A chuckle was heard when Seohyun entered her mother's office after the unexpected confession moments earlier and she decided to visit her mother before proceeding to her class. The bouquet of roses on Seohyun's arms was what her mother first noticed when she came in. "Another one?"   Seohyun nodded and she sat on one of the chairs by her mother's table, the bouquet laid gently on her thighs. Mrs. Lee pushed aside her paper works and gave her full attention to her daughter with a smile on her lips. "Who's it from?"   "Jinwoon." Seohyun answered with a sigh. She was, fortunately, oblivious at how her other's smile momentarily wavered since she was too deep into her thoughts to notice. Mrs. Lee composed herself and cleared . "I see. Isn't Jinwoon the other class representative of your class?   Her daughter only nodded. "He said he had admired me for some time already but even though I turned him down and he said he understood, I'm not stupid to not have seen the sadness his eyes still managed to carry despite his smile. I feel so bad, mom."   Mrs. Lee chuckled again and Seohyun stared at her mom. "You said the exact same thing when a senior last confessed to you some time ago, too."   "I did?"   Mrs. Lee laughed. "My dear, I have brought you up too well."   "Huh?" Seohyun's eyebrows furrowed, confused with what her mother just said. "What do you mean, mom?"   "I should have taught you how to properly reject men." Mrs. Lee's eyes shook her head with a smile. "You're giving them all a hard time to get over you, you know."   "I am?"    Her mom nodded.   "But I just didn't want them to get hurt." Seohyun innocently said, looking down at the bouquet of roses in her arms. Her mom reached out to her and squeezed her hand. "Honey, one must get hurt for them for realize that it's not their time for love, yet. Rejection comes with getting hurt, because it always will and it's a given."   Seohyun thought about her mom's words and nodded. "I understand, mom. But I just feel guilty after seeing them so sad. Does that make me a bad person?"   Mrs. Lee shook her head. "That can't be helped, dear. Rejecting them, to let them know how you truly feel is better than giving them false hopes and still break their hearts in the end."   She watched as her daughter took in her words and smiled when Seohyun nodded. "Thank you, mom."   "You're welcome, dear. You're a good girl, and I'm proud of you and at how well you grew up." Mrs. Lee smiled at her daughter one last time before she glanced at her wall clock. Seohyun giggled when her mother cleared and spoke in a deeper voice. "Better hurry up, Ms. Lee or you'll be late for class."   "Yes, Ma'am." Seohyun stood up and bowed to her mother before going out of the office with a smile on her face; she fele better than when she came in earlier. Meanwhile, Mrs. Lee leaned her back to the chair and pursed her lips. "Hmm... so Jinwoon finally confessed. I wonder when Yonghwa will..."         "That seems like an expensive bouquet." Yonghwa smiled at his tutor, showing her an innocent one with elbows propped on the study table and chin resting on his palms. "Who gave it to you?"   "Answer your questionnaire, Yonghwa." Seohyun ignored his question while she organized her things on the bed. The bouquet was placed on her bookshelf across the room in Yonghwa's clear view; her mother brought it home and insisted that Seohyun should keep it. "Finish that review questions, Yonghwa. We can't proceed spelling out the longer words if you can't finish those today."   "Yes, Teacher Lee!" Yonghwa answered in the way that little pre-school kids do, making Seohyun chuckle. Yonghwa sighed and racked his brain, trying to answer  the questions listed on his recent review paper. It was quiet for a while and while Yonghwa answered the ones he was confident at, Seohyun's phone buzzed.    She answered the call with a smile. "Oppa!"   Yonghwa didn't mean to eavesdrop but his ears immediately perked up when he heard Seohyun call someone 'oppa'. He brushed it off after thinking that maybe it was Onew calling her but thought at how she always greeted her brother with 'Seop' before saying 'oppa'. Yonghwa shook his head and scolded himself. Don't think too much about it, Yonghwa. Focus on the review test.   "I'm doing very well in school, oppa." The smile on Seohyun's face never went away. There was a pasude before she responded, her head nodding. "Yes, Onew oppa is here at home right now. Do you want me to pass the phone to him?"   What? Tthat means she's not talking to Onew hyung! Yonghwa almost broke the sharpened lead of his pencil from the pressure brought by his fingers. Who could it be?   When Seohyun jumped off the bed, Yonghwa swore it was out of character on her part. "You're coming over now? Of course, we'd love to have you around. We'll wait for you, oppa."   When the phone call ended, Seohyun clapped her hands and jumped up and down in glee. "I can't believe it! Oh! Onew oppa should know about this right away. Yonghwa, finish that okay? I'll be back."   Who is coming over? Yonghwa asked himself, curious but disappointed at the same time. Now I can't have her full attention. He pouted his lips at the depressing thought and grew jealous at who called Seohyun and grabbed her attention away from him.   Yonghwa could only sigh and stare at his review paper.       Thirty minutes after, while Seohyun checked his paper with a smile on her face which Yonghwa prayed was because he got so many correct answers, the door bell rang.    Yonghwa sighed and watched as Seohyun excitedly ran out of her room. He took out his guitar and strung some chords, singing random lyrics because he got bored. "When is she coming back? Don't tell me she forgot that I was still here..."   The door opened and Seohyun came in with a huge grin, a good looking guy followed behind her.   Oh shoot, he's taller than me! Yonghwa thought with horror, but keeping his face nonchalant at the same time. Who is he? Who is he to Seohyun?   "Yonghwa, I'd like you to meed Jungmo oppa." Seohyun clasped her hands behind her and grinned. He almost blushed at how pretty she looked and remembered that it was because of this Jungmo oppa beside her. He looked at the taller guy in front of him and managed to smile. "Jungmo oppa?" he repeated.   Jungmo laughed and shook hands with Yonghwa; his blonde hair bounced as he laughed. "That would be hyung for you, Yonghwa."   Yonghwa's face visibly reddened and it was only then that he realized that Seohyun was gone.    "I've heard about you, Yonghwa. My sister's a fan of yours and she always takes a video of your band when you perform."   Talk about awkward. Yonghwa forced a smile but he froze when Jungmo stepped closer towards him. "I was wondering..." Alarm bells rang inside his head when Jungmo took out something from his bag and Yonghwa gulped. Is this hyung... gay?! SEOHYUN!!!   But Jungmo only smiled sweetly and held out a CD of The Stupid. It was their first indie album. "Could you please sign this for her? I kept a copy with me in case I happened to bump into you guys. I'm giving this to her as a surprise present soon."   Yonghwa mentally scolded himself at his previous thoughts and nodded his head. They sat by the table and Jungmo magically gave Yonghwa a felt tip pen for him to use for signing. Yonghwa blinked. Where did this pen come from? As if reading his thoughts, Jungmo chuckled. "I always carry that together with the CD. Can't be under prepared now, can I? And oh, by the way, my sister's name is Kim Hani."   While Yonghwa wrote a short message, Jungmo noticed the guitar on the floor. His eyes lightened up immediately and asked if he could borrow it for a while. Yonghwa allowed him to, and Jungmo effortlessly played the instrument. The former's hand paused from writing Jungmo's siter's name and admired at how good this new hyung played the guitar. He quickly finished signing the CD and having found a common interest with Jungmo, felt more comfortable and they talked about music. They were too deep into their conversation that they only noticed Seohyun when she sat in between them. "I missed you guitar playing, Jungmo oppa."   Jungmo grinned. "Believe it or not, Hyun, I've missed it, too."   Yonghwa looked at them. "When did you know each other?"   It was Seohyun who replied with a smile. "Jungmo oppa and Onew oppa are best friends. Jungmo oppa's family lived a block away from us before and they used to spend their free times together; singing and goofing around with their band. Jungmo oppa taught me how to play the guitar, too. I was still in high school when oppa's family moved to the States and the band disbanded before he left."   "I see." Yonghwa nodded as he helped himelf to a sandwhich. Seohyun turned to Jungmo while the latter drank juice. "Oppa, how is life in the States and how is Mi Rae unnie?"

The smile Jungmo had on his face never went unnoticed when Seohyun mentioned the name 'Mi Rae'. He blushed and scratched the back of his head. "The States? Well, it's okay and I'm doing great there but still, I missed Seoul so much. Mi Rae? She's doing well there, too."

Seohyun pouted. "Oppa!"

He laughed. "Mi Rae and I are currently finalizing the plans for our marriage."

"The two of you are getting married?" Seohyun's eyes widened. "When? Where?"

"Calm down, Seohyun." Jungmo laughed even more. "I told you we're still finalizing things but don't worry, I'll tell Jinki the details when it's all done. One thing's for sure, though... you'll be one of the bride's maids."

Seohyun squealed in delight and hugged Jungmo. "Thank you very much, oppa!"

Yonghwa drank his orange juice and coughed. He wasn't used to seeing this side of Seohyun and the fact that he's getting out of place with their topic was not helping. 

"You're welcome, Seohyun." Jungmo grinned at his adorable younger "sister" and they laughed. At that moment, Onew came in and sat beside his best friend. "Am I part of the entourage, too?"

"Of course!" Jungmo chuckled. "You're my Best Man."

Onew grinned, nudging Jungmo's arm with a smile. "Who is my partner?"

"It's a secret." Jungmo stuck his tongue out. The two best friends started bickering and Seohyun noticed how left out Yonghwa got. She leaned closer to him and explained, whispering. "Mi Rae unnie is Jungmo oppa's girlfriend whom he met in the States."

Yonghwa nodded and thanked her for telling him that. Before he had the chance to ask something, Jungmo looked at him. "Yonghwa, you and your band mates are invited, too."

Yonghwa could only stare. He didn't expect to be invited by someone he just met. Let alone to his wedding of all events.

"I hope it's not too much to ask, but can you guys be the official band for the wedding?" Jungmo asked; a shy smile played around his lips. "I know we only met but it would be so great if your band would be there to make our wedding more special."

Yonghwa glanced at Seohyun. I wonder how good she'll look in a dress. Snapping out from his train of thoughts, he smiled. "I'm sure the others would like to attend, too, Jungmo hyung."

 

The four of them ate their snacks with a good mood. Mrs. Lee came in to get the tray and empty glasses after they were done and they sat on the floor in silence. Yonghwa went to the comfort room and while Seohyun was checking Yonghwa's papers, a thought came in her mind. "Jungmo oppa, will you be staying in Seoul for a couple of days?"

"2 days to be precise." Jungmo replied, making Seohyun pout. "I came back to survey wedding halls and I will fly back to the States after that. Don't worry, Seohyun, when I come back my whole family will be back with me. Except for Ha Ni, of course, since she's still studying here in Seoul and the two of you have been chatting away every night behind my back."

"How did you know about that, oppa!" Seohyun laughed. "Anyway, send my regards to Mi Rae unnie, okay? I really missed her."

"No problem."