"Was I Dreaming?" | Special Chapter | 01

So, I was thinking about how am I going to do this and since I’ll be listing and explaining a few things, I figured there’ll be another part for this if this one gets too long, lmao.

Alright, let’s start with the characters and then jump to chapter 1-10 first.

Too much? Oh well, I won’t be explaining everything, just a few that I needed to explain. For example, if I changed certain things to fit more for Moonsun or if I changed it so it won’t be as painful as it actually was. So, maybe get ready? This may trigger some of you.

A little reminder: I have actually come to terms with everything that happened and I’ve thought about it several times before deciding to share this with you guys. So, yeah, that’s all. If I end up rambling, you can just skip reading it to get to the whole point :”) I apologize in advance.

If you haven't read or you want to backtrack on the chapters, here's a link to the story: WAS I DREAMING?


 CHARACTER(S) 

  • Moon Byulyi as myself
  • Kim Yongsun as the GF/student council president
  • Wheein & Hyejin as my two friends
  • Krystal & Amber as gf’s friends

Basically, the whole thing was already on-point. Unless, I’m not someone who is good with my academics at all. There was this program where they take first year students as members of student council and since it’s going to help affect my lack of academic skill, I decided to sign up for it. Fun fact, I was chosen out of hundreds of other students only because of my English skill, lol. (Yay me, I guess?)

Krystal as Yongsun’s rival was all made up. But the GF (Yongsun) being a candidate for Student Council President was true. I wasn’t appointed to be the person to help her to win. I was only one of the three honorary students at school (first years being appointed as members). Because the setting was in Korea and I don’t know if they have the same setting and all there, so I made it up as Byulyi being Yongsun’s assistant. But the GF really end up being chosen as the next Student Council President.

My “two friends” weren’t really close to me that time, unlike how I portrayed Wheesa’s relationship with Byulyi in the story. What actually happened was most of the time, I (Byulyi) was always alone during the whole thing. I had no one to talk to at all because I was in the closet. We were only gotten even closer after we’re graduated from High School. Ironic, huh?

A little fact about me. I was actually a former student of a sailor school (all-boys school but there are also girls too even though only so little of them). I didn’t finish because of financial issue so I dropped out after a year. I entered this all-girls school a year later. This makes me three years older than the rest of my classmates, two years older than second year seniors and a year older than third year seniors. You’ll get it once you read this through as to why I’m telling you this fact ;)

 CHAPTER I 

  1. So, the description I made about Byulyi’s character are mostly true. It’s basically me telling you guys about myself but with a taste of Byulyi in it too.
  2. The part where I described Byulyi as someone “touchy” when she’s nervous was an actual trait Byulyi has but not me. I’m not a touchy person, really.
  3. Byulyi getting friends on the first day was made up. I didn’t get any friends on the first day, everyone has friends but not me. My appearance stood out bcs of the short hair and all. Later on, I found out that a few of my classmates thought I was “handsome” and thought I was a guy until they saw me in a skirt, lol.
  4. Byulyi crushing on the current Student Council President on the first day was true. I did have this crush on a first sight because istg she was so pretty. Like, no offense, but she’s even prettier than the GF, lol.

 CHAPTER II 

  1. Byulyi getting a warning on the first day was made up. The President was pretty and really strict too like I portrayed Krystal in the story, but I didn’t make any offence for her to notice me, lol.
  2. Everything about Wheein & Hyejin having such close bonds with Byulyi was made up. I did make friends with a few people but no one is really “that” close to me. I don’t do “best friend” type of thing, so I treated everyone basically the same. Two of them actually got quite close to me, one was because she’s in the same class with me and the other one was because her house and mine are so close, so we always end up going back home together.
  3. The whole thing about Candidates’ Rumors are made up. There was a small fuss about it but not so much or exaggerated like I wrote in the story.
  4. Byulyi bumped on Yongsun the first time they met was made up. This one is a fun fact because the GF back then wasn’t really…standing out. I was blinded by the sight of the current President that I didn’t even spare a glance at the GF.

 CHAPTER III 

  1. Yongsun being popular during her campaign was true. The GF was actually quite popular when she was still campaigning. I remembered when it was her turn for a speech and some students started cheering for her. I saw her then, but didn’t bat an eye at all, lmao.
  2. Byulyi embarrassed herself because of Krystal was made up. I just add it to the story because I think it would be funny since we all know Byulyi idolize Krystal a lot.
  3. Byulyi encountered Krystal and talked to her was made up. At this point and up until Byulyi was chosen as Yongsun’s assistant was all made up though. So, we’ll skip the whole thing about it.

However, I will reveal what actually happened. So, in that school, to be a certified new student council member, they have this “semi-military” stage to go through. Basically, they asked you to do several things as if you’re in the military. They asked you to stay the night at school as you go through this stage. This is actually something that I’m not fond of. There’s a lot of seniority being put in it and we as juniors couldn’t fight back. We’re being embarrassed in public.

Anyway, during that time I noticed the seniors (current student council members), kept on targeting one student out of us. I wasn’t aware at all until by night time they appointed that student as “the next student council president” and that was it.

That’s the very first time I saw her. First thought that came to my head was “she’s really cute” because she’s so smol.

 CHAPTER IV 

  1. Obviously, the first time Yongsun texted her was made up. Honestly, everything in this chapter was all made up. None of it happened for real.

 CHAPTER V 

  1. Everything here was also made up. But we get to see Amber for the first time and she seemed to be friends with Krystal, right? Okay, so this is gonna be a little confusing but Krystal’s role supposedly a mix between two people. The GF had two really close friends and that is the Vice President and the Equipment Committee.

Krystal in the story ended up taking both the role of former President and the Equipment Committee. I made up the whole thing about Krystal and Amber because I need it to fit to the whole story. I want Yongsun to still has two close friends even though I changed it up from what happened in real life.

Hope it all make sense, lol.

  1. And no, the GF and I have not yet been close enough to text each other at this point. I don’t even have her number then, lol. There was actually a quite long period of time where the GF and I only talk if it’s necessary. Because one, she’s the president; two, she’s my senior and three, she’s pretty cute and cute/pretty girls are my weakness so I don’t think I can hold a long conversation with her.

 CHAPTER VI 

  1. This is more of a filler chapter. None of it happened for real.
  2. At some point, I did about her height. She doesn’t like it when I do that though, haha.

 CHAPTER VII 

  1. Another filler chapter, basically what happened in previous chapter, only in Yongsun’s POV. Let’s just skip this one since there’s nothing to explain here.

 CHAPTER VIII 

  1. The texts between Byulyi and Yongsun are all true. So, this is gonna need some explanation before we jump into it. I know because this part was where most people started telling me that it’s relatable as . Let me tell you, it’s relatable because it happened for real.
  2. So, here I will explain what actually happened that it led up to this chapter. I’m going to start as how we started texting each other.

We’re all already a part of the student council at this point and my school often has events at school and whenever there’s an event, the student council is responsible for everything. This one event lasted for three days, I guess. And because we’re all new, teachers asked the new members to perform some kind of troops marching with various formation. I had been one of them, but on d-day, I fell sick and I felt bad if I didn’t tell any of the members in student council.

I didn’t know the president’s number that time so I asked one of the members, and when they gave it to me, I texted her immediately. It was a polite message saying that I couldn’t attend today’s event. So, yeah, that’s how I got her number. Pretty boring, huh? But that time, I texted her using my mom’s phone because I don’t have any phone credits to text or call her.

The next day, which was the second day of the event, I got this idea to prank the president with a text since she doesn’t know my number. It was lame, but believe it or not, that time it always worked every freaking time. So, I pranked her. Pretended I was a guy and wanted to know her name and all.

It didn’t take long until she noticed that it was me all along.

And just like that, we just started texting each other.

What made us closer was because one-time, we got home late after taking care of a few student council works and I offered her a ride home (I bring my motorcycle to school, by the way). On the way to her place, it started raining hard and we had to stop for a bit. We talked there and because I was two years older than her, she said she’s not comfortable if I address her as “senior”. So, we settled on a nickname for each other. We couldn’t really think of anything creative so we only ended up with me calling her by name (with no honorifics whatsoever) when we’re not in school ground.

That’s it.

That’s basically how everything started because since then we started chatting a lot and she gets comfortable with talking to me really quick.

  1. The scene in the dance room was made up. I was actually a member of the basketball team, not the dance club. Why not make Byulyi a part of the basketball team instead? Well, because it’s Moon Byulyi, not me, lmao.
  2. The President being part of a club was made up. In my school, the president isn’t allowed to take any part of any club whatsoever as it will only make everything harder for the president.
  3. The scene Yongsun and Byulyi spend time at Byul’s place was made up, but the whole conversation they had was true. It’s basically what I explained in point 2.
  4. Yongsun admitting that Byulyi is closer to her than her boyfriend was true. She actually told me not exactly in the way I wrote in the story, but she did refer to that.

 CHAPTER IX 

  1. The conversation Byulyi and Yongsun had about Baekhyun was true. But it’s not exactly like I wrote in the story. It was actually one of our random conversations. I randomly asked her who she’s texting with and she answered that I’m the only one she’s texting with. Which at that time seemed odd because she had a boyfriend, why spending her time texting with me, right?
  2. Yongsun two-timing two guys at the same time was true. It’s a bit concerning for me back then but I found out that it was actually a thing to have more than one boyfriend. Some of my friends actually had two even three guys and a few flings, all at the same time. They usually only use them to pick them up to and fro school, other reasons was because “it was fun” and they “liked the attention”. Believe me, I was surprised too when I found out about this.
  3. Yongsun “almost” going steady with Minhyuk and trivia about Minhyuk were true. One of GF’s boyfriends that time was a college student. That was her first college boyfriend though and she’s actually fond of him that time.
  4. How Byulyi met with Minhyuk was made up. I actually met her boyfriend that time when I visit her place and her boyfriend was also there. It was a bit awkward though and he eventually excused himself to go home first, lmao. And no, no we don’t look alike at all.
  5. The rest of this chapter was all made up. I wasn’t really all that bothered until I had to go away and have some peace with myself and out of town. But I admit, that time I already liked her more than I should have.

 CHAPTER X 

  1. Obviously, the start and nearing the middle was all made up.
  2. Yongsun’s breakdown when Byulyi came back was true. It’s not entirely true because it happened in a whole different situation. It wasn’t because I went away and she missed me terribly that she cried, no. It was actually because of an incident at school where some of the seniors didn’t like how I got so close to the president. They assumed, the president started to play favorite with me.

So, stupidly, I suggested to her and also her two other friends (because since I got close to her, I also got close to her friends) that I will stay away from them at school. Because, well, I don’t want to put more gas into the fire. But I guess she took it the wrong way because the next day she asked to meet up in an empty classroom. We didn’t talk for the first few minutes and then she started crying… I at comforting people so I really don’t know what to do at that time.

I guess I just hug her in an awkward way, like super awkward because it wasn’t at all a comfortable hug but she hugged me back almost immediately. She said she doesn’t want me to stay away, she said I'm already so important to her that she doesn’t want me to be away from her. The rest was just her crying her eyes out and wetting the front side of my shirt with her tears.

Fun fact, because of that crying session, I was late to class and my class had an exam on the first period so yeah. I really didn’t plan to have to comfort the president in the early morning but I did. Also, we’re not yet dating that time. We’re really just super close friends, lmao.

  1. Yongsun’s parents have so much trust in Byulyi was true. So, since we gotten close, I sometimes will visit her house just because. And it was even to the point where they won’t mind it if GF went out with me for long. All she gotta do was tell her parents that she’s with me and they’ll be all okay.
  2. The rest that I didn’t mention was all made up.

WHOA THAT WAS LOOOOOONG! Man… This is only the first part, by the way.

If you have any question, please do ask away. I will answer what I can answer ;)

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TennoujiMegumi #1
Wowwww i’m shocked knowing that this story based on your story. This is adorable and very sad at the same time. Thank you for sharing this with us!
dnanistz
#2
In the very beginning of your story, i know that we are from the same country, author-nim. Still waiting for 'ftv' to play happy ending drama with this genre commonly, Lol.
Well, I don't know which one is better, for me to still closet or have experience like yours
Anyway, Thank you for the story and always have a nice day, Author-nim ^_^
Natsxx
#3
Inspiring
usermix #4
I know from the start that you're the Byulyi on this story.. you've gone through a lot author-nim
*Send you a virtual hug* ah.. this story gonna hurt me more now :((
ramyeon88
#5
Love story never get old & yours was adorable
mrleorine #6
Thank you for sharing your story, u really did a good job in blending moonsun traits and u and ur gf traits together.
I really hope u will turn this to happy ending but i dont mind if it's not tho. Reality sometimes .
Kawai-chan
#7
i knew it.. im ryt that ur byul
i thought ur just good at showing how byul felt but every time ur doing byul pov.. its like u really know how to describe what she's feeling during those time (bcos its u,)
honestly i salute u author nim and hoping that it will end up in happy ending ..
fact: i can relate to ur story , i experience once before (at work) and dang i feel the same way as urs everytime GF is not responding but sadly it didn't go well on mine (like how yongsun did, she just told me that she don't want to talk to me anymore and thts how we broke up)
Jksolmoon_
#8
Damnnnn ..girl you went through a lot of ... hugs and kisses TT <3 i really wish you are super duper fine right now .. love sometimes but life doesn't end there remember .. you live only once.. make the best of it <3
_quietmoo_
#9
I feel like i wanna hug you :(
Im sad knowing that you're Byuli ㅠㅠ