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The Uchiha Queen: Me alegra que te haya gustado la parte de Jan Di con los F4, esa era mi razón de escribirla. Si lo último que escribí de Yong Sook te intrigó, te advierto que este capítulo te puede dejar más intrigada jajaja
Carolina: I am not sure you're the first Brazilian to read it, but what can I be sure about is that you're the first one to review ;)
Celindia: Thanks! Here's the update ;) enjoy
Heartluv: I know! I love Woo Bin lol
Okay. Lots of you are very intrigued to know who the heck is Yong Sook. Well, in this chapter you are not going to know it yet, but you will discover something about him. I really felt inspired this time by all the reviews you left me. I hope I don't dissapoint you!
Enjoy!
After having a confrontation with Yi Jeong, Geum Jan Di and Yong Sook returned to the porridge shop to see how Ga Eul was dealing with the situation. Her best friend was the first to enter as Yong Sook was still outside in his car, apparently meditating on what happened back at Gu Jun Pyo's mansion and the secret he revealed to Jan Di.
"You are back!" Ga Eul exclaimed somewhat worried.
Her best friend happily looked at her but didn't know what to say.
"What you did this time?" she asked in a motherly tone, putting her hands on her hips, waiting for an answer.
Jan Di just patted her shoulder "He's fine. Didn't touch one stinky hair of him" she walked to the kitchen without given any more explanations to a now confused girl. It was incredible to believe that her friend kept a calm mood and smile like that after knowing what happened. Thoughts run in her mind that maybe she was lying, maybe she seriously did something to him and didn't want her to worry.
Then, Yong Sook entered and sigh. His face was low, eyes staring at the floor. Knowing he was hiding this from her was hurting him, and even more when those feelings weren't supposed to happen. Now, he was corraled, between a rock and a hard place. Soon, he will have to choose and the clock was ticking as Jan Di knew some part of him.
"Yong Sook sunbae" Ga eul mentioned his name, calling for his attention as he seem deep in thoughts. His eyes looked at hers, trying to hear the words she just said. After a few seconds he realized what she called him, 'sunbae'. A slight blush appeared on his cheeks as he scratched his head awkwardly, not knowing what to say. "What did Jan Di did to Yi Jeong?" she waited for a response, hoping for an honest answer.
His mind once again had trouble to understand what she just said. Ga Eul waved a hand in front of his face to make him react, and it certainly did. "Oh! Yi Jeong? He's totally fine" Yong Sook tried to laugh a little so she could not notice he was lying. She just nodded and gave an insecure smile.
Suddenly, his phone rang. He only nodded during the call like if he didn't want to mention anything in front of her. His gaze turned serious and after hanging up, he told Ga Eul he needed to leave.
After dissapearing from the shop, her mind wondered of where he had to go so hurriedly. It was strange to see his countenance serious since he would always smile being around her. Shaking her head and thoughts away, she continued working and trying not to overthink for today.
Days passed and it was the same old same. Ga Eul would go to work, Yong Sook would always be the first one to enter. Some days they eated together porridge, and other days he would invite her to get an ice cream, walk together on a near park, or go to see a movie. There was no doubt she was having fun, and having lots of activities in the day made her busy to remind So Yi Jeong. Only during the night she would occasionally think about him and what was with his life. Her heart would beat fast just by hearing his name or having the image of his face in her mind, but with Yong Sook was different, she didn't felt that connection with him. He sure was a great friend, but that was all. Knowing him for this days made them very close, but it was still strange of how he would never talk about his family or some things about him that connected him to his lifestyle. It was a bit difficult to know him as a person since sharing is the first thing you have to do to get to know them better, but with Ga Eul, she would always ignore this and appreciate his company.
It was now the last day before getting once again to school and return back to reality. The thought of seeing Yi Jeong was the first thing that ran into her mind. Having Jan Di by her side was the only thing that comfort her, but if only Yong Sook could be there too, she wished. Being alone sometimes at that school was a horror not knowing what can they do to you or your best friend. This was all thanks to the F4. Humiliating was an ignorance of them. She learned, that when someone received a red card and they even have apologized, it was going to be the same bullying.
The night was long and cold as she stayed awake all the night because she couldn't go to sleep. Just when the alarm was about to sound in one hour, she could find sleep. Even when she closed her eyes and rested, a nightmare of every student of Shinhwa surrounding her and laughing at her, woke her up immediately. She took deep breaths and looked at the clock; one minute before the alarm goes on.
Preparing for school seem so tiring as she couldn't regained the energy that she wasted yesterday. Big bags hung under her eyes and a hump that formed in her back as she slowly walked through the corridors of the school. The girls would look at her and laugh of her. Paper balls were thrown at her when walking to her locker to get the book for her first class.
"Ga Eul!" her best friend called her, but she didn't mind to turn back as she was exhausted. She sighed and closed the locker to see a flabbergasted Jan Di looking at her.
"What happened to you?" she asked worried as she poked curiously one of her eye bags.
"Couldn't..." she paused, giving a big sigh "...sleep"
Jan Di nodded still astonished and looking at her miserable face. The bell rang announcing it was time to go to class. Chu Ga Eul slowly walked down the stairs and this made lots of students get angry by her slow-pace that pushing her seem interesting and fun to them. Her arms didn't have time to hold on to the bar and her body hit a couple of stairs before landing on the cold and solid floor. Students laugh at her while she just stayed there, sobbing of pain. Trying to stand up she couldn't as some persons would put their foot on her back while walking. Her backpack was kicked and step on it lots of time as she struggle to get it.
After a moment, she gave up and stood there in the floor, tired and in pain, hoping that somehow the students will leave her alone and go to their respective class, but nothing. She wished someone was there to help her, but Geum Jan Di was already at her classroom and Yong Sook wasn't there at the school.
Tears rolled down her cheeks as she placed her head on the floor and looked far away from all the feets that were in her way to the courtyard. She wished to be in that bench, alone. Even when that was the place Nam-Kyu previously tried to rape her, she was sure she could feel safe if she was there.
From far away, 8 foot were to be seen, 4 more persons were running to her direction. They were coming more to see her like this, she thought. Then, as she lifted her face to see the faces of those who laugh at her, she could see they were no longer happy but seem scared. Students were pushed hard to get out of the way by two persons. Ga Eul was so tired that rested her head once again on the floor, not closing her eyes. Two shoes were standing now in front of her, and slowly kneel.
"Ga Eul..." A male voice she heard but didn't want to see his face as she knew who it was. Her body was suddenly moved by his hands as he took her on his arms. One of her hands found her way to his shoulder and her head was placed on his other shoulder. Ga Eul looked at the person who stood behind the one who carry her. Woo Bin seem very preoccupied, and his eyes showed he was mad. His voice was all to be heard as he yelled to the students who were once laughing at her and pushed her. A fist he raised as he punched some of them.
"You're going to be fine, you're with me now" Yi Jeong's voice smoothly said as he carry her away from the crowd. Gu Jun Pyo and Ji Hoo followed him behind while Woo Bin was still giving the students a piece of his mind.
This action made everyone wondered in Shinhwa school what was Yi Jeong's intention with the country bumpkin. Confused they were as they couldn't believe how the F4 helped her after they, themselves, gave her a red card. Lots of girls were beginning to feel jealousy, and the boys hated that they're fun could be over with the commoner. They were now the only ones with a red card since Nam-Kyu and the other boy who throw the ball at Ga Eul surrender and left the school. Geum Jan Di was the only secure person who they could still bully without getting hit by the F4, or that's what they thought.
Yi Jeong carefully took her to the F4's private lounge and placed her on a big sofa. Ji Hoo inspected her while Gu Jun Pyo sat on a chair and watched.
"She's going to be okay" Ji Hoo told Yi Jeong with a smile on his face. He nodded and sigh of frustration.
"She looks terrible" the boy who always speaks at the wrong time said. Gu Jun Pyo was this way. He would speak his mind everytime he felt like it, and sometimes, that could be a virtue, or a defect. This time was totally a defect since no one and even more Yi Jeong didn't want to hear some negative comment about her.
Ga Eul looked to her surroundings and could clearly see she was in the place were less she wanted. Her mind tried to focus on why she was there, that they just brought her because she was in pain, physically.
Woo Bin entered the lounge and glanced at the girl who was laying down on the sofa. "How is she?" his eyes traveled to Yi Jeong's eyes who seem still worried. Ji Hoo smiled at this and said "She is going to be fine. For what I can see, she hasn't slept" he looked at the Casanova and the Don Juan, and then he returned to read some magazine, smiling.
Ga Eul looked to the ceiling, trying to think of a happy place or thing. Being here with the most undesirable persons for her wasn't good at all, and even more when the loud beats of her heart were returning again. A hand sweetly was placed on her forehead, brushing her hair to the side. Closing her eyes was not enough as she felt his presence, his face right in front of her. Curiosity made her look and could see how Yi Jeong was sweetly looking at her, caressing her face. Delicately, she pushed him and slowly positioned her body to sat. A pair of four eyes were fixed on her, watching what she was going to do.
"I will leave now" she declared and her hands tried to help her body get up by pressing against the sofa. Getting up, she began to stumble and Yi Jeong grabbed one of her hands and around her hip. This made Ga Eul blush, and the others noticed and smile of how cute it was to watch the scene.
"You need to rest, Ga Eul" he sounded like a father scolding his child.
"I want to go" she stared to the floor, not wanting to see his face and have those feelings once again ruled her heart.
"You can't" Ga Eul tried to walk but Yi Jeong grabbed her from behind, hands around her stomach, so she couldn't give one more step. Ga Eul's face was turning like the color of a tomato, but she pushed those feelings away.
"Let me go" she grabbed his hands and pulled them away from her body. Shock and sadness was written all on his face as he saw how she rejected him and his help completely. He stood there, without saying anything else or stopping her, realizing he lose his opportunity of her love because of his terrible fault.
Ga Eul with difficulty walk grabbing everything that could help her not to fall. She groaned by every step she took. The exit was so close now but someone's body blocked her way, she raised her head and saw Woo Bin, one hand on the hip as if telling her he wasn't going to get out of the way. Staggering, she let her body fall directly to Woo Bin's body, he catched her and held her.
"Come on, you need to rest" he took her on his arms and gently placed her once again on the sofa. She gave a big sigh and slowly closed her eyes.
"Woo Bin sunbae" it was almost impossible to hear clearly what she was saying, but they still understood her. "Thank you" with that said she went to sleep.
Jealousy was gaining control of Yi Jeong as he saw how the Don Juan was being treated differently from him. Even though he knew Woo Bin didn't have any intentions with her, Ga Eul was surely opening up with him and he didn't like that. Admitting to himself he was being mentally selfish with that thought, but he knew the only one he had to worry was for Yong Sook. Being so close to Ga Eul was sickening him, he wanted no male close to her or even around her. Knowing that boy was not getting rejected like him but instead could shared every day with her was frustrating. Yes, he knows he has been with her. Sending spies or himself spying was becoming his daily routine, concentrating on his pottery seem impossible thinking that Ga Eul was with that guy, no one knows doing what, lying to himself that she needed someone to protect her even from the distance.
"I'm leaving" he took a sip of wine and was about to exit the door.
"Aren't you going to watch her?" Woo Bin asked him, confused. Bringing her here after rescuing her and then leaving her alone and not watch her was odd. Only Ji Hoo undertood why, Yi Jeong needed time to meditate and get his mind clear.
"You can watch her, she wants you more" with that being said, he left angry.
Woo Bin's eyes grew wide, surprised to see his friend act this way. He couldn't believe he was actually jealous of him. Of course, he knew he was a perfect and handsome Don Juan, but he would never try to steal a girl from his best friend and not even think about doing it. Ga Eul was just a simple girl for him, no attractions were to be feel. The only feeling he was starting to have was a brotherly one, and he didn't knew why. Watching how she was in the floor getting hurt, made him really mad not just because that was his best friend's girl but because he felt the need to protect her as a brother. Being this days on her watch, seeing that nothing happens to her was becoming his job, but not by obligation, but because he felt affection. That day when he saved her from those men and when she opened up her heart to him, he felt like he had to be there for her like a brother. Yi Jeong obviously didn't knew how to handle this love, and even when he couldn't help him emotionally, he was going to make sure Ga Eul was fine in every way. He knew that if something happened to her, Yi Jeong would suffer.
"I guess I will" he raised his shoulder and arms as if having no other choice. Ji Hoo and Gu Jun Pyo smiled to this and kept doing their respective hobby.
Walking through the corridors, everyone carefully stared at him. No girl even dared to approach him as they saw how angry he was. So Yi Jeong was having a mental battle of whether to go or to stay in school in case something else happened to Ga Eul. Having peace was not to be find in the school, but he needed to find some place.
"SO... YI ...JEONG!" he heard a scream behind him of a female, an angry female. His eyes grew wide, scared again. He stood there immobile, not knowing what could happen to him if he dared to move or run. Besides, he was at school, he was supposed to scare people not be afraid of them. Trying to act cool, he turned around and saw an angry Geum Jan Di walking towards him, her eyes almost in flames.
"Where is Ga Eul?" she poked a lot of times his chest while saying this, and then she touched his chin, pointing at him.
Even if he tried to act cool, he couldn't. "In the lounge" he stuttered.
Jan Di looked at him in the eyes "I am watching you" her fingers pointed her eyes to his, and slowly turned to see Ga Eul at the lounge.
He took a big sigh. Mission accomplished, he thought. Getting away alive from her was getting each time more difficult, and achieving this time was a big success. He turned once again, thinking of where he could go to have some peace and quiet alone. Then, an unexpectable familiar presence was a few feet away from him. Shocked he was, not knowing what to think. So Yi Jeong wasn't wrong, he knew he have seen him in some place.
Yong Sook was standing in a corner, talking with some students, apparently his friends. He was wearing the Shinhwa uniform, and held some books on his hands. He didn't notice Yi Jeong was looking at him, and before he did, the Casanova went to the other way.
Lots of thoughts came into his mind, questions needed to be answer. Why was a student from Shinhwa school interested in Ga Eul? Did Ga Eul knew he attend here? What were his true intentions?.
So Yi Jeong was sure he wasn't going to cross his arms and wait for his true identity to come out when he wanted. He was sure he needed to find information of who he was and what he wanted.
Geum Jan Di ran fast as she could to get to the lounge. A girl blocked her way to pass and she boldly gave her a warning. The girl, scared, left running. Jan Di hurriedly enter to see two of the F4. Woo Bin was reading a magazine sitting in a chair besides Ga Eul, and stupid Gu Jun Pyo was playing video games. She rolled her eyes to this and walked to where her friend was. Ga Eul was sleeping, and Woo Bin slowly put a finger over his lips, telling her to stay quiet.
"How is she?" she asked keeping down her voice.
"Sleeping" he jokingly said and smirked.
Geum Jan Di hit his arm and he gave a little jump, surprised by her action.
"She is fine" he said while rolling his eyes. The Don Juan returned to read the magazine.
Jan Di took a look at her best friend. Disappointed she was of herself as she couldn't protect her like in many occasions before. Doubts came of if she was really being a good friend, or she was letting her down. She sweetly caressed her face while asking herself this. Then, she stood up and realize she was in good hands as she knew that Woo Bin previously saved her, and he didn't have any intentions to hurt her but to take care of her.
"Let me know when she wakes up" a favor she asked and the Don Juan nodded, not taking his eyes off the magazine.
Gu Jun Pyo noticing now her presence, stood up and went to her "What are you doing here?" he loudly said and this made Jan Di mad and shush him for far. He looked offended that she ordered him to silence "Yah! Who do you think you are?" he screamed looking at her from far. Geum Jan Di couldn't take it any longer and ran to him and shut his mouth with her hand. He tried to say something but he couldnt. "You are going to wake her up" she murmured to him.
He pulled away her hand "What?" He said in a loud voice.
"YOU ARE GOING TO WAKE HER UP!" she screamed furiously at him.
Ga Eul slowly opened her eyes and moaned. Jan Di and Gu Jun Pyo's eyes fixed on her who was stretching her arms now.
"You see what you did!" she blamed him for waking her up. Hitting him on his arm.
"Me?, you were the one who screamed" he said offended.
Jan Di opened her mouth to say something but Ga Eul did first "Is good to know you're here" she sighed and looked at her friend who was pulling Gu Jun Pyo's hair.
Her best friend took notice of this and went to her, ignoring him.
"I'm sorry I wasn't there to help you" she apologized and Ga Eul shook her head.
"Its not your fault" she gave a little smirk.
Before Jan Di could say something else, someone unexpectedly entered the lounge "Ga Eul!" he searched with his eyes for her, until he find her. "I was so worried about you" Yong Sook surprisingly stood there in front of her, wearing his uniform.
Ga Eul's jaw dropped open and Jan Di's too. She got to discover he was rich, but being at the same school was new for her. Her mind was having lots of doubts about him now.
"What are you doing here?" Ga Eul asked confused and very surprised. "I mean, why are you wearing the school uniform?" she asked getting a bit mad at him. Woo Bin quit reading the magazine and watched carefully what was happening. Gu Jun Pyo stood where he was at, looking that this boy didn't get near to Jan Di.
"I study here" he chuckle a bit, nervous, scratching his head.
"Why you hide this from me!?" Ga Eul was feeling betrayed and hurt by this.
"I can explain" his eyes seem worried. "Come with me, I will tell you everything" he begged her and even when she didn't want at first to go, he convinced her.
Ga Eul stood up with difficulty but feeling much better than before. Standing up too, Woo Bin stopped her with his hand "Are you sure, Ga Eul?" he never looked to her but stared seriously at him. She nodded and waited for his hand to come down.
Jan Di looked at Yong Sook "Remember... I can turn to be another person" her gaze stood serious as she warned him. His countenance changed when he remembered what happened back at Gu Jun Pyo's mansion, and he knew he had to take this warning seriously.
With that, she left with him. Geum Jan Di and Song Woo Bin were left behind, preoccupied. Someone who hide this to her friend was not to be trust, but they respected Ga Eul's decision.
After a few minutes of Ga Eul leaving with Yong Sook, Geum Jan Di was still there, arguing with Gu Jun Pyo of how he was such an idiot for waking up her friend. The discussion kept on and on, and Woo Bin just smiled to this.
Suddenly, Yi Jeong entered running, taking a bit to breath some air. He seemed worried and touched his chest looking for more oxygen. His best friend stood up, looking at him worried. "Where is Ga Eul!?" he desperately screamed. Woo Bin looked at Geum Jan Di preoccupied to answer his question. Yi Jeong looked at both of them and knew the answer by just looking at their eyes. "She's in big trouble"
Oh uh! Yong Sook's identity was discovered by Yi Jeong. What could possibly be after?
Was this a cliffhanger? Lol
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