Memoirs of a Young Love (Completed)

Chapter 3 - Walk Me Home

The afternoon sun provided the warmth that this place had given me before. It calmed my senses, and it made me remember everything about this school. I enjoyed the company of my friends, attending classes, getting through the entire day however boring it may be for others, the banters of kids my age, and of course, Bin. His way of coming into my life was something I never expected.

However, there was just one thing I never liked. The presence of brats. I used to be nonchalant about them, but ever since that day they saw me and Bin walking home, every time they see me they always do something to provoke me. My friends used to tell me they are envious because I was so popular back then, which was something that never dwelt in my mind. I never felt their presence until Bin came. They somehow made it known, and they always try to irk me.

There was something in me that stirred up when I saw Eun Suh walk up to Bin one time, while I was waiting for him in the orchard. At our place. I saw Bin trying to walk away from her, but she was so determined to get his attention. I never knew what they talked about, but the next time I saw him, he was walking up to me and left her somehow frozen in her tracks.

He approached me and smiled at me, before he grabbed my hand and lead me away from the place. I did not quite understand what happened, but something in me stopped from asking him the moment I saw his face light up when he came.

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'Bin, what happened there?' curiousity led me to ask him, because I couldn't actually get Eun Suh's face out of my head.

He looked at me and just smiled. 'Something that would stop her from coming at you.'

I looked at him dumbfounded. What does he mean? Just then, I saw those girls again and Bin just tightened his hold on me, smiling widely as he did so.

'Ya, what happened to you?' I asked him when we passed by a basketball court. He caught some guys looking at us, and he reached out for my shoulder and pressed me closer to him. We were outside school grounds now, and the ones playing were boys from our school. As usual, his only response was his smile.

That honestly, is already getting into my senses in a nice way. I just shook my head. It actually felt so warm near him.

For the last time that day, as we arrived at my house, I asked him what did he tell Eun Suh that stopped her from following him.

He looked at me and answered, 'I told her you are my girlfriend.' He then lowered his head and scratched his nape. I looked at him, and I couldn't believe what he just said. I felt everything and nothing at the same time. My teenage heart was screaming, but my mind was racing.

Because I knew those girls will never stop bothering me because of what he said. That actually explained their stares at us earlier.

I bid him goodbye and went inside, with saying anything to him. But as I closed the gates, I did not move an inch. I stayed there, processing everything that he just said.

The next day, I went with my Cinderellas for lunch as we always had. We were casually talking, until the brats came to our table and I found Eun Suh standing in front of me, crossing her arms over her chest.

'Son Yejin, what makes you think Bin likes you?' she asked me, tone a bit higher for everyone to hear. I looked up at her, and from peripheral vision, my friends were getting ready to stand up and defend me.

Knowing that it will come down to this, I took a deep breath before I stood up to face her. Instead of buying her antics, I did something I knew she didn't expect.

I smiled at her, before I replied. 'Why don't you ask him personally why?' I saw her raise her hand, probably about to slap me, but then I saw a much bigger hand came to hold it, stopping it from landing somewhere near me.

'I'm afraid you are not allowed to do that to her, Eun Suh.' That baritone voice that I'm used to hear every day, forming into a face that little by little came into full view. 'If you have a problem with that, talk to me.' He then yanked her away from me, before he came up to me and ask me if I was okay.

I must admit my heart felt happy, but thinking about the things that would happen after this, I was afraid. Bin was looking at me, waiting for my response.

'Yejin, are you okay?' he asked again.

'Binssi, let's talk later when we go home,' I said, before I asked the girls to come with me. The girls were courteous enough not to ask me what happened, as they saw me flustered and silent upon the walk going back to our room. The whole afternoon was spent hearing the lessons, but none of them actually seeped into my system.

While I was on the way to our meeting place, I saw Bin waiting for me. He was just sitting there, reading a book. I studied him from afar. I wondered what happened, and what made Eun Suh so angry at me. Maybe she likes him? She can have him.

Are you really sure, Son Ye Jin? That you can hand Bin over to her just that way? Now that you are getting used to him walking you home every single afternoon?

As I was standing there thinking, he looked up from what he was doing and saw me. He then flashed his smile at me and stood up. He was just bringing his book, as he didn't have any soccer practice this week in preparation for our exams. He walked up to me and then I realized something.

I like to be with him. I liked the idea of having him with me as I go home. And as far as my teenage heart goes, I knew I felt something else. But am I ready for the onslaught of consequences that would happen?

'Hi,' he said. He then waved his hand in front of me, snapping me back to my senses. He caught me in a daze. I just hoped he wouldn't realize it was him I was thinking. I smiled at him and I allowed him to take my hand as we walked our way to the school gates.

I made use of the time we were together to ask him what has been going on my mind. 'Binssi, what made you say that to her?' His grip on me tightened a bit, but it did not hurt me at all.

It took him quite some time, and a few strides before he answered me. 'When I was younger, I was taught that I can get what I want if I pray and believe that I have gotten it already. Sure enough, it happened to me countless of times. Me getting into a soccer team, being drafted by our school and asked to transfer here from my previous one on full scholarship, and some other things I really wanted to have. Then, I found another reason to to put it into action. And I tried to believe that I have gotten it already. I just hope that the one I have been praying for is alright with it,' he said.

I am never a fan of reading between the lines, because it almost always gets me mixed signals. I didn't want anything happening again. I wanted him to simplify what he said by asking him to do so. He smiled, and as we arrived at my doorstep, he faced me and looked into my eyes.

'I prayed that you will be alright with what I said to Eun Suh. I pray that it will be alright if I ask you to be my girlfriend,' he said, while still holding my hand.

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A/N:
Eun Suh is a character on a drama, although she is sassy here. Go google 😁😁😁😁