Chapter 12:
Working Things Out
It is already half of the first quarter and they are now being showered with quizzes and projects. Just two and half weeks to go and they will have their first quarter examinations, and Ga Eul has already succeeded in making a head start of things. She was able to study well with every exams and quizzes and gets a high remark as for her surprise quizzes were just alright. All she was getting worried recently was her Physical science project wherein she is partnered with a guy who doesn't seem to like her at all cost. How can she even interact properly with him if he himself seems to look down at her, feeling as if she was an enemy or an intruder? As for Jan Di, she has been starting to work things out with Jun Pyo and seems that they were able to start with their projects. As for Ga Eul, she wanted to finish everything even before hitting the hell week of the first quarter of course, the main reason why she wanted to get everything done, most especially in case that her coaches will announce the start of their practices and trainings.
She has been slowly adapting and blending in very well with the section she is now, having a feeling and thinking that she still can indeed make it through the year with high contenting grades. She is going pretty well with her classmates, feeling as if forming a new bond with them all. Well of course, except for the f4. She still hasn't made any very close encounters with them yet, except for Ji Hoo and her partner Yi Jung, doesn't seem to be good to be with even if they are signed with the same project.
It was just last week that their Physical Science project was announced and they are already nearing the end of their first quarter, she needed to act quickly if she don't wanted to be stressed out.
It was a fine day, and she have decided to lightly tap the shoulder of Yi Jung regarding their project. It was a right moment for her to talk to him alone since his friends is nowhere to be seen around. It was their break time, and she just ate with Jan Di since Jae Kyung was at the library, already starting to do their first 3d model for their project with Woo Bin. Ga Eul saw Yi Jung by the tree, busily reading a book in hand.
Yi Jung responded naturally with Ga Eul's light tap, exposing his never-will-be-erased blank expression in his face. He was honestly surprised to see Ga Eul in front of him at this moment. He arched an eye brow, telling what is it that you want? Ga Eul was not stupid to know what his expression says, so she immediately told him what she had brought in front of him.
"hey Yi Jung, I'd just like to ask about our project. I was able to look for seven articles and I'd like you to have a look with them."
Ga Eul handed him her research as she tries to ignore the blank expression of Yi Jung. He read every detail for about a few minutes as Ga Eul took a seat beside him. How sweet of him not to ask me to even take a seat, she calmly told herself.
She looked at the scenery of her school while waiting for Yi Jung to finish reading and seeing some students chatting together and having fun, while the others are busy studying and doing other stuffs.
"Well, I believe everything is fine, Chu Ga Eul. Though I prefer the first three and the very last one, a total of four. We can use those for this project of ours." He returned the papers to Ga Eul while explaining and not even looking at her.
"Alright then," she looked at him directly in the eyes even if he tries to not to return the gaze, showing that she feels alright with him. "have you already find some articles too? I'd like to read them too."
"yes I did," not responding immediately after she asks him, which kept her thinking if he even heard her ask him, "but they're in our classroom. I'll hand them to you later when we get back there."
"Okay, so what do you think we should do about our supposedly 3d models?"
"well, what do you want to do? We'll work on it together or we'll work on our own? You make models of your own articles and I'll make mine?"
Ga Eul thought about it, well at least he didn't want to work things or his own only, and he's giving me options to work with him.
"it won't look like a team work if we don't work on it together, so I suggest that we should work together in making all of the models in all our articles. Is that alright to you?" Ga Eul looked at him, expecting to look back at her as he responds.
"that's fine with me," fixing his thick and heavy eye glasses, "but when do you want to do it then? I'm hoping for a place where we can have the things that we needed, and I would want it to finish immediately as we have started it." He exclaimed.
Ga Eul was surprised to hear that from him, woah! What a demanding guy he is!
"alright, I am thinking to work somewhere here at school and we can bring every material that we needed or we can work at our homes, if that's fine with you?" she suggested, longing for a good answer from him.
"Where would you want to work here at school, just in case?" this time, Yi Jung met her gaze as he demands for an answer.
"well, we can work on the grasslands or even here if you want, most probably in the library which is the best place, though the librarians might get angry at us if ever we might have to many trash in there'' she said worriedly, though she received a thinking style reaction from Yi Jung as he hold his chin as though he is thinking.
"How can you even work here, in public? You don't even care working at the grassland?" he said in a problematic tone.
"well, they don't care about us. We are working with our project, that's the important thing that they shouldn't care about."
"I don't even think the library is a good idea, most especially will work with Styrofoam and all kinds of papers that will surely make a lot of mess around."
"Agree, how about we try doing our project in your house then? We can work it every after class, or on Saturday, one whole day so we can finish it in one day compare to everyday after class. What do you think?" Ga Eul suggested.
Yi Jung suddenly changed his expression, he frowned from his blank expression that he usually have and now, Ga Eul was surprised of seeing his sudden change of expression. She felt guilty, thinking she suck in giving suggestions to work on with. He closed his book, stood up and looked at her. Didn't knew she was a bit shorter than me. Her height was the first damn thing he thought of, heck with that! I'm trying to tell her something more important than her height!
He tried to balance himself to remember what he was trying to tell her and held his head as if having a headache.
"Are you alright Yi Jung?" Ga Eul worriedly asked him. She can't understand why he suddenly looked like he was struck by lightning.
"I'm fine." He held his hair and fixed his glasses once more and looked at her hard, "I am not allowed to take in anyone at home, most especially a girl like you."
Ga Eul looked a bit hurt by what he had said, she just can't understand why he hates her when she doesn't done anything wrong with him. She looked down and up to his eyes again, "alright, let's try in my place then? We have everything we needed their and mom can make us food so you don't have to worry. It's fine with dad, he'll understand that we're making our project. What about it then?"
She stared at him, wishing that he agrees with the plan since she is getting tired of thinking other options for them to finish their damn project. He returned his gaze on her again, this time, harder and questioning, as if telling her that this must be a good idea.
He surrendered, as if he lose in battle, putting and shaking his arms by his side, "alright fine. In your place then, since we don't have any other choice."
Ga Eul was so delighted that she dropped her research paper on the floor, she picked it up but she was surprise to see Yi Jung giving her a helping hand. She smiled at him and muttered, "thanks" as he was first surprised then frowned and looked down at the fallen papers.
"alright, so on Saturday then? What time do you want me to go by your place?" handing her research papers. "At 10, so we can start already and have lunch as our break. Is that alright to you?'' He looked into her, thinking they're too sweet and gentle, just mesmerizing. He was surprised that he had just thought of that, especially to an enemy.
"Stop asking if it's alright already! I don't have any other choice but to work this stupid project with you anyway!" he felt that he was back into his senses as for her, she got wide eye over that sudden explosion of his, not even expecting it the most.
She looked at him weirdly, "I don't get you. You have mood swings problem mister and whether you like it or not, we're stuck making this project, and it is not stupid." She took the papers from his hand in a harsh way.
Ga Eul turned her back on him and walked away. When she was just a meter away from him, she did remember a few important things. She closely turned her head and to meet his gaze once again. he was frowning at the floor when she looked at him and shouted a few reminders, "I'll meet you at exactly 10 on the bridge by the Han Hyun Park, the one that has a koi pond below. You'll get confuse going alone by my house."
She turned her back as Yi Jung was surprised to hear her talk again. Damn it Ga Eul?! You're forgetting something again! SO she turned around again and said,"and don't forget to show me your research papers later!" with that, she felt ashamed of doing the same thing over again so she ran away back to the canteen.
As for Yi Jung, he felt numb and dumb. And who was she to take orders from? I'll go by her house alone, I don't want any muse with me going in there, I'm not stupid looking for some house on my own.
Ga Eul calmed herself after running having only one thing in mind, then I don't have anything to worry about. I guess I can finish every projects that I can tonight and tomorrow night, then I only have that Physical Science project to finish with on Saturday.
She pulled out her planner and wrote down all the reminders she needed to remember. She recalled everything, and to inform her parents about a visitor on Saturday. Somehow, she didn't what to feel since she knew that Yi Jung came from a rich family.
"I hope my house is alright with him." She closed her planner as the bell rang, signaling to everyone that lunch time is over and they better prepare for their next class.
Just before their next class even starts, Yi Jung did showed Ga Eul the articles that he was able to search and handed it to her. After reading everything, she approached Yi Jung of what she taught was the best and appropriate ones they should use for their project together. She saw him in the locker, fixing his things before going home. Seeing that his friends is not around him, she thought that it'll be easy to discuss it with him. She always felt weird whenever they look at her as she talks to Yi Jung, feeling as though she is going to be dead after a few minutes.
Swarming through the large crowd, she met him halfway and yelled onto his name.
"Yi Jung-ah!"
Surprised, he quickly turned around and dropped his glasses. Ga Eul quickly picked it up and handed it to him. He looked at her with great disgust, obviously blaming her for the almost end of his precious eye glasses.
"Sorry about that.'' She is not stupid enough to feel the sudden hate stare that he showed him, maybe because of the falling of his eye glasses from his face.
"What?" he said in a hard and straight voice.
"well," she analyzed his face, making sure that he is listening to her. "I thought that the first four suites well for our project, and it'll be easy for us to make the models to it since the research that you have done have already pictures of it on them, and the materials that we can use are easy to find. So what do you think?"
Yi jung have already read his researches, and find everything easy for his taste. Maybe he can consider her ideas this time.
"Alright then, I don't mind." He took his research papers from her, just in time that Ga Eul saw the three guys that has the same clothing taste like him and then immediately excused herself.
"I-I better go, jan Di is looking for me. See yah!" She quickly speed off and waved goodbye to him.
"Woah, what was that Yi Jung-ah? You've been making friends with some girl already?" Woo Bin said in a not so obvious teasing tone.
Yi Jung rolled his eyes, but smiled and put an arm on his friend, "some project partner with a competitor. Crazy huh?"
They laughed in chorus as they had their usual walk for their place.
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