What is that sound. A banging noise? Something is hitting the soft ground filled with grass. Why do I feel so warm, as if somebody is hugging me tightly? I don't understand, what is going on? There is a boy in front of me in a yellow jersey and black shorts. He has black hair. He has a soccer ball in his hand. All he does is stare down at the soccer ball. Why won't he play? And, soon I noticed why, his legs were in a cast. I shifted my eyes to the right, and there was another boy with dark brown hair. His back seems so familiar, something out of a story I read a long time ago but can no longer recall. This boy stared at the other boy with a look of longing and despair in his eyes from which tears fell. My chest felt heavy while looking at him cry like that. He would take a small step towards the other boy and quickly retreat.
I couldn't take it any more, I called out to him, "Run! just go! You want to go to him right?"
But, the boy didn't budge, in fact, it seemed as if he could't hear me. I watched with terror as I witnessed the boy putting his hands to cover his head while he screamed. The sound of the scream was so terrifying, he seemed so lost and scared and sad. I didn't know what to do. The boy collapsed to the ground and that is when I saw his face properly. It was Go Nam-soo. I sprinted up to a sitting position. There was sweat all over me and I was panting hard. "Heungsoo-ah, are you okay?" said a tired voice. I looked back and finally became aware of my surroundings: Nam-soo is sitting behind me, rubbing his eyes, trying to wake up from sleep. I take in my surroundings, the cement walls and the vibrating door. I can't beleive it took me this long to realize the door. There were several voices outside of it. They were yelling our names and banging with all their might. I could hear both of my teachers screaming our names. I looked over at Nam-soo who looked back at me, and I knew that he was thinking the same thing as me. Nam-soo handed me a white shirt and a blue coat, and that is when I realized that both of us are shirtless. For an instant, my heart skipped a beat as I stole a glance at Nam-soo. Droplets of sweat trickled down his lean body. His skin is pale yet beautiful. I quickly look away before he notices me starring at him. He puts his shirt on, and I decide to do the same thing. As I button my shirt, I quickly steal a glance at Nam-Soo. Its hard to take my eyes off as the droplets of sweat seep through his white shirt. I gave a deep sigh before we got up to approach the door. Before opening the door, we looked at each other and gave a re-assuring nod. I open the lock on the door and on the other side stood both of our teachers and the principle.
"You have a lot of explaining to do," said teacher Kang.
Nam-Soo spoke up first, "We apologize for the inconvenience but its not Heungsoo's fault. He brought me here, so he could properly apologize for everything that happened earlier."
I looked directly at teacher Kang's eyes and said, "If Nam-Soo has no choice but to transfer, then I want to transfer with him. Bottom line is, you either keep both of us or get rid of both of us."
Teacher Kang looked at me and then at Nam-Soo, then he gave a slight smile. "Does this mean, that you promise, we won't be seeing any of this fighting nonsense any more?"
"Yes," I answered.
I felt Nam-Soo's eyes on me, but I didn't look back at him, I knew I couldn't break my gaze with teacher Kang.
"I personally think, we should give them one last chance." Teacher Kang announced.
"I agree," teacher Jung said while smiling at me.
"Okay then, don't forget, this is a test," stated the principle.
Nam-Soo and I bowed down to him and the teachers and then we watched them leave. Nam-Soo laughed as I gave a big sigh of relief. "Well, we definately cannot fuck this one up." I said.
