"If Tae found out I was doing this, she'd kill me…" Ga-Woon said miserably. Kun Kang's expression was one of sheer amusement. It never ceased to amaze him how much Ga-Woon had changed since the beginning of the year.
"That's why I started the rumor. It's completely thrown her off track." He said at length. They were skipping gym class to meet with a certain gang for a casual rumble. No brass knuckles or blades…just flat-out, man to man fist fighting.
"If Ghoon-Hahm wants to make an ass of himself by challenging my masculinity, then he's going to learn the hard way that I don't take insults lying down." Kun Kang laid his expensive jacket on top of a nearby bike rack and flexed his fist.
"But isn't there another way to do this?" Ga-Woon wondered. Kun laughed in his face.
"Tae hasn't exactly improved your backbone, that's for damn sure." He muttered. Ga-Woon glared at him and popped a cigarette in his mouth.
"I've got more spine than you ever had, wuss." He shot back, revealing traces of his former, badass self. Kun hid a smile of satisfaction and looked at the empty basketball court with disdain.
"I knew he was just bluffing. Ghoon-Hahm Che is all talk." Kun said to himself, crossing his arms over his chest.
"…so let's start talking, Kang. I've got your conversation right here." Ghoon-Hahm sent a mighty blow to Kun's chin, knocking him into the chain fence. The Yi Won gang had appeared out of nowhere and suddenly surrounded Ga-Woon and Kun with angry determination.
Ga-Woon assaulted the guy standing closest to him, bludgeoning his nose to smithereens. A feminine cry escaped the lips of one of the members of the Yi Won gang and Ga-Woon looked up to make sure he wasn't just hearing things.
Jin Lee cried in desperation as he saw Yeong Joon's nose getting fractured. He ran to his side and gasped, holding his head up to keep him from suffocating from the blood.
The fight had stopped for the moment, all eyes turned to the Shakespearean drama unfolding before them. Jin Lee nearly swooned twice and fanned himself disconcertingly.
"Why are you questioning Kang's sexuality when you're harboring two frigging homos in your gang?" Ga-Woon blurted out, backing Ghoon-Hahm against the fence.
"My girl likes to look at his pictures. I figured if I told her he was gay like Jung-Woo, then she'd stop mooning over him." He said, wiping the side of his bleeding lip.
"Jung-Woo isn't gay…he's just weird." Ga-Woon said, not really knowing why he was sticking up for Jung-Woo, who was nothing but a pain in the ass.
"Whatever, man. The point is, this guy is a freakin' waste of space. I just wanna take him out." He bounded upon Kun Kang, but was taken down by a strong kick from Ga-Woon.
"Don't mess with him, Ghoon-Hahm. Or you'll have to answer to me." Ga-Woon said, lighting his immaculate cigarette, the one that had withstood the entire brawl.
He took a deep drag from it, not even noticing as Dar Jay stood behind him with a heavy lead pipe.
"He really is dreamy, isn't he, Que-Min? To think, every day he sits in front of me in typing class." Yeon-Wha gave an utterly feminine sigh, clutching her hands together like the giddy schoolgirl she was.
"Sure. He's good-looking and all. But Tae told me he's kinda…arrogant." Que-Min said. Tae had been a devoted fan of Kun Kang's for a long time. Until she posed as Jung-Woo and actually got to know him.
"Oh, Que-Min, for shame! No bad talking the pretty boys!" She said, shocked at the mere possibility of Kun Kang not being perfect.
A little bit later when school had ended, Que-Min waited around for her boyfriend to show up and walk her home. Ghoon-Hahm appeared minutes later, sporting a serious shiner.
"What the hell happened? Have you been fighting again? Dumbass…" Que-Min looked him over, sighing to herself all the while.
"I was going to ask you if you wanted to go on a double date tonight, but I don't think you're up to it." She said after she had examined his wounds.
"It doesn't matter…I'm fine." He mumbled. He never admitted it, but he would do anything for Que-Min.
"Great! We'll meet Tae and Ga-Woon at the Hakai's Pizza Place in about an hour." She said excitedly.
Ghoon-Hahm's jaw dropped.