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At a blistering pace she was getting near to the destination where in an hour four young man will appear to give her an explanation. A student girl who guarded the door to the entry of the F4's private lounge didn't dare to tell Chu Ga Eul a word as she already knew the country bumpkin had the permission to enter whenever she wanted.
Entering, her serious gaze searched through all the room to see if there could be the presence of someone unexpected, and indeed there was. One of them was sitting at the corner of the room playing videogames entertained pressing hard the buttons of the console. His tongue hung out by how attentive he was to the game. From the distance she could see he was playing a car racing game, and a few seconds later he lost, remaining second place. Grunting, he threw the game console to the floor and turned off the television. Standing up, when he immediately turned he saw Ga Eul at the entrance.
A curious glare he had as for what was her purpose of being there since her boyfriend wasn't in the room. Going to the small kitchen, he grabbed a bottle of wine and drink directly from it while still glancing to the country bumpkin.
"What do you want?" his question always seemed rude as he didn't know the word 'polite' existed in his vocabulary.
She slowly got close to the counter of the kitchen and sat on a large chair. Fingers were fidgeting as she was a little nervous now that she witnessed the sudden change of mood of the leader after losing the game. Looking for the right words to say, she finally stared at his eyes a little afraid.
"You can't kick out Yong Sook from school" she blurted out. Uh oh! Those weren't the right words to say, she thought. Even when she felt a little embarrased of how she suddenly requested for such a thing that seem crazy, she was decided that that was what she wanted.
"Are you crazy!" he chuckled as he thought it was just a joke, but after looking straight into her serious eyes he noticed she wasn't joking around. "Wh..what!" he gulped more wine and wiped out with his arm the liquid that stood around his mouth.
"I just don't think is fair" she complained and her hand gave a slight punch to the counter so he could see she was more than serious, a little angry was the mood she was carrying now.
"Fair, after all he did to you?" Gu Jun Pyo could not believe she was indeed defending the guy who previously kidnapped her and almost got her killed by his fault. Having a screw loose was all left for him to think about her.
"You see..." intertwining her hands she began to feel nervous of the confession she didn't make back at the hospital "...he let me go at the end" she looked at him in the eyes for some expression and could see he was getting confused.
"Before you guys came, I convinced him to untie me as he was getting against what Nam-Kyu was doing" she explained more clearly and his face changed, understanding now what was the reason for her anger of throwing him out of Shinhwa school.
"Okay, but you don't know if he's going to do it again" Gu Jun Pyo was feeling unsure about this as he didn't trust that guy after what he almost did to his best friend's girlfriend. Even before that he sensed he couldn't trust him, but maybe that was because of his jealousy towards him being so close to Geum Jan Di.
"I know he won't. I can tell" with a confident tone she said while looking at him with her hands pleading for her request to be accepted.
"Aish! Alright" he finally said after fighting against the sad puppy eyes Ga Eul was giving him. Gu Jun Pyo knew he was only doing this because he trusted her word, not Yong Sook. It was becoming unbearable to say no to a girl like her and he hated it.
After that, she stood up jumping and clapping very happy. Running around the counter she hugged him and thanked him while he wore an annoying face trying to get her off of him.
Before she could leave the room, something else came into her mind and turned with a preoccupied face to look at Gu Jun Pyo. "One more thing" her finger raised right in front of her face when she mentioned 'one'. He stood there without saying something, waiting for her to keep talking.
"Please, don't tell So Yi Jeong" she begged him and he was now completely confused by this other petition of her.
"Why?" he didn't understand why she wanted to hide this from him. Although, in some moment he was going to know the truth even if his best friend didn't told him. Yong Sook would be present at school and in any time the potter will see him.
"I just don't want him to get mad. I want to tell him myself what happened" she looked to the floor a little ashamed she was planning to hide this from him for a little time, but she thought it was the right thing to do as he wouldn't understand if she told him immediately now.
Before Gu Jun Pyo could respond to her request, Woo Bin and Ji Hoo entered to the lounge with a happy face.
They were suddenly surprised by the visit of the country bumpkin there. Sitting on a white couch, they glanced at each other like if they were telepathically talking and then both of them looked at Ga Eul.
"Even though So Yi Jeong isn't here, I am happy you are because we have something to tell you" he said with a big smile on his face. Getting up from the couch, he went to her and placed his arm around her shoulder. "You know, So Yi Jeong's birthday is coming soon" he talked in a mysterious tone as he slowly made her walk to the couch.
"We were thinking on keeping it at a low profile, but you know we aren't like that. We are the F4" he smirked at this and pushed her down to the sofa, sitting right beside of her. "So, we were thinking on throwing him a big surprise party" the Don Juan finally said and looked at her very excited, trying to read by her face if she was going to like it.
Chu Ga Eul felt a little uncomfortable by the idea of having to be around of lots of rich people and not to mention the Shinhwa students, that was more than enough. Her eyes seemed lost in space as he told her his idea. Even though she wasn't going to like the atmosphere of the party, it was a great opportunity for her to collaborate on something it was going to bring him joy.
Woo Bin slowly waved his hand in front of her face as she was still lost in her thoughts. Ga Eul woke up from her trance and smiled when she looked at him, giving him a thumbs up approving it. Giving a clap, the Don Juan was feeling happy to count on the country bumpkin too. It was definitely going to be exhilarating having the company of the F4 and the ex Casanova's girlfriend for this grand event. They never done this before and the idea came out quickly to his mind and felt like he needed to do it. So Yi Jeong never made one again since he was twelve years old. He began to not care about that as his parents started to have problems by that age of him.
"Although I don't know what to buy for him as a present" Woo Bin's finger touched his chin as he tried to think about something that could be precious and valuable for So Yi Jeong, but he still didn't know as they had everything they wanted. That was the con of being rich, you never know what could impress the other without that person already having it.
Then, Ga Eul thought he was right, she needed to give him a gift, but what could it be?. She was poor and almost everything that could brought his attention was expensive. Sadly, she realized she may not have a special gift for him as she was scared of him despising her present.
Thinking and meditating about it was really going to be hard. It needed to come from her heart, where is more valuable than all the money in the world.
"I already know what I will be giving him" Ji Hoo said sounding relief that he didn't have to worry about that. It was so obvious of him having already the present, he was more thoughtful in this kind of situation. The violinist knew even single details that they didn't know about themselves. Wishing to have his talent for being so attentive, she tried to think like him but nothing still came to her mind.
Standing up then, she bowed and told them she was leaving as the country bumpkin needed to consider what he would like. Giving her the last updates of what they were going to do, she left the lounge to seek for Geum Jan Di at the pool.
A lot of thoughts were running through her mind at the moment she was walking towards the exit of the building; So Yi Jeong's birthday present, the secret Gu Jun Pyo was holding for her, talking with Yong Sook without the potter knowing. Everything was making her feel guilty of having the potter's friend involved in this situation, but she knew she was going to soon tell him, that was for sure.
Shaking thoughts away, she headed for the pool. Geum Jan Di was there, training again and again, not taking a moment to rest. Ga Eul sat down by a near couch and looked at her friend do what was she best at, swimming.
The water seem desirable to her eyes and skin as she leaned to touch it, wanting to get in it. Sitting down in the concrete she kept doing circles with her finger around the water. Inside those circles she imagined So Yi Jeong's face smiling at her, but in a matter of second his face changed to an angry one. Shaking her head and closing her eyes didn't work to disappear the image as he was still there, now furious. Feeling nervous and starting to believe he was there, she shook the water with her hand and it finally went away. Conscience was really getting to work as she was feeling the guiltyness over her shoulders, being with her all the time judging her.
Suddenly, when she stared back at the water just to see it was a hallucination, Jan Di's head got out of the water and scared her. Touching her chest, trying to regain calmness in her heart, her best friend glanced at her and laughed for what she unpurposedly did.
"Aish! Don't do that again" the country bumpkin said a little annoyed while she stood up and looked down to her friend. Jan Di just kept laughing about it and began to swim again.
Chu Ga Eul was feeling a little irritated and she knew it wasn't her best friend's fault. Deciding it was best to go, she headed to the school again. It was soon-to-be lunch and she was feeling relief she could see the potter. Having no one to talk to was boring, and even when a dozen of girls followed her around, she felt alone.
Waiting at the lunch room for Geum Jan Di and her boyfriend, she kept on thinking whether to talk with So Yi Jeong about what she requested to Gu Jun Pyo and why she did it. That thought couldn't leave her alone. The potter needed to know the reason why, maybe that way he won't be so mad at Yong Sook if she tells him what he did back then.
Tapping her fingers on the table and her hand supporting her head, she stared at a pair of shoes who stood now in front of her. Slowly, she raised her face to see who was the one standing in front of her.
"Why is such a beautiful lady alone?" the one and only ex Casanova asked her and this made her blush. He kept standing even when Ga Eul invited him to sat beside her.
"Why don't we go to the lounge and eat there" he proposed with a smile on his face while waiting for Ga Eul's hand to meet his, but it never came as she lowered her head disappointed. Then, So Yi Jeong sat down at the other side of the table and looked at her, trying to figure out what was wrong. "Or maybe we can stay here" changing his proposition to an unusual one wasn't easy for him as he never eated in the lunch room with all students looking at him, but the sudden change of face of Ga Eul made him happy and that's what really counts to him.
"Really?" she asked a bit surprised and he quickly nodded.
Then, she took out her big food bowls and placed it on the table. So Yi Jeong curiously tried to look what was inside but she would just slap his hand. Before opening it, she glanced to her surroundings and saw that everyone, even the kitchen cooker, was looking at them. She knew at that moment that they couldn't eat in peace while having those eyes fixed over them.
"Thinking about it, maybe we should go eat at the lounge" she laughed nervously and her boyfriend was now confused again by this sudden change of thought. Putting the bowls back in the backpack, she swiftly took So Yi Jeong's arm and pulled him out of there.
Even when he still didn't know what was going on, he kept quiet and studied Ga Eul's expression really close. After they got to the private lounge, So Yi Jeong took this chance to ask her why she acted that way.
"I just don't know how you can handle all that staring" she said while sighing frustrated that even in lunch she wasn't going to be left alone. The potter chuckled at this and started messing with her hair,
"What?" she crossed her arms and looked at him trying not to smile.
"You're going to have to get used to it, don't you think?" he came close to her, inches away from her lips. Those words were very true and she liked it how he said it. It showed how he believed they were going to be together and have to get use to the different lifestyles of both of them. It was so sweet and a relief to hear from his mouth that he thought this love was going to last. His eyes were sparkling as he got more close to her, closing space between them. Ga Eul's lips were ready again for a second kiss.
"Aish! Would you stop it!" Gu Jun Pyo and Geum Jan Di entered the lounge and they clearly interrupted the couple's moment as they only stood there, still looking at each other very close before he smiled and turn to see the other couple.
"Would you stop saying I am your girlfriend!" she yelled at him and slightly punched him on the arm.
"Would you stop acting like if you don't want to he with me" he yelled even more louder to her and she got offended. Swiftly, she grabbed his right ear and pulled it.
"Why are you yelling at me?" she screamed in his ear. "Am I yelling to you? NO" she raised more and more her voice. Gu Jun Pyo felt like his ear was about to bleed from all that high-pitched voice.
"No, please, let me go" he begged with his hands to her while she pulled his ear even more. "I'm sorry, please" he said almost sounding like he was about to cry. He kneeled and plead her for mercy.
"That's what I thought" letting him go, she sat on the sofa and crossed her arms, annoyed. Ga Eul and So Yi Jeong just kept looking at the funny scenery that was developing in front of them.
"Yah! I just took it easy on you" Gu Jun Pyo tried to excuse himself and got up from the floor. He pointed towards her frustrated for what she did.
Turning her head she glance at him with a mad look "Oh! Let's see about that" like a ninja, she jumped over the sofa to him and positioned herself to fight.
"You don't scare me" he said in a faltering voice while he stepped back away from her. Bumping into a lamp, he fell to the ground very scared of her who was now approaching slowly to him.
"Say it one more time" she raised her fist and waited for his answer.
Suddenly, he threw himself at her feet "Please, don't do anything to me" he begged her.
Putting her hands on her hip, she looked down at him and smirked "Why I shouldn't do anything to you?" she asked trying to get him to respond correctly to her question.
"Because... because you're scary" he finally said and hold her legs for pardon.
"That's a good boy" she patted his head and smiled. After this, he slowly looked up to see a not-so-mad Geum Jan Di and felt relief everything was over.
Chu Ga Eul and So Yi Jeong were now laughing at his reaction and how he terribly humiliated himself in front of them. Although it was cute in a weird way to see how a repugnant and cold-blooded person was melting the ice in his heart and demonstrating love in a different but sweet way.
Looking at the table, the country bumpkin putted her backpack on the table and unzip it to get the food bowls. A delicious aroma could be smell and everyone's nose came close to the table, even Gu Jun Pyo.
After opening it up and serving each one of them, they all delightfully enjoyed the cooking and didn't speak as they were swiftly putting in their mouth more food.
"Smells delicious" Woo Bin entered with Ji Hoo by his side and followed the smell. Ga Eul quickly let them taste too her food and joined the others at the table.
"This is so...delicious. Who cooked this?" Gu Jun Pyo asked with food still in his mouth and Jan Di nudge him, reminding him to have manners.
"I did it" the commoner proudly said and smiled to them, very happy that everyone was appreciating her cooking.
"This sounds like the perfect wife" Woo Bin nudge So Yi Jeong and he blushed by his comment. Ga Eul did so too as she never thought of how would it feel to get marry with the famous potter. Nobody spoke after what the Don Juan boldly said, everyone just kept looking at Ga Eul and then So Yi Jeong all the time, thinking the same as the country bumpkin, how would it be if they marry?.
"Can you make more of this?" once again Gu Jun Pyo talked with his mouth open but this time he really desired to eat more of the food she cooked.
Unfortunately, she couldn't as they were at school and there was no kitchen to cook for them, and even if it did, she wouldn't feel comfortable.
Since the leader eated all his food, he cautiously glanced at Woo Bin's plate and slowly moved his hand to its direction, trying to get his food. When he was just mere inches away, a sudden knife was placed between the index and the middle finger of Gu Jun Pyo. Screaming like a girl he couldn't believe his friend was overreacting for just a simple food, a simple food that he wanted.
"Don't. touch. it " the Don Juan warned him. How could Jun Pyo dare to touch or even imagined taking away the food of a professional and well-trained karate boy!.
"Aish! Keep your food, who said I wanted it!" he lied and got mad by not achieving his goal. Crossing his arms, he kept on staring at the delicious food everyone was still enjoying little by little. Then, he looked with the corner of his eyes to Geum Jan Di's plate. This was a risk he was willing to take even if it cost him his life. Swiftly and without hesitating, he took the commoner's food and tried to eat it as fast as he could before she could take it away from him.
"GIVE ME IT" she yelled at him and pulled the plate, but he kept on pulling back. Doing this from one side to another, Jan Di let it go and Jun Pyo didn't expected this. The food went all to his shirt and he stood there, froze. Screaming at her was going to make the things worse as she could make him suffer. Then, he just lamented how the food was wasted. Ji Hoo, after seeing the tantrum his friend was having,he decided to give his plate to him and without hesitating he took it and started eating it, not caring anymore for his dirty shirt.
Ga Eul, Woo Bin and So Yi Jeong laughed about this as Jan Di was still giving the boy with curly hair a lecture of manners.
The late classes were the same old same, just something had changed. It occured during the second period of the afternoon. Chu Ga Eul was going to take her english class. All sat, she immediately glanced at the boy who entered to the classroom. It was Yong Sook. What was he doing there was the question the country bumpkin was asking herself.
The teacher noticed the presence of the student and announced to the class that he was going now to take it with them at this hour. Then, the teacher pointed to a seat where he would be sitting for the rest of the school year. It was behind Chu Ga Eul.
Before Yong Sook entered, everyone was fighting to sit behind her, trying to get close to the now one of the two popular girls in the school. Since no one got into an agreement, the teacher thought it would be best if no one seated there. Now he was the one who got the lucky seat.
The tension grew more and more each time a minute passed by and Ga Eul felt like someone was watching her, and indeed she was as he couldn't concentrate in the class but to just admire what he had in front of him, not daring to talk to her for fear.
It was incredibly funny how two people, who the past affected them, could be seated almost together. Even when she was still mad at him for what he did, she felt relief seeing him there, not kicked out of the school, but this was going to be even more difficult for her to tell So Yi Jeong. Keeping her mouth shut about having him in the same class was a wise decision as she knew they wouldn't talk or even have eye contact with each other, or that's what she tried to do.
The class was dismissed and she hurriedly put her notebook and pencil in the backpack so she could get out of there soon and without having to look at him. Finally, she did so and sighed relief for that.
Third period and she was free to go then. One more class and it was all for today.
The bell rang and everybody rapidly ran off the building to their luxurious automobiles. Chu Ga Eul was now alone, walking alone as Gu Jun Pyo offered Jan Di a ride to her home and she wasn't present so he could invite her too. Exiting Shinhwa, a Lotus Elise came in sight and stood beside the sidewalk.
The country bumpkin could see it was her boyfriend as he smiled and tell her to come in. Nodding, she happily hopped on and he drive away. Her home was not so close but not too far either, and she looked to the road to see where he was going. Turning around the corner of a street, her eyes seem confused by this as he was not driving in the direction towards her home no longer. Looking at him for an answer, he stared at the road "We are just going to make a stop in a place" he said and smirked.
Wondering where could it be, she glare to the streets and some of them seem familiar. When they passed by the porridge shop, she knew then where he was taking her.
Getting out of the car, she looked confused at So Yi Jeong while he grabbed her hand and took her inside the place. Turning on the lights, she saw a huge vase on the table and her eyes grew wide as she glanced to look at more pieces of his fine art.
Admiring each one of them, he smirked while he stood behind her, telling the stories of how he made it. Grabbing her hand once again, he made her look to the big one of all of them. "This one is for an auction I am having" he slowly said close to her ear while he stood behind her.
Slowly, she touched it and walked around to see it from different angles. "I wanted to know what you think about it" he wanted her opinion on his art and she was very thankful for it as she still couldn't believe he made it. Of course, he was the best potter in the country and maybe of the world.
After a couple of seconds she looked at him with sparkling eyes "I love it" she said truthfully and smiled to him.
After that, he sighed of relief as he knew he could present now the vase in the auction. Ga Eul's opinion was very important to him and he knew if she liked it, everyone was going to love it.
"I wish I could do this" she said with a hopeful tone while he looked at her with a sweet smile.
Grabbing a wheel and a bit of molding clay, he searched for two aprons in a near closet. Then, he placed the wheel on the floor and the molding clay over the wheel. Putting his apron he told Ga Eul to help him tie it, and he did the same with her.
"What are we going to do?" she didn't want to believe he was about to mold clay with her.
"You said you wished you could do this" he sat and grabbed her hand and pulled her down.
"Let's begin with it" he smiled at her as she was feeling nervous of how her own boyfriend was about to teach her to mold clay. The pottery lessons begin and she tried to do as she was told. So Yi Jeong would tell her she was putting to much pressure and would grab her hands and show her how to with his own. Her cheeks would turn pink as how close he was to her and how lots of times he touched her hands.
After a long hour, she finally did the form correctly. Ga Eul didn't know this could be so hard as she spend just an hour trying to give the form to it. Tired she was but So Yi Jeong insisted on finishing it. The potter would never get exhausted or impatient about how she did it so many tines wrong, this was his passion and putting it together with love, it could give him all the patience in the world.
Having her hands full of clay and So Yi Jeong explaining a technique to her, she took this opportunity to touch his cheek and get clay all over it. He stared at her with his mouth hung open, not believing she just did that. After that, the country bumpkin knew what he was going to do as he took some clay on his finger.
Running to the other side of the table, the ex Casanova warned her to come over before it got worse, but she just stuck out her tongue and laughed about the clay he still had on his cheek. The war was on as he ran around the table trying to capture her. The laughs of the commoner would make her go slower and So Yi Jeong took advantage of it. Grabbing her with one of his arm around her stomach, he tried to look at her face from behind and swiftly touched her nose with the clay.
Laughing harder now, she took the clay that was left around the wheel and threw it at him and he started to do the same. Then, tickling her, she sat down and try to breath when he stopped.
After inhaling and exhaling, she looked at him with loveable eyes. He did the same. Ga Eul leaned close to him and her hand went to touch his face, playing with the clay he had over. He closed his eyes as she kept touching his face, examining every single detail of his features. Gently, she began to caress his face without her even noticing and this made him open his eyes again and look at her with desire. Slowly, he began to pull her more close to him and she let him. Her hands were going down to his neck and the other was touching his right cheek. Approaching to her, he looked at her lips one last time before touching them with his. Kissing her smoothly, his hand met the back of her neck and the other to the left side of her head.
This one was again different, it had a little more passion in it even though he didn't dare to move his lips to get a little adventure. He just stood there, enjoying the gently and sweet touch of her lips.
Slowly, they pulled apart and looked to each other's eyes. A smile came across his face as her hands were still around his neck. A blush came in sight on her cheek as she was feeling very nervous right now, but still, she enjoyed this moment.
"I should take you home now" he finally announced as he was feeling his hormones were getting crazy inside him and stood up quickly. Awkwardly, she looked at him and nodded without saying anything.
Helping her take off her apron, he washed her face and she did the same to him. Purposedly she would rub the soap hard on his face and he would just throw her water everytime she did this.
After a great day, it was finally coming to an end as he drove her back to her home. Parked in front of the building where she lives, Ga Eul said goodbye to So Yi Jeong but he just grabbed her hand and looked directly into her eyes with a smirk on his face. She waited for him to talk.
"Promise me you will always be by my side" he said and waited for her answer, holding more tightly her hand.
"So Yi Jeong sunbae" she paused and gave a sincere smile to him before continuing "I promise I will be by your side forever" she glanced at him one last time before getting off the car. Waving goodbye to him, she entered to her apartment before he left, as always making sure she got safe inside.
Her promising made him feel more secure of himself, knowing for sure she was the right girl for him. The girl who he wanted to live for the rest of his life, he didn't wanted to miss this opportunity again, this time he was opening the gates of love for her.
After she entered her bedroom, she replayed the kiss over and over again. This was her second time and once again with So Yi Jeong. What she was thinking of? The ex Casanova was surely to be the only one to kiss her forever as she felt that promise was very real and that nobody could destroy it.
Having spend time with her boyfriend at his pottery shop, she thought now what could be the perfect present for him. He was going to get really surprised when he sees what she was planning to do. Now, the only thing left was to keep trying her best and making the best of her efforts to learn the techniques of the pottery. She needed someone to teach her, and this time it couldn't be So Yi Jeong as it needed to be a surprise for him.
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