The Day We Met

Chapter 1

I don't know if this is good but I hope you'll enjoy it.

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"For a project in Home Economics class, Eric is making a tablecloth for a circular table 3 feet in diameter. The finished tablecloth needs to hang down 5 inches over the edge of the table all the way around. To finish the edge of the tablecloth, Eric will fold under and sew down 1 inch of the material all around the edge. Eric is going to use a single pin of rectangular fabric that is 60 inches wide. What is the shortest length of fabric, in inches, Eric could use to make the tablecloth without putting any separate pieces of fabric together?"

The atmosphere in the classroom was very quiet, in contrast to the atmosphere in the absence of teachers before.

"Anyone? Who wants to answer this easy question?"

"Professor, I don't even know what the question is  about and I have no idea where's the keyword to underline."

"What do you mean? I just read the question slowly to help you understand the question."

"Professor, you just read the text of the question. I can do it with my eyes closed too."

The professor laughed a little when the student showed his laziness to have to try to answer the question given in the paper.

"Before we answer the question, we must read the question first, right?" the professor asked and the class filled with the student's voice.

"After reading the question, what should you do? Would you take your pencil and try to analyze the requirements of the question or just wait for your teacher to feed you the answer?" the professor continued to scold them and received no answer in reply.

"You, the one who always with the book." the professor pointed his ruler towards the nerd boy who was sitting at the corner of the class. "Stand up. And you," now the ruler was being pointed towards the earlier lazy student. "Stand up."

Both of the students instantly pushed their chairs to stand straight after being told by the professor at the front.

"So? Who wants to solve the question first? Which one is the correct answer?

A. 15
B. 24
C. 30
D. 42
E. 48

Which one?"

The student with the nerd appearance quickly reached for his pencil and began to try to solve the question while the lazy one was just staring at the question paper that he was holding with a dumbfounded face.

After 4 minutes had passed, the nerd student raised his hand and quickly received the professor's attention at the front.

"Yes?"

"The answer to the question is (E)-48"

A proud smile on the face of a teacher was formed effortlessly and the professor nodded at the answer, "That's correct. Now you may sit down."

"Thanks, Professor Jeon."

"And how about you?" Jungkook then dragged his attention to stare at the lazy one with raised eyebrows. "Can you tell me why 48 is the answer?"

The student didn't show any reaction, only lowering his gaze from Jungkook and playing with the paper in his hand.

"Excuse me?"

"Professor," the student sighed, "He's clever, it's not weird if he can get the right answer." Again, he tried to give a complaint that makes Jungkook's face turned serious.

Jungkook got up from his seat and looked at the time on his watch before giving the student a sharp look. "Then, are you dumb Haejin-ah?"

The professor sighed lowly when he received none response from the boy. He grabbed his belongings in his hand as ready to leave cause they were already at the end of the class.

"There are two differences between smart students and the less smart students. What is it? Hard work and effort. What I saw earlier, MinJae did try to answer the question by counting on his paper while you Haejin-ah? You were just standing boldly at your place and tried to solve this maths question with only the calculator in your brain." Once again, Jungkook scolded the students seriously.

"Whoever wants to know how to get the answer, you can ask MinJae to teach you. That's all for today's class."

All the students quickly stood up to thank him and Jungkook then walked out of the class while fixing his tie and letting out a tired sigh.

"Being a teacher is really exhausting," mumbled him.

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On that night, Jungkook was at the cafe near his place to have a peaceful mind sipping his favorite coffee while trying to complete his work in marking his students' assignments. He has been yawning for the third time, feeling his energy slowly got drained out even the coffee didn't give any help on him.

While he was busy marking the papers, two men in front of his table suddenly quarreled. The tall and handsome looking man raised his voice as if he was scolding his friend and it was a bit disturbing in the cafe.

Jungkook has no idea what was going on. By being lazy to know, he ignored them and tried to focus on his work again. However, their voices were a bit annoying to him and had made his focus disappeared instantly.

"Aish seriously," he grunted in irritated.

He reached for the black bag that was placed at the chair beside him and opened the zip at the front to take the earphone out of his bag. He quickly plugged on his earphone to refocus his attention on the work that was still to be done. However, before he gets to turn the music on, one of the men in front of him suddenly got up from his place in a fit of anger and simply stormed out of the cafe without turning back.

And at that moment, Jungkook's eyes met with the other man who was sitting in front of him, facing him. Jungkook was shocked, he found that the man was crying and tried to hold back the tears that threatened to fall down from his eyes.

Jungkook didn't know what had happened and he tried to ignore it again as it wasn't his problem from the start. So, he reached for his phone, wanted to put up a song for him to hear but the man had stolen his attention once again when he suddenly knocked his head down lightly on the table many times, looking depressed in between cries.

It made Jungkook stopped for a moment from doing his work and stared at the man without moving. The man's sobbing has made Jungkook felt sorry for him. He held his hair firmly while the tears kept flowing down, didn't show any signs of stopping on his wet and sad face.

And suddenly, the man stopped crying. He noticed something on the table in front of him and his face changed to be a bit tense and looks as if he was focusing on something.

Jungkook raised his eyebrows in a confused state of the sudden change. He tried to identify what the man was looking at but his eyes widened in surprise when the man unawares took the knife that had been placed on the table for the customer and held it firmly.

And after a moment of Jungkook's heart beating nervously, the man got up from his place and quickly walked out of the cafe with the knife he had taken in his hand. It made Jungkook be in a panic right away and without he knows it, he was already on his feet to catch after the man.