Jealous Man

Summary: Seung Jo learns so much about himself through Ha Ni. One thing he has learned about himself since getting married is that he's an incredibly jealous man. Seung Jo POV

Chapter 1 – She Was Late

"Seung Jo! How do you do it? Before taking this class, I heard that no one ever gets perfect scores with this professor. But every exam we've taken so far, you've managed to get perfect scores. What's your secret?"

I look up at my classmate and shrug. Young Ho has been asking me to join his study group for weeks now and I haven't accepted. I hate studying and group settings, why would I join a study group?

I am putting my notes and books away as he's talking to me. "Seung Jo, why don't you join us for drinks tomorrow night? The study group is going to celebrate my birthday and discuss next week's exam! You should come out!" he continues. I knew he was working his way to this point when he started talking to me. He's so predictable and I am already getting annoyed.

"I can't, I don't have time. The tennis club has a tournament coming up so I have to focus on that," I say politely. In reality, I don't just don't want to go because I know he's trying to get me to tutor people in his group. I start walking out the class but he follows me.

"Psh, I heard you're an ace in tennis! Why would you need to practice?"

"Young Ho, I said that we had a tournament not that I needed to practice. I have other priorities," I smirk at him.

He laughs, "You're so cocky! If you don't have to practice for the tournament, why are you going to practice? I heard that you don't even have to show up to every tennis club meeting! I heard that you have a special arrangement!"

I lift an eyebrow at him, "You've heard a lot, haven't you?"

He laughs again. I am starting to get really annoyed with his laughing and this conversation. "Seung Jo! Everyone knows about you! People can't stop talking about you! Everyone in the study group won't stop talking about you joining!"

"Like I said, I have other things to do. Frankly, I don't like studying. The truth is I never study for this class and I don't think I'd be much help to you all," I say. We're standing at the class entrance and I look around.

She's late. Ha Ni is late to so many things but she's rarely ever late in meeting me. Her class gets out nearly an hour before mine and she usually rushes over to mine to greet me at the door. So where is she now?

It takes me a second to realize that Young Ho is still standing next me and watching me. Geez, this man is persistent.

"Are you waiting for someone?" he asks.

I don't like discussing my personal life with people and I am especially not going to talk about it with this sycophant. Once again, I shrug and tell him that I'm going. I have to find my rascal wife. I look at my phone and didn't get a text from her. First I was annoyed with Young Ho and now I'm annoyed with the fact that she didn't send me a text telling me where is. She sends me useless texts all day telling me where she is and now she doesn't. I send her a text telling her that my class is over.

I wait for her reply. Unless she's actively trying to "get over" me, she replies in seconds. Since getting married, I haven't dealt with her trying to get over me for obvious reasons. I wait a full minute and she hasn't texted back! Ha Ni always texts back in seconds. Now, I'm frustrated. I'm going to find her and scold her.

The first place I look is the cafeteria. I can't imagine her eating without me but this is usually where we go after class. She's not here.

The next place is tennis club. I see other members and ask them if they've seen her. They say that she hasn't been there all day. I sigh and leave.

I check the bench she's always meeting her friends at and she's not there either. She's really going to get it for making me look for her like this!

The last place I check is the nursing building. I doubt she's here but I want to cover all my bases. I stalk over to her classroom, which I've never been to before because she's always at mine first. As I walk to her class, I hear people whispering around me. I really hate how people don't have anything better to do than talk about my looks and intelligence.

I open the door to the classroom and don't expect to see what I'm seeing.

Three men are crowding around her desk. While two of them are keeping a respectful distance, one in particular has his arm over the back of her chair and is leaning in much too closely. He seems like he's half listening to her and trying to smell her hair. I narrow my eyes at him immediately. I am really annoyed now.

"Ha Ni!" I yell from across the room.

Immediately, she looks up and smiles at me, "Seung Jo oppa!" She jumps out of her seat and runs over to me. She wraps her arms around me and starts bouncing excitedly. Secretly, I'm really enjoying the feeling of her hugging me. Perhaps apart from being annoyed that I couldn't find her, I was a tad worried. Just a tad.

Over her head, however, I keep my eyes on the three boys who were around her desk. Two are stilling looking at their papers while the one who was learning over her is staring at Ha Ni and me.

I pull back and glare at her, "What are you still doing here?"

Before she can answer, a girl I didn't notice says "She's helping us for our retake! She's the only who passed last week's exam!"

I look around the room and start to notice that the class is nearly full. My Ha Ni was the only who passed an exam? Are they sure?

"Oh Ha Ni is the only one who passed? This woman here? Are you sure? Is your professor sick? Did he double check the exams?" I ask incredulously.

"Baek Seung Jo!" Ha Ni slaps my chest. "I really did pass the exam! The professor even praised me!" She hugs me tightly again then pulls back, "What are you doing here? Did your class get out early today?"

"No, we got out on time."

"What?! How long have I been here?" she grabs my wrist and looks at my watch. She gasps and says, "I'm sorry! I didn't realize that I was late! You must be hungry, let's go!"

"Ha Ni! Who's this guy?" asks the boy who was leaning over her a moment ago. He looks irritated. He and I stare each other down as she hurriedly putting her things away.

"Lee Hoon, this is my husband Baek Seung Jo! He's in the medical program!" she looks at me with shining eyes.

Lee Hoon's eyes widen, "Are you really married? You're so young! Where's your ring" He starts looking for her ring on her left hand. That's when I notice that it's not there.

"Where's your ring?! Did you lose it?" I ask and fold my arms.

Ha Ni shakes her head vigorously, "No, I didn't. I wouldn't! I put my ring on my necklace in class because I get too distracted by it. It's so beautiful. Sometimes I'll stare at it and think about you then I don't listen to the professor." She pulls out the necklace I got her last year and her wedding ring is hanging on it.

Lee Hoon gasps and I smirk. Ha Ni doesn't notice his expression because she's unclasping her necklace and getting the ring off. When she places it back on her finger with a satisfied smile, she goes back to putting her things away.

"Ha Ni! You said that you'd help us. This section is so hard!" Lee Hoon says and puts his hand over hers to stop her from putting her notebook into her backpack. I glare holes into his hand.

She looks at him and smiles. I'm incensed. First, she's late. Second, she's smiling at some boy in front of me.

"Sorry, I can't stay for very long. I told you all! I have to eat then go to tennis practice. We have a tournament next week!" she announces to the whole class. When people start groaning she adds "I'll see you all tomorrow at Lee Hoon's place."

Now it's my turn for my eyes to widen, "What? You didn't tell me." Lee Hoon smirks now.

Ha Ni smiles, "We just made those plans today! I was going to tell you when I saw you. Lee Hoon was kind enough to invite us over." Again, she smiles at him. I'm about to explode.

She's going to his house? I don't care if she's going with a group, Lee Hoon is a creep and I don't want him near her. If he thinks he can trick her into going to his place, he's about to learn something about my Ha Ni: I'm her priority every time.

"Ha Ni, I wish I knew about this before I committed us to my friend's birthday party tomorrow night. I guess I'll go without you…"

"What?! I'm going!" She turns to her classmates, "Sorry, everyone, I guess I can't meet you tomorrow night. Besides, I'm sure you'll be fine! We covered a lot today! Good-bye!"

"Oh Ha Ni! You can't change the plan that quickly!" Lee Hoon exclaims.

"You all can still meet. I just can't make it, sorry!" she replies not sounding the least bit sorry. Ha Ni is always desperate to go on outings with me, she would never pass up a chance like this for all the gold in the world.

I take her backpack and throw it over my shoulder. Ha Ni is surprised but pleased. She doesn't see why I'm really doing it: I'm sending a message to Lee Hoon that she's with me. She grabs my arm and smiles adoringly at me. Her focus is solely on me so she doesn't see the shock on his face. Her other classmates are in awe of how quickly her attention shifted.

If there's one thing they learned about Ha Ni today it's that I'm all that she cares about. While I used to hate her hanging onto me, I've accepted it and have realized that I feel the same way. I may not be as obvious but she's all that I think about too.

As we walk out of class, I look back at Lee Hoon and wink. Ha Ni is mine.