CHAPTER - 23

Previously,

At that time someone bumped into her. "?? Watch where you're going." She said and looked at the person. "I'm sorry." He (the person) said. "Wait..I know you! You're...."

"Wait...I know you! You're.....you're....I suddenly can't remember..." She said. "Wait...are you Bo Young?!" He asked. "Yeah! I am Bo Young! I know you but I can't remember your name..." She asked. "You lived in *name of the street where Bo young lived before going to Miami* The lavender and white coloured house? Am I right?" He asked. "Yeah! Exactly! I lived there! You still haven't  said your name, my head is going to burst....it's already paining." She said. "My name's Han Hyeon Ho.." He said. "Oh right! I call you Hyeon Ho bro! I finally remember it now." She said."Yeah...you've really grown so much..." Hyeon Ho said and realised something. She thought: "Wait...he will know about the accident because of how close we were..he might blurt it out and adding to that Hyun Wook sunbae is here...no..that shouldn't happen." "What are you doing here? And what are you doing nowadays??" She asked. "Ohh..I'm using my paid vacation usefully." Hyeon Ho said. "Paid vacation? Ah right! You must be working right now! What do you do nowadays?" She asked. "Oh I'm, I'm a police officer." Hyeon Ho said. "Woahhh!! You really did achieve what you wanted to become. Great!" Bo Young said. "You? What are you doing now??" Hyeon Ho asked. "Tch, you can't even predict what I'm now. Im a high school student definitely." Bo Young said. "Ohhh..a freshman? *Bo Young nodded* When I was a high school student you were just a 8 year old girl. But look at me now, I'm 22 years old." Hyeon Ho said. "Ohh really??? A very young man for a police?? That's really amazing." Bo Young said. "Im just a trainee. And you? Are you studying in the school that you wanted??" Hyeon Ho asked. "Of course! I worked hard to get into that school." Bo Young said. "And yeah Bo Young, I wanted to talk to you about one thing." Hyeon Ho said. "What is it?" Bo Young said. "It's about the acci-" Hyeon Ho was cut off by her because she knew what he was talking about. "Ohhh, let's go outside and talk. Sunbae, please wait over here, I will be back." She said and they both went outside of the arcade, leaving Hyun Wook alone inside.

Outside the arcade,

"What is it?" She asked.

"I heard about the accident and I heard that your mom..." He said.

"Sigh, Yeah." She said and put up a forced smile on her face.

"Are you okay?" He asked hesitantly.

"Yeah, I'm alright now. I'm used to it by now I guess but I still think, no, know that mom is with me." She said.

"I wasn't able to take it either. And you didn't even see me after you were discharged." He said.

"I went to Miami after that." She said.

"Really? How?" He asked.

"That's what mom wrote in the letter that she left for me and I just did what I was told." She said.

"At least you should've seen me while you were going and should've when you took your belongings from your house right?" He said.

"My belongings and my mom's belongings were all in the hospital. I just took it and left." She said.

"Why?" He asked.

"Isn't that how normally they send off people?" She asked.

"What are you talking about? Why would they send off someone with every belongings of yours?" He said.

"I just that it was normal and I couldn't have anything in mind except for knowing the fact that mom passed away." She said.

"That's acceptable. And how did-*His phone rings* Wait a minute." He said. She nodded.

"Hello?...yes sir. Right now? Alright sir." He hung up the call and sighed.

"Why? What happened?" She asked.

"They want me to come to the station now. There is a new case filed, I have to take care of it." He said.

"Isn't this your paid vacation?*he nods* Then why are they calling you? Tell them that you won't come." She said.

"It's my duty to serve this society kiddo." He said as he patted her head.

"Whatever, alright before you go, give me your number." She said.

"Ooooh, Our Bo Young is all grown up now, even has her own phone." He said.

"Even elementary school students have one now. Alright, tell me your number." She said. He said the number and she saved it.

"Alright, I will go now. Contact with me, here and there. Be careful on your way." He said as he waved.

"You too. See you soon, Bye bro." She said and waved. He waved and left.

She headed inside. She saw Hyun Wook spacing out. She went to him and called him. "Sunbae? Sunbae! What are you looking at?" She asked as he finally was back into reality. "Oh? Nothing, where is he?" He asked. "He left." She said. "Ohh Ok..What shall we do now?" He asked. "How about we get out of this place and walk till some distance and then leave?" She asked.

"Sounds relaxing. Let's go." He said.

They went outside and started walking. They were silent for a while. But then he started the conversation. "who is that person?" He asked. "Who are you talking about?" She asked. "That person who came now, I forgot his name.. you even called him 'bro'." He said. "Ah, Hyeon Ho bro..his name is Han Hyeon Ho, he is my old neighbour, we are pretty close." She said as she smiled. "Ohh, I could sense it." He said. "Oh really?" She asked. "Yeah." He said. "Oh and I'm sorry sunbae, I was so ecstatic seeing someone I know after a long time that I couldn't even introduce you to him." She said. "No no it's ok. It seemed important though." He said. Her notification rung. She took out her phone and gasped. "Why?" He asked. "I totally forgot about the exam even though I talked about it to you." She said. "Ohh, they sent you the timetable?" He asked. "Yeah, now I have to send it to the class students, But I don't have their numbers." She said as she typed: 'Ms.Han, I don't have the numbers of the other students. What should I do?" She sent. "Why are you sending it to the other students?" He asked. "Right, you wouldn't have knew it, I'm the class president, so I have to do it." She said. "Huh? Really? You just joined the school." He said. "I said the same too! The students voted for me, and Ms.Han said that I can't switch with another either." She said. "Why?" He asked. "I didn't ask her. Why do you think that I wasn't allowed to switch?" She asked him as she looked at him. "Wh-why are you asking me all of a sudden?" He asked being flustered. "Just for your opinion and we don't have anything to talk about either." She said. "Hmm, yeah that's true though." He said. "Alright, now tell me your opinion." She asked. "Okay, so one thing is that you should've great grades that nobody can compete with you. And another thing is that the other candidate that has been voted must have gotten less votes." She said. "I can agree with the second point but I don't know about the grades of the students in my class." She said. "I can tell your classmates grade level if you tell me the class you are in." He said. "Well, I'm in the same class as your sister." She said. "What?! Are your grades in that level?" He asked surprisingly. "Why? Is it bad? I was in the 1st place in the whole school in my previous years though." She said. "Wait...the class you are in consists of those who were lenient with their studies and those who didn't get really great grades in their previous years. How were you put into that class?" He asked. "Really? They just called me there. So, most of them in my class are of that grade level? Woah I didn't expect that, I thought they all were students who get good grades and at the same time it doesn't matter either. Grades can't take us to where have to be and who we are going to become. So, I don't think that matters now." She said. "Yeah, you have a point." He said. "But, we are going so deep into the topic, I didn't expect it to though-! *ting* Oh she replied." She said as she opened the message. The text read: "Send it via the class chatroom?" "The class's chatroom?" She said. "Yeah, every class has one where only students are in without the teacher." He said. "I never even thought that there was something like that." She then texted : "I am not there in a chatroom. I will ask Ji Ae about it Ms.Han don't worry, I will pass it to them." Ms.Han replied : Thank you Bo Young, take care. Good luck with studying!" Bo Young sighed. "Wait a minute sunbae. Let me get done with this thing." She said as she dialled to Ji Ae. He nodded. Ji Ae finally attended the call. "Hello? Ji Ae!" She said.

"What is it?" She asked.

"I heard there is a chatroom for our class, can you add me in that? I have something to do."

"Ok sure but what is it?"

"I have something to do, just add me in that, right now."

"Alright, I will hang up."

"Okay."

Their call ended and 2 minutes later, Bo Young was added in the chatroom.

Without introducing her in the chatroom, she just sent the timetable. The students replied being confused, they replied with so many replies but Bo Young just came out of the chatroom and then sent a message to Ms.Han assuring that she sent the timetable. She finally got off her phone and sighed. "Sigh, finally its done." She said. "Great job." He said and smiled. He looked at the time. "It's getting late, I think we should get going." He said. She was disappointed but didn't show it in her face agreed. "Let's go back and get my bike." He said. "Ah right, they wouldn't have stolen it right?" She asked. "Don't worry, whenever it's not in my control, I can know where it goes because there is a gps attached to it." He said. "I don't understand anything but I guess there is some logic in it, whatever, let's go." She said and they started going back. They talked about her class president position. "Have you ever been as one sunbae?" She asked. "Me?..Nope." He said. "Why?" She asked. "I was selected as a candidate but someone else had more votes than me." He said. "Ohhh, did you feel that was so unfortunate?" She asked. "Not really, I wasn't interested in that position too." He said. "Ohh.." She said. "And I wanted to tell this." He said. "What is it?" She asked as she looked at him. "I'm sorry." He said. "Huh? Out of the blue?" She asked as she chuckled. "No, I'm serious." He said. She then had a serious look in her face. "What is it?" She asked. "You remember that day, when I was playing basketball with my team?" He said. "Yeah..."She said as she nodded slowly. "The ball came to hit you right? That was apparently from me..." He said. "Yeah I know that and you did ask sorry that time too..." She said. "But I felt that it wasn't sincere. Think of how bad the injury would've been if it hit you, then I would've been very guilty." He said. She stopped walking and looked at him with a smile. Noticing that she stopped, he did too. "Is that all?" She asked. "Huh?" He asked. "You were all serious for just this? I thought it was something even more serious." She said with the same smile. "But....." He whined. "Sunbae, as you can see, I didn't get hurt and I barely could remember that situation. So you don't have to be sorry." She assured. "Tell 'it's alright' so I will be relieved." He said. "It's totally alright." She said. He smiled. "You look like someone who would bully others but you behave totally like a child." She said as she patted his head and started walking. He stood there flustered with a slight smile and patted his head slowly by himself too. He then followed her.

"But..you played well and looked really good while playing sunbae." She said. "Really?" He asked. "Yeah totally. Everyone cheered for you so much. I was in that crowd too." She said. "But I never heard you cheer." He said playfully. "I was cheering for you silently." She played along with him. They both giggled. They finally reached the arcade, where they left. They put on their helmets and then they started leaving. "And sunbae, aren't you not supposed to ride a bike?" She asked. "I'm 17 and rich so no worries." He said. "Oh yeah, I totally forgot that." She said. They reached her house. She got down the bike and handed him the helmet. "I really had so much of fun today, sunbae." She said. "Me too." He said. "Thank you for the ride too sunbae." She said. "It was nothing.." He said. "So...thank you for today. Get home soon." She said. "You get inside first." He said. "Alright, thank you and bye sunbae. Be careful on your way." She said and waved. "Bye..." He waved back. She then turned to leave. "Bo Young, wait, actually.." He said. "What is it?" She turned back and asked. "I actually didn't want to hang out with you just for the gratitude..." He said. She titled her head as she was confused. "I wanted to hang out with you to get to know more about and befriend you and to have fun." He said with a smile in his face. She shyly smiled back and said, "Really? I didn't know that. Then you should've just said that right?" "I thought you won't come if I told this reason." He said. "Why would you think that? I also had fun and got to know you more than I thought. And if you ever feel lonely you can talk with me." She said and smiled. "That's good to hear." He said. "Alright sunbae, head to home. I will go in now. Thank you for today and bye!" She said and headed inside. He smiled and went back to his home.

She went inside her home and straight away went to shower. She came back with her pjs and jumped on her bed. "Sigh, It was tiring but I had so much fun. I spent some time with him which I never expected. It felt nice." She said and then took her phone. "What the...there are so many messages from the class chat room. I didn't get the notification sound at all." She said as she checked the volume. It was so low. "How did it happen? Whatever, there are nearly 100 texts." She said as she opened the message.

The messages read :

"Why is there a new number here?"

"That is one thing, but guys! The EXAM'S TIMETABLE IS HERE!"

"Nooo! I thought Ms.Han was just playing with us."

"I can't even remember what I studied last week. I'm gonna fail."

"Okay lets whine about that later. But who is this new one?"

"Yeah, Who is this new intruder?"

"Who are you?"

"Are you ignoring us?"

"Guys guys, calm down." Ji Ae entered the chat.

"How can we calm down when there is a new member who sends the exam timetable without any introduction?"

"She sent it because she is the class president." Ji added.

"She..? And class president...?"

"Wait...if it's the class president..then it's NAM BO YOUNG?"

"What?! No way!"

Other students sent surprised and shocked emojis.

"Yes it is her, we didn't add her so I added her so she could send that." Ji Ae said.

"Ohh...Alright."

"Wait...I see something weird." A girl student said.

"Did you guys change your profile picture into your pictures?" Another girl student added.

"Woah, you guys are really something." Ji Ae added.

"It's just...it's my wish..Why did you guys change your picture?"

"It's our wish too!"

"Woah I can't believe that you guys changed your profile picture for that girl." Soo Ki added.

The other 3 girls added a nodding gif and emoji. While Sang Sun And Soo Hwa just ignored everything that happened.

"Wait, did Ha Sang change his profile picture too?!"

"Yeah!!"

"Why is he changing? But forget the negative side and look at the bright side, we can take a screenshot."

"Damn...he changed it back again."

Then the chat ended there.

"What the hell?" She said as she giggled. "These guys are so weird." She enjoyed reading their texts. "Ahh, I'm hungry." She then ate and then finally slept. When she went to bed, she was reminded of what Hyeon Ho said. "Why would they send me off along with mom's belongings and mine just when I got discharged instead of sending me to my house and send me to Miami. Something's wrong..." She fell asleep.....

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Chapter-23 end

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