A/N: Surprise! Happy Labor Day again!

Ga Eul awoke to a splitting headache and rolled over in her bed to find that the morning was already half-gone. Shutting her eyes against the bright sunlight streaming in through her window, she buried her head underneath her covers. Her memories of the previous night were foggy, but she remembered she and Gong Yoo going to the same restaurant she had taken Yi Jeong too. They had eaten chitlins, and Gong Yoo drank soju—several bottles, one after the other—while he and Ga Eul relived all of their best—and worst—memories of her brother and Gong Yoo getting berated by her parents for their stupid pranks. At some point, he had dared Ga Eul to do a shot, and she had accepted the glass handed to her and then another and then another. She could still feel that burning, tingling sensation in the back of her throat even now. How much had she had?

She could remember them walking along the street to her house in the dead of night and Gong Yoo saying something. What was it?

If anyone tells you about your brother…

Ga Eul shook her head and tried to hear his voice again.

If anyone tells you anything bad about your brother, don't…

Don't? Don't what?

Ga Eul's phone rung, the obnoxiously loud ringtone making Ga Eul cringe and hold a pillow against her ears. Honestly, when did that song get to be so annoying? After a few minutes, when it became obvious that the caller would not give up, Ga Eul threw the pillow aside and sat halfway up.

Grabbing her phone from off the top of her nightstand, she picked up the call.

It was Yi Jeong.

"Oh, Sunbae…hello," she said, her voice barely above a whisper and sounding raspy even to her own ears.

"Ga Eul-yang." Ga Eul pulled the phone away from her ear and held it at a little distance. "Are you okay? Did I wake you? What time is it there?"

"Ah, no, I was already awake. Sunbae, maybe you could talk a little quieter?" Ga Eul slid back down under her covers and tossed them lightly over her head.

"What? Ga Eul-yang, I can hardly hear you."

Ga Eul put the phone back up to her ear grudgingly.

"Is that better?"

"Yeah, your voice still sounds kinda muffled though. Are you sick?"

"Hmm? Oh, no. No, that's not it. Actually, I don't feel so well. Could I call you back later? Or if this is important I can talk to you now."

"No, I was just expecting your call, that's all. I thought maybe something had happened."

Her call?

Aish, she forgot to call him the night before.

"Ga Eul-yang?"

"Ah, oh that. I'm sorry Sunbae. I was out…I mean I went out to eat with my friend and then I was out kinda late. I must have been so tired when I get home." Ga Eul yawned through the word tired, as if her body was trying to confirm the statement. "I don't remember."

"Ga Eul-yang, are you hungover?"

"What?"

"Ga Eul-yang." Yi Jeong dropped his voice to an almost-whisper. "Go get something to eat. The sooner you get some carbs in your system, the sooner you'll feel better."

"Aniyo, I don't want to get out of bed. The sun's too bright."

"Who was that yesterday anyway?"

"My brother's old friend. I mean…we were all friends."

"So you let him get you so drunk you don't remember anything?"

Ga Eul could hear the barely veiled annoyance in Yi Jeong's voice.

"I do remember…some things."

"Ga Eul-yang, where are you?"

"At home. In my bedroom. Hold on. Let me check." Ga Eul poked her head out from under the covers to see her old giraffe stuffed animal smiling at her from its perch by the closet door. Looking at the giraffe, she answered, "Yep. I'm at home."

"That's not funny, Ga Eul-yang. What if something happened to you?"

"What's going to happen to me with Gong Yoo Oppa? We've known each other for years."

"I thought you hadn't seen him for years."

"Yes, but…we knew each other for years before that. Besides, it was the last time I was going to get see him before he moved to Taiwan."

"Are you even listening to yourself? You let a guy you haven't heard from in years get you so drunk you hardly remember anything right before he disappears to another country. You're too trusting. You know that, right?"

You're too trusting…Hadn't Gong Yoo said a similar thing to her the night before?

All of a sudden, Ga Eul felt like crying, and her headache came back full force.

"Yi Jeong Sunbae, please stop yelling at me," she whispered. "I'm fine. I just want to go back to sleep, okay?"

Yi Jeong sighed.

"Okay." He lowered his voice again from where it had climbed to a normal speaking decibel. "Get some rest. But eat something, will you?"

"I promise." Ga Eul nodded into her pillow though she knew somewhere in the back of her mind that Yi Jeong couldn't see her.

"Bye."

"Good night," Ga Eul mumbled into the phone. Hanging it up, she didn't even bother putting it back on her night stand but snuggled into the silent dark of her covers once more.

There. Perfect.

Except it felt like she was forgetting something, and it wasn't just calling Yi Jeong.

Today was Saturday, though, which meant that she didn't have classes, and she didn't even have work because she wasn't scheduled to work Saturday of this week. Actually, Il Hyun didn't normally schedule her for Saturdays, although she had repeatedly assured him she could work more days without it affecting her studies.

Ga Eul yawned again.

Well, she knew she didn't have to feed Fat Cat because his owner had come back yesterday.

Yesterday? No, wait, she did feed him yesterday, and his owner most definitely was not at home.

Ga Eul shook her head and rolled over so that she was lying on her back.

Suddenly, her eyes shot wide open, and she threw off the covers and stood up.

Her alarm clock read 10:20 AM.

10:20 AM on Friday.

Not only had she missed her final Calculus class that morning, but now her final photography project was due in less than four hours!