SpartAce I: School Love Affair

Relieve but Anxious.

Ji Hyo has been troubled, and Gary's music, which used to calm her down a bit, does not seem to take effect.

She is wondering where Jong Kook is. He has been absent for days, and the others are getting worried, too.

They'd been asking around, his classmates, his tae kwon do members,  his aunt.. But he just can't be found.

Ji Hyo tries to remember the last time she had seen Jong Kook.

It was back in the garden five days ago. And she wants to hit her heads for only recognizing the look in his eyes that day.

His gaze looks sad, and whenever he looks at her, it seems like it is telling her something. He wants to tell her something.

She should have known that something is bothering him that day.

What bothers her the most is the information she got from his aunt.

She has just went there earlier and found out that Jong Han has been taken by her mother. That must have been what was bothering jOng Kook.

And now she has to find him, make sure he did not get in trouble while in search of Jong Han.

On dismissal time, something comes to her mind.

Her curiousity has bothered her again, and it seems like she won't be having a good night's sleep until she find Jong Han or Jong Kook.

She is heading to the garden to wait for her aunt, when she remembers what Jong Kook has said the last time they talked.

Til when do i have to follow orders? ", she asks.

"Until you'll know how to resist your aunt's orders."

"I can't though."

"Then that's your weakness."

Yes. He is right.

Remembering that, she feels a new sense of challenge.

Maybe it's time to slowly get rid of this weakness.

She can do this, right?

But what if her aunt finds out?

What if her mom finds out?

But she has been a puppet all her life. A statue, a display of amusement. She's tired of being like that.

With that, she stands up and runs out of the school, feeling dread and excitement for the first time.

Feeling horrible yet wonderful.
Feeling hesitabt yet determined.

She looks around the streets, hoping to see Jong Kook. Into the park, into Jong Han's school, into his aunt, hoping he is back.

But he is nowhere to be found.

The sun has already set without her knowledge and it has become night.

The streets starts to send off a dangerous vibe and she is becoming scared.

But there is one last place she has to check again.

She walks along dark alleys and chilly roads just to get into a certain neighborhood.

When she arrives in front of the house where she saw Jong Han first, it is dark.

But she still goes inside despite of her fear, and goes inside the chilly house.

The sent of dust and desertion stung in the air, but she goes inside and desperately travels her hand though the dusty wall to feel the switch.