"Ahh.....yeah....that promise...."

Jiyong said while looking like reminiscing the past. Kath waited for Jiyong. She is really curious of that promised.

"Its........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

....well, for you to remember and for you to find out"

 

Kath glares at Jiyong sharply, "Aisshh!! Araseo....you'lI see I will find it out myself. Tch!"

Jiyong smiled at her confidently but deep inside he's anxious. He knew that one of these days Kath will find that out. Especially that it seems like her memories are coming back slowly thru her dreams. It's not that he don't want her to know, it's just that he's afraid to know what will be the reaction of Kath.

On the other hand, Kath didn't notice that Jiyong is staring at her because she was so pissed of. 

'How dare he used my line', she thought. She's trying to keep her cool.

Then everything happened so fast. One minute, they were just sitting on the swing, the next moment Jiyong puts her hoodie on, grabs her hand and the next thing she knew, they were running on the street.

She was about to yell at Jiyong but when she looks at him, he was fixing his cap and hiding his face using his turtle neck shirt.

"Ppalli!!" Jiyong said hastily while looking behind them. She looked back and saw that a group of student were also running behind them.

Kath don't have any choice but to run as fast as she could. This could be a scandal and that's the last thing that she wanted.

While running, Kath can't help not to be conscious with the way Jiyong holds her hand. It was so tight and she felt her heart beats erratically.

"Andwae!! You should not think about it!! You're just out of breath." she thought while shaking her head.

Kath tried to removed her hand from Jiyong's tight hold but when the latter felt it, he held it more tightly. He even glanced at Kath, with a look8 asking 'why are you trying to removed your hand?'

She didn't say a thing. Well, how can she, when they are running like a mad horse right now. So she just focus on their escape and tried to run as fast as she could.

Both of them saw the hotel already. They were near now. Jiyong looked at the back to check if the students were still there. They're still there but they are way too far away from them now.

Jiyong purposely runs to a crowded place so that the students will be having a hard time seeing them. Few more buildings and they will be able to reach the hotel.

They were not running anymore because of the crowd. They were just walking as fast they could so they could reach the hotel fast. Jiyong's hold is still tight like someone's gonna get Kath from him.

When they were out of the crowd, they ran again until they arrived at the hotel. When they're inside the hotel, Jiyong drags Kath to the corner to hide themselves from the students.

Their position makes Kath's heart beats fast. Her back is inclined to the wall while Jiyong is infront of her. Their body was almost touching each other and Jiyong was still holding her hand. He wasn't aware of their position because he was looking outside, waiting for the students to pass by the hotel.

They were in that position for about 5 minutes. Kath was trying to pacify her beating heart. Then Jiyong saw that the students passed by, he sighs in relief.

"Finally, they're gone" he said then looked at Kath. That's when he found out their compromising position. He immediately moved away from Kath.

"Mian.." he apologized.

Jiyong's face became red and its a good thing that it was covered by his turtle neck shirt. He can't look at Kath directly and so is Kath.

"Uhmm...I-i think I-i s-should go now." Kath stuttered.

"Y-yeah" that's what Jiyong could only say.

"Uhmm...m-my hands?"

Jiyong looked at their hands and was shocked to see that he was still holding her hands. He removed his hands from her and apologized once again.

"G-gwaenchana..i'll get going..annyeong!" she smiled and waved at him.

Kath walks towards the elevator without looking back at Jiyong. Talk about awkward moments. Once she knew she was far from Jiyong, she fanned herself and sighed in relief. She puts her hand on her chest and soothe it because her heart still won't stop beating erratically.

Jiyong just watched her walked away. When Kath was few meters away from him, he removes his turtle neck shirt from his face and wipes his sweat with his hands. He also punched his heart slightly because of his beating heart.

Both of them were trying to pacify their beating heart. But one thing for sure, one don't know why it was beating hard and the other already knew.

When the elevator arrives, Kath goes inside of it immediately. The door were already closing but....

"Kay-ah!!"

...Jiyong suddenly appears and opened the closing doors of the elevator.

"Uhmmm...do you have anything to do tonight?" Jiyong asked.

Kath shook her head, "Nothing. I guess..."

"Uri....jib gallae?"

Kath cannot say a thing because she was confused with what Jiyong was saying. She blinks several times because she can't grasp what Jiyong was saying. Well, she perfectly understand what he said, it just that she don't know the reason why Jiyong was asking him that.

"I mean...e-eomma misses you already and I-i bet she wants to see you so...." Jiyong was stuttering.

"Ohhh...well..okay..."

Kath was about to alight from the elevator but Jiyong asked her if she won't get some things which made Kath confused again.

"Uhmm..well...it's already night time and it would be a hassle for you if you will still go back here. I'm sure you're gonna go home late. And I'm sure eomma won't let you go home late at night."

Kath raised her left brows then moved backwards when she realized something. She puts both of her arms over her chest to hide it.

"You're not planning to do anything on me, do you?"

Jiyong looked at her incredulously. He goes inside the elevator and walk towards her. Then he flicked her forehead.

"Ouch!!!" Kath reacted while soothing her forehead. "It hurts you know!!"

"You deserved it. You're thinking too much." He said while pushing the button of Kath's floor.

"Tch!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kath was walking back and forth at the backstage. The "Stage Audition" will start in few minutes. Kath is getting nervous for this round because this round will determine who are going to be included to the TOP 8 and joined the live shows. Aside from that, there will be audiences, 100 audiences to be exact, this will be her first time to perform infront of a big audience plus these people will take part in judging them for tonight. Another thing that made Kath worry is they still don't know who's gonna be their opponents.

You see, for this round, the Top 10 will be group in two, A and B. Those who will be on the same group will battle each other. The Top 3 from each group will be chosen by the judges and will automatically be part of the Top 8. While the bottom two of each group will be part of the "Elimination Candidates". Only two from the bottom four will move on to the next round and it will be determined by the votes of the 100-member audience.

"Okay. We will start in 10 seconds. Please be ready contestants!!" one the staff said.

Kath breathes deeply, "This is it!"

All contestants waited until the MC called their name one by one. When Kath was called, she masked her nervousness and walked out of the backstage confidently.

The crowd's cheer get loud when she was called and it gets louder when she walked out from the backstage. She was surprised to hear people cheering for her. It makes her boost her confidence and feel pressured at the same time.

The MC smiled at them and asked them how they feel. Kath was grateful that she wasn't the one being asked because she might get more nervous.

The mechanics has been explained to everyone by the MC. It's about time to group them. They were asked to pick a ball from the box. The ball will contain the group where they will belong to.

She was the eighth contestant to pick a ball. Kath was silently praying not to be part of Group B. All of the strong contenders are in Group B.

"Alright, Kath-ssi. Lets open your ball." the MC was about to open the ball but he stops. "Which group you want to belong to?" he asked.

Kath smiled and bit her lips, "Uhmm..Group A..."

"Waeyo?"

"I don't have nothing against Group A...it's just that Group B has all of the strong contenders so..."

She looked at Group A apologetically and showed a peace sign. It made all of the people laughed.

"Okay, let's see which group will you belong."

The MC opened the ball and peeked at it, "Congratulations, Kath-ssi, you're going to be with Group.................B"

Kath groaned. She really don't want to be part of Group B. All of the strong ones were there and she felt she don't stand a chance.

"Goodluck, Kath-ssi! You may join Group B."

Kath walked towards Group B. Now she's already worried, it is adding up to her nervousness. Her hands are cold and sweaty. Aside from that she lacks confidence and is very pressured right now.

The judges and staff saw that Kath looks pale and was sweating. She was also shaking. The judges asked the staff to halt the recording after every contestants has been distributed to the groups. They were all worried with Kath.

After 10 minutes, the recording was halted. Right after the MC says, "We will be right back.", Kath's body finally gives in and she suddenly sat on the floor. The staff was alarmed and and two female staff immediately ran towards Kath. The audience was shocked as well.

"Kath-ssi!!! Gwaencha..." the staff wasn't able to finished what she's about to say because the moment she touched her, she got shocked with Kath's body temperature.

"Omo!! She's so hot!! She has a fever!!" the staff screamed.

Two more staff, one male immediately runs to them. He carried Kath to bring to the paramedics. Kath was aware of what's happening. She knew that everyone were panicking.

"I'm okay." she said weakly.

She was brought to the paramedics. She was checked by the doctor. The judges as well as the producers were gathering the