Me again! I felt bad that you had to wait so long for the last chapter so I busted my but to get another chapter in two days. This one is more emotional than the others. Some historicalness.

After the trip to the nurse with Hyung, which had many close calls with Hyung's friends sneaking around, Yong-Soo made his way over to his locker. Hyung had veered off to, more than likely, find his friends so he can plot revenge for that fight. While unlocking his locker, the American came up from the side and started making small talk.

"Hey there! Sorry about getting you involved in that mess." Yong-Soo felt so embarrassed by the earlier events.

"Nah, it's fine, we're used to getting people out of trouble with the Commies." The American seemed to act so relaxed.

"I have a million questions going on right now, but I should ask you your name." Yong-Soo couldn't believe he hadn't asked first.

"I'm Alfred, and you must be Yong-Soo."

"You'd be correct, but how did you know?"

"Well," explained Alfred, "Hyung had been talking about you on facebook."

"Great, I'm only here two days and he's already trying to push my buttons. He's the one being the pain in the ass, not me." Yong-Soo couldn't help but complain. Ever since he met Hyung, his brother had been giving him the cold shoulder and getting into fights. As far as Yong-Soo knew, he didn't do anything wrong.

"I can't blame ya, dude. Hyung's known for getting into fights for no reason, well, as far as I know him. Maybe I should introduce you to the others back at that little cat fight." Alfred figured it was a good idea to cheer up the poor Korean.

"Sure. Um… could you… show me around the school, too?"

"Yeah no problem!"

"Thanks Alfred."

Alfred led Yong-Soo around pointing out various rooms. He showed Yong-Soo his classrooms, the cafeteria, the gym, and other rooms he was and wasn't allowed in. When they reached the library, Alfred gave Yong-Soo a map so he could refer back to it. He even taught Yong-Soo how to open his locker quicker.

"Well, the others are inside. They'll definitely be your friends. Any friend of mine is a friend of yours."

"Thanks, Alfred, daze!"

When they entered the library, Yong-Soo was astonished. The library was huge! The book cases were aligned so complexly that it was basically a maze. There were two floors, both equally maze like, and they headed up to the second floor. They navigated their way through until they came to a lounge area that was tucked away behind a couple of bookcases. The other three students were already there: the French man on his cell phone, and the Brit and Canadian were reading.

"Hey guys! I found the lost puppy!" Alfred had apparently given Yong-Soo a new nickname. "Yong, this is Francis, Arthur, and Matthew."

As they took their seats, a girl came in with drinks, "Oh, Yong, this is Meimei, she's from Taiwan." As Alfred introduced, Yong-Soo couldn't really take his eyes off her. Meimei had long brown hair that looked soft to the touch, and pink flower hair clips made the uniform softer. Her personality was warm and sweet, too. It could probably warm you up from a cold winter night with just a small smile.

Meimei sat down with them as they all explained to Yong-Soo how everything worked. Yong-Soo did have one question which was nagging at him for a while.

"What did you mean by 'Commies' when you were talking about Hyung and his friends, Alfred?"

The room went silent for a few minutes before Alfred finally spoke. "Well… it's kind of complicated, and it's not really a fond thing to talk about. But you need to know."

"It all started back in third grade. Before then, we were fine, until me and Ivan went at odds. Ivan is the big Russian, FYI. I can't remember what we fought about, but it was so bad that it split the class. It kept splitting until it came down to what it is now. When we were learning about the Cold War in middle school, it just so happened that the communists vs. capitalists fitted our two groups. We adopted those names and continued using them. Though back then, Hyung was more of a side liner than the fighter he is today. But the weird thing was that Hyung had at first gone head first into this split groups, than he suddenly pulled out, and then dived back in again. Not sure what could have caused such a change like that."

"That's weird, daze!" Yong-Soo was intrigued by this new information about Hyung and it disturbed him too. What could have caused the sudden changes?

At that moment, Meimei took the opportunity. "May I talk to Yong-Soo in private?"

"Ohohohon. Looks like little Yong-Soo is getting a new lover." Of course, Francis just had to be perverted.

Arthur, being notorious as being against Francis, retorted, "Bloody hell, Francis! That wasn't what was meant!"

Yong-Soo and Meimei went down towards the front desk. When they reached there, Meimei looked at Yong-Soo with concern. "Is Hyung… acting strangely?"

"Other than him trying to push my buttons every chance he gets, I don't see anything wrong."

"… He never would do that, though." Meimei had a distant look in her eyes.

"We first met in preschool. I had been bullied so much that whenever I was alone I would cry. Your brother was different. He came over to me one day when I was unable to control my tears. He had so much kindness, despite the fact he had a rough exterior and never talked to anyone. Ever since he befriended me, we hung out all the time. He protected me from the bullies and often took the insults and hurt-full things himself. He was so against bullying, which is why he would never do that… unless… he was… upset enough. That would explain everything. Maybe you should talk to him?"

"… If he is just upset… I could possibly try, but I can't guarantee anything." Yong-Soo was so moved by Meimei's story. It was tough to admit, but Hyung was like the knight in shining armor to Meimei, and she may not have turned into this person now without his help.

"Please try. Tell him I'm concerned about him." Meimei was pleading so badly it was almost tear jerking.

Shortly, the bell rang, signaling the first period was about to start. Everyone went to their classes, and a hopeful Yong-Soo went straight to class knowing Hyung was going to be there, too. Yong-Soo couldn't help but think that the changes in Hyung from Alfred's story may be connected to Meimei's story somehow. Was there really a connection?

I hope you enjoyed this one. I made this one short and emotional, and the rest of the story is going to have more emotional parts. Please tell me how much you enjoyed this one.

Meimei=Taiwan