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Geonhak's Feelings

"I can't believe we just hijacked a car." Hwanwoong said in disbelief.

They happily chattered as I drove us around. I had never driven in the west, so most times I drove on the wrong side. Not that it mattered since driving around was always a game of frogger, but the vehicles weren't moving. I peered into the mirror to make sure the others hadn't fallen out of the back.

"Seoho, why don't we get some gas and move on to another state?" Geonhak suggested as he looked at the map of the U.S.

"But we haven't even looked through Cali in full." I said.

"I have a feeling it's far east." he said while looking at the map seriously.

"You can't possibly know. Don't try misleading us." I scolded as I turned into a gas station.

"You don't feel it? Here?" asked Geonhak as he touched his chest.

"No, I don't. Maybe you're experiencing your first heartburn. Congrats." I said before getting out.

I saw Dongju and Youngjo turn to face me as I pumped gas.

"I don't know why some say America is a bad place. It has nice sights." Dongju said.

"It's the people and ugh, how dirty it is." Youngjo said as he gestured towards trash moving in the wind. "But, it's less terrible now that the people are gone."

Dongju silently nodded as he looked at something in the distance. I soon became curious about Dongju's life.

"Hey, Dongju." I called out before putting the pump away.

"Yo?" he said without looking at me.

"What motivated you into becoming an actor?" I asked, now sitting in the back with the both of them.

"I've always had a knack for being overly dramatic and all that stuff. It sometimes feels like I was born for it." he responded as he looked at me.

"What about you, Youngjo?" I asked as I didn't want to leave him out.

"I was a messy child and was messier as a teen. I didn't know what I wanted and the fact that college slowly kept creeping up on me didn't help. Then one day a friend showed me a fashion show clip to point out something funny. It was then I felt something stir inside of me. I wasn't one to ask my parents for much, but they were certainly surprised when they came home and I shouted at the top of my lungs that I wanted to make clothes and needed to learn the basics, stat." he said, looking nostalgic and chuckling at the end.

Dongju and I looked at him in surprise as we never took him to be an indecisive person growing up. We heard the car door open and saw Keonhee stick his head out.

"We're talking about motivations that pushed us to our professions. Wanna join?" I asked with a smile.

"Sure." replied Keonhee as he made his way to the back.

We helped him get situated and waited for him to speak.

"For me, I was always changing my mind about what I wanted as a career. It wasn't such a big deal when I was a kid, but when I entered high school, it became one because college. Throughout my school life, my friends would come to me about certain subjects as I seemed to understand it more than they did. I found teaching them the material enjoyable and it became something I looked forward to whenever they came over. It was then I knew what I wanted to do for the rest of my life." he said while smiling the entire time.

"What subject do you teach?" Hwanwoong asked from the side.

"Math and physics." Keonhee said.

We all nodded then looked at Hwanwoong.