Chapter 9

A/N: Hey! I'm sorry I made you guys wait! It's just...damn. School. :( this chapter might kinda suck because I was rushing, but...you know.

Ga Eul's POV

"Hey," Yi Jung called out to me and waved.

"Hi," I stopped in front of him.

"So, uh, what's wrong?" He asked.

"Yu...you're cheating on me." I said quietly.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Yi Jung asked.

"With...with...that girl!"

"Evelyn?" His eyes widened. I nodded, looking down.

"Fine. I'll tell you now. You're tiring." His voice was cold.

"Hey, don't get mad, okay? I'm pretty sure you knew it was too good to be true," He held onto my shoulders and stared somewhere near my shoulder.

I looked down, my vision getting blurry.

"I can't do anything now! I'm tied down by a country bumpkin like you," he sighed.

"Why are you being like this?"

"Nice girls like you are so annoying. I knew I never should have gotten involved."

His voice was cold. His eyes were dead. He was back to the Yi Jung who had rejected me the first time. He was back to the Yi Jung I hated.

~o-o~

"Ga Eul! Wake up!" Jan Di knocked on my door. I groaned, putting the pillow over my head. The morning sunlight was so blinding.

"Ga Eul! Get up! We're all going to the beach again!" Jan Di shouted. Sighing, I got out of bed and opened the door for her.

"Hi!" She said brightly. "Get dressed for the beach! We're eating breakfast there too!"

"Okay..." I said hesitantly.

"What's wrong?" She asked, taking off her floppy sunhat.

"Nothing. I'm just tired," I looked away.

"Liar. Tell me right now,"

"Well...I...Yi Jung and I broke up," I swallowed the lump in my throat.

"Damn that Mister Playboy! I'm gonna kick his—"

"Jan Di. Please leave it alone. Pretend that you don't know." I pleaded. She sighed and stood up to leave.

"Hurry up!" She said to me before closing the door.

I put on my dark blue halter bikini. I frowned as I put on the bottoms. I didn't like how they tied at the sides. It wasn't very reassuring. Ignoring my own thought, I pinned my bangs up, grabbed my flip flops, and walked to the beach.

~o-o~

"Ga Eul! Walk faster, will ya?" Woo Bin stood up from his chair and made his was towards me.

"Come on," He grabbed my hand and took me to everyone else.

"Hi, Ga Eul." everyone said. Yi Jung stayed silent. Woo Bin took me over to the isolated beach chairs, where I sat alone yesterday.

"So...I heard you and Yi Jung are done for," He whispered.

"Where'd you hear that?" I asked, panicking. Did everyone already know?

"Jan Di told me,"

"I told her not to tell..."

"It's fine, I won't tell anyone else. But...who dumped who?"

"He dumped me." I said quietly.

"Man, after all that hard work to get you guys together!" He slapped his forehead. I gave a small smile.

"Should we do the Valentine's Day procedure?" He asked, his face lighting up.

"Huh? What's the...No!" I exclaimed.

"Why not?"

"Just...no!"

"Aw come on, it can't be that bad."

"Last time was bad enough," I glared at him, remembering the most embarrassing moments of that night. Yi Jung was so cold then. And then he was so sweet. And now, he's a bitchface. I chuckled at that word. Bitchface.

"It wasn't that bad! He bought it, at least!" Woo Bin said.

"You annoy me." I sat down on the beach chair.

"Is that a yes?" The Don Juan asked. I silently nodded.

"Great! Remember, play along no matter what." He winked at me.

"W-Wait! What about that Ara girl?"

"Ara? We're not dating or anything. She's just fun to be around." He shrugged.

"You were making out with her yesterday. And went to second base." I stared at him in disbelief.

"Actually, I took her to my cabin and I hit a homeru—" I silenced him with my hand.

"Ew."

"What do you mean, 'ew'? Who wouldn't wanna get it on with this?" He gestured to himself. I laughed and slapped his shoulder.

"Ow." The Don Juan rubbed his bicep.

Without thinking, I blurted, "You have really nice muscles."

"I know." He laughed and flexed. "Feel."

"N-no, I'm good." I blushed.

"Okay. So are you ready?" He asked.

"Um...yeah." I said slowly.

"Okay. Just act like you're really close to me. I'll do the rest."

"Are you saying I'm not close to you already?" I cocked my head to the side.

"You know what I mean." Woo Bin said. I nodded.

"So what do you plan to do?" I asked him.

"This." He said before grabbing me and pulling us to the ground. I landed on top of him.

"H-Hey! What are you doing?" I whispered fiercely.

"That was the attention getter," He said simply, helping me up. He helped me get the sand off of my legs.

"Seriously, though?" I rolled my eyes at him. Woo Bin looked over at the philanderer, who had Evelyn in her lap.

~o-o~

Yi Jung's POV

Watching them made me so pissed that I wanted to throw this fat whale off of my lap and throw her back into the ocean. But it was my own fault. I had pushed Ga Eul away. I had planned this. Watching her get hurt because of me was too much. The scar on her neck was slowly fading, but still there. I couldn't bear to see her get hurt again.

"Yi Jung," Evelyn whispered, caressing my face. "You're not paying attention to me,"

"Sorry," I said in English.

"So, you guys are over, right?" Evelyn looked towards the perfect girl who I still loved.

"Yeah." I nodded.

"That's good," She giggled and touched her lips to mine. She sucked at kissing. It wasn't anything like kissing Ga Eul.

~o-o~

Ga Eul's POV

Watching them made me depressed. Of course he wouldn't want a 'country bumpkin' like me. I was too plain. Too poor. Too simple.

Woo Bin stood in front of me to block my view.

"Uh, I guess that attention getter wasn't enough!" He laughed nervously.

"Yeah...wanna swim?" I changed the subject quickly.

"Yeah! Water. Water's fun." He nodded. I ran up to the calm waves.

"The color is so pretty here. It's a bright blue color," I said to Woo Bin, but not turning around to look at him. Suddenly, I felt myself falling forward. I fell into the water.

"Haha! You didn't even know!" Woo Bin laughed. Glaring at him, I wiped my face.

"At least help me up," I held out my hand. He obliged and reached down. As soon as I grabbed his hand, I pulled him into the water with me. He fell on his face in the shallow area.

"Jan Di! Do you have any towels?" I shouted at my best friend, who was slapping Joon Pyo's shoulder as he grilled. She walked over to her bag, grabbed a white towel, and ran over to Woo Bin and I.

"Only one, sorry," She handed it to me.

"Thanks, it's fine," I smiled as she ran back to Joon Pyo.

"Thank you very much," Woo Bin said before taking the towel out of my hands and drying himself with it.

"Hey! I need that!" I frowned at him and walked towards him.

"No!" He clutched the towel to his broad chest.

"Fine!" I sighed with frustration and rolled my eyes.

"Here," Woo Bin said, draping the towel over my shoulders. He pulled me a bit closer to him with the cloth. I blushed. He ruffled my hair and jogged off to Joon Pyo.

~o-o~

Yi Jung's POV

That damn Woo Bin. He was flirting with her. Evelyn was now lying on a beach towel on the sand. She kept giving me seductive looks. Normally, I would take the chance, but I didn't.

"Yi Jung, I made some more lemonade," Ji Hoo came up to me, holding out a glass.

"Thanks," I gladly took it. I gulped it down.

"I feel a sudden sense of De ja vu," Ji Hoo said, chuckling.

"How so?"

"The friend was dating a girl, the other friend wants her," He gave me a small, sad smile. I felt pretty bad for Ji Hoo. That day felt like a million years ago. After that, Joon Pyo had his heart set on expelling both Jan Di and Ji Hoo from Shin Hwa High.

"Don't try to expell Woo Bin from college," He winked. I punched his shoulder.

"Shut up," I handed the empty glass back to him.

"Woo Bin!" Ga Eul called out. She ran up to him and whispered something in his ear. He laughed and put his arm around her. Damn that bastard. I just wished Ga Eul were locked up in a cage so no one could get to her.

~o-o~

Ga Eul's POV

"He's glaring at me," He muttered. Oh yeah, I completely forgot that this was an act. Woo Bin made everything so easy and relaxed. I looked over my shoulder to look at Yi Jung. He looked like he was trying to burn a hole in our heads.

"Um...wow. Why did he dump me if we was going to be like this?" I gestured to his face. Woo Bin laughed and shrugged, his arm still around my shoulders.

"Shall we...make him even more jealous?" He whispered into my ear in a low, husky voice. I blushed.

"Uh...I'm...I think I'm good." I said, moving away from him a bit. He pulled the left string on my bikini bottoms, untying the bow. I quickly caught them and retied them, blushing and glaring at the same time. He chuckled.

"Douche," I mumbled under my breath. He heard me.

"Sorry." He winked. Sighing, I turned to leave.

"Wait. Sorry, sorry." He was still laughing. "Meet me here again. Around midnight," He suddenly became serious. I nodded and walked over to one of the gift shop that Jan Di was at.

~o-o~

Yi Jung's POV

Fuck, fuck, fuck. Woo Bin pretty much stripped her. Good thing she caught her bikini bottom. I sighed and furrowed my brows together.

As soon as we broke up, that damn bastard started doing this.

"Yi Jung! Come look at these!" Evelyn and Ara waved me over to one of the shops at the boardwalk. I looked over to the other side, where Ga Eul and Jan Di were.

~o-o~

Ga Eul's POV

I checked the clock. 11:59 pm. I grabbed a sweater and headed to the beach, where Woo Bin told me to meet him.

"Hey." I walked up to him and smiled.

"Hey," he said.

"So...why did you want to meet me?" I asked, suddenly feeling nervous.

"Walk with me," He said hesitantly. I nodded.

~o-o~

"What?" I whispered, unable to believe what I just heard.

Woo Bin sunbae...he...me?

"You know why I was mad at Yi Jung that day? On Valentine's Day?" He said, ignoring me. He kept walking, looking straight ahead.

"Why...?"

"Because he rejected you," He stopped walking and turned to face me. "I held back my feelings. For him. For you." He took my hand.

"I...I don't know what to say," I said quietly.

"Then don't say anything," He whispered before crushing his lips to mine.

~o-o~

Yi Jung's POV

I can't get Ga Eul out of my head. I can't sleep. All I can think about is the pain. I get out of bed and decide to go for a walk on the beach.

I stop in my tracks as soon as I see them. Woo Bin and Ga Eul were...kissing. Ga Eul pulls away first and says something. Woo Bin looks away, then at me. His eyes widen.

"It's fine, carry on, I don't care," I lied. I turn and go onto the boardwalk. My first instinct is the kick one of the stands over. I do. Then I just sit on a bench. I have no right to be doing this. It was my fault, my choice.

~o-o~

Ga Eul's POV

"Like I just said...I'm sorry. I don't feel that way about you," I looked down. I turned my head in the direction where Yi Jung had gone. I wanted to go after him, but I didn't have the guts.

"I guess you should go after him then," He smiled, but it didn't reach his eyes.

"I'm sorry," I whispered hoarsely.

"It's fine." I could see that I was making him more uncomfortable by talking about it further. I looked away. I felt terrible. But...why would he like me? How? Why couldn't I get over the fact that Yi Jung didn't like me? Why couldn't I hold the same feelings for Woo Bin?

~o-o~

We were back in town. Everything went back to normal. In a way. I hadn't seen or talked to Yi Jung, nor did I see Woo Bin. None of the F4 came into the shop anymore. Jan Di met with Joon Pyo when I wasn't there. Why was this happening?

Ring ring ring.

"Ga Eul..." Jan Di said as soon as I picked up.

"Yes?"

"Do you...uh...go somewhere with me?" She seemed hesitant.

"Sure," I said.

"Okay. I'll pick you up from the shop in a sec," she quickly hung up. Sighing, I put my phone in my apron pocket.

"Ga Eul, what's wrong?" Boss asked, crossing his chubby arms.

"Nothing, I'm just tired. I didn't get much sleep last night," I faked a yawn.

"Ehh? What were you doing with him?" His eyes widened.

"What? No! Nothing! Who?" I felt the blood rushing to my cheeks.

"Never mind," He giggled. I rolled my eyes and went over to a table to take someone's order.

~o-o~

"Where are we going?" I asked Jan Di, getting into the nice car that Joon Pyo had bought for her. Jan Di despised the fact that it was so expensive.

"The movie theater," she pedaled the gas.

"Okay..."

We bought our tickets for a romance movie. Huh. I thought we were going to watch the comedy. I thought Jan Di hated watching romance movies with others.

"Why are we watching this?" I asked, following Jan Di into the row of seats.

"B-Because I like these kind of movies! I don't watch these alone under a bridge a-all the time, you know!" Jan Di said quickly.

"Yes you do." I said, ending the conversation. The lights dimmed and the movie began. Jan Di sipped her strawberry smoothie furiously and then turned to me.

"I have to pee!" she whispered loudly.

"But the movie just started!"

"Sh! I'll be back!" she ran out. I shook my head and turned back to the movie.

~o-o~

It had been 30 minutes. She still wasn't back yet. She had ditched me. I was positive.

"Ga Eul..." someone next to me whispered.

"Y-Yi Jung sunbae? What are you doing here?" I whispered, leaning away from him slightly.

"I'm here to watch a movie." He said as-a-matter-of-factly.

"Well, yeah." I rolled my eyes.

"Listen...Ga Eul...about that thing I said. In New Caledonia." He began slowly. Oh no. I knew where this was going. He was going to diss me even further and get all mad at me about the Woo Bin thing!

"Um. Hold that thought. I have to be somewhere!" I mimicked Jan Di and ran out.

Being there with him. Talking to him again like it was nothing. It was too hard.

~o-o~

Yi Jung's POV

"It went to hell! She left before I could say anything!" I said into the phone.

"Calm down," Joon Pyo said. "You have to lure her back in with food, save her from bullies, or find her in the traffic and kiss her," he said as if those things were normal.

"We're talking about Ga Eul here, not Jan Di!" I sighed in frustration. "I'm calling Woo Bin!" I hung up and started to dial Woo Bin's number until I realized that I was mad at him.

Call him, Yi Jung. Don't let a girl get in the way, just like Ji Hoo and Joon Pyo. He's your best friend.

I pressed call. He picked up, but he didn't say anything at first. Neither did I. But I guess he understood why I was calling because he said,

"Bros before hoes."

I laughed at the motto that we had in highschool.

"Right. But Ga Eul... she isn't a hoe. So I guess the motto didn't work on her,"

"Yeah. Look, I'm sorry." He said.

"It's fine. But...I need your help."

~o-o~

Ga Eul's POV

I didn't want to make myself dinner. I didn't want to eat either. So I just sat on the couch and stared out the window. The rain was pouring down.

Ding dong.

I got up to answer the door.

A/N: I'm sorry, I know this chapter was pretty short! The next one will be longer, and I'll update soon! ASAP! Like, maybe in a day or two! Maybe! Review :)