"Noona?"

Hyeyoon looked up from her book to find her little neighbour Jiyong peeping around her bedroom door. She smiled at him.

"Hello, Jiyong! Come on in!"

Jiyong seemed to hesitate before opening the door wider and stepping in. He took two steps towards her bed and stopped. He winced a little when the door closed behind him automatically.

"What has he done now?" Hyeyoon asked. Because obviously this was Seunghyun related. Her little brother usually doted on their neighbour except for when he insisted on pulling Jiyong's metaphorical pigtails.

Not that Jiyong ever hesitated to fight back. Or let Hyeyoon know immediately. Until now, it seemed.

"Did he steal your dragon again?"

Jiyong shook his head, and looked like he sorely regretted coming here.

"Did…did he hurt you?" Hyeyoon asked suddenly. Seunghyun did occasionally get into playground fights, although most of them seemed to be in Jiyong's defense. Hyeyoon did not actually believe that Seunghyun would ever physically hurt Jiyong.

Except Jiyong seemed to hesitate again, his head making an aborted nod before giving a confused shake.

Hyeyoon was immediately alarmed. She picked up a mildly protesting Jiyong and placed him on her bed.

"Jiyong," she said, kneeling in front of him. "Tell me," she ordered, trying to be gentle and firm at the same time.

"He…I… " Jiyong struggled for a moment before blurting out, "I have a feeva."