But Mama, I'm In Love With A Criminal.

Episode Fourteen.

Bomin unlocked his locker to place some of his textbooks back, and he groaned in silence when he saw another love letter placed inside. Someone must have inserted it in the locker's thin straight hole. He didn't want unnecessary attention, and these girls didn't even know him very well, so why bother writing letters for him? That was a question inside his head left unanswered.

He let out a sigh. He crumpled the letter and carelessly tossed it in the nearest trash bin. After, he placed some of his textbooks and locked his locker once again.

"That's pretty cold of you, Bomin~!" He was almost startled by his older sister's voice, but remained unfazed.

"It's not being cold, but being considerate that they should stop pursuing me instead they should focus in other brighter things of life." He matter-of-factly said.

"You're being straight cold, Mr. Choi! That's not being considerate at all!" Yoojung insisted, but Bomin rolled his eyes and thought 'Here we go again' on his mind.

"Whatever you say, Sister." It was too tiring to deal with his older sister, so he will just drop the subject, refusing to drag it any further.

"Hey, we're not done—" Yoojung didn't have a chance to finish when a group of girls are talking about a teacher.

"Have you heard from Ms. Go? Apparently, Mrs. Bae's relationship with her husband is crumbling down because Mrs. Bae is such a slut for an another man."

"Woah, really?! She seems the cold type and serious though."

"Well, she looked like that. But remember you can't really judge a book by its cover."

"Wow."

"It's no wonder, she's beautiful after all. Why do beautiful women think they can get all they want just because they're pretty or something?"

"I know right? Haha! Ridiculous."

The Choi siblings wondered if those girls really intended to gossip things in a public place or were they dumb enough not to take notice there's students around because of their gossip? Either way, they knew from themselves that there's no way they should delve into a person's another business and listening to useless gossip won't do any good.

Yoojung said her farewell to Bomin, since Donghyun and her have a dance practice in the school's dance club for an upcoming school festival. Bomin went home ahead without them.

When he got home, he started to grab his notebook to do his assignment. He smelled a tasty aroma in their home's kitchen.

"I'm sorry, Bomin, but will you do me a favor?"

Bomin stopped writing on his notebook turned his attention to Mrs. Kim or mostly orphans like him call Mom.

"What is it, Mom?"

"We ran out of stock of salt, will you buy me some to the nearest convenience store around? I know you're very busy, but please?"

"Certainly, Mom. This assignment isn't that really hard, I can finish it." Bomin closed his notebook.

"Thank you, Bomin. You can grab some cash in my wallet, and oh, free to purchase what you like, please don't hesitate." Chorong smiled. "Please take care on your way." She added.

"Okay, Mom." He grabbed enough cash and before leaving, "Then, I'll be off."

He walked for about 11 minutes, and he saw the convenience store already, only few more steps he can reach it. He was about to take one step when he slightly flinched when a door suddenly opened. It was too fast to catch, and he saw his Home Economics teacher, Bae Joohyun stumbled on the ground as if someone pushed her.