Chapter 9 (1/1)

"Dara""Jiyong" The ex-couple just stood there with their eyes locked together, both lost the ability to talk. Jiyong couldn't believe it, Dara's alive and she's Minsoo's teacher! No  wonder Minsoo was adamant for him to meet her. Dara, on the other hand, was also surprised, she did not expect Minsoo's father to be Jiyong. Heck, Jiyong is not even a father material. But truth be told, the man in front of her now had that mature aura, serious, responsible, traits that she never saw in him back then. "Appa, Teacher, are you having a contest?" Minsoo's question broke the ice between the two of them."No...no, we're not" Jiyong answered, his voice was almost breaking. He really wanted to just hug her straight away but he had to think about Minsoo's reaction. Meanwhile, Dara was confused with the tone of his words."Wow. Kwon Jiyong, it's been a long time since we last saw each other" Dara tried to lighten the situation, especially around Minsoo and the other kids. "8 years, right?" Now it was Jiyong's turn to be confused. 8 years ago? Was she joking right now? How could they possibly have Minsoo if it was 8 years ago? His eyes widened at a possibility. Did she possibly lose her memories? That mere thought broke Jiyong even more, the woman he loves may be alive but she does not remember anything. "...it's more like 5 years ago, Dara" Jiyong wanted to answer but those words did not came out of his mouth. "I...did not expect to see you here""I work here, Jiyong. For almost 2 years already" she smiled at him. "Oh...I didn't know that" he answered as they looked at each other, uncomfortably. Being a kid, Minsoo did not notice the tension between his father and teacher (mother) and held both of their hands with smile on his face."Appa, Teacher Dara, will you two date now?" the ex-couple's eyes widened at the boy's innocent question."Yah, Kwon Minsoo. What are you talking about?" Jiyong looked flustered as he reprimanded the boy who now looks upset. Now, the young father feels guilty. Dara watched as Jiyong crouched down to pulled the boy into his arms and carried him up. She never thought that she would ever see the man act fatherly, something inside her stirred that made her heart melt at the scene."But you said that you'll think about it" Minsoo answered as he buried his head on his father's neck."I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Appa's sorry, Minsoo-yah" Jiyong continued to apologize to the upset boy before looking at Dara. "I'm sorry. I didn't know that you were his teacher" I never thought that you're alive. Dara smiled at him."It's okay, kids tend to be like this" she replied, remembering her former students who tried to set her up to their fathers. Dara had to excuse herself as the program was about to start, leaving Jiyong to go back with Minsoo on his arms. Yuri saw them and immediately took her nephew from his arms and was surprised to see the boy crying. "What's wrong with him?" Yuri asked her brother who exhaled sharply. She hugged her nephew tightly, wiping the tears coming out from the boy's eyes as she rubbed his back. "I kinda got sensitive with him when he asked me and his teacher if we would date each other" Jiyong answered his sister who just shook her head. She looked at her nephew who fell asleep in her arms after crying before looking at her brother again."Kids tend to forget things" Yuri assured the guilty father. "So, how does this teacher looks like?" she asked her brother. At that same moment, Dara was on the stage for an introductory speech. Jiyong turned his head to see an unresponsive Seunghyun and Bom with her widened eyes as they watched the person they thought was dead welcoming the parents. He also saw his parents' faces when they saw Dara, his ex-girlfriend, working at the same school where their grandson studies. "Oppa...is that" Yuri couldn't believe it either, it was her Dara-unnie!"Yes, that's Minsoo's teacher." Jiyong answered, his eyes not leaving Dara, causing her to look at him with one of her hand clasped on her mouth as the other supported sleeping Minsoo's weight as he was clinging to her."Heol..."After finishing the introductory speech and officially starting the program, Dara went down the stage, only to come across a tearful Park Bom who immediately hugged her and sobbed in her arms.

"Dara!" her sobbing friend greeted her. "Yah, why are you crying?" Dara asked the friend she haven't seen for 8 years."It really is you!" Bom cried even harder when she realized that she wasn't hallucinating when she saw her, few months back or it wasn't also a coincidence that Jiyong mentioned Seungri picking a friend of his that works as a teacher, Minsoo's teacher. Oh dear, her eyes widened from realization. "You're Minsoo's teacher!" she exclaimed, startling the other woman."You scared me" Dara had her hand to her chest as she told her friend who immediately apologized. The two of them made their way out of the loud and crowdy multi-purpose hall."Oh my gosh. You're Minsoo's teacher" Bom repeated again as they sat around a table in the vacant cafeteria. She was looking at Dara with her eyes widening to the point that it could fall out. "Oh dear, he was setting you up with Jiyong!"  Dara shifted uncomfortably in her seat at the mention of her ex-boyfriend who happened to be her favorite student's father.  "I'm quite aware of that..." Dara answered which suprised Bom. "Minsoo dragged me to see him earlier" she answered her friend's unsaid question."Oh my gosh, how did Jiyong take it?" Dara was actually surprised at her friend's question, she was asking about Jiyong's reaction. "He took it quite well...still it was uncomfortable" Nevertheless, she answered the woman's question with her brows furrowed. "It was weird to see him again after 8 years--""8 years?" Bom repeated with a confused expression. "8 years since the break-up" Dara answered and the look on her friend's face made her blood run cold."Dara...when you fell into the water, did it cause you to forget 2 years of your life?" Bom asked and Dara froze. Nobody knew that she lost 2 years' worth of memories, or that it was a water accident that caused it."How did you know about those things?" Dara asked with a serious look on her face. She needs to know. "Look at Minsoo, and you'll know the answer" was Bom's cryptic answer before the woman excused herself, telling her that her son might already be waiting for her. Dara returned to the venue, it was already time for games. The first game was four-legged race. It consist of three persons, preferably a mother, father, and child. She saw Bom with Seunghyun, so they did end up together, and a boy who looked like the couple's child. Her eyes shifted from the family to Minsoo who was cradled by Yuri in her arms. "We're still lacking one team!" the game director announced, Dara scrunched