Before I wrote this chapter I was very grateful with the words some of you have left in the reviews. Those who are writers know more than anyone that each time they received a positive comment of their story/chapter, it makes them feel great and make them continue with this story.
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Thursday.
Awakening early in the morning was now the daily routine, getting ready for school could be annoying, and getting there could be hideous. Repeating this scene was inevitably monotonous. The same people who torture her life could be irritating, but keep fighting was her determination.
One more day and Ga Eul was getting a well-deserved vacations away from this inferno. Friday was so close she could smell it, but for now she had to taste thursday. Surviving was a skill she earned quickly in these days, so two more eight-hour days was nothing for her. The task was not getting in close proximity to the F4's Casanova as long as her feeling's were still there for him. Physical education was off limits for now.
Wearing a black hoodie over her uniform and black glasses, her pace was cautious. Hiding in every corner was her mission, and each time the announce of the F4 was made, Ga Eul would run to the other direction like she was a criminal running away from the scene.
No one could notice she was Ga Eul, not even her friend when she accidentally bumped into her.
"Watch where you're going" shouted an angry Jan Di.
Taking off her glasses made realize Geum Jan Di she just screamed to her best friend. Ga Eul smiled of how her friend could be so temperamental and moody because once she saw it was Ga Eul, her face showed another emotion; shock and curious.
Lots of questions were made at the moment but only few had their answer as the bell rang. The classroom was full of students when Ga Eul walked inside looking for her chair. The teacher was not there so they obviously took their time for a prank. Her chair was missing and there was no other seat. Asking who was the culprit was definitely not going to resolve the problem, but asking for where her chair was, maybe. A girl pointed to the window of the classroom; a beautiful view of the courtyard appeared outside the glass, and a chair sprawled on the lawn. A sigh came out of her mouth and went to find her desk.
The echo of her footsteps was all to be heard in the corridors as she vaguely walk to go outside. A distant sound could be heard, it seem like the footsteps of someone else. Ga Eul didn't mind to look behind and quicken her pace. The steps behind her sounded now like they were running, she freaked out and began to race before it got closer. Her resistance was failing and she was running out of ideas. Then, she decided to be like Jan Di, she turned and without looking who was, yell "what do you want?" she screamed in middle of breaths searching for air.
Ga Eul saw it was the one who she had been avoiding, So Yi Jeong. He looked rather confuse than mad by her sudden reaction. Standing there and not talking was not helping Ga Eul at all of why he was there, following her.
"We need to talk" he finally pronounced. His voice sounded determined and his face confirm it.
Ga Eul shook her head like a child and was about to walk away when he grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her outside.
"That hurts!" her eyes traveled to her wrist while she massage it. So Yi Jeong ignore her complain and looked at her.
"Chu Ga Eul..." he waited for her eyes to meet his. She slowly raised her head forgetting about the wrist, waiting for him to continue talking.
"I may have patience but..." he thoroughly seem like he was looking for the right words to say.
"...when it comes to you, it run out" he kept staring into her eyes. Ga Eul did the same but was aware of his words.
"So, I will say to you this one time..." he raised a hand and emphasized the word 'one' with his index finger. Ga Eul slowly nodded and kept silence.
"Stay away from me" Yi Jeong roughly said and stare at her for just a seconds before leaving.
Ga Eul could not believe what she just heard. She stood there agape and offended by his petition. It was not fair when she did keep out of his way this morning. The more she thought about it, the more she wanted to see him be chased by a pack of hungry hounds seeking to eat him alive.
Getting into a fight, been thrown a ball into his stomach and carry her to the infirmary was not her fault. He could have decided not to help but he did. Why stay out of his way when he was the one who was always there, at the same place?. He was the one who should stay away.
Questioning all of those moments to him will be a waste of time, now she had a more solid reason to keep her distance with him. Although, it was strange to tell someone who you don't even know and haven openly spoken to, to stay away. Her mind did not want to think about it again, having those thoughts will complicate her day more than it was, and her desk was her complication now.
Ga Eul stood there, watching her desk for a second before taking it into her arms. Annoying glares she felt as she turned and saw her classmates looking and laughing at her. The teacher noticed this and his gaze became more serious thinking she was playing around with him. Ga Eul was in trouble, but not before the sprinklers came out and began to shower her. The students knew this was going to happen, and their histerical laughs confirm it.
Running and trying to not get wet was impossible as she was still holding her desk. Entering once again to the school wet was not a good idea but she had nowhere else to go as the sprinklers were still on. Even when she wasn't soaked like the previous time, getting a cold could be possible.
After walking through the corridors trying not to shake of cold and enter to her clasroom with everyone laughing and the teacher giving her a lecture, she closed her eyes and rested her head on the desk ashamed of what happened.
The whole day was another torture but she was relief it had ended.
The next day Ga Eul took it easy on her and decided it was best not to go to school, but prefer to work and help Bom Chun Sik in the porridge shop.
The costumers were the same old ones, almost empty like always and nothing for Ga Eul to clean since that was the only "fun" thing to do and she already left it spotless.
A boy around her age opened the door to the porridge shop, inspected with his eyes the place and quietly sat down waiting for someone to pick up his order. The boss of Ga Eul order her to go as she stood there admiring the handsome boy. Unbelievable was the word to describe this case. No young person has ever come to the shop as long as they can remember. It was a surprise to still see him there and not ran off to somewhere else, the place was undeniably depressing.
Ga Eul slowly walked to him and gave a little cough to attract his attention. He was reading the menu but raised his head to see the girl in front of him.
"Everything seems so delicious" he looked once again to the menu and then to Ga Eul. The boy smiled and told her he would like to order a spiced pumpkin porridge.
When Chun Sik finished doing the dish, he gave it to Ga Eul so she could deliver the plate to him. The boy smirked when he observed the food and took the spoon to began eating, but before he enter any food into his mouth, he looked at the girl who was still watching him very attentive. Ga Eul woke up from her trance and felt embarrassed by how she just creepily looked at him.
"You know, I could have use some company" his teeth did not hide for any second as he was always smiling. She did not understood what he said and he clearly could see.
"Want to join me?" he pointed at the seat in front of him signaling her if she wanted to sit down and make him company.
Ga Eul did not know what to say and looked at his boss. Bom Chun Sik seeing that there was no one else besides him at the shop, gave her a nod.
Gently sitting down, he smiled and introduce himself "I'm Yong Sook" he said and took a spoonful of porridge to his mouth and waited for her answer.
"I'm Chu Ga Eul" she bow her head like when she always greets to everyone. Nervousness was taking control of her as she did not knew what else to say seeing that he was still eating. After an awkward silence he finally spoke "Sorry, this is definitely delicious" Yong Sook said with a grin on his face while still looking at the food that was left.
Then, someone opened the door of the porridge shop very fast. It was Geum Jan Di, and she was mad. The only three human beings at the place looked at her, she was dressed like a rich; a long black dress covered in beautiful white lining across the top part of the dress and a radiant silk that ran down to the bottom of her feet made her look like another person. Though, she had no shoes.
"I seriously am going to erase him from existence" she screamed and went inside the kitchen without even looking to her friend. Her infuriated face could tell that something happened between Gu Jun Pyo and her. Still sitting she kept staring to the kitchen door that was now closed.
Yong Sook stood up and made Ga Eul remember he was still there. He put the money on the table and said "By the way, you have a beatiful name" he smiled and left the shop.
Subsequently, she looked for Jan Di who was changing in the bathroom. Luckily, they would always have extra clothes in the work for any food accident. Her friend knew Jan Di couldn't go like that to her house because her parents would ask her what happened to her, and where all those clothes come from. Ga Eul waited until she was finally out, she was not in a good mood.
Geum Jan Di told her friend of how Gu Jun Pyo made four men follow her and take her to his big mansion without even knowing who she was going to meet. Then, the maids changed her of clothes, a stylist cuts her hair, gets a manicure and pedicure, receives a make-up, and all of this just to meet her enemy. As she was telling the story, her face got more red of anger. Then, Jan Di screams and tells her that he did everything just to 'grant' her a date since he thought that the way she acted and treated him was because she had a crush on him.
Ga Eul could not believe that the leader of the F4 did such a thing to Geum Jan Di. Despite of him being cruel to them, it seemed to Ga Eul a little strange his behavior towards her best friend, but even if she had doubts, she was sure she was not going to ask her friend anymore of the past events.
The girls returned to work still thinking about the boys from the F4. They did not understood why they acted this way. They, the F4, obviously thought everyone was a puppet who could control everytime they wanted, but it wasn't like that with the two girls. Lots of time they had refused , fight, and not like guys. Their life was about friendship and fun. When they were little, girls would kiss boys and said it felt nasty and that it was stupid, since then they were determined not to kiss anyone only when feeling those butterflies in the stomach grown up people talked about when they didn't understood the meaning of it. Now that they have grown to be almost a women, their determination has changed: when the right time comes and the right guy met, they would experience the feeling of kissing the person they love.
After working in the porridge shop, it was still soon to go home, so the girls decided to watch a movie. It was a long time since they haven't gone and being with your best friend was always a blast.
As they walked to the movie theater, Geum Jan Di saw someone familiar crossing the street to the other side. She couldn't help but to follow him along with Chu Ga eul who kept asking what she was doing. Her friend never gave her a response and soon after crossing the street, she ran to that person. It was Ji Hoo. Her eyes shined and her smile could be seen from far. Ga Eul kept waiting for her to come back and it seem like she was trying to convince him of something. Then, after minutes standing alone by herself, Geum Jan Di and Ji Hoo turned and joined her.
"Annyeonghaseyo" he bowed and greet Ga Eul. She did the same.
"Your friend here threaten me if I didn't watch a movie with you. So, here I am" Ga Eul chuckle by his comment and Jan Di did so too. Ji Hoo smiled and began to walk with them to the movie theater.
They choose a romantic movie and bought popcorn and candy to treat themselves. The room was filled with lots of people since the movie came out yesterday and everyone was anxiously waiting to see it. Ji Hoo felt uncomfortable about this because he was always used to watch it in a room for himself, no strangers, no crazy people yelling or laughing hard. Those kind of things annoyed him, but this time he had to endure his discomfort.
Each time a romantic scene was on screen, everyone sigh in union and kiss their partner. Ji Hoo would always kept staring intensely to the scene when Geum Jan Di and Chu Ga Eul would look like two little girls watching a nasty scene like kissing. They felt totally awkward, they didn't know where to hide their head. Ji Hoo would notice this and smile to himself of how the girls could be so innocent.
Finally the movie ended and the girls were the first ones to come out. Ji Hoo was almost the last one to come as he still remembered and comteplated the reaction of the girls towards the movie.
"I told you we should've seen the other one" Jan Di scold Ga Eul, and her face was angry about this.
"Did you liked the movie?" Ji Hoo asked as he approached to them with a smile on his face.
"It was...intense" Ga Eul gave her opinion and looked at Jan Di who was still traumatized.
"Intense? I would say boring" a male voice came from behind Ji Hoo and he slowly advance towards them.
Ga Eul looked confuse for a second of why that guy had answer the question when he wasn't asked. Then, her face changed into a surprised one.
"Yong Sook!" she bowed and smile to him. Ga Eul surely had a good memory for names and faces. That was one of her virtues: remembering people. That's what made everyone like her, they felt special with her.
A light blush appeared on his cheeks as he scratched the back of his head awkwardly. Geum Jan Di and Ji Hoo frown and looked at them curious. Yong Sook did not seem to notice them but his eyes were only fix on the country bumpkin, Ga Eul. A minute passed and nobody spoke, it was getting uncomfortable to just stand there and do nothing but watch the face of the others.
"So, Ga Eul..." Yong Sook was the first one to speak "...would you like to have a walk with me?" he nervously asked and looked to the floor waiting for her answer.
Before Ga Eul could talk, Ji Hoo received a call that caught the attention of the three.
"Hello. Yes, I will" only those words came out before he hung up. His glare turn serious and excuse himself as he had to leave. He said goodbye to the two girls and shared a serious gaze with Yong Sook before getting out of there.
"So...what do you say?" he waited for a reply.
Chu Ga Eul looked at her friend who seemed a little preoccupy of what she could answer. "Maybe next time" declining his offer made her feel relief but at the same time she felt bad for him. This was the first time a boy had asked her to go out with and she turned it down, but her friend was first. Ga Eul didn't want to leaver her friend walk by her own to her house, it was not an option.
Yong Sook gave a disappointed expression and slowly nodded as he understood the answer was a no. On the other side, Jan Di was happy she took that wise decision and stick with her best friend over a boy. After that awkward situation, the girls thought it was best to return to their home.
"I came as soon as I could" Ji Hoo said with a worried tone to his friends who were sitting drinking a cup of fine wine. The three boys laugh and kept staring at him. His gaze became confuse and at the same time mad when he realized they just played with him.
"Where were you?" Gu Jun Pyo asked sharing a glance at Woo Bin who smiled evily.
" A place" Ji Hoo said while he sat alone, apart from the three.
"With who?" It was Yi Jeong' turn to ask. He fixed his eyes on his friend and smirk knowing he had to tell the truth even when they already knew it.
"Geum Jan Di..." Ji Hoo said slowly as he looked at Gu Jun Pyo "...and Chu Ga Eul" he then looked at So Yi Jeong. Their gaze became serious and a silence filled the room.
"What you were doing with them?" Woo Bin asked seeing how this caught the attention of the leader and the casanova of the F4.
"We watched a movie, a romantic one" he looked to the floor until he emphasized the word 'romantic' and glance at them with a grin on his face. The two became more serious.
"Yah!, why?" Gu Jun Pyo gave a worried look to Ji Hoo and this made him chuckle.
"Why I was with them?" Ji Hoo asked to be sure that that was the question his friend wanted to know. Jun Pyo nodded and waited for his response.
"Geum Jan Di asked me to go with them" he showed a devilish smile while saying this.
"Them?" Yi Jeong spoke and Ji Hoo looked at him now. He was his next victim. "Could there be a possibility that someone besides the girls and you was there?" he carefully asked while he thought about it.
"No, there wasn't, until..." Ji Hoo played like if he was not interested in telling more about it. So Yi Jeong at first was calm but when the 'until' came he leaned to the front and looked at him.
"Until a guy came and ask Ga Eul for a walk" he yawned and stretched his arms about to stand up.
"What did she say?" So Yi Jeong asked with a noticeable worried expression, but his friend ignore him and went to open the door, about to leave he smirked and was out of there.
This was his revenge on them for scaring him that something happened with Gu Jun Pyo. He knew and understood that deep inside the two boy's hearts, they felt something for those commoners. Woo Bin could notice it too, they weren't stupid nor blind. Even when they have told them a billion times that they would never have a feeling for them, they really cared for those girls. Making them insecure was his job, and now he knew they must be feeling annoyed by the fact that someone else could be having fun with the girls.
The next morning, Ga Eul and Jan Di prepared themselves to once again work but this time, this day was going to be exciting for them since they were spending time together and with the Geum family at the sea, fishing. This was new to them, fishing was going to be an unforgettable experience for people like them. The boat in which they were going was not the most exclusive but it surely worked and stays floating, that was the important thing for the two girls.
Working today at the porridge shop was different from the other days, the exciting moment was waiting for them and they were very happy that working today got them at the best mood. The girls served very enthusiastic to the clients, humming were all the time as they cleaned the tables. This was really going to be a great day for them, that's what they thought.
Suddenly, as the girls picked up the plates from their previous clients, the door opened and there he was, examining the place once again.
"Yong Sook"Ga Eul saw him and her arms got weak for some strange reason that she was about to accidentally let the plates fall. He took notice of this and help her with it, and when she handle the plates to him, her hand got unintentionally touched by his. She froze and stood the looking to their hands who were still feeling each other. His hand finally move and took the plates to the kitchen. When he put them on the dishwasher, he stood there thinking and sigh of happiness.
Ga Eul could not move even when he left to to the kitchen. She touched her hand in disbelief and held it until Yong Sook came out again. Both of them didn't knew what to say and looked to the floor awkwardly.
"I came here to see you" he broke the silence. Ga Eul only stood there without responding, she was so timid in this situation. Something was holding her from saying what she felt to Yong Sook. She really didn't knew how she felt for him, but she undoubtedly was still thinking in the jerk of Yi Jeong. That's what maybe was holding her from this guy. Yong Sook was sweet, a gentlemen and handsome, but her mind kept thinking on the cruel Casanova. She felt tied to him and his charms.
"I am working" after a few seconds she said. He looked disappointed and about to leave when an idea popped into his mind.
"I can wait for you until you get out" he happily suggested and smiled.
"I don't know, after here I am going fishing" she tried to nicely excuse herself once again.
"Oh! Can I come?" his expression made him look like a kid when getting excited about something.
Ga Eul was trapped here, she didn't expected this question, and having someone you almost don't know was going to be strange for everyone, but seeing him like this excited made her have second thoughts. Jan Di would not mind, she thought and nodded to him. He smiled and clapped of excitement and coincide the hour and the place where he had to be. As he left, Ga Eul sighed of relief and let out a big smile without her even noticing.
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So, I tried to do this chapter as fast as I could since I will be very occupied this weekend, and when I return on monday I will start writing once again, so that means you'll read chapter 5 tuesday or wednesday. By then I hope I get lord of reviews, please!
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