CHAPTER FOURTEEN:A LABEL I CANT RUN AWAY FROM...

" Thank you!" I said to Wooshik who handed me a cup of coffee," May I get another one, it's for Nana." I said as he handed it to me," Thanks again." I added as I left to search for Nana who I found sitted and cheerfully conversing with Garem," Nana." I called out as they both turned to look at me," Can I have a word with you." I said as she stood up," Over there." I added as she took the lead," Here! I got you coffee." I said as I handed it to her," Be careful it hot." I added as she nodded," Well,I..." I stuttered as she stared at me keenly," Well remember what we talked about when I took my sister for an interview at her school." I said boldly as she kept listening with no reply," Uhhmmm I've been waiting for the call for a while now and was wondering if maybe you got some one else for the job." I added," Well Hyuna, I really wanted that job to be yours, considering the school you worked in before and the fact that we were desk mates, but aside from that many more things needed to be out into consideration." she said as she sipped on her coffee," The news of your dad being arrested for murder." she continued as I interrupted her," Wait what does that have to do with me, iam the one requesting the job and not my dad." I said," Well yes but people can be petty for many reasons which parents wants their kid to be taught by a daughter to a murderer, we talking genes here maybe you could have issues too." she said as I felt a strong spike in my chest, did she just say I could be a murderer too because my dad is one?," Look Hyuna I didn't call you because I thought that after you didn't hear from me for a while then you would give up and such else where." she added as I held my fist tightly I was angry but tears couldn't even get out of my eyes, I just kept hearing and taking in whatever she said, good or bad most of it was bad though," Stop!" I yelled attracting attention from the others," I have tried to digest your reasons for not giving me the job but I can't seem to justify any of them, if you have me reasons like you aren't qualified enough then I would have walked away happily and you would have still been a good friend but instead you chose to tell me something most of the people have been saying it's nolonger unique to my ears being called a murderers daughter has become a label but also an out dated label, now I don't know if I should feel happy or angry that your were sincere but one thing is for sure iam happy I talked to you now that I have closure I can stop waiting on my emails and phone every day because I trusted some one could be open minded enough not to compare my merits to my dads demerits." I said as I walked away with every ones eyes on me," Hyuna!" Min Young called out as he ran after me.

While in the car, I couldn't help think of Nana's words, I was angry sad and many more emotions out together, frankly speaking it had been a while since any one mentioned my dad to me, I had forgotten that suffocating feeling," Do you want to talk about it?" Min Young said I wiped the tears that were rolling down my cheeks," Iam fine." I said," Well it's okay if you don't want to talk about it but allow me to take you somewhere before we go home." he said as I looked up at him," Where?" I asked but he kept silent and continued driving.

" What's this place?" I asked I followed behind him,it seemed like a shooting arena except that they had no guns but colour filled balloons instead," Here!" the receptionist said as they handed us two white overalls," Thank you." Min Young said as he scanned to make the payment," Let's go." he said as he held my hand," That's the washroom go and change I'll be waiting outside for you, after I change as well." he said as I stared at him hesitantly," Trust me." he said as I got the overall and left to change.

Okay! Here we are, this place is where I relieve my anger from, if I have something I can't say or something iam really mad about this place helps me relieve it all." he said as they bought us a large bucket of colour filled balloons," aside from getting voluntarily covered in paint, how can this make me feel better?" I asked as he grabbed one of the balloons and threw it at the white spread sheet on the wall," Try one as well." he said as I hesitantly picked one and threw it at the wall too, I kinda felt satisfying," That's a good one now picture that wall to be Nana who iam sure is the person that annoyed you and throw those balloons like you throwing them to her." he said as I threw as many balloons as I could, it really did feel relieving," See, I told you it would be fun." he said as I turned and threw one at him," Yaahhh!" he yelled as he threw one at me too," Don't throw at my face." he said as we both burst into laughter..

" That was amazing, I feel less angry now." I said as he handed me a bottle of water," My only worry though is how iam gonna get this paint out of my hair." I joked as we both laughed," Thank you." I added as I sipped on my bottle of water," It's okay, see this is better than having to spend the entire journey home with you sulking." he said," I wasn't sulking." I argued," But you weren't smiling either, how can I let that happen when I like you best when you smiling." he said," I mean...you know what I mean." he added as I stared at him," Well I go take a shower, you should too otherwise we might not make it home before it turns dark." he added as he rushed off, I was still feeling my heart race though, I had knots in my stomach with just a few words from him," You are a gone case Hyuna." I thought to my self as I threw my face in my palms.

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MINA'S POV

" Thanks for helping me with the flyers." I said to Aaman as we both sat down to rest Infront of a convenience store, we had spent the entire morning giving our flyers for the cafe," I'll go and get us some water." I said as Aaman interrupted," I'll do it." he said as I sat back.

" Here." he said as he handed me a popsicle instead," This?" I asked," it'll cool you off better." he said as he took it and opened it for me," Thank you." I said as he opened his too," It's nice." I said ," Well are you from here, well you seemed to know everyone." I said," I grew up here well at times I could go to the city to stay with my dad during the holidays and then then came back here to study, but after I finished highschool the college I wanted to join was in the city so I went to study there but I come here during holidays and spend time with my mom." he explained," Tour parents are.." I hesitated," Divorced, they got divorced when I was in junior high so iam used to it now." he said," I sorry." I said as he turned to me and laughed," Why are you the reason for their divorce?" he joked as I glared at him and laughed," It's okay." he said as we continued having our popsicles.

" I can see you have given out most of the flyers." Granny said," Yes, Aaman was a great help." I said as he politely declined the compliment," We both worked together." he said," Well I figured both of you might come back hungry so I bought over some food for you." granny said as I suddenly got a smile on my face," Iam not sure what you eat but I made some rice and fried chicken." Granny said to Aaman," Iam fine with anything." he said as we both went to sit down and eat," it smells so good Granny." I said as I took a bite," and tastes good too." I added," She's right, it's been a while since I've had such amazing food, trust me my mom isn't the best cook." Aaman said as we all laughed," Enough with the compliments, you should have it before it becomes cold." granny said as we both nodded.

After the meal, Aaman helped me fix my guitar which he did pretty well, I must say he had been a great help the entire day and hanging out with him made us more than just co workers but also good friends.

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YURI'S POV

"Iam going to be coming home late starting tomorrow." I said as everyone stared at me critically," out first set of mock exams is in three weeks so I, Nana and Ye Jun have formed a study group and we shall be meeting up and studying every after school till around 9." I added," Can't your friends meet up here instead?" Hyuna said," Well it's better if we study at Nana's she has alot of text books and reading materials than I do." I replied as they all stared at each other," Don't worry I'll be coming home straight home afterwards." I added," Well iam okay with it but I think one of your sisters will be picking you up everyday." Granny said," okay!" I replied as we continued having dinner.

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HYUNA'S POV

The day had been tiring irritating and fun at the same time, that I didn't have I don't know how many times I had turned around in bed trying to get sleep but I couldn't so I decided to sit up and check my e-mails when I had a noise from the sitting room," Who is still watching Tv at this time I said as I stared at the clock which read 1:30am, on walking to the sitting room I saw granny sitted watching her daily K show " life of the married"," Granny why are you still up at this time?" I asked as I moved to sit next to her," I wasn't feeling sleepy and I decided to catch up on my show." she said," Why aren't you sleeping either?" she asked," I don't feel like Sleeping." I said as I put my head on her shoulder," Granny can I ask you a question?" I said as she hmmmmed," Did everyone here give you a hard time after dad was arrested?" I asked

" Well, yes and no" she said as I stood up in confusion," Well they did pity me so much to the extent that it felt like they were mocking me, they kept telling me how unfortunate i was and some even said that they knew it would happen one way or another seeing how rebellious my son was, some pretended they didn't care but talked behind my back, I was the centre of attention for many people." she explained as I felt my heart ache for her," Iam sorry granny." I said as she put her arm over my shoulder," I should be saying sorry to you girls instead, you weren't having it easy at all as well." she said as she pulled me in for a hug," But I want you all to know that I love you and regardless of how the world turns I'll always be your granny." he added as I hugged her even tightly," I love you too granny." I said as she held tight too...her hug felt warm and comforting at the same time....

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