“Hey babe. Are you free now? I miss you”, I nervously sent the text.

*TING*

“Busy”, I read her message.

“Ughh. Why you always busy?”, I threw my phone to my bed.

“Byul, let’s have our dinner now”, my omma shouted.

“Coming”, I went out from my room.

“Byul, how’s your practice?”, my appa asked as soon as I sat.

“Tiring”, I sighed.

“I told you not to force your son into fencing”, my omma scolded my appa.

“I’m okay omma. I’m happy appa asked me to join fencing”, I smiled.

“See your son happy with it. By the way, you fall in love with me because you said I looked cool in that fencing uniform”, my appa teased my omma.

“That happen a long time ago”, my omma glared at my appa.

“So Byul did any girl fall in love with you?”, my appa asked.

“Nope”, I lied.

“It’s okay Byul. Just practice hard and win some competition. I’m sure many girl will chase you”, my appa laughed.

“Don’t teach my son to do some silly stuff”, my omma warned my dad.

“Alright appa”, I laughed.

“Don’t forget about your studies too”, my omma reminded me.

“I try my best omma”, I grinned.

“That’s my boy”, my appa smiled.

The Next Day

“Yong”, I called her.

“What?”, she came to me.

“So how’s your studies?”, I asked.

“I’m tired and I didn’t even study finish yet”, she sighed.

“You so rest. Look at you. Poor my lil baby”, I looked at her.

“You so go now”, she said.

“Can’t we spend more time together?”, I sighed.

“But”, she looked at me.

“But what?”,I looked at her.

“Byul, I already told you. I don’t want anyone know about our relationship”, she said.

“I know but until when we have to keep this secret?”, I asked.

“Because you’re shy to have a boyfriend younger than you? Or because you scared the most smartest girl in the school date with an unknown guy that are not popular?”, I said angrily.

“It’s not about that Byul”, she touched my shoulder.

“Then what?”, I pushed her hand away.

“Byul”, she looked at me.

“Fine. I go now”, I stood up and walked away.

“Byul”, Min Hyuk called me.

“What?”, I looked at him.

“What Yong Sun talk to you just now?”, he asked.

“About student council stuff”, I said.

“Wow.. You’re lucky”, he laughed.

“Lucky? Why?”, I looked at him.

“It’s hard to talk to her and she only talk to certain people”, he said.

“Oh. Being her friend much more harder”, I said angrily.

“Why you look so pissed off?”, he asked.

“Just tired. Let’s go to class now”, I dragged him.

“Byul, please pass this to Yong Sun later”, my teacher passed a piece a note before the she start the lesson.

“What’s that?”, Min Hyuk asked.

“Something related to our student council meeting this afternoon”,I took a look at the note.

“Byul, you’re so lucky because youu got a reason to talk to her”, Min Hyuk whispered to me.

“Sure”, I gave him a fakae smile.

“I go to her class for awhile.”, I stood up after the teacher left the class.

“Sure”, Min Hyuk smiled.

“Don’t smile like that. You look like a ert.”, I stared at him.

“I’m jealous with you”, he sighed.

“Then you can help me pass this note to her”, I gave the note to him.

“But it will be weird if I pass this to her”, Min Hyuk complained.

“Then sit here quietly and don’t give me your weird smile”, I said and walked out from the class.

“Why it have to be to pass the notes to her? Ughh how to meet her after we argue?”, I sighed.

“Oh.. Why she stand there? Why she talking to him?”, I saw Yong Sun standing near the staircase.

“What the hell she thinking?”, I took a peep.

“Why she talking to Eric?”, I mumbling alone.

“Bye Yong”, he waved and left her.

“Yong”, I called her.

“What?”, she looked surprised to see me behind her.

“What you doing at here? You did something in class right? The teacher chased you out right?”, Yong Sun asked.

“Why he find you? What you two talking? Why only you two in the staircase?”, I asked.

“We discussing about our assignment”, she said.

“So?”, I said.

“That’s all”, she said.

“Take this. Mr Go asked me to pass this notes and the teacher didn’t punished or chased me out from the class so please correct your bad thinking about me”, I said and left.

“Byul”, she shouted but I ignored her.

“I hate Eric”, I mumbled alone.

“Byul, let’s go eat”, Min Hyuk asked me.

“No mood. I wanna sleep”, I said and sat at my table.

“Oh okay”, he looked confused.

“Did she get tired of me? Or I’m too childish? I’m not that handsome? Why she don’t wanna let anyone know about our relationship?”, I looked at my window.

“I can’t understand her at all”, I sighed.

*TING*

I took out the phone from my pocket.

“What she want now?”, I looked at the phone screen.

“Let’s go out after the meeting”, I read her text.

“Ok”, I reply.

During the meeting, she sat beside me and tried to be close to me.

“So what you want from me?”, I asked her after the meeting ended.

“Let’s eat together”, she said.

“Tell me what you want”, I looked at her.

“You”, she smiled.

“Why my heart always melt when she smile to me like that?”, I talked to myself.

“Okay”, I said without I realised it.

“What you wanna eat?”, I asked.

“Let’s go to the tteokbokki sho