Hopping Corpses Chapter 4: Bongun's back, a ragnarok online fanfic

So welcome to chapter 4 of Hopping Corpses. I know I haven't put any author's notes, I'm sorry. I didn't wanna destroy the story with my stupid comments...forgive me T^T

I hope you'll enjoy! :D This is my 1st RO fanfic. R&R

Hopping 4

"I wonder if I should tell everyone I'm engaged." Bongun thought to himself while being driven in his carriage.

"I wonder if they'll still like me. I wonder if they'll hate me and avoid me 'cause I'm gonna get married soon."

"Here is your school, Master Bongun," the moustached carriage driver announced.

"Yeah, thanks." Bongun grabbed his things and hopped off the carriage.

"Master Bongun, don't forget you're meeting Princess Sohee in the palace after school."

"SHH!!! BE QUIET!!! Do you want everyone to hear?" Bongun said.

The startled carriage driver blinked a twice.

"Forgive me Master Bongun." He bowed his head.

"That's fine as long as no one heard you. See ya." Bongun waved as the carriage driver began to drive away.

Bongun trudged through the gates with a sullen look on his face. He kept his eyes on the ground, hoping nobody would notice his change in mood.

"Heeeeeey, look who's back!!! What happened to ya?" Bongun was slapped rather hard on the back, almost making him trip. It was some of his friends.

"Oh, hey Bao. Hu." Bongun managed a half-smile then looked at the ground. In an instant, his friends knew something was up.

"Yo, wha's wrong?" Bao asked, concerned. "You still sick?"

Hu felt his head.

"No, I'm fine guys." Bongun said, picking up his pace. He made his way to the inside of the building. Bao and Hu stopped in their tracks. They'd never seen their energetic friend so down.

Hu scratched his hair under his hat.

"Usually, we would already be sent to the detention room…"

"Oh, Bongun, you're here!" Munak exclaimed as she saw Bongun enter the buzzing classroom.

"Hey there…" Bongun mumbled while he sat on his chair. Munak sensed something was wrong. Bongun didn't seem energetic. Maybe he was still sick but wanted to come to school.

"So why were you absent yesterday? You had us all worried, especially with the disappearances and all," Munak said. Bongun just frowned and didn't look at her.

"I was out somewhere," he replied. Munak crossed her arms.

"I don't believe you. You're not yourself today so something's definitely up. I know you too well." She said with an annoyed pout.

Seeing that he couldn't keep this secret from her, Bongun sighed and got up to whisper to her.

"SIT DOWN, STUDENTS! GOOD MORNING!"

"Ugh…" Bongun sighed as the teacher entered and interrupted.

"I'll tell you at lunch," he told Munak. Then he sat down and stared at the board.

Munak returned to her seat two rows in front. Bongun had been acting weird. If he was quiet like that, then there's something going on. Munak was worried. Another burden to shoulder: first, finding out her feelings for hyegun and now this!

Munak lowered her head to her desk, hoping the teacher wouldn't notice. She needed time to think. Come lunchtime, Hyegun would be there. Would she have the answer? Then Bongun's going to tell her what's up, who knows, he could be planning a prank.

Munak quickly righted herself, trying to concentrate on the lesson for now. But being such a worrywart, she could only make out a few words.

"Munak, can we join your for lunch?" Huilang asked. Biyu and Lanfen were behind her. It was lunch break and the students were leaving.

"Sorry but I'm eating with Bongun and Hyegun." Munak said with an apologetic smile.

"We'll join you!" Lanfen said. "The more the merrier, right? It'll be fun! Plus…" she giggled.

"We'll get to be near Hyegun! Ooooh, I love him!" the three girls giggled.

"I love his smartness!!!"

"I love his hair!!!"

"I love his mysteriousness!!!"

Munak just smiled at the fangirl group.

"Good for them. They're so happy-go-lucky…" she thought.

"So, can we eat lunch with you guys?" Biyu pulled them back on topic.

"Um…I don't think now would be a good time…" Munak said, trying to be honest yet hiding what's actually going on.

"Oh? Why not? Something wrong?" Lanfen asked. The twin sisters looked worried.

"Um…as you probably noticed…Bongun isn't himself today." Munak explained.

"That's true…he isn't talking to anyone at all!" Huilang observed.

"Yeah…so I have to go find out what's got him down. Seems like the troublemaker lost his energy hahaha!" Munak said, trying to lighten the mood.

"Ok, fine. You two go find out what the heck sucked the life outta him. Before we know it, he may be a soulless corpse!" Lanfen waved a hand in the air for emphasis.

Munak just felt another tinge in her spine.

"Well, uh, see ya around. I'll tell you what's bothering him. Maybe we can eat together tomorrow, when Bongun's all jumpy again." Munak waved as she gathered the last of her things and made her way to their usual spot in the school garden.

Bongun deliberately opened his locker slowly, hoping time would stop.

"I have to at least tell Munak…she's my best friend…and we swore not to keep really huge secrets from each other…" he mumbled to himself as he pulled out his lunch box from the locker.

"And…I have to tell her how I feel about her…I'm scared…" he rested his headed on the locker, trying to get a hold of himself.

"It's fair enough that I tell her before the wedding. Stupid wedding…"

"Good afternoon, Bongun," Hyegun politely greeted him. "What happened to you yesterday? Did you get sick?"

"Um…yeah. But I feel better now," Bongun replied but his face didn't say that he was better.

Munak sat herself down and took out her lunch. Hyegun looked expectantly at her. Munak sighed for her answer. Hyegun nodded understandingly.

"So, what happened to you yesterday, Bongun?" she asked while taking out her juice.

Bongun's head hung in thought.

"C'mon!" he said to himself. "Tell her noooow. It's now or never, Bongun."

"Bongun?"

He looked up and Hyegun and Munak were looking at him with concerned faces.

Bongun swallowed the lump in his throat as he gathered up his courage.

"Um…Munak…can I talk to you for a sec? In private?"

Munak glanced first at Hyegun, who nodded in approval.

"Um…sure, I guess."

Bongun stood up and gestured with his hand for Munak to follow. He walked toward the garden shed, which was a little far from where they were.

"This is like with Hyegun…" Munak said to herself.

Purposely, Bongun slowed down his pace so Munak could be in front. Before Munak could look back, Bongun suddenly hugged her from behind. He leaned his head on the back of her hat. His left arm was loosely around her neck, his hand on her right shoulder. His right arm was wrapped around her waist.

"Bo…ngun?" Munak said, with worry in her voice. Bongun said nothing.

Munak figured that there was nothing to say. She knew what he had to say. Munak turned around slowly and put her arms around him, her head on his chest.

Hyegun, thinking Bongun and Munak took long enough, quietly peeked in on them.

"So the answer is no then…oh well," Hyegun said to himself, realizing that Munak didn't love him; that's why she never answered. Hyegun went back as quietly as he came.

"There's something else…" Bongun said. Munak looked up at him with a blush playing on her cheeks.

"I'm sorry…" Bongun hung, his hat and hair covering his eyes.

"I'm…I'm…engaged. To Princess Sohee…"

Munak drew in a sharp gasp and looked at him with wide eyes.

"And I'm…getting married in five days."

Meanwhile, a mysterious man with a sakkat and a robe that flowed with the wind steered his Pecopeco. They were in one of the fields outside Alberta. The man had a jiang-shi by his side, its paper amulet swishing with every hop. In the man's arms, a child with pigtails and a blue dress smeared with her fresh blood. The Man quickly pulled out a paper amulet from his bag, slapped it onto the child's forehead and mumbled a chant.

The child opened her eyes but they had no life in them. The man helped her stand and she started hopping.

"Good morning, my child," the man said with a deep voice. "You are part of my army now."

The child just stared at him with lifeless eyes.

"This here is my right-hand man," he gestured to the jiang-shi beside him. He had a thief's attire and like all jiang-shi, hopped to move.

The child stared at the other jiang-shi.

"Our next target shall be Payon." The man said, inhaling the cool air.

With the jiang-shi following him on foot, the man rode his Pecopeco and headed north.