"Who are you ? What are you doing here ? "
His question made the young girl surprised and rummaged the table surface for something.
"I brought her in. " an older man answered on her behalf.
"She'll be living with us. Be nice to her, treat her well...
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
Credit to the rightful owner. Look at his eyes~
A few days had passed. Hyunjin still ignored his dad, and Mr. Hwang knew that he was wrong that he had done so bad to Hyunjin. Mr. Hwang wanted to do something so that they wouldn't be in a bad relationship. After dinner,He went to Jihae's room and knocked the door.
"Jihae, it's me, Mr. Hwang. Can I come in and talk with you for a moment?" He waited for her respond. After a few seconds, Jihae unlocked the door and opened for him to enter.
Little did they know, Hyunjin saw everything. "What a slut" he uttered and entered his room.
Once Mr. Hwang got into the room. He went straight to the point. He mentioned about his problem and asked for some idea as he thought that Jihae was a teenager like Hyunjin.
"What should I do, Jihae-ah? I thought you would understand him because you are the same age as him." said Mr. Hwang.
Jihae wrote something on her tablet and showed it him. "Don't be aggressive on him. I think he needs your attention. you should spend more time with him." was written on the tablet.
"I didn't know that. Why couldn't I think of that? I will make up with him. Let's' go somewhere together this weekend. Alright ?" Mr. Hwang had some optimism on his face.
"I don't think it's a good idea for me to go there. You should go without me. Spend time with him." Jihae wrote on the tablet.
"Oh okay. Thank you so much, Jihae-ah. I'll get going then." he left the room, with a good mood. The moment he stepped out of the room, he saw Hyunjin went out of Hyunjin's room holding an empty bottle of water.
"Wow, you look so bright after going into her room" Hyunjin said in a flat tone and passed his dad. He went down the stair, towards the kitchen and got his bottle refill. Mr. Hwang was stunned by his words but he had to contain his anger for the sake of their relationship. Mr. Hwang walked straight to his bedroom with his head down. He feel disappointed that Hyunjin was still mad at him.
When the morning came, Hyunjin woke up late. He got downstair seeing his father laughing with Jihae and the maid. He walked to them and grabbed a toast.
"You guys seems to be in a VERY good mood huh? Let's go" said Hyunjin.
"But you haven't had your breakfast yet." his dad replied with concern.
"It looks like your good mood made me full. I don't think I have any appetite."Hyunjin mocked his father.
Jihae, who saw the whole scene, was shocked by Hyunjin's behavior. Hyunjin looked at her disgustingly and walked out of the kitchen. Mr. Hwang and Jihae followed Hyunjin to the car. The driver ignited the engine and drove them off to school.
"Hyunjin-ah, Do you have time this weekend? " Mr. Hwang said softly.
"What do you want?" coldly uttered by Hyunjin.
"Let's go somewhere together, just the two of us. Please"
"Whatever"
"Then I will take that as a yes."
Jihae smiled as she thought they would make up. Hyunjin glanced at her and saw her flashing a smile. He thought that she had something to do with this but his curiosity stopped him from denying the trip. Jihae wrote something on her tablet, waiting to show this to Hyunjin.
when they got off the car, every student were rushing to the gate. They didn't want to be late as the gate would be closed. Hyunjin ran to the gate as well; Jihae was having a hard time catching up with Hyunjin. When they entered the school, Hyunjin slowed down. Jihae grabbed onto his sleeves, wanting to show him her writing.
"DON'T TOUCH ME YOU SLUT!" his shout made Jihae startled.
"Your filthy hands shouldn't contact with me. Do you think I did not know what happened last night? you and my dad." He glared at her and pushed her shoulder lightly.
"Don't you try to do anything to me. I won't fall for that." His dark eyes, His stare, it pierced through her to the bone. He made her spine chilled. Still, she was startled to death. He left her hanging there. Everyone who witnessed the scene was whispering around and ran to their class as they heard the bell rang.
Jihae's eyes got tear up. She didn't do anything wrong but she fell into an accusation by Hyunjin. The worst thing is that other students heard what Hyunjin had said. Jihae snapped out of the head and ran to her class. She settled down at her seat before the teacher arrived.
When the lunch time came, the gossips had spread like wild fire. The whole school knew about that. Jihae overheard other girls' conversation about what Hyunjin had said in the bathroom. She didn't even had the gut to open the door. Tears cascaded down her face. She felt so embarrassed at what she didn't even do. She went out when those girl left the bathroom. Jihae wiped her tears and washed her faced. She left the faucet running while looking at herself in the mirror.
Abruptly, the door swung opened revealing 4 girls. a girl pushed Jihae out of her place and began to apply her lipstick. Other girls were washing their hands.
"I heard what you did. Woah~ you're such a fox pretending to be a sheep." said a girl with "Kim Hyemi" written on her nameplate. 3 other girls laughed and gave Jihae a disgusting look. Jihae frowned at them.
"Wow, You wanna fight huh ? You think your relationship with Hyunjin's father will help you huh? " Hyemi slapped Jihae's face twice. Then the other girl joined. each gave Jihae a slap and push her to the wall.
"Don't mess with MY HYUNJIN! You will get more than this." Hyemi slapped Jihae one last time and left with her girls.
Jihae dropped herself onto the floor. She sat there for a moment, grasping what had happened to her. Tears were threatened to fall again. Jihae got up and saw her reddish cheeks and a bit of bleeding on the right corner of her lips. She washed her face once again and left the bathroom for the class in the afternoon.
During the drive back home, Jihae hid her face to the side of the window. She did not want to face Hyunjin nor Mr. Hwang.
She was glad they didn't noticed her face when having dinner. She proceeded to her bedroom and did her homework, ignoring what happened earlier that day.
