All for One, One for All

Chapter 2

Yay! Min Ha's so-called 'parent' had signed the consent form. Hurray for Min Ha! If she could kill herself right now, she probably wouldn't be hesitated to do it. She had tried to stop her 'parent' from signing the consent form but somehow, it had become a lecture from her 'father'. She was stuck in her bedroom, packing for her doom- she meant her training.

After she was done packing, she felt a need to buy an ice cream to extinguish the fire burning in her heart. After checking that both her 'parent' was in the bedroom, she silently walked past the living room to the main door and headed to the convenience store.

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"Oh, Jo Jang Soo." Min Ha didn't expect to meet one of her 'classmates' at the convenience store in the middle of the night. Jang Soo awkwardly waved his hand toward Min Ha. Never in her life, she has been in this awkward situation. She gave him a small smile and noticed an ice cream in his hand. "So, I guess you also crave some ice cream?" Min Ha asked Jang Soo who then shyly nodded at her. "I also want to buy ice cream. Can you wait over there? Let's eat it together." Min Ha walked into the store and quickly grabbed a vanilla ice cream. She paid for it and walked toward Jang Soo who had kindly waiting for her.

To be honest, Min Ha might be a little biased as she likes Jang Soo's character in the drama. He, Yoo Jung, and Young Shin were the only rational characters in that series. But there is a little problem with Jang Soo's personality. He is selfless. He always is the brave one, like in that one scene, where someone needs to distract the purple alien. Min Ha called it a 'brave but dumb' act.

"So, are you going for the military training?" asked Jang Soo. Min Ha nodded and sighed. "I don't want to but my parent were strongly against me. My father even gives me a lecture about how it's beneficial and everyone is going to be above me and I will be left behind, yadda, yadda. I'm too lazy to hear any of it so I stop my complaint." Min Ha looked at Jang Soo who intently listened to her rambling, which had made something weird happen to her heart. No one had ever listened to her rambling before. Not even Ye Rim. 'You better stop right there heart. You don't have time for a fucking crush right now.'

Min Ha was too busy fighting with her own heart that she didn't notice that Jang Soo had stared at her with a little smile on his face. "Min Ha?" Min Ha turned her head toward Jang Soo, a little bit off guard. Jang Soo chuckled at Min Ha's antics which made her whole face red as a tomato. "I-I need to go back now. It's already late. We have school tomorrow. Bye." She bowed slightly and walked as fast as she could to her house without knowing that Jang Soo had silently followed her 10 meters behind, making sure she arrived at her home safely before going back to his.

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Min Ha lazily walked to her class with her luggage. If you are curious about what is inside her bag, then there are only her clothes, a few toiletries, and maybe a book about how to live a peaceful life without fighting a supernatural being (for example, a purple alien from a purple sphere). She walked toward her desk and put her Doraemon's pillow on her desk. She plopped her head on her pillow, getting herself comfortable, to have a little nap. She could hear everybody talking about how they were unwilling to go for this training and how they were going just for the extra point. She covered her ears with her handkerchief.

But before she could take her sweet nap, Ms. Park entered the class with the infamous soldier that would be leading the class for the training. "Everyone take your seats!" Ms. Park yelled and everyone hurriedly went to their seats. Min Ha turned to look at Cha So Yeon's reaction. She quickly covered her mouth as she could see the lovestruck look on So Yeon's face. It was quite funny to see.

"Alright, I have someone to introduce to you all." Ms. Park looked at the soldier as if to say, 'You can introduce yourself now'. "Loyalty. Nice to meet you. I'm First Lieutenant Lee Choon Ho, who will be Class 3-2's platoon leader." Ms. Park backed away as Lieutenant Lee took her spot. "You'll be assigned to the second platoon Sungjin division combat unit, and I'll be your platoon leader. Most of the training will take after school when your regular classes are over." Everybody was complaining and Min Ha yawned. She didn't has the energy to listen to all of the explanation but she forced herself to stay awake as she didn't want to make 'Mr. Scary' mad.

"On days when you have scheduled, training will take priority over classes. So don't get confused later. Class president." He suddenly called out. "You're the senior trainee starting today." Everyone was confused and started to question each other. Even the class president looks confused. "Next up is assigning the role of the record keeper who will be recording the process of your training and the videos for your parents." Lieutenant Lee watched every single student with his hawk eyes, searching for someone to be his 'victim of the day'. "Any volunteer?" At this moment, Min Ha found her fingernails more interesting than the record keeper role. Like Min Ha who didn't want to volunteer for that role (even when she knew it had an extra point), everyone hesitated to volunteer.

Lieutenant Lee continued, "No volunteers? Broadcast club?" Ms. Park suddenly interrupted and recommended Young Hoon to be the record keeper. Just like in the drama, Young Hoon rejected the role which made Kim Chi Yeol the record keeper. Then, Lieutenant Lee let all the students settle down at their 'barracks'.

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Everyone was busy doing their own things in the 'barracks'. For example, Yoo Jung, Na Ra, and Ae Sol were playing with the cards while Bo Ra drew on her tablet. So Yeon, Soon Yi, and Ha Na we're busy with their make-up set. Min Ha was laying comfortably on her bed, trying to take a short nap before the training began.

"Attention." The woman soldier who was in charge of taking care of the girls in the second platoon arrived. Min Ha swore that the woman's voice could break her eardrum. She whined quietly as she knew she couldn't get her sweet, sweet nap time. "You brats, do you think you are on a camping trip? Listen carefully, submit all the items not needed in the barracks, to the front right this moment."

Everyone didn't make a move at all. The woman soldier had enough and walked toward the desk in the center of the room. "What's this? Straighteners, toys, lipstick, foundation, perfumes? Cigarettes?! Hurry, you brats, move it!" Everyone followed the soldier's instruction except for Min Ha who still laying on the bed, covering her ears with her pillow. The woman soldier walked toward her and dragged her out of her bed. Min Ha could only whine quietly and sighed. "I guess the torture now begins. Everyone, please give the loudest cheer. Woo!" Min Ha mumbled to herself, completely losing her mind.

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Letter to myself,

Dear me,
It is not too late to unalive yourself. Once the torture starts, there's no turning back. You will regret it. Well, I already regret it. All I can say now is good luck doing all those training. It's good for your health! Ha ha ha! Damn it.

Sincerely,
Cho Min Ha

P.S. Stay away from Jo Jang Soo. I'm warning you. My heart can't take it. No crush. No romance. No, I forbid it!