Chapter 2 WELCOME STUDENTS

After some days, Eun Hee and Eun Kyung went shopping and bought everything Eun Kyung needed for school, she would live with her uncle since he lived closer to the school.

After they got back, Eun Kyung and her mother sat down to have a conversation before she would leave the next day.

"I'm so happy and grateful to God Eun Kyung, you'll finally go to high school and your uncle will give you all the help you can get, this is just luck on our side" started Eun Hee all excited.

"Hey Eun Kyung did you know what I did yesterday when I was returning from the church?" Asked Eun Hee.

Eun Kyung slowly laid her head on her mother's shoulder. "No mom, tell me what you did".

"I made sure to tell everyone in all the shops I went to that you were going to Hana, you should have seen their faces, it was filled with so much of horror and surprise" said Eun Hee and she laughed heavily.

Eun Kyung smiled, "I'm happy Mom, it has always been hard to say it for a while but I think I can boldly and confidently say it, ' I'm happy Mom" she said and Eun Hee pat her shoulder.

"You should be honey, you deserve to be happy and all our years of waiting, I'm sure this is a compensation from heaven" said Eun Hee.

Eun Kyung slowly raised her head from her mother's shoulder.

"Mom, I think you should know something" said Eun Kyung and her mother faced her.

"What is that?".

"Uhh, well Mom when I ran out last week because I was mad, I... Well.. I actually wanted to throw myself from the bridge".

Eun Hee's eyes widened. "Eun Kyung!!, Why should you even think of doing something like that?" She asked worried.

"I know mom and I'm sorry but someone saved me, it was a guy and he had the most amazing figure ever" said Eun Kyung as she used her hand to make some drawings in the air.

"He really saved you and you're now thinking about him?, How stupid".

"No mom, he said the most amazing things and I just figured out that I couldn't hurt myself so I came down from the bridge" she said.

"Hmm, so who is this that my Eun Kyung speaks so lovely of, what is his name?" She asked.

"Huh? Oh my God I didn't ask, I was so upset that I didn't bother asking, Ohh mother I screwed up again" Eun Kyung prattled.

"You said you were upset and I'm asking for what exactly?, Eun Kyung you really messed up big time" said Eun Hee and Eun Kyung lamented more loudly.

"Eun Kyung keep quiet will you?, I'm just being patient with you because you're going to high school, if not I would have flogged you really bad" said Eun Hee and Eun Kyung laughed hard.

"Yeah yeah, Whatever" she said.

"What did you say?" Asked Eun Hee and she grabbed a pillow but Eun Kyung ran off before she could throw it to her.

The next day, Eun Kyung packed her bag and her mother led her out where Him Chan waited.

"Good morning lovely people" he greeted

"Good morning uncle Him Chan, I believe I'm ready, right mom?.

Eun Hee hit Eun Kyung's shoulder.

"She's ready. Thank you so much Him Chan, I'm more than grateful" she said.

"Forget it, come Eun Kyung let me put your bag in the trunk" he said and Eun Kyung gave him her bag. Now she turned to her mother.

"I'll miss you mother" she said and hugged her mother as tears filled her eyes.

"Oh Eun Kyung my darling, why are you crying so much when it's just Hana, it isn't even so far from here so you could come visit anytime you want" she said.

"Eomma" wept Eun Kyung.

"I love you my darling, just remember that".

"You know I really love this part of the drama but we have to hurry, I don't really like night journeys" said Him Chan and both of them chuckled.

"Take care" said Eun Hee and Eun Kyung nodded.

She got into the car and Eun Hee waved as Him chan drove off.

***

"How far is your house?" Asked Eun Kyung.

"Not so far though but a little farther than you expect" he said and she smiled.

"Thank you uncle Him" she said.

"You know I kinda like that, you should call me Uncle Him more often" he said.

"Okay" she replied.

They reached home and as both got down, the house door opened and a little boy ran to Him chan's arms.

"Hey buddy, did you miss me?" He asked and the little boy nodded.

" That's lovely, I bought you something wait" said Him and opened the car door to bring something.

The little boy then faced Eun Kyung who offered him a smile.

"Here buddy" said Him Chan he handling the boy a toy car and he smiled.

" Oh Eun Kyung I'm sorry, this is Hwang my son, Hwang this is your new sister Eun Kyung say Hi".

"Hi, I'm Hwang nice to meet you Eun Kyung" he said.

Eun Kyung smiled. "Same here Hwang, do you like chocolate?" She asked and he nodded.

Eun Kyung put her hand in her pocket and drew out a chocolate biscuit.

"Here, have this" She said.

"Wow!!, thank you Eun Kyung" he said and rushed to her in a hug.

"Glad you guys are familiarizing early, come now let's go inside" he said.

It was night and three of them sat down to eat dinner.

"Eun Kyung you have to be up early tomorrow morning, I have to be at school before 8am" said Him and Eun Kyung nodded.

They finished dinner and Eun Kyung sat with Hwang on the couch as he watched his favorite cartoon show.

"Em Hwang, did your Mom go anywhere?, she should be here right?" She asked.

"Em, well my dad said she traveled, she will come back soon on my birthday hopefully" he replied nonchalantly as he munched his cookies.

" Oh okay" she replied.

"Okay Eun Kyung, here is your uniform" said Him Chan as he handled her a bag.

"Really?, That was so fast" she said and slowly brought out the cloth.

"Well your mother gave me your measurement so I decided not to hesitate on this one. No need trying it on now, I'm certain it's your exact size" he said.

"Thank you uncle" said Eun Kyung and she hugged him.

"It's okay honey, now go to bed, it's late already".

Eun Kyung spoke with her mother over the phone before she slept off.

***

A loud hit on Eun Kyung's door woke her up, she rubbed her eyes lazily and closed them again. The heavy bang came the second time and she woke up.

She walked to the door and opened it to see Hwang with a stick.

" Hey Hwang, what are you doing?" She asked a little bit sleepy.

"Hey Eun Kyung it's 7:30am, you're late" he said.

" Oh no!".

Eun Kyung rushed to the bathroom on her night wear, she had the fastest bath in history, wore her uniform and grabbed her bag. She rushed to the dinning table and saw Him Chan having breakfast.

" Hmm you're fast, come eat" he offered and she smiled slowly seating on the chair.

Eun Kyung hurriedly ate the bread and drank the tea when she choked.

" Hey Eun Kyung calm down" said Him and she faked a smile running to the kitchen, she grabbed a glass of water and drank it all

" Oh God" she Said breathing heavily.

She walked to the dinning

" Can we?" Asked Him Chan and she nodded.

"Wait!!" Yelled Hwang and the both turned to him.

" Eun Kyung you look like a scarecrow on your first day"

"Huh?" Exclaimed Eun Kyung.

" Come" said Hwang and he climbed the chair and combed Eun Kyung's hair neatly, he then sprayed her some deodorant.

"Now that's my sister Eun Kyung, you look prettier than a rock star" he praised and she smiled.

"Thanks Hwang, I love you"

"I love you more!!" He yelled as she got into the car and it drove off.

"What are you smiling at" asked Him when he saw Eun Kyung smiling.

"I like it here, I think I like Hwang more than I like you" she said and he raised a brow.

"You're not serious, you have to take that back, that's awful and I feel terrible" he said and both laughed.

"I talked to him about his mother, when is she coming back?" She asked and Him became quiet.

"Em uncle Him, did I say something wrong?" She asked and he signed.

"Eun Kyung could you please not talk stuffs like that with Hwang, he is still a kid and you could have asked me personally" he said.

"Em, I'm sorry.... I didn't realize" she apologized.

"It's okay, she will come back soon, she always leaves the country for some job, it really takes her time but I'm used to it and it's good that you're here at least Hwang won't feel alone anymore" he said and Eun Kyung smiled.

"Who would leave such a wonderful kid behind for a job?, Women really" she mumbled

They reached the school and Him drove into the compound before pulling over.

" So here we are Eun Kyung, go straight and move right, that's the assembly hall other students will be waiting there. This is the beginning of the term and the students will be addressed, don't worry you'll be fine" he said.

Eun Kyung faked a smile and got down.

"Hey Eun Kyung!" Called Him Chan and she turned to him. "You'll be fine just have fun, today shouldn't be any harder" he said and with that he drove off.

Eun Kyung inhaled deeply before she walked into the building.

She reached the assembly hall, it was very large and beautiful, there were lots of students who spoke to each other, like every normal high school there were group of girls who would be the rich kids with the looks, group of boys who stood at a corner talking loudly, they were probably the bad and annoying boys. She felt different about the whole stuff, everything seemed perfect, she closed her eyes and inhaled deeply.

" Yes!" She muttered and smiled all excited.

Turning from where she stood, her eyes caught someone, she knew that face that smile those lips.

" Oh my God" she gasped.

"It's him, that guy who saved me" she said and hurriedly began to walk towards him.

"Hey" called Eun Kyung as she reached where the guy stood, there were some girls he was speaking with before he turned to her.

" Hi" she said and smiled.

The guy looked around to see if she was really talking to him.

"I'm sorry have we met?" He asked and Eun Kyung's eyes widened.

"What do you mean?, How could you forget about me so easily. It's me Eun Kyung, remember the bridge?" she asked.

" Ya, I don't know you from anywhere, my name is Choi Seo Yun okay I'm sure that doesn't ring a bell so just turn around and leave" he said.

" What are you saying?, You didn't tell me your name but I'm certain it's this face, why are you lying?, Are you embarrassed by me?" She asked and Seo Yun looked at her before he looked straight.

" I'm talking to you" said Eun Kyung slightly annoyed.

Seo Yun looked around and saw that attention was directed to them. "Ya, I'm warning you, stay away from me I don't know you don't you get it!!" he yelled.

Eun Kyung was confused, what was his problem.

"Ya!" She called tapping his shoulder.

"Let go" said Seo Yun without turning to her

"Ya!" Called Eun Kyung again.

"I said let go!!" He yelled and turned back forcefully hitting her with his elbow, Eun Kyung fell to the ground afterwards.

Everyone laughed heavily making the assembly hall echo with so much of noise.

"Enough!!"

Everyone looked up and saw the principal standing at the corridor.

" There shouldn't be any noise here and you know it. Now let's sing the National Anthem".

Eun Kyung looked around as no one looked at her anymore, they were arranging themselves in lines to sing the National Anthem. She sighed and tried standing up when someone extended a hand, she looked up to see who it was.

" You're not gonna stand?, Believe me you don't want to be seen there when they start singing the national anthem".

Eun Kyung took the girl's hand and stood up.

"I'm Nari" she said.

"Eun Kyung" .

"Nice to meet you Eun Kyung" said Nari and she offered a smile.

"Nice to meet you Nari" said Eun Kyung faking a smile.

Everyone then began to sing the National Anthem.

The principal made a speech to welcome all the students.

"It's my pleasure to welcome all the students both old and new, for the old students I'm happy because your grades has really made this school proud and for the new ones, I hope you all will make us proud, welcome everyone once again".

Everyone clapped and marched to their various classes when the assembly was closed.

Eun Kyung and Nari walked to the class quietly when Nari spoke up.

" You have guts to approach Seo Yun like that, believe me he is a total jerk. Do you know him?" She asked.

" Well... I... I think so" she stammered and Nari stopped.

"Think?, How could you think and you approached him like you've known him for long, if you don't want to tell me it's fine Eun Kyung just don't lie" she said.

Eun Kyung turned to her.

" I've met with him before but I never got his name, I just don't understand why he would deny knowing me" she said.

" On what circumstance did you meet with him?" She asked.

Eun Kyung turned to her. "I don't want to talk about it" she said and Nari smiled.

"That's fair, I hope you have fun here"

"I hope so too, are you a new student?" Asked Eun Kyung and Nari nodded.

"I started last year but this is our second term" she said.

"So it means I've already lost a term?" Asked Eun Kyung.

"Yup" replied Nari and Eun Kyung halted.

"Oh no".

"Hey Nari!" A guy called and Nari turned to him with Eun Kyung.

"Sorry to bother but Mrs Chen is asking of you" he said.

"Oh, hey Eun Kyung, walk down the stairs and go right the second classroom is our class and my seat is on the fourth roll the second seat counting from the left, chairs are on two pairs, I could pair with you. I hope you got it?" Asked Nari.

"Oh yes I do" replied Eun Kyung and Nari left with the guy.

Eun Kyung walked down the stairs and went into the classroom. She sat down on a pair of the chair and dropped her bag, there were few students in the class and they talked together, she could tell that they knew each other for long.

She sighed and brought out her dairy from her bag.

A loud noise and chatter made Eun Kyung look up to see who it was, it was the Seo Yun of a guy, he stopped at the entrance of the classroom and looked at her, he was in the company of two girls.

Eun Kyung wondered why he was looking at her, did he finally remember who she was, maybe he did.

After staring at her for a while Seo Yun then walked to where she sat.

"Hey stand up" he said.

"Huh?, Why?" Asked Eun Kyung not believing what he just said.

"Must you follow me everywhere?, Why can't you just stay on your own and leave me?" He asked raising his voice.

"Follow you?, Why would I even do that, you're just a lair pretending you don't know me when you do, tell me why are you lying?, Are you ashamed of me because of them?, Tell me!!?" She yelled.

"You're insane" he said.

"Oh really, you come to my seat to insult me who is actually insane here?, I believe it's you".

"You're on my seat that's why I'm here" he said.

"What!, Now I know you're really insane, this is Nari's seat so back off" she said.

Seo Yun looked at her for a while then he grabbed her arm and stood her to her feet.

"What are you doing?, Let me go!" She yelled.

"Nari's seat is the second counting from the left but you're on the second counting from the right" now he pushed her to the position of Nari's seat and she fell to the ground, she looked up but her school bag heavily hit her face, Seo Yun actually threw it on her.

"Here, this ice will help with the wound" said Nari.

"He is a jerk" said Eun Kyung softly.

"Yeah I know but how come you ended up on his seat?" Asked Nari.

"I.. must have forgotten what you told me" said Eun Kyung.

"Forgotten?, It was just a simple instruction you could have asked again if you didn't understand, oh Eun Kyung!" Said Nari.

"Seriously?, Are you gonna reprimand me now?" She asked.

"I'm not I just...."

"Yes you are, you must think I'm stupid not to be able to remember what you said right?" She asked.

"Eun Kyung, I'm just correcting you" said Nari.

"That's not how I thought correction should be, felt more like a scold" she said and slowly walked out.

"Eun Kyung wait!" Said Nari but she already left.

Eun Kyung walked to the library and took a book, that was crazy because she never understood what was on a book, she sighed and opened it.

"He is so handsome unlike his brother".

"Yeah and I heard he will partake in the math competition, he will represent our school".

"Yes that's true and I'm sure we will win, he is such a leader".

Eun Kyung turned backwards and saw the girls who spoke quietly to each other.

"Sorry who are you talking about?" She asked.

One of the girls looked at her.

"Why do you care?" She asked.

"The head boy that's who we're talking about. Let's go Jen" said the other and both of them left.

Suddenly a woman walked to Eun Kyung.

"Get out of the library" she said aggressively.

"Huh?, Why?, What did I do?" Asked Eun Kyung.

"You're having a conversation in the library so get out!!" She yelled and people turned to them.

Eun Kyung nervously stood up, carried her bag and left. She had enough embarrassment for one day. She stood at the school gate when Him Chan drove in his car.

"Why are you waiting here?, The school compound would have been safer" he said.

" I'm fine uncle and I liked it here" she replied.

" Okay get in let's go" he said.

Eun Kyung laid on her bed as she stared at the celling, everything was really bad.

" Hey Eun Kyung" called Hwang as he walked into the room.

" I made cookies for you" he said but Eun Kyung said nothing.

"Eun Kyung!" He called again but she remained quiet.

" Okay I'll just come back when you're in the mood to talk" he said.

"Wait Hwang" said Eun Kyung and he stopped.

"I knew you'd not let me leave like that" he said and Eun Kyung smiled.

"I made cookies, it's gonna be sugary because I was using the net and didn't really get the exact measurement".

Eun Kyung sat up and had a taste. "Are you serious?, It's amazing and you're a professional" she said and he smiled.

"Thanks, though I know it's not that perfect' he said and she chuckled.

"Come here baby boy" she said and Hwang climbed the bed.

" Thank you so much" she said and kissed his forehead.

"So you wanna talk about it?" He asked.

"Talk about what?" Asked Eun Kyung curious.

"Your first day, I have a hunch that it was a total disaster, tell me I'm right" he said.

"You're totally right but details I'll keep to myself" she said.

"Oh come on Eun Kyung" he prattled.

"Will a story do?" She asked him.

"No I want the details" he said.

" Think about it!, The details will be small and boring but a story will be long and amazing so decide" she said.

"You're cunning Eun Kyung and smart too but I'll choose... The story" he said.

"Good boy, okay once upon a time...".

Hwang come have dinner" said Him Chan as he opened the door to Hwang's room but he wasn't on his bed.

"Hwang no strength for hide and seek" he said still looking for him.

Him Chan then climbed the stairs to Eun Kyung's room and on opening the door there laid Hwang and Eun Kyung, they seemed fast asleep.

Eun Kyung had her hands wrapped round Hwang.

He smiled and slowly left the room closing the door.