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It's only 4:30 in the morning, 30 minutes before their call time, but a certain girl was already walking along the boys' corridor to the room with a red door. That certain girl is bothered by her feelings and she wants to clear it up with her boyfriend. Slowly, she opened the door of the room without knocking. She was sure her boyfriend was still sleeping at this time. She knows the consequences of waking him up this early but she doesn't care. She needs to say something about their relationship.

She silently took a few steps to the bed. As expected, her boyfriend is still sleeping soundly and comfortably in his bed. Sitting down, she reached for her boyfriend and shook him violently, calling out his name. "Hey Jun! Jun! Wake up!" She shook him again and again until her boyfriend stirred and abruptly open his eyes.

Jun Pyo quickly sat down and glared at Jae Kyung. "Yah! Monkey! What the hell are you doing here in the middle of the night?" He continuously shot daggers at her.

Jae Kyung backed away a little but there's no hint of fear in her eyes, only sadness. "I just want to talk to you about something, Jun Pyo."

Jun Pyo's face softens at the sound of her sad voice. He looked away from her and spoke up in a calm tone. "What is it? Monkey, if this is about your answer yesterday. I forgive you already."

"Do you love me, Jun?" Jae Kyung asked boldly. It's now or never.

With that question, Jun Pyo immediately looked at her in this belief. Seriously, where will this conversation lead to? "What are you?" Jun Pyo didn't even try to hide his bewilderment.

"You never said it Jun Pyo so I never did too. Where is this relationship taking us? So just answer me Jun Pyo…" Jae Kyung said firmly. She turned to look straight in his eyes.

"I… Of course… I…" Jun Pyo stuttered, feeling his cheeks burn.

"You what?" Jae Kyung said, urging him to go on.

"I don't know…" Jun Pyo replied and looked away from her eyes quickly. "I'm sorry. I can't say it."

"Don't you think it's because you don't know if you really love me? Why did you even bother to pursue me Jun Pyo?" Jae Kyung paused. "Oh, wait." She let out a sarcastic laugh. "You didn't pursue me. I pursued you." Jae Kyung was breaking down now. She let her tears flow freely from her eyes. She quickly got up from the bed and ran for the door.

Jae Kyung ran as fast as she could, away from Jun Pyo. She can't hear any footsteps from behind her so she assumed that Jun Pyo didn't even bother to follow her. She didn't want to go to her room so she went to the direction of the balcony instead.

Once she was outside, she let herself collapse on a chair and let her tears flow uncontrollably from her eyes. She thought about the times she endlessly bothered Jun Pyo and one day, Jun Pyo then agreed to be her boyfriend. She remembered how happy she was that day. Right now, she felt numb. She didn't know if she was hurt or something. She just let her tears flow and hoped that she will be alright in front of the others later.

Still crying, she didn't notice someone open the door to the balcony. "Pabo… Pabo, Ha Jae Kyung!" She scolded herself while slapping her forehead

"Pabo? Why do you think so?" A familiar voice said from behind her. She felt her heart skip a beat. She didn't know if it was because the guy caught her crying or because of the voice she heard. She didn't dare look at the man as he settled himself on the seat beside her. She quickly wiped her tears away.

"What are you doing here?" Jae Kyung asked firmly, still refusing to look at him

"I should ask you the same question, Jae Kyung." The man beside her said as-a-matter-of-factly.

"I'm just trying to freshen up." She said simply though it's obvious she's lying.

"Open up." With that, Jae Kyung turned to look at him. Her face softened when she saw the man beside her. This time, her tears began to flow again. She let him see her pain. The man collected her in his arms and soothed her by rubbing her back. "What happened?"

"I don't know." She said in between her sobs. "Do I really love him? I'm having a doubt now. I really don't know Woo Bin-ah. I'm confused. I'm tired of our so called relationship. It's obvious Jun Pyo will never love me."

"What made you say that?" Woo Bin asked her, still rubbing her back to comfort her.

"You guys never even told us that we look like a real couple. We don't say those three words. I even need to force Jun Pyo to do something I like. He never even gives me gifts during occasions. And sometimes, when I demand time from him, he's always busy making up excuses or something. That's one of the reasons why I agreed to this house arrest thing. Our relationship's not getting anywhere." Jae Kyung said.

"What do you plan to do?" Woo Bin asked her. Jae Kyung pulled back from him so she can look at him.

"I… I don't know…" She said unsurely. "What do you think I should do?"

"Think about what you want to do. Follow your heart." Woo Bin gave him a soft smile.

With that advice, Jae Kyung's face lit up and she reached for Woo Bin for a hug. "Thank you very much Woo Bin-ah!" She said cheerfully.

"Now, that's the Jae Kyung I know." Woo Bin pulled himself from the hug and patted her head. Jae Kyung scrunched up her nose but laughed after that. Woo Bin raised his eyebrow but laughed with her anyway. One look on Jae Kyung's face, there's not even a hint that Jae Kyung's been crying, thanks to Woo Bin. It's a start of a new friendship between those two.

After their laughter died down, Jae Kyung's face became serious. "By the way… Woo Bin-ah… Can I ask you something?"

Woo Bin raised his eyebrow because of the sudden change of mood but nodded as response anyway.

"What is it about you and Ga Eul?" Jae Kyung asked bluntly.

"We're not a couple Jae Kyung. We just pretended to be in front of everyone. It's a long story, really. Let's just say that right now… I'm helping her realize that the one she loves, loves her back." Woo Bin looked away from her and turn to gaze at the rising sun in front of them.

"You're not a couple?" Jae Kyung paused. She can feel something inside her stir after she heard that news but she kept her cool. She'll have to deal with that later on.

"Nah." Woo Bin said with a genuine smile on his face.

"The guy's Yi Jung, right?"

"Yep." Woo Bin said simply.

"But… What about Eun Jae?" Jae Kyung continued her questions.

"It's an arranged marriage Jae Kyung. Eun Jae loves Il Hyun, Yi Jung's brother."

After that, Jae Kyung let out a soft sigh and turned to look at the rising sun too. "Life's crazy, don't you think?"

"Yeah… Really crazy…"

At that, the sunrise was clearly seen in front of the newborn friendship. Ha Jae Kyung and Song Woo Bin. Now, close friends.