I Still...

Chapter 3

Dara had spotted Jiyong standing by the tree in the courtyard they usually meet during lunch since they got together two years ago. He wasn't sitting on the bench and just standing there looking frozen. Dara's brows furrowed as she approached him because it doesn't look like he had noticed her coming. He looked so lost in thought that Dara's playfulness emerged at the idea of startling him and she tiptoed silently towards Jiyong before jumping in front of him making those weird faces that she would only allow Jiyong to witness.

He didn't bat an eye though nor did he laugh. His eyes just went from staring into nothing to rest on her contorted face. Dara paused waiting for a reaction before returning her face to normal when she received nothing. "What's wrong?" She asked him studying his face. It wasn't like him to be unresponsive no matter how ridiculous she can be.

Jiyong didn't move and was just staring at her. Dara noticed he was holding a piece of paper in his hand and she took it from him. "What's this?" She started reading and it took a couple of minutes before she actually understood what it's about. Her eyes widened and her mouth formed an O as she looked back at Jiyong's face. She was also speechless.

"Jiyong..." She started to speak.

Jiyong's face broke into a slow grin. "I got in. I really... got in."

Dara felt the smile on her face widen as the look of sheer happiness broke through Jiyong's face and her eyes went back to the letter's header.

HIGHGRND UNIVERISITY OF ARTS

ACCEPTANCE LETTER

It was the school that Jiyong had applied for a scholarship to pursue his dream in Music. Dara's eyes went back to his exultant face.

"The principal gave me that. I just... I don't know if I should believe it," Jiyong said still sounding incredulous..

"Well, duh!" Dara said waving the paper at him. "Do you think this is being conjured by some kind of magic?"

Jiyong grinned at her. "I guess we're still going to be schoolmates after we graduated highschool."

Dara was accepted as a student in the school to take up Film Making last month and she is more than thrilled that Jiyong was accepted in the same school through a scholarship. He worked on his application and studied hard to hit the qualified GPA. But the school probably heard how amazing Jiyong is which can also count on them accepting him. She swatted him on the shoulder with a pout. "Why didn't you tell me you applied for Highgrnd too?" She had asked him once if he would consider Highgrnd and he had told her his family can't afford its fees. She thought he was applying for a scholarship on a college closer to his hometown.

Jiyong grinned as he took a hold of her wrist and slowly pulled her closer to him, "I didn't want you to be disappointed if I didn't get in."

Dara rolled her eyes. "They would be stupid not to accept you. You're like a legend in this school. Who doesn't want legends?"

Jiyong wrapped his arms around her waist grinning widely. "I guess you're stuck with me now until possibly after we graduated college and maybe not even then. I have no intention of letting you out of my radar."

Darie tried hard to stop from smiling at what he said but it still came out looking as sappy as ever. "I can't believe that I had been secretly crushing over you for so long when you already got it bad for me."

Jiyong grinned looking into her eyes. "I love you Dara."

Dara's sappy smile turned even sappier. She will never get tired of him saying that.