[Soo Hee’s POV]

            “MOM, is that you?” I asked, as soon as I heard the front door being opened. I ran to her with a white paper on my hand. “A letter from school, I’m going on a M.T.!” I jumped around her.

            You have to comprehend me. I haven’t been to a M.T. probably since elementary school!

            But my mom just passed by me, smiling. She went to the kitchen, leaving her purse behind, on the couch. She started filling up a glass with water.

            “Oh, really?” She said, sweetly smiling. She was tired, you could see some huge bags under her beautiful eyes, making her look older. “So, where are you going?” She took a sip of her glass of water.

            “Seo...raksan. Do you know where that is?” I’ve never really heard of it...

            “Yes, somewhere in the north. It has a big mountain and a beautiful national park, you’re going to like it!”

            “Really? It says here we are going camping!”

            “Show me that.” She sat on one of the kitchens’ stool and started reading the letter.

            “It’s only your class?”

            “Yes, my homeroom teacher said that all the classes are going to different places in different days and then somewhere in the end of this year we are going to do a presentation about it to the others.”

            “Seems nice, you’re lucky!”

            She has been looking really tired lately, coughing and not looking any good. Her face was now pure white and had a strange sweat on her forehead. I wiped it. It couldn’t have been caused by the heat because there was no heat outside...

            “Were you running or something?” I asked, sitting by her side on other stool. “You’re sweating.”

            “I just have a lot of clothes, you know.” She stripped off her mid-season coat and then I touched her forehead.           

            “Strange... you’re colder than me...” I said, comparing, with one hand on her forehead and another on mine.

            “I just need some sleep, sweety.” She leaned her forehead on her hand, supported by her elbow. “So, when are you going?”

            “Beggining of next week.”

            “Alright. Do you need anything? Just write it down in a paper and I’ll buy it tomorrow. I think I’m going to sleep...” She stood up.

            “Don’t you want to eat something? I’ll prepare!”

            “No need to, sweetheart, I’m not hungry.” Okay, this really started to worrying me. My mom never ever rejected food before, only if she was already full and couldn’t eat more.

            “Can you just sign here?”

            “Sure.”

            She then headed to her room, slowly. She really wasn’t OK. I looked around the house. Everything was getting so dirty... The laundry basket was full and the dishes needed to be done. This was really not like my mom. I was really worried, but what could I do? I should probably tell someone, but to whom do I tell? There’s no one here, I’m alone here!

            I was desperating, walking back and forth in the kitchen, really nervous, on the verge of crying. I sat where I was before. I covered my face with both my hands and, in silence, started crying.

*

            “Oh, my! Soo Hee, did you clean all of this?”

            “You’re awake?” I got up from the couch where I was watching TV. “Good morning!” She was all ready to go to work. “I made you breakfast! Eat!” I said, smiling.

            She sat in front of it and started eaing all I made, in tiny pieces.

            “Well, I’m going to exercise a bit, I was only waiting for you to wake up.”

            “Thank you! Now, go, go.”

            “Have a good day at work!”

            I ran down the stairs until I reached the entrance of the apartment building. I breathed in the fresh air. It was a sunny day, but the wind was really cold. Despite being cold, I still wore my shorts. I wanted to get some sun on my legs! And on my upper body as well, so I wore a large top.

            So my plan was to run non-stop until Han river, take a little rest while seeing the river and then come back. Seemed pretty possible to me, the only thing was that I did not know which direction to go, so I would probably get lost. But I don’t have any other things to do for the day, so even if I would get home late it didn’t matter. That’s how a good Saturday is spent!

            I tied up my hair in a ponytail, did some warming-up exercises and started my little “adventure”.

            “Hey, Soo Hee, is that you?” A hand touched my shoulder as I was on my walking pace on the big sidewalk by the river. I turned and saw a sweaty teacher. “Ahah, it is you!”

            “Oh, hi teacher!” I was also sweaty so I didn’t find that any disgusting. He walked a bit more until we were side by side.

            “Enjoying the view?”

            “Yes, a lot!” If I was happy before, I got happier. My homeroom teacher was by my side, I couldn’t help but smile a lot.

            He had some kind of thin and small Nike raincoat and some shorts on. He looked so good that the women passing by couldn’t help but stare at him and ask between themselves if he was some famous actor or singer. But this probably wasn’t the first time happening, seeing how he only laughed and didn’t really seem bothered by it.

            Arriving Han river wasn’t any difficult, since everywhere I looked there would be a plaque indicating the way. The problem is going to be how to get out of here.

            “Heh, fancy meeting you here, since this sidewalk has like, hundreds of meters! Were you working out?”

            “I came from my home running and now I’m just resting a bit before going back.”

            “Oh, I see. Wow, you run a lot! I did the same thing as you, but I live a bit closer to here than you...”

            “Yeah, well, I wanted to visit this—“

            “You’ve never been here? Oh, yeah, makes sense, you’re from Jeju, but you’re already here for a few weeks!” He just wouldn’t let me talk. So typical of him... “You should come here by night, it’s so beautiful! Banpo bridge is awesome, have you ever heard of it?”

            “Uh, not really...”

            “No?! It’s the fountain bridge, it’s so cool! There are a lot of cool places here in Seoul you have to visit! I’ll be sure to take you to some of them, you’re gonna love it!” He suddenly stopped talking to think on what he said. “Maybe not now, but later, yes.” He put on a serious face. I laughed.

            “What’s the problem? This is the... second? Yeah, second time we meet off school and there is no problem.”

            “People might misunderstand us.”

            “That’s their problem.” I shrugged while he chuckled.

            “It’s not really like that... when you get older you’ll understand.”

            “Oh, you’re boring. You’re like everyone else, after all. I hate that the most “when you get older”, what? Aren’t I old enough already?” I started to run.

            “Hey, hey, that’s not what I meant! Wait for me, let’s go together!” He ran to catch me up.

            “No, talk with me only when I get older!” I sticked my tongue off while running, turning to him.

            As soon as he caught my running pace, he slightly hit the back of my neck, while laughing.

            “You’re so clumsy!”

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