she tell who I am now? Now that I have changed into someone I am not?
Thoughts from the past fill my head as we took the long travel from Seoul to my province. Then, _________-sshi’s driver stopped in front of a gate. The thoughts were erase from my head, then… I looked at outside. My heart beats faster. It was our house. The same as always.Geun Seuk’s House: www.japan-hopper.com/wp-content/photos/hoheikan1.jpgI looked at ___________-sshi beside me. She was sleeping soundly. I laughed. Then, the house-guard opened the door for us. The driver turned left and stopped in front of the driveway where I could see my mom and Soo Min, my younger sister, at the doorstep. Smiling and waiting for us. I looked at __________ again.
“Wow! A big CARAMEL sundae!” I shouted inside the car. I saw the driver laughed. Then, all of a sudden, _____________ jerked up. “Caramel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” She exclaimed. She stopped when she realize I was just joking. I couldn’t stop laughing, even the driver.