A Second Chance

chapter forty nine

"It's okay Ji Hyun" Ae Cha comforted me while walking through the halls with me during passing period.

"Detention? Now I have to call in work" I sighed, Ha Joon met you with us. "What's wrong with her?" He asked "she got detention. She fell asleep during the teacher's lesson" Ha Joon chuckled.

"Were you tired from last night?" I nodded yes "I had to stay in late for work last night. There was a lot of business workers coming in. I think there's some event or something for them" I yawned.

"What're you going to do?" "Clean the gymnasium the whole afternoon" "gross! All that sweat and nasty germs!" Ae Cha stuck her tongue out from disgust.

"All by myself too" I sighed even heavier.

And by the time I knew it. It was detention time.

I filled up my bucket with water outside and I was given a mop.

"I want to see that gym spotless. Make sure to get that sticky gum out from under the bleachers" the coach of the basketball team instructed, "alright," I said with no motivation and dragged my legs to the gymnasium.

I walked in and saw an empty gym.

"God!!!" I yelled and stomped annoyed to the middle of the gym and slapped my mop onto the floor and mopped.

I hate this so god damn much.

I heard the doors open and slam shut.

"Sorry but there's no practice for you guys today! I'm cleaning!" I yelled since I was too busy looking at the floor that I was mopping. Once I heard no answer from them, I looked up.

I was in disbelief.

"Seung Ho...?" I whispered out but it kinda echoed throughout the gym. "What're you doing here?" We both asked in sync, "d-detention" I answered first "same" he answered back.

I watched Seung Ho wet his mop and started mopping as well, near me.

Wonder what he got detention for? Sleeping in class too?

I started mopping too, trying to make myself occupied.

I wonder if he's nervous here with me? But he doesn't look like it. Is he thinking to himself about me?

Seung Ho was quiet. I would sometimes forget he was here.

"How was school?" I asked, trying to start a conversation. "Cool," he replied coldly and with one word.

Of course.

"And—" I was cut off by him "why do you care? Not trying to sound mean, but I just want to finish this up and leave. I have things to do" Seung Ho said icky, went right through my chest.

"You don't have to be an ass cause I rejected you" I confronted him, Seung Ho rolled his eyes. "I'm not hurt by your rejection" Seung Ho went back to mopping

"Not hurt?" I dropped my mop and stormed towards him "are you sure because you don't talk to me, you ignore me!" Seung Ho saw me storming to him.

"Like, you pretend nothing happened! And it pisses me off! You told me you loved me!" "Watch out, Ji Hyun" I didn't hear him with my overlapping voice.

"Ji Hyun. My bucke—" and it was already too late. I tripped over the bucket he warned me about, and knocked myself into Seung Ho. We both fell and got dumped by water of his bucket.

I sat there, on him. On Seung Ho. On his lap.

I was just a few inches from his face, and it seemed like I was the only one that realized that.