HOLLER

Cold Guy

Another tuesday at school. The ringing bell marked the time for snack break. Kim Jiyeon who used nickname Kei, returned to her original seat. Just before, they were working on groups. Before reaching her seat, someone bumped into her. It was Chu Sojung or sometimes they call her Exy. She seemed in a hurry.

"Mian, Kim Jiyeon one!" She only said sorry then continued running.

"What's wrong with her?" Jiyeon asked Yoo Sia who just arrived besides her. They often called her Yooa for short. Using nicknames was a usual thing in this class. At first they called everyone with their name, but later became confuse because there were pairs of student with same names, mostly girls. Therefore they decided to use nickname. Even those who didn't have problem with their name also created their nickname or using their pet name. Jiyeon was one of students with same name. Even their family name was the same. Another student used Bona as her nickname, and she used Kei, her pet name which was given by her parents.

"Let her be. She's chasing Park ssaem to change group." Yooa answered while adjust her bangs, looking at small mirror which she always had on her hand. Kei only nodded, and do the same.

Satisfied with her look, she asked Yooa, "Don't you want to grab snack?" Yooa didn't look interested and grabbed his book instead.

"N... Nope! I have something to do, and I just lost appetite because they kept talking about disgusting thing at the back. Eeww..." She shudder. Kei do the same too, prepare for quiz after break. Mineral water was on each one's table. A few minutes later, Exy came back to their class with sullen face, and let out a sigh as she sat in front of Kei and Yooa.

"How?" Yooa asked. Exy just shooked her head.

"It's okay. There's Jo Youngmin in your group, right? He's pretty reliable." Yooa gave some encouragement. Kei did not understand what they were talking about. Why does Exy want to chage group?

"You sure he is? He didn't do anything though. He just let that cold Sungyoon being silent all the time. Plus Kim Taehyung always drive the discussion topic to random things. Duh!" Exy moans. Kei finally could catch a glimpse of the reason.

"Eoh! Trust me. I was in a group with him and he divided task so well that no one can complain, even Minwoo who often argue with him." Exy looks hesitate.

"Okay. Thanks for that. Seems like his calmness can bear Sungyoon's coldness. Ugh, I really can't stand that cold guy."

"I can see you do mean it." Kei spoke as she saw that it really annoys Exy.

"I know right. What else would you expect from someone who just say 'uh' or 'yes' or even not saying anything when you talk to him? Seems like he only knows one song in his life. He must be a fan of 'Um Oh Ah Yeah', isn't he?" Kei and Yooa burst into laugh as Exy sang that interjections song.

"Hang in there, Sojung one!" Yooa once again gave encouragement to Exy. Yeah, she was another student with same name. Another Sojung used Sowon as her nickname.

A few moments after, Exy excused herself to grab a snack. She was exhausted after chasing Park ssaem.

"But is Sungyoon really that silent?" Kei asked after Exy left.

"Eung! Not only just silent, but if you look at his eyes... ugh! I bet that Exy dear is probably scared of him but she doesn't want to say it frankly." Yooa explains.

"Really? I never thought that he's scary." Kei is not a type who observe environment that well, so she just assumed that the boy name Sungyoon in their class was the type of silent student.

"You haven't really talk to him yet, have you?"

"Eung. Never." Kei answered right away. She really never talked to that guy before.

"You should have try someday, and see his reaction." The two of them go back to what they were doing before until the bell rings. The first person to enter their class is that Sungyoon they talked about. Kei watched him when he enter their classroom, and for a moment their eyes met. Kei immediately look at her book again. She agreed to what Yooa said. Sungyoon is scary.

Other students followed behind to enter their class, and their quiz started as soon as the teacher arrived. Their quiz that day pretty much went smoothly just as Kei thought it would be. Blessed their teacher who always gave predictable questions.

During lunch break, Kei was together with Yooa again. They headed to an empty table as soon as they had their lunch menu. Yooa started the conversation with the fact that Kei was going to move out from her house.

"I really envy you for moving out. I could only imagine being free by my own, but never have the courage to." They begun talking about Kei's moving story.

"I was actually a bit afraid too... but my passion of freedom is a lot encouraging haha... You know how they treat me at home, right? I feel like I could never be a woman if I stay."

"Ohooo... look at you trying to hide your true intention under that fake 'want to grow up'! excuse" Yooa jokingly threw diss to Kei.

"Omooo... You know me so well, you're really my best friend..." Kei played around with Yooa's joke.

"Just who exactly is the one who makes you so passionate to watch K-dramas until you ditch your loving family? Huh?"

"Says the one who introduces me to all that world!" And they laughed together. Yooa was the one who drew Kei's interest to K-dramas by showing many clips of K-dramas' best moments. And not so long after, Kei became addicted to watch many kind of K-drama. But the love and restriction in her house at the moment didn't really allow her to watch K-dramas freely. Her parents were yet to know this hobby of her, so she braved herself to ask for moving out, of course she gave a reason as an excuse. Somehow, she managed to convinced her parents that she wanted to live alone to be more mature or something. Thank goodness her parents did not offended like their daughter was refusing their love or any other negative thinking. 

"Promise me to bring me there after you move out, okay?"

"Of course! Just wait until next week."

"I thought you're moving out this week?" Kei shoke her head while putting a spoon of soup on her mouth.

"Nope. For this week it's just my stuffs. I'll officially move this weekend, but I will definitely enjoy my stay alone for the weekend, so I'll take you next week. Okay?" She smiled thinking how excited her first night at new home alone will be. Yooa joined her smiling.

"Alright, alright. I'll just wait."

They finished their lunch that day and getting back to class just before the bell rang. Kei once again find herself looking at the guy name Sungyoon who already took his seat. When he look at her back, she could feel goosebumps and she shivered. Thus she turned to other direction, avoiding Sungyoon's scary eyes. Why did she even bother to look at him in the first place?