Diaries of a Distance

Chapter 8

2nd week of school – Tuesday, 24th August...

[Yura's POV]

"You guys wanna go to the game arcade after?" Soo Jin asked.

"We can't. Me and Da Ni have lessons", Mi Mi replied.

"You guys still go to those flirting lessons?!" Tae Hee asked surprisingly.

Da Ni and Mi Mi both blushed and looked down.

"Fine. What about you two?" Soo Jin asked, turning to Tae Hee and me.

"I don't like those places..." Tae Hee said.

"I'm OK. I haven't been for so long. What's wrong with arcades Tae Hee?" I said.

"She's just too damn shy to go in the place", Soo Jin sighed.

I smiled, "Come on. As long as we no one we know goes there it'll be fine."

Soo Jin kinda looked away when I said that. Tae Hee shrunk away but I stared at her until she agreed.

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I entered the arcade excitedly, holding tightly onto Tae Hee's arm in case she decides to run away. Soo Jin was ahead of me and poking her around everywhere like she was searching for something.

"What are you looking for?" I asked her.

She continued looking around whilst answering me, "No, nothing."

Then I noticed the mechanical horses. My eyes widened in excitement.

I yanked onto Tae Hee's sleeve and pointed.

"What?" she asked quietly.

"Let's go!" I said running off.

She followed me reluctantly. After 5 minutes I managed to get her on the thing whilst I hopped on the other. Soo Jin was nowhere to be found.

The horses started rocking gently at first and Tae Hee seemed bored. I could just read the expression on her face: gentle, gentle, boring, getting bored, can I get off?

Then the horse went faster and faster and Tae Hee was clinging onto dear life as I was going wild enjoying the ride. I loved this horse riding machine in Australia. I looked over to Tae Hee again, I think her nervousness is going away because she was really enjoying the ride too.

I imagined I was wearing a cowboy hat and threw it off shouting, "WoooOOOhhh-HOO!"

"Having a nice time?"

I turned around curiously to see who had asked me the question. I shouldn't have done that, because the moment when I realised who it was my grasp on the horse loosened and I was thrown off.

"Aaaah!!!"

landed with a thud on the hard floor. Ouch!!! I already knew my fate tonight, I would be sleeping on my stomach and face down on the pillow due to a swollen ass.

I glared at the person who had caused all this. He was laughing, and as soon as he did, so did the other 5 standing behind him.

"Yah Ki Tae! What do you have against me?!!" I yelled.

Tae Hee had gotten off the horse and helped me to stand up. Ki Tae suppressed his laugh.

"Don't blame me for being a sh1t rider, though I do like your style. I do, I do", he said those last words whilst smirking mockingly and nodding his head.

I gave him a pathetic look, "Just shut up."

I start walking away dragging Tae Hee along side me.