I was get ready for school. I am currently eating at the dining table. Being careless, my hand touches the hotpot. Because of that I gets hurt. As I lets out a soft scream for the pain my mother, Sun-hee, comes running to me.
" What has happened? Let me see where you get hurt! You can't do a single thing properly. You burnt your hand while drinking a little water. Oh my gosh, What should I do with you?"
As my mother comes and touch my hand I take my hand away.
"Nothing happened to me. go and do your work." I said in a hoarse voice.
"Su-jin doesn't always have to be stubborn. Let me apply ointment to your sore spot."
"I got this quality from you. Now leave me."
I says nothing more and rushes off with my bag. I know if I stays there any longer or talks to my mother, I will end up saying a lot of things that I never wants to say.
Get on the bus to go to school and put headphones in my ears. After some time passe, I'm starting to feel sleepy. I falls asleep while listening to music.
Su-jin opens her eyes and finds herself in a class. Su-jin wakes up and crawls. The faceless boy took Su-jin's picture while crawling. Su-jin gets angry when she sees her taking pictures.
" Were you taking my picture? like this? "
"Yes. I'm going to put these pictures on the school wall. Then everyone will see these funny pictures of you, hahaha." said the boy laughing.
"Delete my pictures or else...."
"I'll never delete them."
"Don't delete it, right?"
"Not at all."
"Wait, I'm going to tell you.... "
Saying this, Su-jin angrily ran after the boy. Two of them came running to the field. Su-jin gasps as she runs. The boy smiles at Su-jin. Su-jin narrows her eyes at the boy. Suddenly Su-jin can't breathe. It is very difficult for her to breathe. Seeing Su-jin unusual, the boy runs to her.
Pat Su-jin on the back and say, "su-jin... su-jin... Are you having a hard time breathing? Shall I take you to the nursing room? "
When the boy is busy with Su-Jin, Su-jin runs away with the phone.
"So you were acting?"
Su-jin grabs the boy and leaves. The boy also tries to take the phone from Su-jin. The boy fell on Su-jin while taking the phone. The two look at each other. After a while both of them stood up. The two stood in silence. Both hesitated.
"I went to class"
Su-jin says this and leaves. The boy is standing in the field.
Su-jin skips class and goes to the bathroom. Su-jin's cheeks are red and hot. Su-jin tries to cool her cheeks with her hand. Entering the washroom, su-jin watered her mouth.
Looking in the mirror, Su-jin wonders to herself, "I've never felt like this before! Why are my cheeks so red? Why is the face suddenly so hot? What happened to me? What if I...."
"Ahhhh"
The bus suddenly slammed on the brakes and I'm not going to fall. Because of which I wakes up. Somehow, I managed to control myself. And don't get any hurt.
In reality, her cheeks are hot. She is able to feel all the feelings that she felt in the dream. Su-jin realizes that she is slowly starting to like the boy not only in her dreams but also in reality.
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As I enters the school and I finds all the students standing together. It's feel strange. In curiosity I also join them and try to see what happen. As I moves forward, I can see the school notice board. In the notice board, there are some pictures of se-ra and min-ho drawn.
There are pictures of them being bullied, pictures without make-up, pictures of getting drunk, pictures of going to the club, and all their dirty pictures have been leaked by someone.
Everyone is talking about this. I'm not surprised by this. I already knew this. So, I went to class without bothering about it. Yeong-ae hasn't come to school yet. I stares at Yeong-ae's seat.
"It's been a week since we last talked.... why i expected anything? It is good for her and her future." I whispered with a sigh.
I takes out the book for class. Then se-ra and min-ho come and say angrily,
"Su-jin come with us"
I says nothing more. Because I knows why they are calling me. So, I follow them. They take me to the school roof.
"You're the one who did it, didn't you? "
"Hey, Se-ra, what do you mean? Say it clearly."
"You don't understand or are you pretending not to understand?"
" I'm not interested in your matters, Understood! "
"You put those pictures on the notice board?" Min-ho says.
"I came a while ago, when will I do all this? And I don't have enough time to do these silly thinks With you guys."
"If you don't, who will? Who else has the courage to be hostile to us? "
"Well. Then you're admitting, I have courage."
"Look, I told you not to change the subject. You did it or not say that."
"Would you believe me if I said I didn't? no, you wouldn't. So what's the point of just bringing me here and doing all this?"
"Don't you think you're using your mouth a little too much!"
" Uhhhh I'm getting late for class, I went."
Se-ra stops me with her hand as I am leaving.
"I haven't given you permission to leave yet."
"See Se-ra you're making me late for my class. So let me go"
"Answer my question first, if you don't, who did this?"
"It's strange! How do I know who's doing it? Look, I've already wasted a lot of time for you. Now I don't want to waste my time anymore. I'm going back to class. "
"Su-jin... su-jin listen.... su-jin...."
Se-ra keeps calling me but I ignores Se-ra and leave. Se-ra punch on the wall and says, "If it's not you, then who did this?"
When su-jin comes to class, three girls from the class come and want to talk to su-jin.
"Su-jin, did you hear about se-ra and min-ho?" The first girl said.
"Yes, i did."
"Su-jin, did you do this?" The third girl asked.
I glares at the girl. Seeing I looking at that girl like this, the girl fell silent.
"Hey, why would she do this? she Is not that kind of girl." The second girl said.
"Then who did it?"
" Maybe someone did. Do they lack enemies? They didn't hurt people any less. Maybe one of them did it for revenge. "
"Yes. Don't you remember Ha-na from at least year! The girl...."
Before they can say anything else, I hits the table and says, "If your gossip is over, you can leave."
All three got scared and left. They keep saying while going.
"Why did you talk about Ha-na in front of Su-jin?"
"Yeah, you don't know it's forbidden to talk about Ha-na in front of her."
"Hey, do I remember? If I remembered, I wouldn't have said it."
"If you keep your mind on your boyfriend, how can you remember anything else?"
They started talking about these things. I stares at the ground. Hands clenched to control my feelings. Still can't hold back.
From far, Yeong-ae sees Su-jin suffering. Yeong-ae looks at Su-jin in surprise. She doesn't understand why a little name is bothering Su-jin so much.
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When I goes to the canteen at tiffin period, Yeong-ae stops me.
"Su-jin, let's go eat together."
"I told you to stay away from me! Then why are you coming to talk?"
"Su-jin, I've thought a lot. This one week I just thought if I was friends with you, would I be able to stay with you for the rest of my life? Can I trust you? Would I never leave for my own benefit? After thinking so much, I am sure friendship with you will not harm me. So first of all, I extended the hand of friendship. "
Yeong-ae holds out her hand.
"Think again" su-jin said.
"I know I will never regret my decision. The rest is up to you."
I thinks for a while, leaving Yeong-ae in a daze. Seeing no reaction from me, Yeong-ae says upsetly, "It's okay if you don't want. I won't force..."
I grabs Yeong-ae's hand as Yeong-ae smirks and takes her hand away. We both look at each other and smile.