Try Smiling

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why is it that whoever we like ... like someone else?

what would you do if the person you like likes someone else?

Foreword

 


PARK RAE SEON:

Again the time had stopped, again I was caught up in the moment that was supposed to be in dramas only or in the stories, I was a living human being not a character of a story or a drama to be going through it.

As I sat looking at the stars from my roof top, I can sense something was going to happen, something unpredictable. To be honest, I did not like that feeling.

Anneyoheseyo, I am Park Rae Seon, a university student, 22 year old. I really don’t have dreams except for one. I will tell you later what it is.

Today was another normal lame day. The same old things happening all over again. Hanging out with friends, sleeping in the boring lectures, making fun of the nerdy student’s  dressing, hanging out in the canteen, skipping classes, laying on the grass of the campus in the sun like a lazy person and … oh and also again looking at him. Yes, him.

I have loved him since my first day of university. He was the student of the drama class and I was the student of psychology class, totally different subjects but I liked the way he used to smile, helping the others around him. It started with a small crush, but the more I saw him the more I liked him. I had talked to him a few times. He was a nice person, down to earth despite his popularity rate.

PARK HYUN JAE:

Anneyoheseyo, my name is Park Hyun Jae, I am 19 year old, and surviving what every teenager tries to survive . . . YES! You guessed it life and school. Life is full of surprises that we teenagers hate the most.

Rules, curfews, and hearing you’re not old enough, tests, exams, boyfriends, parents, their yelling, their divorces, drugs, safe relationship, stupid girl dramas. It is torture. And what the most torture is that when a girl has a guy who follows her everywhere. A guy who she does not like, someone who she doesn’t want in her life.

Yes, I had one that kept on following me. He was a university student, I saw him standing across the street every time I used to go back to my home after school. It felt he did not have anything else to do.

Seriously people like him make me irritated, but I don’t know whenever I had too much time on my hands and I used to lay on my bed at night thinking about him and I realized that I was irritated because he did not talk to me, he just followed me like he was my body guard or something.

Today also he was there, the same timing, the same position of standing, the same way of looking at me, the same of smiling at seeing me. Secretly I loved watching him smile like that.

CHOI SEUNGHYUN:

Anneyoheseyo, my name is Choi Seunghyun; I am in the university as a student of the Drama class. I like a girl in my university but she is in psychology class and her name is Park Rae Seon. I used to watch her every day since the first day I came into the university. Watching her laugh with her friends, watching her being active with other people around her, but whenever she was alone she used to look sad and that made me feel like keeping her with me and hiding her from everything around her that makes her cry.

Today again I saw her by herself, and again she was gazing far off as if she was thinking something. I wish I had the telepathy power like Edward has in Twilight. Her sad looks made her prettier, more delicate.

KWON JIYONG

Anneyoheseyo, my name is Kwon JiYong and I am 22 years old. I am in university in drama class. I loved studying media. My acting classes were so much fun. But the most fun was whenever I used to help others it made me felt good. I was aware that a lot of girls were interested in me and would anything to be in my heart. That was why I never gave the girls wrong vibe, because I had some one in my heart already. In university the only person I was comfortable was Par Rae Seon. She was sweet but there was something about her made me feel as we were best friends since the day we had met.

PARK RAE SEON:

I went to the university only to hear the rumors that JiYong had been rejected. I don’t know why I felt happy today hearing that. It means I can make my move. I went to the cafeteria to eat like a happy person but in between I met Seunghyun, he was in the drama class too and my best friend. Well, almost best, we got along together a lot. He asked me why I was happy and I told him maybe because I will try my luck today. He didn’t understand what I had said but he remained quite. My whole day in the university was awesome just because of that one news.

Isn’t it funny how one news might bring happiness to one person and the same news will bring sadness to the other?

KWON JIYONG:

I couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t believe she had said no. She was sweet and nice and I loved her. Yet she had said no. I mean why did she have to say no? What was wrong with me? Why was I rejected?

I knew it. I knew it would be all over the university. And surprising enough it was. When I went back to the university I could sense the people stare at m back. But the only person that was nice to me and braves enough to approach me was Park Rae Seon. She talked to me making me feel abit better. I loved her personality. It was so bright. So sunny. It felt like the sun was shining its warmth on you. I had always loved it when we talked through, I use to tell her all my problems, and she used to solve them every time.

 

 

PARK HYUN JAE:

He had talked to me and he had told me he loved me but I rejected him. I liked him, but I never liked him in a way to start my relationship. He was kind of a guy that I can’t live with but I can’t live without him either. His smile, his sense of fashion, his way of carrying himself was all too perfect.

I remember when there was time I lay in bed at night thinking of him and gazing at the stars outside thinking what is this? Should I reject him or accept him, but today as he asked me, I rejected. I sat up in my bed. What did I do? I heard something. I got scared because my parents were not at home for the week end. And I was alone at my house; my cousin was going to come in the morning to stay with me for the weekend. I got up from the bed and looked down and saw HIM standing there. He was the one throwing pebbles at my window. I went downstairs; I don’t know I was glad to see him or what. I opened the door; he came in and locked the door behind him.

I went upstairs with him following me. We didn’t need to say the words. I think the vibe was too strong to say anything.

KWON JIYONG:

I don’t know why I went there, why she opened the door, why we were quite. But one thing was sure, I felt it. I felt the strong passionate vibe among us. I could feel the strong pull like that of the magnet with different poles. Oh my God! I couldn’t believe it. I should not have come tonight.

Tonight the vibe was too strong to ignore, or to let it aside. As she opened her door and turned to turn on the lights of her room, I suddenly grabbed her hand and pinned her to the door that I ahd closed behind me. She looked at me.

Those eyes, those innocent eyes looked at me in surprise. I just stared at them but then I suddenly bent and kissed her softly on the forehead. She just closed her eyes. I looked at her before going for the lips. As soon as I touched her lips I could feel her tremble. Her lips trembled. It was a good sign right? I kissed her lips and her lips were closed, as if she was nervous. I gently made her open her lips by my tongue. I pushed my tongue in , playing with her tongue as I felt her again mine.

I could feel the arouse I was feeling and I think she could feel it too as I was too tight against her pinning her to the door. Her tongue slowly started to play with mine. I let her. I guided her tongue into my mouth letting her play with mine. As my hands slowly slid down her waist, I pushed her shirt up as I slid my hands up again, revealing her soft skin. So pure, so innocent. I loved the touch of her skin. As I took of her shirt she let me like a small child who is too obedient.

I lifted her up and carried her to the bed and as I ped my pants I saw her gazing at me and my thing. I swear I saw her smile when she saw my male part. But she was good in covering up her feelings so she straighten her face again. I got on top of her, grinding myself again her warm soft body making her moan. I kissed her as my hands explored her body and her hands on my back.

I reached for the Pjs, as I pulled it down I noticed she was all mine. There was nothing between us anymore.

I looked at her as if I wanted the permission.  She just looked at me clueless as if to what should we do next. As I entered into her she gasped. Of course I’m such an idiot, she was a . So I slowly took my time as I made sure her world and my world was one. No two worlds. Just one. Just us and our world. As the night slowly passed by, we made love to each. I can tell she was enjoying it and I was glad that I was the first one to do it to her, because I loved her.

CHOI SEUNGHYUN:

I saw her happy because JiYong the guy got rejected. I asked her happiness and she just told me she will try her luck. I was scared for her. I was scared that she will end up in a broken heart situation if she did that. But I also knew that she won’t listen to me if I told her that. I was scared.

JiYong was my friend. We were good friends and I had felt sorry for him but he told me he will go to her house and ask her again. I had two friends that were going on the heart broken path. Kwon JiYong and Park Rae Seon. I wanted to protect them both from heart break.

I hope JiYong would have better luck tonight because if one is done then I can easily take care of Park Rae Seon. But little I know that things were not going to be as I planned or as a matter of fact ANYONE had planned. I wish I could have done something.

PARK RAE SEON:

NO!... this cannot be happening. NO, he was supposed to be broken hearted and cried or been like a heart broken guy who goes to other girls for comfort. How dare he?! I heard him talking to Seunghyun about it.

How dare he make a plan to ask her again? Where did his sense of pride go? He was Pabo. I need to stop him from being hurt again. I hate to admit but I was going to stalk him. I mean I am not a stalker. I am just doing for his own good; it is okay for me to do that right? I am his friend. I love him. I should not let him get hurt again by the same girl.

YES! I am going there to see he does not get hurt. I followed him and at night he went to her, at her house. HER HOUSE! She opened the door and he went in.

I can’t stay here. I need to see what happens. As I went around the house, I suddenly heard something that I was not supposed to be listening to. I covered my ears and ran away from there. I couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t believe that he was touching her. HE WAS TOUCHING ANOTHER GIRL.

 

 

 

CHOI SEUNGHYUN:

I saw her run in the middle of the road causing the cars to screech to stop. I was shocked. What had happened to her? I had come out tonight to have a drink. I was sitting for my drink. But instead I went after her. My drink can wait but her running like that can’t. Something had happened, and I had to find out what.

I Ran after her following her, I was gaining on her. Our distance was decreasing; I could hear her sobbing as she ran. Suddenly I realized we were in a park and it was dark. I had to focus on the sounds to follow her. It seemed like the moon had decided to stay behind the clouds as well. It was dark and I had wished it was a bit of light so I can see her. Suddenly I heard a yelp and someone falling. It must be her. I just shouted without thinking “RAE!!!... RAE ARE YOU OKAY?!”

I heard a sobbing girl in front of me and I bent down and as I stretched my hand I felt her. She was out of breath and hurt. And not to mention cold, it was the end of November and she was cold as she was shivering too. I quietly carried her towards the bench and as I sat her on my lap rubbing her back to calm her down. She was crying a lot. I continued to rub her back to calm her down. She calmed down abit.

“Why did you after him?” I asked her. She looked at me with the tears in her eyes.

“I feel like an idiot.” She sobbed into my shoulder. I could tell she was embarrassed. I slowly made her see me in the eye.

I dried her tears, kissed her forehead, I hugged her. As I tried my best to convey my message to her that I care for her I said, “Pabo, Why do you keep looking in the dark places? Why do you think you are alone and going at the wrong path? Just look in front of you I am there. Whenever you think you can’t find me in the front look at your sides, you will find me there. Look for me behind you I will be there to support you. I will always be there for you my pabo girl. Don’t you know I love you? Saranghae pabo.”

I heard her sobs calm down. Smile appeared on my face as I felt her lips on mine touching gently conveying the message that she was mine.

PARK RAE SEON:

I was hurt, as I ran away. I wanted to go away as far as I can from that place. I went into the dark place but I fell. I heard my name. I knew he was there. Seunghyun was always there whenever I was sad. He picked me up and made me sit on his lap as he calmed me down. He confessed to me. It felt so warm. I was so embarrassed, but at that moment I realized that I was chasing the wrong path all this time. It was not JiYong that was for me, he was only like a shining glamorous jacket  that we would want to show off, whereas, Seunghyun was like a warm and soft jacket that would keep you warm whenever you are cold.

As he confessed to me, I gathered up my courage to kiss him, to tell him how I welcome his caring, how much I appreciate him telling me “Try smiling” every second, every hour, every day, every week, every month, every year for the past 3 years.

I smiled as our lips touched, making it feel that it was so right, so meant to be. 

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