Soo Hee's pov
Song Hyo Na / Gwangju
Goo Eun Rae / Daejeon
Park Soo Yoon / Ulsan
Go Jin Na / Incheon
Hong Ga Hyun / Daegu
Bae Soo Hee / Busan
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I froze after reading the last name in the list. It was my name, Bae Soo Hee. "Wait, it can't be me right?" I asked myself. "But the state showed Busan though" I trailed, confused with the name and wondering if it was me or just someone else with the same name as mine.
It was then until I came back to my senses. Omo, it is me! I jumped up and down and squealed in excitement. I belly flopped onto my bed and buried my face into my pillow. I let out a long scream. I got back up and did a traditional bow on the floor.
"Dear god, thank you so so much for making all this happen" I smiled as I finished the bow. I was about to go back to the video chat I had with Hanee before that was still on until I realised that I didn't see Hanee's name in the list. I went back to my laptop to take a look again at the list.
My eyes scanned the list of names a few times looking for the name, Eun Ha Nee but it was just not there. I shut my eyes in frustration and gripped my hands tightly forming a fist. How was I gonna face Hanee? Is she going to hate me because she wasn't picked but I was? How would she react towards all this?
Dozens of questions were running through my mind and I started feeling guilty as heck. Suddenly I felt like all the insides of my stomach were threatening to come out. My face scrunched up upon reacting to the feeling coming from my stomach.
Eomma bursted through my bedroom door and grinned. I look at her full of shock. I mean, it's not always when your mum would be bursting through yor bedroom door and almost breaking it right? "Eomma! Why did you do that? It's lucky that my heart is still beating otherwise I would've died right on the spot" I exclaimed.
Eomma simply brushed it off with a giggle and walked closer towards me. "Sorry 'bout that. I was just really excited for you honey. So, is your name in the list or not?" she asked as her face turned serious this time.
This time, it was my turn to grin and I shifted my computer screen so she could see my name in the name list. She bent her body so she could see better. Her eyes scanned the list and they widened after seeing my name. She looked at me as her mouth formed an O shape.
She began squealing in a high pitched voice like someone fangirling over KPOP stuff and pulled me into a tight hug. "Congrats honey!" eomma congratulated me kissing my face multiple times. "Argh eomma, stop doing that. It tickles" I grunted as I tried covering my face with my hands to stop her from continuing her actions.
"Hehehe mian. I'm just really happy for you right now" eomma giggled as she released the hug. "Thank you eomma" I smiled and it instantly faded when I thought back about Hanee.
Eomma noticed it and asked me what's wrong. I told her about how Hanee wasn't picked and that I was sure she was feeling really depressed at that moment. Eomma gritted her teeth and nodded her head slowly. "I see. I'll leave now so you two can talk privately" said eomma slowly making her way towards my bedroom door.
"Thank you eomma, for understanding" I smiled. Eomma just smiled back and closed the door right after exiting the room. I huffed out a sigh and looked at my phone contemplating whether to call Hanee now or wait 'till tomorrow. I decided to call her immediately to check up on her just to see how she was coping with all this.
I don't think Hanee's doing good on dealing with this situation at all because I know her well enough to know that she's just really bad at dealing with stuff like this. My finger hovered below Hanee's contact name until I pressed it. I was biting my lip in anticipation the whole time it beeped.
The call I was making kept beeping and right when I was about to give up and press 'end call', Hanee had picked up. I started getting really nervous so I just stayed quiet but still keeping my phone close to my ear to see if Hanee would say something first.
"Hello?" Hanee's voice rang through the other end. Her voice sounded somewhat sad. "Umm hey Hanee-yah. It's me, Soo Hee" I greeted her back nervously. "Oh annyeong Soo Hee-ah, congrats girl! I saw your name on the list" Her tone of voice changed to a happy one but I was still able to sense the sadness she was hiding in her voice.
"Thanks. But umm, do you hate me 'cause your name didn't make the list?" I asked as my hands began to shake. The other line was quiet for a while until she spoke again. "What? There's no way I'd hate you for that. It's ridiculous" Hanee forced out a laugh and I stayed silent.
"Yah, Soo Hee, don't worry okay? I'll never ever hate you just because of some contest 'cause that's just absurd to me. Well, sure I feel really sad right now but that's normal and I'm sure lots of other girls are just like me right now so it's fine" Hanee reassured.
"Okay then. Do you wanna go to Mc Donald's to go grab some food together?" I asked trying to make her less sad. "Thanks for inviting me but I really can't. I have to help my mum with something and I have to go now, bye" she spoke quickly and I didn't even get to utter a single word as she had hung up first.
I also noticed how her voice had cracked a few times when speaking to me in the telephone. "I guess she wasn't done crying" I sighed. I thought it'd be better if I go see her in person and so, I grabbed my coat and dashed downstairs.
*end of chapter
