GUISE [ 양정원 ] yang jungwon ✓

9 - ☆: quitted.

A month passed and Yerim doing her life well, though there was still dissatisfaction from Jungwon's side throughout the month. "Class, you know right your midterm is coming closer?" asked the teacher. A various expression came out from each student after hearing that.

"Don't forget to study, okay? And don't be hard on yourself."

Continue the teacher. 'Right, I forgot the reason I school. I suppose to think about my future too.' said Yerim. She took a glance to the side, where Jungwon sat. He seemed calm when the teacher mentioned about the exam. Well, he's smart, nothing scared him because he's already secured that top 1 position.

'And how about you Yerim? You can be smart only when you try really really hard.' said her in her mind, feeling envious of someone who is 'naturally' smart and quick to catch what has been teaching.  As soon as the teacher comes out, Minji turns around to Yerim with her tired face.

"Yerim, you're smart, right? Please teach me," said her while pleading with some desperation. Unfortunately, Yerim is not as smart as everyone thinks. She basically just mid too.

"I'm sorry, Minji. But I'm not smart either."

Replied Yerim in a lower voice. She feels ashamed every time she is in this situation. "Aww, don't worry, we all are. You don't have to feel that bad, okay?" assured Minji. Yerim just smiling seeing how there's no hate towards her from Minji.

"Minji, do you want to study together?" asked Yerim with some hope. "Yerim, I would love to but my mom always wants me to study by myself, if there's anything I don't understand she told me to ask my tuition teacher," replied her with a bit of feeling guilty of rejecting the offer.

"Oh, I got it. I was just asking, if you can't then it's fine." Yerim smiled to assure her. By reading Minji's expression, she doesn't seem to lying about what she said. Minji then came out of the class as someone called her.

Yerim looks to the side and sees Jungwon attentively studying. 'Or should she ask him to teach her?' this was something crawling in her mind even though the biggest chance of it was no. Yerim gets up from her seat and stands in front of Jungwon's table.

"Jungwon, can you teach me Mathematic?" asked her nervously.

Other subjects she can bear with it to learn by herself but Mathematic? Just can't, she's not understand a single thing.

"I'm busy."

Replied him right away, Yerim was disappointed at how he did not even give a look at her and think for a second before answering. As if he doesn't want to get involved with her. "Okay, I'm sorry." Yerim gets back to her seat with a heavy feeling.

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As soon as the class was over, Yerim quickly packed her things into the bag and ran to the restroom to change her clothes. Since she's got a club session after this, she learned from the mistake that she wouldn't want to get mad again by Jungwon. He's like waiting for every chance to embarrass her.

She runs faster even though she's still got another 10 minutes. When she arrived, there were a few people there already and they were practicing a move being taught by Jungwon last week. Meanwhile, Yerim still didn't learn any.

A time passes and Jungwon shows up after everyone comes before him. They greet as usual before starting the session. Like last week, each belt level was called to show their move. But the only belt level not being called is a white belt which is herself. Yerim was thinking if she was invisible in there.

"White belt."

Called Jungwon suddenly, and Yerim became excited when Jungwon finally called her. "Yes, me!" replied her fully excited. "You see that mop, go wipe this floor with that," ordered him while pointing at the mop that was being put in the corner of the room.

Yerim smile faded as she heard that while seeing everyone's reaction to her right now mocking and laughing quietly. She looks at Jungwon in disbelief, it's been a month since she joined this club but not any of the days Jungwon taught her any move, yet she never questioned it. Her eyes want to shed a tear right now, but she doesn't want to embarrass herself too.

"Alright."

Yerim led her way to take a mop and do as Jungwon told her. Everyone seems to enjoy their time in this club while she's the only one suffering. "I should really change my club," muttered her in a lower voice while her mind determined about it already.

"Okay, thank you for today. Good job everyone." The club session ends while Yerim still moping the floor. "You're done, you can leave," said Jungwon to Yerim as everyone left. Yerim just kept herself quiet and put back the mop in its place.

As her feet want to walk away from there, she stops herself and turns back to Jungwon.

"Be honest, you never have any intention to teach me taekwondo, right?" asked Yerim firmly.

"You should've known that since earlier."

Replied him casually right away. He doesn't care about what Yerim feels right now, she can't believe that he is this mean.

"I don't get it why you hate me so much, I didn't do anything to you disliking. Or do I? I also don't know that Jungwon. Alright fine, I'll quit. I finally do it just like you always ask me to do ridiculous things and I just obey." Yerim voice was shaking out of was holding her emotion to go further and crying.

She takes off her belt in front of him and throws it to the floor, then walks away from there with words she has been wanting to say it out in front of him.

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