Then There's Us. [ Hyunsung ]

6

Jisung's POV

That day, I didn't come back to the class. I didn't feel like going to the class, so, I went to building D where there's usually no teachers around. The teachers seemed to not care about that place for some reason. Behind the building was a basketball court and there was a spectators bench there. I lay my back against the bench seat and placed my head on my hands as I stared at the sky. I took out my phone and earphone before playing a song on my phone.

I had been into music reasonly. I still didn't know what I wanted to pursue but if luck was with me...I would like to study music. Either it be a music producer or a singer I don't really care. I just like music. I don't think my parents would mind since Minsoo  played piano. That's music too.

Maybe this was why I was happy? I tried talking to my parents yesterday and they seemed to be fine with it.

Ring!!

I opened my eyes when I heard the bell rang. I pushed myself up and tidied myself before walking away from the bench.

All student had already left and it was only me there but when I walked to my class, I couldn't find my bag anywhere. Did someone took it...I thought as I walked to my desk, refusing to stop searching for it.

Sigh

It really was not there. I gave up and went home but that night, I was attacked by a cold. Must be because I slept at building D. It wasn't a good idea to sleep at an open space. My mother who was always kind to me patted my head and told me not to worry about school. So, I slept but I didn't get any better. Sleeping merely made me more tired and sicker.

Why I was at my mother's place? Well, mostly I stay at her place and sometimes return to my father's place. I can come and go as I please. When they divorced, it was my father who won the case and he was my legal guardian. I was grateful enough he didn't held me from meeting my mother.

I cried and never did I stop crying when I remembered the day my family broke apart. Neither of my parents cheat on each other...nor did they fight. I still didn't know what it was. So, I put the fault on myself for being lacking and troublesome.

A week passed and I still didn't go to school although I was no longer sick. My mother knew something was wrong but I dare not to tell her about my problem. My homeroom teacher had asked me about the school fee and even asked me to pay for the student's council door that I had broke thanks to that Hwang Hyunjin. If I go to school they must be pestering me about those two things. It's troublesome.

During these past few days, I did a few jobs here and there. I lied to my mother about going to school when i was going job seeking and landed some work outside the neighbourhood.

Sometimes, I went to the playground to play with the kids in the neighbourhood. Their parents trusted me since I used to be close with everybody when I was a kid. So,me playing with the kids wasn't a weird thing to see around here. Their laughter and smiled gave me happiness. Kids are so pure, they're like white canvas which I envied. I had already been tainted with many colours. I already knew too many things I shouldn't and things I didn't want to know. Of course not all colour are bad though.

"Brother squirrel, how do you know when you like someone?" A kid suddenly asked me. I raised an eyebrow. How come a primary school kid was asking me that question but well, kids nowadays grow faster than we all think.

"Why? Do you like someone?" I teased when his face turned into a shade of red. "Well...how do I know when I like someone?" I asked myself this time. "Probably when you think of this person a lot and when you want to treasure that person or hug that person. Something like that?" I asked while smiling. I could answer him with more details but I'm afraid he wouldn't understand me anyway.