SpartAce I: School Love Affair

Suspect

Jong Kook just stares down at Ji Hyo, who is desperately crying in Eun Hye's shoulder.

The others are just as dumbstruck as him. They'd known Ji Hyo as someone tearless and uncaring, so seeing her cry is such a strange sight.

And something is making Jong Kook even more irritated. He still has to confirm his suspicion later.

For now, he runs back down to the hallways and the others follow.

He tears off every poster about Ji Hyo off the wall, and the others starts to do it, too.

But Kwang Soo comes and catches up with him as he runs.

"Hyung. ", he calls. "Why don't you just tell the truth and end the rumors?"

"What rumor? "

"That you and Noona are dating! "

"YAH!", he yells at him while they're running, making Kwang Soo swerve away from him. "We're not dating! "

"But you two seem to be hiding something. ", he insists.

"No. We're not! Now shut up and just get rid of all these annoying posters! ", he says as they stop and tear of some posters.

"Who in the world can do this to Ji Hyo Noona? ", he asks as if he can not believe it.

Someone who is closer to her than you think. , he wants to say.

When he gets back to the rooftop, Ji Hyo has calm down a little.

She has now silenced, but her tears are still falling down her face, and Eun Hye is sitting next to her, soothing her back.

"You can go to your class now. ", he says to Eun Hye, who looks up at him with a questioning look.

"I can skip class to accom--! "

"You don't have to. ", he says, cutting her off.

Eun Hye seems to be surprised at his annoyed tone, making her hug Ji Hyo ine last time and walks back inside.

Jong Kook stares down at Ji Hyo, who is now staring blankly at nothing, her face still wet with tears.

He wants to hit her in the head for being so gullible, but he decided to save it for next time.

He squats in front of her and takes out the handkerchief that Ji Hyo has offered to him back when he has spilled choco frappe on his pants.

Fortunately, he is able to bring it today.

He wipes her tear-stained face with it.
The gesture seems to snap her back ti reality, for her eyes widen and her blank pupils come into focus at his face.

"I did not know you were a cry baby. ", he says as he continues wiping her face.

"I'm not!", she says, her brows furrowing.

He runs his finger in the crease in her forehead, as if forcing to smoothen it out.

She glares at him, which seems to be uneffective when her face looks so weak from crying.

"That was all the tears i saved up for months, you know! ", she says defensively.

"Fine. Fine. ", he says in surrender.

"Now get uo and stop being a loser. ", he says, standing up and offering a hand.

She just stares at it for a while.

"You take it, in case you don't know. ", he says.

She glares at him but still take his hand, then he pulls her up.