Monday Morning at Jineunghyeong High School

I am now inside our classroom, busy reading a book when Hyo Jung and Mingyu came

“Good Moring Shi Ah” the two greeted

“Good Morning too Hyo Jung, Mingyu” I greeted back

“By the way Shi Ah, where are you last Saturday? I went to your house but your mom said that you left” Hyo Jung ask

“I went to the park last Saturday” I answer

“What did you do there?” Mingyu ask

“To create some new sketches” I answer

“Sketches again? Are you going to sell it again?” Hyo Jung ask

“Ne, but not all of them” I answer

“I wish I can draw like you, Shi Ah” Hyo Jung said

“You can draw like Shi Ah too, Hyo Jung” Mingyu said

“Really?” she ask

“Yes, just fall asleep” Mingyu said and laugh

“Aish! You really are no good, Kim Mingyu!” Hyo Jung said

We’re continue are chatting when suddenly someone greeted us

“Good Morning you three”

We turn around and saw Seungcheol standing behind us

“Oh! Good Morning Seungcheol” Hyo Jung greeted back

“Morning” Mingyu greeted

“G-good Morning too Seungcheol” I shyly greeted back

As I greeted back Hyo Jung and Mingyu look at me with a surprise look on their face and look back at Seungcheol

“Y-you just greet him, don’t you Shi Ah?” Hyo Jung ask

“Ne, why?”

“It’s just new to us, we mean we never heard you greeting our classmates ever since elementary. You greeted them by lightly bowing, but not through talking” Mingyu said

“Are you sick today? Do you want to go to the clinic?” Hyo Jung ask

“Don’t be so exaggerated Hyo Jung, I just wanted to greet my new friend” I said

“New friend?!” the two said in a surprise tone
And that’s how me and Seungcheol become friends… Officially.

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Because of the news of me and Seungcheol being friends, all of my classmates become friendlier to me than as usual.

I’m not use to it of course, I mean they never talk to me (well unless they ask me something about school stuff). But now they started talking to me more personally matter.

I week had passed and now it is Saturday again.

“Good thing it is now Saturday, all those new experience happening to me really worn me out” I said.

I am inside my bedroom, fixing myself in front of the mirror when I heard my mom calling me

“Shi Ah” I heard my mom called me. I went out of my bedroom and headed to the kitchen where my mom is

“Ne, umma?”

“Your auntie called earlier, she wants me to ask if you like your artwork to be sell again"

“Ne umma, I have some artworks for sale. Tell auntie that I will bring my artwork to her later”

“Araso”

Oh! I forgot to tell you, some of my sketches I give it to my auntie for her to sell it. My mom is the one who encourages me to do it so that I can earn my own money.

I’ve been doing it ever since I was 13 years old. Well not only my sketches are for sale but also my paintings.

Actually my auntie owns a café. When she was still starting, she ask me if I can give her some of my sketches to serve as design to her café.

I give some of my sketches and she put it in a frame and hangs it in her café. As she opened her café, there are lots of people notices my sketches and one of them is a collector of some artwork.

He ask my auntie if he can buy 2 of my artwork, of course my auntie ask me first and when I agree he bought it. After a couple of days, more people ask for my artwork and that’s how it’s all started.

Now let go back to the reality. I am now outside my house (to be exact, I am in my house garden) finishing a painting.

I need to focus and have a peaceful surrounding to be able to finish it. Well I am having one when suddenly…

“Yo! Shi Ah” a male voice said

I turn around and saw Seungcheol coming towards me with a smile on his face

“What are you doing?” he ask as he finally went near me

“Nothing” I said while trying to hide my painting

“What do you mean nothing? You got something in there” he said while trying to look what’s behind my back

I try my best to block it, but Seungcheol is much stronger than me. He lightly push me aside and get a better look at my painting

“Wow! It’s so beautiful. Did you do this?” he said

“Ne” I shyly said

“Cool! I didn’t know that you can paint well” he said with full amazement in his face

“That’s because I didn’t tell it to anyone. Only Hyo Jung and Mingyu knew that I can paint”

“Are there other things your good at beside to paint?”

“Ne, I am good in drawing and making sketches, but not that too good”

“Really?! Can I see it? Please”

“I don’t think I can let you see it”

“Why?

“Because I’m too shy”

“Why you have to be too shy about it?”

“I don’t like someone I knew see it, maybe they’re not too good”

“But you let Hyo Jung and Mingyu to see it, right?”

“Ne”

“And what did they said?”

“My works are beautiful and cool, but I know they are lying”

“Do you really want to know if they are telling you the truth?”

“How?”

“Let me see your works and I will tell you what I think"

“And how does it will help me to know?”

“Don’t you know that my nickname in my former school was Honest Kid, because I didn’t lie to anyone”

I look at him suspiciously, and he just gave me a confident look with a smile (ugh! That smile again) after a deep thinking. I finally said “Araso, follow me”

I lead him to my most private room which is the attic. Inside the attic there are the things that I used for my artworks and some of my artworks itself

“Wow! It’s so cool here” he said while excitedly exploring the attic

I pick up one of my sketch book and handed it to Seungcheol

“Here are my drawings”

He started flipping the pages of my sketch book… until he finishes it

He then hold me in my shoulders and look at me with an amazement in his eyes

“You’re so cool. They’re so beautiful”

“Really? Your not lying are you?” I ask

“Ne, your drawings are so marvelous”

“R-really”

“Ne!” he said with an excitement in his eyes

I took my sketch book and look at my own drawings. I don’t know why but I suddenly felt happy because of what he said

“You smile” he suddenly said

“H-huh?”

“Just now while looking at your drawing, you just smile”

I shyly look away

“I didn’t know that you had such a cute smile” he said with a warm smile on his face

Oh my! Why does my heart suddenly beat so fast… What should I do? What is happening to me?