Chapter 3: Chapter 3
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He might be a freshman since it was his first ti to the school, but his voice was cold and low. He sounded more like a grown man.
I heard a funny laugh coming next to him. There followed a cheerful response.
“Yeah, don’t worry since I’m here. I’ll take care of Jiho.”
“You don’t have to.”
The cold low voice spoke again. The door opened and I was not at all prepared for it. A long leg wearing a uniform ca out. The owner of the cold low voice appeared, at last. As the sun lights shed a glow on his hair, I beca totally speechless.
What surprised the most was his white hair that resembled the fur of an Arctic fox. A human, a Korean human being has silver hair. I was about to pass out.
At first, it seed like a dyed hair, but his long lashes were also silver. It would be difficult to dye brows and lashes, so he might have been born with that hair.
His jawline was sowhat elegant and his skin was pale enough to match well with his hair color.
What made speechless the most was his face. High nose, compressed lips. He looked so good like Yoo Chun Young who I t in the morning; no, maybe even more.
I was standing at one of the ordinary streets in Seoul, but ever since he got out of the car, the whole place changed into a foreign street straight from a magazine.
As I was lost in admiration of the handso boy, soone else got out of the car.
The boy at the front of was relatively calm, but the other boy behind him looked active. His hair was golden brown like caral, and his eyes were glowing a gold shade. His face was so small it would probably be hidden behind a passport or a cara.
His eyes were big without any eyelids, and his large pupils reminded of a puppy’s gaze. As if reflecting his bright nature, his eyes and lips were both drawing a crescent shape.
They were both like an angel and a fairy, which was hard to find in the real world.
The silver-haired guy faced without another word. He was furrowing his silver brows, looking upset. His pupils were pitch black as he stared down at .
As I was lost in thought in this unexpected encounter, the golden-brown haired boy looked back and said, “Then bye! See you later.”
“Yes, hope you enjoy!”
The man wearing sunglasses replied as the window went back up. The limousine then glided towards the road the sa way it did when it parked in front of . As the car disappeared from my sight, everything I saw seed like a lie.
I looked around with my hand sitting on my forehead. Is this a prank? The changed uniform, the school I had never seen before in my neighborhood and all these gorgeous people I t ever since this morning. This sure was a prank! Every character was like a celebrity.
While wondering, the golden-brown haired boy looked at . His face was still smiling. What a pretty smile. A mont afterward, the boy ca to and reached his hands out. I was surprised.
As I stretched my hands to him, he shook my hand high and low. What is he doing? I was confused, but then he spoke to ,
“Hi! I’m Woo Jooin. Are you also a student here?”
“Y… yeah.”
“Wow, nice to et you! But why are you here instead of going to school? Are you lost?”
“Umm, no…”
“Really? Then let’s go together.” He said with a grin and released my hands.
My hands felt like it was burning or tingling. Although he did not grab my hand that tight.
I rubbed my hands with a surprise and saw his smiling face. He looked like a young boy who recently graduated from elentary school.
On the other hand…
I lifted my eyes to see the silver-haired boy. He seed to have lost his interest in and was staring at Woo Jooin with a cold face. Woo Jooin smiled and tapped him.
“He is Eun Jiho. Oh, your na is… Ham Donnie?”
“Oh, yeah.”
I responded bitterly but repeated his na over in my head. His relatively normal na, Eun Jiho, disappointed and relieved at the sa ti. I thought he would have a na like Eun Biwol or sothing. That would have been embarrassing for . It was at that mont when I looked at Eun Jiho again as I had those thoughts. His black eyes were staring at .
He could have said sothing, but instead of talking to , he tapped Woo Jooin then said,
“Let’s go. We’re already late.”
“Oh, yeah. Let’s go with us, Donnie.”
Woo Jooin gave a sign with a bright smile. Eun Jiho was already walking ahead of us. I was about to follow them while being lost but realized sothing important.
No, I should look for Dae Dam Middle School! I opened my mouth flustering. My voice was shaking with nerves.
“Guys… I am actually… not a student here.”
“What?”
Woo Jooin’s eyes got bigger. Eun Jiho walking ahead of us also looked back at . There was a mont of silence.
Jooin pointed and asked, “That uniform…”
“My mom got confused about my uniform. She bought the wrong one.”
“Which school do you go to?” It was Eun Jiho who asked the question.
He had the face of a person who had nothing to live for, so I never thought he would talk to . I was wrong.
I got surprised and replied, “Dae Dam Middle School, do you guys know? It was around here, but I can’t find it today.”
“Dae Dam Middle School?”
The way he asked back seed that he never heard about it.
Eun Jiho turned his head to Woo Jooin.
He shrugged his shoulders and said, “Never heard about it. I’m not a local here…”
“If you don’t rember, then the school may not exist in Seoul?”
“Hmm, not sure…”
Not in Seoul? That was too radical.
As I drew my brows together, Eun Jiho tapped Woo Jooin again and spoke to , “If he didn’t hear about it, then it’s not in Seoul. Is the na correct?”
“Yeah, it is Dae Dam Middle School…”
My face was still frowny. Eun Jiho and Woo Jooin looked troubled. Eun Jiho swept his hair with a fretful look. I stared at him and thought he was sweeter than when I first saw him. He then took out his phone from his pocket. It was a new model that looked extrely expensive and cool.
He soon called sowhere.
“Oh, have you heard of Dae Dam Middle School?”
While I was watching him without uttering a word, he just proceeded with his call.
“Oh, it doesn’t exist… Yeah, Jooin also has never heard about it. Okay, I’ll hang up.”
He closed his phone with a slam and told , “There isn’t any school like that in Seoul.”
“What?”
“Maybe your mom brought the right uniform? Let’s go check out if your na is on the list. The school is right in front of us. You can search where Dae Dam Middle School is then?”
It was Woo Jooin who gave the answer. Umm, y… yeah… That makes sense. I beca speechless by how he clearly arranged things.
Eventually, I was on my way to school I first saw. I walked towards an unknown school together with the handso guys whom I first t, while wearing a uniform I first wore.
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I already realized the school from outside, but J… Ji Jon Middle School had an amazing building. The only flaw was its na.
Unlike other schools, it did not have any scribbles on its fence. Despite the high land prices in Seoul, the schoolyard seed endless for a 5 min walk.
The building we finally arrived in had a modern and white sophisticated look on its ambiance as if it was built yesterday.
As we entered the gleaming entrance, we passed the hallway and went up to the stairs to the 2nd floor. A naplate with ‘Class 1-1’ appeared.
Woo Jooin looked and said to , “We are Class 1-4, do you know what class you’re in?”
“No.”
“Then we should ask the school office.”
Woo Jooin moved his steps to the office. Eun Jiho followed along with his hands inside his pocket, showing no sign of annoyance.
I appreciated them in my mind. If I went alone to the office, I would have just co back without checking the student list.
The school had a clean atmosphere. The office was in the middle of the hallway, so we had to walk between classes. Oddly enough, there was not a single noise on the rooms for the new sester. Considering the uniform or the decent facilities, this place seed to be a prestigious school.
As it flashed through my mind, I asked, “Is this a private school?”
“Didn’t you know?”
Woo Jooin asked back with surprise. Oh yeah. It sure was. I shut my mouth again.
We knocked at the office and pushed the door. The school office ca into my sight. It also had a nice environnt filled with solar lights. The monitors and computers were all brand new.
A person who looked like a teacher saw us and asked, “You guys need help?”
“Oh, she doesn’t know her class. Would you please let us check the student list?”
Woo Jooin pointed at . His voice was smart and polite. The teacher gave us the list right away. We stood there and flipped over the list. Class 1, no, Class 2, no.
Then Woo Jooin said, “Oh, it’s here. 1st grade Class 4. 1-4”
“What?”
“Here.”
He gave the list. It was true. My na was on Class 1-4! My last na began with ‘?,’ so it was all the way at the end. I scrolled my eyes to check the nas ahead of .
The first na that caught my eyes were the three words ‘Ban Yeo Ryung.’ She was in this class too? My jaw dropped. Eun Jiho and Woo Jooin were in the sa class, 1-4, as they ntioned before. Then my eyes paused at the na ‘Yoo Chun Young.’
He was the one who I bumped into this morning. It wasn’t a common na. I frowned and gave the list back.
Sothing wrong is happening here. I couldn’t deny that. I an, it was not a strange thing whether who was in the class or not. Still…
I glanced at Eun Jiho and Woo Jooin next to . Eun Jiho’s black eyes under the silver hair appeared to be seriously scrutinizing the list. Not quite as much as Eun Jiho, but Woo Jooin’s light hair color also stood out.
It seed all the outstanding people I encountered today were in our class, 1-4. As if sobody arranged all these. You know, in TV shows or in novels, all the handso protagonists are in the sa class.
However, I refused to think like that.
I lost touch with reality since I saw too many attractive people.
As I raised my head up, the teacher said, “Are you all Class 4? Then we have the class president here, Eun Hyung, go with them.”
“What?”
A boy who was facing back on the side turned around.
Under the bright sunlight, his red hair jumped to my eyes. It was a classy red wine shade that stood out anyway. Compared to Eun Jiho’s jet-black eyes, this boy had gray eyes with a hint of green. Straight nose, kind eyes, and a gentle smile on the lips.
He looked handso, but I was not sure if he was Korean. While I was wondering, he opened his mouth.
“Oh, are you all Class 1-4?”
The na tag on his chest sparkled in the light. His na was Kwon Eun Hyung. Ever since I t him, I heard a rattling of an interlocking padlock in my head.
It seems hard to explain after all this ti, but it felt like all the pieces of the puzzle were coming together. As I saw Woo Jooin and Eun Jiho walking to Kwon Eun Hyung, that feelings were getting stronger.
Now that I think of it, I felt sothing in my bones at that mont.
Ban Yeo Ryung, Yoo Chun Young, Eun Jiho, Woo Jooin, and Kwon Eun Hyung. I had a hunch these five and I would be tied tightly with a quirk of fate at that very mont.
It sure was. My feelings were never wrong.
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