Chapter 10 Wait

'Even though I know what to do, I'm hesitating like I always do.' Joon-Woo was waiting at the traffic lights. 'I'm so useless... Why can't I do anything...? Would I be able to solve this problem? I'm not sure if I could. But I'm the only one who can understand and help her right now.'

Behind him, Jong Hwa appeared. "Hey, did you see the new character?"

Joon-Woo was in his head. 'But the thing that is actually bothering me...' Squeezing his head onto Joon-Woo's because he got ignored he said "Yo! I asked if you saw it? Why are you not answering? Acting all serious, so unlike you!"

'Ah wait.. Move...'

"Worried about something?" Jong Hwa asked him. "No, it's nothing." "Nothing? Is it the usual about getting beaten up?" - "Forget it, you jerk."

'The thing that bothers me is that the Class Rep would've been a much better help than me.' Joon-Woo ignored his friend who was talking about how Joon-Woo had to beg them to not hit too hard if he was getting beat up.

But Joon-Woo was too busy doubting his own actions. 'Should I have told him...? Was I wrong not to do so??' He pictured that stalker glaring at him. 'No, I was just rambling. Now that I think about it, I'm a bit scared of actually confronting the stalker...'

"What? They won't go easy on you?" - "Shut up."

'I'm scared... I try to act tough but I'm just a coward... And you, Seung Ah, you're probably scared too... But this can't go on.. We can't just do nothing.' Finally, the lights turned green. 'I can't hesitate forever...' he thought while thinking about the time Tae Yang smashed his face. ...'Not forever.' His decision was final. 'Yeah, let's do it!'

'I don't know what the result will be... But not doing anything won't get us anywhere. Let's try this.'

One day left until the movies.

Joon-Woo was in his room. 'The clothes I bought for tomorrow... It's a good thing I bought them.' He smiled wryly. 'It's an important day.'

Day of the movie, 9:46am.

Dae Hyun, Ha Min and her friend were already waiting in front of the cinema talking to each other, dressed in casual clothing. "Hold up", Ha Min then said. "Weren't we meeting at 9:30? Is everyone on London Time or something?" - "It's only been 16 minutes!"

Dae Hyun stared into the distance. "Hm", he replied. "What's with you?" she annoyedly asked. "Let's just buy the tickets."

'Someting happened' Dae Hyun thought. Ha Min ranted about Joon-Woo. "If I see him at the internet cafe later I'm gonna kick his ass!" - "Kekeke relax." Boram Lee was there too.

"Huh? Hey! Why are you so late?" Dae Hyun greeted Seung Ah who ran all the way to the cinema. 'I hope I'm not too late', she thought. "Seung Ah!" - "Oof... I- I'm sorry! I missed the train! Have you been here for long?

'I hope I'm not too late...' Joon-Woo stopped running and looked at his phone. 'Seung Ah...'

Dae Hyun Lim: Seung Ah is here too. Joon-Woo where are you?

'She got there safely...! Ok, let's get to work.' He once again was at the place he waited yesterday. 'Now... I have to find the stalker... Darn it. Why is it so crowded on weekends? How can I find him in this crowd?' He was biting his nails. 'Let's think... I can't check on everyone.' Joon-Woo focused for a hot minute until it dawned on him. 'Right! I don't need to find him.'

He took out his phone. 'I need to make a scene and make him find me! Taking a deep breath he started yelling "Seung Ah!!"

"Huh?" Ha Min approached Seung Ah. "That kid with the rugged hair? Joon-Woo, right? Is he not coming?" - "Huh?... Joon-Woo's not here...? I don't know, we don't text privately."

"Hmm..."

Then, Dae Hyun made a plan. "Let's buy his ticket and wait for him, hehe!"

"Ok..." Ha Min said. Seung Ah grabbed Dae Hyun's sleeve. "Dae Hyun, wait."

"What is it, Seung Ah?"

"Uh... I... Have something to tell you."

Faking a call with Seung Ah Joon-Woo continued being noisy. "Oh!! Seung Ah!! Where did you say?!"

'If I keep calling her name...'

"Oh, ok! Got it! I'm on my way!!"

'I should be able to catch the stalker, shouldn't I?' He was walking down the roads, going into an alley. 'If he's here... I'll lure him into this back alley.'

"Yep! Oh, okay!"

'If you followed me all the way through this empty alleyway...' He slowed down. "Oh yeah? I'll be there soon, haha." 'Then you are the stalker.

"No way, hehe. I'm almost there. I'm close by." Steps were coming from behind him. "Yep, okay. I'm almost there so I'll hang up now." Leaving the alley he heard the steps. Joon-Woo stood still. 'I've got you now, fucker!'

'He's behind me.'

Joon-Woo turned around.

~Chapter 10 end.

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