Characters: Jung Yonghwa, Seo Juhyeon, Lee Jonghyun, Im Yoona, Kang Minhyuk, Lee Jungshin, Park Shinhye
Genre: Romance, Fluff
Rating: General
Summer, Seoul 2023
“Ahjeossi, Hongdae please.” Seohyun talked back to her phone, persuading her sunbae. “Algeuseubnida eonni.” She used her ultimate aegyo. “I promise tomorrow the script will be ready.. Ne~.. Ne~.. Yeokshi. Eonni jjang!!!” The call then end, Seohyun sighed in relieve.
There’s some ways to escape from stress my job give to me. Go to noraebang and get drunk or watching marathon my favorite drama. Twenty-eight. An age where we can’t say that we’re exchanging nostalgia yet –our teenage were still too bright for that. If our bodies can’t go back, at least our souls can. Right now, I’m going back to our teenage, our high school time.
The taxi stopped in front of a café. After paid the bill, Seohyun stepped out and stretched her hands. Her job was really made her body worn out. She walked into restaurant and outside there’s a board written ‘The 54th High School Friends’ Reunion Dinner for Busan Gwangnan High’.
As she entered the café, she was welcomed by her old friends. She took a seat in the nearest empty chair as she tossed her hands to her friends.
“Yaahh!! Long time no see, huh?” Seohyun commented as she made herself comfortable on her seat.
“You look skinnier. Are you in diet?” Naeun, a girl who sat in front of Seohyun commented.
Seohyun immediately beamed in happiness. “Jinjja? I looked skinnier?”
Naeun nodded.
“Assa~!!” She clapped her hands. “I took diet program my co-worker recommends to me.”
“Yaahhh~! It must be great.”
“I know right?!” She still beamed. “Aren’t you going to gain some weight? How come you never gain some weight since high school? Are you sure you okay?”
“I’m really healthy you know. Besides, uri Taemin still love me the way I am.” Naeun blushed.
“Woaahh!! Daebak. You’re still with him? Since high school back then?”
Naeun nodded shyly.
“Where is Yoona?” Eunmi who sat next to Seohyun asked her.
Just Seohyun was about to answer, a loud sound of Yoona greeted them rang in the room.
“Annyeong~!!” She greeted happily and took a seat next to Seohyun.
“I though you’ll come late.” Seohyun commented.
“The preparation is done earlier than expected.”
She’s Yoona, Im Yoona, my best friend since junior high school and high school. She was popular because she’s pretty and cute. Yet, she’s more popular since she was a playgirl. She’s even dating college student when she was in sophomore.
“Yah!! You look skinnier. Is that diet program that great?”
Seohyun beamed again. She was happy to hear that she was getting skinnier. Actually it’s not that she was fatty or something. It’s just she had a complexion on her cheek. She hated her chubby cheeks.
The door suddenly opened, revealing foursome entrance for the win looked great in slo-mo. They’re Seohyun’s boys, her youth’s everything. They called as CNBLUE. In the right was Lee Jonghyun, the Burning. Next to him was Kang Minhyuk, the Lovely. Lee Jungshin, the Untouchable, and lastly Jung Yonghwa, the Emotional. They’re just coming straight from a teacher’s funeral.
“I though I’ll just die right then and there.” Jungshin grouched.
“What happened?” Yoona asked.
“We met Shin Bongsun there.” Minhyuk answered shortly yet explained everything.
Seohyun and Yoona laught at the poor Jungshin like immediately.
“Are you sick?” Yonghwa asked Seohyun. “You lost some weight.”
Seohyun just rolled her eyes, ignoring him; she continued to talk to Yoona who was in the middle of preparation for her big day.
The noisy chat suddenly stopped when a beautiful sexy woman entered the café, especially the men. She was scanning the whole café and then smiled towards them after seemingly that they’re she’s looking for. She walked closer.
“Yah! Yah! Isn’t that Shinhye?” Naeun whispered.
“Is she?” Seohyun asked, looking a brief glance at the girl then continue to eat.
“Annyeonghaseyo.” Shinhye bowed to them.
“Annyeonghaseyo..” They answered.
Seohyun looked around and noticed that many of men were drooling looking at the sexy girl. Well, she couldn’t be blamed. They’re still male species after all.
Shinhye took a seat next to Naeun who also next to Yonghwa and smiled to everyone. “Why everyone became quiet?” She asked and every one suddenly noisy again. The effect of Park Shinhye apparently still on them.
“Shinhye, annyeong.” Jungshin was the first one greeted her.
Shinhye flashed sweet smile on him.
“Kyaaaaa~!! The artist Park Shinhye gives me her sweet smile.” Jungshin screamed like a teenage girl.
“You’re embarrassing.” Minhyuk shook his head and everyone laugh at the poor Jungshin.
“You’re here already.” Shinhye said to Yonghwa.
“I told you not to come. You’re still looks pale.”
“I’m better now.” She said, smiling. Noticing Seohyun sat across her, she greeted her. “Seohyun-ah annyeong.”
“Annyeong.” She replied halfheartedly.
“Jinjja? Go Hara going to divorce? Eottoke?” Yoona gawked looking at her phone. She was reading the recent gossip. She always did that.
“I know right? Go Hara and Junghyun made a cute couple. Although they through several broke times, they still got married in the end. They would be fine right?” Naeun joined.
“Aigoo~ You’re even not a teenager anymore but you’re still gossiping about idols.” Seohyun commented and took a sip of her apple juice.
“They’re not idol anymore though.” Yoona defended herself.
A beep sound came from Seohyun’s phone. She took it out as she had a message. She had a bad feeling about it though.
“Yah! Isn’t that the new release hand phone?” Naeun who’s always update about technology gawked.
“Is it?” Seohyun didn’t really care. She read the new message and sighed after that.
“Wae?” Yonghwa asked her.
Seohyun ruffled her hair. “Molla!!” She finished her apple juice angrily.
“Don’t mind her.” Yonghwa suggested as if knowing who texted her.
“Should I call her?” Minhyuk asked Seohyun.
Seohyun smiled. “How sweet, but no thanks. I can handle it.”
“Yah! Can I sleepover at yours tonight?” Yoona asked. “I had new drama. Let’s do marathon drama. We’re not doing it since a long time already.” Yoona offered.
“Shall we?” Seohyun beamed, already forgotten about the annoying message a while ago.
“Yah! It’s the limited edition.” Naeun apparently didn’t finished yet with Seohyun’s phone. “How much is it?” She inquired.
“Molla. Ask yourself to him.” And Seohyun continued to talk to Yoona asking more about the new drama.
“How much is it?” Naeun asked. Jonghyun and Yonghwa turned to her.
“One thousand and five hundreds dollar.” Jonghyun and Yonghwa answered together.
“JINJJAAA!!!! Yaaa~!! Daedanhadda jeongmal.”
Meeting them like this make me remember about our old times. Surely I miss it.
“Yah! Yah! Let me take a picture of yours.” Naeun grabbed Seohyun’s phone.
“Yah! That’s my phone.”
“Just let me try this limited edition phone of yours.” Naeun plead.
“Let’s take picture.” Jungshin stood up and gathered the others to stand up.
Naeun counted as the phone screen showed seven people looking at her. The girls sat and making cute pose while the boys stood behind her with cool pose, except Jungshin who pose funnily.
Today, at this table, one couple will announce that they’re getting married.
###
Busan, 2013
Jungshin, Minhyuk, Yonghwa, and Yoona were cracked up upon seeing Lee Kwangsoo wriggled-walking on his back lizard impersonation, practicing for his turned for the games while the other members of Running Man and guests laughed at him. Meanwhile Haha was still getting scolded by Commader Jongkook for failed the game because of his slow running. Seohyun laid on her back, didn’t interested with the show her friends cracking up watching rerun Sunday Variety Program. She kept fidgeting and looking at her watch and the clock on the wall, made sure they showed the same number.
Jongkook and Hyunwoo were throwing to the water pool when suddenly Seohyun got up, pulled the plug, it’s time for rerun her favorite drama, Bogoshipda. She was a fan of Yoo Seungho. “Move away! Move away!” Seohyun took the remote and change the channel.
Jungshin and Yonghwa growled as their fun interrupted by her but Seohyun could not careless. Minhyuk just kept calm, composed.
Soon, Seohyun and Yoona freaked out and squealed over the cute antagonist role Seungho.
“Kyaaaa~~ Why he had to be so cute?” Yoona was almost crying.
“I know right. Although his role is bad boy here, he is still cute as ever.”
The girls clapped their hands together as the television kept showing the cute mean Seungho. In the back, the boys bored to watch the sappiest drama ever. Boys never were a fan of such drama.
The front door opened. Mr. Seo arrived from work with a briefcase on his hand. He was a lawyer. Upon seeing his daughter was busy fan girling about an actor in drama, he nagged. “I should sell the TV as well.” He said. “It seemed your notebook isn’t enough, huh?”
“Appa~!!” Seohyun whined. Her notebook had been taken back by her appa and she couldn’t watch her favorite drama she downloaded some nights ago.
“What?! Do you think I can’t do that?! If only you can increase your school grades I can consider giving the notebook back!!” He shouted. Clearly frustrated about his only daughter poor grades. “You only care about the ugly man on TV!”
“Appa~! He’s not ugly!!” Seohyun offended.
Sighed desperately, Mr. Seo left his daughter alone. Seohyun and Yoona resume her fan girling. It supposed to be sad drama, though.
***
Yonghwa stepped out of his room. He saw a pretty wrapped box on the table in the living room. Today was 22nd June, his birthday. Smiling, Yonghwa inched to the present he got and quickly opened it. He took the card inside first and read ‘Jung Yonghwa! Saengil chukhahanda!!’ and Yonghwa couldn’t stop smiling.
Moved to the present he got, he tears into it found a Guess T-shirt. Just then he gaped remembering something. “Seolma..ddo?”
It was on his fifteenth birthday when his present was an Adidos T-shirt, and he got a Westpak backpack on his sixteenth birthday. Last year, he got Safty Zone. He looked at the Guess skeptically. Nevertheless, he wore it inside his school uniform.
Yonghwa entered Seohyun house lazily. It was his routine to have breakfast there.
Seohyun was brushing her teeth when she saw Yonghwa came in. She noticed he wore Guess T-shirt. She took on look. “Oh! Guessida. This time it’s not a knockoff.” She made sure.
Yonghwa beamed. “Jinjja?! Jeongmal?!!”
“Eung! It’s not a knockoff.” And Seohyun left him finished brushing her teeth.
Yonghwa took a sit on the dining table where the food was ready. Mrs. Seo prepared birthday soup for him. “Yonghwa-ya.. Saengil chukahanda..” Mrs. Seo congratulated him.
“I’m mature now. No need to overreacting.” He said shyly, but failed to show that he’s happy actually.
Mrs. Seo placed the soup for him. “This is your breakfast.”
“I told you hundred times don’t put steamed meat on my plate.” Mr. Seo complained.
“Just eat it. It’s not different with roast meat though.” Mrs. Seo coolly argued.
“Mwo?!” Mr. Seo sighed in defeated. “Seo Juhyeon! You won’t have your breakfast?!!” Mr. Seo wreaked his frustration towards his daughter.
“Your soup will turn cold!!” Mrs. Seo shouted.
“I don’t have appetite!” Seohyun shouted back from her room.
“Mwo?”
“I said I don’t have appetite!” Seohyun pause her activity, writing something on the paper.
“What do you mean?”
“Are you still mad?!!” Mr. Seo asked.
“Ahjeossi nugundeyo?”
“Ah-Ahjeossi?” he couldn’t believe it.
Yonghwa could only smile at her remarks.
“What do you argue with her?” Mrs. Seo asked her husband.
“I don’t remember.”
Mrs. Seo turned to Yonghwa who’s having breakfast silently. “Yonghwa-ya.. What is he said to Seohyun yesterday?”
Swallowing his meal, he said. “Ahjeossi said that the people in TV are ugly.”
“Ah… that man?” Mrs. Seo whispered, apparently agreed with her husband opinion.
Yonghwa nodded. He agreed too though.
Just then Seohyun came out and joined them, only to wish happy birthday to Yonghwa. “Yonghwa-ya.. saengil chukahanda.” She said, handed over papers she prepared earlier. “Seonmulida.”
“Where’s mine?” Mr. Seo asked jealously.
Seohyun faked smile. “Ahjeossi nugundeyo?”
“Cham!! Should I throw these fried eggs on you?” He irked.
Yonghwa read carefully what he got as present, a page full of coupons, and complained. “These coupons again? Are you going to give me coupon as birthday present?”
“Wa? Shilla?!!” Seohyun asked threatened him.
Swallowing his saliva, he swallowed back his complains. “Anida.” He folded the coupons and put it on his chest pocket.
“I’ve never known anyone who used coupons so well as yours!”
~Flashback Start~
Eight years ago. Yonghwa was 10 years old. At his parents’ funeral, little Seohyun did silly dance in front of him and her red-rimmed-glassed kept slide down when she put it up on the forehead, Yonghwa laughed at the sight. The coupon was read: “Use whole body to make me laugh.”
Junior High School Graduation. Yonghwa proudly posed with Mr. and Mrs. Seo in front of the school gate. At the same time, Seohyun was leaning on her school gate, eating steamed goguma while every one looked at her in pity. “Keureyo.. I don’t have parents!!” She shouted annoyed. The coupon was read: “Borrow anything you want for a day.”
Last year. Seohyun tear up looking disgust at the hamburger in front of her half eaten. She almost threw up. Yonghwa looked at her sternly. Seohyun looked at him begging for pity but Yonghwa didn’t budge. The coupon was read: “Do whatever I said.”
~Flashback End~
Yonghwa looked the coupon again to check if there were any new one this year. The coupons have theme: “No matter what”, like “Piggyback no matter what”, “Hug me no matter what”, “Stop being mad no matter what”, and the big in the end, “Grant a wish, no matter what.”
“Are you really going to grant my wish?”
“Eung. As long as it doesn’t cost money, I’ll do whatever you wish.”
Seohyun put her fingers on his chin and scratched her fingers. “I’m really good at it, right? Aigoo~ my cutie cat~!”
Yonghwa countered, brushed his palm on her face. “Stop it!” and Seohyun shoot a dagger.
~~~
“Yah~!! Did you watch yesterday drama? Seungho is really cute~~!” Seohyun squealed. Her friends, Sunny and Hyoyeon, who joined them, also squealed.
Suddenly Yoona came in rush to Seohyun. “Yah! Yah! Do you hear the news?” Yoona acted like a gossip host in TV. She got their attention.
“What news?” The three asked her.
Crossed her hands on her chest, Yoona proudly said as she was only the one who got the hot news. She made gestured for them to gather close. She whispered. “Song Jongki oppa will held mini fan signing later~~~!!”
“Jinjja!!” The three shouted in shock.
Seconds later, they contemplated whether they would ditch school to attend the fan signing or not.
Without Seohyun noticing, outside at the bench on the school yard, Yonghwa and a girl were sitting there together. Something made the girl blushed.
~~~
Seohyun, Yoona, Jungshin, Minhyuk, and Yonghwa were having lunch at school cafeteria. I Got a Boy was played.
“Want some?” Yoona offered Yonghwa, the birthday boy, her remained banana milk.
“Anida. Gomawo.” He politely rejected.
“Want some?” Minhyuk offered some of seaweed snack.
“Dwaetda.” Yonghwa slowly got annoyed.
“Want some?” Jungshin offered his boiled egg.
Yonghwa was really annoyed now. “Geez! Can we just eat as usual?”
They’re offering their lunch while Seohyun kept cool and ate by herself. “Why mad over something like this?” She commented. “They’re just being nice.”
Yonghwa noticed there were crumbs of biscuit she ate earlier. He licked his finger. “There’re crumbs here.” He wiped the crumbs on her upper lips.
Seohyun wiped her upper lips as well. “Ah maja!” She wiped it. “Yonghwa-ya.. Can you finish my homework for me?”
“Which one?”
“Math. I had finished it a half, I swear.”
“You should do it yourself.”
“I’ll go to Jongki oppa fan signing later.”
“Then do it afterwards.”
“I’ll be tired already you know!!”
“You’ll neglect your homework just for that ugly brat?!”
“Dangyunhaji!!”
“I still contemplated whether to attend Jongki oppa fan signing or Kim Jongkook oppa’s.” Yoona butted in, biting her chopstick. “The place is opposite far away. Hing~!!”
Jungshin laughed.
“Eotteokhaji?” Yoona asked their opinion.
“Yah~! You must be really busy today.” Jungshin scoffed. “Oh My God. What should you do?”
Gritted her teeth, Yoona finally couldn’t help but burst out. “Yah! Stop it!!” Pointed her chopstick on Jungshin’s head.
“I like Jongki more than Jongkook.” Minhyuk butted in.
“You too?” Jungshin scoffed, couldn’t believe he was also really care bout something like that.
“Eung!” Minhyuk coolly respond. “I think Song Jongki is better than Kim Jongkook.”
“You act like a girl.” Jungshin scoffed and earned a hit on his head by Minhyuk.
“You do know today is your father’s birthday right?” Yonghwa asked, still tried to find away to slip from Seohyun’s request.
“Nan abeoji eobtda.”
“Tsk! You like that actor more than your abeoji?”
“Shikeureopda! I don’t want to talk about it.” Seohyun hissed.
“Why don’t you ask your mother to do it?” Jungshin offered.
“I can’t. Last time I did it, my father found it and I couldn’t watch my favorite drama for a week.”
“Then you’ll ditch study hall?” Minhyuk asked.
“I have my way.” Seohyun smiled mischievously. “Anyway, make sure you do it right, okay? Because I’m not sure about my own answer, at least I won’t get zero later. Okay?”
Yonghwa sighed. He brushed his palm on her face and as usual Seohyun shot daggers on him.
~~~
Jang Ilwoo, her teacher, stood uncomfortably. In front of him, Seohyun asked his permission to go home earlier since she got her period with her puppy eyes.
“But sir, I can’t control when my period start. I can’t choose not to have my period.” Seohyun plead with puppy eyes.
Ilwoo sighed, didn’t know how to respond.
“You wouldn’t know the pain, sir.” She attacked.
Ilwoo scratched his head. “K-K-Kara~!” Finally he let her. He just wanted to stop her from saying “period” over and over.
[Mmeeehh~~]
~~~
Jang Ilwoo was the teacher in charge for late-night study hall. Suddenly he entered Yonghwa’s class and ordered the class to be quiet. “Don’t be noisy!!!” He shouted; hit the door with the ruler in his hand. “If not, I’ll punish all of you! You got it?!” He threatened.
The class went “Neeeee!!” and then he went out.
“I don’t like him.” Jaejin, Jungshin seatmate commented. Jungshin watched as the teacher went to other class through the gap of the window. “He just acted nice towards girls.”
“He knows well that he’s handsome.” Junshin took out his tablet.
“But he does handsome and tall.” Minhyuk said, finishing exercise number ten.
“I don’t think so. He looks like a girl.” Yonghwa disagreed.
Jungshin left his iPod as he remembered something. “Yah! Yah! I heard he’s a legend in Busan when he was in high school. Rumor said that he won all of academic awards in Busan.” Jungshin strated gossiping.
“Is he that smart?” Yonghwa asked doubtfully.
Jungshin then scoffed. “No matter how smart he was… he’s just high school teacher anyway. He should be doctor or president.”
Minhyuk snickered. “Rumor said he’s rich.”
“Anida.” Jaejin disagreed. “My eomma said that he was a genius living in poor family. That’s why he can’t go to Seoul.”
The door suddenly forced opened, revealing the gossiped-teacher with angry face. “I told you not to be noisy. I warn you!!” He said pointed the stick to threaten them.
“He does really know he’s handsome.” Jungshin commented as the teacher went out. “Yonghwa-ya, let’s go home.”
Yonghwa ignored him, continued to solve the physic exercises.
~~~
“Eomeo!! I don’t know Jongki oppa is so popular here!!” Yoona gasped as she saw the line was very long.
Seohyun nodded in agreement. “Keuroge? Was it because his character as Kang Maru success? Yahh!! I even ship Eungi-Maru couple. They do look good together, don’t they?”
They moved one step closer. The line wasn’t kidding. You could see many board and tablet written JONGKI OPPA SARANGHAE, EUNGI-MARU JJANG!!, even JONGKI OPPA MARRY ME PLEASE. Seohyun wagged her tongue amused.
“What you bring for him?” Yoona asked as they got one step closer more.
“I can’t think anything since it’s in rush. I’ll just give him this.” Seohyun showed a cute teddy bear doll with I LOVE YOU on the chest. “I hope he’ll like it.” Seohyun prayed. “You?”
Yoona smiled shyly. She took out something from her bag. “Jjaaaaan!!!” She proudly present her own photo posed cutely holding a big board written ‘JONGKI OPPA PLEASE BE MINE’.
Seohyun could only agape. “At this rate you’ll marry someone who looks like Jongki oppa.” She scoffed.
“Yah!!” Yoona hit Seohyun’s arm.
“I know you so well Im Yoona. Last time I remember, you date Lee Shin who looks like Kang Shinwoo. I can’t forget about Kang Joonhee who looks like Hoya. Should I mention all of your exes?”
“Well, it just because I can’t reject pretty boy and you know that.” Yoona said confidently.
Seohyun rolled her eyes. “Whatever.”
~~~
Jungshin getting bored and he decided to play with Yonghwa. “Yonghwa-ya~~~” He called him with aegyo voice. He knew well Yonghwa really hated it, a man doing aegyo.
Yonghwa cringed. “Hajima!” He warned, still solving physic.
But Junghsin was really stubborn and he called him again. “Yonghwa-yaaa~~!” This time he did it with changing his voice like a girl.
Yonghwa turned his head. “Hajimalago!” He warned once more.
Jungshin ignored his warning. “Yonghwa-yaaa~~~ Yonghwa oppa-ya~~”
Suddenly Yonghwa turned around and made a fist. “Hajima!! Hajima!!” He hit Jungshin’s arm three times, made the latter groaned in pain. Jungshin shouldn’t do it.
“Ahh!! Appa!!”
“Only he can make you angry.” Minhyuk commented.
“I told him I don’t like a man with aegyo.” Yonghwa glared at Jungshin.
Minhyuk then notice T-shirt Yonghwa wore. “Is it Guess?” He took a look.
Jungshin curious and took one look as well. “Jeongmal? Jinjja?!” He checked.
“Are you kidding me? Of course it isn’t knockoff.” Yonghwa proudly show his Guess to his friends.
Jungshin saw and laugh heartedly. “Yah!! You said it isn’t knockoff?” Jungshin tried to control his laugh.
“I guess it isn’t.” Minhyuk commented.
“Let me tell you. Guess had question mark, not exclamation mark.” Jungshin told them.
Yonghwa looked at it and crumbled in mortification as the whole class laughed at his expense. The class became ruckus and Ilwoo ssaem burst in with furious. “Do you think I’m kidding? I told you not to create some noises. How many times I should tell you?” He scanned the whole class. “Class president, stand up!” He ordered but no one stood up. He got annoyed. “I said stand up!!”
Yonghwa slammed the desk and stood up.
“You’re the class president? Come here!”
“I didn’t make some noises.” Yonghwa defended himself.
“Mworago?” Ilwoo got pissed.
“I said I didn’t make some noises.”
“Are you playing with me? Come here, I order you!”
Yonghwa moved his feet angrily and stood folding his hands on his back, head hang down.
“If you’re the class president, you should ask your friend to keep silent.” He took a breath. “How many times you want to be hit?”
Yonghwa looked up at him without fear. “Eighteenth times.” And he leaned facing the wall, waiting for his punishment.
Ilwoo then moved his stick and hit Yonghwa in the butt eighteenth times. Yonghwa could only grit his teeth to bear with the pain.
~~~
It was only four lines more Seohyun and Yoona needed. By now, they could see the handsome and cute face of Jongki. If the staff allowed taking picture, Seohyun had got plenty of his pictures by now. They lined patiently.
“Daeumyo.” The staff announced and finally it was Seohyun turned to get his sign.
“Thank’s for coming and support.” The actor flashed his faintly smile and Seohyun could die in happiness.
“Oppa, this is for you..” Seohyun shyly handed the teddy bear to him.
Jongki received it and muttered thank you before asked her to get out of the line since there’re still many fans behind her. She left with heavy heart, didn’t satisfied yet since she didn’t get his picture yet. Next to her was her best friend, Im Yoona. As usual, she acted cute and all then gave her present for him. Only for her heartbreaking, Yoona managed to get his picture, one with her and one only him flashing cute smile. Seohyun stomped her feet in jealousy.
~~~
Yonghwa was sitting in the living room with some books messed in the table. He was doing Seohyun’s homework. He cursed since he had to finish most of all her homework. He shouldn’t believe when she said that she had done it half of them. In reality, she got only seven of twenty questions in total.
Mrs. Seo carried a big washbasin of kimchi jjeon dough. In front of the table where Yonghwa done homework there’s a stove on newspaper. “Ughh!!” Mrs. Seo almost spilled the dough.
Yonghwa was agape. “Are you going to have a party?” Yonghwa asked, seeing so much dough of kimchi jjeon.
“Anida. This is for us.” Mrs. Seo replied, mixing the dough.
“Woaahh.. You can feed a hundred people or more.”
“Is it? It’s better than lacking.” Mrs. Seo took a full ladle of dough and put it on the pan. “Where’s Seohyun by the way?”
“Attend fan signing.”
“Who?”
“Song Jongki.”
“Ah.. that Kang Maru?”
Yonghwa looked at her amused. No wonder Seohyun crazy over actor. She got it from her mother.
“Oh! It has start.” Mrs. Seo looked back and forth to the jjeon she made and the drama.
Yonghwa took the remote and raise the volume up.
“You’re here to do her homework?”
“Aniyo. I’m not her slave.” He denied.
~~~
The fan signing didn’t finish yet. Later the staff announced that they’re going to have quick quiz about Song Jongki. Of course Seohyun and Yoona stayed there couldn’t miss the opportunity.
After twenty minutes of waiting, finally the quiz started. They prepared five presents in total for the lucky fan. The staff prepared quiz about Song Jongki and his drama. Seohyun and Yoona joined the quiz but didn’t lucky yet for three question consecutive. The present went to another lucky fan. It made them determined to get the big present, the premier ticket of his upcoming movie plus free hug from Jongki.
“Okay, this is the last question.” The host announced and the atmosphere became tense. “What the scene director like the most in Nice Guy drama Song Jongki rolled in?”
Seohyun lost a second late; letting Yoona raised her hand and shouted her lung out. “Putting his hand in the pocket while kissing a woman!!!” and just like that Yoona got the premier ticket plus hug from Jongki. Yoona couldn’t hide her happiness.
~~~
Mrs. Seo cried over the miserable scene of Jang Ok Jung. Yonghwa who just finished the homework handed her a box of tissue. Yonghwa startled when suddenly Mrs. Seo cried very loud.
“Hwaaaaaa….!!!!” She took more tissues.
[Mmmeeeehhh~~]
~~~
Seohyun and Yoona rode the last bus from fan signing event. Yoona was all smiling upon remembering her luck getting hug from handsome actor. She took a peek at Seohyun who was sulking. Clearing her throat, Yoona took her premier ticket out and gave it to Seohyun. “Here. Have this.”
Seohyun pretended to cool about it. “Dwaetda. I’m okay though. This is yours.” She rejected but still eyed the ticket.
“I really want to give it to you. Here. Have this.” Yoona forced and Seohyun smiled at instant.
“Really? Is it really for me?”
Yoona nodded.
Seohyun held the ticket tightly. “Kyaaa I won’t miss the premier. I swear I’ll watch it. I’ll definitely meet many actors and actresses there right? Or some of famous director.” Seohyun ranted in happiness.
Yoona could only smile looking at her. Then she remembered something. “Ah! Yuri told me something.”
“What is it?” Seohyun was still admiring the premier ticket.
“Yah! Listen to me well.” Yoona asked her attention but Seohyun still in her dream world. “Yah!! Listen to me well!!”
“ Arasseo!” She put the ticket on her bag carefully.
“Yonghwa.. Yuri said that she saw Shinhye confessed to Yonghwa.” Yoona said carefully.
Seohyun didn’t betray anything but surprised. “Oh really? What his answer?”
“Yuri said Yonghwa didn’t give her an answer yet. Are you okay with that?” Yoona inquired.
“Why are you asking me?” Seohyun asked still a little bit surprised.
“Since you’re his best friend.”
“Does Shinhye blind or what? Why choose that brat?”
“Brat, you say?” Yoona couldn’t believe it. “Just so you know, Yonghwa is full package of boyfriend material. He’s cool and smart, good at sport, and also mature.”
“Is he? I wouldn’t know it.”
Seohyun walked home just as Yonghwa was stepping out.
“Had you done it?” Seohyun asked.
Yonghwa nodded. “Eung..”
“That’s good.”
Seohyun was about to open the door when Yonghwa stopped her. “Today… Shinhye asked me to date her…”
“I heard it.”
“What should I do?”
“How’s your feeling?”
Yonghwa sighed. “I don’t know.”
They went silent.
Then Yonghwa asked. “Should I not date her?”
“Why are you asking me?”
He took a step closer and entreated her, “Should I not date her?” He got no answer. He took another step forward, “Should I not date her?” Still nothing, he sighed and took out his birthday coupons. He ripped one and handed it to her silently.
Seohyun took it and read. It was “Grant a wish no matter what” coupon. “Sowoni mwonde?”
Yonghwa looked at her deeply and hopingly. “Tell me not to date her.”
They stood there like that, the wish hanging in the air.
~~~
Seohyun sat; her head leaned on her right hand, watching some TV show. Her eyes on the TV but her mind not close at it.
Her mother placed a tower of kimchi jjeon on the table. “What did you do all day you forgot to eat?”
“Where’s the ketchup?” Seohyun asked instead.
“Maja.” And she took it on the kitchen as Seohyun resume watching the TV show. “Jaaaa!! Mokgora!” Eomma said as she placed a big bowl of ketchup.
Seohyun rolled her eyes. “Doesn’t it too much?”
~~~
Yonghwa entered the house. He slipped off his shoes and welcomed by a man who dried up his hair. Yonghwa looked at him angrily.
Ilwoo stood awkwardly. “Y-You’re home already?”
Yonghwa didn’t respond.
“That… Earlier in the school…”
“Don’t apologize.” Yonghwa cut him off, walked briskly to his room, and slammed his door.
Ilwoo hung his head didn’t know what to do. The birthday cake was sitting on the table, waiting.
Yonghwa then burst out of his room to yell, “It’s not an exclamation point! It’s question mark! Hyung, can’t you even get that right?!”
“Mw-Mwo?”
Yonghwa, however, too mad at him and slammed his door, leaving his hyung felt guilty even more.
“Question mark…?”
~~~
Like mother like daughter. Seohyun and her mom were singing together hands-in-the-air singing along the ending song of the drama they watched. Her father, who just arrived at home, just passed them as if saw nothing. Apparently it was a common sight every night. At the end of the song, they clapped together.
“Whoaaa~~!! The director really daebak.” Mother complimented.
“They make it great!” Seohyun agreed.
“Lee Dongwook indeed a good actor. I bet he will win daesang this year.”
“I still am rooting for Lee Seunggi though.” Seohyun said and took her homework on the table. Her eyes widened in shock. Her home works didn’t finished yet. She screamed.
Yonghwa cried himself to sleep as his hyung apologized through the door. “Yonghwa-ya.. I’m sorry. I don’t know you’re the class president.” He persuaded. Yonghwa tightened his blanket. “Hyungi jinjja mianhada… Yonghwa-ya, please open the door.”
Yonghwa’s phone was buzzed but he could careless.
Seohyun tried to contact Yonghwa crying. Surely, since tomorrow she would get another punishment. She was not a genius at subjects, numbers specially.
Annyeonghaseyo Jung Yonghwa-ibnida. Press number one to leave message.
Meanwhile, Shinhye, in her room, tried to call Yonghwa as well.
Annyeonghaseyo Jung Yonghwa-ibnida. Press number one to leave message.
An age where you feel like you could love anyone, where you put everything on the line for the smallest of things. Eighteen. Adults say that it’s an age where we laugh if a leaf tumbles by. But by then, we were more serious than any adult, more intense, and had our strength tested. 2013. That was how our eighteen was beginning.
***
Seohyun walked out of her room in the morning wearing her own Guess! sweatshirt and freaked out to see that her mom burn something in the backyard, her bag was next to her. It was her weekly routine to clean all Seohyun’s trash on her bag such paper bills, expired bread, plastic snack, etc.
“Eomma!!” She shouted in horror.
Her mother looked at her innocently. “Omoya!! Why? Did I do something wrong? Your bag is almost like trash can already.”
She collapsed in tantrum since her premiere ticket was there. He slapped the floor with her feet, cried a river. “My precious premier ticket!! Why you burn it? You don’t know that was also a ticket for me to meet many famous actors.” Seohyun pulled her hairs, frustrated. “Haaaaaa!!!! Hiiiiiiiingggg!!!!”
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Author's Note:
Too much Reply 1997 scenes? I know right? I apologize. It's been a long time since I watched it and I happened wrote this chapter while watched it again. I'll make it up to you.
You do also realize their background kinda similar right? But don't worry, I'll make different somehow.
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