CHAPTER 6

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Although it wasn't as early as yesterday, I also got to school early today. Maybe it was because he had already told me what to do, it went by pretty smooth; I was now a student of the music department

"How's it go?"

I jumped at the voice that spoke behind me

I turned around, "Ah, it went well. Thanks to you" I told him with a smile

"That's good. Did I startle you?" he asked looking at me

"Only a little" I replied with a smile, looking at him briefly

"Joesonghaeyo" I'm sorry, he apologized

"Ani, gwaenchanh-a" No, it's okay, I told him

"Geurigo, you don't have to be so formal to me" Also..., I told him

"Ah, sure. Then I'll be speaking comfortably with you from now" he said

"Geurae" sure, I replied

We looked at each other before we laughed at each other

"Geureom, I'll see you later. I have something to do in the office" then..., he said

"Ah, sure. Bye" I told him and went to class

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It was already lunch time, but Ji Sung was still nowhere to be found. I picked up my phone and dialed him number, but it was to no avail; he didn't pick up. I placed the phone back down on the table after a while, and began tapping the index finger of my right hand on the table

I know I might be over-reacting, but the chances of a high school student missing school and not answering his phone is not normal. The incident of yesterday not helping at all

Dapdapae, I thought to myself. This's frustrating

After a while, I got up, "Aish, molla" I don't know, I said and left for lunch

I didn't want to go to the cafeteria, so I went out for lunch instead

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"I'm home" I announced as I entered the house

"Mom?" I called to get her attention, but she was too engrossed in what she was doing to notice me

"Mom?"

I then went to her and snapped her finger

"Omma!" mom!

She jumped

"Oh, you're back?" she asked as she removed her glasses

"And I've been trying to get your attention" I added

"Sorry, I was focused on what I'm doing"

"I saw that" I told her as I peeked at what she was doing

"How's it going?" I asked

"Well, not easy, but okay"

"Continue then, I'm going up"

"What about lunch?" she said

"It's okay" I stopped her as she was getting up

"Just continue what you were doing"

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This is the reason why I neither bothered nor wanted to make friends. Thanks to my parent, mostly my father, I became nervous and anxious whenever I couldn't reach my friends. The feeling that something terrible had happened to them overwhelmed me to the extent that I couldn't concentrate on anything else. I even go to their others friends' house, even though I didn't know them. only to find out that they were either celebrating something, or their parents made a way for them to skip school, or something else. I got tired of that feeling, it was consuming, so I made sure not to keep anyone close, and I've been doing so perfectly well

Why then, did I instantly become friends with Ji Sung? I wondered to myself as I checked my phone, for the unknown time, to look for a signal that he was okay

Did he use a charm or something of some sort? I thought

After letting various thoughts to pass through, I shook my head and placed my phone down on the table, chasing all thoughts and worries away

Let's stop caring, I told myself as I went to my bed and laid down

"Ah, seriously!" I said in exasperation, as I sat up, having failed to sleep

"Ya, Choi Soo Joon, jinjja. Neo wae geurae? Uh? Stop overreacting. It's probably one of those reasons. He's, after all, a high school student, who's eighteen years. Just go to sleep, eh? Chebal, beolsseo ja" really. Why are you like this?... Please, sleep already I told myself as I laid back on my bed

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She wouldn't die, Alex. She wouldn't, I kept telling myself but it was of no use She wouldn't die. She wouldn't die

She wouldn't die, she wouldn't die, she....

My eyes flew open, putting a pause to my memory. No matter how many time I relive the memory, or I tell myself it was all in the past, I keep having the same feeling over and over again.The feeling of fear. It always managed to grip onto me, and I don't think it plans on letting go anytime soon. After looking at the time, I threw the covers off my body, and went out of my room. Mom wasn't in her room, so I took her covers and went down. I laid the cover on her sleeping form, removed her glasses, and arranged, to my best knowledge, what she was doing to a side. I sat beside her, and, while looking at her face, began thinking until it was time to start preparing for school

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"Jeogiyo" excuse me a voice said from behind, stopping me

I turned around and faced a girl.

She's cute, was the first thing I told myself when I saw her

"Were you calling me?" I asked her, pointing to myself

She nodded

"Ah, I see. Annyeong" hi

"You're the new girl, right?"

I nodded

"Annyeong, I'm Kim Dal-mi" hi

"I'm Choi Soo Joon. How may I help you?" I asked her

"I just wanted to know if you'll like to be fr..."

I cut her off

"I'm really sorry, but I have to go. Urgently"

I knew she was going to say friends but I didn't need another source of headaches coming my way

"Oh" she said, disappointment etched on her face

"I'm really sorry" I said and left

That sorry was for cutting her off

I continued walking before someone suddenly grabed me. I jumped before I turned to meet the person

"Hi" Ji Sung said with a smile on his face

"Hi" I said, without a smile to return, before turning back

"Are you angry with me about something?" he asked stepping beside me

"Why would that be?" I asked

"What's wrong?" he asked

I swirled to face him

"'What's wrong?' Are you seriously asking me that? What could possibly be wrong? Tell me. You just went MIA making me worried sick. You didn't even replied my tests, or answer my phone calls. Now, you just pop up from nowhere, behave as if all if well, and then ask me what's wrong?! Are you in the funky monkey, asking me what's wrong?"

"Soo Joon-ah" he called my name

I so much wanted to say those things to him, instead, I just shook it off, gave him a smile, and asked him

"Are you okay?"

"Huh?"

"Well, you suddenly left in the middle of school, and my messages and texts couldn't get to you. So I wondered if something was wrong" I told him

"Oh, that. It was nothing much, something just came up. I had to do something, and my phone couldn't be with me" he said

"Is that what happened?" I asked him

He smiled in confirmation

I smiled back, but we both knew it wasn't real, and I didn't believe him. Nevertheless, we just went to class, ignoring what happened

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"Are you just going to go home?" Ji Sung asked as I was about to enter my car

"Where else would I go?" I asked back

"Let's go" he said taking my hand, pulling me towards his car

"Wait" I stopped him, removing my car

"Where are we going?" I asked him

"To have fun" he said in a 'duh' tone

"What?" I asked

"Come on, you live only once"

"It's you only live once. Anyway hold on, let me ask my mom"

I was about to dial her number, but couldn't as he took the phone from my hand and continued to drag me towards the direction of his car

"What are you doing?" I asked him, but wasn't answered

He sat me down in the passenger seat, and held me back down when I attempted to leave

"Try and escape once, and I'm using child lock on you" he said

"What?" I asked in disbelief

"Ya, this is kidnapping" I told him when he entered his side of the car

"Report me then" he said as he wore his seat belt

"Wow, this is a completely different side of you. Na jinjja gung-geumhae, of what I'm going to see tomorrow. Actually, I might not even see you tomorrow, right?" I'm really curious I asked the last part with no much thought, but the look his face told me otherwise

I signed defeatedly

"Where are we going?" I asked him as I put on my seat belt

He just replied with a smile