Those Boys Gave Me 18 Roses

8TH ROSE: Shape Up

JIN HEE DIDN'T PREPARED HERSELF when Mi Yeon suddenly pushed her to the water and left her with a triumphant, evil smile on the latter's face.

Jin Hee has an aquaphobia, a huge fear of large bodies of water since she was a kid and that's one reason why she doesn't know how to swim.

She kept on moving, floating herself out of the water to gasp for air.

"H-Help, help me!" she tried to shout, hoping that someone might hear her. "Help me!!!"

She kept on moving and floating herself out of the water, perking her head to cough and gasped for air. But since she doesn't know how to swim and exhaustion slowly crept into her system, she ended up sinking.

Min Seok, help me.

Somebody... somebody help me.

She didn't notice that someone jumped into the water and swam towards her.

"I have to go," Ah Young, Tae Yang and Ha Neul simultaneously raised their heads towards Baek Hyeon who's now putting his black overcoat on his shoulders, showcasing his elegant façade.

"Another business meeting?" Ha Neul asked as he looked at his laptop, tapping on its thin keyboard

Baek Hyeon let go a deep sigh. "Yeah."

"We have a class in Physics later. Aren't you gonna attend it?" asked Ah Young, slightly poking her chin using the head of her fountain pen.

"I'll just ditch it. Abeoji really wants me to attend that meeting. Our investors in Europe just arrived as of eleven. Just tell Madame I can't attend the class today," he responded and left the student council room.(*this is the formal form for "father". Other forms are Abeonim (also formal) and Appa (informal))

"Okay," that's the last thing he heard before completely leaving the said room.

He was walking a few meters away from the swimming gym when his phone rang. When he saw the name on his phone's screen, he couldn't help but purse his lips into thin line.

His dad, he confirmed.

He let go a deep sigh before picking up the phone call. "Ye, abeoji?" (*formal form of "yes".)

"Where are you?" his dad asked with a serious tone.

He dislikes that tone.

And not just that tone, he also dislikes his dad being an authoritarian.

"School," he answered in nonchalance. "Don't worry, I'm on my way there."

"Be sure you'll be here on time. This meeting is so important for our company so don't think about ditching it," his father warned.

"Don't worry, Abeoji. I never missed any of your business meetings since I reached puberty," he almost tasted the saltiness of his words. Ever since he was a kid, his father always, always calls him to attend and to listen to their company's business meetings. It's his training since he's the only successor of his family's huge empire of companies.

It took a few seconds for his dad to answer. "Okay," Mr. Baek responded. "By the way, bring the five folders that I gave you last night. It's our agenda for today's meeting. Don't forget it. I don't want everything to be in trouble and messed up. Do you understand?"