"Oh, hey Il-Ho. You excited for the beach?" said Nabi.
But Il-Ho didn't answer. He didn't have to. He slowly picked up his head and started walking toward Nabi. He had a mix of seriousness and sadness in his face. As he was about right in front of his face, he held out is fist and uncurled it.
Nabi was shocked…
Inside Il-Ho's fist was a small green ribbon, like the kind that was tied to the tree that they were standing under. Nabi looked up and then looked back at Il-Ho. At first he didn't know what he was doing with it, and then he realized right before Il-Ho said,
"Can I see it…?"
Nabi had to think about this one. Judging on his past, he couldn't decide on whether or not to let Il-Ho see the heart. He was afraid that he would get rid of it. But just as Il-Ho was going to leave, he quickly reached in his pocket, gave him the heart, and then looked away. If he was going to get rid of the heart, he couldn't bear to watch.
Il-Ho carefully took the heart and just looked at it for a few seconds. His mind went crazy as he decided what he should do. A part of him told him to destroy, while the other told him not to. But he quickly caused himself to prevent himself from breaking the heart. A few seconds later, he tapped Nabi and gave him back the heart.
Nabi was even more shocked…
Instead of breaking the heart, Il-Ho took the ribbon and tied it in a little bow around the middle of the heart. Nabi looked at Il-Ho, then the heart, then at Il-Ho again. "But…how…why wou-?"
Il-Ho put his hand out as he said "I'll explain on the way to the school…"
And as they made their way to the school, he told Nabi everything. He went from his first meeting with Doki to his involvement with Brandon, which was a story that Nabi already knew. As they finally made it to the school, Nabi said
"So, even though you still like Doki, you're gonna help me?"
Il-Ho sighed and said, "Well, I told myself after I broke up with Doki that I would make sure that she would never get hurt. And now I realize that you're the main person protecting her…"
Nabi smirked a little as he and Il-Ho made their way to their seats on the bus. They put their bags under their seats and just waited, while talking to each other about different things.
As they were talking, in another bus, Brandon and Jessica were sitting across from each other, both of them looking very depressed and angry. They both looked at each other, and as Jessica came over to his seat, she said,
"Hi. You're Brandon right? I'm Jessica." With this, she put out her hand. As Brandon looked at her, he smiled a little and shook her hand while saying "Yeah, I am. Nice to meet you…" With that said, he just looked out the window.
"What's wrong…?" she said. With this, Brandon sighed and went into the long explanation of his experiences with Nabi. Everything, from their fight to the Athlete of the Year Award. After he was done, Jessica explained her experiences with Doki, which was more or less the same…
"So, we have a lot in common, I guess…" said Brandon. Jessica nodded as she said. "I don't see how it matters though. They both still won…" Brandon couldn't help but agree with her.
As they talked a little more, they noticed that as they were about the leave, Doki and Lip Cat both got on the bus. They looked like they were both out of breath, and Brandon and Jessica were both disappointed to see that they were both coming.
"Well, you know that if she's coming, then Nabi's going too…" said Jessica. And as they thought of this, they also both thought of a plan. If they couldn't separate them…
Then they would just have to make them miserable together…
To be continued…