astro || where are you? ✔

Chapter 5 - Future Boyfriend

The next morning. 

It seems like today will be a nice day for Yerin. But not anymore after she saw Moonbin just came from the front of school gate before her. And suddenly, there are so many girl students there, trying to talk to him.

"Moonbin, are you really gonna date Yerin?"

"Do you like her that much?"

"What about us?"

"Moonbin-oppa!"

"Please just be single at least." They trap him in the crowds.

"I need to love someone too, alright!" he said.

"Yeah, but not Kang Yerin!" Those girls said. And suddenly, he found Yerin, was standing there. "Oh, Yerin-ah!" he runs towards her, and linking his arm around her shoulder.

"Yah! Let go!" she yanked his arm, but he keep doing it again.

"Tsk. Don't you know you're heavy?" she said.

"No." he sticks out his tongue.

"Oh, Rocky!" and then she runs towards her old friend, Rocky, who's practicing basketball just now. "What are you doing here?" 

"What do you mean? I moved here yesterday." he said.

"Woah, and, are you joining our basketball team?" and he nodded.

"Who is that?"

"Huh? Who?" she doesn't understand whom Rocky was talking about.

"The one who was with you earlier." and she realizes that he noticed her, walking with Moonbin before.

"Ah, he is Moonbin."

"Your boyfriend? It's shame that you've never accept my heart, and choose him instead."

"He's not, Rocky." she chuckled.

"Really?! I thought the two of you were dating!"

"Nope, don't mind him." He nodded and ruffled her hair. "I'm going first." she bids him goodbye. "Meet me after school!" "In front of the gate!" she shouted to him as she's going to her class.

•••

The class has started. As Yerin was focusing on what the teacher said, suddenly a piece of paper airplane lands on her desk. It said. "Who is he? The one you ran yourself towards." she searchs for the sender, and it is Moonbin.

"Who do you think you are?" she threw it to his desk.

"Moonbin. Your future boyfriend, Kang Yerin." and he threw it back to her. As she was reading it, suddenly the teacher approaches her desk without her knowledge, and snatches it from her hand.

"Mind to explain it to me, Ms. Kang?"

"Ah, it's not mine, Ma'am." she said as she glared to Moonbin.

"Moonbin-ssi, come with me! And you too, Yerin-ssi!" she yelled.

Outside the class.

"Do you think you're joking right now? Kang Yerin-ssi, Moonbin-ssi?!"

"I'm sorry , Ma'am." Yerin keeps bowing to the teacher.

"Moonbin-ssi! Don't you know the rules in my class?"

"Yes, I don't. And don't mind me because you'll never do. Just leave me alone. Mind your new family there!" he exclaimed and snatched Yerin's hand with him to follow him.

•••

"Are you okay?" she braves herself to ask him who was just sitting on the grass carefreely. And she copies his pose, sitting there along with him.

"I'm okay, don't worry about me." he said as the two of them leaning against the old tree in the school garden.

"May I ask you what happen?" Yerin asked carefully.

"She used to be my mom." he sighed.

"What?! Really? So that's why the two of you have a similar faces." She finally figured it out.

"Yerin-ah." he called.

"Hm?"

"Nothing, just want to call your name." he chuckled as he was looking down.

"Is it really hard for you?"

"It was. But no more. Until I found someone who can always lighten up my world." he stared at her eyes deeply.

"Woah, it must be your dad, am I right?"

"No. You."