Like a Dream (2)

##NaYeon&JiSoo’s Dorm_Kitchen##

+JiSoo walks in, one hand full of chicken, one hand full of soju+

 

 

 

 

 

 

JiSoo “(Yelling) NABONGS~~ I bought chicken~~~ I’m going to give up my diet just for you babygirl!!!”

 

 

 

 

 

 

//

 

 

 

 

 

 

JiSoo “Is she sleeping…? NaBong~~~”

 

 

 

 

 

 

+JiSoo opens NaYeon’s room and then drops the chicken and soju+

 

 

 

 

 

 

JiSoo “What in the world…”

 

 

 

 

 

 

+In front of JiSoo, TaeHyung is sleeping in NaYeon’s bed, NaYeon is studying at her desk with earphones on, and JiMin is sitting on the ground looking at TaeHyung+

 

 

 

 

 

 

JiSoo “Is happening here…”

 

 

 

 

 

 

//

 

 

 

 

 

 

+NaYeon, JiSoo, JiMin are eating chicken with soju at the dining table+

 

 

 

 

 

 

JiSoo “Kim TaeHyung has excellent timing, eh?”

 

JiMin “What’s THAT supposed to mean?”

 

JiSoo “Oh, I’m sorry, was I talking to you?”

 

JiMin “I’ve actually been curious since this afternoon, why are you talking to me like that?”

 

JiSoo “(Fake laugh) why else, I just absolutely REGRET becoming friends with you and Kim TaeHyung-ssi.”

 

JiMin “… (Looks at JiSoo) Alright then, Kim JiSoo-ssi.”

 

JiSoo “(Looks at JiMin) …”

 

NaYeon “… What’s wrong with Kim TaeHyung? Is he ill?”

 

JiMin “…”

 

NaYeon “I mean… he’s young, built, looks healthy… but it’s just weird that he fainted out of nowhere…”

 

JiSoo “(Whispers to NaYeon) you need to act like you don’t give a .”

 

NaYeon “I just… want to know if he’s okay.”

 

JiSoo “For goodness sake.”

 

JiMin “It has nothing to do with you guys, so don’t worry about it.”

 

JiSoo “… (rolls her eyes) what a j*rk.”

 

JiMin “Excuse me?”

 

JiSoo “Never mind.”

 

JiMin “…”

 

NaYeon “… Anyways, take him home please. I don’t think it’ll be good for him to wake up here.”

 

TaeHyung “Why not.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

+Everyone looks towards NaYeon’s room door+

+TaeHyung has his arms crossed, and is looking at NaYeon with a big smile on his face+

 

 

 

 

 

 

NaYeon “…what the…”

 

TaeHyung “(Smiles) I don’t see anything wrong.”

 

JiSoo “There he goes again, don’t fall for it NaYeon.”

 

TaeHyung “I… want to talk to Im NaBong…”

 

NaYeon “(Looks at TaeHyung) …”

 

JiSoo “Look here Kim TaeHyung-ssi, if you’re up, just go home.”

 

JiMin “Yeah TaeHyung, let’s just go.”

 

TaeHyung “Nah, (Looks at TaeHyung) I think I owe Im NaBongs an explanation.”

 

JiMin “… (Sigh) let’s go Kim JiSoo-ssi.”

 

JiSoo “(Surprised) ??? Excuse me? Why do I need to leave?? I don’t know if you’ve noticed or not, but I KIND OF live here, too.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

+JiMin grabs JiSoo by the wrist and drags her outside+

+NaYeon stands in shock watching JiSoo get dragged by JiMin+

+TaeHyung looks at NaYeon and chuckles to himself+

+NaYeon looks at TaeHyung+

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don’t fall…
for that smile,
again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

//

 

 

 

 

 

 

+NaYeon and TaeHyung are sitting at the dining table, looking at each other+

 

 

 

 

 

 

TaeHyung “(Takes a sip of water) do you have anything to ask me?”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anything to ask you???
I have just about a million questions,
but are you willing to answer all of them???
I’d like to start with
1. Why you didn’t contact me after that night
2. Who that girl was, that was eating lunch with you
3. Why you fainted in front of me
4. Does this happen often?
5. Are you sick?
6. Have you been to the doctors?
And about a million more questions…
that I wanted to ask…
 

 

 

 

 

 

NaYeon “No, why?”

 

TaeHyung “(Slight smirk) you’re really mad at me, aren’t you.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can he really read my mind or something?

 

 

 

 

 

 

NaYeon “If you’ve got nothing to say, just go home.”

 

TaeHyung “… ouch.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

What, did he expect me to still be so kind to him or something?!

 

 

 

 

 

 

NaYeon “Do you have anything to say?”

 

TaeHyung “… (Looks at NaYeon)”

 

NaYeon “Then bye.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

+NaYeon gets up from her seat and walks towards her room+

+TaeHyung gets up and stands in front of NaYeon+

 

 

 

 

 

 

NaYeon “Move.”

 

TaeHyung “I’m sorry.”

 

NaYeon “…”

 

 

 

 

 

 

+NaYeon looks at TaeHyung in the eye+

+TaeHyung looks at NaYeon with shaking pupils, then turns his head+

 

 

 

 

 

 

…By sorry…
Does he mean…

 

 

 

 

 

 

TaeHyung “(Looking away) it was an accident.”

 

NaYeon “…”

 

 

 

 

 

 

He’s regretting it…
He regrets kissing me…

 

 

 

 

 

 

TaeHyung “You know the situation. I was having a hard time… and you were just there… helping me cope with everything… and I guess I just… I just… I’m sorry.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry…
He’s sorry…
that he kissed me by an accident…
and I just went overboard
and thought there was something between us…

 

 

 

 

 

 

+NaYeon gets teary+

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’m just so embarrassed…
that when TaeHyung said he wanted to talk to me…
I expected…
something…

 

 

 

 

 

 

TaeHyung “I promise I wasn’t trying to mess with you or anything… I’m sorry.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

+NaYeon looks at TaeHyung+

 

 

 

 

 

 

He always did this to me…
but this time…
I was REALLY speechless…

 

 

 

 

 

 

TaeHyung “(Shaking slightly) I’m so embarrassed for what I did… so I couldn’t confront you right away… but… but you know… we’re going to run into each other… at school… and at that animal rescue club… and everything… so… I just wanted to clear things up.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

…I don’t know why…
but even in all this chaos…

 

 

 

 

 

+NaYeon looks at TaeHyung+

+TaeHyung can’t look at NaYeon in the eyes, and is looking all around the room, with shaky hands+

 

 

 

 

 

 

TaeHyung “I’m sorry Im NaBong… please… please don’t cry because of me.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’m just worried…
about him.
Of how he’s seems so discouraged…
and embarrassed to be saying this to me right now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

NaYeon “Hey, Kim TaeHyung.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

+TaeHyung slowly looks at NaYeon+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

##HanGuk University_Park##

+JiSoo and JiMin are walking together+

 

 

 

 

 

 

JiSoo “I can’t believe I JUST got kicked out… of my OWN room. For the STUPIDEST reason EVER.”

 

JiMin “… Can you not swear about my friend?”

 

JiSoo “(Looks at JiMin) so, what’s his reason huh? You know for taking my friends’ first kiss, then just ditching? Huh? Oh it better be a hell of a good reason right? Like he better have some kind of severe disease or something like that.”

 

JiMin “What??? They kissed???”

 

JiSoo “Wow best actor of the year award goes to Park JiMin-ssi.”

 

JiMin “What??? No way…”

 

JiSoo “Forget it.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

+JiSoo and JiMin sit down on a bench+

 

 

 

 

 

 

JiSoo “I wonder what’s taking them so long…”

 

 

 

 

 

 

+JiSoo’s phone rings – unknown number+

 

 

 

 

 

 

JiSoo “I might as well take this prank call, instead of talking to you. (Picks up) hello?”

 

TaeYong “(Over the phone) Kim JiSoo?”

 

JiSoo “Isn’t that who you meant to call? Who you.”

 

TaeYong “So sassy~ I like it. It’s Lee TaeYong.”

 

JiSoo “Lee TaeYong? Who’s that?”

 

 

 

 

 

 

+JiMin looks at JiSoo+

 

 

 

 

 

 

TaeYong “I’ll let it go. I know you know who I am. What are you doing tonight? You wanna go for a drink?”

 

JiSoo “What a skeez.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

+JiSoo hangs up+

+JiMin looks at JiSoo, surprised, then smiles to himself+

 

 

 

 

 

 

JiSoo “(Looks at JiMin) and WHY are you laughing?”

 

JiMin “You don’t know Lee TaeYong? He came to the camp thing…”

 

JiSoo “I know. That guy with HUGE eyes.”

 

JiMin “He’s really wealthy and powerful… you might regret doing that to him.”

 

JiSoo “So what if he’s wealthy and powerful, what’s he going to do to me?”

 

JiMin “Well… m… many things…”

 

JiSoo “Tell him do as he pleases. I don’t give a . (Looks at JiMin carefully) I guess Park JiMin-ssi… you’re someone who is scared of someone of power.”

 

JiMin “…”

 

JiSoo “I guess that’s most people these days. And that’s why they need people like ME to become a psychologist, to tell them there’s more to life than that.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

+JiSoo takes her phone out, and browses internet shopping malls+

+JiMin looks at JiSoo carefully+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

##JiMin’s Car##

+TaeHyung is sitting with his arms crossed and eyes closed+

+JiMin is driving, looking straight at the road+

 

 

 

 

 

 

JiMin “What’d you guys talk about?”

 

TaeHyung “…she said… it’s going to be hard to see me for a while.”

 

JiMin “I guess this is goodbye then, huh.”

 

TaeHyung “Then she also said… if whatever is bothering me… and I need someone to talk to… her door’s always open.”

 

JiMin “But you’re not going to right? I mean, you have me…”

 

TaeHyung “(Thinking) I thought I’d at least get slapped in the face or something… but… Im NaBong… never fails to surprise me. (Puts on a bitter smile)”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

##NaYeon&JiSoo’s Dorm_NaYeon’s Room##

+NaYeon is sitting on her bed, with a blank expression on her face+

+JiSoo is sitting backwards on NaYeon’s computer chair+

 

 

 

 

 

 

JiSoo “You said WHAT!?!”

 

NaYeon “…yeah…”

 

JiSoo “Are you insane??? That’s sick NaYeon, sick! Why do you need to care whether he’s in a good state or not, he hurt you!”

 

NaYeon “…I’ll be fine after a while, I just don’t want to lose any friends… I mean I barely have any.”

 

JiSoo “You don’t need a friend like that! You’re going to hurt… more and more… are you going to be okay with him talking to, smiling at, holding hands with, and dating another girl???”

 

NaYeon “(Fake smile) I’m sure I’ll get over him soon.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

-was all an excuse.
I’m sorry to JiSoo,
but it was all a lie.
I just…
wanted to be there for TaeHyung.
When nobody trusted him,
I wanted to be that one person…
that reached out a hand for him.
Even if it wasn’t in the place of a girlfriend…
I was okay with just being there for him,
as a person.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

##HanGuk University Business Building_Hallways##

+NaYeon, SungJae, SoHee, JaeJung is walking together+

 

 

 

 

 

 

SoHee “I feel like I’m getting tormented… classes are getting harder and harder…”

 

JaeJung “I think I absolutely BOMBED that last group project… I answered 2 out of the 5 questions she asked me.”

 

SoHee “Let’s just go have lunch.”

 

JaeJung “(Looking at SungJae) Are… are you… going to come and have lunch with us… too…?”

 

SungJae “Why, do I need an invitation?”

 

JaeJung “N, no, no! Haha… I was just asking… because you usually… eat with your friends…”

 

SungJae “Let’s just go.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

+NaYeon, SungJae, SoHee, JaeJung walk together to the cafeteria+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

##HanGuk University_Cafeteria##

+NaYeon, SungJae, SoHee, JaeJung buy their lunches and sit together+

 

 

 

 

 

 

SoHee “There’s so much less people than first week haha.”

 

JaeJung “One of the unwritten rules of uni life.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

+SungJae sees TaeHyung eating lunch with other girls in his major at another table+

 

 

 

 

 

 

SungJae “(Looks at NaYeon) …”

 

 

 

 

 

 

+NaYeon sees TaeHyung, stares at him blankly for a while, then goes back to eating her lunch+

 

 

 

 

 

 

SungJae “…?”

 

 

 

 

 

 

+NaYeon stuffs with her lunch+

+SungJae looks at NaYeon with interest+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

##HanGuk University Business Building_In Front of the Girl’s Washroom##

+NaYeon walks out with no energy+

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘I’ll get over him’ my @ss…
He’s already eating lunch with other girls…
that son of a…

 

 

 

 

 

 

+Someone passes NaYeon medicine+

+NaYeon gets surprised then looks up+

+SungJae is looking at her with a serious expression+

 

 

 

 

 

 

NaYeon “What is this.”

 

SungJae “What else. What you think I’m giving you weird drugs that’s going to kill you?”

 

NaYeon “… (Looks at SungJae)”

 

SungJae “Kay if you don’t want it I’ll just take it back and use it for myself.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

+NaYeon takes the medicine from SungJae+

 

 

 

 

 

 

NaYeon “I never said that I didn’t want them…! I was just… weirded out… that you’re not yelling at me… for once.”

 

SungJae “Okay, don’t get too ahead of yourself over one pack of medicine.”

 

NaYeon “…Yeah don’t worry about it bud…”

 

SungJae “(Awkward)… oh, so why don’t you hang out with Kim TaeHyung these days? Are you taking my advice into consideration?”

 

NaYeon “What the heck this kid. I never hung out with him at school anyways, I hung out with SoHee and JaeJung. Which leads me to this question… why are YOU… hanging out with us?”

 

SungJae “(Ignores her question) you didn’t even say hi to him, are you guys done?”

 

 

 

 

 

 

+NaYeon takes a step closer to SungJae and looks at him in the eyes+

+SungJae gets nervous and looks sideways+

 

 

 

 

 

 

NaYeon “I’m really thankful for the medicine and all… but I don’t know